Dell Inspiron 7000 Dell Inspiron 7000 Service Manual - Page 15

The Save-to-disk option under Suspend Mode copies all system data to a reserved area on the hard-disk drive and then turns off all power to the computer. When you resume normal operation, the same programs will be running and the same files will be open that were loaded before you activated this mode. Use Save-to-disk suspend mode to conserve battery power or to preserve system data by quickly saving it to the hard-disk drive if you are about to run out of battery power. Table 1-1 lists the interrupt assignments. IRQ0 IRQ1 IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQ8 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 Generated by the system timer Generated by the keyboard controller to signal that the keyboard output buffer is full Cascade to second interrupt controller Reserved Used by the communications port (COM1) Used by the audio controller Generated by the diskette drive controller to indicate that the diskette drive requires the attention of the microprocessor Used by the parallel port Generated by the system real-time clock Free Generated by the USB Generated by the cardbus controller Generated by the keyboard controller to indicate that the output buffer of the integrated touch pad or external PS/2 mouse is full Used by the math coprocessor on the microprocessor Generated by the hard-disk drive to indicate that the drive requires the attention of the microprocessor Generated by the secondary IDE controller (CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive) to indicate that the drive requires attention of the microprocessor System Overview 1-7