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- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: IRQ2 trace on video card, which one?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.145235.3139@rwwa.COM>
- Keywords: irq2, interrupt conflicts, video, serial and net cards
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- Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
- References: <ellis.716302427@nova>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 14:52:35 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- In article <ellis.716302427@nova>, ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis) writes:
-
- | I would like to prophylactically disable the IRQ2 line on the video board.
- | Although I have a pinout description, I am having trouble bringing
- | everything completely into focus. My pinout shows IRQ9 as pin 7. That is
- | the one I need to disable on the video card, right? How do I identify which
- | side and end of the board to start counting from?
-
- No. You leave the irq9 signal *alone*!
-
- I would suggest the following procedure for disabling use of IRQ2 by
- VGA/EGA cards:
-
- 1) Most modern boards of the just-above-bargain-basement-price-or-better
- ilk have a jumper that can be opened to disable use of IRQ2. Check your
- board's documentation, or look for a suspicious jumper.
-
- 2) Most of the boards that *don't* have a jumper have a special PCB
- pad that is specificly designed for cutting. Again, check your board's
- documentation, or look around for such a pad.
-
- 3) The IRQ2 pin is the fourth pin from the rear pannel on the non-component
- side of the board. You can try to trace it, say using a stylus or your
- finger, to see where it goes, but with complex multilayer boards this is
- not easy.
-
- 4) If you must cut the trace to the IRQ2 pin (because you fall into
- category 2 above, or because you don't even have a special pad), do the
- following:
- a) Select a portion of the trace near the IRQ2 pin (so you can find it
- later) that is not excessively close to other traces (so you don't
- accidentally cut them) where the trace runs straight for 10 millimeters
- or so.
-
- b) use a single edge razor blade or xacto knife, and cut perpendicularly
- through the trace in *two places* a milimeter or two apart.
-
- c) Then *lift up the copper* between these two cuts. This assures that
- the trace is actually opened.
-
- *disclaimer* : Should you, doing the above, cut your thumb off, ruin your
- board, or become late in your taxes, don't blame me. Your life is *your*
- responsiblity!
-
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