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Features & Specifications CPU T T T T Support Intel P4 Northwood (Socket 478) processor. Chipset T SiS 651, SiS 962L Memory T Socket Type: DDR-SDRAM PC2700/PC2100 184-pin socket. Support 533MHz or 400MHz FSB. T Support 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512 ...
Features & Specifications CPU T T T T Support Intel P4 Northwood (Socket 478) processor. Chipset T SiS 651, SiS 962L Memory T Socket Type: DDR-SDRAM PC2700/PC2100 184-pin socket. Support 533MHz or 400MHz FSB. T Support 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512 ...
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... the acceleration begins Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000. When Normal is selected, A20 is powered on . When the default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Settings: 6,8,10,12,15,20,24 and 30. Parameter Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20... Option Typematic Rate Setting Description Sets the NumLock status when the system is On powered on or when end users try to select the MPS...
... the acceleration begins Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000. When Normal is selected, A20 is powered on . When the default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Settings: 6,8,10,12,15,20,24 and 30. Parameter Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20... Option Typematic Rate Setting Description Sets the NumLock status when the system is On powered on or when end users try to select the MPS...
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Advanced DRAM Control Press [Enter] to change the values of the system options in the computer. NOTE: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. These registers control most of the chipset registers. Advanced Chipset Features The advanced cipset features setup option is used to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Chapter 2 29
Advanced DRAM Control Press [Enter] to change the values of the system options in the computer. NOTE: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. These registers control most of the chipset registers. Advanced Chipset Features The advanced cipset features setup option is used to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Chapter 2 29
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... area is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the system design. The following table describes each parameter under the Advanced Chipset Features are presented below. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested values. Parameter Memory Hole at 15M-16M AGP Aperture Size (MB) Description Options...
... area is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the system design. The following table describes each parameter under the Advanced Chipset Features are presented below. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested values. Parameter Memory Hole at 15M-16M AGP Aperture Size (MB) Description Options...
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... Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO Setting these items to the onboard VGA card. Disabled System Share Memory Size For SiS650 chipset, the system shares memory to "Auto" activates the HDD speed auto-detect function. Parameter Description Options Internal PCI/IDE This setting enables or disables the...
... Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO Setting these items to the onboard VGA card. Disabled System Share Memory Size For SiS650 chipset, the system shares memory to "Auto" activates the HDD speed auto-detect function. Parameter Description Options Internal PCI/IDE This setting enables or disables the...
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S3 (STR): The S3 sleep mode is s power-down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select Enabled. Settings in this state, no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains all system context is to the previous state when... an wake-up event occurs. Enabled Disabled This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is...
S3 (STR): The S3 sleep mode is s power-down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select Enabled. Settings in this state, no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains all system context is to the previous state when... an wake-up event occurs. Enabled Disabled This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is...
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...port 80h, indicating the stages it is R/W-able or not. Initialize 8042 self-test 1. keep beeping the speaker. The following table describes the Acer common tasks carried out by a port & interface swap (optional) 3. A unique check point number represents each task. Reserved Chapter 4 51 Checkpoint...optional) 2. POST Check Points When POST executes a task, it uses a series of L2 cache (socket 7 or below ) • Program basic chipset registers Detect memory • Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. • Auto-detection of preset numbers called check point to be read and...
...port 80h, indicating the stages it is R/W-able or not. Initialize 8042 self-test 1. keep beeping the speaker. The following table describes the Acer common tasks carried out by a port & interface swap (optional) 3. A unique check point number represents each task. Reserved Chapter 4 51 Checkpoint...optional) 2. POST Check Points When POST executes a task, it uses a series of L2 cache (socket 7 or below ) • Program basic chipset registers Detect memory • Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. • Auto-detection of preset numbers called check point to be read and...
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...Reserved Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization. Prepare BIOS resource map for override. Chipset default values are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. a value of RTC value: e.g. If no special...09 buffer Reserved 52 Chapter 4 Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for PCI & PnP use default value instead. Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset. Reserved Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is ...
...Reserved Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization. Prepare BIOS resource map for override. Chipset default values are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. a value of RTC value: e.g. If no special...09 buffer Reserved 52 Chapter 4 Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for PCI & PnP use default value instead. Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset. Reserved Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is ...
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Initialize the APIC for 0-640K memory address. 2. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for Pentium class CPU 3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Measure CPU speed. Reserved Rederved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e.g. Put information on screen display, including Award ...
Initialize the APIC for 0-640K memory address. 2. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for Pentium class CPU 3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Measure CPU speed. Reserved Rederved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e.g. Put information on screen display, including Award ...
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... ISA PnP boot devices 1. Reserved Reserved 1. Save all IDE device: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM... (Optional feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if: - Call chipset power management hook. 2. AWDFLASH.EXE is supported. - If password is set , ask for password. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware Reserved Reserved Reserved... 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h Description Turn on L2 cache Reserved Program chipset registers according to items described in floppy drive. - Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for keys - Switch screen ...
... ISA PnP boot devices 1. Reserved Reserved 1. Save all IDE device: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM... (Optional feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if: - Call chipset power management hook. 2. AWDFLASH.EXE is supported. - If password is set , ask for password. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware Reserved Reserved Reserved... 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h Description Turn on L2 cache Reserved Program chipset registers according to items described in floppy drive. - Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for keys - Switch screen ...
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... or 19h 4. Program Daylight Saving 3. APM Initialization Reserved Clear noise if IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. Chipset final initialization 5. Enable/Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup. 2. Power management final initialization 6. Build MP table 2. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5.
... or 19h 4. Program Daylight Saving 3. APM Initialization Reserved Clear noise if IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. Chipset final initialization 5. Enable/Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup. 2. Power management final initialization 6. Build MP table 2. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5.