Reply 30480 of 53090, by dionb
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wrote:wrote:just one question though, if I try to use 2 ISA sound cards (this one is set to 220, IRQ 5) it locks up at post. The other card is an Aztech from a Packard Bell. That card is PnP and has no jumpers on the board.
Go into the PnP configuration in the BIOS and make sure the ressources used by the Sound Blaster are reserved so that they are not assigned to PnP cards. The PnP BIOS does not know about ressources used by legacy cards. You have to tell it.
The Dell BIOS has no options for PnP resources or setting any kind of IRQ resources manually.
ISA PnP was always more 'pray' than 'play', and this is a bad case. However if BIOS is ignoring your SB and the AZT2320 card is conflicting, work around it: set the SB to A240 I7 D3 or similar. Make sure you disable COM2 and LPT1 to avoid conflicts there.
With a bit of luck you can also configure some of the PnP stuff with Aztech's PnP tool, but it BIOS really doesn't play ball you're stuck there.