Pcipnp; Chipset; North Bridge Configuration - TYAN Thunder i7501 Pro S2721-533 Manual

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