Device Conflict Symptoms

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 19:15

A hardware conflict may occur when you add a new device to your system. In some instances, this conflict will not cause any problem, and depending on the operating system you may not even be aware that such a conflict exists. Typical symptoms of hardware conflicts include:

The operating system may freeze frequently
The new device may suffer performance problems
An existing device that is conflicting with the new device may suffer performance problems
Windows starts in Safe Mode
The system crashes and you get a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)
The sound card stops working or stutters
The screen jumps and shows garbled images
The mouse stops working
Modem/network card doesn’t respond
CD/DVD drive doesn’t respond or crashes the system