Intel BONANZA S478 I875 ATX DDR BLKD875PBZLK User Manual

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The BIOS can automatically configure PCI devices.  PCI devices may be onboard or add-in cards.  
Autoconfiguration lets a user insert or remove PCI cards without having to configure the system.  
When a user turns on the system after adding a PCI card, the BIOS automatically configures 
interrupts, the I/O space, and other system resources.  Any interrupts set to Available in Setup are 
considered to be available for use by the add-in card. 
 

The versions of PCI and Plug and Play supported by the BIOS 

Section 1.4, page 17 

If you select Auto in the BIOS Setup program, the BIOS automatically sets up the two 
PCI IDE connectors with independent I/O channel support.  The IDE interface supports hard drives 
up to ATA-66/100 and recognizes any ATAPI compliant devices, including CD-ROM drives, tape 
drives, and Ultra DMA drives (see Section 1.4 for the supported version of ATAPI).  The BIOS 
determines the capabilities of each drive and configures them to optimize capacity and 
performance.  To take advantage of the high capacities typically available today, hard drives are 
automatically configured for Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and to PIO Mode 3 or 4, depending 
on the capability of the drive.  You can override the auto-configuration options by specifying 
manual configuration in the BIOS Setup program.  

To use ATA-66/100 features the following items are required: 
•  An ATA-66/100 peripheral device 
•  An ATA-66/100 compatible cable 
•  ATA-66/100 operating system device drivers 

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