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Removal of Multimedia Device May Cause Resource Conflict

Article ID: 195546

Article Last Modified on 11/4/2002


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SYMPTOMS

After you remove a peripheral component interconnect-based (PCI) multimedia device (such as a sound card) from Device Manager, you may be prompted to install a new multimedia hardware device, and this may occur even if you have not installed a new multimedia hardware device. If you then press Refresh in Device Manager, the device you originally removed may reappear in Device Manager with an exclamation point in a yellow circle next to it.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if IRQ Steering is enabled on your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2.0. This problem has been resolve in Microsoft Windows 98.

Additional query words: 95 2.00

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbui KB195546