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Appendix B
AMDY-7002 User’s Manual 5-4
Improper disable operation
There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device/feature in one
application through BIOS setting. These variables may not be set back to the original
values when needed. These devices/features will certainly fail to be detected.
When the above conditions happen, it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS
settings. Make sure certain items are set as they should be. These include the COM1/
COM2 ports, USB ports, external cache, on-board VGA and Ethernet.
It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device/port to
release IRQ resource. A few good examples are
Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ #4
Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ #3
Etc…
Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)
Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service
required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board.
Interrupt Request Lines IRQ
IRQ# Current Use Default Use
IRQ 0
System ROM System Timer
IRQ 1
System ROM Keyboard Event
IRQ 2
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
IRQ 3
System ROM COM2
IRQ 4
System ROM COM1
IRQ 5
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
IRQ 6
System ROM Diskette Event
IRQ 7
Unused Usable IRQ
IRQ 8 System ROM Real-Time Clock
IRQ 9
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
IRQ 10
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
IRQ 11
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event
IRQ 13
System ROM Coprocessor Error
IRQ 14
System ROM Hard Disk Event
IRQ 15
【
Unassigned
】
Usable IRQ
It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals.
If IRQ resource is not enough, please disable some devices listed above to release
further IRQ numbers.