If There Is An Irq Problem - HP Vectra Vli 8SF Supplementary Manual

NOTE
1 Troubleshooting Your PC

If There Is an IRQ Problem

If There Is an IRQ Problem
Problem
You have installed an accessory board
but it won't working.
You have installed an accessory board
and you get a message telling you
that there is no IRQ (Interrupt
Request) available for the accessory
board.
If there is still a problem
Plug and Play operating systems such as Windows 95 and Windows 98
should, in normal circumstances, be able to allocate the IRQs that are
used according to the hardware installed in the PC.
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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.
• Check that you have followed the installation instructions provided
with the accessory board.
• 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).
•
Remove the new accessory board.
For ISA Legacy accessory boards under Windows NT:
1 Restart the PC and press F2
2 Reserve an IRQ for the accessory board. You can reserve IRQ 5, IRQ
9, IRQ 10 or IRQ 11 for this purpose. To do this, go to the
ISA Resource Exclusion menu
Advanced
in the Setup program and reserve the chosen IRQ.
3 In the Main menu, set the PnP Operating System item
to NO.
key to save the changes and quit the Setup program.
4 Press the
F3
5 Redo the Windows installation procedure for the accessory board and
ensure that the Service Pack has been reinstalled.
Solution
when the Vectra logo is displayed.