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Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play, Windows 95 and, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 - bios upgrade

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Windows 95 and Windows 98 Windows NT 4.0 NOTE 2 How to Install and Upgrade Accessories In Your PC Installing Accessory Boards Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play Plug and Play is an industry standard for automatically configuring your PC's hardware resources and the accessory boards installed in it. Your PC has configurable support for Plug and Play in the BIOS. All PCI accessory boards are Plug and Play, although not all ISA boards are. Check the accessory board's documentation if you are unsure. When you start your PC after installing an accessory board, the Plug and Play BIOS automatically detects which hardware resources (IRQs, DMAs, memory ranges, and I/O addresses) are used by PC components (such as the keyboard, the communications ports, network adapters, and accessory boards). Operating systems that support Plug and Play, such as Windows 95 and Windows 98, will automatically detect a newly installed Plug and Play accessory board and install the driver for this device, if the driver is available. For operating systems that do not support Plug and Play, such as Windows NT 4.0, refer to the operating system documentation for information about installing accessory boards. In Windows NT 4.0, click the Start button then click Help. You can use the contents or index to find information about installing devices. Windows NT 4.0 helps you through the installation of devices such as modems and sound boards. After installing a new device in Windows NT 4.0, you must re-install the Microsoft Service Pack to update the operating system for your PC. To do this, click the Start button then select Programs Á Windows NT Update. 61

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How to Install and Upgrade Accessories In Your PC
Installing Accessory Boards
Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play
Plug and Play is an industry standard for automatically configuring
your PC's hardware resources and the accessory boards installed in it.
Your PC has configurable support for Plug and Play in the BIOS.
All PCI accessory boards are Plug and Play, although not all ISA boards
are. Check the accessory board’s documentation if you are unsure.
When you start your PC after installing an accessory board, the Plug
and Play BIOS automatically detects which hardware resources (IRQs,
DMAs, memory ranges, and I/O addresses) are used by PC components
(such as the keyboard, the communications ports, network adapters,
and accessory boards).
Windows 95 and
Windows 98
Operating systems that support Plug and Play, such as Windows 95 and
Windows 98, will automatically detect a newly installed Plug and Play
accessory board and install the driver for this device, if the driver is
available.
Windows NT 4.0
For operating systems that do not support Plug and Play, such as
Windows NT 4.0, refer to the operating system documentation for
information about installing accessory boards.
In Windows NT 4.0, click the
Start
button then click
Help
. You can use
the contents or index to find information about installing devices.
Windows NT 4.0 helps you through the installation of devices such as
modems and sound boards.
NOTE
After installing a new device in Windows NT 4.0, you must re-install the
Microsoft Service Pack to update the operating system for your PC.
To do this, click the
Start
button then select
Programs
Windows NT
Update
.