SamsungM6000User’sManual AboutDriversandSystemResources80
AboutDriversandSystem
Resources
Thissectiongivesyoubasicinformationaboutdriversandsystem
IRQs.
Drivers
Adriverisaprogramthatenablestheoperatingsystemtoworkwitha
hardwaredevice.Yourcomputerincludesdriversfortheaudio,video,
infrared,touchpad,keyboard,CD-ROMdrive,harddrive,floppy
drive,andPCCardcontroller.Whenyouaddadevicetoyour
computer,suchasaprinter,youinstalladriverforthatdevice.
Differentdriversareusedbydifferentoperatingsystems.Ifyouneed
driversforanoperatingsystemotherthanWindows98orWindows
NT,checktheDriversdirectoryinyourrestoreCD-ROM.Driversfor
someotheroperatingsystemsareincludedthere.
IRQs
Mostofthedevicesinyourcomputerorconnectedtoyourcomputer
needtheirownIRQ.TheIRQisahardwarelinethatadevicecanuse
tosendsignalstothemicroprocessor.Whenthedeviceneedsthe
microprocessor’sservice,thedevicesendsaninterruptrequestsignal
tothemicroprocessor.
ThenumberofIRQsavailableforanycomputerislimitedbyindustry
standards.Becauseitshipswithnumerousfeatures,theM6000Series
computerusesmostoftheavailableIRQs.Ifyouaddanotherdeviceto
yourcomputer,youmayneedtodisableanexistingdevicetofreeup
anIRQforthenewdevice.IRQresourcesareofparticularconcern
whenthecomputerisattachedtoadockingdevice.
TheIRQsthatareusedbyyourcomputerarelistedinTable8.