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simplifying installation of multiple interface cards.
This Setup Menu provides configuration options for the PCI Bus and its assigned
resources.
Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]
Disabled:
Normal Setting
Enabled:
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 cannot boot.
Resource Controlled By [Auto (ESCD)]
Manual:
The field defines that the PNP Card's resource is controlled by
manual. You can setup whether IRQ-X or DMA-X is assigned
to PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA Cards.
Auto:
If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards. Set this field
to "Auto". The BIOS will assign the interrupt resource
automatically.
IRQ Resources [Press Enter]
Pressing
Enter
will take you to the IRQ Resources setup screen that allows you to
assign each IRQ to a device. When the resources are controlled manually,
pressing
Enter
will take you to the IRQ Resources setup screen that allows you to
assign each system interrupt as a PCI device or reserve the IRQ, depending on the
type of device using the interrupt:
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Selecting Enabled allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status, and to modify the
information delivered from the feature connector of the VGA card to the MPEG
card.
