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CHAPTER 3
3.9 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup
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 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.
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software
PnP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data
Resources Controlled By
x IRQ Resources
x DMA Resources
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Assign IRQ for VGA
Assign IRQ for USB
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
PnP OS Installed
When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for
booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP
operating system like Windows
initialize all the PnP cards. So, for non-PnP operating system (DOS,
®
Netware
), this option must set to Yes.
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup
Yes
Disabled
Auto (ESCD)
Press Enter
Menu Level
Press Enter
Select Yes if you
Disabled
are using a Plug
Enabled
and Play capable
Enabled
operating system
Select No if you
need the BIOS to
configure non-
boot devices
®
95 or 98. When set to NO, BIOS will
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