Chapter 3
PCI VGA Palette
Snoop
When this item is enabled, multiple VGA
devices operating on different buses can handle
data from the CPU on each set of palette
registers on every video device.
Assign IRQ for
VGA
If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned
to the VGA graphics system. We recommend
that you set this value to No.
Offboard PCI IDE
Card
If you are using an IDE interface add-in card,
use this item to define which PCI slot the card is
installed in. Leave this item at Auto for
automatic detection.
Pri. / Sec. Offboard
PCI IDE IRQ
If you are using an IDE interface add-in card,
use these items to assign an IRQ to the primary
and secondary IDE channels.
DMA Channel X
If you set this to PnP, the system will
dynamically allocate DMA channels as they are
required. If you set a DMA channel to ISA/EISA,
it will be reserved for a non-plug and play ISA
or EISA device.
IRQ X
If you set this to PCI/PnP, the system will
dynamically allocate IRQs as they are required.
If you set an IRQ to ISA/EISA, it will be
reserved for a non-plug and play ISA or EISA
device.
Reserved Memory
Size
This item lets you reserve a block of memory
for any device that requires it.
Reserved Memory
Address
This item lets you set the address for any block
of memory that has been reserved.
Load Optimal Settings
If you select this item and press
Enter
a dialog box appears. If you
press
Y
, and then
Enter
, the setup utility is loaded with a set of
optimal default values. The optimal default values are not very
demanding and they should allow your system to function with
most kinds of hardware and memory chips.
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