User's Manual Chapter 6

6-1
Upgrading and Options
Your notebook is designed to provide the best technology currently available,
but recognizing that computer hardware and software change quickly, your
notebook can easily be upgraded and expanded to meet your changing
computing needs.
Nowadays, many devices support Plug and Play technology. This means that
Windows can automatically detect the device when it is connected to your
system. If the device requires a driver, Windows will load it automatically. If
Windows does not have the device driver stored on your notebook, it will ask
you to supply either the original Windows disc or diskettes, or a disc or
diskettes from the device manufacturer so that the device driver can be
installed.
Troubleshooting Devices
If you have problems getting a device to operate, it may be because the device
requires resources that are already being used by another device, for example
an IRQ (interrupt request) or an address space.
1. You can identify this kind of problem by running Windows Device
Manager.
2. Click on the Start button. Point to Settings and click on Control Panel.
3. Double-click the System icon and then select the Device Manager tab in
the System Properties window.
4. Click on the device that you are interested in, and then click on the
Properties button.
5. For many items, the Properties window will have tabs for Drivers and
Resources. You can use these windows to identify if the device is
conflicting with resources used by other devices, and perhaps resolve the
problem.
6. You may be able to resolve some conflicts my making changes to the port
configurations by using the System Configuration Utility (see Chapter 3).
NOTE: If you want to install a new device into system but the system
resource(for example : IRQ) is not enough, you should stop or release
the installed device.