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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
Plug and Play
With Plug and Play and Windows Millennium Edition, avoiding
hardware conflicts is easy. Plug and Play is a computer standard
that helps the system BIOS (basic input/output system) and the
operating system to automatically assign system resources to Plug
and Play-compliant devices. In theory, if every device connected
to the computer is Plug and Play-compliant, no two devices will
compete for the same system resources. You just plug in the
device and turn on your computer. Windows Millennium Edition
automatically sets up your system to accommodate the new
device.
However, if you install an older (legacy) device that Windows
Millennium Edition cannot recognize, the operating system may
have difficulty assigning system resources to it. As a result, a
hardware conflict can occur. To see what resources Windows
Millennium Edition has assigned to the device, see
.
Resolving conflicts
There are three things you can do to resolve hardware conflicts.
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Disable the device.
For an older device, remove it from the computer. For a Plug
and Play device, see
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Disable another system component and use its resources for
the new device. See
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Reconfigure the device so that its requirements do not
conflict. Refer to the device’s documentation for instructions
about changing settings on the device.
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