Removing a Card That Conflicts With the Card You Just Installed

If there is a resource conflict between two ISA expansion cards and you want to remove the card that conflicts with the one you just installed, use the following procedure:

1.From the Steps in Configuring Your Computer menu, select Step 2: Add or Remove Boards and press <Enter>.

From the list of expansion slots and cards, select the card in conflict with the one installed, and press <Del>. When the utility asks you to confirm your command, press <Enter>. Then press <Esc> to return to the Steps in Configuring Your Computer menu.

2.Select Step 5: Save and Exit, and press <Enter>.

3.Select Save the Configuration and Restart the Computer, and press <Enter>.

The system reboots with the new system configura- tion information.

4.If you deleted an expansion-card configuration file from the previously saved system configuration information, remove the card from your computer.

For instructions, see “Removing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 7.”

System Board Options Screen

The following categories appear on the EISA System Board Options screen (see Figure 5-1) only if you press <Ctrl><a> at the Welcome screen when you start the EISA Configuration Utility:

•8 Bit I/O ISA Cycle Wait Control

•16 Bit I/O ISA Cycle Wait Control

•Fail-safe Timer NMI

•Bus-master Timeout NMI

•Software Generated NMI

These advanced options are intended for users who are technically knowledgeable. Do not change these options from their defaults if you do not understand how such a

change will affect system performance. Some of these categories may not apply to your system.

NOTE: To access the advanced options in modeling

mode, type at the operating system prompt and press <Enter>. (To use modeling mode, you must run the EISA Configuration Utility from your hard-disk drive.)

ISA Cycle Wait Control

The 8 Bit I/O ISA Cycle Wait Control and 16 Bit I/O ISA Cycle Wait Control options set the minimum time between back-to-back I/O cycles for 8-bit and 16-bit ISA expansion cards, respectively. The default setting is 500 Nanoseconds.

Fail-Safe Timer NMI

When enabled, the Fail-Safe Timer NMI option allows the generation of a fail-safe timer nonmaskable interrupt (NMI). The default setting is Disabled.

Bus-Master Timeout NMI

When enabled, the Bus-Master Timeout NMI option allows the generation of a bus-master time-out NMI. The default setting is Disabled.

Software Generated NMI

When enabled, the Software Generated NMI option allows the generation of a software NMI. The default set- ting is Disabled.

Modeling Mode

Modeling mode lets you create alternate .sci files to accommodate different hardware configurations. For example, if you regularly change the expansion cards or their arrangement in your computer, you can create and save a separate system configuration file for each configu- ration and load that file after changing the cards rather than having to create a new configuration file every time you change your configuration.

NOTE: To use modeling mode, you must run the EISA Configuration Utility from the hard-disk drive.

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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