sound and video using same IRQ

"sillyputty" <karmictaragem.TakeThisOut@2die4.com> wrote in message
news:1186791931.392595.189840@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I have Sisoft's Sandra and was looking through the IRQs in system
> resources. Both Envy24 Family Services Controller (audio) and the
> video card (nVidia GeFore 7600 GT) are using IRQ 16. Will this causes
> problems? I've been having audio problems. Thx.
> --
> Biostar GeForce 6100-M9 939
> AMD 4200+ 2.2G X2
> EVGA nVidia 7600GT 256MB PCI-e
> 2 gigs Kingston RAM
> 450W PSU
>

When do the sound problems happen.

Are you using onboard sound or an add-in card?

Sharing IRQs can cause problems, but often trying to assign specific IRQs
causes a lot more problems. I don't think it is a common problem with todays
comps. I think if a PCI card won't share and IRQ happily it isn't fully
compliant of the PCI 2.0 standards, but don't quote me on that

Some games specify hardware acceleration by default for the sound which can
cause problems.

If you can re-create the problem, you might running DXdiag, (from "run" on
the start menu or command prompt), and under the sound tab lowering hardware
acceleration there to see if it makes a difference.

BTW System Information under System Tools menu provides this hardware
information also.