Changing Adapter Card Device Information; Plug And Play Cards Detected; Isa Legacy Resources - IBM Aptiva Handbook

Changing adapter card device
information
When you install a new Plug and Play (PnP) adapter
card, the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can
automatically detect it and configure your computer to
use it. If you install a non-PnP or a non-Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI) adapter card, the BIOS
does not detect it. Instead, you must enter the Setup
Utility to dedicate Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
Legacy resources for the card.
From the Setup Utility Main Menu, select the Plug and
Play option to view or change adapter card
configuration settings. The Plug and Play menu appears.
This menu indicates how many PnP cards are installed.
It also provides access to another menu for configuring
non-PnP or non-PCI adapter cards.

Plug and Play cards detected

This option indicates the number of PnP adapter cards
installed in your computer.
46 Chapter 4: Viewing and changing Aptiva configuration

ISA Legacy resources

This option lets you allocate resources for non-PnP
adapter cards, which are not automatically detected by
your computer. You must identify the following Industry
Standard Architecture (ISA) Legacy resources as
dedicated to your new adapter card so the BIOS does
not attempt to assign them to PnP cards:
•
Memory Resources
•
I/O Port Resources
•
DMA Resources
•
Interrupt Resources
Each of the options on the ISA Legacy Resources menu
opens another menu.
Memory resources
Select this option to open the Memory Resources menu,
where you can allocate system memory regions for the
adapter card. This menu lists the hexadecimal addresses
of the available memory regions. You allocate memory
to an adapter card by selecting the Not Available setting
for a particular hexadecimal address.
Be sure to read the documentation that came with your
new adapter card. You may need to make changes to the
card to accommodate the selections you make for
Memory Resources. For example, you may have to
move jumpers or switches on the adapter card, or make
changes to the software that came with the adapter
card.