How to deconflict IRQs

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My IRQs are messed up and I've researched on the Web that it's recommended to
go into Device Manager while in Safe Mode and to "remove" all the devices
that are in conflict, then reboot the computer in Safe Mode and go to the
Add/Remove Hardware feature to allow XP to reconnect and/or reestablish the
IRQ settings, etc. Question is, what is meant by "remove" the devices? Does
that mean to simply delete the drivers, or is there a method by which one
actually removes the devices from the list? I was not able to clarify this
point, and any help would be greatly appreciated so that I don't mess up my
system worse than it is. Thanks.
 
My IRQs are messed up and I've researched on the Web that it's recommended to
go into Device Manager while in Safe Mode and to "remove" all the devices
that are in conflict, then reboot the computer in Safe Mode and go to the
Add/Remove Hardware feature to allow XP to reconnect and/or reestablish the
IRQ settings, etc. Question is, what is meant by "remove" the devices?
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Go into Control Panel.
Click the System icon at the bottom.
Click the hardware tab.
Click the "Device Manager" in the middle of the screen.

Find the icon for each device that is in conflict.

Right click each device. On the menu that opens, click
"Uninstall".

That "removes" each of the conflicting devices from your
system.

If they are "plug and play", when you reboot, Microsoft will
attempt to re-install each of the "new" devices that it
finds, and HOPEFULLY will install them in a descending
priority so that they don't conflict.


Does
that mean to simply delete the drivers, or is there a method by which one
actually removes the devices from the list?
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Yes. Deleting the devices from the list will actually
delete the drivers.

I was not able to clarify this
point, and any help would be greatly appreciated so that I don't mess up my
system worse than it is. Thanks.
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This issue sometimes arises when you add new hardware to
your system.

Now that it's all presumably installed, delete everything
that's jamming up, and allow Windows to reinstall the works.

Keep your install software handy, as Windows may ask you for
any number of disks.

Good luck!

Tallahassee
 
This is a follow-up reply providing information to those who read this
thread. After contacting Dell and going through two and a half days of paid
technical support, the final conclusion by Dell and myself (which agrees with
what I read independently on other tech support web sites regarding similar
device/IRQ conflict problems with Windows XP) is that a fix is impossible and
a full format and reinstallation of the operating system is required. I now
have to utilize one of the web-based businesses that allow a subscriber to
upload data to their server, which can be retrieved later by the same
subscriber. That's the only way to save my data that hasn't been backed up
since my last full backup of my system three weeks ago. I pity those who
don't backup their files regularly. I hope this thread can help other
Windows XP users. Thanks to those who contributed.
 
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