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PNP/PCI Configurations
These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards oper-
ate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system
IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up
the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations
Setup utility for the mainboard to work properly. Selecting PnP/PCI Configurations
on the main program screen displays this menu:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP/PCI Configurations
Item Help
PNP OS Installed
[No]
Reset Configuration Data
[Disabled]
Resources Controlled by
[Auto(ESCD)]
x IRQ Resources
Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
[Disabled]
Assign IRQ For VGA
[Enabled]
Assign IRQ For USB
[Enabled]
Menu Level
Default is Disabled.
Select Enabled to reset
Extended System Con-
figuration Data (ESCD)
when you exit Setup if you
have installed a new add-
on and the system recon-
figuration 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 (No)
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. The
default setting is No.
Reset Configuration Data (Disabled)
If you enable this item and restart the system, any Plug and Play configuration
data stored in the BIOS setup is cleared from memory. New updated data is
created.
Resources Controlled By (Auto(ESCD))
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 Re-
sources sub-menus.
In the IRQ Resources sub-menu, if you change any of the IRQ assignations to
Legacy ISA, then that Interrupt Request Line is reserved for a legacy ISA ex-
pansion card. Press <Esc> to close the IRQ Resources sub-menu.
In the Memory Resources sub menu, use the first item Reserved Memory
Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reserve for the ISA
