SUPER MICRO Computer C2SBE, C2SBA+II user manual PCI Express Port#5

Chapter 4: BIOS

PCI-Express Graphics (PEG) Port (This submenu is for debugging only.)

Select Auto to automatically enable the PCI-Express Graphics Port if a PCI add-on card is detected. Select Disabled to always disable the PEG Port. Select Enabled to always enable the PEG Port. (Debugging is enabled if a debug card is detected.) The default setting is Auto.

When the PCI-Exp. Graphics Port is enabled, the following items will be displayed:

PEG Port Enabled=

PEG Port Number=

PEG Width=

PEG Port Slot Number=

PEG Power Limit=

PEG Slot Card Detect=

PCI-Express x4 Slot

Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following:

PCI Express Port#5

Select Enabled to always enable PCI-Ex4 Port#5. Select Disabled to always disable PCI-Ex4 Port#5. (If PCI-E x1 Port#1 is disabled, PCI-E x4 Port#5 will be disabled as well). When set to Auto, PCI-Ex4 Port#5 will be enabled if a PCI add-on card is detected. The options are Auto, Enabled and Disabled.

Option ROM Scan

When enabled, this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Enable Master

This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Latency Timer

This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the bus master. A high-priority, high-throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate. The options are Default, 0020h, 0040h, 0060h, 0080h, 00A0h, 00C0h, and 00E0h. For Unix,

Novelle and other Operating Systems, please select the option: other. If a drive fails after the installation of a new software, you might want to change this setting and try again. A different OS requires a different bus master clock rate.

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