Pnp/Pci Configurations - Biostar M6TSU User Manual

Chapter 2

2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds
nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own
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.
Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations
Reset Configuration Data
The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record
which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict.
peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which
resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the
memory locations.
the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system's ESCD will update only when
the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled option is chosen,
the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the
"Disabled" mode.
These locations (4K) are reserved in the system BIOS. If
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