Biostar NF325-A7 V1.0/1.1 Owner's Manual
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1. tlee 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 Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 83 POS STR 25 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Power Manage ment This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min 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 I 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 synch2. Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHERTM Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Wndows Me Windows XP SCO UNIX etc PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional NF325 A7 1 3 LAYOUT OF VERSION 1 0 JKBMSV1 E SBV1 SATA5 PN PD ae or es ve 2 ve ED oe OLA Note 1 O represents the 1 pin 2 JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional and only one of them can be chosen NF325 A7 IPTmUNW gt 1 4 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1 0 JATXPWR1 2 ATX power K IDE1 2 Hard disk connectors connectors JUSBV1 Power source for JUSB3 L JSFAN1 System fan connector JKBMSV1 Power sourcefor JKBMS1 M JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header Back panel connectors N JCI1 Case open Header JAUDIO1 Audio out header O JUSB1 2 Front USB headers AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot P JUSBV3 Power sourcef or JUSB1 2 JCDIN1 CD ROM audio in header Q JSATA4 5 Serial ATA connectors JSPDIF OUT Digital audio out header R FDD1 Floppy disk connector optional PCI1 5 Peripheral Component S DDR1 2 DDR memory modules Interconnect slots JPANEL1 Front panel connector T JCFAN1 CPU fan connector NF325 A7 1 5 LAYOUT OF V
3. System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 18 NF325 A7 B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage ofthe CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling wth the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Pluginthe power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 19 NF325 A7 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING Probable Soluton No power to the system at all E Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not Replace cable turn on Contact technical support Indicator light on key board does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of are on power indicator lights are lit the DIMM press down firmly until the and hard driv e is spinning module snaps i
4. 27 2005 Time Chh mm 5s IZA Menu Level gt IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel 0 Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults NF325 A7 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 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 MONO NF325 A7 BIOS Setup
5. Normal Operation Def aut Clear CMOS data Pin 2 3 close X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data SPSS 17 NF325 A7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One long beep followed by two short Video card not found orvideo card beeps memory bad up One Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 2 OO RO OI Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Hash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boo up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt
6. RTL8201BL E Supports 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s auto negotiation I Half Full duplex capability On Board AC 97 Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 I Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 spedfication I Supports S PDIF out optional I Supports 6 channels NF325 A7 Front Side On board Peripherals 1 audio out header supports 1 line in 1 line out and 1MIC ports 1 serial header supports 1 serial COM port JCOM2 optional 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM device One extra CD in connectoris optional for v1 1 only 1 S PDIF out connector supports 1 digital audio out port Digital audio out function is optional for both versions 1 S PDIF in comector supports 1 digital audioin port Digital audio in function is optional for v1 1 only 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports 2 IDE comectors support 4 hard disk devices 2 Se al ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices Rear Back Side Connectors N om 3 e 7 Ke 1 parallel port 1RJ 45 LAN jack 1 audio port 1 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse port 1 serial port JCOM3 is optional 4 USB 2 0 ports JUSIZANI JKEME 1 LAN PSP IP ANT Mouse Parallel rik USBX2 JALUK ine In rround Line Out Mic In 1 Base Center ve yboard USB e S N NF325 A7 B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function
7. about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on ourmain panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder M technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed thatis either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 21 NF325 A7 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please dick Next button and followthe default procedure to install acces lo a Mr ran de aap pre A eed eal tp gee an yma rd Toir rie kok H 2 When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Trail el ied Corpa Zaig ha brad rotar gs arose m FOG CIE D Lern dg TE SE bia Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this use
8. is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EP A 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 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AW ARD 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 CP Us This AWARD BIOS supports the Nvidia 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 Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move
9. 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 Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes 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 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 NF325 A7 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 amp 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 meardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp E
10. 3 CO M2 Header JCO M2 Optional This header allows user to connect additional serial cable on he PC back panel It can be used to connect serial devices for example mouse or modem 1 800DOQJQ 9 JCOM2 Header Pin Assignment Pin Assignment QUE Ground 6 RIN2 8 cun o oa NF325 A7 Front Panel Au dio out Header JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors 1 SO0000DD 1 3 JAUDIO1 T AN NO ST Mic power Bass 4 Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right line out Speaker out Right Right NON CEN E SIN 9 Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right Right 13 Left line ivRear speaker Left 14 Left line ivRear speaker Left CD ROM Audio in Connector JCDIN1 JCDIN2 JCDIN2 is optional This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment Left channel input Right channel input Digital Audio out Connector JSPDIF_O UT optional This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment i JCDIN1 JCDIN2 SPDIF OUT 1 JSPDIF OUT NF325 A7 Digital Audio in Connector JSPDIF IN optional This connect
11. ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled 20 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled MAC LAN nVIDIA This option allows you to change the state ofthe onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto Default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Mac Media Interface The choices RGMIIDefault Reltek Giga LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled VIA FIRE WIRE The Choices Enabled default Disabled 21 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device Figure5 3 Super IO Device Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super I0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Menu Level gt gt VART Mode Select Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 1R07 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 ave ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Contro
12. ERSION 1 1 eee i ae Guo M7T1 JATXPWRi JSATAS JSATA4 P 17 1 AGP1 Note 1 O represents the 1 pin 2 JCOM2 and JCOMB3 are optional and only one of them can be chosen NF325 A7 O W 1 6 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1 1 JATXPWR1 2 ATX power L connectors JUSBV1 Power source for JUSB3 M JKBMSV1 Power sourcef or JKBMS1 N Back panel connectors including O COM2 header JSPDIF IN Digital audio out header Pp optional AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot JAUDIO1 Audio out header JCDIN1 JCDIN2 CD ROM audio in header JCDIN2 is optional PCl1 5 Peripheral Component T Interconnect slots JSPDIF OUT Digital audio out header U optional CNR1 Communication Network V Riser slot nmo JPANEL1 Front panel connector IDE1 2 Hard disk connectors JSFAN1 System fan connector JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header JCI1 Case open Header JUSB1 2 Front USB headers JUSBV3 Power sourcef or JUSB1 2 JSATA4 5 Serial ATA connectors FDD1 Floppy disk connector DDR1 2 DDR memory modules JCFAN1 CPU fan connector NF325 A7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle a m Step 2 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the corre
13. Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave RAID The Choices Disabled default Enabled SATA Primary secondary RAID The Choices Disabled default Enabled 19 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Onboard Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onboard Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Figure5 2 Onboard Device ardB 10 MU etup Utility Onboard Device USB KB Storeage Support Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Menu Level gt gt Serial ATA 2C Internal PHY Enabled ACS Audio Auto HC97 Modem Auto MAC LanCnVIDIA Auto Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled MAC Media Interface RGMIT Reltek Giga LAN Enabled Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM Disabled VIA FIRE WIRE Enabled tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip USB 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 V1 1 V2 0 default Disabled V1 1 USB Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB legacy The Choices Enabled Default Disabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse The Choices Disabled default Enabled Serial ATA Enables support for Serial
14. Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Al 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 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode small Logo EPA Show Summary Screen Show Cache Setup Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Disabled Enabled on Fast Disabled Setup Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Enabled Disabled Press Enter Press Enter Item Help Menu Level gt Select Hard Disk Boot Dev 1 fice Priority Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the se
15. NF325 A7 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and s pecially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor approval in writing The content of this users manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this users manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 INtroducNonsuasnmmnnnuieninmnnn iii cia 1 1 1 Mainboard Features 0 0 eee nono no nono aaa 1 12 Package Checklist rrrrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrerererererererer
16. UP 3 1 HOW TOSETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumperis close if not that means the jumperis open E Fo E 1 Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 32 DETAIL SETTINGS Power Connectors JATXPW R1 PATXPW R2 JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin Assignment e pr sv gt 5 fear 5 CEC av po roa mo 8 fv pe see JAXPWR2 2 Hay 4 Ground NF325 A7 Power Source Selection Headers for USB JUSB V1 JUSB V 3 Assignment Description JUSBV1 5V for JUSB3 JUSBV3 5V for JUSB1 2 JUSBV1 JUSB3 is powered with 5V standby voltage JUSBV3 JUSB1 2 are powered 5V Pin 2 3 close standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device JUSBV3 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 23 individually Power Source Selection Headers for Keyboard Mouse JKBMS V1 Assignment Description 3 5V for PS 2 key board and mouse 1 Pin 1 2 close s ol 5V Standby PS 2 keyboard and mouse are 2 Voltage powered with 5V standby v oltage 1 Pin_2 3 close Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBMSV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2
17. above Tr 7 MHz o ae Mua 66 5 MHz TA 8 ES 333 MHz PCICLOCK MHz S 132 7 ERCON 100 wEWORYCLOCK man PERCENTAGE Hardware Monitor Button a Over clock percentage 100 PV Overclock Bullion Voltage Button OA 11 46 AM 24 NF325 A7 3 Voltage Panel Clickthe Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes NF325 A7 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure o a Feocuver Dab y yr gt 2 H stet Baton i A mM H gt Guten TEE Boo IHH Euston 493 nem Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1 MHz button 1 MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Waming Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best resultfory
18. ault 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 Cache Setup Figure3 2 Cache Setup Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt gt ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Internal Cache This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled External Cache This option you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache 12 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Figure3 3 Boot Seq amp Flo oenix Award I etup Utility Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup i Hard Disk Second Boot Device Third Boot Device L 120 Menu Level gt gt Boot Other Device Enabled ppy Setup 4 Select Your Boot Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Device Priority Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequ
19. charge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank Typically 20 24 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS CPU OverClock in MHz The Choices 200 default 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 AGP OverClock in MHz The Choices 66 default 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 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 64M 256M 128M Default 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP 3 0 Speed The Choices Auto default AGP 2 0 Speed The Choices Auto default 1x 1x2x 1x2x4x AGP Fast Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Auto default Disabled 16 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup AGP Sideband Address The Choices Auto default Disabled Clock Spread Address Spectrum The choice Ena bled default disabled HT Frequency The choice 4x default Special I O for PCI Card The Choices Disabled default Enabled Base I O Address The Choices 0000 default VO Length The Choices 1 byte default System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FO000h FFFFFh which can improve system performa
20. ct orientation NF325 A7 Step 3 Hold the CPU down fimly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 10 NF325 A7 2 2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 ge JCFAN1 ME FAN RPM rate sense System Fan Header JSFANI Hi 1 Ground ssai 2 tev WES FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN isupport system coolingf an with Smart Fan Control utility lt supports 3 pin headconnector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 23 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION 2 2 1 DDR Module installation 1 Unlocka DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and fimlyinto the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated NF325 A7 2 4 CONNECTORS amp SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller
21. efaults 14 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup DRAM Configuration Figure 4 1 DRAM Configuration Max He 1T 2T CASH 1 RAS t Min RA Row pr t1 Move Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration Auto Memory Timing atency Tcl Auto Menu Level gt gt o CASH delay Tred Auto St active time Tras Auto Places an artificial echarge Time Trp Auto memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Max Memclock MHz Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices 200 Default 166 133 100 CAS Latency This field specify the cas latency i e cas to read data valid The Choices CL 2 5 Default CL 3 0 CL 2 0 RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS 7 BUS CLOCKS Min RAS active time tRAS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 6 BUS CLOCKS Default 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 15 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Row precharge Time tRP This field specifies the Row precharge Time Pre
22. ence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN HPT370 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 Hoppy 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 13 NF325 A7 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 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 gt DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU Overclock in MHz 200 AGP OverClock in MHz 66 Menu Level gt AGP Aperture Size MB 128M DRAM timing and AGP 2 0 Speed Auto control AGP Fast Write Auto AGP Sideband Address Auto Clock Spread Spectrum Enabled HT Frequency 4x Special 1 0 for PCI Card Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized D
23. ereren 4 1 3 Layout of Version 1 0 0 0 eee 5 1 4 Components of Version LOD oococccccininicocicocicinininininess 6 1 5 Layout of Version 1 1 eee 7 16 Components of Version L1l mernnnnononnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnenn 8 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ru arravenvnnnavnnvnnvnvnnennnnvnnenn 9 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU ccccccceccesssssseeeeeeeeees 9 22 Fan Headers rnrararnrararnrarnrnrnrnrnrnenrsrsnsesererererereresesen 11 2 3 Memory Modules Installation erervrrrrrrrrrrrrnrnrnrnnnn 11 2 4 Connectors amp SIO oooooccccccnnncncnononononononononononananininnns 12 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup rrrnrranunvnnnannnennnnennr 13 3 1 How to setup JUMPETS coooocccccnonccononnncnnnnnnnnnnnonennnnnnnnnns 13 3 2 PEE 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help nmrarnnvnnnnennvnnnavnnnnanannnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnennennnnr 18 4 1 Award BIOS Beep COdB oocococccoccccccncncncnonononononononononnnns 18 4 2 Extra Information 0 0 0 0 eae 18 4 3 Troubleshooting eae 20 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder mrmrsrusnunnnnnanunnnnnannnnnnnnnnnennnnennr 21 51 O 21 5 2 System Requirement nannnnnnnnn ann nn n nn nn nnnnnnnnnr 21 5 3 Installation ss Ls A A 22 5 4 WarpSpeeder indudes 1 tray icon and 5panels 23 NF325 A7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MAINBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU E Supports Socket 754 E Supports AMD Athlon 64 Sempron processor Chipset I NVIDIA nForce3 250 HyperTransport link
24. et 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 NF325 A7 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 Passwo 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 Y 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 NF325 A7 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 P gDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix fwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Jan
25. ge This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default 1 7 3 4 5 1 DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices Default Default 2 75V 2 85V 2 90V AGP Voltage This item allows you to select AGP Voltage Control The Choices Default Default 33 NF325 A7 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 Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 34
26. gned to the ISA Bus and provides 28 NF325 A7 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 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 PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device 29 NF325 A7 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 displa
27. hanges to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix fwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By AutoCESCD Menu Level gt Default is Disabled PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F 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 is assi
28. ller 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 22 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 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 direction 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 ECP Using Parallel P
29. lt AGP IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer The Choices Hot Key default Password Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Key Button Only Keyboard 98 K8 Power ON Password Press Enter to configure the K8 Power ON Password The Choices PCI Slot default AGP 24 NF325 A7 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 E Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBI0S CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S3 Power Management User Define Menu Level Video Off Method DPHS Support HDD Power Down Disabled Soft 0ff by PBTH Instant 0ff WOLCPHE From Soft 0ff Disabled WORCRI From Soft Off Disabled USB Resume from 3 Disabled Power On by Alarm Disabled
30. nce However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default 17 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Onboard Device SuperIO Device Onchip IDE Channel0 Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Onchip IDE Channell Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE Prefetch Mode Init Display First IDE DMA transfer access IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled PCI Slot Enabled Enabled Hot KEY Enter Menu Level T1 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values ESC Exit Fl General Help 7 Optimized Defaults 18 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Figure5 1 IDE Function Setup p IDE Function Setup IDE RAID Disabled Item stem Help A Level tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC
31. nnnonononcononnccononn co on nc con no nan 14 5 Integrated Peripherals iii a 18 6 Power Management Setup srrooerenvnnnrnnvenrrnvnvenernnrnennsennreneaseenenrrnnsresennersenen 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations neveenvvereerrvrrerrrrsnerrrrserrrvenerraveneenenseneeerreressrserssnne 28 8 PO Health Statussudsn state its 31 Voltage Coto diia 33 NF325 A7 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 Nvidia CK8 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 Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write
32. nto place System does not boot from hard disk 1 Check cable runningfrom disk tq driv e can be booted from optical drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive 1 Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but bootingfrom hard disk 2 Ref ormat the hard drive is impossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Cannot boot system after installing 2 Set master slave jumpers second hard driv e correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive ty pes Call the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives NF325 A7 CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions
33. or will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header y Pin Assignment I EH SPDIF OUT kj bare Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 This 24 pin connectorindudes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 2 CIO OCI KR 24 NKK KE 23 JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function EAS 2 Sleep control Sleep 3 NA ISpeaker 4 Ground button SA Jcomneetor 5 WA so 9 HDD LED Hard drive Power LED pas Reset Power on mi Dr 7 NA 8 Key gt 1 a IrDA IrDA PEN e 22 Ground Connector Case O pen Header JCH This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 16 NF325 A7 Front USB Headers JUSB1 2 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables on the PC front panel Also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 3 28880 21055 a os JUSB1 JUSB2 USB 6 USB 7 eom f e CTI 9 key 10 ne Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard JOmosi Assignment
34. ort as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select ECP port type 1 or 3 The Choices 3 default 1 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 increase performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 and 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 23 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 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 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 defau
35. ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pitan seleci erecta opten hal vil decida what kid of boring you mari lo do alter sde lado nba Dpi Bioup E Aedo ho Hedw Del mult CPU Clock Value NF325 A7 C Auto overclock button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performan and frequency automaiically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure y our display card s color de
36. pematic 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 mdividuals 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 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 11 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled def
37. pth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Clickthe Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status infomation of your sy stem The information will be refreshed every 1 second E a een NF325 A7 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder M utility gps t 5 Version 0 9 5 9 28 NF325 A7 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WamSpeeder M utility more robust 03 09 2005 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup AAA dere eatea aS insa LM Mens ee GE 3 2 St nd rd CMOS Features iii cli 6 3 Advanced BIOS EEatroS uan 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features oooococoncccconncionnnnnionannn
38. quence selected in these items Figure 3 1 Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix AwardBIO CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level gt gt Sec Slave USBHDDO E Use lt t gt or lt i gt to USBHDD1 select a device then USBHDD2 press lt gt to move it Bootable Add in Cards up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu SO A OS OF LE Ge ND O Ma ae tJ Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USB HDDI USB HDD and Bootable Add in Cards 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 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 Enabled default Enable quick POST 10 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Ty
39. r manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 22 NF325 A7 5 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Traylcon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar OS 11 33 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder M Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder M directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanuch Utility i Ext fer Sete aes NF325 A7 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please referto the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory dock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels C With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120
40. re 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 CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices SMART default Always On 31 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup CPU Veoore 3 3 V 5 0V 12V 12V 5V 5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage and battery status automatically Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPU FAN speed Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of the SYSTEM fan 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 This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Waming beep The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 32 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 9 Voltage Control E Figure 9 Voltage Control Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Control DDR Voltage Default CPU Voltage Default Henu Level gt AGP Voltage Default DDR Voltage Default tl 1Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Volta
41. ronization 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 26 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 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 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Soft Off by PBTN 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 WOL PMEf From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled WOR RT From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On by Alarm When you select Enabled an alarm returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Di NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCL 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 c
42. that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 1 33 functionality lt has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Yourmonitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video effidency and performance especially with 3D graphics Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 5 This motherboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits CNR1 Communication Network Riser Slot For Version 1 1 only The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports modem only Vote THISCNR Sot Supports Smartlink CNR Card only Serial ATA Connector JSATA4 5 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce 3 250 with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Sm a ISATA SAR see fe aroma a NF325 A7 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SET
43. to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU Supports AQP 3 0 8x interface Supports system and power management Supports PIO Mode 5 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 1 00 133 Bus Master Mode Supports USB 2 0 8 ports Complaints with PCI Version 2 3 specification Complaints with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification Fast ATA 133 IDE controllers Dimensions ATX Form Factor 20 5cm W 29 3cm L Version 1 0 20 5cm W 30 48cm L Version 1 1 Slots I Five 32 bit PCI bus master slots One AGP 8x slot One CNR slot for Version 1 1 only See p 12 for supporting information Serial ATA I Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports I Compliant with SATA 1 0 specification I Data transfer rates up to 150MB s NF325 A7 Main Memory I Supports up to 2 DDR devices E Supports 200 266 333 400 MHz DDR devices I Certified DDR400 List Please check the website http www biostar com tw products mainboard board php3 name NF325 A7 i Maximum memory size is 2GB DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Location Size MB DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2 GB Super I O I Chip ITE IT8712F I Low Pin Count Interface I Provides the mos commonly used legacy Super VO functionality I Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor ITE s Smart Guardian function On Board IDE E Supports 4 IDE disk drives I Supports PIO mode 4 Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 bus master mode 10 100 LAN I PHY
44. xit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Quit F9 Menu in BIOS a 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 NF325 A7 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 Sta tus This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Voltage 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 N N S
45. y 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 30 NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Control by Always ON Menu Level g Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Chassis Open Warnning Disabled tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperatu
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