DIGITAL-LOGIC AG MSM586SEN/SEV Manual V1.5E
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2.8 Incompatibilities to a standard PC/AT
A. Do not use internal COM1/2 of the ELAN520 in the FIFO-Mode. AMD Errata
Some bits are lost in certain configurations of FIFO-Mode an in extended temperature ranges.
Solution: Use the COM3/4 for FIFO Mode. Use a None-FIFO-Driver !
B. PRETEC Cflash with the Toshiba controller (ACT...) are not working, with
the HITACHI Controller ( ACH...) are aorking fine. A bug fixed by PRETEC.
C. LINUX need a BIOS without INT15 service, otherwise the DRAM-Capacity is not well reported.
Last observation was with BIOS V1.24.
2.9 Related application notes
# Description
84 Power consumption on Pentium / any other boards with
attached drives (HDD, CD)
96 MSM586SEN/SEV upgrades on V1.2
Application Notes are availble at http://www.digitallogic.com -> Support, or on any Application CD from
DIGITAL-LOGIC.
2.10 Ordering codes
To get the actual status of the partnumbers, customers are advised to ask for them
via our sales department or distributors.