Hardware Interrupt Conflicts

moebill · 04-26-2005, 07:56 PM

My laptop has a hardware interrupt conflict and my troubleshooter appears not to be working on that computer. How do I determine how to fix it?

moebill

batty_professor · 04-26-2005, 08:47 PM

Could you post some information for us about your laptop? Make/model? What hardware is indicated to have conflicts?

moebill · 04-27-2005, 03:12 PM

Thanks for responding.

My laptop is a Thinkpad 600E with Win98SE on it. My conflict are with the Hard drive. The following component has a hardware conflict:

Hard Disk Controller - 82371AB/EB PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER on Interrupt 15 with STANDARD BUS MASTERING IDE HARD DISK CONTROLLER.

batty_professor · 04-27-2005, 05:16 PM

I expect you're seeing a message during windows boot that reads something about "one or more drives is using MS-DOS compatibility mode" and "click here for more information". Which isn't very informative at all BTW. And you don't know there's a problem until windows starts to load, right? Nothing indicated in the bios? Any recent hardware changes?. If i'm on target, and no hardware changes, I'd try removing one of the listed controllers from the device manager, and reboot. Windows should re-configure the hardware at startup, thereby resolving the issue.

moebill · 04-27-2005, 06:06 PM

When I go into Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark on the Intel 82371AB/EB PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER. Then when I go into properties a message in the Device Status Box says 'This device is causing a resource conflict (code 15).

It also tells me that to resolve it use 'Hardware Troubleshooter.' I tried this but my system hangs with program not responding.

batty_professor · 04-27-2005, 06:36 PM

If you'll right click the offending device, you'll have some choices, one of which is "remove device".

04-26-2005, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
moebill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 OS: ME	Hardware Interrupt Conflicts My laptop has a hardware interrupt conflict and my troubleshooter appears not to be working on that computer. How do I determine how to fix it? moebill

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batty_professor Asst. Manager, Alternative Computing Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hooterville Il 45 mi. east of St. Louis mo Posts: 2,608 OS: Fedora Core 5 for now	Could you post some information for us about your laptop? Make/model? What hardware is indicated to have conflicts? __________________ It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B. While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps. And we thank you for your support. Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

04-27-2005, 03:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
moebill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 OS: ME	Hardware Interrupt Conflicts Thanks for responding. My laptop is a Thinkpad 600E with Win98SE on it. My conflict are with the Hard drive. The following component has a hardware conflict: Hard Disk Controller - 82371AB/EB PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER on Interrupt 15 with STANDARD BUS MASTERING IDE HARD DISK CONTROLLER.

04-27-2005, 05:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
batty_professor Asst. Manager, Alternative Computing Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hooterville Il 45 mi. east of St. Louis mo Posts: 2,608 OS: Fedora Core 5 for now	I expect you're seeing a message during windows boot that reads something about "one or more drives is using MS-DOS compatibility mode" and "click here for more information". Which isn't very informative at all BTW. And you don't know there's a problem until windows starts to load, right? Nothing indicated in the bios? Any recent hardware changes?. If i'm on target, and no hardware changes, I'd try removing one of the listed controllers from the device manager, and reboot. Windows should re-configure the hardware at startup, thereby resolving the issue. __________________ It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B. While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps. And we thank you for your support. Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

04-27-2005, 06:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
moebill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 OS: ME	Hardware Interrupt Conflicts When I go into Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark on the Intel 82371AB/EB PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER. Then when I go into properties a message in the Device Status Box says 'This device is causing a resource conflict (code 15). It also tells me that to resolve it use 'Hardware Troubleshooter.' I tried this but my system hangs with program not responding.

04-27-2005, 06:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
batty_professor Asst. Manager, Alternative Computing Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hooterville Il 45 mi. east of St. Louis mo Posts: 2,608 OS: Fedora Core 5 for now	If you'll right click the offending device, you'll have some choices, one of which is "remove device". __________________ It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B. While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps. And we thank you for your support. Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458