User's Manual
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Figure 3-4 Advanced Chipset Features Screen
CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software
Advanced Chipset Features
:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
3-3 Advance Chipset Features
By choosing the Advanced Chipset Features option from the Standard CMOS Features
menu(Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the mainboard
.
All of the above settings have been determined by the mainboard manufacturer
and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are
doing. Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features setup is lengthy,
highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual. Below are abbreviated
descriptions of the functions in this setup menu. You can look on the world
wide web for helpful chipset and RAM configuration information including
AWARD's web site at http://www.award.com.
A. Memory Hole at 15M-16M
Enabling this function will reserve the memory address space between 15MB and
16MB for ISA expansion cards. The default setting is Disabled.is enabled.
B. AGP Aperture Size
Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion
of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host
cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
Item Help
Menu Level
SDRAM CAS Latency Time
SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time
System BIOS Cacheable
Video BIOS Cacheable
Memory Hole At 15M-16M
CPU Latency Timer
Delayed Transaction
AGP Graphics Aperture Size
Flash BIOS Protection
Auto
7/9
3
3
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
64
Disabled
