BIOS Setup
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This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug
& Play) feature. PCI, or
P
eripheral
C
omponent
I
nterconnect, is a system which
allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses
when communicating with its 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.
Plug and Play Aware O/S
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
®
98, 2000 or ME. When set to
No
, BIOS will initialize all the PnP
cards. Select
Yes
if the operating system is Plug & Play.
Clear NVRAM
The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) NVRAM (Non-volatile Ran-
dom Access Memory) is where the BIOS stores resource information for both
PNP and non-PNP devices in a bit string format. When the item is set to
Yes
,
the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and
then set the setting of the item back to
No
automatically.
PNP/PCI Configurations
