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Started by Please reboot
Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00
HELP: Unknown bios setting - io recovery time
Author: Please reboot
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00
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Would I be right in thinking io recovery time (there's a setting in the bios for 8bit and 16 bit io recovery time) is how long the computer waits until retrying if a piece of hardware has an error? Presumably adjusting these settings would not affect system performance while everything is functioning ok? If someone could please confirm/disagree or otherwise help me on this..... -----------------begin address------------------ Peter Hucker (p.m.hucker@dundee.ac.uk) +44 01382 370352 15 Hillhead Road, Monikie, Dundee, DD5 3QR, U.K. ------------------end address------------------- -----------------begin bandwidth waster----------------- You will get a fair trial, after which you will be shot. "If at first you don't succeed, don't take any more stupid chances" ------------------end bandwidth waster------------------
Re: HELP: Unknown bios setting - io recovery time
Author: Rod M Ratsma
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 00:00
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> > Would I be right in thinking io recovery time (there's a setting in > the bios for 8bit and 16 bit io recovery time) is how long the > computer waits until retrying if a piece of hardware has an error? > > Presumably adjusting these settings would not affect system > performance while everything is functioning ok? > > If someone could please confirm/disagree or otherwise help me on > this..... > The 8-bit and 16-bit recovery times refer to the number of clock cycles that the cpu waits following an instruction to an 8 or 16 bit card, on the assumption that they are generally older and slower than modern PCI cards. I have an ISA modem and SBAWE32 fitted and have set both of these the recovery times to 1 with no problems. If you have no ISA cards fitted then set them as low as you can. General symptoms of wrong settings will be internal modem problems. Rod M Ratsma (London, UK)
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