Board resources, System address map – Contec SPI-8451-LVA User Manual

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5. Board Resources

SPI-8451-LLVA, SPI-8452-LLVA, SPI-8451-LVA

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5. Board Resources

System address map

The GMCH memory map includes a number of programmable ranges. All of these ranges must be
unique and non-overlapping. There are no hardware interlocks to prevent problems in the case of
overlapping ranges. Accesses to overlapped ranges may produce indeterminate results.

Table 5.1. Compatibility Area

Address

Description

0 - 640KB

DOS area

640 - 768KB

Video Buffer area

768 - 896KB

Expansion Area

896 - 960KB

Extended System BIOS Area

960 - 1MB

System BIOS Area

Table 5.2. Memory Segment

Memory Segments

Comments

00000h - 9FFFFh

0 - 640K DOS Region

A0000h - BFFFFh

Video Buffer

B0000h - B7FFFh

Monochrome Adapter range

C0000h - CBFFFh

Video BIOS

CC000h - CFFFFh

Reserved

D0000h - DFFFFh

Expansion Area

E0000h - EFFFFh

Extended System BIOS Area

F0000 - FFFFFh

System BIOS Area

100000h - 7FFFFFFFh

Extended Memory Area

00100000 to Top of Main Memory

Main DRAM Address Range

Top of Main Memory

Extended SMRAM Address Range

Top of Main Memory To 4GB

PCI Memory Address Range

FEC0000h - FECFFFFFh,
FEE00000h - FEEFFFFFh

APIC configuration space

FFE0000h - FFFFFFFFh

High BIOS Area

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