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Computer Setup
Compaq Confidential - Need to Know Required
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Computer Setup
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Option
Description
Advanced*
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Bus Options
Allows you to enable or disable:
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PCI bus mastering, which allows a PCI device to
take control of the PCI bus
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PCI VGA palette snooping, which sets the VGA
palette snooping bit in PCI configuration space;
this is only needed with more than one graphics
controller installed
•
PCI SERR# Generation.
Device Options
Allows you to set:
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Printer mode (bi-directional, EPP & ECP, output
only)
•
Num Lock state at power-on (off/on)
•
PME (power management event) wakeup
events (enable/disable)
•
Processor cache (enable/disable)
•
Processor Number (enable/disable) for Pentium
III processors.
•
ACPI Thermal model (enable/disable)
•
ACPI S3 support (enable/disable). S3 is an
ACPI (advanced configuration and power
interface) sleep state that some add-in hardware
options may not support. Feature supported on
select models only.
•
AGP Aperture size (options vary depending on
platform) allows you to specify the amount of
system memory reserved for use by your
graphics controller.
PCI VGA Configuration
Appears only if there are multiple PCI video adapters
in the system. Allows users to specify which VGA
controller will be the boot or primary VGA controller.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration.
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These options should be used by advanced users only.
