Configuring Expansion Card Resources In Cmos Setup - ECS P5TX-Apro User Manual

P5TX–Apro User's Manual
3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.2
Running CMOS Setup
To run the CMOS Setup utility,
press the Delete or the Del
key while your computer is
first starting up. Select the
'PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION'
item on the main screen and
press the Enter key to open it.
When you are finished, press
the Esc key once to return to
the main screen and then
select 'SAVE & EXIT SETUP' and
press the Enter key to save the
new configuration. For more
information on this see Sec-
tion 4: Reference Information.
PCI Cards & Slots
With very few exceptions, any PCI expansion card you are
likely to get will be Plug an Play compliant. If you are using an
Operating System that supports PnP, such as Windows 95, you
should be able to follow the installation instructions that come
with the card and have the Operating System automatically rec-
ognize and configure the card.
The four PCI slots on the mainboard all have 'Bus Master'
capability. For installed PCI cards to use this feature an Operat-
ing System-specific Bus Master software driver that comes with
this mainboard must be installed under your Operating System.
These drivers are located on the Support Disk. There is more
information about them later in this section.

Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup

The CMOS Setup Utility, which is covered in detail in Section
4: Reference Information, has a section called PNP/PCI Configu-
ration. The default settings in this section allow the Operating
System to automatically configure IRQ resources for PnP com-
pliant ISA and PCI Cards.
If you need to install a non-PnP card, you will need to config-
ure any IRQ and DMA settings manually, both on the card and
in the CMOS Setup Utility. The following three pages show how
to do this.