Chapter 3
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PNP/PCI Configurations
This section describes the BIOS configuration of the PCI bus system. This
section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended
that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
PNP OS Installed
When set to
Yes
, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting
(VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP
operating system like Windows
®
95 or 98/98SE. When set to
No
, BIOS will
initialize all the PnP cards. Set to
Yes
the operating system is Plug & Play
capable. Settings:
No
and
Yes
Reset Configuration Data
Normally, you leave this field
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 operating system can not boot. Settings:
Enabled
and
Disabled
Resource Controlled By
The BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play
compatible devices. Choose
Auto(ESCD)
if unsure, the BIOS will
automatically assign IRQ, DMA and memory base address fields. Settings:
Auto (ESCD)
and
Manual
