Chapter 2
BIOS Setup
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2.7 PNP / PCI Configuration Setup
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing
the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special
components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly
recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default
settings.
Figure 7. PNP / PCI Configuration Setup Menu
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
systems, like Windows
TM
95. When set to “ No” , BIOS will initialized all the PnP
cards. Therefore for non-PnP operating system (DOS, Netware
TM
), this option
must set to “ No”.
The Choices: No
(default),Yes.
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PnP/PCI Configurations
Item Help
Menu Level
Select Yes if you are
using a Plug and Play
capable operating
system Select No if
you need the BIOS to
configure non-boot
devices
:Move Enter:/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values
F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
F7:Optimized Defaults
PNP OS Installed
No
Reset Configuration Data
Disabled
Resources Controlled By
Auto(ESCD)
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Disabled
Assign IRQ For VGA
Enabled
Assign IRQ For USB
Enabled
x IRQ Resources
Press Enter
x DMA Resources
Press Enter