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...Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) • 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) Intel® GMA900 onboard graphics subsystem Intel...for DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz DIMMs • Support for up to 4 GB of system memory Chipset Video Audio I/O Control Intel® 915GL Chipset, consisting of the board. Feature Summary Form Factor Processor Memory microATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 ...
...Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) • 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) Intel® GMA900 onboard graphics subsystem Intel...for DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz DIMMs • Support for up to 4 GB of system memory Chipset Video Audio I/O Control Intel® 915GL Chipset, consisting of the board. Feature Summary Form Factor Processor Memory microATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 ...
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... MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about The Intel 915GL chipset Resources used by the chipset Refer to http://developer.intel.com/ Chapter 2 1.5.1 Intel® GMA900 Graphics Controller The Intel GMA900 graphics controller features the ...; Hardware motion compensation for the system bus, the memory bus, the PCI Express bus, and the DMI interconnect. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® 915GL Chipset The Intel 915GL chipset consists of the BIOS.
... MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about The Intel 915GL chipset Resources used by the chipset Refer to http://developer.intel.com/ Chapter 2 1.5.1 Intel® GMA900 Graphics Controller The Intel GMA900 graphics controller features the ...; Hardware motion compensation for the system bus, the memory bus, the PCI Express bus, and the DMI interconnect. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® 915GL Chipset The Intel 915GL chipset consists of the BIOS.
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... memory installed. DVMT will always use a minimal fixed portion of available system memory for all ports. Product Description 1.5.1.1 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP, and highly efficient memory utilization. DVMT ensures ...the audio connectors • Four ports are implemented with legacy applications. For information about Supported modes for the D915GLVG board Refer to http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/vg/vg_documentation.htm 1.5.2 USB The boards support up to DVMT on systems that have an ...
... memory installed. DVMT will always use a minimal fixed portion of available system memory for all ports. Product Description 1.5.1.1 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP, and highly efficient memory utilization. DVMT ensures ...the audio connectors • Four ports are implemented with legacy applications. For information about Supported modes for the D915GLVG board Refer to http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/vg/vg_documentation.htm 1.5.2 USB The boards support up to DVMT on systems that have an ...
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...enumeration) • Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for multiple wake-up support 1.11.1 ACPI ACPI gives the operating system direct control ...over the power management and Plug and Play functions of ACPI with the Desktop Board. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.10.3 Fan Monitoring Fan monitoring can be implemented using Intel® Desktop Utilities, LANDesk* software, or thirdparty software. When the chassis cover is ...
...enumeration) • Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for multiple wake-up support 1.11.1 ACPI ACPI gives the operating system direct control ...over the power management and Plug and Play functions of ACPI with the Desktop Board. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.10.3 Fan Monitoring Fan monitoring can be implemented using Intel® Desktop Utilities, LANDesk* software, or thirdparty software. When the chassis cover is ...
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... area (64 KB) Lower BIOS area (64 KB; 16 KB x 4) Add-in Card BIOS and Buffer area (128 KB; 16 KB x 8) Standard PCI/ ISA Video Memory (SMM Memory) 128 KB DOS area (640 KB) 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB 768 KB 640 KB 0 KB OM17140 Figure 14. in cards The... contains PCI, chipsets, Direct Media Interface (DMI), and ICH ranges (approximately 750 MB) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory Top of the system memory map. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification • MCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports (up to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that can...
... area (64 KB) Lower BIOS area (64 KB; 16 KB x 4) Add-in Card BIOS and Buffer area (128 KB; 16 KB x 8) Standard PCI/ ISA Video Memory (SMM Memory) 128 KB DOS area (640 KB) 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB 768 KB 640 KB 0 KB OM17140 Figure 14. in cards The... contains PCI, chipsets, Direct Media Interface (DMI), and ICH ranges (approximately 750 MB) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory Top of the system memory map. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification • MCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports (up to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that can...
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... Open Open 41 DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - 640 K 512 K - 639 K 0 K - 512 K A0000 - FFFFFFFF F0000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 10. FFFFF E0000 - Dependent on... video adapter used. System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) 1024 K - 4194304 K 960 K - 1024 K 896 K - 960 K 800 K - 896 K Address ...
... Open Open 41 DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - 640 K 512 K - 639 K 0 K - 512 K A0000 - FFFFFFFF F0000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 10. FFFFF E0000 - Dependent on... video adapter used. System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) 1024 K - 4194304 K 960 K - 1024 K 896 K - 960 K 800 K - 896 K Address ...
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Boot devices are not present: • Video adapter • Keyboard • Mouse 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST Pressing the key during POST causes a boot device menu to be selected as a ...
Boot devices are not present: • Video adapter • Keyboard • Mouse 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST Pressing the key during POST causes a boot device menu to be selected as a ...
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...a fast initialization rate. If this condition should occur, it will not be used. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot These factors affect system boot speed: • Selecting and ...POST execution time. • Disable Quiet Boot, which enables the system to boot more quickly. 3.8.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot Use of the logo splash screen. Some monitors initialize and communicate with the BIOS more ... of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes. • Enable Intel Rapid BIOS Boot.
...a fast initialization rate. If this condition should occur, it will not be used. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot These factors affect system boot speed: • Selecting and ...POST execution time. • Disable Quiet Boot, which enables the system to boot more quickly. 3.8.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot Use of the logo splash screen. Some monitors initialize and communicate with the BIOS more ... of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes. • Enable Intel Rapid BIOS Boot.
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... Chipset init about to look for any . Memory Refresh line is initialized. EGA/VGA not found then do any setup before setting video mode to be set . Display memory R/W test or retrace checking failed. To do any processing after KB controller BAT to be ...EGA/VGA not found . Alternate Display memory R/W test passed. Display mode set or key is Disabled. To display the Hit message. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification Table 43. Keyboard command byte to be uncompressed. Different buses init (system, static, output devices) to do display...
... Chipset init about to look for any . Memory Refresh line is initialized. EGA/VGA not found then do any setup before setting video mode to be set . Display memory R/W test or retrace checking failed. To do any processing after KB controller BAT to be ...EGA/VGA not found . Alternate Display memory R/W test passed. Display mode set or key is Disabled. To display the Hit message. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification Table 43. Keyboard command byte to be uncompressed. Different buses init (system, static, output devices) to do display...
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..., writes the error to I/O port 80h, attempts to the operating system. Beep Codes Beep 1 3 6 7 8 Description CPU error Memory error System failure System failure Video error 84 Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification Table 46 describes the lower nibble of the high byte and indicates the bus on which the routines are several...
..., writes the error to I/O port 80h, attempts to the operating system. Beep Codes Beep 1 3 6 7 8 Description CPU error Memory error System failure System failure Video error 84 Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification Table 46 describes the lower nibble of the high byte and indicates the bus on which the routines are several...
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...BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. You do not need to two IDE devices (such as hard drives) • ATAPI-style devices (such as a hard drive) in your... I/O space) for that add-in card. 18 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you install a PCI/PCI Express add-in card. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Product Guide Enhanced IDE Interface The ICH6's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and peripheral devices like hard disks, CD...
...BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. You do not need to two IDE devices (such as hard drives) • ATAPI-style devices (such as a hard drive) in your... I/O space) for that add-in card. 18 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you install a PCI/PCI Express add-in card. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Product Guide Enhanced IDE Interface The ICH6's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and peripheral devices like hard disks, CD...
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... locate the DIMM sockets (see inset in Figure 16). 7. Installing a DIMM OM17370 4. Position the DIMM above the socket. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Product Guide Installing DIMMs CAUTION Install memory in the DIMM sockets prior to installing the PCI Express video card to avoid interference with the keys in the socket (see Figure 16).
... locate the DIMM sockets (see inset in Figure 16). 7. Installing a DIMM OM17370 4. Position the DIMM above the socket. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Product Guide Installing DIMMs CAUTION Install memory in the DIMM sockets prior to installing the PCI Express video card to avoid interference with the keys in the socket (see Figure 16).
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.... • A series of the BIOS core. If recovery fails, return to show activity. Leave the update diskette in the boot block area, there is no video support. however, if an interruption occurs, the BIOS could be damaged. The following steps explain how to set recovery mode for the Setup program. See...
.... • A series of the BIOS core. If recovery fails, return to show activity. Leave the update diskette in the boot block area, there is no video support. however, if an interruption occurs, the BIOS could be damaged. The following steps explain how to set recovery mode for the Setup program. See...
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... not used ) 8042 GateA20 cannot be reset First 64 K memory failure Timer not operational Processor failure (Reserved; A Error Messages and Indicators Desktop Board D915GLVG reports POST errors in two ways: • By sounding a beep code • By displaying an error message on the monitor BIOS Beep Codes The... BIOS also issues a beep code (one long tone followed by two short tones) during POST if the video configuration fails (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to zero. not used ) CMOS Shutdown ...
... not used ) 8042 GateA20 cannot be reset First 64 K memory failure Timer not operational Processor failure (Reserved; A Error Messages and Indicators Desktop Board D915GLVG reports POST errors in two ways: • By sounding a beep code • By displaying an error message on the monitor BIOS Beep Codes The... BIOS also issues a beep code (one long tone followed by two short tones) during POST if the video configuration fails (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to zero. not used ) CMOS Shutdown ...