[SOLVED] Can you run a FireWire pci card and a NVIDIA graphics card at the same time?

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I just added a NVIDIA card into my system. I use this for a project studio and have a FireWire card in my PCI slot that was working fine before i added the GFX card. I’m wondering if the gfx card is stopping my computer from recognizing the FW card because it took control of audio and video?

If you need any more info lmk. Thanks.
 
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I don't know of a reason your card shouldn't work. Since you have two PCI slots you might try the other one. The memory mapping and other things is different with the two slots.

Did you have to make any BIOS changes to get the NVIDIA card to work ?

kanewolf

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I just added a NVIDIA card into my system. I use this for a project studio and have a FireWire card in my PCI slot that was working fine before i added the GFX card. I’m wondering if the gfx card is stopping my computer from recognizing the FW card because it took control of audio and video?

If you need any more info lmk. Thanks.
What motherboard, and what slot is the firewire card in ?
 
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Full system specs?
Including storage drives and which port they are plugged into

I run an old system but...If you need anything more lmk


OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Si
System Model P5G41T-M
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz, 2670 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0304, 12/30/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 5.30 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 13.2 GB
Page File Space 8.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys





0xFED00000-0xFED003FF High precision event timer OK
0xFEB00000-0xFEBFFFFF Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E OK
0xFEA00000-0xFEAFFFFF Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27D2 OK
0xFBF00000-0xFBFFFFFF Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27D2 OK
0xD0000000-0xEFFFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xF4000000-0xFFFFFFFF PCI bus OK
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0xF0000000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0xF0000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFCFFC000-0xFCFFFFFF High Definition Audio Controller OK
0xFED14000-0xFED19FFF System board OK
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFED1C000-0xFED1FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFED20000-0xFED3FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFED45000-0xFED8FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFFC00000-0xFFEFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEBFF800-0xFEBFFFFF 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy) OK
0xFEBF8000-0xFEBFBFFF 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy) OK
0xFE9FC000-0xFE9FFFFF High Definition Audio Controller OK
0xFD000000-0xFE9FFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31 OK
0xFD000000-0xFE9FFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti OK
0xDE000000-0xEFFFFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31 OK
0xDE000000-0xEFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti OK
0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti OK
0xFFB00000-0xFFBFFFFF Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device OK
0xFFF00000-0xFFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device OK
0xFBFFF000-0xFBFFFFFF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller OK
0xFBFF8000-0xFBFFBFFF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller OK
0xFCFFBC00-0xFCFFBFFF Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31 OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti OK
0xC0000-0xCFFFF System board OK
0xD0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK
0xE0000-0xFFFFF System board OK
0x100000-0xCFFFFFFF System board OK





Memory Address 0xF0000000-0xFFFFFFFF System board
Memory Address 0xF0000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000000F Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000000F PCI bus

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

IRQ 23 Intel(R) 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
IRQ 23 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
IRQ 23 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC

Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFE9FFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFE9FFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

IRQ 16 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27D0
IRQ 16 High Definition Audio Controller
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB

Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xEFFFFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xEFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

IRQ 17 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27D2
IRQ 17 High Definition Audio Controller

IRQ 19 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)
IRQ 19 Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E31
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
 
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Ok, so it is a pci card. Do you have the latest bios for your mobo?
There should not be a probleme withe the gpu and add-on card.
How old is the psu? Make and model?

Tbh i havent updated the bios...its an older computer but new... the computer shop where i was living had some prebuilts they did and at the time i was looking for a system that would run my older equipment so i grabbed it up...

this is all i really have on it

System Model P5G41T-M
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz, 2670 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0304, 12/30/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
 

kanewolf

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I don't know of a reason your card shouldn't work. Since you have two PCI slots you might try the other one. The memory mapping and other things is different with the two slots.

Did you have to make any BIOS changes to get the NVIDIA card to work ?
 
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I don't know of a reason your card shouldn't work. Since you have two PCI slots you might try the other one. The memory mapping and other things is different with the two slots.

Did you have to make any BIOS changes to get the NVIDIA card to work ?

I didn’t it worked great after i installed the drivers for it....and the FireWire was working before i installed that...

Im going to update the bios and see if that sorts out the problem and if that doesn’t work I’ll try the other pci slot