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1 Troubleshooting Your PC
If There Is an IRQ Problem
If There Is an IRQ Problem
NOTE
Plug and Play operating systems such as Windows 95 and Windows 98
should, in normal circumstances, be able to allocate IRQs according to
the hardware installed in the PC.
Problem
Solution
You have installed an accessory
board but it is not working.
Check that:
1
The accessory board is correctly installed in the slot.
2
There are no bent connector pins.
3
You have installed the correct drivers (refer to the board
manufacturer’s web site).
4
The relevant fields in the HP
Setup
program are correctly set.
5
The software installation steps have been followed correctly.
You have installed a sound board
and you get a message telling you
that there is no IRQ (Interrupt
Request) available for the sound
board.
1
Check that you have followed the installation instructions provided
with the sound board.
2
Check if the new accessory board supports shared interrupts, and if
possible, implement a shared interrupt (refer to the accessory board
manufacturer for more information).
3
Remove the new accessory board.
If there is still a problem
For ISA Legacy accessory boards under Windows NT:
1
Restart the PC and press
F2
when
Press F2 to enter Setup
is
displayed.
2
Go to the
PnP/PCI ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion
submenu of
the
Advanced
menu. By default, IRQ 5 is reserved for the
embedded audio device. Set another free IRQ to ISA (refer to page
75).
3
In the
Main
menu, set the
Plug &Play O/S
item to
No
.
4
Press the
F10
key to save the changes and quit the
Setup
program.
5
Redo the Windows NT installation procedure for the sound board.
Summary of Contents for Vectra VEi 7
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