Resolving Conflicts In Windows 95

Resolving Conflicts In Windows 95

Conflicts occur when two or more peripheral devices contend for the same resources. Conflicts between your audio card and another peripheral device may occur if your card and the other device are set to use the same I/O addresses, IRQ line, or DMA channel.

To resolve conflicts in Windows 95, run Device Manager to change the resource settings of your audio card or the peripheral device in your system.

To change the resource settings of your audio card follow the steps below:

Click on the taskbar.
Select Settings and then Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears.
Double-click the System icon. The System Properties sheet appears.
Click the Device Manager tab. A list of devices in your system appears.
Select Sound, video and game controllers. Your audio card's name appears.
Select your audio card and choose Properties. Your audio card's properties sheet appears.
Click the Resources tab.
Click the Use automatic settings check box. If this check box is already enabled, you need to go into the properties sheet of the conflicting peripheral device and click the same check box there.
Reboot your system to allow Windows 95 to reassign resources to your audio card and/or the conflicting peripheral device.

The Conflicting device list box shows you which peripheral device is conflicting with your audio card. This box is displayed on the Resources tabbed page of your audio card's properties sheet.