Computer Hardware - Engineering

Q1:

Whenever you have a hardware resource conflict, it will more likely be an IRQ conflict rather than an i/o conflict because:

A there are a lot more I/O addresses than IRQs.

B the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs

C I/O addresses cannot conflict

D software tends to correct I/O conflicts

E software tends to mess up IRQs

ANS:A - there are a lot more I/O addresses than IRQs.

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