BIOS & Plug-and-play OS...

[Evenkeel]

I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on Intel 925XCV. Currently BIOS is set to "No" on "Plug-and-play OS". I've been having some hard-to-isolate issues--should I change this BIOS setting to "Yes"?

Can you tell me the pros and cons of each setting?

I know these are newbie questions--I am a newbie. This is my first build (completed end of this Jan.), so I know I'm going to get lots of good experience trying to squash out the last couple problems. Thanks.

 

[Peter]

Keep at "no".

At "No", BIOS initializes all the devices and peripherals it finds, while at "Yes" it enables only those it needs to boot the system, and leaves the rest to Windows. This is not really desirable - it's typically better to let BIOS do all the work. After all, BIOS knows the platform EXACTLY while Windows is a generic piece of software.