Managing The PC BIOS
Device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service.
Note: When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IRQs Activity Monitoring
Primary INTR | [ON] | |
IRQ3 | (COM 2) | [Disabled] |
IRQ4 | (COM 1) | [Enabled] |
IRQ5 | (LPT 2) | [Enabled] |
IRQ6 | (Floppy Disk) | [Enabled] |
IRQ7 | (LPT 1) | [Enabled] |
IRQ8 | (RTC Alarm) | [Disabled] |
IRQ9 | (IRQ2 Redir) | [Disabled] |
IRQ10 | (Reserved) | [Disabled] |
IRQ11 | (Reserved) | [Disabled] |
IRQ12 | (PS/2 Mouse) | [Enabled] |
IRQ13 | (Coprocessor) | [Enabled] |
IRQ14 | (Hard Disk) | [Enabled] |
IRQ15 | (Reserved) | [Disabled |
Item Help
Menu Level 4
3.8. PNP/PCI Configuration
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed | [No] |
Reset Configuration Data | [Disabled] |
Resources Controlled By | [Auto(ESCD)] |
⋅ IRQ Resources | [Press Enter] |
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop | [Disabled] |
Assign IRQ For VGA | [Enabled] |
Assign IRQ For USB | [Enabled] |
Item Help
Menu Level 4 Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating sys- tem. Select No if you need the BIOS to config- ure
PNP OS Installed
This item allows you to determine if a PnP OS is installed or not.
Reset Configuration Data
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. If you have installed a new
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