Chapter 1 
PCI Interrupt Request Routing 
The IRQ, abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, 
are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the 
microprocessor. The "PCI/USB/AC97/AN983B"  IRQ pins are typically con-
nected to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D#pins as follows: 
Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 
PCI Slot 1 
INT A#  INT B#  INT C#  INT D# 
PCI Slot 2 
INT B#  INT C#  INT D#  INT A# 
PCI Slot 3 
INT C#  INT D#  INT A# 
INT B# 
USB-1 
INT D#  INT A#  INT B#  INT C# 
USB-2 
INT D# 
INT A#  INT B#  INT C# 
AC97 
INT C#  INT D#  INT A#  INT B# 
AN983B  INT D# 
PCI Slot 3 & AC97 shared. 
USB & AN983B shared. 
PCI Slot 1~3:
 Bus
 Master 
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