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3-6 Configuring Your System
ISA Board Configuration
If adding a non-Plug and Play ISA board to your system, use the following
procedures to define and add the option board. It’s necessary to define an ISA
board to prevent other boards in the system from using the same IRQ levels,
DMA channels, I/O port addresses, or memory addresses, that your ISA board
uses.
You must run the RCU and add the ISA board to the configuration before
installing the ISA board in the system. Otherwise, the resources on the ISA
board may conflict with a Plug-and-Plug board in the system.
BIOS automatically assigns ISA Plug-and-Plug boards to the next available slot.
If the slot displayed in Step 2: “Add or Remove Boards” is not the actual slot, it
can be moved by using the
F7
function key.
Note:
IRQ levels, DMA channels, I/O port addresses,
and memory addresses defined using this procedure should
reflect the same settings defined by supplied jumpers and/or
configuration documents.
1.
Insert the RCU diskette into drive A: and power on the system. The system
boots-up using the RCU diskette.
2.
The RCU Main Menu shown in Table 3-1 is displayed. At the Startup Menu,
enter choice 2, Configure Computer.
3.
The Resource Configuration Utility Menu shown in Table 3-2 is displayed.
Select Step 2 Add or Remove Boards and press
Enter
.
4.
The Step 2: Add or remove boards screen is displayed. At this screen select
Add by pressing
Insert
.
5.
The Add screen is displayed telling you to locate the diskette that contains
the .cfg file for the board. Press
Enter
at this screen.
6.
The Select a Configuration (CFG) file to add screen is displayed. At this
screen select Not Listed by pressing
F5
.
7.
The Add a board without a .cfg file screen is displayed. Read through the
information and press
Enter
. The Add a board without a .cfg file screen
reappears. When the screen reappears select Create .cfg file and press
Enter
.
8.
The Create A Board CFG File screen is displayed. At this screen enter the
board description and manufacturer and press
Enter
.
9.
The New Board Setup screen is displayed. Using the scrollable list select the
resources used by the new ISA board. Table 3-4 provides a place for you to
record the configuration you assign to the board.
10.
Press
F10
when you are finished selecting the resources used by the new
ISA board.