Which BIOS settings are relevant for operating the camera PCI-interface-board?
It is crucial that the PCI plug and play automatic of the card is able to allocate free interrupts (IRQs). In most cases, you can do this in the PnP/PCI SETUP of the BIOS. Lock all the IRQs for applying the PnP automatic for cards with ISA Bus. The automatic can not recognize, and therefore can not administrate the IRQs of ISA cards (mostly “Legacy ISA”). In many computers, the IRQs 9 through 12 are used for PCI cards and all other IRQs are locked for PCI by “Legacy ISA”. Additionally, DMA channels which are used by ISA cards should be locked for the PCI automatic. In general, IRQs and DMA channels should only be given to one device. Furthermore, in the case of FlashBIOS computers, we recommend to use the latest BIOS version of the mainboard manufacturer (go to their homepage on the Internet!), to turn off the power management in the BIOS and to deactivate all devices on the mainboard which are not needed, like e.g. SCSI controller, 2nd IDE interface, infra red interface, PS2 interface
