Biostar G31D-M7 Bios Setup - Page 20

PCI Latency Timer, Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA, Palette Snooping, PCI IDE BusMaster, PCI Resource - drivers

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G31D-M7 BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes over. T he longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PCI device. Options: 64 (Default) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA T his item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card. Options: Yes (Default) / No Palette Snooping Some old graphic controllers need to " snoop" on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster T his item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onbo ard ID E controller to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PCI Resource BIOS SETU P U TILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] Available: Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices. DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Available] [Ava ilable] S elect Screen S elect Item +- C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F10 S ave and Exit ESC E xit Reserved Memor y Size [Dis abled] vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. 19

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G31D-M7 BIOS Manual
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PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes
over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus
before handing it over to another PCI device.
Options:
64 (Default) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
This item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card.
Options:
Yes (Default) / No
Palette Snooping
Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to
their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item
allows such snooping to take place.
Options:
Disabled (Default) / Enabled
PCI IDE BusMaster
This item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to
perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers.
Options:
Enabled (Default) / Disabled
PCI Resource
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Available: Specified
IRQ is available to be
used by PCI/PnP
devices.
Reserved: Specified
IRQ is reserved for
use by Legacy ISA
devices.
PCI Resource
IRQ3
[Available]
IRQ4
[Available]
IRQ5
[Available]
IRQ7
[Available]
IRQ9
[Available]
IRQ10
[Available]
IRQ11
[Available]
IRQ14
[Available]
IRQ15
[Available]
DMA Channel 0
[Available]
DMA Channel 1
[Available]
DMA Channel 3
[Available]
DMA Channel 5
[Available]
DMA Channel 6
[Available]
DMA Channel 7
[Available]
Reserved Memory Size
[Disabled]