DTV Card kills video 1

[MALFIE]

I've just installed a new Fusion DVB-t Plus Tv/capture card (PCI) and on reboot the Nvidia FX5600 device cannot load due to "not enough free resources, disable one" as the report..

I've tried disabling various non-critical devices but it doesnt help..
If I uninstall the cards drivers it still doesnt return the graphics to normal.
However, if I remove the card the color & resolution returns..
Is it something else rather than just a device that is causing the conflict??



"We do not stop playing because we are old, more likely we grow old because we stop playing...

 

[felixc]

You probable are missing an free interrupt in your system. Check on the various posts about people not able to get their new USB 2.0 adapter cards to work, or the USB card causing other adapters to fail. The same considerations apply to your video card.

Quickly:
- Try installing the card in another PCI slot. It changes the resource assignments.
- If you don't use the serial or parallel ports, go in the BIOS settings and disable them. It may give interrupts assigned to these ports back to other cards.


Just love the quote at the bottom of your message.

 

[micker377]

What OS? In BIOS setup, do you have "Assign IRQ to video"? If so, try changing the setting.

 

[Frank4d]

If not an IRQ conflict it might be a PCI address mapping problem. With your DVB-T card plugged in, open Device Manager and look at resources for the DVB-T card. How much PCI address space is the card using (you're interested in address space above 0x80000000)?

With your DVB-T card removed, do the same thing for your FX5600 card.

(I recently went through this with three cards that wanted 1GB address space... had to get a new BIOS).

 

[MALFIE]

Thanks for all that.. I read Felix's reply earler this morning and although I had tried s\all he sugested, including moving the card, I thought maybe another or the 4 available slots might be worth trying (I'd tried the 2 closest to the AGP slot)..
With serial, parallel, firewire disabled in bios (had done that b4..but..) and moving the card to the end PCI slot.. BINGO!!
It works...
I think it's more likely to be the slot parameters than the devices but since its working I'll leave well enough alone..

As for the other suggestions.. I appreciate those as well..

Again, the Forum is invaluable..

Thanks to all

Mal


"We do not stop playing because we are old, more likely we grow old because we stop playing...

 

[felixc]

Glad to know that it finally works! What are the other PCI cards in your system? (to help others)
So your system is possibly short on interrupt lines. Each PCI slot has a different IRQ assignment, but adapters like USB2 may use up to three lines. In this case the next two cards have their interrupt line unusable. (unless the drivers are well written, but experience tells otherwise).
On some mobos too, when some on-board chips are enabled, it will disable the IRQs on some slots. You might see this in the users manual too.
If your OS is Win2k or XP, you can check if your BIOS has the "IOPIC" mode enabled. This adds some more IRQ lines.