Asus P4SGX-MX Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 50

Onboard VGA Shared Memory Size [32M]

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Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data. Configuration options: [4MB] [8MB] [16MB] [32MB] [64MB] [128MB] [256MB] AGP Capability [4X Mode] This motherboard supports the AGP 4X interface that transfers video data at 1066MB/s. AGP 4X is backward-compatible, so you may keep the default [4X Mode] even if you are using an AGP 1X video card. When set to [1X Mode], the AGP interface only provides a peak data throughput of 266MB/s even if you are using an AGP 4X card. Configuration options: [1X Mode] [4X Mode] AGP Fast Write Capability [Enabled] This field enables or disables the AGP 4x Fast Write Capability feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard VGA Shared Memory Size [32M] This field allows you to set the onboard VGA memory size with the currently installed memory. Configuration options: [4M] [8M] [16M] [32M] [64M] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor. It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. You must set this to UC (uncacheable) if your display card does not support this feature, otherwise the system may not boot. Configuration options: [UC] [USWC] PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] This field enables or disables the motherboard feature to support PCI 2.1 cards. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE [Both] This field allows you to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel, or both. You can also set both channels to [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] IDE Bus Master Support [Enabled] This item controls the IDE Bus Master support for non-Windows operating systems. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS information

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Chapter 2: BIOS information
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data.
Configuration options: [4MB] [8MB] [16MB] [32MB] [64MB] [128MB] [256MB]
AGP Capability [4X Mode]
This motherboard supports the AGP 4X interface that transfers video data at
1066MB/s. AGP 4X is backward-compatible, so you may keep the default [4X
Mode] even if you are using an AGP 1X video card. When set to [1X Mode], the
AGP interface only provides a peak data throughput of 266MB/s even if you are
using an AGP 4X card.
Configuration options: [1X Mode] [4X Mode]
AGP Fast Write Capability [Enabled]
This field enables or disables the AGP 4x Fast Write Capability feature.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Onboard VGA Shared Memory Size [32M]
This field allows you to set the onboard VGA memory size with the currently
installed memory.
Configuration options: [4M] [8M] [16M] [32M] [64M]
Video Memory Cache Mode [UC]
USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for
the video memory of the processor. It can greatly improve the display speed by
caching the display data. You must set this to UC (uncacheable) if your display
card does not support this feature, otherwise the system may not boot.
Configuration options: [UC] [USWC]
PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled]
This field enables or disables the motherboard feature to support PCI 2.1 cards.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Onboard PCI IDE [Both]
This field allows you to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE
channel, or both. You can also set both channels to [Disabled]. Configuration
options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled]
IDE Bus Master Support [Enabled]
This item controls the IDE Bus Master support for non-Windows operating
systems. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]