User manual ABIT KD7-B

[. . . ] KD7 Series (KD7-G, KD7-S, KD7-RAID, KD7-B, KD7) Socket 462 System Board User's Manual 4200-0347-02 Rev. 1. 00 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. [. . . ] When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state (immediately) when PCI bus is ready to receive data. If it is set to Disabled, the system will wait one state before data is written to the PCI bus. PCI Master 0 WS Read: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. When Enabled, reads to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state (immediately) when PCI bus is ready to receive data. If it is set to Disabled, the system will wait one state before data is written to the PCI bus. User's Manual 3-16 Chapter 3 CPU to PCI Post Write Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default is Enabled, When Enable, data transmission from CPU to PCI bus are buffered and compensate for the different speed between CPU and PCI bus. If it is set to Disabled, data transmissions are not buffered and CPU must wait until the data transmission is complete and then start another transmission cycle. Vlink 8X Support: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. This item can let you enable the Vlink bus data transfer between northbridge and southbridge. Enhance PCI Performance: Two options are available: Disabled the PCI transmission performance. PCI Delay Transaction: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2. 2. This item can improve Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu: System BIOS Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. When you select Enabled, you get faster system BIOS executing speed via the L2 cache. Video RAM Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. When you select Enable, you get faster video RAM executing speed via the L2 cache. You must check your VGA adapter manual to find out if any compatibility problems will occur. KD7 Series BIOS Setup 3-17 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-7. Integrated Peripherals Menu Screen OnChip IDE Device: Press <Enter> key to enter the OnChip IDE Device menu. IDE Prefetch Mode: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. [. . . ] However, we will try to do our best to help every customer. Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second language, you will have a better chance of getting a helpful answer if your question can be understood in the first place. Be sure to use very, simple, concise language that clearly states the problem, avoid rambling or flowery language and always list your system components. Here is the contact information for our branch offices: KD7 Series How to Get Technical Support J-3 North America and South America: ABIT Computer (U. S. A. ) Corporation 45531 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California 94538, U. S. A. [. . . ]