Hi guys,

Please excuse my ignorance in advance, but I am having all sorts of problems and wonder if it might be IRQ sharing conflicts. I'm having problems installing a cd-writer and a new graphics card over the past few weeks. There is something wrong somewhere; I just don't have enough knowledge to knwo what it is. Does the following give any indications?

DMA 02 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
DMA 03 Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
DMA 04 Undetermined Direct memory access controller
IRQ 00 Shared PCI Universal Serial Bus
IRQ 00 Shared Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
IRQ 00 Shared SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
IRQ 00 Undetermined System timer
IRQ 01 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
IRQ 02 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
IRQ 03 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 04 Exclusive Communications Port (COM1)
IRQ 05 Shared SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
IRQ 05 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 06 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
IRQ 07 Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
IRQ 08 Undetermined System CMOS/real time clock
IRQ 09 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 09 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 09 Shared SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 10 Shared Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
IRQ 10 Shared Realtek AC'97 Audio
IRQ 10 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 10 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 10 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 11 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
IRQ 11 Shared SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
IRQ 12 Undetermined PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
IRQ 13 Undetermined Numeric data processor
IRQ 14 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 14 Undetermined SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 15 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 15 Undetermined SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller

Memory 00000000-0009FFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000A0000-000AFFFF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Memory 000B0000-000BFFFF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Memory 000C0000-000CBFFF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Memory 000CC000-000CFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000D4000-000D4FFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory 000D5000-000D7FFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000F0000-000FBFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000FC000-000FFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 00100000-1BFEFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 1BFF0000-1BFFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory D0000000-D7FFFFFF Exclusive PCI standard host CPU bridge
Memory D8000000-DFFFFFFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Memory D8000000-DFFFFFFF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Memory E1000000-E101FFFF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Memory E1000000-E10FFFFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Memory E1100000-E11FFFFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory E1200000-E1200FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory E1201000-E1201FFF Exclusive PCI Universal Serial Bus
Memory E1202000-E1202FFF Exclusive SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Memory E1203000-E1203FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory E1204000-E1204FFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory E1205000-E1205FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory FEC00000-FECFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FEE00000-FEEFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFEE0000-FFEFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFFE0000-FFFEFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFFF0000-FFFFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Port 0000-000F Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 0010-001F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0020-0021 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
Port 0022-003F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0040-0043 Undetermined System timer
Port 0044-005F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0060-0060 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Port 0061-0061 Undetermined System speaker
Port 0062-0063 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0064-0064 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Port 0065-006F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0070-0073 Undetermined System CMOS/real time clock
Port 0074-007F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0080-0090 Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 0091-0093 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0094-009F Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 00A0-00A1 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
Port 00A2-00BF Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 00C0-00DF Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 00E0-00EF Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 00F0-00FF Undetermined Numeric data processor
Port 0170-0177 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 0170-0177 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 0290-0297 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0376-0376 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 0376-0376 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 0378-037F Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
Port 03B0-03BB Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Port 03C0-03DF Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Port 03F0-03F5 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 03F7-03F7 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Port 03F8-03FF Undetermined Communications Port (COM1)
Port 0480-048F Undetermined PCI bus
Port 04D0-04D1 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0778-077B Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
Port 0800-0805 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0CF8-0CFF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 1000-10DF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 10E0-10FF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 4000-4007 Undetermined Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 4000-400F Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 4008-400F Undetermined Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 9000-907F Exclusive SiS 650/651/740/661FX/741/760 series
Port 9000-9FFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Port A800-A8FF Exclusive Realtek AC'97 Audio
Port AC00-AC7F Exclusive Realtek AC'97 Audio
Port B000-B0FF Exclusive SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Port B400-B407 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port B400-B407 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port B800-B803 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port B800-B803 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port BC00-BC07 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port BC00-BC07 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C000-C003 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C000-C003 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C400-C407 Undetermined Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C400-C40F Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C408-C40F Undetermined Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C800-C83F Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Manageme

There appear to be a couple of strange entries there. The IRQ o & 11 for IDE controllers for one. The undetermined entries. I suggest that you enter the BIOS and find an entry called "reset configuration data". Set this to enable and reboot. After one boot cycle reenter the BIOS to verify that this entry has defaulted back to disable. If it hasn't, then reset to disable manually. This should result in a more conventional allocation. while in the BIOS before exiting, I suggest that you also disable any onboard hardware that you don't use. This will free up the resources allocated to that hardware.

Well, it looks like a few things have changed, although the IRQ10 and 11 controllers setting is still there. I don't understand enough to know if this is an improvement or not, LOL

Resource Share Device Description
DMA 02 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
DMA 03 Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
DMA 04 Undetermined Direct memory access controller
IRQ 00 Shared Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
IRQ 00 Shared SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
IRQ 00 Undetermined System timer
IRQ 01 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
IRQ 02 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
IRQ 03 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 03 Shared Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
IRQ 04 Exclusive Communications Port (COM1)
IRQ 05 Shared SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
IRQ 05 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 05 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 05 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 06 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
IRQ 07 Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
IRQ 08 Undetermined System CMOS/real time clock
IRQ 09 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 09 Shared SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 10 Shared Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
IRQ 10 Shared Realtek AC'97 Audio
IRQ 10 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 10 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 10 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 11 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11 Shared Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
IRQ 11 Shared SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
IRQ 12 Undetermined PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
IRQ 13 Undetermined Numeric data processor
IRQ 14 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 14 Undetermined SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 15 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 15 Undetermined SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Memory 00000000-0009FFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000A0000-000AFFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory 000B0000-000BFFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory 000C0000-000CCFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory 000D0000-000D3FFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000D8000-000D8FFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory 000D9000-000DBFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000F0000-000FBFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 000FC000-000FFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 00100000-1FFEFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory 1FFF0000-1FFFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory C0000000-CFFFFFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory C0000000-DFFFFFFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Memory D0000000-DFFFFFFF Exclusive RADEON 9550 Secondary
Memory E0000000-E7FFFFFF Exclusive PCI standard host CPU bridge
Memory E8000000-E801FFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory E8000000-E9FFFFFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Memory E8020000-E802FFFF Exclusive RADEON 9550 Secondary
Memory E9000000-E900FFFF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Memory EB000000-EB0FFFFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory EB100000-EB100FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory EB102000-EB102FFF Exclusive SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Memory EB103000-EB103FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory EB104000-EB104FFF Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Memory EB105000-EB105FFF Exclusive SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Memory FEC00000-FECFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FEE00000-FEEFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFEE0000-FFEFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFFE0000-FFFEFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Memory FFFF0000-FFFFFFFF Undetermined System board extension for ACPI BIOS
Port 0000-000F Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 0010-001F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0020-0021 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
Port 0022-003F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0040-0043 Undetermined System timer
Port 0044-005F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0060-0060 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Port 0061-0061 Undetermined System speaker
Port 0062-0063 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0064-0064 Undetermined Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Port 0065-006F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0070-0073 Undetermined System CMOS/real time clock
Port 0074-007F Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0080-0090 Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 0091-0093 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0094-009F Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 00A0-00A1 Undetermined Programmable interrupt controller
Port 00A2-00BF Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 00C0-00DF Undetermined Direct memory access controller
Port 00E0-00EF Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 00F0-00FF Undetermined Numeric data processor
Port 0170-0177 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 0170-0177 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 0290-0297 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0376-0376 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 0376-0376 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 0378-037F Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
Port 03B0-03BB Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Port 03C0-03DF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Port 03F0-03F5 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 03F7-03F7 Undetermined Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Port 03F8-03FF Undetermined Communications Port (COM1)
Port 0480-048F Undetermined PCI bus
Port 04D0-04D1 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0778-077B Undetermined EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
Port 0800-0805 Undetermined Motherboard resources
Port 0CF8-0CFF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 1000-10DF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 10E0-10FF Undetermined PCI bus
Port 4000-4007 Undetermined Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 4000-400F Exclusive SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
Port 4008-400F Undetermined Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Port 9000-90FF Exclusive Standard Display Adapter(VGA)
Port 9000-9FFF Exclusive PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Port A800-A8FF Exclusive Realtek AC'97 Audio
Port AC00-AC7F Exclusive Realtek AC'97 Audio
Port B000-B0FF Exclusive SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Port B400-B407 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port B400-B407 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port B800-B803 Exclusive Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port B800-B803 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port BC00-BC07 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port BC00-BC07 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C000-C003 Exclusive Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C000-C003 Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C400-C407 Undetermined Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C400-C40F Exclusive SiS 180 IDE/RAID Controller
Port C408-C40F Undetermined Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
Port C800-C83F Exclusive Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter