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3.9 – PCIPnP
Options related to the Plug and Play PCI settings interface can be altered through the following.
Plug & Play OS
Yes
No
Toggles the option of letting the OS take
care of IRQ routing or the BIOS. Select
Yes
to let the OS manage IRQ settings.
Reset Config Data
Yes
No
Resets BIOS area where IRQ and DMA
settings are stored.
PCI Latency Timer
32,
64
, 96, 128,
160, 192, 224, 248
Leave on
64
for best combination of
performance and stability.
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
Yes
No
Assigns an IRQ to PCI video card.
Palette Snooping
Enabled
Disabled
Palette Snooping can fix color problems
associated with non-standard video cards
such as MPEG decoders.
PCI IDE BusMaster
Enabled
Disabled
Toggles the onboard IDE controllers to
operate in BusMaster mode.
Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card
Auto
Enabled
Disabled
Enables the system to recognize and boot
from an add-in IDE controller card.
IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11,
14, 15
These settings enable you to set which IRQs will be reserved for
other devices other than the ones that use them by default.
DMA Channel
0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
These settings enable DMA channel 0 and 1 to be enabled or
disabled.
3.10 – Chipset
Options related to the chipset can be altered through the following.
CPU Configuration
North Bridge
ICH3 South Bridge
Intel PCI-64 Hub 2
All settings discussed in following sections.
