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PNP/PCI Configuration Option
These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI
expansion cards operate in your system. Both the ISA and
PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs (Interrupt Re-
Quests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up
the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI
Configurations Setup utility for the mainboard to work properly.
Selecting PnP/PCI Configurations on the main program
screen displays this menu:
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PnP/PCI Configurations
Item Help
PNP OS Installed
No
Reset Configuration Data
Disabled
Resources Controlled by
Auto(ESCD)
x IRQ Resources
Press Enter
x DMA Resources
Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Disabled
Assign IRQ For VGA
Enabled
Assign IRQ For USB
Enabled
Menu Level
Select Yes if you are
using a Plug and Play
capable operating
system. Select No if
you need the BIOS to
configure non-boot
devices.
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: 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 (No)
Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS (instead of BIOS)
to assign the system resources such as IRQ and I/O address
to the ISA PnP device. The default setting is No.
Reset Configuration Data (Disabled)
If you enable this item and restart the system, any Plug and
Play configuration data stored in the BIOS setup is cleared
from memory. New updated data is created.
Resources Controlled By (Auto (ESCD) )
You should leave this item at the default Auto(ESCD). Under
this setting, the system dynamically allocates resources to
plug and play devices as they are required.
If you cannot get a legacy ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
expansion card to work properly, you might be able to solve the
problem by changing this item to Manual, and then opening up the
IRQ Resources and Memory Resources sub-menus.
