formerprof

Dear Detlev,

So far I've only heard of this problem occurring on nVidia 7900GT cards.
Several different main boards are reported, suggesting that there's
something about the 7900GT to which nVidia will have to attend. I hope it's
sooner rather than later. Many thanks and all good wishes.

formerprof



"Detlev Rackow" <detlev.rackow@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> formerprof schrieb:
>>
>> This problem is recorded in the system log with five instances of this
>> error message: "IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device
>> in PCI slot 22, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for
>> technical assistance" Each instance lists a different PCI slot.
>>
>> Hardware: ASUS A32SLI-Deluxe motherboard, XFX 7900GT graphics card, AMD
>> 4800+ dual core 64-bit processor. I have installed the latest BIOS
>> (1303). I've had no trouble with XP or Linux, both 32 and 64-bit
>> versions.
>>
> Hello formerprof,
>
> if there was a bug in the mentioned drivers concerning power management,
> there would be much more problems of this kind. I suppose that the problem
> lies - as mentioned in the log - in the bios of the mainboard or the
> graphics card. Since Windows 98, Microsoft's demands on the correct
> funtion of the BIOS and the ACPI-tables have risen continually, and
> PM-failures have been the most common failures from bugs in the BIOS.
>
> Speaking of myself, I have just needed to update the BIOS on my MSI-K9N
> for PM to work properly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Detlev