Chapter 3 – AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3.1. Introduction
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1. Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security ChipAwayVirus on Guard When this item is Trend ChipAwayVirus TCAV on Guard Boot Viruses pose the most severe threat because they can move from a floppy diskette to your hard drive in less then a second And it all happens during the loading of the boot sector Provides a virus free boot and operating system experience peace of mind though hardware base virus protection detects known and unknown boot viruses with rule based technology receive immediate protection Already installed on this board The Choice Enabled Disabled CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speeds up memory access However it depends on CPU Chipset design The default value is enable The Choice Enabled Disabled 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 The Choice Enabled Disabled Boot Sequence This category determines which driver to search first for the disk operating system i e DOS Default value is A C The Choice A C SCSI C A SCSI C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C only LS ZIP C Swap Floppy D2. Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTION SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 853 827 32 0 1653 63 LBA 1 853 1654 16 65535 1653 63 Normal 3 853 827 32 65535 1653 63 Large Note Some OS Like SCO UNIX must be NORMAL for installation ESC Skip The Setting on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Use this option to detect the parameters for the hard disk drives installed in your system These parameters will then be automatically entered into the Standard CMOS Setup The IDE HDD Auto Detection screen displays the following categories of information Size Cylinders Heard Precomp LandZone Sectors and Mode 3 1 12 Save and Exit Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFA SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y SAVING LOAD SETUP DEF Esc Quit MYV gt E Select Item F10 Save amp Exit setup Shift F2 Change Color Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key 35 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BI
3. 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 Additionally 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 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 User s Manual 34 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master
4. it interrupts itself and performs the service As above the choices are On and Off Offis the default When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM2 IRQ10 Reserved IRQ4 COM1 IRQ11 Reserved IRQ5 LPT2 IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ14 Reserved IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ15 Reserved IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir 27 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 PNP PCI Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed No Resources Controlled by Auto Reset Configuration Data Disabled Esc Quit AV gt D Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 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 OPNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 The choice Yes and No Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to auto
5. CI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFA LOAD BIOS SETUP Y N Y LOAD SETUP DEF Esc Quit MYV gt E Select Item F10 Save amp Exit setup Shift F2 Change Color This Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default setting are non optimal and disable all high performance features To load these default setting highlight Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirmation massage on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen 3 1 8 Load BIOS Defaults ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFA LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Y N Y JSAVING LOAD SETUP DEF Esc Quit AVD _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit setup Shift F2 Change Color This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Set
6. Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 Introduction This manual discusses Award s Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery back up RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award Basic Input Output System BIOS support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Starting Setup The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it When it finishes the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated by one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Del gt immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing the lt Del gt key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press lt DEL gt to enter SETUP 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 ma
7. Hz The Choice Disabled 100 150MHz The Choice 133 150MHz Jumper setting 133MHz must be setup 133 150MHz 133MHZ CPU Warning Current CPU Sys Temp FAN Speed Set the desire temperature that you want to get the warning beep when CPU temperature are higher than it option function All these information are showing the current situation of the CPU option function 3 1 5 Power Management Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Eve nts Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled DPMS Primary IDE 0 Disabled Suspend Primary IDE 1 Disabled 3 Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Disabled Floppy Disk Disabled 8 Min Serial Port Enabled Disabled Parallel P ort Disabled Power On Suspend 62 5 Disabled Instant O ff p i Esc Quit MYV gt E Select Item CPUFAN Off In Suspend Enabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Resume by Ring Enabled F5 0ld Vales Shif F2 Color Resume by Alarm Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled User s Manual 24 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 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 Power Management Its category al
8. OS Setup Utility 3 2 Upgrade BIOS Utili The upgrade process requires two files the new BIOS file XXXX bin and the upgrade utility awdflash exe Both files can be downloaded from your vendor s Web site RUNNING THE UPGRADE PROGRAM 1 Boot system from the bootable floppy diskette you created Booting from the diskette bypasses loading drivers from the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXE BAT files on the hard drive eliminating the possibility of loading a program a g a memory manager that conflicts with the AWARD flash utility QEMM are loaded If you try an error message appears 2 At the DOS command line type AWDFLASH and press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor should be opposite FILE NAME to PROGRAM 4 Type the name of the new BIOS file for example newbios bin and press lt Enter gt 5 At the bottom of the menu this prompt appears Do you Want to Save BIOS Y N 6 If you DO NOT wish to save the old BIOS type lt N gt and press lt Enter gt Then move to step 8 If you DO wish to save the old BIOS respond lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 7 In the File Name to Save field type a file name for the old BIOS for example oldbios bin and press lt Enter gt Your old BIOS is saved in a file as named in the default drive and directory in this example on the A drive 8 Then the program prompts you Do You Want to Update Y N 9 If you DO NOT wish to update the BIOS type lt N gt and press lt Ent
9. S will Auto Detect the HDD amp CD ROM Drive at the POST stage and showing the IDE for HDD amp CD ROM Drive TYPE drive type LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS MODE mode type If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press lt Enter gt Drive A Type Drive B Type The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer The choice None 360K 5 25in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in VIDEO The category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO HALT ON The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up The choice No errors All errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key MEMORY The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS User s Manual 18 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility Base Memory The POST will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is presen
10. ce Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a first and or second add in IDE interface IDE interface The choice Enabled Disabled QIDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode This item allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode The choice Enabled Disabled 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 31 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device 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 dr
11. compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP PCI IRQ Activated By This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system manufacturer The choice Level default and Edge PCI IDE IRQ Map To This allows you to configure your system to the type of IDE disk controller in use By default Setup assumes that your controller is an ISA Industry Standard Architecture device rather than a PCI controller The more apparent difference is the type of slot being used If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller changing this allows you to specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt A B C or D is associated with the connected hard drives Remember that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself rather than individual partitions Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard drives you can select the INT for each Again you will note that the primary has a lower interrupt than the secondary as described in S ot x Using INT above Selecting P CI Auto allows the system to automatically determine how your IDE disk system is configured 29 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 Load BIOS Setup ROM P
12. ctional port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode The choice SPP ECP EPP ECP EPP SPP User s Manual 32 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled Power ON Function This item allows you to select which way to power on your computer Password keyboard wake up your system press your password key and lt Enter gt key The choice Button Only Hot Key Password Keyboard 98 Mouse Move Mouse Click Setup your Password and enter it five words at Password most Then confirm your Password Hot Key Select lt Ctrl gt lt F1 gt lt F12 gt NOTE If you forget the password you set before you can read page 10 Clear CMOS Password Data JB1 to reset your CMOS Data 33 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 10 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are 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 Type the password up to eight
13. er gt The program exits to the command line Skip the remainder of this section and go directly to the next section If you DO wish to update the BIOS respond lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt When the updating is finished the following message appears Programming Flash Memory 3FFO0 for 2MB OK Please Power off or Reset System 10 Restart you system You BIOS should be successfully update User s Manual 36
14. ices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off PM Events You may disable activity monitoring of some common I O events and interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system The default wake up event is keyboard activity HDD Ports Activity When set to On default any event occurring at a HDD serial port will awaken a system which has been powered down COM Ports Activity When set to On default any event occurring at hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down User s Manual 26 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility Power ON by Ring When you select Enabled a signal from ring returns the system to Full On state The choice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm When you select Enabled the following fields appear They let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On state The choice Enabled Disabled LPT Ports Activity When set to On default any event occurring at a LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt Re Quests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request
15. ive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choice Auto Disabled Onboard FDC Controller This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The Choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with I O address The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The choice standard ASKIR HPSIR IR Function Duplex This item allows you to select the IR function when you select the UART 2 Mode is ASKIR The Choice Half Full RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine the active of RxD TxD The Choice Hi Hi Lo Lo Lo Hi Hi Lo Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Normal EPP Extended Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP PC AT parallel port Bi directional port Fast buffered port Fast buffered bi dire
16. lows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 Doze Mode 2 Suspend Mode 3 HDD Power Down There are for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 Saving hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU S Saving Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each User Defined of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable PM Control APM When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If Advance Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off After When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes N Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Ee Monitor blanked when the system enters either Susp Stby gt Off Suspend or Standby modes All Modes gt Off Monitor blanked when
17. matically 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 The choice Auto and Manual 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 choice Enabled and Disabled QIRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Assigned To When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt User s Manual 28 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP QDMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Assigned To When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices
18. n example of such option ROM would be support of on board SCSI The Choice Enabled Disabled 21 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled EDO DRAM Speed Selection 60 ns CPU Host Clock Disabled EDO CASx MA Wait State CPU Warning Temperature Disabled EDO RASx Wait State Current System Temp 23 J3 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay A Current CPU1 Temperature 30 6d SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Current CPUFAN1 Speed 5627 RPM SDRAM CAS lantecy Time Current CPUFAN2 Speed 5753 RPM SDRAM Precharge Control Current C PUFAN3 Speed ORPM DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable INO V 2 78V IN1 V 2 49V ideo BIOS Chacheable 433V 337V 45V 4 99V ideo RAM Chaceable 12V 12 46V 12V 12 54V 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 5V 5 04V 16 Bit 1 0 Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M 16M Esc Quit MV gt E Select Item Passive Release F1 Help PU PD Modify Delayed Transaction F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color AGP Aperture size MB F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications bet
19. nabled Disabled DRAM DATA Integrity Mode Memory parity check function in your memory module with parity check The Choice Non ECC ECC AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the 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 See www agpforum org for AGP information The Choice 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at CO000h F7FFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The Choice Enabled Disabled 23 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility CPU Host Clock 66MHz The Choice Disable 66 75 83MHz 100M
20. river This item allows you to determine whether enable the swap floppy driver or not The Choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk driver installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 720K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks The Choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status This allows you to determine the default status of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on The Choice On Off Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes Initially the gate A20 was handled User s Manual 20 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility via a pin on the keyboard Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20 The Choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting This determines if the typematic rate is to be used When disabled con tinually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movemen
21. t during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory free for application programs The BIOS is the most frequent user of this RAM area since this is where it shadows RAM 3 1 3 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ChipAwayVirus on Guard Enabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status On Boot Up System Speed High Gete A20 Option Normal ypematic Rate Setting Disabled ypematic Rate Chars S ec 16 ypematic Delay Msec 256 Security Option Setup IDE Second Channel Control Disabled Esc Quit AVD Select Item PS 2 mouse function control Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify PCINGA Palette Snoop Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 F6 Load BIOS Defaults Report No FDD For WIN 95 No F7 Load Setup Defaults 19 User s Manual
22. tegories Recall that some systems may not include all entries User s Manual 16 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 Standard CMOS Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Wed May 03 1999 Time hh mm ss 9 25 5 HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive A 1 44M 3 5in DriveB None Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 261120K Video EGANGA Other Memory HaltOn All Errors TotalMemory _262144K Ecs Quit MYE Select Item PU PD Modify Fl Help Shift F2 Change Color The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item DATE The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt Press lt F3 gt to show the calendar da The day from Sun to Sat determined y by the BIOS and is display onl ae e The date from 1 to 31 or the maximum month allowed in the month month The month Jan through Dec The year from 1994 through 2079 TIME The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The
23. the system enters any power saving mode Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked This selection will cause the system to turn off the V H SYNC Blank vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer 25 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards to select video power management values MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows you to set the off function of power button by software control The choice Delay 4 Sec Instant Off PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected See above for available selections Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other dev
24. time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 DAYLIGHT SAVING The category adds one hour to the clock when daylight saving time begins It also subtracts one hour when standard time returns 17 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave The categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been installed in the computer There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined Type user is user definable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press lt Enter gt Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User you will need to know the information listed below Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI the selection shall be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If you select Type Auto BIO
25. ts with the arrow keys The Choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated The Choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the delay between when the key was depressed and when the acceleration begins The Choice 250 500 750 1000 e Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and setup or just to setup The Choice System Setup 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 Enters gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter setup freely OOS Select for DRAM gt 64 MB This item allows you to access the memory that over 64MB in OS 2 The Choice Non OS2 OS2 PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not The Choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed The Choice Enabled Disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM A
26. up Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen User s Manual 30 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 9 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC DE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled DE Primary Master P 10 Auto Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 DE Primary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 DE Secondary Master PIO Auto UART Mode Select Normal DE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 DE Primary Master UDMA Auto Parallel Port Mode SPP DE Primary Slave UMA Auto DE Secondary Master UDMA Auto DE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto n Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled n Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled o o USB Keyboard Support Disabled nit Display First PCI Slot POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY Esc Quit AV gt D Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults On Chip First Channel This chipset contains a internal PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interfa
27. ween the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus 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 changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system DRAM SETTING The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and 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 Auto Configuration This item allows you selects pre determined optimal values for DRAM cache timing according to CPU type amp system clock The Choice Enabled Disabled EDO DRAM Speed Selection This value in this speed to fit your DRAM s timming The Choice 50ns 60ns User s Manual 22 Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility EDO CASx MA Wait State Use the default setting The Choice 1 2 EDO RASx Wait State Use the default setting The Choice 1 2 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Use the default setting The Choice 2 3 SDRAM CAS Precharge Time Use the default setting The Choice 2 3 SDRAM Precharge Control Use the default setting The Choice E
28. y also restart by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS lt F1 gt TO CONTINUE lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP 15 User s Manual Chapter 3 AWRD BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 Main Menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit F5 Menu In BIOS AVD Select Item F10 Save amp Exit setup Shift F2 Change Color Virus Protection Boot Sequence Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Press lt F5 gt key to see all Menu In BIOS M I B M I B is a friendly design for user to review BIOS menu by a simple keystroke Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup ca
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