A motherboard manual shows two PCIe x16 adapters listed under the same interrupt, PCI interrupt A. What does this mean?
A) The two adapters use the same system resources.
B) The two adapters can share resources with USB devices.
C) The two adapters are using interrupt 10 (A in hexadecimal).
D) The two adapters are sharing the same interrupt.

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The fact that the two PCIe x16 adapters are listed under the same interrupt, PCI interrupt A, means that they are sharing the same interrupt. This can potentially cause conflicts if both adapters try to access the same resource at the same time.

A Motherboard Manual Shows Two PCIe X16 Adapters Listed Under