Chapter 3
PCI VGA Palette
Snoop
When this item is enabled, multiple VGA
devices operating on different buses can handle
data from the CPU on each set of palette
registers on every video device.
OffBoard PCI IDE
Card
Enable this item if you have disabled the
onboard IDE channels and are using IDE
channels installed on an expansion card.
OffBoard PCI IDE
Pri IRQ
OffBoard PCI IDE
Sec IRQ
If you are using external IDE channels installed
on an expansion card., Use these two items to
allocate an Interrupt Request line to the primary
and secondary channels
PCI Slot1 IRQ
Priority
PCI Slot2 IRQ
Priority
PCI Slot3 IRQ
Priority
You may install expansion cards in the PCI
slots that require the use of an Interrupt
Request Line. Use these three items to
determine which slot has priority when the plug
and play OS/BIOS is dynamically allocating
IRQs to competing demands from the
expansion cards.
DMA Channels 0-7
If you set these items to PnP, the DMA
channels will be automatically allocated by the
Plug and Play BIOS or operating system. If you
set it to ISA/EISA, the channel(s) will be
reserved for an installed ISA or EISA expansion
card.
IRQ 3-15
If you set these items to PCI/PnP, the IRQ lines
will be automatically allocated by the Plug and
Play BIOS or operating system. If you set it to
ISA/EISA, the IRQ lines will be reserved for an
installed ISA or EISA expansion card.
Load Optimal Settings
If you select this item and press
Enter
a dialog box appears. If you
press
Y
, and then
Enter
, the setup utility is loaded with a set of
optimal default values. The optimal default values are not very
demanding and they should allow your system to function with
most kinds of hardware and memory chips.
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