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After you have run the ICU for your non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards and it has configured all your Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards, you can use the utility to lock the configuration of your Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards so that they are always assigned the same resources. See your online System User’s Guide or “Lock- ing and Unlocking Cards” found later in this chapter for details.

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Before using the ICU for the first time, you must complete the following steps:

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NOTE: If you received an ISA Configuration Utility Diskette with your system, skip to step 2.

For instructions on how to create a program diskette from the diskette image, see the online help provided in the Program Diskette Maker, which is available in the Dell Accessories folder.

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Use the backup copy whenever you run the utility; store the original diskette in a safe place.

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Before using the ICU, make a backup copy of the ICU diskette by performing the fol- lowing steps.

NOTE: If you received an ISA Configuration Utility Diskette with your system, use this procedure to create a backup of that diskette.

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See your operating system documentation for instructions on making a copy of a diskette.

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