2 Motherboard Resources
NOTE
For more detailed information about the resources used for onboard audio, see the Audio
Subsystem section in Chapter 1.
2.1 Memory Map
Table 34.
Memory Map
Address Range
(decimal)
1024 K - 262144 K
960 K - 1024 K
944 K - 960 K
936 K - 944 K
932 K - 936 K
928 K - 932 K
896 K - 928 K
800 - 896 K
640 K - 800 K
639 K - 640 K
512 K - 639 K
0 K - 512 K
2.2 DMA Channels
Table 35.
DMA Channels
DMA Channel Number
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Address Range
(hex)
Size
100000 - 10000000
255 MB
F0000 - FFFFF
64 K
EC000 - EFFFF
16 K
EA000 - EBFFF
8 K
E9000 - E9FFF
4 K
E8000 - E8FFF
4 K
E0000 - E7FFF
32 K
C8000 - DFFFF
96 K
A0000 - C7FFF
160 K
9FC00 - 9FFFF
1 K
80000 - 9FBFF
127 K
00000 - 7FFFF
512 K
Data Width
8- or 16-bits
8- or 16-bits
8- or 16-bits
8- or 16-bits
16-bits
16-bits
16-bits
Description
Extended Memory
BIOS
Boot Block (available as UMB)
ESCD (Plug and Play configuration and
DMI)
Reserved for BIOS
OEM Logo or Scan User Flash
POST BIOS (available as UMB)
Available High DOS memory (open to ISA
and PCI bus)
Video memory and BIOS
Extended BIOS data (movable by memory
manager software)
Extended conventional memory
Conventional memory
Resource
Audio
Audio / Parallel Port
Floppy Drive
ECP parallel port / Audio
Reserved - Cascade Channel
Open
Open
Open
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