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In case a conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this
function to allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and
I/O address.
3.6.4 IRQ-xx assigned to
If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function, set the selected
IRQ-x assigned to :"Legacy ISA". This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the
installed legacy ISA card.
3.6.5 DMA-x assigned to
If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special DMA channel to support its function, set the
selected DMA channel to "Legacy ISA". This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA
channel for the installed legacy ISA card.
3.6.6 Used MEM base addr
This item, in conjunction with the "Used MEM Length", lets you set a memory space for non-PnP
compatible ISA card.
3.6.7 Assign IRQ For USB
Default is Enabled. You can disable this item when you do not attach any USB devices on board and need
extra IRQ for other device. The yellow exclamation mark will be shown in System/Device Manager under
Windows 95/98 if you disable this item. This is a normal status.
3.7 Integrated Peripherals
You can control Input and Output functions from this screen.
3.7.1 IDE HDD Block Mode
This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multi-sector data transfers and eliminates the
interrupt handling time for each sector.
3.7.2 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO
Figure 3-7 Integrated Peripherals
ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
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