User Guide

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VGA Palette
Snoop
This parameter permits you to use the
palette snooping feature if you installed
more than one VGA card in the system.
The VGA palette snoop function allows the
control palette register (CPR) to manage
and update the VGA RAMDAC (Digital
Analog Converter, a color data storage) of
each VGA card installed in the system. The
snooping process lets the CPR send a signal
to all the VGA cards so that they can update
their individual RAMDACs. The signal goes
through the cards continuously until all
RAMDAC data has been updated. This
allows the display of multiple images on the
screen.
Note: Some VGA cards require specific
settings for this feature. Check your VGA
card documentation before setting this
parameter.
Disabled
Enabled
Plug and Play
OS
When this parameter is set to Yes, BIOS
initializes only PnP boot devices such as SCSI
cards.
When set to No, BIOS initializes all PnP boot
and non-boot devices such as sound cards.
Note: Set this parameter to Yes only if your
operating system is Windows 95/98 or
Windows 2000.
No
Yes
Reset Resource
Assignments
Set this parameter to Yes to avoid IRQ
conflicts when installing non-PnP or PnP ISA
cards. This clears all resource assignments
and allows BIOS to reassign resources to all
installed PnP devices the next time the
system boots. After clearing the resource
data, the parameter resets to No.
No
Yes
Parameter Description Option
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