Evaluating Your New Hardware; Planning Your Hardware Changes - IBM Aptiva Handbook

You should understand how your new hardware will work
with your existing hardware before you unplug your system
unit, pull the cover off, and start removing or adding
hardware. You should also record your changes as you
work.
Make sure that you have read the preceding section
"Evaluating your new hardware" on page 7-1 before you
proceed.
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When you add or replace hardware, you should record the
changes you make. The information you need to record as
you work includes, but is not limited to:
W Changes to jumper positions
W Connection of drive and adapter card cables to the
system board
W Changes to CMOS settings in Setup
W Changes to settings in other online configuration utilities,
such as the Windows 98 Device Manager or a
configuration utility that might come with your new
hardware.
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Your computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
automatically detects most hardware changes and then
updates the related CMOS configuration settings in Setup.
In cases when the CMOS settings are not automatically
updated, you receive a message reminding you to manually
update the settings.
To resolve resource conflicts between system devices in
Setup, follow these steps:
1.
Enter Setup. See "Entering Setup" on page 6-3 for
instructions.
2.
From the Configuration/Setup Utility menu, select
.
PCI Option
3.
Highlight the
Reset configuration Data
set it to Enabled to clear the resource assignments of
all installed cards.
After the above steps, proceed to the next section on how to
use the Windows 98 Device Manager to assign system
resources to your hardware devices.

Planning your hardware changes

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