JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 So, the topic says it all. I have a device conflict I am trying to sort out. If anyone knows how to do this please post me up some instructions. thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Dont know it it will help you but what i usually do is go into device manager uninstall the problem devices then reset computer and it usually will sort its self out worth a shot ........ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Yup tried that already, It is a confilct I need to fix manually. Thanks for the advice just the same Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Yup tried that already, It is a confilct I need to fix manually. Thanks for the advice just the same Whats the actual nature of the conflict m8 ???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 My Pci-e x16 slot and my Graphics card are trying to use the same resources and its causing a conflict in vista, vista then loads the generic vga driver and I only get 640x480x4 on my display.This resource config caused no issues in xp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Try manually assigning the irq for the graphics card its usually 11 i think theyre maybe both trying to use same irq Dont know what a macs like but on my pc in my bios i can set it there so as the gfx card gets its irq Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Try manually assigning the irq for the graphics card its usually 11 i think theyre maybe both trying to use same irqDont know what a macs like but on my pc in my bios i can set it there so as the gfx card gets its irq With a intel mac I have efi for booting mac , with the efi firmware there is a CSM that is really a bios efi module, there is no way to set any settings in the CSM that I know of. I need to do these things from in windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 With a intel mac I have efi for booting mac , with the efi firmware there is a CSM that is really a bios efi module, there is no way to set any settings in the CSM that I know of. I need to do these things from in windows. Sounds like the problem is that vista is installed on a non plug and play system what i mean is in my bios i have option to set plug and play and the system then assigns everything to an irq , and also on vista xp even some things do share irqs. One other thing you could try tho is to disable 1 of the culprits get gfx installed properly then re enable the 1 you disabled Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-300993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 If I disable the Pci-e slot , then I have no display addapter showing in device manager. I still have the generig vga driver loaded and can change resolutions and get higher color. Tho no acceleration and my native resolution isn't supported. The CSM is plug and play, my iPod and other plug and play devices show up fine. I can fix the issue by getting another gig of ram. I wont have any money for that until the summer prob. So this is why I am trying to get some info on how to set them from vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 How many pci-e x16 slots have you on a mac pro ? reason i ask is that you said before My Pci-e x16 slot and my Graphics card are trying to use the same resources and its causing a conflict in vista, vista then loads the generic vga driver and I only get 640x480x4 on my display.This resource config caused Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 well the mac pro has ... the way it is set up I have 1 x16 pci-e slot but .. nvm a pic is worth a thousand words so here ya go I would guess that any of the four could be x16 Pci-e if I had the gfx card in another slot tho. So in that case I would have 4 x16 Pci-e slots but only one can run at x16 . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) Cant you use either slot 3 or 4 and see if that helps ya or cant you disable the slot that arent in use Edited February 12, 2007 by curlyboy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 It wont make a differance,the same resources will be asigned to any one slot that I use. the only way I will fix it is to assign my gfx card new resources from in the running os. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) Yeah see what you mean i was just looking at mines here in xp and my card in xp uses irq 16 http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php#screenshots maybe this program will help you trace it done easier Just booted in to vista and my card uses exact same resources in vista as it does in xp Edited February 12, 2007 by curlyboy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thanks again for the link and the input. I have the issue tracked down, now lets see if any of the 60,000+ menbers of this forum can help me out and give me the answer Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Glad to try and help GL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 I appreciate it thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir...;langx=en&a Maybe this will help address your conflics more cearly jas Edited February 12, 2007 by curlyboy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMC6053 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 This is probably a really dumb question, but I'll ask anyway since I don't have experience with efi. Does efi have options like a good OLD bios? Sometimes reserving an IRQ in the bios for legacy devices helps when it comes to conflicts. Of course turning things on and off in bios' help 2 - especially with vid cards (in a bios you just say don't use the what vid card mostly, except with mine which wont allow me to boot off the AGP on-board vid if I have a PCIe card installed). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Apple doesn't let us enter a config for the bios, if there is one at all (since the config is probably hard coded into the firmware). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMC6053 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thanks, I learned something LOL. A few tid-bits: For an actual EFI shell go here: http://www.intel.com/technology/efi/main_sample.htm and some more info: http://nak.journalspace.com/?cmd=displayco...amp;entryid=407 Not sure if any of that is useful - Since I don't have any EFI based machine I cant really see whats in all that and at the moment I'm not in the mood for reading 2 much lol. With any luck theres actually something in there to play with that could help assign IRQ's and such. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 Thanks again guys for all the links, good stuff there, though I still don't have any info on how to reassign resources to devices in Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-301693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaniv Ragasaydiv Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 is there an article on the microsoft site that speaks on this Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42076-i-need-some-help-reassigning-resources-to-devices-in-vista/#findComment-457976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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