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2007-02-07 23:51:23
-[Silver.Inc*
BF2s AU Server Admin
+315|7043|Melbourne, Australia.
G'day,

Ive been having a little trouble with WoW (omfg wow) and my wireless internet adapter causing WoW to bluescreen.

After speaking with their tech support, they told me this:

Blizzard Tech wrote:

If the issue continues, it is very likely due to an IRQ conflict.  For example,
the following is listed in your msinfo report:

IRQ 16    Intel(R) P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port – 29A1   
IRQ 16    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS   
IRQ 16    Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834   
IRQ 16    Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F   
IRQ 16    Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 2847   
IRQ 16    Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Your video card is sharing IRQ 16 with your USB controller and its associated
devices, which is in line with not only the type of Stop error you are
receiving, but with the OpenGL error as well.  If you are able to establish an
Internet connection by any means other than using the USB adapter, you may want
to try unplugging all USB devices, or perhaps temporarily disabling the USB
controller in the BIOS, and see if the issue continues.
I have no idea what IRQ's are, or IRQ conflicts are, basically this is what is causing my WoW to bluescreen me.

I have tested this out, my moving my computer next to my router and hooking it up directly with an ethernet cable, and WoW works fine with no bluescreens.

I asked them how to change the IRQ of my wireless USB (whatever that means) and they directed me to a microsoft page
, but I don't really feel confident changing it myself basically because I'm afraid that my USB wont work once I do it.

So how do I change IRQ's safely? is there any risk in it? Can someone direct me step by step doing it?

My wireless adapter: Netgear WG111v2

Thankya
2007-02-08 00:40:59
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6833|Pittsburgh, PA USA
Wow dude I wish i could help you but i have never heard of an IRQ in my life.....I'll look around at that MS support page 7 stuff though & see if there's anything i can do for ya. You do know you get better speeds hardwired though, right?

*Edit:* oh ok I just read through it & while I can't help you specifically I can tell you that there really isn't anything to worry about. If you mess something up it's not permanent & device manager will tell you something isn't working right.
I really don't like though that they don't tell you what to change your settings to.....not even a rough general idea.

I have another hour and 1/2 until I gotta get going so I'll try it on my own computer real quick so i can tell you what to do in normal person language.

Last edited by MagikTrik (2007-02-08 00:48:04)

2007-02-08 01:01:32
joker3327
=IBF2=
+305|7061|Cheshire. UK
http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html

Did a little searching for you ...download the above guide and its covered on pages 31-32 apparently

http://forums.tweakguides.com/showthread.php?t=2482

read through this thread...quite interesting
2007-02-08 02:26:13
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6833|Pittsburgh, PA USA
Alright i didn't read the guides but it seems like you can change it to pretty much anything, PM me if you have trouble & need some help.
2007-02-08 09:42:11
ReTox
Member
+100|6962|State of RETOXification
IRQs are Interupt ReQuests.

They are used by a device to notify the CPU/MOBO that it is ready to do work or has information the CPU needs.  There was a time when IRQs were specific to a device (sound card was 5, COM ports 1-4, etc) but now it is all PnP so you can use almost any IRQ really (some system devices are still using the exact same IRQ since the 8088 days).

Each device needs it's own IRQ in order to function correctly.  Conflicts are just that, two or more devices tryin to use the same IRQ and the computer doesn't know how to handle it.  Luckily it is relatively easy to fix:

  • Right click on "My Computer" and choose Properties.
  • Choose the Hardware tab then click on Device Manager.
  • Go through every device in the list and right click and choose Properties.
  • Under the Resources TAB you will see that some of the devices have IRQ settings, write down the name of hte device and the IRQ it is using.
  • Examine you IRQ usage list and see what IRQs are NOT being used.
  • Open the Resources tab from the Properties for each of your conflicting devices and try to change the IRQ via the Change Settings button.
  • Reboot when done.


That should do it.  Pretty much all the steps that a tech would take to fix it.

I hope you get it working.
2007-02-08 13:35:39
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7199|Salt Lake City

Before you do what ReTox said, check your BIOS.  It is a very common setting in most BIOS to have an option that will say something to the effect of "Assign IRQ VGA" or something similar.  This basically locks down an IRQ for the video card at the hardware level.

Also, if you want to free up some resources, try disabling things like serial and parallel ports that you may not be using.

 

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