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You can add multiple IO port ranges and memory ranges to a single device, but you have to add them one at a time, clicking Add again to bring up the range entry box as often as you need to.

Adding Devices

Tn general, you should only need to add jumpered devices to your system. These are older, ISA-based cards that your system's configuration manager cannot recognize. Your config manager should automatically configure any newer, PCI-based hardware.
To add a jumpered device:

1. Get the following information from the user guide that came with the device: IRQ, DMA, I/O range, and memory range. You must have all of this information before you can proceed.
2. Choose Devices -> Add Jumpered Device -> Custom to bring up the an Untitled Device panel. If the jumpered device is an internal modem (external "plug and play" modems are automatically detected by the system - you don't have to specifically add them), choose Devices -> Add Jumpered Device -> Modem. In the small configuration panel that appears, select a port for the internal modem from the popup, and click Add.
3. For devices other than internal modems type a name (preferably the specific name of the device) in the Device Name field of the Untitled Device window; this name appears in the panel's yellow tab as you type it.
4. Select the type of jumpered device in the Device Type popup.
5. Check the IRQ and DMA setting according to the information in your device's user guide.
6. To set IO Port Ranges, click the Add button. In the box that pops up, type in (or use the up/down arrow buttons) the IO port range information for your device. You can add as many devices as you want, but you must add each one separately, returning to Devices -> Add Jumpered Device as often as you need to.
7. Click the Add button in the Memory Ranges section and enter the appropriate information in the box that pops up, then click Done to return to the new device window.
8. Reboot your computer. If it hangs, see "Troubleshooting Jumpered Devices".

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