Kontron PCI-760 User Manual

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10. AMI BIOS Configuration

PCI-760 – User’s Guide (V1.10)

10.4.1.4.

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

This option allows or restricts the system to allocate an IRQ to a VGA adapter card that uses the PCI Bus.

The available settings are:

Yes

and No.

Yes

Assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests an IRQ.

Does not assign an IRQ to a PCI VGA card even if the card requests an IRQ.

10.4.1.5.

Palette Snooping

This option allows the compliance of older higher resolution video cards to the VGA standard. As presently all video

boards are compliant to this standard, this option must stay

Disabled

This default setting should not be changed unless the VGA card manufacturer requires Palette Snooping to be

“Enabled”.

The available settings are: Enabled and

Disabled

10.4.1.6.

PCI IDE BusMaster

If this option is „Enabled“, the BIOS uses busmastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.

The available settings are:

Enabled

and Disabled.

10.4.1.7.

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

This option is to be used if an offboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter card is installed in the system.

The settings of this option allow you to specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard PCI/ISA

controller is installed.

The available settings are: PCI Slot1, PCI Slot2, PCI Slot3, PCI Slot4, PCI Slot5, PCI Slot6, and

Auto

10.4.1.8.

IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ14, IRQ15

These options allow you to configure the IRQ Resources.

Available settings are:

Available

and Reserved.

Available

This setting allows the specified IRQ to be used by PCI/PnP device.

Reserved

This setting allows the specified IRQ to be used by a legacy ISA device.

10.4.1.9.

DMA Channel 0, DMA Channel 1, DMA Channel 3, DMA Channel 5,

DMA Channel 6, DMA Channel 7

These options allow you to configure the DMA channels.

Available settings are:

Available

and Reserved.

Available

This setting allows the specified DMA channel to be used by PCI/PnP device.

Reserved

This setting allows the specified DMA channel to be used by a legacy ISA device.