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4.4 Advanced Chipset Setup
The functions in this page are mostly related to ChipSet (ALI 4+). These options
are used to change the ChipSet‘s registers. Please be extra careful in making any
changes to the default settings, otherwise system could become unstable.
Auto Configuration : Enable or Disable
When using 60nS general type DRAM, please enable the setting so as to get
optimal timings.
DRAM Speculative Read : Enable or Disable
When this option is enabled, the CPU will send predict commands to the
SDRAM, if a miss happens, the CPU will cancel this command. As some OS
under certain situations have problem in supporting this feature, it is
normally disable.
4.5 Peripheral Setup
This section of setup menu is mostly related to Multi-I/O Chip (W83877F and ALI
Alladin 4+ chipset). These options are used to change the ChipSet‘s registers.
Please be careful while changing any default settings to meet your application’s
needs. The thing that you must pay special attention to is the Onboard Serial
Port2. If you are using the IrDA port, you will have to set this port accordingly.
The most important configuration in this setup page is
LCD Type setting.
It is
located at the bottom right hand side of the menu namely Panel Type selection.
Through this option users are allowed to choose from 15 different types of panels.
The 15 panel types are:
1. 1024x768 Dual Scan STN Color
2. 1280x1024
TFT
3. 640x480 STN
4. 800x600 STN
5. 640x480 TFT
6. 640x480 18bit
7. 1024x768 TFT
8. 800x600 TFT
9. 800x600 TFT
10. 800x600 TFT
11. 800x600 STN
12. 800x600 STN
13. 1024x768 TFT
14. 1280x1024 STN
15. 1024x600 STN
