2 How to Install and Replace Components In Your Desktop 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

Operating systems that support Plug and Play, such as Windows 95 and

Windows 98

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.

 

 

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