The IRQ book
By: Kate Chase
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780071346986
Subjects: Microcomputers; Software configuration management
Description: "Error messages and system freezes are all too common to PCs as they try to cope with the techno-weight of modems, printers, scanners, video boards, sound cards, and other multiple devices heaped on top of the buggy versions of Windows. This indispensable text/CD-ROM package offers you up-to-the-minute preventive guidance and troubleshooting solutions to the many hardware conflicts that can plague your PC." "The IRQ Book first emphasizes the importance of proper configuration to your PC preductivity, giving you all the basics of how to configure system components and manage configuration to minimize conflicts, maximize performance, and reduce the downtime troubleshooting through a tricky setup. It then offers you a solid body of troubleshooting techniques, including how to identify and resolve fatal errors, use configuration files and logs in troubleshooting, troubleshoot through Windows Protection Errors at hoot, and troubleshoot Plug-and-Play devices. You'll also find clarifying coverage of the new PC99 spets. USE technology, device-management workings of the Windows Registry, and a lot more." "Highlighted by a chapter that helps you resolve the 12 most common hardware conflicts and problems. The IRQ Book guides you expertly through the maxe of system interrupts to help you ensure your PC is as problem-free as possible. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1.; title: Configuration Primer: What You Need to Know and Do --; title: Identifying the Key Configuration Files --; title: Other Things You Want to Copy -- -- Chapter 2.; title: How PC Hardware Spans the Years: How It Jams Us; How It Helps Us --; title: History of PC Bus Architecture --; title: Understanding PC Buses --; title: Types of PC Expansion Buses --; title: PC99 Specifications--What They Are, What They Mean -- -- Chapter 3.; title: Work Before You Begin Work or Buy New Hardware --; title: Assessing Your System to Understand Current Resource Use --; title: Using Windows 95/98 and Windows NT's Device Manager in Documenting Your Resources --; title: Utilities for Assessment --; title: Additional Resources for Planning and Implementation --; title: Backups --; title: Boot or System Disks --; title: Adding Cards and Other Hardware --; title: Fast Look at Ultra DMA -- -- Chapter 4..; title: IRQ, DMA, and I/O Essentials --; title: Modifying Hardware Settings --; title: Details of System Resources and Their Assignment --; title: Direct Memory Access, or DMA --; title: Input/Output, or I/O --; title: Tips to Help You Plan --; title: Compiling Your PC's System Resource Profile --; title: What to Do When You Spot a Resource Conflict -- -- Chapter 5.; title: Troubleshooting Practicum --; title: Checklist of the Dos and Don'ts of Troubleshooting --; title: Before You Get in Too Deep --; title: Working Through Blue Screen Errors --; title: Undoing Optimization --; title: Basics of Resolving Device Conflicts --; title: Understanding Device Contention in 32-bit Windows --; title: Quick Changes in Device Manager for Checking and Resolving --; title: More on Troubleshooting with Configuration Files and Logs -- -- Chapter 6.; title: Particular Issues in 32-Bit Operating Systems --; title: Proper Installation and Deletion --; title: Issues related to Drivers and Hardware --; title: Issues Related to a Multiboot Environment -- -- Chapter 7.; title: Additional Issues in Adding Hardware --; title: Plug and Play (PnP) Technology --; title: PCI --; title: Universal Seril Bus (USB) --; title: FireWire/IEEE1394 -- -- Chapter 8.; title: Deeper Look at the Windows Registry: Important Tips to Work with, Modify, and Rescue --