INSTALLING A SERIAL ISA PORT IN WINDOWS XP
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To properly install an ISA serial port, 
you need a free IRQ and I/O address on 
your computer for the LAVA card to use.


Shut down your computer
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To check for free resources, shut down your 
computer. If the card is in your computer, 
remove it now. Next, restart your computer.


Set the I/O address
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Once your computer has restarted without 
the card, go into Windows Device Manager, 
and select "Ports". Choose a COM port, 
select "Properties", and write 
down the I/O address.

After you've done this for all COM ports, 
set the addressing jumpers on your card 
to an address NOT ALREADY USED by Windows. 
For example, if you found that COM1 had 
an address of 03F8, you would configure 
your card to use the next available address of 02F8.

Set the IRQ
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Next, return to Device Manager, select "View", 
and choose "Resources by type". This will give 
you a list of all IRQs that are currently being 
used by the computer. Write down all numbers 
from 1 to 15 that DO NOT appear in that list. 
Any IRQ that you have written down can be 
used as a free IRQ for the port you are installing.

Set IRQ jumper on the card to one of the free 
IRQs in your computer. Once you've done this, 
you are ready to shut down the computer, 
and install the card.

Restart your computer
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Once the card is installed in the computer, 
reboot your system. After the Operating System 
is fully loaded, go to Control Panel, and select 
"Printers and Other Hardware". In that Window you 
should see an option to "Add Hardware". 
Windows will then search for hardware, and ask you 
if the hardware is currently connected to the computer. 
Select "Yes, I have already connected the hardware". 
You will then see a Window where you are prompted to 
select the type of device you have installed. 
Select "Add a New Hardware Device", 
which should appear as the last entry on the list.

Windows will then prompt you to either automatically 
or manually install the device. At this point select 
"Install the hardware that I manually select from a list". 
You should then be able to select "Ports", 
then choose "Standard" and "Communications port".

Prior to finishing the installation, select 
"View or Change Resources for this Hardware (Advanced)". 
This option will allow you to configure 
Windows to recognize the resources you have selected 
for your card. Once you select this option, the 
"Add New Hardware Property" window should appear. 
Now select "Set Configuration Manually." 
Under "Settings Based On", choose "Basic Configuration 0008". 
This option will allow you to specify the 
settings for your card. You should now be able to 
double-click the I/O range and the IRQ and enter the 
resources to reflect how you set the jumpers on your card.

Once this is done, select Finish, and restart your computer.

Check your settings
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Once your computer has restarted, you should go back 
to Device Manager, and ensure that the resources the 
computer has given to the card match what you specified 
earlier. At this point, you may find your port has 
defaulted to become something other than what you 
specified. If you wish to change this setting, 
double-click the port listing and go to the 
"Port-Settings" tab. Choose "Advanced".

Change the COM number to what you desire.

Once these changes are made, 
you should be able to use your ISA serial port.