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2.3-5 Installing the interface card
This section explains how to install new interface cards on your
motherboard. It covers installing ISA cards and PCI cards. There are five
expansion card slots on the motherboard, four PCI slots and one ISA
slots.(BIW1A-Ionly) When you get an expansion card, it will come with
instructions on how to install it, so this section covers relevant information
for the motherboard only.
PCI Cards and Slots
With very few exceptions, any PCI expansion card you are likely to get
will be Plug and Play compliant. If you are using an Operating System that
supports PnP, such as Windows 98/95, you should be able to follow the
installation instructions that come with the card and have the Operating
System automatically recognize and configure the card.
The PCI slots on the motherboard all have “Bus Master” capability. For
installed PCI cards to use this feature, an Operating system specific Bus
Master software driver that comes with this motherboard must be installed
under your Operating System. These drivers are located on the support Disk.
ISA Cards and Slots (BIW1A-I only)
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 System 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.
If you have a PnP compliant card to install, there should be little to do
other than follow the installation instructions. If, however, you have a non-
PnP card and it requires configuring system resources, you may need to setup
the configuring expansion card resources in CMOS Setup.