Fixed ISA Interrupts

The following IRQs are used by ISA devices and are considered to be fixed assignments.

Fixed ISA Interrupts
Hardware IRQ Default assignment
IRQ 0 System timer
IRQ 1 Keyboard
IRQ 2 Second programmable interrupt controller (PIC) cascade
IRQ 3 COM 2
IRQ 4 COM 1
IRQ 5 Sometimes LPT 2—not considered fixed
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller (FDC)
IRQ 7 LPT 1
IRQ 8 Real-time clock/CMOS
IRQ 9
IRQ 10 Sometimes COM 4—not considered fixed
IRQ 11 Sometimes COM 3—not considered fixed
IRQ 12 PC/2-style mouse
IRQ 13 Coprocessor
IRQ 14 Primary Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) controller
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE controller