Device Manager Displays "Reserved Devices" for Aztech Sound Card
Article ID: 186891
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q186891
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SYMPTOMS
If your computer contains an Aztech sound card, Device Manager may display
some devices as reserved devices under the Sound, Video And Game
Controllers branch.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because some Aztech sound cards include a set of
additional devices that are either not implemented or have no functional
value to the user. These types of devices are displayed as reserved
devices in Device Manager.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Windows 95, these types of devices are displayed as unknown
devices under the Unknown Devices branch in Device Manager. In Windows 98,
unknown devices are automatically selected to indicate that the device is
not recognized, and that you may need to contact the vendor for the
correct driver. Since the additional devices included with the Aztech
sound card do not require a driver, Microsoft and Aztech determined that
it is less confusing to display them as reserved devices instead of
unknown devices.
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