Target Analyzer Hardware Detection Capabilities
The Target Analyzer tool provides various levels of hardware detection, depending on the OS running on the device. Tap.exe can be restricted or unrestricted. In a 16-bit OS environment, Ta.exe produces limited results. Ta.exe can only make an assumption regarding hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and CPU types. The following table shows the hardware device types that Tap.exe and Ta.exe can detect.
**Note **Ta.exe is a real-mode 16-bit version of Target Analyzer that can be run by using Microsoft MS-DOS. Use Ta.exe only for 16-bit MS-DOS devices.
| Device type | Tap.exe unrestricted | Tap.exe restricted | Ta.exe (MS-DOS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plug and Play BIOS | X | X | X |
| PCI | X | X | X |
| ACPI (presence) | X | X | X |
| ACPI (devices) | X | ||
| USB (presence) | X | X | X |
| USB (devices) | X | ||
| 1394 (presence) | X | X | X |
| 1394 (devices) | X | ||
| SCSI (presence) | X | X | X |
| SCSI (devices) | X | ||
| PCMCIA (presence) | X | X | X |
| PCMCIA (devices.) | X | ||
| DiskOnChip | X | X | X |
| ISA (presence) | X | X | X |
| ISA (devices) | Some/Maybe | ||
| HAL | X | X | Best guess |
| CPU (driver) | X | X | Best guess |
| IDE (presence) | X | X | X |
| IDE (devices) | X | ||
| GKW (other) | X | ||
| Software enumerated devices | X |
**Note **If you removed a device from your system, you must also remove the device from the appropriate component in Component Designer.
See Also
Identify Target Device Hardware | Running Target Analyzer
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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