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Reserving an IRQ within Windows 98/Me – Legacy ISA
Windows 98/Me also allows you to reserve interrupts for legacy use. In most cases
this works just as well as reserving the IRQ in the BIOS. However, you may still
have problems if you boot up an older version of DOS from a floppy where
Windows 98/Me can’t do its Plug-and-Play magic. To reserve an IRQ within
Windows 98/Me do the following:
1. Click on the
Start
button and select
Control Panel
under the
Settings
option.
2. Double click on the icon labeled
System
.
3. Select the tab labeled
Device Manager
and click the
Properties
button.
4. Select the tab labeled
Reserve Resources
and make sure that
Interrupt
Request
is selected.
5. Click on the
Add
button and enter the IRQ that is being used by your legacy
card.
6. Windows may prompt you that the IRQ is currently in use by another device.
Click on
Details
to see which device Windows currently thinks is using this
IRQ. It should be your Echo card or whatever device is currently conflicting
with your legacy card. If that is the case, go ahead and reserve the IRQ.
7. When Windows asks, reboot your machine. When Windows restarts your Plug-
and-Play cards will not be assigned to the reserved IRQ.
Hopefully, your system will now be functioning properly. If not, please refer to the
“Contacting Customer Service” section of this manual. We’ll do our best to help
you solve your problem.