HOEFFNER at dcmir.med.umn.edu wrote: > > > Is this easily fixed? Not being much of a pc type, I'm really not sure > how to go about it. Bios has none of this, just IRQ5 as reserved for > legacy reasons, so it must've been set during the install. One thing that I truly despise about brand-name PCs is that their BIOS configuration systems are pieces of junk. Of course, you might try looking for a new BIOS for that system.. I have no idea why IRQ5 would be reserved -- that's where my old SB16 sat for many years (SoundBlaster actually moved from IRQ7 to IRQ5 because parallel ports started using IRQ7). If you can disable the IRQ on your display adapter, that might be good (unless you're going to be running things that require it like OpenGL over DRI). Try disabling the USB, unless you need it. If you aren't using the serial ports, disable them, as you get two more interrupts there (IRQ3, IRQ4). In addition, you may need to compile your own kernel with some sort of IRQ sharing enabled. I think the kernel can share IRQs anyway, but I think there's some extra code laying around somewhere that can help it work better. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ If it walks out of your / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ refrigerator, LET IT GO!! \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]