Pnp/Pci Configuration Option - ECS P6SEP-Me User Manual

PNP/PCI Configuration Option

This option displays a table of items that configures how PNP (Plug and Play) and PCI
expansion cards operate in your system. If you have not installed PCI cards in the
expansion slots, you do not need to make any changes to this option.
PNP OS Installed
If you have installed a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 or 98, you
can change this item to Yes. When the item is set to Yes you can use the Device
Manager utility in the operating system to make changes to the configuration of
expansion cards.
Resources Controlled By
This item is set at the default Manual. If you find that you cannot get a particular
expansion card to work properly, you might be able to solve the problem by setting
this item to Manual, and defining the characteristics of the card in the new items which
appear.
If you change this item to Manual, the display will list a series of items that allow you
to define the assignments of the system interrupt lines (IRQs) and Direct Memory
Access (DMA) channels. As a default, these items are set to PCI/ISA PnP. If you
install an ISA-bus card that does not support PNP, and it requires a special IRQ and
DMA, you can modify the list of assignments. Change the values of the IRQ and
DMA that are required to Legacy ISA.
Reset Configuration Data
If you enable this item and restart the system, any PNP configuration data stored in the
BIOS setup will be cleared from memory. New updated configuration data will be
created.
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Default: No
Default: Manual
Default: Disabled