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PNP/PCI Configuration Option

This option displays a table of items that configures how PNP (Plug and
Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your system.
PNP OS Installed
If you install a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 or 98, you
can set this item to Yes. When set to Yes you can use the Device Manager utility
in the OS to make changes to the configuration of expansion cards.
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If you cannot get an expansion card to work properly, you might be able to solve
the problem by setting this item to Manual, and defining the characteristics of the
card in the new items that appear. If you change this item to Manual, the display
will list a series of items that allow you to define the assignments of the system
interrupt lines (IRQs) and Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels. As a default,
these items are set to PCI/ISA PnP. If you install an ISA-bus card that does not
support PNP, and it requires a special IRQ and DMA, you can modify the list of
assignments. Change the values of the IRQ and DMA that are required by the
ISA card to Legacy ISA.
Reset Configuration Data
If you enable this item and restart the system, any PnP configuration data stored
in the BIOS setup is cleared from memory. New updated data is created.
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Default: No
Default: Manual
Default: Disabled