Multi-Tech Systems RAS96 manual Halt On, Memory

RAS96 RASCard User Guide

Halt On

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will be stopped and you will be prompted.

No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.

All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other Keyboard errors.

All, But The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other Diskette errors.

All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for Disk/Key all other errors (Default).

Memory

The category is display-only. Values are determined by the BIOS power-on self-test (POST).

Base	The POST determines the amount of base (or conventional) memory
Memory	installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K
	for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.
Extended	The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the
Memory	POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s
	memory address map.
Expanded	Expanded Memory is memory defined by the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
Memory	(LIM) standard as Expanded Memory Specification (EMS). While most
	standard DOS applications cannot access memory above 640K, EMS
	provides an interface allowing access to all system memory. Though still
	in use by some DOS applications, EMS is rapidly declining in
	importance, since new processors and operating systems prefer
	extended memory. A special, expanded memory device driver is
	required to use memory as Expanded Memory.
Other	This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space.
Memory	This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses
	this area to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory
	free for application programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this
	RAM area, since this is where it shadows RAM.

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