Toshiba Satellite 1730 User Guide - Page 192
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192 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Plug and Play With Plug and Play and Windows Millennium Edition, avoiding hardware conflicts is easy. Plug and Play is a computer standard that helps the system BIOS (basic input/output system) and the operating system to automatically assign system resources to Plug and Play-compliant devices. In theory, if every device connected to the computer is Plug and Play-compliant, no two devices will compete for the same system resources. You just plug in the device and turn on your computer. Windows Millennium Edition automatically sets up your system to accommodate the new device. However, if you install an older (legacy) device that Windows Millennium Edition cannot recognize, the operating system may have difficulty assigning system resources to it. As a result, a hardware conflict can occur. To see what resources Windows Millennium Edition has assigned to the device, see Checking device properties on page 193. Resolving conflicts There are three things you can do to resolve hardware conflicts. ❖ Disable the device. For an older device, remove it from the computer. For a Plug and Play device, see Fixing a problem with Device Manager on page 193. ❖ Disable another system component and use its resources for the new device. See Fixing a problem with Device Manager on page 193. ❖ Reconfigure the device so that its requirements do not conflict. Refer to the device's documentation for instructions about changing settings on the device.