Biostar P4ARA BIOS Owner's Manual
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1. Min 0 Max 25 The Choices 64 default 25 P4ARA BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Ae el Al xl nix fward WorkstationBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Menu Level ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F Disabled default Show H W Monitorin 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 Chassis Open Warning Enable Disable Chassis Open Warning Beep The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU Veore 3 3V 5 0V 12 V 12 V Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature 26 P4ARA BIOS Setup Show you the current CPU temperature Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 27 P4ARA BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control m Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setu2. NO P4ARA BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you 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 P4ARA BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup y zh EW lol x x Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup press Enter gt Cache Setup ress Enter Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level gt Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Hode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Summary Screen Show Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the seq
3. P4ARA BIOS Setup BIOS SE TEE l Man Me n eege EEGEN 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 02 065 Seeeceeecabaceteaeescteeuseaeeesvesnevedonsessvossapseuhaeenas 6 SAdvanced BIOS Features ses gue 05 ait sence sh BYE stevens e R R ER aE Toara 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 12 5 Integrated Peripherals rami cat ceases ee eege doen 15 6 Power Management Setup oo eee ieir E AE A iE 20 PnP P CH COMP EE 23 SPC Health TEE 26 E Te UE 28 P4ARA 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 tumed 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 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
4. 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 This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba P4ARA 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 lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys 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 K
5. Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 amp 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 followin g modes 1 HDD Power Down 20 P4ARA BIOS Setup There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable 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 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 t
6. USB EHCI Controller Disabled OnChip USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults SB200 OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the SB200 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 onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE DMA read write function 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 installa 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 15 P4ARA BIOS Setup The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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
7. abled default Enable quick POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys 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 Settin 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 10 P4ARA BIOS Setup 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 applyif passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled defau
8. 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 will remain powered off 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 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 10 default 5 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 18 P4ARA BIOS Setup USB EHCI Controller This item allows you to enabled or disabled the USB EHCI Controller integrated in ICH4 The Choices Disabled default Enabled OnChip USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support The default value is Disabled Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support The default value is Disabled Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled defa
9. 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 24 P4ARA BIOS Setup 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 IR For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Latency Timer CLK This items allows the end user to specify the value of the Letency Timer for the PCI bus master But the hardwired value must be limited to 25 or less
10. e 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 Save amp Exit Setup P4ARA BIOS 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 upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N P4ARA 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 Phoenix Award Workstat
11. erals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tle Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CM OS 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 P4ARA 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 your 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 ar
12. eystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to nextitem Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar 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 Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes 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 General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the optimized defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit P4ARA 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 Phoenix ward WorkstationBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Periph
13. fferent function to power on the computer The Choices Hot Key default Password Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Key Button Only Keyboard 98 16 P4ARA BIOS Setup KB Power ON Password Press Enter to configure the K8 Power ON Password The Choices PCI Slot default AGP Hot Key Power ON This option allows you to choose a hot key to power on The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ce Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 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 Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 3F8 IRQ4 default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 2F8 IRQ3 default Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA SCR 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 d
14. he video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling 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 21 P4ARA BIOS Setup Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock 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 22 P4ARA 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 m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix fward Worksta
15. ices Auto default CRT CLD DFP TV CRT Force Other Auto TV Force Other Auto CRT Force TV Force TV Standard By supporting TV this item offers the end users to select the TV mode The Choices NTSC default PAL PAL M PAL 60 NTSC JAP PAL W PAL N SCART_RGB Memory Hole 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 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable 13 P4ARA BIOS Setup option allows cachng of the system BIOS ROM at However any programs Selecting the Enabled F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default Spectrum Spreading Amount This item allows you to enable disable the Spread Spectrum function The Choices Disabled default 0 25 0 50 0 75 1 00 1 25 1 50 1 75 a I O O 14 P4ARA BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals EW olx Phoenix ward WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt SB200 OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt SB200 OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt Init Display First PCI Slot
16. ionBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Time Chh imm ss betes I Cat Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Hone IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC rExit F1 General Help FS5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults P4ARA 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 Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive A 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your i system 720K 3 5 in Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MO
17. irection only at a 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 17 P4ARA BIOS Setup ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities P ort 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 PWRON After P WR 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 GV If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on SVSB 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 Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when AC power is lost On Means
18. is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides 23 P4ARA BIOS Setup 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 IR 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 assigned 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 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
19. lt 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 HDD S M A R T Capability This item allows you to enable disable the S M A R T function of the hard disk The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 11 P4ARA BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset mstalled on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM 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 VIEW el El Je Al l Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Memory Timing Parameter Auto CAS Latency 1 Clock Henu Level TRCD 1 Clock TRP 1 Clock TRAS 1 Cl
20. ock AGP Aperture Size 128MB UMA Frame Buffer Size 32MB Video Display Devices Auto Ty Standard GINA Hemory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Spectrum Spreading Amount Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Memory Frequency For This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 Memory Timing Parameter This item allows you to select the Memory Timing Parameter Auto default 12 P4ARA BIOS Setup CAS Latency_ When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 2 5 default 1 clock 2 3 4 1 5 2 5 3 5 TRCD The Choices 3 default 1 clock 2 3 4 TRP The Choices 3 default 1 clock 2 3 4 TRAS The Choices 8 default 1 clock 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 The Choices 512M 128M 256M default 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M 1G UMA Frame Buffer Size The Choices 32MB default 8MB 16MB 64MB 128MB None Video Display Device This item supports the display of CRT CLD DFP and TV The Cho
21. p Utility Frequency Voltage Control FSB Over Clock By Menu Level gt DRAM Over Clock By ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Current FSB Frequency This item shows the current CPU Front Side Bus Frequency FSB Over Clock By This item allows end users to add on the Front Side Bus clock The maximum range is within 15 MHz Current DRAM Frequency This item shows the current DRAM Frequency DRAM Over Clock By This item allows end users to add on the DRAM clock by the end user The maximum ran ge is within 15 MHz 28 P4ARA BIOS Setup A 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 JCOMS1 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 29
22. 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 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 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 Choices Auto default Disabled SB200 OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the SB200 OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard SATA Controller This option allows you to control the onboard SATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device POWER ON Function This option allows you to choose the di
23. tionBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By AutoCESCD Menu Level Default is Disabled PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to Assign IRQ For UGA Enabled reset Extended System Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Configuration Data 64 PCI Latency Timer CLK 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 OS cannot boot tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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 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 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
24. uence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 USB FDD USB CDROM USB HDD LAN Enabled Disabled 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 Disabled default enabled Cache Setup P4ARA BIOS Setup 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 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 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 Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading 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 Disabled Normal POST En
25. ult Disable USB Mouse Support IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block 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 19 P4ARA 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 m Figure 6 Power Management Setup x Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S Power Management Option User Define Menu Level D HDD Power Down Disabled Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method UH SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTH Instant Off de PCI Card Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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
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