(Chipset

.IV

Features)

BIOS

 

 

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE

[DRAM and ECC]

If all your DRAM modules have parity chips (e.g. 8 chips + 4 parity chips), they are considered 36bits. This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed:

If your DRAM modules do not have parity chips (e.g. 8 chips), they are considered 32bits and the following will be displayed instead:

The default of Disabled for Memory parity SERR# (NMI) will not show memory errors on your monitor. When using parity DRAM modules, you can select from the default of Parity or ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) to correct 1 bit memory errors that may occur in the memory. (See pages 12-13 for more information on DRAM memory modules.)

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Onboard FDC Controller

When enabled, this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card. If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy drives, set this field to “Dis- abled”. Default setting is Enabled.

Onboard FDC Swap A: B:

This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. Two options are available: No Swap (default) and Swap AB. If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset, set this field to Swap AB.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4 (default), 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector.

Onboard Serial Port 2

Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3 (default), 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector.

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