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Biostar K8T890-A7 Owner's Manual

1. Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in floppy disk drive installed in your 720K 3 5 in system 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGANGA Select the default CGA40 video device CGA80 MONO K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in No Errors which All but you want the BIOS to Keyboard stop All but the POST process Diskette and All but Disk notify you Key Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount Memory of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Item Help gt Shadow Setup Press Enter gt Cache Setup Press Enter Menu Level gt Virus Warning Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status n Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB 052 Delay For HDD Secs 0 Small LogoCEPA Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled
2. provide user the ability to do real time overdock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potertialy dangerous especialy when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verity 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 result f ory ou Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot naccsoary akon hal decide whal kind of you rani io do alter zem Lai cafe ibat O plier Bipun Rericae bo andes D elut CPLI Clock Value 24 8 89 7 Auto overclock button User click this button WarpSpeeder M will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically 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 M utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload 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
3. Supports ACPI PCI power management Onboard A C 97 Sound Codec Chip ALC655 E Support 6 channels u Supports S PDIF out and S PDIF in optional function I Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 spedfication Internal On board 1 0 Connectors and Headers L 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function 1 S PDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function 1 S PDIF In connector supports digital audioin function optional 1 chassis open header supports case opened warning function L 1 FDD connector supports 2 Hoppy drives with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 1 audio DJ header optional u 1 Wake up on LAN header optional 8 89 7 Back Panel 1 0 Connectors E 4USB 2 0 ports 1 Serial port 2 is optional 1 Parallel port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse amp Keyboard port 1 Vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 Line out connector and 1 MIC in connector Line In Surround Line Out Mic In 1 Base Center COM2 opti onal B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS E Supports APM1 2 ACPI and USB functions Software Supports 9 Touch Rasher M winFlasher V and Warpspeeder V E Offers the highest perfomance for Windows 98SE Windows NT
4. tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup BootSeq amp Flo Setu This item allows you to setup boot seq amp Floppy E Figure3 1 Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup MU etup Utility amp Floppy Setup gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter i F1 1 First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Menu Level gt gt Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults e First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices m the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy default LS120 Hard Disk SCSI CDROM ZIP100 LAN Disabled Swap Hoppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled 10 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Hard Disk Boot Priorit m Figure3 1 1 Disk Boot Priority Phoenix fAwa
5. Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Linux Fedora and UNIX series 8 89 7 115 FDD cable 1 HDD cable x1 User s Manual 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1 Rear I O panel for ATX case x1 USB 2 0 cable x1 optional Serial ATA cable x2 optional S PDIF out cable x1 optional 8 89 7 1 3 LAYOUT E KBMS1 H D 2 m EN I Ea XPWR2 SB1 ESL AUDIO1 VT8237R 2 a E JCMOS1 noch TADA 5 JEANI PUN lew SPDIF our Ej Ey m m D aum fl BVI K8T890 IN1 option al Note ll represents the 1 pin 8 89 7 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 Step 2 1 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 correct orientation 8 89 7 Step 3 Hold the CPU down fimly and then dose the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 8 89 7 22 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer
6. the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload 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 surey our display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required f or Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the 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 System The information will be refreshed every 1 second 0 eem oen 25 8 89 7 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 infomation 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 utility 26 8 89 7 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipsetis not board the corr
7. 34 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Menu Level Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ees ELE T 1 Help F5 Previous Values F7 Opti sd 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 Disabled default 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158F CPU Vcore 3 3V 45 0 V 12 V 12 V 5 V 5 V SB Voltage Batter Detect the system s voltage and battery status automatically CPU Temperature Show you the CPU temperature CPU FAN Speed This field displays the CPU FAN speed 35 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup SYS FAN Speed This field displays the speed of the SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled 36 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 9 Frequencyl Voltage Control W Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control nuto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Clock 100MHz Menu Level gt Async AGP PCI clock Disabled CPU Voltage Regulator 1 55
8. 8 89 7 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 ofthe FCC Rules T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation T his 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 specially 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 writing The content of this users manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be res ponsible 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 Introduction 1 1 1 POR01FGS 1 Hardware ice Nn ENCEINTE
9. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 Pin Assignment fe FAN RPM rate sense System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin Assignment es UN FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3 pin head connector 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 2 3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION 1 Unlocka DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such thatthe notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is proper y seated 8 89 7 2 4 CONNECTORSAND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disktypes This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables IDE1 IDE2 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 functionality It 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
10. HDD amp FDD When this option is set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 30 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events Le wake on LPT amp COMM activity g Figure 6 1 1 IRQs Activity Monitoring Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring COM 2 Disabled COM 1 Enabled Menu Level gt gt g
11. System inoperativ e Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of on power indicator lights are lit the DIMM press down firmly until the land hard drive is spinning module snaps into place System does nat boat from hard disk Check cable running from disk to driv e can be bootedf rom optical driv e disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the driv e 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 dri e Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files be used but boating from hard disk 2 Ref ormat the hard driv e is impossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Cannot boot system after installing Set master slave jumpers second hard drive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives 18 8 89 7 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 T he Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to powerup CPU core
12. for update information W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control fidvanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnoP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS F9 Menu in BIOS Three Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features K8T89 A7 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 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 the
13. F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Onchip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the onchip EHCI controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Emulation Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support The Choices On default off USB Mouse Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached mouse keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super 1 Device W Figure 5 3 Super IO Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F87 180 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F87 IRQ3 Henu Level gt gt UART Mode Select Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 LIFA Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DH 3 Ttl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Hel
14. Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP amp EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you to determine ECP Mode Use DMA The Choices 3 default 1 25 K8T89 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 m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S Power Management Option User Define Menu Level gt HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method 0 SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PURBTH Instant 0ff Run YGABIOS if 3 Resume c Loss futo Restart Chassis Open Warning Disabled gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit 1 1 Help FS Previous Values 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 d
15. The Choices Enabled default Disabled e Post Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero watt states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Post Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero watt states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Enable Vlink Mode Selection The Choices Mode 0 4x 8 bits bi direction Mode 1 8x 8 bits 4 up 4 down uni direction Mode 2 8x 8 bits bi direction Mode 3 4x 16 bits bi direction Mode 4 default 8 16 bits 8 up 8 down uni direction 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 SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of
16. VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data InPCI 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 Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled Maximum Payload Size Set maximum payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit is byte The Choices 4096 default
17. aa y 1 B BIOS amp Soit ware eO HP IOTER uwa CHEER deo 3 1 2 Pakage LiSk ioi dotted ehe testi gt fae 4 13 Laymi a Su 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU 6 2 2 FAN Headers cde tede incidere ctun 8 2 3 Memory Module Installation 8 24 Connedors and Slots 9 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setlup 11 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 11 3 2 Detail Settings cuneo recor Re ova EE 11 Chapter 4 Useful Help 16 4 1 Award BIOS Code 16 4 2 Extra Information 16 BIOS Updates Taal asuaka e nusqas 16 B CPU Ovemeatelbia u S A e puede ee SS Sau 17 4 3 Troubleshooting eee 18 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder M 19 5 1 Introduction cct ere 19 5 2 System Requirement meme 19 5 3 Installation cie rc 20 54 WarpSpeeder indudes 1 tray icon and 5panels 21 8 89 7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCT
18. capable operating Assign IRQ For UGA Enabled system Select No if Assign IRQ For USB Enabled you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Maximum Payload Size 4096 tle e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new 32 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 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
19. connected to IDE1 PCl1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits JSATA1 JSAT A2 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Pin Assignment Pin Assignment T God Groma EREL Ground L 8 89 7 Xtreme Graphics Port Slot 1 This Extreme Graphics Port slotis a spedal design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards To install the system with an add on AGP VGA card please make sure to install the driver of add on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver installation If tne onboard VGA driver has already been installed before you install the add on AGP VGA card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA asthe primary graphics adapter For the onboard VGA driver can t be removed completely and to solve this problem please follow the steps below 1 Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system and reboot PC After PC restarts the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card asthe graphics adapter 2 Or re install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can be used Note Please go to http www biostar com
20. connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header 3 2 SPDIF OUT 2 SPDIFOUT 13 8 89 7 JSPDIF_IN1 Digital Audio in Connector optional This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header 45V 11 Open Header This connector allows system to monitor 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 oi JCM 051 Clear CMOS Header 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 1 Pin 1 2close Normal Operation Def aut 1 _ Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS daa X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 dose Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 dose Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JDJ1 AUDIO DJ Connector optional Ordo m m Pin Assignment Pin Assignment s L 14 8 89 7 JWOL1 Wake on LAN Header optional The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system hasan ATX power supply with
21. memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled default Disabled 19 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripheral Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt SuperI0 Device Press Enter Menu Level 1 Onboard Lan Boot ROM Enabled tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Enable default disabled 20 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options W Figure 5 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device AwardB 10 MO etup Utility UIA OnChip IDE Device SATA Hode RAID IDE DH transfer access Enabled Henu Level gt gt OnChip IDE Channel Enabled OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled IDE Prefetch Hode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO uto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA uto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled tl e Move Enter Select PU PD
22. tw for more detailed infomation about XGP compatible AGP cards 10 8 89 7 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP 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 da z T G Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWRI JATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connectors JATXPWR 1 This connector allows user to connect with 24 pin power connectoron the ATX power supply XPWR2 By connecting this connector it wil provide 12V to CPU power drcuit Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 2 ss HN 73 Ground 35 Ground 4 v son 5 Ground A 6 38 7 Ground Standby Votsge 2i 5v BE eo rin Assignment _ DEINE 11 8 89 7 JKBV 1 Power Source Header for PS 2 ee and Mouse 5V for PS 2 key board and mouse Pin 1 2 close 5V Standby PS 2 mouse and keyboard are Pin 2 3 close Voltage powered with 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system keyboard and mouse UKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JU SBV 1 U SBV 2 Power Source Header for U SB Ports C Assignment 1 n JUSBV1 5V for J1394_USB1 and 2 5V JUSBLAN1 3 Pin 1 2 clo
23. 0 0 DDR Voltage Regulator 2 650 HB Voltage Regulator 1 510 tl e Move Enter Select Z PUZPD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled SPREAD SPECTRUM This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum function The Choices Enabled default Disabled Async AGP PCI CLOCK This item allows you to select Async AGP PCI clock The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices 1 550 V default DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices 2 65V default 37 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup NB Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select NB Voltage Regulator The Choices 1 51V default CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking Special Notice 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 COMS 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 Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This act
24. 3 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 17 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup e Row Precharge Time tRP This field specifies the Row precharge T ime Precharge 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 LDT amp PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the LDT amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it willtake you a submenu with the following options B Figure42 LDT amp PCI Bus Control Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit LDT Bus Frequency 800 MHz Henu Level gt gt PCI1 Master WS Write Enabled PCI2 Master WS Write Enabled PCI1 Post Write Enabled PCI2 Post Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Upstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit default Downstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit default LDT Bus Frequency The Choices 800MHz default Auto 600MHz 400MHz 200MHz PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup e PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero watt states
25. B and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Former Sts Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost For example If set to Former Sts and AC power is lost when system is live then after AC power is restored the system will automatically power on If AC power is lost when system is not live system will remain powered off 28 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup IRQ Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options DPMS Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend W Figure 6 1 IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KB Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 Disable PS2MS Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 Disabled Menu Level gt gt USB Resume from 53 Disabled UGA LPT amp COM LPT COM Please press ENTER key HDD amp FDD 0H to change Passwo
26. 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 V 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 K8T89 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 Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving V N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY V N N K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup
27. ION LI FEATURES A Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754 Supports AMD Athlon 64 processor up to 3700 Supports AMD Sempron processor Supports 200 400 600 800 dock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400 800 1200 1600MT s in both directions simultaneously for Hyper T ransport link Chipset North Bridge VIA K8T890 South Bridge VIAVT8237R Dimension u ATX Form Factor 21 99cm W x 29 31cm L Main M emory Supports up to 2 DDR devices Supports 266 333 400MHz DDR devices Maximum memory size is up to 2GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Slot Three PCI bus master slots Two PCI EX1 slots One PCI EX16 slot One XGP slot Xtreme Graphic Port See p 10 for detail information Onboard IDE E Two IDE connectors support 4 hard disk drives Supports PIO mode 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function 8 89 7 Super 1 0 Chip ITE IT8705AF E Low Pin Count Interface L Integrate hardware monitor functions Onboard Serial ATA Integrated in VT 82378 Two serial ATAconnedors support 2 SATA devices Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Complaints with SATA Version 1 0 specification 10 100 LAN E Chip RTL8100C E Supports 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation operation 1 Half Full duplex capability
28. 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 wardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Date mmidd yy Mar 2 1999 Time Chhzmm ss LS s 07055 Menu Level gt IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard tleesMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults K8T89 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 Options are in Press Enter to Master its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Options are in Press Enter to Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Options are in Press Enter to
29. Value F4 Saoe ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode The Choices IDE default RAID IDEDMA Transfer Access This option allows you to select IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled 21 K8T89 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 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 defau
30. ar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boot up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt xxx means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 16 8 89 7 CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after poweron 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 CPUfanisrotated 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 Waitfor seconds 3 Pluginthe power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Power on the system again 17 8 89 7 43 TROUBLESHOOTING Prob le __ Soltin No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate f an securely plugged in Replace cable on Contact technical support Indicator light on key board does not turn on
31. atleast 720mA 5V standby power Pin Assignment 1 1 Front Panel Header This 24 pin connectorindudes Power on Reset HDD LED PowerLED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions HLED Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment T Function 7 Sleep conoi Slesp 4 Ground juton samai r e 7 Speaker 008 Power LED LED fit JOD 13 Ground Ground Reset Power on er PDA o 8 Key 15 8 89 7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE BeepSoud Meaning long beep followed by two short Video card not found ideo card beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically ne Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST ong beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS isinvaded 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 PICO Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biost
32. ch the monitor is goes blank SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling 27 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Video Off Option This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices Suspend Off default Soft Off by PWR BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No Ac Loss Auto Restart 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 the Power Supply SVS
33. controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AW ARD BIOS 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 K8T89 A7 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 SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported C PUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt P gUp gt and lt P gDn gt k
34. efault Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM 51 53 POS STR Power Management Option This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode 26 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity Allother devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 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 Video Off Method This option determines the manner in whi
35. elative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WampSpeeder M utility more robust 27 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup BIOS q Gua aen Lala L Ment Su u anbraten d epe ed 3 2 Standard CMOS Features scsi eniin nenni ins 6 4 Advanced Chipset Features ouro iieiea a EE A aus nnn 16 5 Integrated Peripherals ss iiie Re eT 20 6 Power Management Setup oi q uu asunt io aa aR 26 7 PnP PCIConfiguratIonsS nan sanu asha na Bai S 32 8 PC Health Status aod RUBER RUE 35 9 Frequency Voltage Control sse 37 K8T89 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 turned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOSTM but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset
36. eys 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 Keystro Function ke Up arrow Move to previous item Down Move to next item arrow Left Move to the item onthe left menubar arrow Right Move to the item onthe right menu bar arrow Move Move to the item you desired Enter PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes ke SET Decrease the numeric value or make changes ke Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esckey Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menuand Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load prevous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10key Save all the CMOS changes and exit K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Mam 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
37. ion will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 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 38
38. led External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level gt gt tl iHove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Internal 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 External Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disable 13 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 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 Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on The Choices On default Numpad is numbe
39. lt 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 IDEHDD 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 22 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options m Figure 5 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device UIA 3058 ACI Audio Auto OnChip USB Controller All Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled Menu Level gt gt USB Emulation 0H tl lt Moue Enter Select Z ZPUZPD Ualue F41 Saoe ESC Exit F1 General Help
40. mediately launched after you dick Finish button Vrat Fach ied UC cede Zaig ha bred ri e m poa Copel EJ Lern tg et pee icm Ebo U sage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 20 8 89 7 5 4 WARPSPEEDER M INCLUDES I TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar iO v 1133 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder 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 dose Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility Ext fer Ta aes 21 8 89 7 2 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 dock Memory dock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking res
41. ory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Delay for HDD Secs This item allows you to select the timing of Delay for HDD The Choices 0 default SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boots up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Disabled default Enabled 15 K8T89 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 W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Configuration Press Enter gt LDT amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled Menu Level ULink Mode Selection Mode 4 Init Display First PCI Slot System BIOS Cacheable Disabled 14 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F O
42. p F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 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 IRQA default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 optional 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 e 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 24 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup UR2Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Ful 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 e Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP Default Using Parallel Port as
43. pective panels c With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 96 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above 9 UU 66 5 MHz o 998 um 98 8 Er NEMUS Pcl CLOCK E 4327 VRAK 400 7 CENTAGE WEWORYCEOCK pays PER Hardware Monitor Button Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bullen tr Voltage Button B O V 1146 AM 22 8 89 7 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 dedde to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you wantto get the best performance of overdocking we recommend you dick the option Yes go bx 1200 23 8 89 7 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overdock Panel wil slide outto left as the following figure E Aerer Desi E NL Ran j u 09 8 45 We on 132 Reset o Syren Desanti Setting a Buton amp 0 nem Overdoc Panel contains the these features 3MHz button 1 MHz button 1MHz button 3MHz button
44. ptimized Defaults 16 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup DRAM Configuration m Figure4 1 DRAM Configuration Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration Max Memclock Mhz Auto Menu Level gt gt 1T 2T Memory Timing Auto CAS latency Tcl Auto Places an artificial RAS to CAS delay Tred Auto memory clock limit on Min RAS active time Tras Auto the system Memory is Row precharge Time Trp uto prevented from running faster than this frequency t1 Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F F5 Previous Values 7 Optimized Defaults e Max Memclock MHz Places an artificial memory clock limit on the system prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices Auto default 166 133 and 100 Memory 1 2 Memory Timing This field specifies the Memory 1T 2T Memory Timing Time The Choices Auto default Disabled e 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 e Min RAS active time tRAS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 6 BUS CLOCKS default 1
45. r keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setti 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 Dela sec 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 password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu 14 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup APICMODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version ControlFor 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 64M B A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with mem
46. rd PCI Master OFF Max 8 numbers PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect OFF When Select Password ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1i General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults e PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to change password with a maximum of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default e PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default CtrHF1 CtrHF2 CtrHF3 CtrHF4 Ctrl F5 CtrHF6 CtrH F7 CtrH F8 CtrH F9 CtrH F10 CtrHF11 CtrH F12 Power Wake Any Key e PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 by PS2 mouse The Choices Disabled default USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled 29 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup e VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On e LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE
47. rdBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level bh Sec Slave USBHDDO Use lt t gt or 415 to USBHDD1 select a deuice then USBHDD2 press lt gt to move it Bootable dd in Cards up or lt gt to move it doun the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu IET IIT PUZPDZ Z Change Priority Fi0 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB HDD0 USB HDD 1 USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards 11 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache amp shadow setup m Figure3 2 Shadow Setup Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Shadow Setup Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Menu Level gt gt Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves performance tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled 12 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup Cache Setup m Figure3 3 Cache Setup Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Enab
48. se JUSBV2 5V for JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSBV1 J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1 are powered by 5V standby voltage 0 JUSBV2 JUSB1 JUSB2 3 Pin 2 3 close powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually JUSB1 JU SB2 Headers for USB 2 0Ports atFront Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V fused 2 5V fused 3 a L ES 5 juss uses 7 Ground round 9 jy ome 12 8 89 7 JAUDIOT Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Meier Bess BH line out Speaker out H Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left 1 Hon speaker Right line in Rear speaker Right Left line in Rear speaker Left Left line in Rear speaker Left JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI T V turner card etc Assignment sss JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This
49. t LPT 2 Enabled Floppy Disk Enabled LPT 1 Enabled CRTC Alarm Disabled CIRQ2 Redir Disabled Reserved Disabled Reserved Disabled 2 Mouse Enabled Coprocessor Enabled Hard Disk Enabled Reserved Disabled 14 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Disabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQII Reserved Disabled IRQI2 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQI3 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQI5 Reserved Disabled 31 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By uto ESCD Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled
50. the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 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 33 K8T89 A7 BIOS Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoo Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a
51. voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well asthe chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions 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 our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Wndows 98 SE Windows Me Wndows 2000 Windows 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 19 8 89 7 5 3 INSTALIATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog wil pop up Please dick Next button and follow the default procedure to install ramen bo fhe booted Wired bo alas pawa has EI ana k Pe rd si IET red pales Taonia Haa 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 M utility will be automatically and im

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