Biostar P4TDG BIOS Owner's Manual
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1. Reload Global Timer Event Reload Global Timer 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 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D 23 P4TDG BIOS Setup 7 PnP PCI Configurations 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 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 W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By PCI VGA Palette Snoop 24 P4TDG BIOS Setup 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 If the Disabled default2. The Choices Off default NTSC PAL SECAM Video Connector This item allows you to select Video Connector The Choices Automatic default Composite Component Both 14 P4TDG BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals 0 Boot RO Onboard PCI LAN This option allows you to control the onboard PCI LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled 15 P4TDG BIOS Setup USB Keyboard Support The default value is Disabled Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled AC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices PCI Slot default AGP 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
3. 75 5 62 5 50 0 default 37 5 25 12 5 Wake Up Power On Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Wake Up Power On Control lable and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Wake Up by PCI card When you select Enable a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state The Choices Enabled default Disabled Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled default Disabled Wake Up On LAN 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 jumper The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to enable disable USB KB wake up from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time Alarm Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this functin will work 22 P4TDG BIOS Setup
4. Disabled Item Help IT 1 Henu Leve 0S will throttle the CPU when the CPU emperature is reaching the tempeture Shutdown Temperature Show H W Monitor in POST CPU Warning Temperature The item will prevent CPU from overheating The Choices Disabled default 509C 1229F 53 C 127 F 569C 1339F 609C 1409F 639C 1459F 669C 1519F 709C 1589F Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU1 temperature Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed Current CPUFAN2 Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN2 speed 27 PATDG BIOS Setup CPU Vore Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V VBAT V SVSB V Detect the system s voltage status automatically Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled 28 P4TDG BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control W Figure 9 Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio Item Help Auto Detect PCI Clk CPU Clock CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disabl
5. Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu P4TDG BIOS Setup 1 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 WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu Esc Quit Menu in BIOS tle Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features P4TDG BIOS Setup 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 y
6. automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard I O Chip Setup If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onboard Super IO Device lable 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 floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 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 16 PATDG BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 default 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 default ASKIR IrDA RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine the active of RxD TxD The Choices Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable d
7. drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO P4TDG BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard the POST process and All but Diskette notify you All but Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system P4TDG BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix flardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning is Ttem Help Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NunLock Status Henu Level Gate R20 Option ast Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OSI 0S Select For DRAM gt 64MB Small Logo EPA Show Summary Screen Show Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup tle Hove Enter Select PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Previous Values Fi Optimized Defaults Virus Warning 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 sec
8. 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 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 I 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 IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 as
9. P4TDG BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 25er nete ee eoe roe bees tet eie e noes esae aede ese eter esto iss 1 Main Ment MEE N 3 2 Standard CMOS Features Sireni niaaa EE a E E AO 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features Suninen nee a a E E Ris 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features sese 12 5 Integrated Peripherals sse 15 6 Power Management Setup occ ssceeeeeeeceeseseneeeesseceesesseeeceaecaeeeeeaens 19 7 PnP PCI Configurations sese eneen nnne nnne 24 8 PE Health SGUS cierto ete dose rte diee e el oben 27 9 Frequency Control eie i te etit e Rege eere pe En RR n 29 P4TDG 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 Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support 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 sy
10. e auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled 29 P4TDG BIOS Setup CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 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 Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor X It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage A If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is 30
11. efault 5 IDE Devices Control The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate an interface If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IDE Devices Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE 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 through 4 provides successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 IDE Primary Secondary 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 C
12. g Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY V N N P4TDG BIOS Setup 2 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 select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss DE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master DE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On PATDG BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Set the system internal clock Time IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy 1 2M 525 in disk
13. hoices Auto default Disabled 18 PATDG BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features W Figure 6 Power Management Setup LoLt US Menu Level ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type Ib Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BITN PURON After PHR Fail CPU THRM Throttling Hake Up Power On Control Reload Global Timer Event f 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 S1 amp S3 POS STR 19 P4TDG BIOS Setup 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 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min Use
14. ing 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 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 turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Former Sts default Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Off Means always set CMOS to the Off status 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 will remain powered off 21 P4TDG BIOS Setup CPU THRM Throttling Select the CPU THRM Throttling rate The Choices 87 5
15. isable IR transmission delay The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 at a time The Choices Halt default Full Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals The Choices IR Rx2Tx2 default RxD2 TxD2 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 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 Normal Supports EPP or ECP mode EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP 1 9 17 P4TDG BIOS Setup ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled 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 10 d
16. ncy Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 1 5 default 2 2 5 12 P4TDG BIOS Setup Active to Precharge Delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices 7 default 6 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field let 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 and slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 3 default 2 DRAM RAS Precharge If an insufficient number of cycle is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 3 default 2 Memory Frequency For This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default DDR200 DDR266 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows cachi
17. ng of the video BIOS resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Disabled default Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Disabled default Enabled 13 P4TDG BIOS Setup 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 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 The Choices Enabled default Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The apertures 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 64 default 4 8 16 32 128 256 Panel Scaling The Choices Auto default On Off Panel Number The Choices 1 default 2 16 TV Standard This item allows you to select TV signal
18. oppy 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 11 P4TDG BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage 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 W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help CAS Latency Time fictive to Precharge Delay 7 DRAM RAS to CASH Delay 3 DRAH RASH Precharge Hemory Frequency For System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAH Cacheable Memory Hole fit 15H 16H Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size MB Panel Scaling Panel Number TV Standard Video Connector tl Move Enter Select PU PD YValue Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults DRAM Timing Selectable When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS Late
19. our system Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These 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 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 4 P4TDG BIOS Setup Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Savin
20. p default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode By 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 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 10 P4TDG BIOS Setup Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled default Enabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq amp Floppy First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Fl
21. r Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each 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 Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank 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 default Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The Choices Yes default No Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type The Choices PwrOn Suspend default Stop Grant 20 PATDG BIOS Setup Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Press
22. signed to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device 25 P4TDG BIOS Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the 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 ISA bus 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 Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function 26 P4TDG BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature
23. stem 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 P4TDG 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 Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium 4 CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press F1 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 Right arrow Move to the item on the ri Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes
24. tor BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys P4TDG BIOS Setup Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 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 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 Setu
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