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Resource controlled by
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure 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
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95. If you set this field to “manual” choose
specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field
(a sub menu is preceded by a “ ”).
Options: Auto(ESCD), Manual.
IRQ Resources
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type,
depending on the type of device using the interrupt.
IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned to
The user may assign the each of the listed interrupts to a specific type of device
here, namely Legacy ISA devices and PCI/ISA PnP devices. The Legacy ISA
Devices are those that are compliant with the original PC AT bus specification
and requires a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI and ISA
PnP Devices are compliant with the Plug and Play standard.
Options: PCI/ISA PnP, Legacy ISA.
DMA Resource
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel a
type, depending on the type of device using the DMA channel.
DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to
The user may assign each of the listed DMA channels to a specific type
of device here, namely the Legacy ISA devices and the PnP PCI/ISA
devices.
The Legacy ISA Devices are those that are compliant with the original PC AT
bus specification and requires a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port
1). PCI and ISA PnP Devices are compliant with the Plug and Play standard.
Options: PCI/ISA PnP, Legacy ISA.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Please leave this set as Disabled and please do not modify this setting.
Options: Enabled, Disabled.