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Chapter 7: BIOS
7-4.4
PnP/PCI Confi guration
Choose PCI/PnP Confi gurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left/
Right arrow keys. You should see the following display:
Initial Display From
This feature sets the device that will initiate the monitor display when the system
is fi rst turned on. The options are "PCI Slot" and "PCI Ex(press)".
Reset Confi guration Data
Enabling this setting resets the extended system confi guration data when you exit
setup. Do this when you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfi guration
has caused such a serious confl ict that the OS cannot reboot the system.
The
options are "Enabled" and "Disabled." If this feature is set to Enabled, the following
item will display:
Resources Controlled By
This setting allows the BIOS to automatically confi gure all boot and Plug and Play
compatible devices. If you choose Auto, you cannot select the IRQ, DMA and
memory base address fi elds, because the BIOS automatically assigns them. The
options are "Auto (ESCD)" and "Manual".
IRQ Resources
If the above item-Resources Controlled By" is set to manual, the user is allowed
to assign an IRQ to a PCI Device or Reserve an IRQ for other purpose. The
options are: Auto (ESCD) and Manual.
IRQ-3,
IRQ-4,
IRQ-5,
IRQ-7,
IRQ-9,
IRQ-10,
IRQ-12,
IRQ-14,
IRQ-15
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
This feature allows the user to determine if the Boot ROMs of the Onboard LAN
chips should be activated. If activated, the user can boot the system from the
Onboard LAN chips. The options are Disabled, LAN1, LAN2 and Both.
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