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TF570 SLI BIOS Manual
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7 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at
speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its
own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is
strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to
the default settings.
 Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations
Init Display First
This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.
The Choices: PCIEx-Master (default), PCIEx-Slave, PCI Slot.
Reset Configuration Data
The system BIOS s uppo rts the PnP feature whic h requires the system to reco rd
which resourc es are assigned and pro tects resourc es from co nflict.
Every peripheral device has a node, whic h is called ESCD. This node records
which resourc es are assigned to it. T he s ystem needs to record and update ESCD
to the memory locations. These locations are reserved in the sys tem BIOS. If the
Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s ESCD will update only when
the new configuration varies from the las t one. If the Enab led option is chos en,