IRQ's, i/o addresses

[listat]

the dude at the trainig place told me to learn these over crimbo and then ill start the a+ coasre in january,

how the hell do u learn io addresse man, theres so many, HOW DO U DO IT??

Please help me-

[Jiggy]

Take a look through here, link (http://www.pcguide.com/topic.html).

[Beta Geek]

Welcome to the PC Guide forums!

Here’s the general stuff that you need to know:
http://www.geocities.com/budallen98_98/comm-irq.html

An easy printable IRQ chart:
http://www.helpmypc.com/troubleshooter/pcirq.htm
Note:
-Since most modern PCs don’t have more than one parallel port, IRQ 5 is usually used for the sound card.
-IRQ 12 is used for the PS/2 mouse port.
-IRQ 14 is for the primary IDE controller
-IRQ 15 is for the secondary IDE controller

Another IRQ chart:
http://itdepot.org/IRQChart.htm

I/O Address chart:
http://itdepot.org/ioaddresses.htm

DMA Chart:
http://itdepot.org/DMA%20chart.htm

Hope this helps.

Make sure to go to Jiggy's link for more detailed info on each of the above.