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| • Disabled |
| express devices of width x4, x8, and x16 in the GMCH x16 |
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| GMCH x16 slot will link train as x1 PCIe devices if the Intel |
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| PEG Negotiated |
| Advanced > PCI |
| No changeable |
| This option is read only and provides the link train width |
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| (x1, x4, x8, x16) of the PCIe device connected in the x16 |
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| This information is provided for determining performance |
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| issues with x4, x8, and x16 PCIe cards if they are inserted |
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| into the x16 PCI slot while the Intel Integrated video (PCIe |
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| graphics) is enabled and the "PEG Allow > 1" option is |
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| PIO Mode |
| Advanced > Drive |
| • Auto |
| Specifies the PIO mode. |
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| SATA/PATA |
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| Plug & Play O/S |
| Advanced > Boot |
| • No |
| Specifies if manual configuration is desired. |
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| • Yes |
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| No lets the BIOS configure all devices in the system. This |
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| Yes lets the operating system configure Plug & Play (PnP) |
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| devices not require |
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| Power Management |
| Power > APM |
| • Enabled |
| Enables or disables the APM feature. |
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| • Disabled |
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| Preferred DNS |
| Intel® ME > Intel® |
| User defined |
| Enter the address in |
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| Primary Display |
| Advanced > Video |
| • PCI |
| Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display |
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| device that will be active when the system boots. |
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| Primary IDE Master |
| Advanced > Drive |
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| Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows |
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| [None] if no drive is installed. |
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| Primary IDE Slave |
| Advanced > Drive |
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| Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows |
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| Primary Video |
| Advanced > Video |
| • Ext PCI Express |
| Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display |
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| Configuration |
| Graphics |
| device that will be active when the system boots. |
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| • Ext PCI |
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| • Auto |
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V09 – March 2008
