Supermicro H8DGG-QF User Manual page 67

Chapter 4: BIOS
IDE Detect Timeout (Sec)
Use the +/- keys to adjust and select the time out for detecting ATA/ATAPI
devices. The default value is 35.
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection
This option selects the mechanism used for detecting the installation of an 80-pin
ATA(PI) cable. Options include Host & Device, Host or Device.
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PCI/PnP Confi guration
Clear NVRAM
Select Yes to clear NVRAM during boot-up. The options are Yes and No.
Plug & Play O/S
Select Yes to allow the OS to confi gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required
for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.) Select No
to allow AMIBIOS to confi gure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. Select a value
to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles. Options are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160,
192, 224 and 248.
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
Use this option to allocate IRQ to the PCI VGA card. Opiton include Yes and No.
Selecting Yes assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ. Selecting
No means the system will not assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if the card
requests IRQ.
Pallette Snooping
This option Enables or Disables Pallette Snooping. If enabled, the system
informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the sytem so
the card will function normally.
PCI IDE Busmaster
Use this setting to Enable or Disable BIOS enabled uses of PCI Busmastering
for reading or writing to IDE drives.
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