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Chapter 2: BIOS information

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2.4.5

PCI PnP

The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP devices.

The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/PnP or legacy ISA

devices, and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices.

Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items. Incorrect field values

can cause the system to malfunction.

Plug and Play O/S [No]

When set to [No], BIOS configures all the devices in the system. When set to [Yes] and if you

install a Plug and Play operating system, the operating system configures the Plug and Play

devices not required for boot.

Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

2.5

Power menu

The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the Advanced Power

Management (APM). Select an item then press to display the configuration options.

Suspend Mode [Auto]

ACPI 2.0 Support

[Disabled]

ACPI APIC Support

[Enabled]

APM Configuration

Hardware Monitor

Select the ACPI state

used for System

Suspend.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced

Power

Boot Tools Exit

2.5.1

Suspend Mode [Auto]

Allows you to select the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) state to be used

for system suspend. Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto]

[S1(POS) Only] - Enables the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Suspend) sleep

state. In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in a low power

mode. The system can be resumed at any time.

[S3 Only] - Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state

(default). In S3 sleep state, the system appears to be off and consumes less power

than in the S1 state. When signaled by a wake-up device or event, the system resumes

to its working state exactly where it was left off.

[Auto] - Detected by OS.

2.5.2

ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]

Allows you to add more tables for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0

specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.5.3

ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

support in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). When set to Enabled,

the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]