Plug and Play O/S [No]........Quote from Asus manual.

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I am installing XP in a second computer for a family member.
In the Bios, under 'Onboard Device Configuration, I came across the
following

Plug and Play O/S [No]...........with 'No' as the default.

Now most motherboards from other manufacterers say that this should be 'Yes'
to
let XP set IRQ's etc.
Any comments , recommendations or suggestions??


Win XP
Asus P4P800S-X




david
 
nosmo said:
I am installing XP in a second computer for a family member.
In the Bios, under 'Onboard Device Configuration, I came across the
following

Plug and Play O/S [No]...........with 'No' as the default.

Now most motherboards from other manufacterers say that this should be
'Yes' to
let XP set IRQ's etc.
Any comments , recommendations or suggestions??


Win XP
Asus P4P800S-X
Click to expand...
XP, still sets the IRQ's etc., with it set to 'no'.
Microsoft, now recommend it is set to 'no' (this was changed a couple of
years ago).
When it is set to 'no', the BIOS will ensure that during boot, the IRQ
values and other P&P resources are set to values that will boot. If this
is set to 'yes', the BIOS will leave the settings unchanged. On most
modern chipsets, the internal interrupt controller is switched 'up' to a
more intelligent mode than the old standard IRQ controller, once XP boots,
and the BIOS values have no effect on this happening.

Best Wishes
 
nosmo said:
I am installing XP in a second computer for a family member.
In the Bios, under 'Onboard Device Configuration, I came across the
following

Plug and Play O/S [No]...........with 'No' as the default.

Now most motherboards from other manufacterers say that this should be
'Yes' to
let XP set IRQ's etc.
Any comments , recommendations or suggestions??


Win XP
Asus P4P800S-X
Click to expand...
XP, still sets the IRQ's etc., with it set to 'no'.
Microsoft, now recommend it is set to 'no' (this was changed a couple of
years ago).
Click to expand...

And not only do they recommend it, they go on to point out that
whether you set it to "yes" or "no," XP and Windows 2000 will simply
ignore any data the BIOS has, anyway, "most of the time." They don't
get specific in the Knowledge Base about what "most of the time"
means, but I've always taken them at their word and left it set to
"no."
When it is set to 'no', the BIOS will ensure that during boot, the IRQ
values and other P&P resources are set to values that will boot. If this
is set to 'yes', the BIOS will leave the settings unchanged. On most
modern chipsets, the internal interrupt controller is switched 'up' to a
more intelligent mode than the old standard IRQ controller, once XP boots,
and the BIOS values have no effect on this happening.

Best Wishes
Click to expand...

Ron
 
I have read: There is also the consideration that on multi boot systems that
do not do a full reset during reboot that having it set to No apparently
leads to better carry over of a working config during reboots. IE stops OS's
fighting each other with their own preferences and screwing things up in the
process.

Seems logical.



milleron said:
nosmo said:
I am installing XP in a second computer for a family member.
In the Bios, under 'Onboard Device Configuration, I came across the
following

Plug and Play O/S [No]...........with 'No' as the default.

Now most motherboards from other manufacterers say that this should be
'Yes' to
let XP set IRQ's etc.
Any comments , recommendations or suggestions??


Win XP
Asus P4P800S-X
Click to expand...
XP, still sets the IRQ's etc., with it set to 'no'.
Microsoft, now recommend it is set to 'no' (this was changed a couple of
years ago).
Click to expand...

And not only do they recommend it, they go on to point out that
whether you set it to "yes" or "no," XP and Windows 2000 will simply
ignore any data the BIOS has, anyway, "most of the time." They don't
get specific in the Knowledge Base about what "most of the time"
means, but I've always taken them at their word and left it set to
"no."
When it is set to 'no', the BIOS will ensure that during boot, the IRQ
values and other P&P resources are set to values that will boot. If this
is set to 'yes', the BIOS will leave the settings unchanged. On most
modern chipsets, the internal interrupt controller is switched 'up' to a
more intelligent mode than the old standard IRQ controller, once XP boots,
and the BIOS values have no effect on this happening.

Best Wishes
Click to expand...

Ron
Click to expand...
 
Thanks to you all for the good comments.
Left it at 'NO' and all is well.

david


Tim said:
I have read: There is also the consideration that on multi boot systems
that do not do a full reset during reboot that having it set to No
apparently leads to better carry over of a working config during reboots.
IE stops OS's fighting each other with their own preferences and screwing
things up in the process.

Seems logical.



milleron said:
I am installing XP in a second computer for a family member.
In the Bios, under 'Onboard Device Configuration, I came across the
following

Plug and Play O/S [No]...........with 'No' as the default.

Now most motherboards from other manufacterers say that this should be
'Yes' to
let XP set IRQ's etc.
Any comments , recommendations or suggestions??


Win XP
Asus P4P800S-X
XP, still sets the IRQ's etc., with it set to 'no'.
Microsoft, now recommend it is set to 'no' (this was changed a couple of
years ago).
Click to expand...

And not only do they recommend it, they go on to point out that
whether you set it to "yes" or "no," XP and Windows 2000 will simply
ignore any data the BIOS has, anyway, "most of the time." They don't
get specific in the Knowledge Base about what "most of the time"
means, but I've always taken them at their word and left it set to
"no."
When it is set to 'no', the BIOS will ensure that during boot, the IRQ
values and other P&P resources are set to values that will boot. If this
is set to 'yes', the BIOS will leave the settings unchanged. On most
modern chipsets, the internal interrupt controller is switched 'up' to a
more intelligent mode than the old standard IRQ controller, once XP
boots,
and the BIOS values have no effect on this happening.

Best Wishes
Click to expand...

Ron
Click to expand...
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