HP Vectra VE 5/series 2 User Manual
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Plug and Play is an industry standard for automatically configuring your PC's hardware
resources and the accessory boards installed in it. Accessory boards which support the Plug
and Play standard can be detected and configured automatically by your PC.
Your PC has configurable support for Plug and Play in the system BIOS. When you start your
PC, the Plug and Play system BIOS can detect automatically which hardware resources (IRQs,
DMAs, memory ranges, and I/O addresses) are used by the system-based components.
Operating System Support for Plug and Play
Plug and Play is not supported by all operating systems (OS). Use this table to check the level
of support provided by your OS.
Your Operating System
Level of Support for Plug and Play
Windows 3.11
Supported by ISA Configuration Utility (ICU)
Windows 95
Full support (integrated in OS)
Windows NT
None
OS/2 Warp
Support for PCMCIA cards only
SCO Unix
None
NextStep
None
Solaris
None
Configuring Plug and Play with the Setup program
You can use the Setup program to select the level of support provided by the system BIOS for
Plug and Play-compatible accessory boards.
Configuring Setup for Windows 95
1
Turn on the PC and press [F2] when
appears.
2
Highlight the Plug and Play Device Management line and use [F7] or [F8] to select Full.
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When Full is selected, all Plug and Play accessories will be configured automatically.
However, if you install a non-Plug and Play accessory board, you must use the Add
New Hardware wizard to determine a conflict-free setting for the board.
3
Press [F3] to save your selection and exit from the Setup program.
Configuring Setup for Other OS
1
Turn on the PC and press [F2] when
appears.
2
Highlight the Plug and Play Device Management line and use [F7] or [F8] to select Full.
When Full is selected, all Plug and Play accessories will be initialized by the BIOS.
However, you will need to determine a conflict-free setting for the board.
3
Press [F3] to save your selection and exit from the Setup program.
Configuring Accessory Boards with Windows 95
Plug and Play ISA Accessory Boards