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System resources – HP XE3 User Manual

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HP OmniBook XE3

Product Information

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System Resources

The following tables list the default values for the notebook’s system resources. Use the BIOS Setup
utility (see page 3-29) to view all available port and audio device configurations in the System
Devices menu.

The tables in this section show typical resource usage as set up by the notebook’s BIOS. Plug-and-
play operating systems, drivers, and BIOS Setup settings may change some of the entries.

Table 1-1. System Interrupts

0

System timer

1

Keyboard

2

Cascade from secondary interrupt controller

3

Free

4

COM1 (serial port)

5

Audio

6

Floppy disk drive

7

LPT1 (ECP parallel port)

8

Real-time clock

9

SCI

10

PCI IRQ (shared by all PCI devices)

11

Free (or MIDI if enabled)

12

Touch pad, PS/2 mouse

13

Numeric coprocessor

14

Internal hard disk drive (primary IDE controller)

15

Internal CD-ROM drive (secondary IDE controller)

Table 1-2. System Memory

00000–9FFFF

System memory

A0000–BFFFF

Video

C0000–CFFFF

Video BIOS

D0000–DBFFF

Free: can be used for upper memory blocks
(UMBs) or PC card memory windows

DC000–FFFF

System BIOS