Gateway 2000 P5-66 with PCI Fails During Setup

Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
Article ID: Q115591

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you are setting up Windows NT on a Gateway 2000 P5-66, Setup fails if there are non-PCI peripherals in the computer.

CAUSE

The Gateway 2000 P5-66 with PCI bus does not mark IRQs used by non-PCI bus peripherals as being used. Setup fails if you don't manually mark these as used in the CMOS.

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Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbhw nthw
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
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