Biostar N68S3B Bios Setup - Page 20

PCI Latency Timer, Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA, Palette Snooping, PCI IDE BusMaster, OffBoard PCI/ISA - driver

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N68S3B BIOS Manual 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) / 0-255 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) transfers. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card. Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6 OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ This item allows you to set IRQ of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter. Options: Disabled (Default) / INTA / INTB / INTC / INTD / Hardwired 19

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N68S3B 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) / 0-255
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) transfers.
Options:
Enabled (Default) / Disabled
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card
Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding
the card.
Options:
Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6
OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ
This item allows you to set IRQ of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter.
Options:
Disabled (Default) / INTA / INTB / INTC / INTD / Hardwired