MSI Pro266TD User Manual - Page 71

AWARD® BIOS Setup PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data No Disabled Item Help PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB Slot1/5 INTA Slot2/IDE RAID INTA Slot3/i82559 INTA Slot4 INTA Disabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Menu Level 8 Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows® 95 or 98. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. So, select Yes if the operating system is Plug & Play aware. Reset Configuration Data The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) is a method that the BIOS uses to store resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format. When Enabled, the system will rebuild ESCD and you will see the message "ESCD Update Successfully" on boot up. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA palette is the set of colors currently used by the video device. Some special VGA cards may not show colors correctly and need to look into the video device's VGA palette to determine what colors are in use. 3-29