Step 2: Add Or Remove Boards - Dell 4100 User Manual

To review the information screens at any time while you
are in the EISA Configuration Utility, press <
select
EISA CONFIGURATION

Step 2: Add or Remove Boards

When you select the
STEP 2: ADD OR REMOVE BOARDS
option, the EISA Configuration Utility lists all the expan-
sion slots in your computer. (You may have to press
< > to view the entire list.)
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If you copied a card's configuration file to your EISA
Configuration Utility diskette or to the EISA sub-
directory on your hard-disk drive, the card name appears
in the expansion slot in which the card is installed.
The first time you run the EISA Configuration Utility,
select
STEP 2: ADD OR REMOVE BOARDS
the system has detected and acknowledged any expan-
sion cards Dell installed when you purchased your
system. Use this option whenever you add or remove an
expansion card and every time you reposition a card from
one expansion slot to another in your computer.
To add, reposition, or remove an expansion card, high-
light the corresponding expansion slot and press <
add, < > to reposition, or <
F7
utility guides you through the steps required to add,
remove, or reposition a card's configuration file within
the EISA Configuration Utility. If there are no resource
conflicts, the system configuration information is saved
to a system configuration (.sci) file when you exit the
utility.
Adding an Expansion Card
Before a service technician adds an ISA or EISA
expansion card, you must add the card's configuration
(.cfg) file to the utility. Configuration information for PCI
expansion cards is contained within the card, so no con-
figuration (.cfg) file is required.
NOTE: Use the following procedure before an ISA expan-
sion card is installed but after an EISA expansion card is
installed. See "When to Run the EISA Configuration Utility"
found earlier in this chapter for more detailed information.
1. Start the EISA Configuration Utility as described
in "Starting the EISA Configuration Utility"
found earlier in this chapter.
> and
F1
from the Help menu.
to verify that
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> to remove the card. The
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2. At the Main Menu, select
If the EISA Configuration Utility prompts you for a
supervisor password, type the password and press
< >.
ENTER
3. At the Steps in Configuring Your Computer
menu, select
A list of expansion slots and the cards in them
appears on the screen.
4. Highlight the expansion slot in which the card
will be installed, press <
instructions.
If the utility asks for the option configuration dis-
kette, insert the diskette that accompanied your
expansion card.
If the utility asks for the system configuration dis-
kette, insert your EISA Configuration Utility
diskette.
If the utility asks for the .cfg file library diskette, insert
the diskette of .cfg files.
5. From the list of configuration files listed by the
> to
utility, choose the one that corresponds to the
card you want to add.
The utility asks you to confirm your choice, and then
it prompts you to select the expansion slot in which
the card will be installed.
If you are adding an ISA expansion card, insert your
.cfg diskette to find the .cfg file for that card. If the
.cfg file for the expansion card you are installing is
not on the diskette, select
the list of configuration files.
NOTE: Alternatively, if you know the resources used
by the expansion card, you can press <
bring up a menu that lets you create the .cfg file.
For all ISA expansion cards, use the
EXAMINE SWITCHES OR PRINT REPORT
(under the Steps in Configuring Your Computer
menu) to check the switch and jumper settings on the
new card. Configure the new card as indicated
before it is installed in your computer.
Using the EISA Configuration Utility
CONFIGURE COMPUTER
STEP 2: ADD OR REMOVE BOARDS
>, and follow the online
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GENERIC ISA BOARD
STEP 4:
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from
> and
F7
option
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