Dell OptiPlex Gn Reference And Installation Manual

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Using the ISA Configuration Utility 3-56. To select the resources yourself, click Advanced.The Card Configuration dialog box (see Figure 3-3)displays all resources used by the card. Some cardshave multiple functions, each having one or moreresources associated with it. For example, a commu-nications card can have fax, modem, and scannerfunctions, each of which may have one or more asso-ciated resources.Figure 3-3. Card Configuration Dialog Box7. To change any of the resource settings for thecard, select the resource setting and then clickSettings.The Configuration Settings dialog box (see Fig-ure 3-4) displays the name of the resource that youselected in the upper-left corner of the box. Theresource values currently associated with theselected function are displayed in the Resources forChoice box. The resource values displayed are IRQ,DMA, Memory (Hex), and I/O Port (Hex).Figure 3-4. Configuration Settings DialogBox8. To change the resource settings, click the downarrow next to the Configuration Choice box.Then click the new resource setting from the listof available settings (see Figure 3-5).You cannot manually enter a value; you must choosea setting from the list. If there is only one settinglisted, no other settings are available.The setting that you select may affect the resourcesavailable. For example, if you are offered the Dis-abled option and select it, all resource values areblank, indicating that a disabled setting uses noresources.Figure 3-5. Configuration Choice List Box9. To change individual resource values for the cur-rent configuration setting, select the resourcevalue that you want to change and click theOptions button located below the resource values(see Figure 3-6).For example, when you click the value under DMA,the Options button changes to the DMA Options but-ton. When you click this button, a smaller dialog boxappears. By clicking the down arrow next to the cur-rent resource value, you can display a list of theavailable values for the resource.Figure 3-6. Options ButtonChoose the desired value and click OK. The valueyou selected is displayed under the resource headingin the Configuration Settings dialog box.The Options button is disabled if no alternativevalues are available for the selected resource.NOTE: If you change one or more resource valuesusing the Options button and later change the settingin the Configuration Choice box, the changes thatyou made to the resource values are overwritten bythe default values for the new configuration choice.