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Installing Expansion Cards, Device Manager

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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. To check Windows 2000 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 Hardware tab. 4. Click Device Manager. 5. Click View, then Resources by connection. 6. Double-click Interrupt request (IRQ) to view the IRQ assignments. NOTE: If an IRQ supported by your card is not available, you may be to able to reassign resources used by other devices or disable unused devices. The computer can support a mixture of a traditional ISA expansion card (called legacy expansion cards), Plug and Play ISA expansion cards, and PCI expansion cards. The system basic input/output system (BIOS) allows you to install both PCI and ISA Plug and Play expansion cards without performing manual configuration tasks. NOTE: If you are using the Windows NT operating system, you should configure an ISA expansion card manually. If you do not have a manually configurable card, you can use the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) to manage an ISA expansion card. This utility can be downloaded from the Dell World Wide Web site at http://www.dell.com. 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. Set any necessary jumpers or switches on the card to avoid conflicts with devices already installed. 2. Remove the computer cover and support beam according to the instructions in "Removing and Replacing the Computer Cover and Support Beam" found earlier in this chapter. 2-12 Dell Dimension XPS Txxx and Txxxr Systems Reference and Troubleshooting Guide

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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.
To check Windows 2000 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
Hardware
tab.
4.
Click
Device Manager
.
5.
Click
View
, then
Resources by connection
.
6.
Double-click
Interrupt request (IRQ)
to view the IRQ assignments.
NOTE: If an IRQ supported by your card is not available, you may be to able to
reassign resources used by other devices or disable unused devices.
The computer can support a mixture of a traditional ISA expansion card (called
legacy
expansion cards), Plug and Play ISA expansion cards, and PCI expansion cards. The
system basic input/output system (BIOS) allows you to install both PCI and ISA Plug
and Play expansion cards without performing manual configuration tasks.
NOTE: If you are using the Windows NT operating system, you should configure an
ISA expansion card manually. If you do not have a manually configurable card, you can
use the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) to manage an ISA expansion card. This utility
can be downloaded from the Dell World Wide Web site at
.
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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. Set any necessary jumpers or
switches on the card to avoid conflicts with devices already installed.
2.
Remove the computer cover and support beam according to the instructions in
“
Removing and Replacing the Computer Cover and Support Beam
”
found earlier
in this chapter.