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ACPI Function
This category allows you to select ACPI power management effective or not. The options: Enabled (Default) and Disabled.
4.1.7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
Figure 4.7: PNP/PCI configuration screen
Reset Configuration Data
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new
Resource Controlled By
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config- ure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
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