Advanced Pci / Pnp Settings - Advantech ARK-3403 User Manual

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Advanced PCI / PnP Settings

Select the PCI/PnP tab from the ARK-3403 setup screen to enter the Plug and Play
BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Plug and Play BIOS Setup option by highlight-
ing it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in
this section. The Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen is shown below.
! Clear NVRAM
Set this value to force the BIOS to clear the Non-Volatile Random Access Mem-
ory (NVRAM).The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is No.
! Plug & Play O/S
When set to No, BIOS configures all the device in the system. When set to Yes
and if you install a Plug and Play operating system, the operating system con-
figures the Plug and Play device not required for boot.
! PCI Latency Timer
Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register.
! Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
When set to Yes, will assign an IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ.
When set to No, will not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an
IRQ.
! Palette Snooping
This item is designed to solve problems caused by some non-standard VGA
cards.
! PCI IDE BusMaster
When set to enabled BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading/writing to IDE
drives.
! OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card
Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is
holding the card. When set to Auto will works for most PCI IDE cards.
! IRQ3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 /11
This item allows you to assign IRQ-3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 respectively.
Figure 3.18 PCI/PNP Setup (top)
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