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5. Board Resources
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
0 - 640KB
640 - 768KB
768 - 896KB
896 - 960KB
960 - 1MB
Table 5.2.
Description
DOS area
Video Buffer area
Expansion Area
Extended System BIOS Area
System BIOS Area
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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