Base Memory; Extended Memory - Gigabyte GA-8I845PE Pro User Manual

Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)
Disabled
Driv e A
Driv e B
Both
Halt on
The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during pow er up.
NO Errors
All Errors
All, But Key board
All, But Disk ette
All, But Disk /Key
Memory
The category is display-only which is determined by POS T (Power O n Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS w ill determine the amount of base (or conv entional) memory installed
in the sy stem.
The v alue of the base m emory is ty pically 512 K for sy stem s w ith 512K memory installed on
the motherboard, or 640 K for sy stems w ith 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much ex tended memory is present during the POST.
This is the am ount of memory located abov e 1MB in the CPU 's memory address map.
GA-8I845PE Pro Motherboard
Normal Floppy Driv e. (Default v alue)
Driv e A is 3 mode Floppy Driv e.
Driv e B is 3 mode Floppy Driv e.
Driv e A & B are 3 mode Floppy Driv es.
The s y stem boot w ill not stop for any error that may be detected and
y ou w ill be prom pted.
Whenev er the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the sy stem boot w ill be
stopped.
The s y stem boot w ill not stop for all errors ex cept a key board error.
(Default v alue)
The s y stem boot w ill not stop for all errors ex cept a disk error.
The s y stem boot w ill not stop for all errors ex cept key board and disk
errors.
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