Using Manufacturers' Configuration Programs

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What to Do

How to add an ISA device to an EISA machine. 

Run the machine's EISA configuration utility (ECU) so the system knows about the new ISA card and the resources it uses. 

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What to Do

How to activate Plug and Play mode. 

Set the switch to Plug and Play mode, and plug the device into the system. The software will configure it automatically. 

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What to Do

How to control the assignments of IRQs to PCI devices. 

In the chipset configuration of the system, verify that an IRQ is enabled for PCI bus use. After checking IRQs used by ISA devices, assign as many available IRQs to PCI devices as possible so the PCI bus can resolve device conflicts. 

How to recover if a Compaq ProLiant 5000 PCI network card fails to netboot due to spurious interrupts occurring during realmode operation. To date, failure has been observed only when the PCI network card uses IRQ 5. 

Use the Compaq System Configuration utility to change the assigned IRQ of the PCI network card to another free IRQ, and save the configuration. 

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What to Do

How to use the system BIOS to change device settings. 

Refer to the manufacturer's documentation for the method of accessing the BIOS setup for your system and the features it provides. 

How to set up a cachable region in system memory for American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) BIOS. 

For the best performance, make the cachable region equal to the total memory installed in the system.