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 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or
Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows IO
devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU
communicating with its own special components.
This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly
recommended that experienced users should make any
changes to the default settings.
PNP OS Installed
This item allows you to determine PnP OS is installed or not.
 The choice: Yes or No.
Reset Configuration Data
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset
Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit from Setup
if you have installed a new device or software and the system
reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating
system can not boot.
 The choice: Enabled or Disabled .
Resource controlled By
The Award Plug-and-Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically
configure all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices.
However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using
a Plug-and-Play operating system such as Windows 95. If you set this
field to "manual" , choose specific resources by going into each of the