'Interrupt storm' results non-stopable noise

[Anthony M. Agelastos]

Kostas Blekos wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In some cases, when two audio events coincide (usually in gaim),
>I get the following message:
>
>Interrupt storm detected on "irq9: pcm0 uhci2"; throttling interrupt source
>
>and then there is a continuous noise that I can not stop in anyway.
>Does anybody knows how to resolve this (*stop* the noise)?
>
>Thanks.
>(please cc: me any replies)
>
>  
>
Hello. I had a similar problem with interrupt storms when I was setting 
up my printer. The fix for this involved me modifying /boot/device.hints 
. To see what I did and if it can help you or not, please read the 
entire thread entitled
Very slow printing with stock FreeBSD5.3 + CUPS + Gimp-Print + HPDeskJet612C
from the archives shown
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-April/thread.html#84195
I hope this helps.

-Anthony