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1. IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQS IRQ9 COM 2 COM 1 LPT 2 Floppy Disk LPT 1 RTC Alarm IRQ2 Redir IRQ1O Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information IRQ15 Reserved Datz Setup Utility Capgright CO 18Eb 200 dward Software RD dethivily Komi tering 1 ER A Enabled liem Help a ff I IROS CLET 7 IER CF lappy Disk IERT LEIT 1 TRDE CATE l r TEQ C0bht Redird a TREO feserved TEQ CPST Mouse TEQ13 fegprecessar TERIA Hard Disk TREO S feserved C Ceit Fiibeneral Delp Te Optimized Defaults ETH ee er de ee E PS Previes Uslues Fe Fail Safe Oefaoliz F 4 9 PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information Km tility Coppraght Gh 19 US guard Sof toa ELE LELLE PaPvPEL Conf FHF 0 Jowtalled ada bestan Jaq f bestan 198 Fe i we Exit Fizbeneral bein z Freist Hatues Fz Fail af Defaults Fiz Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed S
2. PED T amp A Pub Item Help assigned ti J assigned ta signed ta d signed ta When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DM channel Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The Choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choices Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB To enable VGA USB IRQ assignation by selecting enabled ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Software CDCI IAN F Item Help RIC Ia F EFH BFE ki G2TUTC RE F1 Eit F S Previews Ua lies F t Fanl kate Defawli Fr Bt inizzel Det salts ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Opt
3. PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 gt Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy Type dismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 35 BIOS Setup Information 4 15 BIOS POST Check Point List AWARDBIOS provides all IBM standard Power On Self Test POST routines as well as enhanced AWARDBIOS POST routines The POST routines support CPU internal diagnostics The POST checkpoint codes are accessible via the Manufacturing Test Port I O port 80h Whenever a recoverable error occurs during the POST the system BIOS will display an
4. Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 37 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super VO chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved ODh Reserved OEh Test FOOOh segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reeserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector t
5. cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS Choose the access mode for this hard disk LBA Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that disk drive size this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Max 65535 Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no Max 65535 hard disk Landing zone Min 0 SEEN Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security CHIS Setup Utility Capyrighi CO 17ER 2008 dard Sat tiare duaa BLOG Featores Iben Help Wi ring CFU LI Cache EFU L Cache fuick Bauer Dn Firs Hawt Eeot Up Hemlock Siatos Securcte Bpl ion BE Select For DRAH gt GEHE ATERT ESE Cait Fiibeneral Delp lef PT Optimized Defaults Virus Warning Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warn
6. error message describing the message and explaining the problem in detail so that the problem can be corrected During the POST the BIOS signals a checkpoint by issuing one code to I O address 80H This code can be used to establish how far the BIOS has executed through the power on sequence and what test is currently being performed This is done to help troubleshoot faulty system board If the BIOS detects a terminal error condition it will halt the POST process and attempt to display the checkpoint code written to port 80H If the system hangs before the BIOS detects the terminal error the value at port 80H will be the last test performed In this case the terminal error cannot be displayed on the screen The following POST checkpoint codes are valid for all AWARDBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 07 15 95 version 6 27 Enhanced Code Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Clh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM CSh Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 36 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 02h
7. language Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super T O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 39 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB Sth Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors mul
8. rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build amp update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h 4 16 BIOS Flash Utility Utilize AWARD Flash BIOS programming utility to update on board BIOS for the future new BIOS version Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary NOTE Remark or delete any installed Memory Management Utility such as HIMEM SYS EMM386 EXE QEMM EXE etc in the CONFIG SYS files before running Flash programming utility ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 42
9. will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS This code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a
10. 0 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen amp display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 44 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED amp typematic
11. ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot Memory Address Error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory parity Error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields Memory Verify Error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the VO CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the VO CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 33 BIOS Setup Information PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any
12. BIOS Setup Information CHAPTER 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 667 is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM This BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it can be retained during power off periods When system is turned on ROBO 667 communicates with peripheral devices and check its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer When the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys simultaneously If you do not press the keys at the right time and the system will not boot up an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose amo
13. EPP Switch to Normal mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choices 3 1 EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choices EPP1 7 EPP1 9 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs On System automatically restores power back System stays at power off System restores back to previous status On or Off Sts ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use y Cepgr sait LEP 19 i Power Management Setup ACPD Funot ise Disabled Item Help Power Management Video Ott Option Vides Dif Kethod MODEM Wee Ip Kaf Bt by PORETH Siate Bier Fower Failure Wake Bp Eveots tise Mowe EntertSelect E TEE d V RH DATT FUDtSa0n ESC Exii FaiiGeneral Help FS Previags Values F Fail Safe Defaolis F7 tpetisized Defamlis ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI When AT power supply is the system power source keeping ACPI function at NO and State After Power Failure at ON in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS is recommended If using ATX power supply remember to adjust the State Afte
14. MOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status LIT REEL Copyrighti CEF Saf baer Standerd S Features bate Ommiddiyp ltem Help Time Chairs ss Be brine Prive H Floppy F Aede Support Hideo Balt On Hove EathertSeleet afefPOPRI Vale FIDD Save Bit Ficbeneral Belp z Presse Values Fz FaileSate Defaults pi iiized WEIEN E Menu seletions Item Options Description Date Mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time Hh mm ss Set the system time IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of described in 4 4 Table _ detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of described in 4 4 Table detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of described in 4 4 Table detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of described in 4 4 Table detailed options ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information Item Options Description Drive A None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed Drive B 360K 5 25 in in your system 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Select whic
15. RD DRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Controller cannot be initialized Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT The system cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 32 BIOS Setup Information Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON
16. ZER Value FID Save ESt Erit Firbencral Belp FS PFreviane Values Fz Fail Safe Defanli Fit Dptomized Defaults VGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PCI Master Those items can be set enable disable to wake up system Once they have any status occurred system at suspend mode will wake up Wake Up On LAN The options availabled are enabled disabled When selecting Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On LAN signal Wake Up On Ring When Enabled is selected a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information The choices Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm function When Enabled is selected system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached Date of Month When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choices 0 31 Resume Time hh mm ss When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the systm The choices hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary INTR When setting this item on any enabled events in IRQs Activity Monitoring has ability to wake up asleep system It includes
17. able If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 38 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh Initialize multi
18. boot device Then reboot the system DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR RUN SETUP ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 31 BIOS Setup Information Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot EISA Configuration Is Not Complete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete Note When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HA
19. e Ese Ma Farallel Fert EPP Type Fax hong EokeriSelect PS Previees Usloes F ROBO 667 User s Manual Copyrighti CH 13 Integrated Feripbera PPR aloe FIPS gave Sate Defaolis Software Item Help SCDE Its BIOS Setup Information OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Enable or disable on board IDE controller IDE Prefetch Mode Set enable for the most of cases If a HDD is too old to support Prefetch Mode please disable this function IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port at AGP or PCI to be initialized ATI M M1 VGA Chip supports AGP 2X so please set AGP if onboard VGA is needed to be used ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information IDE HDD Block Mode This item allows you t
20. elect Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a gt The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRO Resources ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information b S007 Guard Software Item Help assigned we Esterii t FP Value EETL it Filrbeneral Belp Presaigee H ileSate De iire Defaults When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt It allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The Choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP DMA Resources ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Dan Setup Wtality Copgraght CX TES 7007 Suerg Softwares He E r i assigned tr
21. h drive you would like to set to Drive A floppy 3 mode Drive B Both Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want the No Errors BIOS to stop the POST process and notify All but Keyboard you All but Diskette All but Disk Key Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or cdrom drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive CHIS Setup Wtalaty Copyrighti CF TeRS F 000 ward Software TOE Primary Master THE WOO ete Detect isn Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master fecess Mode EC UI EmtersSe leet rot Ply alice FIRS Save eneral Help Presse Ua lies E Sate Defalis Dptimized Defaults ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information E Menu seletions Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this detection channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master None Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields Auto on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Manual Type will let you select the number of
22. imized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 4 12 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor s or user s password or both of them The differences between them are as follow Supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus User password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Add
23. ing message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information L1 Cache L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power up the computer If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Boot Other Device Select whether the system searches for other bootable device or not when First Second Third Boot Device can t boot Swap Floppy Drive This choice can swap drive A and B needless to open a chassis and exchange cable connectors Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt The sys
24. itionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 4 13 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menu in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information 4 14 POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it
25. key and the system will reboot PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM PARITY ERROR CHECKING FOR SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Should Have EISA Board But Not Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot Not Empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 34 BIOS Setup Information Wrong Board In Slot
26. ng options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information Keys to navigate within setup menu Key Up Arrow Move to the previous item Down Arrow ove to the item on the right menu bar Esc key Man Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS tatus Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu ave all the CMOS changes and exit 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 667 AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you should start with the Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information CHIS Set op Utility Copgright 0 TFEG Z2000 heard Sat tare kp andard CHAOS Feateres NOTE It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt lt gt keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it Follow command keys in C
27. o enable disable IDE HDD Block Mode The function is to collect the data that is nearby the one being read and leave them in the system buffer Buffered data can be used with faster transmission rate so as to enhance system performance Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART 2 Mode This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Standard Disable Infrared function HPSIR Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled IR Function Duplex Select Full Duplex enable bidirectional data transmission at the same time or Helf Duplex only allow single directional data transmission at the same time Onboard Parallel Port ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The Choices Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port Switch to SPP mode Switch to EPP mode Switch to ECP mode ECP Switch to ECP or EPP mode
28. odem after installed a modem device The choices NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choices Instant Off Delay 4 Sec State After Power Failure An ATX power supply software control mathod has 3 modes On Off and Auto On means that power generation always restart after incorrect AC power loss and AC power recovered Off means that power generation never restart after incorrect AC power loss unless pressing Power Botton again Auto means that system will control power on or off after incorrect AC power loss and recovery If last system state is power off the power supply always be shut down unless pressing Power Botton On the contrary if last system state is power on while ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information AC power incorrect loss power supply will be restart automatically after AC power recovered Note Basing on the chipset architecture this item must be set as ON when using AT Power Supply or else may results into a unboot condition Wake Up Events This item allows users to set events which can wake up asleep system CHS Setup Wtalaty Copproght Ei TPES F000 ward Sottware Woke Up Casats bia OFF LFT EaH i DI CT Master Wake Up te LAW Wake lip de Bing BTC Alarm Besuse Item Help Primary IHT E TBs AatiFity Hanitering TiariHove EateriSe lret f ZPH
29. r Power Failure to proper condition The choices Enabled Disabled ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Power Management Eopproght GF 19 Power Management Fever Kaoagement ser Define EDD Power ioe bore Made Suspend Made efe PO PE Walue Eif Sage ESC Eeit Fizbeneral Belp Fz FaileSate Defanli Dptimized Defaults This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Saving 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Saving 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 hr and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 min to 15 min PM Control by APM This item allow APM Advantanced Power Management to control Power Management ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information The choices Enabled Disabled Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H This selection will cause the system to turn off SYNC Blank the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling MODEM Use IRQ Assign a IRQ for m
30. should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips DRAM Timing By SPD ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information If DIMMs have On Board Serial Presence Detect SPD function please set it enabled for autodetecting oppotimize DRAM timing DRAM Clock VIA Apollo Pro133T allows users to adjust DRAM clock by referencing CPU clock HCLK There are three modes HCLK 33MHz HCLK and HCLK 33MHz SDRAM Cycle Latency This option selects in units of local memory clock periods The Choice 2 3 SCLKs Bank Interleave There are three modes disable 2 way and 4 way 4 way has bestest executive performance but needs DIMMs hardware specification support If not suring DIMMs can support SPD or not please set this choice at disable for maximum stabilty Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB P2C C2P Concurrency Select the P2C PCI to CPU and C2P CPU to PCI are synchronized or not OnChip USB Select for enable disable on board USB VT82C686B included USB Keyboard Support ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information Select for enable disable USB Keyboard support Don t enable this choice
31. tem will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the VIA Apollo Pro133T This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM SDRAM It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any change would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system DRAM Tinie By SPO Enabled Item Help emory Hale AB Copcurtrencg Noue Eater Seleet f JFU PE Valu FIRS Save ESE Exit Fi beneral Belp FS Frevian e Values Fz FaileSate Defanlis Fi Optemized Defaults This chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timing has been carefully chosen and
32. ti processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code SAh Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 6lh Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 40 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS12
33. when using Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 That will cause system halt because NT does not support USB keyboard function USB Mouse Support Select for enable disable USB Mouse support Don t enable this choice when using Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 That will cause system halt because NT not support USB CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enable the choice to open buffer for solving the low performance of data writen form CPU to PCI device Please enable it if there is not any error occurred PCI Dynamic Bursting When enabling any data transfer on PCI BUS will directly transmit without Buffer on VT82C694T PCI Master 0 WS Write After PClI Receiver is ready to receive data PCI master will immediately send data select Enable or delay a PCI condition cycle select Disable PCI Delayed Transaction Select Enabled to enable delay transaction This will enhance performance for data transmission between different PCI bus Memory Parity ECC Check System will check DIMMs are 72 bits support ECC or 64 bits not support ECC ROBO 667 User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Setup tility fothip IDE Channeli Pnthip IM Channe 11 IDE Prefetch Made Frigary Raster Pie Frigary Slave DAT Secondary Hagler BI Setondarg Slave PIS Frimary Hasler HEI Frimary Slave one Secondary Hasier OGRE Secondary Slave UGE plap Fir fleck PART 2 Hide Bbaboard Parallel Bart Bboboard Parallel Kode FEF Mad

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