Removing a Card That Conflicts With
the Card You Just Installed
If there is a resource conflict between two ISA expansion
cards and you want to remove the card that conflicts with
the one you just installed, use the following procedure:
1.
From the Steps in Configuring Your Computer
menu, select
STEP 2: ADD OR REMOVE BOARDS
press <
>.
ENTER
From the list of expansion slots and cards, select the
card in conflict with the one installed, and press
<
>. When the utility asks you to confirm your
DEL
command, press <
ENTER
return to the Steps in Configuring Your Computer
menu.
2.
Select
STEP 5: SAVE AND EXIT
3.
Select
SAVE THE CONFIGURATION AND RESTART
, and press <
THE COMPUTER
The system reboots with the new system configura-
tion information.
4.
If you deleted an expansion-card configuration file
from the previously saved system configuration
information, have a trained service technician
remove the card from your computer.
S
ystem Board Options Screen
The following categories appear on the EISA System
Board Options screen (see Figure 5-1) only if you press
<
><
> at the Welcome screen when you start the
CTRL
A
EISA Configuration Utility:
•
MP TABLE PROCESSING
•
8 BIT I/O ISA CYCLE WAIT CONTROL
•
16 BIT I/O ISA CYCLE WAIT CONTROL
•
FAIL-SAFE TIMER NMI
•
BUS-MASTER TIMEOUT NMI
•
SOFTWARE GENERATED NMI
These advanced options are intended for users who are
technically knowledgeable. Do not change these options
from their defaults if you do not understand how such a
change will affect system performance. Some of these
categories may not apply to your system.
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and
>. Then press <
> to
ESC
, and press <
ENTER
>.
ENTER
NOTE: To access the advanced options in modeling
mode, type
press <
>. (To use modeling mode, you must run the
ENTER
EISA Configuration Utility from your hard-disk drive.)
MP Table Processing
The
MP TABLE PROCESSING
version 1.1 or 1.4 of the microprocessor specification is
used to create the microprocessor tables used by the
system basic input/output system (BIOS). Version 1.4 is
the default; however, some operating systems require
version 1.1 for compatibility.
ISA Cycle Wait Control
The
8 BIT I/O ISA CYCLE WAIT CONTROL
>.
CYCLE WAIT CONTROL
between back-to-back I/O cycles for 8-bit and 16-bit
ISA expansion cards, respectively. The default setting is
500 NANOSECONDS
Fail-Safe Timer NMI
When enabled, the
the generation of a fail-safe timer nonmaskable interrupt
(NMI). The default setting is
Bus-Master Timeout NMI
When enabled, the
allows the generation of a bus-master time-out NMI. The
default setting is
Software Generated NMI
When enabled, the
allows the generation of a software NMI. The default set-
ting is
DISABLED
M
odeling Mode
Modeling mode lets you create alternate system configura-
tion (.sci) files to accommodate different hardware
configurations. For example, if you regularly change the
expansion cards or their arrangement in your computer,
you can create and save a separate system configuration
file for each configuration and load that file after changing
at the operating system prompt and
option determines whether
and
options set the minimum time
.
option allows
FAIL-SAFE TIMER NMI
.
DISABLED
BUS-MASTER TIMEOUT NMI
.
DISABLED
SOFTWARE GENERATED NMI
.
16 BIT I/O ISA
option
option