3 Troubleshooting Your PC

Technical Information

IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC

IRQs used by PC

IRQ0

system timer

 

IRQ1

keyboard

The IRQ, DMA, and

IRQ2

system cascade

I/O address

IRQ3

free if not used for serial port

mappings shown

IRQ4

free if not used for serial port

here are for a PC

IRQ5

free if not used for parallel port

with a basic

IRQ6

flexible disk drive controller

configuration. The

IRQ7

free if not used for parallel port

resources used by

IRQ8

real-time clock

your PC may vary,

IRQ9

available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board

depending upon

IRQ10

available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board

which accessory

IRQ11

available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board

boards are bundled

IRQ12

mouse

with the PC.

IRQ13

co-processor

 

IRQ14

integrated IDE hard disk drive controller

 

IRQ15

free if not used by second IDE controller

 

 

 

DMAs

DMA 0

free

used by PC

DMA 1

free if not used for parallel port in Setup

 

DMA 2

flexible disk drive controller

 

DMA 3

free if not used for parallel port in Setup

 

DMA 4

used to cascade DMA channels 0-3

 

DMA 5

free

 

DMA 6

free

 

DMA 7

free

 

 

I/O Addresses

170h - 177h, 376h IDE secondary channel

used by PC

1F0h - 1F7h, 3F6h IDE primary channel

 

278h - 27Fh (and 3A8h) parallel port

 

2E8h - 2EFh serial port

 

2F8h - 2FFh serial port

 

370h - 371h integrated I/O controller

 

378h - 37Fh parallel port

 

3B0h - 3DFh (3B0-3BB,3O0-3DF) integrated video graphics controller

 

3E8h - 3EFh serial port

 

3F0h - 3F5h, 3F7h integrated flexible disk controller

 

3F8h - 3FFh serial port

 

496h - 497h HP reserved

 

678h - 67Bh parallel port if ECP mode is selected

 

778h - 77Bh parallel port if ECP mode is selected

 

 

 

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