Pnp/Pci Configurations - Biostar M6VLQ Grand Manual

M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup

7 PnP/PCI Configurations

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 of
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.
Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations
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 systems, like
TM
Windows 95. When set to " No" , BIOS will initialized all the PnP cards. Therefore for
non-PnP operating system (DOS, Netware
The Choices: No (default),Yes.
Reset Configuration Data
The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which
resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict.
node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it.
system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations.
are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system's
ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled
TM
), this option must set to " No".
Every peripheral device has a
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