Biostar U8668-D BIOS Owner's Manual
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1. 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume The Choices Auto default Yes No PWRON After PWR Fail This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not tumed on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually tumed on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Former Sts Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost For example If set to Former Sts and AC power is lost when system is live then after AC power is restored the system will automatically power on If AC power is lost when system is not live system w2. BIOS Setup Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off 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 Support Initial display power management signaling Modem Use IRQ 22 BIOS Setup This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices
3. Choices Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu 10 BIOS Setup APIC Mode Selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 CPU Hyper Treading This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading The Choices Enabled Disabled Default OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIO
4. Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key the POST process and notify you 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 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status 0n Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Disabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 CPU Hyper Threading Disabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64Mb LNon UDdZ Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Feature Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to control the Thermal Management The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 Defaul
5. OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disable for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy First Boot default LS120 Third Boot default HDD 0 Second Boot default SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Enabled Other Device default Disabled BIOS Setup Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Enabled Disabled default Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on The Choices On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The
6. Vcore 4 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V 5VSB V Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS F AN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The Choices Disabled Enabled default 29 BIOS Setup Chassis Open Warnning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Disabled Default Enabled Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature When this function is enabled the system will automatically shutdown if the CPU temperature reaches the shutdown temperature This function only works under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158F 30 BIOS Setup Frequency Control E Frequency Control Enabled Spread Spectrum CPU Clock 160 Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio This item occurs only in engineer s sample The Choices X8 default X9 X10 X11 X12 X13 X14 X15 X16 X17 X18 X19 X20 X21 X22 X23 Spread Spectrum This item a
7. configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CHOS and EXIT Y N Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to update bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features 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 selec
8. enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 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 13 BIOS Setup graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M default 256M 128M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode This item occurs only as using onboard VGA The Choices 4X 2X default 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DAH 218 default AGP Fast Write The Choices Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU amp PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the CPU amp PCI Bus Contr
9. BIOS Setup BIOS SC iia licctitianindisainasuantinniusiiniiaautindes 1 Main DU SW 5s o 2ias cavicowscasnansncvaniondeestertesansaniossnbosdosnekartvayectyursastisaetes 3 Standard CMOS Features eeseoseeososesesssessesosssesssessosesosssee 5 Standard CMOS Features eeseoseeososeseessessesosesesssessosesesssee 6 Advanced BIOS Features ee sesoresoossossosesosseossesosssesssessesse 8 Advanced Chipset Features o sooseooesooesoosessessscossseseose 12 Integrated Peripheral 0 0 cccssesssssscececsscsscescseecsssseeess 17 Power Management Setup ccsssessccscsccssseecsssscseneeees 21 PnP PCI Configurations esesoesosessosossesseocesosssoosessssorossss 26 PC Healt Status jas visiacdasasitatiencastdiaaniownusioasdeentervsderuvionsives 29 Frequency Comtroll n sccccsssssessesssscssscesssenesesecsnsscsnassvereaeaases 31 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award 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 backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel processors input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support
10. CI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and V O port conflicts IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output froma VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information co
11. S Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD PCIZVGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For YGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS 26 BIOS Setup If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to P
12. S will be copied to RAM for faster execution The Choices Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Enabled Disabled default ll BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and external cache It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Clock Drive Control AGP amp P2P Bridge Control CPU amp PCI Bus Control Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Delay Prior to Thermal VGA Share Memory Size FB Address Conversion FB Page Close Prediction Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled 16 Min 32M Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level b Press Enter to Set DRAH clock and Driving DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock label and then press the enter key it will take you
13. a submenu with the following options DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz 133MHz or By SPD The Choices 100MHz 133MHz By SPD default 12 BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices By SPD default Manual SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 2 5 default 2 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default Precharge to Active Trp This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 2T 3T default Active to Precharge Tras This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 6T default 5T Active to CMD Tred Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T default DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command 2T Command default DRAM Burst Len The Choices 4 default 8 CPU read DRAM Mode The Choices Medium default Slow Fast AGP amp P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the AGP amp P2P Bridge Control label and then press the
14. abled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Delay For HDD Detect Disabled VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options IDE DMA transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 172 BIOS Setup Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Sec
15. ault Disabled Delay For HDD Detect Some old hard disk drive need much more time to wait it ready if your hard disk drive can not been detected try to set this item to Enabled The Choices Disabled default Enabled 20 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features E Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 P0S Power Management Option User Define Menu Level gt HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Sof t Off by PWRBITN Instant Of Ff Run YGABIOS if 3 Resume Auto PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM 1 S3 POS STR Power Management Option This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following mode Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings s2 Te
16. e required to boot various supported configurations Example selections include 4 8 16 32 minutes The watchdog timer would generate an SMI presenting the BIOS an opportunity to enable the TCC in non ACPI compliant operating systems The Choices 16Min default 4Min 8Min 32Min VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size The Choices 32M default 8M 16M Disabled FB Address Conversion Setting this bit further optimizes the MA table for VGA frame buffer accesses according to the DRAM page size in use Setting this should improve VGA performance especially in tiling address mode This but cannot be used the same time as CPU Direct Access FB mode If used this bit must be set before enabling the internal VGA to prevent display corruption The Choices Enabled default Disabled 15 BIOS Setup FB Page Close Prediction This feature automatically close the FB DRAM pages that are no longer needed in tiling address mode This bit can be set cleared any time This feature will show maximum performance increase if frame buffer address conversion is also enabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 16 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Superl0 Device Press Enter Menu Leve Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All En
17. for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special 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 Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys
18. ill remain powered off IRQ Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a 23 BIOS Setup system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD amp FDD When this option is set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Wake Up On LAN Ring To use this function you need a LAN add on card which support power on function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump Disabled default Wake up on LAN Ring not supported Enabled Wake up on LAN Ring supported RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time cl
19. llows you to enable disable the Spread Spectrum function The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock x The clock range depends on the FSB of your CPU FSB 100MHz gt CPU Clock Range 100 132Mhz FSB 133MHz gt CPU Clock Range 133 165Mhz The Choices 100MHz Min default 132MHz Max 34 2 BIOS Setup If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt nsert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 32
20. ming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the Sho BIOS Setup graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISAbus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option The Choices Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 28 BIOS Setup PC Health Status Menu Level gt Enable Disable show HardWare Monitor Value Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Chassis Open Warnning Disabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU
21. ock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default Date of Month You can choose which month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring 24 BIOS Setup Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT amp COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Disabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQY IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 25 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows VO devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of 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 m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations 0S Se o 98 001 A O PrP P PNP 0
22. ol label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four Dwords of data Can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write 14 BIOS Setup When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Disabled Enabled default Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information The Choices Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default Delay Prior to Thermal The time periods would correspond to the amount of tim
23. ondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires 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 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This option allows you to control the onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 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 install and FDC or the system has no flopp
24. res Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS tl Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU clock ratio However when you try to change different CPU clock ratio you should check your CPU frequency in advance The CPU clock ratio should be changed depending on your CPU frequency Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These
25. rt Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled 19 BIOS Setup Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 5 10 default Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Onboard USB Controller VT6202 USB2 0 UHCI and EHCI Controller provides higher bandwidth 480 Mbps and is backward compatible with USB 1 1 The Choices Enabled Disabled Default USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboards The Choices Disabled default Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector The Choices Enable d def
26. t Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Bus Ratio This option represents the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot Min 0 Max 255 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0 X Default TM2 Bus VID This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375V Default 0 8375 1 6000 BIOS Setup Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 it should be Disabled for WinXP The Choices Disabled Default Enabled Virus Warning 1 This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x
27. t the value you wantin each item Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss 10 Menu Level Le IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGAZYGA Halt On All But Keyboard ove e ele PU PD e 9 e ene Dead 0 ed De m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Ttem Options Description Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are inits sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy disk 1 2M 5 25 in drive installed in your system Drive B 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Item Options Description Halt On All
28. to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit BIOS Setup Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu The information about BIOS defaults on manual is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CHOS Features Frequency Control Advanced BIOS Featu
29. y drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled default 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only ata time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 Game Po
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