Chapter 7
Recommended BIOS Settings
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24081D—February 2002
AMD-761™ System Controller Software/BIOS Design Guide
Preliminary Information
Registers
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Bits
Description
Initialized/
Required
Value
Actual
Value
Key
fcn( )
Notes
0x0x0x54h
SDRAM Timing
31
SPBWaitState
xb
B
FSB
0 @ 100-MHz FSB
1 @ 133-MHz FSB
30
AddrTiming_A
SPD # 21
xb
B
SPD
0 @ Unbuffered DIMM
1 @ Registered DIMM
29
AddrTiming_B
SPD # 21
xb
B
SPD
0 @ Unbuffered
1 @ Registered
28
RD_Wait_State
1b
B
Must = 1
27
Reg_DIMM_En
SPD # 21
xb
B
SPD
0 @ Unbuffered DIMM
1 @ Registered DIMM
26
t
WTR
= Write Data In to Read
Command Delay
1b
B
0 = 1 Clock
1 = 2 Clocks
25:24
t
WR
= Write Recovery Time
10b
B
00b=1 Clock, 01b=Reserved
10b=2 Clocks, 11b=3 Clocks
23
t
RRD
= Active Bank A to Active
Bank Command Delay
SPD # 28
xb
B
SPD
0 = 2 Clocks
1 = 3 Clocks
22:19
Reserved
000_0b
r
18:16
Idle cycle to wait before
pre-charging the idle bank
Include bit 24 above
001b
B
000 = 0 cyc, 001 = 8 cyc (safe)
010 = 12 cyc, 011 = 16 cyc
100 = 24 cyc, 101 = 32 cyc
110 = 48 cyc, 111 = Disable
15:14
Page Hit request before a
nonPage hit
10b
B
00 = 1 cyc, 01 = 4 cyc
10 = 8 cyc (safe), 11 = 16 cyc
13:12
Reserved
00b
r
11:9
t
RC
= Bank Cycle Time
t
RAS
+ t
RP
or SPD# 41(new, not yet
implemented)
xxxb
B
FSB
and
SPD
000 = 3 cyc, 001 = 4 cyc
010 = 5 cyc, 011 = 6 cyc
100 = 7 cyc, 101 = 8 cyc (safe)
110 = 9 cyc, 111 = 10 cyc
8:7
t
RP
= Precharge Time
SPD # 27
xxb
B
FSB
SPD
00 = 3 cyc (safe), 01 = 2 cyc
10 = 1 cyc, 11 = 4 cyc
KEY:
B= Mandatory BIOS function
A= AGP setup by BIOS
c = Calculated/set by AMD-761™ internal logic
P= Power management setup by BIOS
o = Setup by OS or OS driver
F = Performance enhancement set by BIOS
r = Hardcoded and reserved
u = PCI operational user interface
E = Elective BIOS function