Configuring Accessory Boards With Plug And Play; Configuring Non-Plug And Play Isa Accessory Boards - HP Vectra VEC 7 Maintenance Manual

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Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play

Plug and Play is an industry standard for automatically configuring
your PC's hardware resources and the accessory boards installed in it.
Your PC has configurable support for Plug and Play in the BIOS.
All PCI accessory boards are Plug and Play, although not all ISA boards
are. Check the accessory board's documentation if you are unsure.
When you start your PC after installing an accessory board, the Plug
and Play BIOS automatically detects which hardware resources (IRQs,
DMAs, memory ranges, and I/O addresses) are used by the system-
based components.
Operating systems that support Plug and Play, such as Windows 95, will
automatically detect a newly installed Plug and Play accessory board
and install the driver for this device, if the driver is available. If the
driver is not available, Windows 95 will prompt you to insert a floppy
disk or CD-ROM that contains the driver.
For operating systems that do not support Plug and Play, such as
Windows NT 4.0, refer to the operating system documentation for
information about installing accessory boards.
In Windows NT 4.0, click the
use the contents or index to find information about installing devices.
Windows NT 4.0 helps you through the installation of devices such as
modems and sound boards.

Configuring non-Plug and Play ISA Accessory Boards

If you install an ISA accessory board that is not Plug and Play, you will
need to configure the board before your PC can use it. For guidelines
on available IRQs and I/O addresses in your PC, refer to page 88. Some
operating systems, such as Windows 95, can display the IRQs and I/O
addresses currently used by your PC. Refer to the operating system
documentation for more information.
Refer to page 44 for information about accessory board slot numbers.
Refer to the documentation supplied with the operating system for
details on your operating system's capabilities and restrictions
concerning how to configure non-Plug and Play accessory boards.
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