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Available Hardware Resources under Windows NT

Hardware: Legacy DAQ Devices

Problem: I am having trouble with base address, interrupt request (IRQ) or direct memory access (DMA) conflicts in Windows NT. How can I check which resources are available?

Solution:

To see what resources are available in Windows NT 4.0, you take the following path:

  • Select Start » Administrative Tools » Windows NT Diagnostics » Resources Tab.

  • At the bottom of the window, you can choose IRQ to view which interrupt resources are already in use; you can view I/O Port to view which base I/O addresses are already in use; and you can also choose DMA to view which DMA channels are already in use.

  • Copy down several alternatives for each hardware resource, because even though a resource setting is shown as not being in use by NT Diagnostics, there still exists the possibility that NT is not reporting its usage correctly.


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Report Date: 08/17/2006
Last Updated: 08/25/2006
Document ID: 40GBJ1E1

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