SUPER MICRO Computer H8QI6-F - Manual (Page 57)

Chapter 4: BIOS
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ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection
This option selects the mechanism used for detecting the installation of an 80-pin
ATA(PI) cable. Options include Host & Device, Host or Device.
Floppy Confi guration
Floppy A
Use this option to select the type of fl oppy drive connected to the system for the
Floppy A. Options include Disabled, 360 KB 5 1/4, 1.2 MB 5 1/4, 720 KB 3.5,
1.44 MB 3.5 or 2.88 MB 3.5
Floppy B
Use this option to select the type of fl oppy drive connected to the system for the
Floppy B. Options include Disabled, 360 KB 5 1/4, 1.2 MB 5 1/4, 720 KB 3.5,
1.44 MB 3.5 or 2.88 MB 3.5
PCI/PnP Confi guration
Clear NVRAM
Select Yes to clear NVRAM during boot-up. The options are Yes and No.
Plug & Play O/S
Select Yes to allow the OS to confi gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required
for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.) Select No
to allow AMIBIOS to confi gure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. Select a value
to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles. Options are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160,
192, 224 and 248.
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
Use this option to allocate IRQ to the PCI VGA card. Opiton include Yes and No.
Selecting Yes assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ. Selecting
No means the system will not assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if the card
requests IRQ.
Pallette Snooping
This option Enables or Disables Pallette Snooping. If enabled, the system in-
forms the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the sytem so
the card will function normally.