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NEXCOM NEX 732L2G User Manual

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Chapter 4

NEX732L2G User Manual

System BIOS cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system

performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The available

choices are Enabled, Disabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h, resulting in better video performance.

However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The choices: Enabled,

Disabled.

Memory Hole At 15M – 16M

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards; This memory must be

mapped into the memory.

The choices: Enabled, Disabled.

CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM

timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. The choices are: 1.

5, 2, 2.5, 3.

Active to Precharge Delay

This item controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS. The choices: 5, 6, 7.

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is

written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance.

This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. The choices are: 2, 3.

DRAM RAS# Precharge

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the

refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow

gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

The choices are 2 and 3.

DRAM Timing Selectable

The choices are: Manual, and By SPD. The option “By SPD” enables the system to automatically set the

SDRAM timing by Serial Presence Detect (SPD). SPD is an EEPROM chip on the DIMM module that

stores information about the memory chips it contains, including size, speed, voltage, row and column

addresses, and manufacturer. Select “Manual” allows users manually set the following four timing param-

eters for the system memory.