MSI Master LS2 User Guide - Page 58

Memory Hole At 15M-16M, Delayed Transaction, Delay Prior to Thermal, AGP Aperture Size MB, 4X

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MS-9121 E-ATX Mainboard C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Memory Hole At 15M-16M In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delayed transactions cycles so that transactions to and from the ISA bus are buffered and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is underway. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. Delay Prior to Thermal When the CPU temperature reaches a factory preset level, a thermal monitoring mechanism will be enabled following the appropriate timing delay specified in this field. With the thermal monitoring enabled, clock modulation controlled by the processor's internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep the processor within allowable temperature limit. Setting options: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min, 32 Min. AGP Aperture Size (MB) This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256 (MB). 4X Override This setting allows you to manually set the AGP mode of your system. The setting you choose depends on what mode your video card supports. Setting options: 2X Mode, No Override. Init Display First This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Setting options: PCI Slot, AGP. 3-14

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MS-9121 E-ATX Mainboard
C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes
to this memory area, a system error may result. Setting options:
Disabled
,
Enabled
.
Memory Hole At 15M-16M
In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved
for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below
16MB.
When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. Setting options:
Disabled,
Enabled
.
Delayed Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delayed
transactions cycles so that transactions to and from the ISA bus are buffered
and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is
underway. Select
Enabled
to support compliance with PCI specification ver-
sion 2.1. Setting options:
Enabled,
Disabled
.
Delay Prior to Thermal
When the CPU temperature reaches a factory preset level, a thermal monitor-
ing mechanism will be enabled following the appropriate timing delay speci-
fied in this field.
With the thermal monitoring enabled, clock modulation
controlled by the processor’s internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep
the processor within allowable temperature limit. Setting options:
4 Min
,
8
Min
,
16 Min
,
32 Min
.
AGP Aperture Size (MB)
This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for
video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range
dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture
range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows
the selection of an aperture size of
4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,
and
256 (MB).
4X Override
This setting allows you to manually set the AGP mode of your system. The
setting you choose depends on what mode your video card supports. Setting
options:
2X Mode
,
No Override
.
Init Display First
This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Set-
ting options:
PCI Slot,
AGP
.