Award BIOS Setup Guide
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System/Video BIOS Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows system/video
BIOS be cacheable.
Video RAM Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows video RAM to be
cacheable.
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This item is used to set the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I/O access.
Choices are from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks.
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This item is used to set the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I/O
access. Choices are from NA, 1 to 4 CPU clocks.
Memory Hole At 15M-16M: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows some linear VGA
cards to run larger frame port, or it can be reserved for some operating system.
Passive Release: Choose Enabled or Disabled. When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus access is
allowed during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to
local DRAM.
Delayed Transaction: Choose Enabled or Disabled. The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted
write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI
specification 2.1.
AGP Aperture Size (MB): Select the size of the Accelerated Graphic 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.
The available options are 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256MB.
H/W Reset Protection: When Enabled, it will disable the function of reset switch.
The below items will show only with SYSTEM MONITORING FEATURES:
Current CPU Temperature: This item will show the temperature of CPU.
Current System Temp.: This item will show the temperature of the system board.
Current CPU FAN/System FAN Speed: These item will show the rotate speed per minute of the
FAN connected to the CPU and System FAN correspondingly.
Vcore/2.5(V)/3.3(V)/5.0(V)/12(V)/-12(V)/-5(V): These items show the different voltage of the
system board.
