A detailed description of each of the features is given in the following table.

Table 47: Advanced / PCI PnP Sub-menu

Feature

Options

Description

Plug And Play O/S

NO [Default]

PnP play OS setting if set to “NO” the BIOS

 

Yes

configures system resources, otherwise resources are

 

set by PnP OS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Latency Timer

32

Allows the value in units of PCI clocks for the PCI

 

64 [Default]

device latency timer register.

 

 

 

96

 

 

128

 

 

160

 

 

192

 

 

224

 

 

248

 

 

 

 

 

Allocate IRQ To PCI

Yes [Default]

When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA

VGA

No

card if the card requests for an IRQ. When set to [No].

 

It is not recommended this is set to “NO”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pallet Snooping

Disabled

Support for legacy Video capture cards.

 

[Default]

It is not recommended this is set to “Enabled”

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

PCI IDE BusMaster

Disabled

PCI bus master control.

 

Enabled [Default]

It is not recommended this is set to “Disabled”

 

 

 

 

Offboard PCI/ISA

Auto [Default]

Allows assignment of a PCI slot to a PCI IDE card,

IDE Card

PCI Slot1

when required.

 

 

 

PCI Slot2

 

 

PCI Slot3

 

 

PCI Slot4

 

 

PCI Slot5

 

 

PCI Slot6

 

 

 

 

 

IRQ-3 assigned to

PCI Device

When set to [PCI Device], the specific IRQ is free for use of

To

 

[Default]

PCI/PnP devices. When set to [Reserved], the IRQ is

IRQ-15 assigned to

Reserved

reserved for legacy ISA devices.

 

 

 

 

 

DMA Channel 0

PCI Device

When set to [PCI Device], the specific DMA channel is

to

 

[Default]

free for use of PCI/PnP devices. When set to

DMA Channel 7

Reserved

[Reserved], the DMA channel is reserved for

Legacy ISA devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved Memory

Disabled

Allows you to set the reserved memory size.

Size

 

[Default]

Some adaptors with ROM options may require memory to

 

16k

be reserved.

 

 

 

32k

 

 

64k

 

 

 

 

 

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Vig390s specifications

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