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1. Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Esc Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM Other pages Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUP Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Item Help F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 Load the default F8 Reserved F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 44 SBC 776 User Manual Getting help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appro priate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again In Case of Problems If after making and saving system changes with Setup you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default configuration You can invoke this override by immediately pressing Insert when you restart your computer You can restart by either using the ON OFF switch the RESET button or by pressing Ctrl Alt D2. other methods of selecting the drive type are available 1 Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive s with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45 2 Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field 3 Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Setup Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of predefined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefined type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cyls Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landz Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Mode Auto Normal Large or LBA Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 49 LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive access the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address significantly improving
3. Memory 1024K iHove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as the date time hard disk drive floppy drive display and memory Online help for each field can be accessed by pressing F1 Date and Time Configuration The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 hours Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field HARD DISKS The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives This section does not show information about other IDE devices such as a CD ROM drive or about other hard drive types such as SCSI drives NOTE We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives 48 SBC 776 User Manual The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives When you select type AUTO for a hard drive the BIOS detects its specifications If you do not want to select drive type AUTO
4. Power Fail After initial power failure the system will attempt to power up again in the setting that the end user has selected The Choice ON OFF Former status CPU Thermal Throttling Select the CPU Thermal Throttling rate for your system The choice 12 5 25 37 5 50 62 5 75 87 5 Resume By Alarm This option is used to Enable Disable USB keyboard wake up with suspend to RAM The choices Enable disable Date Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Set to 0 to boot everyday Time Alarm You can choose what hour minute and second the system will boot up 70 SBC 776 User Manual lt Reload Global Timer Events gt PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 71 PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level b Resources Controlled By AutoC ESCD IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are DMA Resources Press Enter using a Plug and Play PCI UGA INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin Move capable operating Palette Snoop Disabled system Select Ho if 1 Assignment Auto y
5. Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp Current CPU1 Temperature Menu Level gt Current CPUFAN1 Speed Current CPUFAN2 Speed Current CPUFAN3 Speed INOCU IH1CU IN2CU 5 y 12 V Shutdown Temperature Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F O0ptimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature During enabled this will warn the user when the CPU temperature reach a certain temperature Options Disabled 75 C 167 F 70 C 158 F 65 C 149 F 60 C 140 F Shutdown Temperature Your system can be configured to shutdown once reaching a certain temperature To protect your system from overheating or damage select a certain temperature level in the PC Health Status menu Options Disabled 75 C 167 F 70 C 158 F 65 C 149 F 60 C 140 F 74 SBC 776 User Manual Frequency Voltage Control CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control futo Detect DIMM PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Disabled Clock By Slight Adjust 70 Henu Level b CPU Clock Ratio X 3 Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Pre a Fg Safe Defa i p Defa Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI clock The choices Enable Disable Spread Spectrum This allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate When the system
6. down power on by ring KB wake up etc 46 SBC 776 User Manual PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears is your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This menu allows you to set the shutdown temperature for your system Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While AWARD has designated the custom BIOS to maximize perfor mance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save and Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 Standard CMOS Features CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CHOS Features Date mmiddzyy Thu May 3 2004 Time Chhimm ss 11243 34 Menu Level b IDE Primary Haster IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Haster year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total
7. gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management PnP PCI Configura PC Health Status Quit z Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CHOS Save to CMOS and EXIT Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and Exit Y N Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus 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 80 SBC 776 User Manual Quit without Saving etup Utility Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management PnoP PCI Configura PC Health Status Quit z Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Abandon all Datas Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N 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 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 81
8. 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General F5 Previous Values F Fail S afe Defaults F 0ptimized Defaults On Chip Primary PCI IDE The system chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface On Chip Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choices Enable Disable IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmable Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 1 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 choices Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 61 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto disable USB Controller Select Enabled if your syste
9. 42 SBC 776 User Manual CHAPTER Award BI OS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system Starting setup The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer The BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it through the power on self test POST When these preliminaries are finished the BIOS seeks an operating system on one of the data storage devices hard drive floppy drive etc The BIOS launches the operating system and hands control of system operations to it During POST you can start the Setup program in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing Del or pressing Ctrl Alt Esc when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctr Alt Del If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message appears and you are again asked to PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE DEL TO ENTER SETUP Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 43 Setup keys These keys helps you navigate in Award BIOS
10. Select the different manners for powering on the system The choices Keyboard 98 password any key hot key button only mouse click mouse move KB Power on Password The system will ask for a password after entering the correct password the keyboard can then be used Ir Transmission Delay The system IR component transmits and retrieves data from its working environment if enabled the IR system will detect or transmit information If disabled the IR system will be unable to operate Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 63 Hot Key Power On Simply pressing on the pre selected keyboard key the system will power on Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field UART Mode Select Select an operating mode for the second serial port Normal RS 232C serial port IrDA 1 0 Infrared port compliant with IrDA 1 0 specification IrDA SIR IrDA compliant serial infrared port IrDA MIR 1 MB sec infrared port IrDA FIR Fast infrared standard ASK IR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port SCR RxD TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral documention to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals UR2 Duplex Mode Select the va
11. and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB or RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 56 SBC 776 User Manual HDD S M A R T Capability Hard disk drives have built in problem detection capability Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology If a foreseen problem is about to take place the computer will give a you a warning signal The choice Enable Disable Report No FDD For WIN 95 Report no FDD for Win 95 or not The choice Yes no Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 57 Advanced Chipset Features pyright y Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Tre SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Henu Level b SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled CPU Latency Timer Enabled Delayed Transaction Enabled AGP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Display Cache Frequency 100 MHz System Memory Frequency Auto On Chip Video Window Size 64MB GFX Scaling Auto EDID Show YVBIOS Message Disabled TU Format NTSC Output Device Syncronous Disabled Output Device Priority CRTZFPZ TU Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fai
12. cations Lines in your CONFIG SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory 52 SBC 776 User Manual ti Move Advanced BI OS Features bd Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache etup Utility opyr divancad BIOS Fectares Disabled Enabled Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Fourth Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Enabled Floppy HDD 0 L 120 Disabled Disabled Enabled 0n Fast Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Hsec Security Option 250 Setup l OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 052 Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD2 Value F Fail Safe Defaults Fi0 Save Menu Level r Allows you to choo the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Ha Disk boot sector protection If thi function is enabled and someone attemp write data into thi area BIOS will s a warning message o screen and alarm be ESC Exit F1 General F Optimized Defaults The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer s SETUP DEFAULTS settings Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard d
13. clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme pulse spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI The choices Enable Disable Clock By Slight Adjust This item allows you to select the CPU clock from 166 MHz to 100 MHz or 99 MHz to 66 MHz depending on the CPU host clock CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio When using an Intel CPU this item will be hidden Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 75 Load Fail Safe Defaults CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnoP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving tle Select Item uit Save amp Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults 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 Default Y N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 76 SBC 776 User Manual Load Optimized Default Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Feature
14. data transfer rates For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders Drive A Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 mega byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 mega byte capacity Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochromoe adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 50 SBC 776 User Manual Halt On During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections No errors POST does not stop for any errors All errors If the BIOS detects any nonfatal error POST s
15. elete The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen by Award Software or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 45 Main Setup Menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnoP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Quit Tle z Select Item i Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Date time IDE etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Primary slave secondary slave keyboard mouse etc Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management HDD power
16. ent signaling 68 SBC 776 User Manual Video Off In Suspend After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes In this case the video hardware can be selected to shut off after a period of system inactivity This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Suspend Type Select the suspend type The choice PWRON suspend Stop Grant MODEM use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The choices 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choice Delay 4 seconds Instant Off Wake Up On PCI Card This will enable the system to wake up through PCI card peripheral The choice Enable Disable Power On By Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem boots the system from a soft off state Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 69 USB KB Wake up From S3 This option is used to Enabled Disabled USB keyboard wake up with suspend to RAM The Choice Enabled Disabled Power On after
17. isk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs Processor Number Feature This option is for Pentium III processor During Enabled this will check the CPU Serial number Disabled this option if you don t want the system to know the serial number Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable quick POST Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during you
18. l Safe Defaults F O0ptimized Defaults SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Tre Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle The choices 5 7 7 9 disable SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system 58 SBC 776 User Manual SDRAM RAS Precharge Time If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date Fast gives faster performance slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choices Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this
19. lue required by the IR device connected to the IR prot Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time If no infrared port is present in the system select disabled Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals 64 SBC 776 User Manual Onboard Serial Ports 1 2 Normally the main board s I O chips will occupy a certain portion of memory space For each I O device the computer provides an I O address The more devices attached the more address needed to organize the memory storage areas If all the I O devices were run through the same address your devices would come to a near halt By providing the end user with four serial ports this allows devices to run more efficiently if needed Also the corresponding interrupt needs to be selected Selections of logical COM port addresses are as follows 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port The Choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 disabled Parallel Port Mode Two bidirectional parallel ports Supports SPP ECP EPP ECP EPP EPP Mode Select Select the EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port PWRON After PWR Fail This option will determine how the system will power
20. m contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have USB peripherals USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB keyboard Init Display First This item allows you to active PCI slot or onboard first The choice PCI slot onboard AC97 Audio The default setting of Auto enables the AC97 audio if it is detected onboard Onboard CRN LAN selection Testing purposes only Leave this function in the AUTO setting 8 bit I O Recovery Time The I O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI originated I O cycles to the ISA bus This delay takes place because the PCI bus is much faster than the ISA bus This field lets you add recovery time in bus clock cycles for 8 bit I O The choice 0 7 SYSCLK 62 SBC 776 User Manual 16 bit I O Recovery Time The I O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI originated I O cycles to the ISA bus This delay takes place because the PCI bus is much faster than the ISA bus This field lets you add recovery time in bus clock cycles for 16 bit I O The choice 1 SYSCLK 2SYSCLK 3SYSCLK 4 SYSCLK IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Power on Function
21. memory area a system error may result The choices Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15 16m In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory The choices 15 16 M disabled CPU Latency Timer During enable a deferrable CPU cycle will only be Deferred after it has been in Snoop Stall for 31 clocks and another ADS has arrived During disable a deferrable CPU cycle will be deferred immediately after the GMCH receives another ADS Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 59 AGP Graphics Aperture Size Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The choices 32M 64M Display Cache Frequency Display cache frequency will allow for the level the of the share memory provided by the Intel 815E chipset to be adjusted The settings are 1OOMHz and 133 MHz System Memory Frequency Select the onboard display cache frequency The settings are auto 100MHz and 133MHz On Chip Video Window Size Select the on chip video window size for VGA drive use The choices 32MB 64MB Di
22. on after a power failure The choice off on former status Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 65 Watch Dog Timer You can enable the system watchdog timer a hardware timer that generates either an NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does not respond as expected each time the watch dog polls it select the time period in a separate field The choice Disabled 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec 50 sec 1 min 2 min 4 min 66 SBC 776 User Manual Power Management Setup ACPI Function Disabled ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S Power Hanagement Min Saving Menu Level b Video Off Method DPHS Video Off e Suspend Yes Suspend Typ Stop Grant MODEM Use TRO 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTH Instant 0ff Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ring Enabled USB KB Wake Up From 3 Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail Former Sts CPU Thermal Throttling 50 02 Resume by Alarm Disabled x DateCof Month Alarm 0 x TimeChhimmiss Alarm Bes Oe tle sMove Enter Select PU PD2Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F O0ptimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enable Disable ACPI Suspend Type This item will set which ACPI suspend type will be used S1 POS The S1 sleeping state is low wake up latency sleeping state In this state no system context is l
23. oots and when ever you enter Setup Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup NOTE To clear the password simply press Enter when asked to enter a password Then the password function is disabled 78 SBC 776 User Manual v v _ i v Set User Password Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurati t Setup PC Health Status ut Saving Change Set Disable Password When you select this function a message appears at the center of the screen ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory Now the message changes CONFIRM PASSWORD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup System Enter a password each time the system boots and when ever you enter Setup Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup NOTE To clear the password simply press Enter when asked to enter a password Then the password function is disabled Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 79 Save to CMOS and EXIT CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 ward Software Standard CHOS Features
24. ost CPU or chip set and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 state is a low wake up latency sleeping state where all system context is lost expect system memory CPU cache and chipset context are lost in this state Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 67 Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode Disable Default No power management Disable all four modes Minimum power managemen Doze mode 1 Min Power Saving hour Standby mode 1 hour Suspend mode 1 hour HDD Power Down 15 minutes Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU S Dose mode 1 min Standby mode 1 min Suspend mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min Max Power Saving Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the tanges are from 1 min to 1 hour except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable User Defined Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked This selection will cause the system to turn off V H 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 managem
25. ou need the BIOS to 2 Assignment uto configure non boot 3 Assignment Auto devices amp Assignment Auto Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 0ptimized Defaults PNP OS Installed This item allows you to determine whether the PnP OS is installed or not Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware The settings are Yes or No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field disabled Select enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The choices Enabled Disabled 72 SBC 776 User Manual Resources 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 proceeded by a gt The choices Auto Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled Choices Enabled Disabled Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 73 PC Health Status il etup Utility Copyright 934 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU
26. r work First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choices Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM Disable 54 SBC 776 User Manual Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 55 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate
27. s Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Tlrwe Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Default When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 77 Set Supervisor Password Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals et Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurati t Setup PC Health Status ut Saving Change Set Disable Password When you select this function a message appears at the center of the screen ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory Now the message changes CONFIRM PASSWORD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup System Enter a password each time the system b
28. sabled Initial Display Cache Cas Latency Select the local memory clock period The number of clock cycles of CAS Latency depends on the Onboard Display Cache timing The choice 2 3 Paging Mode Control Select the paging mode control The choice open close RAS to CAS Override This item allows you to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when Onboard display cache is written to read from or refreshed During by CAS LT this will depend on the Onboard Display Cache CAS Latency setting During Override 2 RAS to CAS time 2 Ras Timing This item controls RAS active to Precharge and refresh to RAS active delay in local memory clock The choices Fast Slow Ras Precharge Timing This item controls RAS precharge in loca memory clocks The choices Fast slow 60 SBC 776 User Manual Ss Peri a On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enable Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level r Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO futo Secondary Slave PIO uto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA uto Controller Enabled Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot ACI Audio Auto Onboard CHR LAN selection Auto 8 bit I 0 Recovery Time amp SYSCLK 16 bit IZO Recovery Time 1 SYSCLK IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY t Hove Enter elect PU PD Value F
29. tops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors All But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields they are only for your information The fields show the total installed random access memory RAM and amounts allocated to base memory extended memory and other high memory RAM is counted in kilobytes KB approximately one thousand bytes and megabytes MB approximately one million bytes RAM is the computer s working memory where the computer stores programs and data currently being used so they are accessi ble to the CPU Modern personal computers may contain up to 64 MB 128 MB or more Base Memory Typically 640 KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 51 Extended Memory Above the 1 MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB often called High memory DOS may load terminate and stay resident TSR programs such as device drivers in this area to free as much conventional memory as possible for appli
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