Reconfiguring Your Mainboard; Installing Expansion Cards; Isa Cards & Slots - ECS P5TX-Apro User Manual

P5TX–Apro User's Manual
3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.1
In This Section:

Installing Expansion Cards

Adding System Memory
Installing A CPU Upgrade
Adding An IDE Peripheral

Reconfiguring Your Mainboard

This section explains how to install new hardware on your
mainboard. It covers installing expansion cards, adding system
memory, changing the CPU and installing additional IDE periph-
eral devices such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM drive.
Installing Expansion Cards
There are seven expansion card slots on the mainboard, three
ISA slots and four PCI slots. When you get an expansion card, it
will come with instructions on how to install it, so this section
covers relevant information from the mainboard side only.
ISA Cards & Slots
ISA expansion cards often use system resources in the form of
IRQs and DMA channels. Newer cards that comply with the Plug
and Play (PnP) standard are designed to allow the Operating Sys-
tem to automatically configure system resources. Cards that do
not support PnP may require manual configuration of both the
card hardware and settings in the CMOS Setup Utility.
If you have a PnP-compliant card to install there should be
little to do other than follow the installation instructions. If, how-
ever, you have a non-PnP card and it requires configuring system
resources, you may need to review the third part of this section,
Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup.