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BIOS Setup
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IRQ Resources
The items are adjustable only when
Resources Controlled By
is set to
Manual
.
Press <Enter> an d you will enter the sub-menu o f the items. IRQ Res ources
list IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/ 10/11/12/14/15 for users to set each IRQ a type de pending
on the type of device using the IRQ. Settings are:
PCI Device
For Plug & Play compatible devices designed for PCI
bus architecture.
Reserved
The IRQ will b e reserve d for fu rther req uest.
PNP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug &
Play) feature. PCI, or
P
eripheral
C
ompon ent
I
nterconnect, is a system which
allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses
when communicating with its special components. This section covers some
very techn ical items a nd it is strongly recommended that o nly experien ced
users should make any changes to the default settings.
Re set Configur ation Data
Normally , you leave this field
Disable d
. Selec t
Enabl ed
to rese t Extend ed
System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed
a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious
conflict t hat the operat ing sy stem ca nnot b oot. Setting option s:
En able d
,
Disabled
.
Res ource Contr olled By
The Award Plug a nd Play BIOS has the capacity to automat ically 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 sys-
tem such as Windows
®
95/98. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific
reso urces by going into ea ch of th e sub menu that follows this field (a sub
menu is preceded by a “
Ø
”). The settings are:
Auto (ESCD)
,
Manu al
.
