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3.9 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system.
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.
Reset Configuration Data
Resources Controlled By
X IRQ Resources
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
Reset Configuration Data:
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended
System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed
a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious
conflict that the operating system cannot boot.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Resource controlled by:
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure
all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices.
capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
operating system such as Windows
choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows
this field (a sub menu is preceded by a " ").
The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual.
IRQ Resources:
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a
type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:
Leave this field at "Disabled".
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP/PCI Configurations
Disabled
Auto (ESCD)
Press Enter
Disabled
F6: Fail-safe defaults
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Menu Level
F7: Optimized Defaults
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95. If you set this field to "Manual"
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Award BIOS Setup
PCI, or
Item Help
However, this
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