Lab Report 8.4

1.	Why did you leave the CD-ROM drive connected to the hard drive controller?
2.	Which utility displays the IRQ assignments?
3.	What is the likely problem if one of your peripherals malfunctions after the sound card is installed?
4.	Why does the computer require a sound card driver?

Answers

1.	Moving the CD-ROM data cable to the sound card can change the master/slave status of other drives in the system.
2.	The MSD utility displays the IRQ assignments and other system information.
3.	Sound cards often create resource conflicts when they are installed. These conflicts can cause problems for the sound card and other peripherals.
4.	The sound card is a peripheral device, and peripheral devices require a device driver (software) to function.