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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual !" Gate A20 Option This you to select how Gate A20 is worked. Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB. The default setting is Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or Normal chipset hardware.
SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual !" Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. The default value is Setup . When you select System, the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up.
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual Optional shadow is enabled Enabled Optional shadow is disabled Disabled NOTE: 1. For C8000-DFFFF option-ROM on PCI BIOS, BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM. User does not have to select the item.
SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual !" Auto Configuration This predefines values for DRAM, cache timing according to CPU type and system clock. When enabled, the predefined items will become read-only. !" ISA I/O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay (in sysclks) inserted between consecutive 16-bit and 8-bit I/O operations.
SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual !" Power Management This category determines how much power consumption for system after selecting below items. Default value is Disable. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each option.
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual Item Options Descriptions Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode 10, 20, 30, 40 Defines the continuous idle time before Secs., 1, 3, 5, the system entering SUSPEND mode. Suspend Mode 10, 15, 20, If any item defined in (J) is enabled &...
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual POST (hex) Description 1. Verify the RTC time is valid or not 2. Detect bad battery 3. Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area 4. PnP initializations including (PnP BIOS only) -Assign CSN to PnP ISA card -Create resource map from ESCD 5.
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual POST (hex) Description If EISA NVM checksum is good, execute EISA initialization (EISA BIOS only) 1F-29 Reserved Detect Base Memory & Extended Memory Size 1. Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2.
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual POST (hex) Description 1. If password is needed, ask for password 2. Clear the Energy Star Logo (Green BIOS only) Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS Reserved 1.
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SBC8243 All-in-One Half-size CPU Card Series User’s Manual POST (hex) Description 1. If there is any changes in the hardware configuration, update the ESCD information (PnP BIOS only) 2. Clear memory that have been used 3. Boot system via INT 19H System Booting.
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