DFI 686IPK, User Manual

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The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically con-
figure 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.
The system will automatically detect the settings for you. The
categories that follow will not be shown on the PNP/PCI Con-
figuration screen.
This will allow you to set the IRQ (you have assigned your
add-in card) to Legacy ISA or PCI/ISA PnP. For non-PnP ISA
cards, select Legacy ISA. For PnP ISA or PCI cards, select
PCI/ISA PnP.
Auto
Manual
Reset Configuration Data
Enabled
Disabled
The BIOS will reset the configuration data automatically.
The BIOS will not reset the configuration data.
PCI IRQ Actived By
This category is used to set the method by which the PCI bus recog-
nizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. Under all
circumstances, you should retain the default configuration unless a dif-
ferent setting is needed.
PCI IDE IRQ Map To
This category is used to configure your system to the type of IDE disk
controller in use.
ISA
PCI Slot 1-4
PCI-Auto
Default setting. (The IDE disk controller is an ISA controller).
The slot that has the PCI IDE controller; if you are using a PCI
IDE controller card.
The system will automatically determine how your IDE disk
system is configured.