news 28 Posted May 11, 2014 Dear editor, We have just posted the *BIOS Option Of The Week - Delayed Transaction*. Quote : Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page, it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition. Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who help sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee. However, that changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option from the complete edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every weekend. This week, we will be taking a look at the *Delayed Transaction* BIOS setting. Here's an excerpt : *"To meet PCI 2.1 compliance, the PCI maximum target latency rule must be observed. According to this rule, a PCI 2.1-compliant device must service a read request within 16 PCI clock cycles for the initial read and 8 PCI clock cycles for each subsequent read. If it cannot do so, the PCI bus will terminate the transaction so that other PCI devices can access the bus. But instead of rearbitrating for access (and failing to meet the minimum latency requirement again), the PCI 2.1-compliant device can make use of the PCI Delayed Transaction feature... "* Link : *http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=606*<http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=606> Icon : *http://www.techarp.com/article/BOG_Weekly/BOG_weekly_big.png*<http://www.techarp.com/article/BOG_Weekly/BOG_weekly_big.png> We hope you will post this news on your website. Please feel free to send your news to news ( -at -) techarp.com and we will reciprocate. Thanks! *Team ARP* Tech ARP : *http://www.techarp.com/* <http://www.techarp.com/> Tech ARP : *http://techarp.com/* <http://techarp.com/> -- Share this post Link to post