Resolving Pc Card Conflicts - IBM ThinkPad 310E User Manual

CardAgent Utility

Resolving PC Card Conflicts

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IBM ThinkPad 310E/310ED: User's Guide
In most cases, the default values displayed in the Edit Configuration
window should suffice. However, some cards require specific values
for these resources. Check the documentation that accompanies
your card to determine the required values that you must enter.
After you have entered the necessary values (or have accepted the
displayed defaults), click on Validate. If CardAgent validates the
current configuration values, it displays a message indicating that
the configuration was successful.
After the card has been configured, click on the Configuration
Loaded checkbox.
Click on Save to write the configuration data to the PCM.INI file.
When the data has been written to PCM.INI, CardAgent closes the
Edit Configuration window and returns to the main window.
If CardAgent is unable to validate the configuration, or cannot
successfully configure a card, the cause for the failure is usually a
resource conflict. You will have to take extra steps to resolve
resource conflicts.
If CardAgent cannot successfully configure a card due to resource
conflicts, do the following:
1
Go to the MS-DOS prompt.
2
Move to the directory into which you installed CardAgent. (The
default path is C:\PCM4\PROGRAM\.)
3
Type PCMRMAN /MAP at the prompt.
PCMRMAN.EXE, CardAgent's resource management utility,
displays all resources, including DMA channels, I/O ranges,
memory ranges, and IRQs, that are either Available,
Unavailable, or In Use by another PC card.
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When you have determined the availability of resources, return
to the Edit Configuration window within CardAgent.