Problem Installing An Accessory Board; You're Having Problems Installing An Accessory Board - HP Vectra VL600 Supplementary Manual

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Problem Installing an Accessory Board

Problem
You have installed an accessory card
but it doesn't work.
You have installed an accessory
board and you get a message telling
you that there is no IRQ (Interrupt
Request) available for the accessory
board.
More Advanced Troubleshooting
Plug and Play operating systems such as Windows 95, Windows 98 and
Windows 2000 should, in normal circumstances, be able to allocate the IRQs
that are used according to the hardware installed in the PC.
However, in certain circumstances it may be necessary to set the PnP
Operating System field to NO so that the board is recognized in Windows
95. This is especially true when there are many accessory boards (three or
more) installed in your PC.
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To try and fix this...
Check that:
1 The accessory card is correctly installed in the slot.
2 There are no bent connector pins.
3 You have installed the correct drivers (refer to the card
manufacturer's web site).
4 The relevant fields in the HP Setup program are correctly set.
5 The software installation steps have been followed correctly.
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Check that you have followed the installation instructions provided
with the accessory board.
•
Check if the new accessory board supports shared interrupts, and if
possible, implement a shared interrupt (refer to the accessory board
manufacturer for more information).
•
Remove the new accessory board.
For ISA Legacy accessory boards under Windows NT:
1 Restart the PC and press F2 when the Vectra logo is displayed.
2 Reserve an IRQ for the accessory board. To do this, go to the
Advanced ISA Resource Exclusion field in the Setup program
and reserve the chosen IRQ.
3 In the Main menu, set the PnP Operating System item to NO.
4 Press the Esc key to save the changes and quit the Setup program.
5 Redo the Windows installation procedure for the accessory board
and ensure that the Service Pack has been reinstalled.
For PCI accessory boards under Windows 95:
1 Restart the PC and press F2 when the Vectra logo is displayed.
2 In the Main menu, set the PnP Operating System item to NO.
3 Press the Esc key to save the changes and quit the Setup program.
If this does not work, try installing the accessory board in another
PCI slot.