PCI Pipelining

Common Options : Enabled, Disabled

Quick Review

This BIOS feature determines if PCI transactions to the memory subsystem will be pipelined.

If the PCI pipeline feature is enabled, the memory controller allows PCI transactions to be pipelined. This masks the latency of each PCI transaction and improves the efficiency of the PCI bus.

If the PCI pipeline feature is disabled, the memory controller is forced to check for outstanding transactions from other devices to the same block address that each PCI transaction is targeting.

For better PCI performance, the PCI pipeline should be enabled. This allows the latency of the bus to be masked for consecutive transactions.

However, if your system constantly locks up for no apparent reason, try disabling this feature. Disabling PCI Pipelining reduces performance but ensures that data coherency is strictly maintained for maximum reliability.

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