On-Board Controllers, On-Board Video

Chapter 4

BIOS Setup

•DMA – [3], [2], [1], or [0]

This field specifies the DMA channel used for the Parallel Port (LPT 1). If the LPT 1 field is set to [Disabled], then no DMA channel is assigned, making it available for other devices.

•Mode – [Standard], [SPP (bi-dir)], [EPP 1.9 + SPP], [EPP 1.7 + ECP], [EPP 1.9 + ECP], or [ECP]

This field specifies the Mode used for Parallel Port (LPT 1).

•On-Board Controllers

♦Floppy – [Disabled] or [Enabled]

If this field is set to [Enabled], then the on-board Floppy controller is used.

♦Primary IDE – [Disabled] or [Enabled]

If this field is set to [Enabled], then the on-board Primary IDE controller is used.

♦Secondary IDE – [Disabled] or [Enabled]

If this field is set to [Enabled], then the on-board Secondary IDE controller is used.

♦PS/2 Mouse – [Disabled] or [Enabled]

•If this field is set to [Enabled], then the on-board PS/2 Mouse controller is used and assigned an IRQ by the BIOS, typically IRQ 12.

•If this field is set to [Disabled], then the on-board PS/2 Mouse controller is not used and IRQ 12 is available for other devices.

♦USB – [Disabled], [2 Ports] or [4 Ports]

•If this field is set to [4 Ports], both on-board USB controllers are used, each one supporting two USB ports.

•If this field is set to [2 Ports], the first on-board USB controller is used, supporting two USB ports, and the second on-board USB controller is disabled.

♦Audio – [Disabled] or [Enabled]

If this field is set to [Enabled], the on-board Audio controller is used.

•On-Board Video

♦Framebuffer Size – [Disabled], [8MB], [16MB], or [32MB]

This field specifies the amount of system memory used for the on-board Video Framebuffer. The amount of memory used for the Framebuffer of the on-board Video controller is subtracted from the available system memory.

♦AGP Aperture Size – [2MB], [4MB], [8MB], [16MB], [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], or [256MB]

This field specifies the size of memory used for the AGP Aperture. The AGP Aperture Size indicates the amount of system memory that can be used for the 3D engine. The system memory is still available for the system use, unless an application actually uses the AGP Aperture memory.

♦Display – [CRT], [LCD], [LCD + CRT] This field specifies the display type used.

•If [LCD] or [CRT+LCD] is selected, the panel type selection indicates the configuration the LCD panel attached. See the next field and Table 4-2.

•If the [CRT+LCD] is selected, the same video information is shown on both displays simultaneously.

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