C o n f i g u r a t i o n s o f t w a r e a n d u t i l i t i e s
FT5000 HANDBOOK 7/9
Advanced chipset control submenu
Feature
Option
Description
Address Bit Permuting
Disabled
Enabled
To be enabled, there must be a power of 2 number of rows, all rows
must be the same size, and all populated rows must be adjacent and
start at row 0. Two-way or four-way permuting is set automatically
based on memory configuration.
Base RAM Step
1 MB
1 KB
Every location
Tests base memory once per MB, once per KB, or every location.
Extended RAM Step
1 MB
1 KB
Every location
Tests extended memory once per MB, once per KB, or every
location.
L2 Cache
Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, the secondary cache is sized and enabled. For Core
Clock Frequency-to-System Bus ratios equal to two, BIOS
automatically disables the L2 cache.
ISA Expansion Aliasing
Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, every I/O access with an address in the range x100-
x3FFh, x500-x7FFh, x900-xBFF, and xD00-xFFFh is internally
aliased to the range 0100-03FFh before any other address range
checking is performed.
Memory Scrubbing
Disabled
Enabled
When enabled, BIOS automatically detects and corrects SBEs.
Restreaming Buffer
Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, the data returned and buffered for a Delayed
Inbound Read can be reaccessed following a disconnect.
Read Prefetch for PXB0A
N/A
Information field only. Configures the number of Dwords that are
prefetched on Memory Read Multiple commands.
Read Prefetch for PBX0B
N/A
Information field only. Configures the number of Dwords that are
prefetched on Memory Read Multiple commands.
Security menu
You can make the following selections on the Security Menu. Enabling the Supervisor Password
field requires a password for entering Setup. The passwords are not case sensitive.
Feature
Choices
Description
Administrator Password is
Clear
Set
Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be disabled by
setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on the
mainboard (see the ‘Mainboard’ chapter for details)
User Password is
Clear
Set
Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be disabled by
setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on the
mainboard (see the ‘Mainboard’ chapter for details)
Set Administrative Password
Press Enter
When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a password;
press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it to a
null string or by clearing password jumper on the mainboard. (see the
‘Mainboard’ chapter for details)
Set User Password
Press Enter
When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a password;
press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it to a
null string or by clearing password jumper on the mainboard. (see the
‘Mainboard chapter for details)
Password on Boot
Disabled
Enabled
If enabled and the user password is set, the system prompts the user
for a password before the system boots.
Fixed Disk Boot Sector
Normal
Write Protect
Write-protects boot sector on hard disk to protect against viruses.