Subject

    Computer Science

    Topic

    Computer Hardware

    A typical ISA sound card historically used which IRQ by default?

    a)
    6
    b)
    5
    c)
    15
    d)
    1

    Explanation

    Legacy sound cards often defaulted to IRQ 5 (LPT2’s alternate). While other IRQs could be set, 5 was the common choice. Knowing these defaults helps resolve legacy resource conflicts with LPT and COM hardware.

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