Whenever you have a hardware resource conflict, it will more likely be an IRQ conflict rather than an i/o conflict because:

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the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs

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there    are    a    lot    more    I/O addresses than IRQs.

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I/O addresses cannot conflict

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software tends to correct I/O conflicts

1.	Whenever you have a hardware resource conflict, it will more likely be an IRQ conflict rather than an i/o conflict because:
A.	there are a lot more I/O addresses than IRQs.
B.	the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs
C.	I/O addresses cannot conflict
D.	software tends to correct I/O conflicts
Answer» B. the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs

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