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Plug & Play O/S [No]

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Plug & Play O/S [No] This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. When [Yes] is selected, interrupts may be reassigned by the OS. If you installed a nonPnP OS or if you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, keep the default setting [No]. Configuration options: [No] [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [No] The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) contains information about non-PnP devices. It also holds the complete record of how the system was configured the last time is was booted. Select [Yes] if you want to clear these data during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST). Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] This field allows you to set boot virus detection, ensuring a virus-free boot sector. The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus-free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] This field speeds up the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] This allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Make sure that the above item is set to [Enabled] if you wish to use the ASUS MyLogo2™ feature. Interrupt Mode [APIC] This item controls the IRQ structure. The new APIC creates a range of IRQs larger than the standard 16 IRQ channels. The standard setting of PIC limits the number of IRQs to the standard IRQ0 to IRQ15. Windows 2000 and XP support APIC settings. Select between new APIC or PIC. Configuration options: [APIC] [PIC] 80 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup

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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Plug & Play O/S [No]
This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to
configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. When [Yes] is
selected, interrupts may be reassigned by the OS. If you installed a non-
PnP OS or if you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, keep
the default setting [No]. Configuration options: [No] [Yes]
Reset Configuration Data [No]
The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) contains information about
non-PnP devices. It also holds the complete record of how the system was
configured the last time is was booted. Select [Yes] if you want to clear these
data during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST).
Configuration options: [Yes]
[No]
Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]
This field allows you to set boot virus detection, ensuring a virus-free boot
sector.
The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects
a virus. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use
a virus-free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
This field speeds up the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping
retesting a second, third, and fourth time. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine
whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Enabled]
Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
This allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Interrupt Mode [APIC]
This item controls the IRQ structure.
The new APIC creates a range of IRQs
larger than the standard 16 IRQ channels.
The standard setting of PIC limits
the number of IRQs to the standard IRQ0 to IRQ15.
Windows 2000 and XP
support APIC settings.
Select between new APIC or PIC.
Configuration
options: [APIC] [PIC]
Make sure that the above item is set to [Enabled] if you wish to use the
ASUS MyLogo2™ feature.