Prologic Recruitment Ltd

Training Division

A+ Part I Computer Hardware

IRQ/PORTS

Mathew Abraham

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IRQ/PORTS
 Overview
 Terminology

 Examples

- IRQ
- PORTS
 Troubleshooting

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IRQ/PORTS
 IRQ – Interrupt Request each
device (ISA and VESA bus) is
assigned a unique IRQ. The IRQ is
used to interrupt the CPU and let it
know that the device needs
attention.
 The CPU knows which device is
requesting attention by IRQ
address.

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I/O Address
 The I/O address used by the CPU to
communicate back the device. The
CPU will run the program loaded in
the I/O address assigned to the
requesting device, to service the
request.

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How this works?

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PCI IRQ sharing

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Ports
 Port – a connection that a
peripheral can plug into.
 Modern PCs comes with the
following:-

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Ports

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Ports

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Address Assignments

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IRQ Assignments

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IRQ 2

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DMA (Direct Memory Access)
 Original 8 bit ISA BUS
- DMA channel 0-3 (4)

Newer 16- bit ISA Bus

- DMA Channels 0-7 (8)

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Troubleshooting
 Resource Conflicts
- Two devices using the IRQ at the
same time (ISA Bus).
- Can device’s resource usage be
changed?
Bios
Jumpers
Software

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Setting by software

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