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More info?)
Beowulf wrote:
> Kim wrote:
>
>> I disabled the onboard audio and swapped back to the 9800pro and it
>> works!
>> Did that really cause the problem? I don't know but Im not going to
>> switch
>> the bios back to find out. What a difference a day makes.
>>
>> Kim
>>
>> "Kim" <kim@invalid.net> wrote in message
>> news:IzpRd.7376$m31.91268@typhoon.sonic.net...
>>
>>> The problem is narrowed down to my 9800pro AIW. When this card is
>>
>>
>> inserted
>>
>>> the system wont boot, no beeps no nothing. The 9800pro was working fine
>>
>>
>> in
>>
>>> previous system. When my old 8500 AIW is inserted everything is fine.
>>
>>
>> Any
>>
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Kim
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
> Here are a few thoughts:
> Check fro shared IRQ. even today, not all cards can share IRQ with
> onboard audio.
> check power connections: there are 2 on this mobo.
>
> now that the 9800 pro is in, go ahead and turn on the sound - set pnp to
> auto. it may reassign to a new IRQ.
>
> Used to have issues like this on my old VIA KX133 and Geforce DDR.
Could be because of the the MM audio devices in the 9800 All in Wonder -
they could me DMA conflicts