[Asterisk-Users] Motherboards and IRQs

[Colin Anderson]

Get ye to a used computer store and get one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Compaq-Deskpro-EN-Desktop-550MHZ-128MB-6-4GB_W0QQitemZ52
33796857QQcategoryZ51114QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Your original post said you were trying to get a small office going. This
would be suitable for a dozen or so users as long as you weren't
transcoding. 

When you boot it, hit F10 and go into the BIOS. In Advanced Setup > PCI you
can set any PCI card to any IRQ you want. A TDM card shows up as "Unknown
Intel network controller". I set my TDM22 to IRQ 11 and disabled the onboard
audio, parallell, etc to give plenty of free IRQ's. I set the Intel NIC to
IRQ 7, for example, the same IRQ as the parallel port. 

On mine, zttest yields 100% about 70% of the time, no echo, and with 3
extensions going, top says CPU at ~10%. It took me a couple hours total to
get it going first time with Asterisk at Home and that includes terminating the
cat5 and setting up a telemarketer honeypot. Hey, for $50, what do you have
to loose? 

> ----------
> From: 	jennyw
> Reply To: 	Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Sent: 	Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:39 PM
> To: 	Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: 	[Asterisk-Users] Motherboards and IRQs
> 
> Someone mentioned earlier (I can't find the message now) that they had a 
> motherboard that allowed you to change IRQ assignments in BIOS. Does 
> anyone happen to know how to identify motherboards that can do this? I'm 
> going to put together a new machine now and I'm having trouble picking a 
> motherboard for it (ordering from Dell or other online vendor is not an 
> option, since I need this in the next couple days).
> 
> This is to provide another avenue for avoiding IRQ conflicts with the 
> Digium TDM400Ps.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jen
> 
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