Intel D865GRH D865GRH_TechProdSpec. - Page 64

In addition, the Video Frame Buffer setting in the BIOS Setup

Page 64 highlights

Intel Desktop Board D865GRH Technical Product Specification memory that can be accessed. In addition, the Video Frame Buffer setting in the BIOS Setup program will further reduce the amount of memory available to the operating system. Figure 15 shows a schematic of the system memory map. All installed system memory can be used when there is no overlap of system addresses. For example, all of the system address space can be utilized on a system that has 2 GB of installed system memory, AGP aperture set for 256 MB, and the PCI cards are requesting 200 MB of system address space. DRAM Range 4 GB Top of System Address Space PCI Memory Range (Contains AGP window, GFX aperture, PCI, and ICH ranges) FLASH APIC Reserved ~20 MB Video Frame Buffer Top of installed DRAM Top of usable DRAM (memory visible to the operating system) DOS Compatibility Memory 1 MB 640 KB 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H 0EFFFFH 0E0000H 0DFFFFH 0C0000H 0BFFFFH 0A0000H 09FFFFH 00000H Upper BIOS area (64 KB) Lower BIOS area (64 KB; 16 KB x 4) Add-in Card BIOS and Buffer area (128 KB; 16 KB x 8) Standard PCI/ ISA Video Memory (SMM Memory) 128 KB * DOS area (640 KB) 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB 768 KB 640 KB 0 KB * Optionally mapped to the internal AGP OM15972 Figure 15. Detailed System Memory Address Map 64

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142

Intel Desktop Board D865GRH Technical Product Specification
64
memory that can be accessed.
In addition, the Video Frame Buffer setting in the BIOS Setup
program will further reduce the amount of memory available to the operating system.
Figure 15
shows a schematic of the system memory map.
All installed system memory can be used when
there is no overlap of system addresses.
For example, all of the system address space can be
utilized on a system that has 2 GB of installed system memory, AGP aperture set for 256 MB, and
the PCI cards are requesting 200 MB of system address space.
Upper BIOS
area (64 KB)
Lower BIOS
area
(64 KB;
16 KB x 4)
Add-in Card
BIOS and
Buffer area
(128 KB;
16 KB x 8)
Standard PCI/
ISA Video
Memory (SMM
Memory)
128 KB *
DOS area
(640
KB)
1 MB
960 KB
896 KB
768 KB
640 KB
0 KB
0FFFFFH
0F0000H
0EFFFFH
0E0000H
0DFFFFH
0C0000H
0BFFFFH
0A0000H
09FFFFH
00000H
* Optionally mapped
to the internal AGP
FLASH
APIC
Reserved
Video Frame
Buffer
0 MB
640 KB
1 MB
Top of usable
DRAM (memory
visible to the
operating
system)
Top of installed
DRAM
PCI Memory
Range
(Contains
AGP window,
GFX aperture,
PCI, and ICH
ranges)
DOS
Compatibility
Memory
DRAM
Range
OM15972
~20 MB
4 GB
Top of System Address Space
Figure 15.
Detailed System Memory Address Map