Pci/Pnp Setup Menu - eMachines etower Series User Manual

Primary master IDE, Primary slave IDE, Secondary master IDE, and
Secondary slave IDE
This option specifies if the computer is to monitor the activity of each of the primary master,
primary slave, secondary master, and secondary slave IDE drives for power conservation purpose.
When this option is set to Monitor and there is no activity of each of the primary master, primary
slave, secondary master, and secondary slave IDE drives for the length of time specified in the
Suspend Time Out option, the computer enters a power saving state. The settings are Ignore and
Monitor.

PCI/PnP Setup Menu

If you select the PCI/PnP icon from the Setup main menu, the PCI/PnP Setup menu is displayed.
Plug and Play Aware O/S
The option enables the computer to boot with an operating system capable of managing Plug and
Play add-in cards. Set it to Yes if the operating system (such as Windows 98) installed in the
computer follows the Plug and Play specification. BIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter
cards that are required for system boot. The Windows 98 operating system detects and enables all
other PnP-aware adapter cards. Windows 98 is PnP-aware. Set the option to No if the operating
system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.X) does not use PnP. You must set this option correctly,
or PnP-aware adapter cards installed in the computer will not be configured properly. The settings
are No and Yes.
Initial Display Select
This option specifies the primary display adapter of your system. If you install an additional
display adapter in your mainboard for using multiple monitors, you must specify the primary
display adapter. When you add a PCI display card to your system with a built-in AGP display
adapter, the PCI card becomes the primary adapter. To use the built-in AGP adapter as primary,
set this option to Onboard AGP. The settings are PCI slot and Onboard AGP.
PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)
This option sets the length of time (measured in the number of PCI clock cycles) that a device on
the PCI bus can hold the bus when another device has requested the bus. The clock choices
include every 32nd value between 32 and 248 clocks. The settings are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192,
224, and 248.
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Using the BIOS Setup Program
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