Advanced menu screen

The advanced menu screen allows you to access a large number of advanced features. Many of these features can cause the system to malfunction if set incorrectly. Do not change these settings unless you must.

Figure 29: Advanced Menu Screen

Plug and Play O/S: specifies whether the operating system is compatible with Plug and Play. The options are Yes and No.

Reset Configuration Data: selecting Yes causes the system to clear its configuration data and automatically configure all PnP devices at bootup. Selecting No causes the system to use the existing configuration information. this field automatically resets itself to No at the next system boot.

Use Multiprocessor Specification: this field configures the multiprocessor specification used to coordinate between multiple processors. Specification 1.4 allows extended bus definitions and is required to permit a secondary PCI bus to work without a bridge. The system board is compatible with both specifications.

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