N68S3B BIOS Manual
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PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long a PCI devic e can hold the PCI bus before ano ther 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 Sn ooping
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