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Chapter 4
BIOS Setup
IRQ Resources
When resoruces are controlled manually, assign each system
interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the
interrupt.
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RQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned to
[PCI/ISA PnP (
Default Value
), Legacy ISA]
DMA Resources
This sub menu can let you control the memory resource.
Reserved Memory Base
Reserved a low memory for the legacy device (non-PnP device).
[C800,CC00,D000,D400,D800,DC00,N/A(
Default Value)
]
Reserved Memory Length
Reserved a low memory length for the legacy device (non-PnP
device).
[8K(
Default Value
),16K,32K,64K]
Resources 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 Windows98/95/
NT. 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 “Ø”).
[Manual: Resources controlled by the user.
Auto(ESCD)(
Default Vaule
): Resources controlled by BIOS
automatically]
PCI / VGA Palette Snoop
This field controls the ability of a primary PCI graphics controller to
share a common palette with an ISA/VESA video or MPEG card.
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