PnP OS

[francesco]

A question: in XP how must be set PnP OS option in BIOS? Yes or Not? Thanx
France

 

[Mike Hall]

Whatever works best for you..

 

[Cassandra's Bastard]

A question: in XP how must be set PnP OS option in BIOS? Yes or Not? Thanx
France

I have read this should be set to YES for XP.

 

[Steve]

XP does the PnP stuff, so it should be disabled in the
BIOS.

 

[Frank]

| A question: in XP how must be set PnP OS option in BIOS? Yes or Not?
Thanx
| France

It doesn't even matter. This option is not even on the
newer mainboards.

 

[Cassandra's Bastard]

A question: in XP how must be set PnP OS option in BIOS? Yes or Not? Thanx
France

Good grief. One yes, one no, and two don't cares. Such a simple
technical question should have a definitive answer.

From http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/pci.htm

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This setting is shown on only some BIOSes. If present, enabling this
tells the BIOS that you are using an operating system that supports
the Plug and Play specification (such as Windows 95). When enabled,
the BIOS will look for and initialize any Plug and Play cards in the
system. Enable the setting if using Windows 95 or another Plug and
Play compatible OS. The default is normally "Disabled".

Note: Some BIOSes will perform the initialization of Plug and Play
cards automatically regardless of the operating system being used, and
will thus not have this setting. Some will work fine with Plug and
Play regardless of how this option is set. However, on some systems
that have this setting, Plug and Play may not function properly if the
setting is disabled.

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So, according to PCGuide, the answer is a definite maybe.
Now aren't you glad you asked

 

[Steve Walden [MSFT]]

We recommend that you set it to NO in the BIOS because XP handles all that
for you.


--
Steve Walden, MCSE

Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

confers no rights.


--
Steve Walden, MCSE

Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

confers no rights.

 

[francesco]

what to say..... thanx to all. I've decided: have I a PnP OS? Yes...
right...I enable the option..For Frank...my mainboard is ASUS A7V600: I
think is newer (August 2003). Bye

 

[Don Burnette]

A question: in XP how must be set PnP OS option in BIOS? Yes or Not?
Thanx France

Typically, that option was present for older systems. Today's motherboards,
especially apci compatible, you should just set it to no, and in fact most
motherboards these days come with the default set to no.