VIA 693/693A AT MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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System BIOS Cacheable :
(default setting: Disabled)
Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h-FFFFFh,
resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this
memory area, a system error may result.
Enabled
BIOS access cached
Disabled
BIOS access not cached
Video RAM Cacheable :
(default setting: Disabled)
Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error
may result.
Enabled
Video RAM access cached
Disabled Video RAM access not cached
AGP Aperture Size : (
default setting: 64MB )
There is the AGP slot on the board and which allows user to install the AGP display
card in the system. The AGP display card will use some of the system memory to
store 3D texture mapping data so that the video performance can be increased
tremendously. You may use this field to define the memory size which you prefer to
use with the AGP card.
There is the VGART.VXD utility comes with the AGP card and it will decide the
actual memory size which will be shared by AGP card. If you are installing the
Windows 98 operating system, this feature is supported already and you can select
the memory for the AGP Aperture size in this field.
AGP-2X:
( Default setting: Enabled )
Enable this field will make the board support 2X AGP card. If you select “Disable”,
then onle 1X AGP card will be supported by this mainboard.
OnChip USB :
(default setting: Enabled)
This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and
you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance
controller, you will need to disable this feature.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
