The following table describes the parameters found in this menu.

Parameter

Description

Options

Init Display

Initialize the AGP video display before initializing

 

First

any other display device on the system. Thus the

 

 

AGP display becomes the primary display.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select

[Enabled],

Configuration

Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration

[Disabled]

Data

Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have

 

 

installed a new add-on and the system

 

 

reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict

 

 

that the operating system cannot boot

 

 

 

 

Resources

This item allows user to assign PnP resource (I/O

[Auto]

Controlled By

address, IRQ&DMA channels) for Plug and Play

[Manual]

 

compatible devices automatically or manually

 

 

 

 

IRQ Resources

When resource are controlled by manually, assign

[Press Enter]

 

each system interrupt a type , depending on the type

 

 

of device using the interrupt.

 

 

Option:

 

 

[PCI Device]: Assign this IRQ for PCI device.

 

 

[Reserved]: Reserve this IRQ for other device.

 

 

 

 

PCI/VGA

This option is only very rarely needed. It should be

[Disabled],

Palette Snoop

left at “Disabled” unless a video device specifically

[Enabled]

 

requires the setting enabled upon installation.

 

 

 

 

Maximum

This field displays maximum payload size of the

[128-4096]

Payload Size

system

 

 

 

 

PCI 1/2 IRQ

This item allows user to assign PCI IRQ for device

[Auto], [3] ,

Assignment

 

[4] , [5] , [6] ,

 

 

[7], [10] ,

 

 

[11] , [12] ,

 

 

[14] , [15]

 

 

 

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M1640, M5640 specifications

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