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Subject: Re: Request : Hardware related- Problem solved!

Author: Martin Grabriel

Date: 05:45:49 12/17/99

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Thanks Jeroen
You are an angel. I shouldn't have make fun of you and call you the ICQ pic guy
at rgcc...:)


On December 17, 1999 at 05:40:12, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>On December 16, 1999 at 23:15:12, Martin Grabriel wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>Can you teach me how to change the CAS Latency or speed?
>
>It's in the BIOS setup menu.
>
>Mostly the procedure is to start your computer and hit <del> of sometime F1 or
>F2. The computer tells you that at the start up screen "hit <---> to enter
>setup" or so.
>
>Select the "Chipset Feature Setup" and there you'll find it.
>But most BIOS versions will give you a message at startup when your CAS Latency
>time is wrong.
>
>Remember that roaming around in your BIOS can result in unexpected software
>glitches. Remember what you changed, and *that* you changed.
>
>To have any idea what you are changing, read the following:
>
>"CAS Latency is one of several performance related timings for SDRAM. This
>measurement is the time it takes to strobe in the Row Address, and to activate
>the bank. When a burst read cycle is initiated, the addresses are set up and
>RAS\ and CS\ (chip select) are held low on the next clock cycle (rising edge of
>CLK), thereby activating the sense amplifiers on the bank. A period of time
>equal to tRCD (RAS\ to CAS\ delay) must pass after which CAS\ and CS\ are held
>low (again, at the next clock cycle). After the time period for tCAC (column
>access time) has passed the first bit of data is on the output line and can be
>retrieved (at the next clock cycle). The basic rule is that CAS latency times
>the clock speed (tCLK) must be equal or greater than tCAC (or CL x tCLK >=
>tCAC). This means that the column access time is the limiting factor for CAS
>Latency."
>
>Jeroen ;-}
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