Filter
Top Products
Chapter 4: BIOS
4-11
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
Use this option to allocate IRQ to the PCI VGA card. Opiton include Yes and No.
Selecting Yes assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ. Selecting
No means the system will not assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if the card
requests IRQ.
Pallette Snooping
This option Enables or Disables Pallette Snooping. If enabled, the system informs
the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the sytem so the card
will function normally.
PCI IDE Busmaster
Use this setting to Enable or Disable BIOS enabled uses of PCI Busmastering for
reading or writing to IDE drives.
Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card
Some PCI IDE cards may require this option to be set to the PCI slot number that
is holding the card. The Auto setting works for most PCI IDE cards. Options include
Auto, PCI Slot 1, PCI Slot , PCI Slot 3, PCI Slot 4, PCI Slot 5 and PCI Slot 6.
IRQ3 ~ IRQ15 Settings
These settings specify if IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices or is
reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. Options are Available or Reserved.
DMA Channel 0 ~ DMA Channel 7 Settings
These settings specify if a DMA Channel is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices
or is reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. Options are Available or Reserved.
Reserved Memory Size
This option specifi es the size of the memory block reserved for legacy ISA devices.
Options include Disabled, 16k, 32k or 64k.
HotPlug Reserve I/O Port Size
This option specifi es the size of the I/O port block to reserve for HotPlug or CardBus
devices. Options include Auto, 4K, 8K, 12K, 16K, 20K, 24K and 28K.
HotPlug Reserve Memory Size
This option specifi es the size of the memory block to reserve for HotPlug or CardBus
devices. Options include Auto, 8M, 16M, 32M, 65M, 128MB, 256MB or 512MB.