
Award BIOS Setup
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Resource controlled by:
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure
all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this
capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
operating system such as Windows
®
95. If you set this field to “Manual”
choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows
this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “
¾
”).
The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual.
IRQ Resources:
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a
type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.
DMA Resources:
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel
a type, depending on the type of device using the DM channel.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:
Leave this field at “Disabled”.
The
choice:
Enabled, Disabled.
PCI Latency Timer (CLK):
When enabled this item, the PCI cycle will only be deferred after it has been
held in a “Snoop Stall” for 31 clocks and another ADS# has arrived. When
disabled, the PCI cycle will be deferred immediately after the GMCH
receives another ADS#.
The choice: 0 ~ 255.