Dell OptiPlex GX1 - Manual (Page 49)

Using the ISA Configuration Utility: Dell OptiPlex GX1 and GX1p Midsize Managed PC Systems
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If you are providing a value for the IRQ or DMA resource, click the down arrow beneath Available
Resources. Click the value you want to assign to the resource. If the resource can be shared with
another card or device, click Sharable. Then click OK.
If none of the values for the DMA or IRQ resource match the allowable values for your unlisted card (as
indicated in the card's documentation), select one of the available values offered by the utility and click
OK.
If you are providing values for the I/O port or memory resource, you must enter the starting and ending
addresses in hexadecimal format using the two fields provided by the Specify Memory or Specify I/O
Port dialog box.
6. When you have finished selecting resources for the unlisted card, click OK in the Configure
Unlisted Card dialog box.
A message box appears, notifying you either that the card is using its defaults or that it cannot use its
defaults and must be reconfigured.
7. Click OK. If the card must be reconfigured, record the resource settings recommended by the
ICU. Click Close to accept the resource settings currently displayed.
8. If you had to assign a disallowed resource value to the card in steps 5, 6, and 7, click each of
the other cards, and then click View until you find another card using a resource value that is
allowed for the unlisted card. Reassign the resource setting for this other card. Then modify the
resource settings for the unlisted card so that it uses an allowable value.
NOTE: After modifying the system configuration, you must turn off the system to install, remove, or
change jumper settings on the non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards to match the settings you
selected in the ICU.
Removing a Card
Before you remove a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card from your computer, you must use the ICU to
remove the card from the system configuration.
NOTE: When you remove a Plug and Play or PCI expansion card from your computer, you do not
need to run the ICU. To remove a Plug and Play or PCI expansion card, complete steps 2 through 9
in "
Removing an Expansion Card ."
Use the following procedure to remove a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card from your computer:
1. Start the ICU as described in " Starting the ICU ."
2. Select the card from the current system configuration list in the ICU window.
3. Select Remove Card from the Configuration menu, or click Remove.
The ICU requests verification that you want to remove the card.
4. Click Yes to free the resources allocated to the card and remove the card name from the list of