IRQ conflicts with new sound card?

br fan dan · 01-21-2006, 01:15 AM

I got the sound blaster audigy 2 ZS gamer edition sound card recently, and ive been having a MAJOR problem with it.

whenever it wants to, it freezes my pc and there is a lour beeeeeeeeeep noise. i heard that it might be an IRQ conflict and i looked at them and the card seems to be sharing it with something.

but a whole bunch of other things are sharing with eachother and ive never had problems before the sound card.

can someone tell me how i can change the IRQ number of my card, ive moved it between the 3 pci slots and its always sharing with something else.

Beyond · 01-21-2006, 04:19 AM

i honestly have no idea about the IRQ conflicts, but do you notice any particular patterns as to when it happens? such as when trying to play music, a certain game, etc.?

br fan dan · 01-21-2006, 04:29 AM

i actually just noticed one now, whenever i download or upload something at a relatively high speed, and im playing audio at the same time, it will crash.

i can have hammer open and watch a dvd at the same time, but whenever i run bit torrent and winamp, CRASH. and it happens with most games, but Battlefield 2 rarely does it.

br fan dan · 01-22-2006, 05:00 AM

i just took a different hard drive, reformatted, installed windows fresh, installed all drivers and updates, and had the same problem. no idea what to do here.....

Beyond · 01-22-2006, 04:59 PM

honestly i have no idea what to do if you're waiting on a reply from me. sorry man

01-21-2006, 01:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
br fan dan New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	IRQ conflicts with new sound card? I got the sound blaster audigy 2 ZS gamer edition sound card recently, and ive been having a MAJOR problem with it. whenever it wants to, it freezes my pc and there is a lour beeeeeeeeeep noise. i heard that it might be an IRQ conflict and i looked at them and the card seems to be sharing it with something. but a whole bunch of other things are sharing with eachother and ive never had problems before the sound card. can someone tell me how i can change the IRQ number of my card, ive moved it between the 3 pci slots and its always sharing with something else.

01-21-2006, 04:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Beyond Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Computer Engineering @ NCSU Posts: 1,271	i honestly have no idea about the IRQ conflicts, but do you notice any particular patterns as to when it happens? such as when trying to play music, a certain game, etc.? __________________ EVGA 680i // Antec P180B Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2GB Corsair XMS2 Dominator EVGA 8800GTX > MAG 22" (x2) Audigy 2 ZS > a) PA2V2 > Alessandro MS-1s (music); b) Pioneer VSX-516-K/S > Insignia NS-B2111 (2) 74GB WD Raptor \| 500GB WD Caviar SE16 Antec TruePower 2.0 ..at factory timings.

01-22-2006, 04:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Beyond Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Computer Engineering @ NCSU Posts: 1,271	honestly i have no idea what to do if you're waiting on a reply from me. sorry man __________________ EVGA 680i // Antec P180B Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2GB Corsair XMS2 Dominator EVGA 8800GTX > MAG 22" (x2) Audigy 2 ZS > a) PA2V2 > Alessandro MS-1s (music); b) Pioneer VSX-516-K/S > Insignia NS-B2111 (2) 74GB WD Raptor \| 500GB WD Caviar SE16 Antec TruePower 2.0 ..at factory timings.

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01-21-2006, 04:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
br fan dan New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	i actually just noticed one now, whenever i download or upload something at a relatively high speed, and im playing audio at the same time, it will crash. i can have hammer open and watch a dvd at the same time, but whenever i run bit torrent and winamp, CRASH. and it happens with most games, but Battlefield 2 rarely does it.

01-22-2006, 05:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
br fan dan New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	i just took a different hard drive, reformatted, installed windows fresh, installed all drivers and updates, and had the same problem. no idea what to do here.....