SOYO SY-5SSM/5 manual Slot 1/2/3/4 Auto Default Use IRQ no

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BIOS Setup Utility

SY-5SSM & SY-5SSM/5

3-5.3 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNP/PCI Setup

Setting

Description

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under this item the user can assign an IRQ to a PCI slot. However, there under some conditions the IRQ will not be assigned as selected under this item:

1.IRQs 0, 1, 2, 6, 8, 13 can NOT be assigned, because they are fixed.

2.IRQs 5, 9, 10, 11 are available

3.IRQs 3,4,7,12,14 and 15 will only be assigned if they are free. See the table below on how to free them:

Interrupt How to set the BIOS to release the IRQ to the PnP Interrupt pool:

Line

 

PnP / PCI configuration

Integrated Peripherals

 

 

 

IRQ 15

IRQ 15:

PCI / ISA PnP

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE:

disabled

IRQ 14

IRQ 14:

PCI / ISA PnP

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE:

disabled

 

 

 

 

Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP

 

IRQ 12

IRQ 12: PCI / ISA PnP

BIOS automatically if the PS/2 Mouse

 

 

 

 

 

Port is not used.

 

 

 

IRQ 7

IRQ 7:

PCI / ISA PnP

Onboard parallel port:

disabled

IRQ 4

IRQ 4:

PCI / ISA PnP

Onboard Serial port 1:

disabled

IRQ 3 IRQ 3: PCI / ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2: disabled

4.Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS, especially if you use Windows 95, 98 or NT.

Slot 1/2/3/4

Auto

 

Default

Use IRQ NO.

 

 

 

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SOYO SY-5SSM/5 manual Slot 1/2/3/4 Auto Default Use IRQ no

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