Re: Plug'n'Play? I think not!

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:00

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In article <bASi2GAVT9b3EwPb@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave
<Newsgroup@ghastly.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>Previously in <kltb3.35240$%65.81344@tor-nn1.netcom.ca>,
>Michael Reuvers <mreuvers@fieldav.com> said:
>>But the devices don't work. And when I do diagnostic on the network card 
>>it
>>fails the IRQ test.
>If you don't need the IRQ for the video card, you could disable it in
>the BIOS to free up the interrupt exclusively for the modem.
>
>The only reason I've found for assigning an IRQ to a video card is
>for PnP monitors. I guess there must be more, but I can't think of
>many occasions when a video card needs to talk back to the
>motherboard.

IME Most modern video cards *require* an IRQ.

TB

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Subject: Re: Plug'n'Play? I think not!
Date: 1999/06/22
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