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Installing Upgrades on the System Board2-11
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Make sure you have a slot available for the card you are installing. Also check the Win-
dows 98 Device Manager or Windows NT Diagnostics for an available interrupt
request (IRQ) line that is supported by the card.
To check Windows 98 resources, perform the following steps:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings , and click Control Panel .
2. Double-click the System icon.
3. Click the Device Manager tab.
4. Double-click the Computer icon to open the Computer Properties window and
view the View Resources tab.
To check Windows NT resources, start the Windows NT Diagnostics in the
Administrative Tools (Common) folder and view the Resources tab.
NOTE: If an IRQ supported by your card is not available, try reassigning resources
used by other devices or disabling unused devices.
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To install an expansion card, perform the following steps:
1. Prepare the expansion card for installation as instructed in the documentation
that came with the expansion card.
Check the documentation to make sure the card is configured to work with other
devices already installed in your computer.
2. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing and
Replacing the Computer Cover” found earlier in this chapter.
3. Rotate the power supply according to the instructions in “Rotating the Power
Supply Away From the System Board” found earlier in this chapter.
4. Choose an expansion-card connector for the card.