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Advanced Chipset Features

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AWARD® BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. Choose the "ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES" from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear. System BIOS Cacheable System BIOS ROM at F000h-F0000h is always copied to RAM for faster execution. Selecting Enabled allows the contents of F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to and read from cache memory, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Video RAM Cacheable The field allows the caching of video memory, resulting in increased system performance. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. BIOS ID of MP Capabilities This item is to have the Athlon XP or MP processor running in multiprocessor mode. Please select [Enabled] if an MP processor is installed; select [Disable] to allow dual Athlon XP processors running in MP mode. However, the [Disable] option only works when an old Athlon XP processor is used. If a 3-11

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AWARD
®
BIOS Setup
3-11
The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the
values of the chipset registers.
These registers control most of the system
options in the computer.
Choose the “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu
and the following screen will appear.
Advanced Chipset Features
System BIOS Cacheable
System BIOS ROM at F000h-F0000h is always copied to RAM for faster
execution. Selecting
Enabled
allows the contents of F0000h RAM memory
segment to be written to and read from cache memory, resulting in better sys-
tem performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system
error may result. The settings are
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
Video RAM Cacheable
The field allows the caching of video memory, resulting in increased system
performance. The settings are
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
BIOS ID of MP Capabilities
This item is to have the Athlon XP or MP processor running in multiprocessor
mode. Please select [Enabled] if an MP processor is installed; select [Disable]
to allow dual Athlon XP processors running in MP mode. However, the
[Disable] option only works when an old Athlon XP processor is used. If a