Intel BPC-500-5820 user manual Chipset Features Setup, 15.6us

Chipset Features Setup

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IMTPD)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

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Refresh Rate Control	:	15.6us	Video BIOS Cachable		: Enabled
Ref/Act Command delay	:	6T	Memory Hole at 15/16M		: Enabled
Refresh Queue Depth	: 12		PCI Post Write Buffer		: Disabled
RAS Precharge Time	: 3T		PCI Delayed Transaction		: Disabled
RAS to CAS Delay	: 3T
ISA Bus Clock Frequency	: PCICLK/4
Starting Point of Paging	: 1T
NA# Enable	: Disabled
L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle	: Delay 1T
Asyn/Sync Mode CPU DRAM	: Asynchron
SDRAM CAS Latency	: 3T
SDRAM WR Retite Rate	: X-2-2-2
DRAM Opt RAS Precharge	: Disabled
PCI Peer Concurrency	: Disabled
Read Prefetch Memory RD	: Enabled
			Esc: Quit		: Select Item
Assert TRDY After Prefet	: 2 QWs			− ↓ → ←
CPU to PCI Burst Mem. WR	: Disabled		F1 : Help	PU/PD/+/- : Modify
CPU to PCI Post Write	: Disabled		F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
AGP Aperture Size	: 64MB		F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
System BIOS Cacheable	: Enabled		F7 : Load Setup Defaults

This Chipset Feature Setup screen allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system. The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost. Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips.

Refresh Rate Control

Select the period required to refresh the DRAMs, according to DRAM specifications.

Ref / Act Command Delay

Set the DRAM clock of the refresh command to refresh/active command delay.

Refresh Queue Depth

Set the depth of refresh queue.

RAS Precharge Time

The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data.

The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T.

RAS to CAS Delay

TWhen DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS (row address strobe) to CAS (column address strobe).

The choice: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T.

ISA Bus Clock Frequency

You can set the speed of the AT bus at one-third or one-fourth of the CPU clock speed. The choice: 7.159MHz, PCICLK/3, PCICLK/4.

Starting Point of Paging

This value controls the start timing of memory paging operations.

The choice: 1T, 2T, 4T, 8T.

NA# Enable

Selecting Enabled permits pipelining, in which the chipset signals the CPU for a new memory address before all data transfers for the current cycle are complete, resulting in faster performance. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle

These timing numbers are the pattern of cycles the CPU uses to read data from the cache. The choice: Normal, Delay 1T.

Asyn/Sync Mode CPU/DRAM

This feature can only be enabled when the frequency of CPU clock and the frequency of DRAM clock are the same and the skew between these two clocks should be zero. The choice: Asynchronous, Synchronous.

SDRAM CAS Latency

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. The choice: 2T, 3T.

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