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BIOS Setup
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are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows
95/98. If you
want to configure by yourself, select Manaul.
IRQ/DMA Resources
The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to
Manual. Press <Enter> and you will enter the sub-menu of the items. IRQ
Resources & DMA Resources list IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 and DMA 0/
1/3/5/6/7 for users to set each IRQ/DMA a type depending on the type of
device using the IRQ/DMA. Settings are:
PCI/ISA PnP For Plug & Play compatible devices designed for
PCI or ISA bus architecture.
Legacy ISA For devices compliant with the PC AT bus
specification, requiring a specific interrupt.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
When set to Enabled, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses
can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video
device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space
is the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled). For example, if there are two
VGA devices in the computer (one PCI and one ISA) and the:
The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the
system requires VGA palette snooping.
Assign IRQ For VGA/USB
Set to Enabled allows BIOS to assign an IRQ to VGA card/USB device.
VGA Palette Snoop
Bit Setting Action
Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the
PCI VGA device’s palette registers.
Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the
PCI VGA device’s palette registers and the ISA VGA
device’s palette registers, permitting the palette
registers of both VGA devices to be identical.
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