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

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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:59:16 GMT, "Roger Hamlett"
<rogerspamignored@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"nosmo" <nosmo86@invalid.com> wrote in message
>news:42d2c2bf$0$796$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.com...
>>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).

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
>

Ron

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

david


"Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in message newsav8qg$dr1$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>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" <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote in message
> news:8ep5d11ukb0u1ic86hh7ov3ghgv2rl4qjc@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:59:16 GMT, "Roger Hamlett"
>> <rogerspamignored@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"nosmo" <nosmo86@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>news:42d2c2bf$0$796$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.com...
>>>>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).
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>> Ron
>
>