Load Optimal Settings; Load Best Performance Settings - ECS P4S8A Manual

Plug and Play
Enable this item if you are using an O/S that
Aware O/S
supports Plug and Play such as Windows
95/98/ME.
Primary Graphics
This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter
Adapter
uses the PCI or the AGP bus. The default PCI
setting still lets the onboard display work and
allows the use of a second display card installed in
a PCI slot.
Allocate IRQ to
If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to
PCI VGA
the PCI VGA graphics system. You set this value
to No to free up an IRQ.
PCI IDE BusMaster
This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS
mode. We recommend you to leave this item at
the default value.

Load Optimal Settings

If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you
press Y, and then Enter, the Setup Utility loads a set of fail-safe
default values. These default values are not very demanding and
they should allow your system to function with most kinds of
hardware and memory chips.
Note: It is highly recommended that users enter this option to
load optimal values for accessing the best performance.

Load Best Performance Settings

If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you
press Y, and then Enter, the Setup Utility loads a set of best-
performance default values. These default values are quite
demanding and your system might not function properly if you are
using slower memory chips or other low-performance components.
3: BIOS Setup Utility
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
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