User`s guide

PM-9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL

POWER, PCI/PnP & PERIPHERAL SETTINGS

POWER MANAGEMENT/APM

•Set this option to ENABLED to enable power management and APM features.

GREEN PC MONITOR POWER STATES

•This option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters

when BIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity

has expired.

VIDEO POWER DOWN MODE

•This option specifies the power conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem

enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired.

HARD DISK POWER DOWN MODE

•This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the

specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired.

PLUG AND PLAY AWARE OS

•Set this option to YES if the operating system in this computer is PnP-aware.

OFFBOARD PCI IDE CARD

•This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the

computer. You must specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard

PCI IDE controller is installed. This disables the onboard PCI IDE controller. You must

also specify the IRQs for this PCI IDE card.

PCI SLOT 1/2/3/4 IRQ PRIORITY

•These options specify the priority IRQ to be used for any PCI devices installed in PCI

expansion slots 1 through 4.

IRQ 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15

•These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy (non-PnP) ISA adapter cards.

ONBOARD FDC

•This option allows you to enabled the floppy drive controller on the motherboard.

ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1 & 2

•This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 1 & 2

ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT, MODE, & IRQ

•This option specifies the base I/O port address, type (Normal, Bi-Dir, EPP or EPP/ECP),

and IRQ of the parallel port on the motherboard.

ONBOARD IDE

•This option specifies the channel used by the IDE controller on the motherboard.