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I didnt know wether to post this in the Hardware Hangout or here, but I think its not a hardware fault but within windows so I'll stick it in here.

I got a Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter today, cracked open my system and installed it.

Since my 56k modem card was in the bottom PCI slot I uninstalled that and replaced it with the Wireless-G card, and put the modem above it.

When I booted up all went fine and instilation went fine, the Wireless-G card is fully functional and thers not fault. The problem is the modem, I installed it again with its drivers and its saying:

This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)

If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.

So I told Device Manager to uninstall it and rebooted, installed it with the drivers and I get the error again.

I dont know what this error means, does it mean it cant get enough power from the power supply or is it some other fault?

I hope someone can help me in this matter.

Just a quick rundown on whats in my PCI slots:

* Hauppauge PVR 350

* Netodragon 56k Modem

* Linksys Wireless-G network card

And powering it is a Zalman Noiseless Switching 400W power supply

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It sounds like you are out of IRQs for the modem to use.

What kind of Windows OS are you running?

If it is Windows 2000 or XP, go to Control Panel, double click on System, Hardware, then Device Manager, go to VIEW and choose Resources by type and open DMA.

See if that works for ya

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My bad, it wasnt Interrupt request, it was DMA

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Edited by EZRecovery

Start disabling legacy ports you don't use. Serial, parallel ports. Disable MIDI support in your sound card, etc...

Or better yet, see if your mainboard supports APIC. Isn't that the thing that starts assigning virtual IRQs like 31 and so on?

  AshUK said:
I have a ASUS P4C800 Deluxe, anyone know if its compatible?

This totally sucks, I didnt know there was a limit to how many devices you can connect :(

That should support APIC but it might be one of those things (like ACPI) that you need to have enabled before you install windows. Look for it in the BIOS and turn it on.

fred666 is right, it might be disable in the BIOS.

Error code says: This error message can also appear if the BIOS did not allocate enough resources to the device (for example, if a universal serial bus (USB) controller does not get an interrupt from the BIOS because of a corrupt Multiprocessor System (MPS) table).

Edited by EZRecovery

Ash,

I've experienced this problem on a Dell system before...it's beacuse the bottom 2 pci slots are shared.

Basically the only solution I found was to move the pci devices, another pci device may not mind sharing the allaction with the Wireless adaptor.

(P.S. Disabling legacy stuff in the bios did not resolve the problem for me.)

  Unique Touch said:
Ash,

I've experienced this problem on a Dell system before...it's beacuse the bottom 2 pci slots are shared.

Basically the only solution I found was to move the pci devices, another pci device may not mind sharing the allaction with the Wireless adaptor.

(P.S. Disabling legacy stuff in the bios did not resolve the problem for me.)

I uninstalled them both then put the modem nearer the top and the wifi card at the bottom, but now the modem is functioning but the wifi card is now saying the Code 12, lol

AshUK, when you remove the modem from the PCI slot, did you uninstall it from Device Manager first? Same as the Wireless card?

How many PCI you have available? I take it that you only have 2 PCIs.

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Ok, I did a search and you have 5 PCI slots, what other cards do you have in there?

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  AshUK said:
I uninstalled them both then put the modem nearer the top and the wifi card at the bottom, but now the modem is functioning but the wifi card is now saying the Code 12, lol

lol, ok...hmmm, i'm trying to remember what the bottom pci slot on the mobo was sharing with.

I think it maight be sharing resources with pci slot 3 (or 4? :blink: ).

Can you try avoiding use of pci slot 5? If not avoid using pci slot 3 and see what happens.

I hope this helps resolve your problem. Let me know.

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