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Issue: Unable to install SB16 or Live Value in FIC VA-503+ with Windows
2000 Background: Can see issue history in previous news posts "SB Live Value (CT4830) in FIC VA-503+ on W2k" and "SB16 PCI (CT4740) on FIC VA-503+ running W2K" System Board: FIC VA-503+ v. 1.1a (Via VP3 586B chipsets) System BIOS: Next to the latest version (JE4331 10/3/00). A newer BIOS (JE 4333) is available but I understand it is intended for ACPI enabled PC's only (I overrode the HAL at W2K setup and set up PC as "Standard PC", that is, non ACPI). The other cards in system are working fine: AGP slot: Matrox Productiva G100 AGP (AGP not setup with IRQ) PCI slot: Promise Ultra133TX2 IDE card PCI slot: NetGear FA312 NIC Note: SB16 card was previously installed in this same VA-503+ board under Windows98 and operated fine (with older BIOS and unfortunately BIOS settings from that time period are undocumented). Did a fresh install of Windows2000 along with BIOS update and then attempted to install soundcard. Windows 2000 stalls when starting up after inserting SB16 card. Same with SB Live Value card. The two sound cards work fine when tested in a VA-503 (not +) system board under Windows 2000. I'm sure the issue is an IRQ, I/O and/or memory base address conflict but this system board/BIOS POST report does not provide any feedback to which slots/cards are assigned which IRQ's at bootup. Windows Device Manager shows: NIC on IRQ 10 and Promise IDE on IRQ 11. No entries are noted for IRQ 7 and IRQ 9. Other steps I've tried... Tried both SB cards in all three PCI slots. Reset System BIOS to BIOS defaults. Tried different permutations of PCI/PNP BIOS settings. Changed IRQ Sequence (PCI) from default "9, 10, 11, 5, 7 ,4,..." to "15, 11, 10, 9, 12, 14,..." PNP OS installed is set to "No" in BIOS. (Seems standard). Followed FIC FAQ suggestion configuring BIOS PCI settings as follows: - Set "Resources Controlled by" to "Manual" (changed from Auto) - Enable "Reset Data Configuration" - Set IRQ5 to ISA Legacy (not PCI/ISA PNP) - Set DMA 1 to ISA Legacy (not PCI/ISA PNP) The above process reinitalized IRQ's for NetGear and Promise cards just fine but installing either SB card still stalls boot up. Any suggestions? Woody |
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![]() "Woody" wrote in message . 199.17... Issue: Unable to install SB16 or Live Value in FIC VA-503+ with Windows 2000 Background: Can see issue history in previous news posts "SB Live Value (CT4830) in FIC VA-503+ on W2k" and "SB16 PCI (CT4740) on FIC VA-503+ running W2K" System Board: FIC VA-503+ v. 1.1a (Via VP3 586B chipsets) System BIOS: Next to the latest version (JE4331 10/3/00). A newer BIOS (JE 4333) is available but I understand it is intended for ACPI enabled PC's only (I overrode the HAL at W2K setup and set up PC as "Standard PC", that is, non ACPI). The other cards in system are working fine: AGP slot: Matrox Productiva G100 AGP (AGP not setup with IRQ) PCI slot: Promise Ultra133TX2 IDE card PCI slot: NetGear FA312 NIC Note: SB16 card was previously installed in this same VA-503+ board under Windows98 and operated fine (with older BIOS and unfortunately BIOS settings from that time period are undocumented). Did a fresh install of Windows2000 along with BIOS update and then attempted to install soundcard. Windows 2000 stalls when starting up after inserting SB16 card. Same with SB Live Value card. The two sound cards work fine when tested in a VA-503 (not +) system board under Windows 2000. I'm sure the issue is an IRQ, I/O and/or memory base address conflict but this system board/BIOS POST report does not provide any feedback to which slots/cards are assigned which IRQ's at bootup. Windows Device Manager shows: NIC on IRQ 10 and Promise IDE on IRQ 11. No entries are noted for IRQ 7 and IRQ 9. Other steps I've tried... Tried both SB cards in all three PCI slots. Reset System BIOS to BIOS defaults. Tried different permutations of PCI/PNP BIOS settings. Changed IRQ Sequence (PCI) from default "9, 10, 11, 5, 7 ,4,..." to "15, 11, 10, 9, 12, 14,..." PNP OS installed is set to "No" in BIOS. (Seems standard). Followed FIC FAQ suggestion configuring BIOS PCI settings as follows: - Set "Resources Controlled by" to "Manual" (changed from Auto) - Enable "Reset Data Configuration" - Set IRQ5 to ISA Legacy (not PCI/ISA PNP) - Set DMA 1 to ISA Legacy (not PCI/ISA PNP) The above process reinitalized IRQ's for NetGear and Promise cards just fine but installing either SB card still stalls boot up. Any suggestions? Woody Woody; I don't have this exact board but have had trouble with both sound cards! Try setting up a config.sys and autoexec.bat with the correct settings for the SB16 card (ISA?). It just might work. Then W2K will be able to see it and you can change the driver under SystemHardware Settings, remove the config and autoexec settings, and reboot. Keep your fingers crossed. Doug |
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"Doug Holtz" wrote in
news ![]() "Woody" wrote in message . 199.17... Issue: Unable to install SB16 or Live Value in FIC VA-503+ with Windows 2000 Woody; I don't have this exact board but have had trouble with both sound cards! Try setting up a config.sys and autoexec.bat with the correct settings for the SB16 card (ISA?). Both SB16 and Live Value are PCI cards. |
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