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Chipset Settings

The Chipset Settings will be shown only if you press Alt + F4 in main menu:

Press Enter to view the Chipset settings information.

Graphics Aperture Size This parameter determines the effective size of the
graphics aperture. Graphics aperture is the address
range that the AGP video and the CPU us e to manage
graphical objects. The lowest setting is 8 MB and the
highest is 256 MB.
User input
Plug and Play OS When this parameter is set to Yes, BIOS initializes only
PnP boot devices su ch as S CS I ca rds. When set to No,
BIOS initializes all PnP boot and non-boot devices such
as sound cards.
Note: Set this paramete r to Yes only if your operating
system is Windows 95/98/ 2000.
Yes or No
Reset Resource
Assignments Set this parameter to Yes to avoid IRQ conflict when
installing non-PnP or PnP ISA cards. Th is clears all
resource assignments and allows BIOS to reassign
resources to all i nstalled PnP devices the next time the
system boots. Aft er clearing the reso urce data, the
parameter resets to No.
No or Yes
Parameter Description Options

Advanced Options

! Memory/Cache Options
! PnP/PCI Options
! *Chipset Settings