Setting Chip Set Feature Control Options

The second screen of the SETUP program contains the options related to the features on your system board. Press PgUp or PgDn to display this screen.

Relocating memory

The Relocate Memory option relocates the memory between A0000h to BFFFFh and D0000h to EFFFFh for use as extended memory. If you enable shadowing, however, relocation is automatically disabled.

Shadow RAM options

Your computer can access RAM (random access memory) faster than ROM (read only memory).

Two shadow features (Shadow BIOS ROM and Shadow Video ROM) allow your system to copy the contents of its system and/or video ROM into RAM so it can perform certain operations faster.

You can also shadow 32KB or 64KB of memory that starts at the indicated addresses to RAM. If you enable these options, you cannot use the Relocate Memory feature.

Additional options

Two additional chipset feature options allow you to slow down your system in case you need compatibility with slower option cards or diskette drives.

If you enable the ISA 1 wait state option, the system inserts one wait state in a 16-bit ISA cycle rather than providing the fastest processing at zero wait states.

The Slow Refresh option, when enabled, improves system performance because it shortens the time needed for each refresh cycle.

Setting Up Your System

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