Grabbing Problems - Matrox Meteor-II /1394 Installation And Hardware Reference

30 Appendix A: Troubleshooting

Grabbing Problems

IRQ conflicts
In general, PCI devices can share an interrupt line (IRQ).
However, sometimes this might not be possible. One type of
difficulty that you might run into is as follows:
IRQ conflict under Windows NT 4.0
In the event that your Matrox Imaging board(s) cannot share
an IRQ line with other devices, allocate a different IRQ to
each device in the IRQ Configuration Setup section of the
BIOS Setup Program (accessible on bootup), if possible.
IRQ conflict under Windows 2000
To resolve this problem, re-assign a different IRQ line to the
PCI slot in which the Matrox Meteor-II board is installed.
Note that PCI devices cannot share interrupt lines with EISA
or ISA devices.
Other possible solutions to the above problem:
Move the Matrox Meteor-II board to another (free) PCI slot.
Swap Matrox Meteor-II with another board, by switching PCI
slots.
Problems during application development
Computer 'hangs' or produces unwanted results while an
application is running
Sometimes, an EISA or ISA device might attempt to use the
same interrupt, registers, or memory space as PCI boards, and
this causes a conflict. Check for an interrupt, memory, or
register conflict:
Under Windows NT, go to Windows NT Diagnostics
property sheet (found under Start Programs
Administrative Tools (Common)). Under the Resources
page, check for devices that are sharing an IRQ with your
Matrox frame grabber.