VIA 82C693
MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Assign IRQ For USB/VGA :
(Default setting: Enabled)
The system’s IRQ signals are limited and sometimes you may feel like to some more
IRQ signals for your add-on cards. The system BIOS allows you to disable the IRQ
which is supposed to be connected to VGA and USB ports. When you have choose to
disable the IRQ on VGA or USB port, the IRQ on the related IRQ will be released and
becomes available for other devices.
Before you decide to proceed with the change, please make sure that you do not have
USB and VGA adapter which will use the IRQ signal. Otherwise, your PC system will
become abnormal and the devices connected to these ports may not be working at all.
It is very simple to tell the difference. If you are going to disable the IRQ on the USB
port, check whether is any device connected to the USB port. If you can not find any
device, you may feel free to disable the IRQ on the USB port and have the IRQ used by
other device.
As for VGA adapter, it will be a little difficult. You may try to find whether your VGA
card requires the IRQ signal or not. If you can not find the information from the user’s
manual of your VGA card. You may use the following information to make your
choice:
1.
Most VGA cards do not need to have the IRQ signal.
2.
If you can not find the feature connector on your VGA card, than it is quite possible
that your VGA card does not need the IRQ signal.
3.
If your VGA card has the feature connector on the VGA card but it has nothing
connected to it. In this case, you still may have the IRQ disabled.
4.
If you have another add on card like video capture card which is connected to the
feature connector on the VGA card, In this case, you can not disable the IRQ signal
because the IRQ signal will be connected to the video capture card.
