3 Troubleshooting Your PC
Technical Information Needed for Troubleshooting
IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC
IRQs used by PC | IRQ0 | system timer | |
| IRQ1 | keyboard | |
The IRQ, DMA, and I/O address | IRQ2 | system cascade | |
mappings shown here are for a | IRQ3 | free if not used for serial port 2 | |
PC with a basic configuration. | IRQ4 | free if not used for serial port 1 | |
The resources used by your PC | IRQ5 | free if not used for parallel port 2 | |
may vary, depending upon | IRQ6 | flexible disk drive controller | |
which accessory boards are | IRQ7 | free if not used for parallel port 1 | |
bundled with the PC. | IRQ8 | ||
| IRQ9 | available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board | |
| IRQ10 | available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board | |
| IRQ11 | available for PCI devices, if not used by ISA board | |
| IRQ12 | mouse | |
| IRQ13 | ||
| IRQ14 | integrated IDE hard disk drive controller | |
| IRQ15 | free if not used by second IDE controller | |
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DMAs used by PC | DMA 0 | free | |
| 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 | |
| DMA 5 | free | |
| DMA 6 | free | |
| DMA 7 | free | |
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I/O Addresses used by PC | 2Eh - 2Fh, integrated I/O controller | ||
| 96h - 97h, “Little Ben” | ||
| E0h - E7h, HP reserved | ||
| 170h - 177h, 376h IDE secondary channel | ||
| 1F0h - 1F7h, 3F6h IDE primary channel | ||
| 278h - 27Fh parallel port 2 | ||
| 2E8h - 2EFh serial port 4 | ||
| 2F8h - 2FFh serial port 2 | ||
| 378h - 37Fh parallel port 1 | ||
| 3B0h - 3DFh integrated video graphics controller | ||
| 3E8h - 3EFh serial port 3 | ||
| 3F0h - 3F5h, 3F7h integrated flexible disk controller | ||
| 3F8h - 3FFh serial port 1 | ||
| 496h - 497h HP reserved | ||
| 678h - 67Dh parallel port if ECP mode is selected | ||
| 778h - 77Dh parallel port if ECP mode is selected | ||
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