Lew,

What this is trying to say is that the BIOS is having a problem 
assigning resource (memory, IO, etc) space to one or more devices.

In PCI (or PCIe) based PC's, the Plug n Play feature means that devices 
are not hard coded as far as where they sit in the processor's address 
space. The PCI spec outlines a procedure whereby each device is probed 
(I won't go into the details here) for how many spaces it needs and how 
big. PCI allows a device to have up to 8 different functions (like a 
combined disk controller/USB/Network card for example), and each 
function can have up to 6 separate memory regions. It would not be 
anything to do with how many disk drives you have, since these interface 
to the PC through a disk controller. The disk controller is what sits on 
the PCI bus.

It sounds like the BIOS is having a problem making room for all the 
memory spaces. It could be a bad add-in card, or the BIOS does not 
support a card that is plugged in. Did this just start happening? Did 
you add any new hardware just before it started? You may need to upgrade 
your BIOS if you recently added a new card. Failing that, you may need 
to try other troubleshooting methods. As you indicate, it seems to boot 
normally. Windows may re-probe the PCI bus and not have the same problem 
the BIOS does. Have you checked the device manager in Windows once 
booted? If there is a continuing problem, device manager may show one or 
more devices with a yellow exclamation point.

It is trying to tell you the problem is with slot 3. Unfortunately it 
may not be straightforward to determine what slot 3 is. It is not 
guaranteed that this corresponds to a physical slot 3 on the 
motherboard. Even onboard devices have to be given a slot number. There 
are third party PCI display tools that may help determine which device 
is in slot 3, one is called PCITool.

For further trouble shooting, you could remove all PCI cards down to a 
bare minimum (disk, video), and see if the message goes away, then add 
them back, one at a time until the message comes back. Once you find the 
card that causes the message, it gives you more info where to look. 
Perhaps moving it to a different slot may take care of the problem.

One other possibility is your CMOS settings, do you have any strange 
settings, like ISA compatibility for any PCI slots? As a last resort, 
you could try resetting your CMOS settings back to factory defaults.

Russ Poffenberger
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Diane wrote:
> Can anyone figure out why I am getting the following error when I bootup.
>
> The error is "Resource conflict. PCI in slot 03, Bus: 02, Device: 0B,
> Function: 00. Click F1 to continue or Del to Setup".
>
> I click F1 and it finishes booting up.
>
> I have my new drive installed as the Master and the old drive as the Slave.
>
> I get the same problem with my Slave drive disconnected.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Lew Russakov
>
>   

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