P5SD-B User’s Manual
3:
Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.1
In This Section:
Installing Expansion Cards
Adding System Memory
Installing A CPU Upgrade
Adding An IDE Peripheral
3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard
This section explains how to install new hardware on your
mainboard. It covers installing expansion cards, adding system
memory, changing the CPU and installing additional IDE periph-
eral devices such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM drive.
Installing Expansion Cards
There are seven expansion card slots on the mainboard, three
ISA slots and thre PCI slots and one AGP slot. Expansion cards
will come with installation instructions, so this section covers
relevant information from the mainboard side only.
ISA Cards & Slots
ISA expansion cards often use system resources in the form of
IRQs and DMA channels. Newer cards that comply with the Plug
and Play (PnP) standard are designed to allow the Operating Sys-
tem (OS) to automatically configure system resources. Cards that
do not support PnP may require manual configuration of both
the card hardware and settings in the CMOS Setup Utility. This
may also be the case if you are using a non-PnP OS.
If you have a PnP-compliant card to install there should be
little to do other than follow the installation instructions. If, how-
ever, you have a non-PnP card and it requires configuring system
resources, you may need to review the third part of this section,
Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup.