Memory map

Address Range (hex)AmountFunction

0 to 07FFFFh

640 KB

DOS region, base system memory

 

 

 

0A0000h to 0BFFFFh

128 KB

Video or SMM memory

 

 

 

0C0000h and 0DFFFFh

128 KB

Expansion card BIOS and buffer

 

 

area

 

 

 

0E0000h to 0FFFFFh

128 KB

System BIOS

 

 

 

0E0000h to 0EFFFFh

2 MB

Extended system BIOS

 

 

 

FC000000h to FFFFFFFFh

64 MB

PCI memory space

 

 

 

Interrupts

The following table suggests a logical interrupt mapping of interrupt sources. It reflects a typical configuration, but you can change these interrupts. Use the information to determine how to program each interrupt. The actual interrupt map is defined using configuration registers in the I/O controller. I/O Redirection Registers in the I/O APIC are provided for each interrupt signal. The signals define hardware interrupt signal characteristics for APIC messages sent to local APIC(s).

Important If you disable either IDE controller to free the interrupt for that controller, you must physically unplug the IDE cable from the system board. Simply disabling the drive by configuring the SSU option does not make the interrupt available.

InterruptI/O APIC

Description

 

Level

 

 

 

 

INTR

INT0

Processor interrupt

 

 

 

NMI

N/A

NMI from PIC to processor

 

 

 

IRQ1

INT1

Keyboard interrupt

 

 

 

Cascade

INT2

Interrupt signal from second 8259

 

 

 

IRQ3

INT3

Serial port A or B interrupt from SIO device (you can

 

 

configure either)

 

 

 

IRQ4

INT4

Serial port A or B interrupt from SIO device (you can

 

 

configure either)

 

 

 

138System Specifications