Plug And Play - Toshiba 9000 User Manual

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Troubleshooting Guide
Resolving a hardware conflict
to bypass the microprocessor and access memory directly. If two
or more devices use the same DMA, the data required by one
device overwrites the data required by the other, causing a
hardware conflict.

Plug and Play

With Plug and Play and Windows 2000, avoiding hardware
conflicts is easy. Plug and Play is a computer standard that helps
the system BIOS (basic input/output system) and Windows 2000
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 simply plug in the
device and turn on your computer. Your operating system
automatically configures your system to accommodate the new
device.