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Recommended BIOS Settings
Chapter 7
AMD-761™ System Controller Software/BIOS Design Guide
24081D—February 2002
Preliminary Information
Registers
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Bits
Description
Initialized/
Required
Value
Actual
Value
Key
fcn()
Notes
0x0x0x84h
PCI Arbitration Control
31:24
AGP VGA BIOS address decode
0Fh
A
System config dependent
Bit 31: 0D_C000 = 0D_FFFF
Bit 30: 0D_8000 = 0D_BFFF
…
Bit 24: 0C_0000 = 0C_3FFF
One or more of these bits
should be set if an AGP card
has a ROM BIOS.
23
Tgt_Latency
0b
B
0x0x0
x84[3]
0=AMD-751™ System
Controller-Compatible
1=PCI Maximum Target
Latency Rule. When =1,
0x0x0x84[3] must = 0.
22:18
Reserved
000_00b
r
17
AGP Chaining
1b
B
Enabled = 1, when set CPU
writes to AGP are chained
16
PCI Chaining
1b
B
Enabled = 1, when set CPU
writes to PCI are chained
15
MDA Support
0b
A
Enabled = 1, allows
monochrome adapter for
AGP device driver debug.
Normally 0. See
AMD-761™
System Controller Data
Sheet
, order# 24088, for
information.
14
PCI Write-Post retry
1b
B
1 = Enables retry on PCI if
there are pending posted
writes
13
AGP Write Post retry
1b
B
1 = Enables retry on AGP if
there are pending posted
writes
12
Dis Rd Data Err
1b
B
0 = Returns read data error
to processor on master
abort or target abort
1 =
AMD-761™
system
controller returns all 1s on
data read error
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