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Windows Device Manager

Code 36: This device is requesting the wrong interrupt type

Windows reports an IRQ translation/configuration mismatch.

First action

Use the hardware/computer manufacturer's BIOS setup guidance for IRQ/resource configuration.

Use the error code as a Windows device-state clue. It does not by itself identify the exact failed component inside the hardware.

Then verify

Do not stop at the code disappearing

  1. 1

    Avoid manual IRQ changes without model-specific instructions.

  2. 2

    Retest after firmware configuration changes.

After Windows reports the device normally, run the matching DeviceOK test when one exists—for example camera, microphone, keyboard, mouse, controller or audio—to confirm the user-facing function works.