Abit IG-80 Series, User Manual

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BIOS Setup 3-21
[Enabled]: Automatically assign an IRQ for the VGA card installed.
[Disabled]:
The IRQ that was previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for new device.
Allocate IRQ To USB:
This item assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected.
[Enabled]:
Automatically assign an IRQ for the USB device connected.
[Disabled]:
The IRQ that was previously occupied by the USB device connected will be available for
new device.
PCI Latency Timer(CLK):
This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. When set to
higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective
PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you should set the item to higher values.
PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PIRQ_7 Use IRQ No.:
This item specifies the IRQ number manually or automatically for the devices installed on PCI slots.
For the relations between the hardware layout of PIRQ (the signals from the ICH chipset), INT# (means
PCI slot IRQ signals) and devices, please refer to the table below:
Signals
PCI
EXP1
LAN PCI-E1 PCI-1 PCI-2
IEEE-
1394
PIRQ_0 Assignment INT A INT A INT D INT D
PIRQ_1 Assignment INT B INT A INT A
PIRQ_2 Assignment INT C INT B INT B
PIRQ_3 Assignment INT D INT C INT C
PIRQ_4 Assignment INT D INT C
PIRQ_5 Assignment INT A INT B
PIRQ_6 Assignment INT B INT A
PIRQ_7 Assignment INT C INT D
Maximum Payload Size:
This item sets the maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices.
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