User manual FIC P4MA PRO 533

[. . . ] FIC Mainboard User's Manual FIC P4MA PRO 533 Version 1. 00 - April, 2003 P/N i Copyright Copyright by FIC Technologies Inc. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without express written authorization from FIC. Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Data protection All data should be backed-up prior to the installation of any drive unit or storage peripheral. FIC will not be responsible for any loss of data resulting from the use, disuse or misuse of this or any other FIC product. No Warranty FIC has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the content of this manual. However, it is possible that it may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical or other errors. [. . . ] Settings are described below: MPS Version Control Decides the version of Multiprocessing Specification supported. Display Full Screen logo Show full screen logo during BIOS bootup process. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. Show Summary Information Show summary information during BIOS bootup process. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. Display Small Logo Show small energy star logo during BIOS bootup process. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. 3-10 The Advanced Chipset Features menu is used for optimizing the chipset functions. Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. AGP Aperture Size This setting controls how much memory space can be allocated to AGP for display 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. Settings: 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256MB. AGP Mode This mainboard supports AGP 4x interface. When the AGP 4x video card is used, it can transfer video data at 1066MB/s. AGP 4x is backward-compatible, leave the default 4x mode on if unsure. When set to 1x mode, the maximum transfer rate it to 266MB/s, and 2x mode transfer data at 533MB/s. Settings: 4X, 2X, and 1X. AGP Driving Control The setting is used to adjust AGP driving force. Selecting Manual allows you to type a AGP driving force in AGP Driving Value. It is strongly suggested to select Auto to avoid causing system errors. Settings: Auto and Manual. 3-11 CPU to PCI POST Write When Enabled, CPU can write up to four words of data to the PCI write buffer before CPU must wait for PCI bus cycle to finish. If Disabled, CPU must wait after each write cycle until PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive more data. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. VGA Share Memory Size Set the VGA Share Memory Size. Settings: 8M, 16M and 32M. FB Address Conversion Set the Frame Buffer address conversion mechanism. This feature optimizes MA table for VGA frame buffer accesses according to DRAM page size in use. It is expected to improve VGA performance. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. FB Page Close Prediction Set the Frame Buffer Page Close Prediction function. This feature automatically closes those frame-buffer DRAM pages no longer needed. It is expected to improve DRAM related performance. [. . . ] Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password. When a password has been set, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also have BIOS to request a password each time the system is booted. [. . . ]