Chapter2
BIOS Setup
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2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds
nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own
special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is
strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to
the default settings.
Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C ) 1984-2000 Award Software
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
No
Reset Configuration Data
Disabled
Item Help
Menu Level
►
Resources Controlled By
Auto (ESCD)
X
IRQ Resources
Press Enter
Select Yes if you are
X
DMA Resources
Press Enter
using a Plug and Play
capable
operating
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Disabled
system Select No if
Assign IRQ For VGA
Enabled
you need the BIOS to
Assign IRQ For USB
Enabled
configure non-boot
devices
: Move Enter :Select +/-/PU/PD :Value F10 :Save ESC :Exit F1 :General Help
F5 :Previous Values F6 :Fail-Safe Defaults F7 : Optimized Defaults
PNP OS Installed
When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA,
IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system
like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards.
Therefore for non-PnP operating system (DOS, Netware™), this option must set
to NO.
