> basically these options will either increase the performance of parts 
> of the system (with chances for compatibility problems) or are 

Hm.  It sounded to me as if you were saying that the default states
favored more efficient settings (at least the default for your
system)---so changing them would result in poorer performance.  If so, a
driver update would be preferable as a solution.  (^&

I checked my BIOS settings, and saw nothing that looked like the settings
that you referred to.

There were options about peripherals (serial/parallel), booting
priorities, and other fun things.  But nothing about PCI options that I
could see.  (Of course, I _have_ been known to utterly miss that which is
right in front of me...)

I'll take another look, just in case, though.  (^&


> hope I could be of some help

You've been a good source of information, but unfortunately (as far as I
can see) I cannot readily apply the things that you said, or else I have
simply missed the portions of BIOS involved.


  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com