Mainboard User’s Manual
PnP/PCI Configurations Page
This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the
PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability.
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PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
Yes
Reset Configuration Data
Disabled
Resources Controlled by
Auto(ESCD)
x IRQ Resources
Press Enter
x DMA Resources
Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Disabled
Item Help
Menu Level
Default is Disabled.
Select Enabled to
reset Extended System
Configuration Data
(ESCD) when you exit
Setup if you have
installed a new add-on
and the system
reconfiguration has
caused such a serious
conflict that the OS
cannot boot.
: 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
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.
Reset
Configuration Data
If you enable this item and restart the system, any
PnP configuration data stored in the BIOS setup is
cleared from memory. New updated data is
created.
Resources
Controlled By
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.
In the
IRQ Resources
sub-menu, if you change
any of the IRQ assignations to Legacy ISA, then
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