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Biostar K8T80-A7 Owner's Manual

1. 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 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup hoenix HuwardblU etup Advanced BIOS Features gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Disabled Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache Enabled Menu Level gt External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Select Hard Disk Boot Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Device Priority First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device LS1281 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status 0n 1 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For O 1 4 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiB Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 3 1 Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix AwardBIOS Hard Disk Boot P t Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level gt gt Sec Slave USBHDDO Use lt f gt or lt 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
2. 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 Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 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 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 CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be pr
3. 10 100 LA N E Chip Realtek RTL8100C I Supports 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation operation I Half Full duplex capability I Supports ACPI PCI power management K8T80 A7 Slot L 5 x PCI bus master slots E 1 xAGP 4x 8x compatible slot 1 x CNR dot Serial ATA I Integrated in SB VT8237R E Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions P Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Complaints with SATA Version 1 0 specification Onboard IDE E Support 4 IDE disk drives d Supports PIO mode 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function Onboard A C 97 Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 I Support 6 channels I Supports S PDIF out function I Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 spedfication Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers 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 chassis open header supports PC case opened warning function E 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes i 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices 2 serial ATA connectors support 2 SATAdevices I 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel A AA Ab hb kb ka K8T80 A7 Back Panel I O Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 serial port 1 parallel port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse amp K
4. RackaerlIgb geste sence doa gea E Ee TE 4 COMPONER EE 5 Hardware InstallatiON mccmonocncmmmmmmmmmm 6 Central Processing Unit CRU 6 FAN Headers sc Ses ee dt Ed ebe 8 Memory Module Installation 0 000 eee 8 Connedtors and Slots ccccccccncncococicinononinonicocononicininicicininess 9 Headers amp Jumpers SetUp cccmccccccncnomiesmicesrsenas 10 How to Setup Jumpers 10 Detail SENOS civic ri 10 US fl OID ii a ti 14 Award BIOS Beep Code 14 Extra Information 0 0 0 0 nono nono nono no nono nono nono nono eae 14 IE 16 WarpSpeecder acia ii 17 pido AAA ati A E T 17 System Reuirement i i i i ii eeteenee 17 EA A A 18 WarpSpeeder indudes 1 tray icon and 5panels 19 K8T80 A7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 FEATURES A Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754 SupportsAMD Athlon 64 Sempron processor Supports 200 400 600 800 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400 800 1200 1600MT s in both directions simultaneously for Hyper Transport link Chipset I North Bridge VIA K8T800 L South Bridge VIAVT8237R Dimension I ATX Form Factor 24 45cm W x 29 35m L M ain M emory d Supports up to 2 DDR devices E Supports 266 333 400MHz DDR devices i Maximum memory size is up to 2GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket DDR Module Location Max is 2GB Super I O I Chip ITE IT8705AF I Low Pin Count Interface I Integrate hardware monitor functions
5. Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 3 5 1 4 OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip 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 gomg to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 20 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 1 5 5 1 6 5 1 7 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
6. 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 32 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 7 2 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 Ifthe Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled 7 3 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 ea
7. audio out header JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital audio out connector CNR1 Communication Network Riser slot JPANEL1 Front panelf acilities header d E dk m L U 5 U JSFAN1 System f an power source header JCMOS1 Clear CMOS header JCI1 Chassis open header JSATA1 JSATA2 Serial ATA device connectors JUSBV2 Power source headerfor front panel USB ports JUSB3 JUSB4 Front panel USB ports headers IDE1 DE2 Hard disk connectors FDD1 Floppy disk connector DIMM1 DIMM2 DDR memory modules JCFAN1 CPU fan power source header K8T80 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 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 correct orientation K8T80 A7 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 buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation K8T80 A7 2 2 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 Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 Prin Assignm
8. 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 7 6 Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 34 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Hwardbl dQ MU etup PC Health Status CPU Fan Control Smart SYS Fan Control Smart 1 Shutdown Temperature Disabled Menu Level Show HAN Monitor in POST Enabled Chassis Open Warning Disabled s tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previ alues Optimize efa mized D 8 1 CPUFAN Control The Choice mart Can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices S MAR T default always on 8 2 SYS FAN Control The Choice mart Can make your SYS FAN to reduce noise The Choices S MAR T default always on 8 3 Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature Thi
9. 6 12 3 PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctri F4 Ctri F5 CtrHF6 Ctrl F7 CtrHF8 CtrHF9 Ctri F10 Ctri F11 CtrHF12 Power Wake Any Key 6 12 4 USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 6 12 5 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 29 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 6 12 6 6 12 7 6 12 8 6 12 9 6 12 10 6 12 11 6 12 12 6 12 13 LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD amp FDD When this option is set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On Power On 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 RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at whi
10. K8T80 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 These 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 ands 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 user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Chapter 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 Chapter 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 Chapter 3 3 1 3 2 Chapter 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 Chapter 5 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 Table of Contents a A A O 1 RE EE 1
11. Peripherals ii cin 19 6 Power Management Setup irene aeir E AERE non nnono co EERS 26 A A i e e EE 32 8 PC E EE 35 9 Frequency Voltage Control crono rnnnc cnn co canon ne nons 37 K8T80 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 Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the 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 Versi
12. Q4 COM1 Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 31 K8T80 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 changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations nix Awardbl0 i PnP PCI Configurations Disabled Reset Configuration Data Menu Level L Resources Controlled By Auto lt ESCD gt Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled capable operating Assign IRQ For USB Enabled system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 7 1 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
13. Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the LDT amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 4 3 1 Upstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit Default 4 3 2 Downstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit Default 4 3 3 LDT Bus Frequency The Choices 800 MHz Default Auto 600MHz 400MHz 200MHz 4 3 4 PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 4 3 5 PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 4 3 6 PCI1 Post Write The Choices Enabled default Disabled 4 3 7 PCR Post Write The Choices Enabled default Disabled 4 3 8 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 17 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 4 4 4 5 4 6 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 usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled def
14. Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar LOS 11 33 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 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 dose Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility pj Ext fer SR tonn aes 19 K8T80 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 M ain Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory dock AGP dock and PCI clock infomation b ContainsAbout 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 overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above E pg MEN MHz o 998 em SC CANO an PCI CLOCK REN 432 7 VRAK 4100 CENTAGE WEWORYCEOCK vn PER Hardware e Monitor Button na Over cl
15. U 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 of the 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 15 K8T80 A7 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Prob le Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in Replace cable 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 drive is spinning module snaps into place System does not boot from hard disk Check cable running from disk to drive can be bootedfrom optical driv e disk controller board Make sure both ends are secure
16. ard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Yourmonitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots but itis also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video effidency and performance especially wth 3D graphics CNR1 Communication Network Riser Slot The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports modem only JSATA1 JSATA2 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s round 2 TX Ape ESTA PAR Cr Ground OUSUS K8T80 A7 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 LN D da S E g G Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWRI PAT XPWR2 ATX Power Source Connectors JAT XPWR1 This connector allows user to connect with 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JAT XPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin A
17. ard Serial Port 1 3F8 1R04 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 1RQ3 1 Menu Level UART Mode Select Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 1RQ71 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 31 Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Reape ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values timized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no 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 Disabled 3F8 1RQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 2F8 1RQ3 default 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default AS KIR IrDA 24 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 3 5 5 3 6 5 3 7 5 3 8 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mo
18. ault Enabled 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 CACHE ABLE Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FO000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Awardblo MO etup Utility d Peripherals gt UIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help UIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Superl0 Device Press Enter ESC Exit Fi General Help timized Defaults Tle Move 19 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip IDE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device SATA Mode RAID IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Menu Level gt OnChip IDE Channel Enabled OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled 1 IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto 1 Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
19. bled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 IP 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 11 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on The Choices On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The 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
20. ch 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 7 4 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 IRQ3 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 33 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 7 5 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems
21. ch the RTC realtime clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 6 12 11 RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default Date of Month You can choose which month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled 30 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 6 12 14 IRQs Activity Monitoring Phoenix Awardblo MO et IRQs Activity Monitoring IRQ3 lt COM 2 gt Disabled lt COM 1 gt Enabled Menu Level iaa lt LPT 2 Enabled lt Floppy Disk Enabled lt LPT 13 Enabled CRTC Alarm Disabled CIRQ2 Redir gt Disabled lt Reserved gt Disabled lt Reserved gt Disabled lt PS 2 Mo gt Enabled lt Copro d Enabled Hard Dis Enabled lt Reserved gt Disabled TLae zoue ter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 En F5 Previous Values timized Defaults Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events 1 e wake on LPT amp COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IR
22. ct 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 instal DirectX 8 1 17 K8T80 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 Falcon Ir fhe arta Wired le a prada Pe en mm eng D Fre v i lef G r ell pu ads Troes kk Head 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 immediatel y launched after you click Finish button Hit hiiri ied Cordel Zaig ha brad rotar gs ares m poa Copel OS pee um b s Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 18 K8T80 A7 5 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the
23. de 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 1 O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 1RQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 25 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize ener gy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Pover Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type 1 P0 gt Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method CU H SYNC Blank1 MODEM Use IRQ 31 Soft Off by PWRBIN Instant Off 1 Run UGABIOS if 3 Resume Auto PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi Genera
24. dering 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 _ ag e 23 K8T80 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 utility 24 K8T80 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 WarmpSpeeder utility more robust 12 10 2004 25 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setupscssshscsscvececsecscececeesevsecscareees cessscceceedessvecesssesesesecesseceesdses Mam Men ES ee EEN 3 Standard CMOS Features 02 0 5 Seeceseesabaccieaeescteeusndeeesvasseeetensessvassapseuhaeenes 6 3 Advanced BIOS EE 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated
25. device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled 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 21 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device Onboard Lan Device Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM UIA 3858 AC Audio Auto Menu Level gt gt UVIA 3068 MC Modem Auto OnChip USB Controller All Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled USB Emulation ON tle Move PU PD Value F1 Save xit Fi General Help FS Pr Y F 0 Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the OnChip PCI Device lab
26. down the list Pr lt ESC gt to exit this menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PU PD These BIOS attempt to load the operating ssm from the device in the Sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDD1 USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Carde 10 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 92 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 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 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 Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Enabled default Enable quick POST Disa
27. ect 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 6 6 Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend gt Off default Always on 6 7 Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend 27 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 6 8 6 9 6 10 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 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung Run VGABIOS ifS3 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 a
28. efault AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking 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 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 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 It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting Ifthe CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 37 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 12 10 2004
29. el and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 5 2 1 Onboard LAN Device This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Device controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled 5 2 2 Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled 5 2 3 VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled 5 2 4 VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled 22 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 2 5 5 2 6 5 2 7 5 2 8 Onchip USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled On chip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the on chip EHCI controller The Choices Enabled Default Disabled USB Emulation Support USB legacy keyboard Mouse and storage The Choices ON default OFF USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 5 3 1 5 3 2 5 3 3 5 3 4 5 3 Super IO Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperlO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onbo
30. ent E eran ae SE FAN RPM rate sense System Fan Header JSFAN1 roun POH EE EE JSFAN1 BH FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 JSFAN1 and JNFAN1 support 3 pin head connector When connecting wth 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 TERI ALEL 2 Ins rt the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is propery seated K8T80 A7 2 4 CONNECTORS AND 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 disk types 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 33 66 100 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 connected to IDE1 PCl1 PCI5 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 5 stand
31. eyboard port 1 vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 Line out connector and 1 MIC in connector Jud ANI LAN Ae IK PS 2 Wees Parallel d S weg Ge SS P Keyboard JCOM2 USB x2 Ea KME Line In Surround Line Out Mic In 1 Base Center BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS i Supports APM1 2 ACPI and USB functions Software Ll Supports 9 Touch Rasher WinFlasher and Warpspeeder E Offers the highest perfomance for Windows 98SE Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Linux Fedora and UNIX series PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User s Manual x1 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 K8T80 A7 1 3 LAYOUT ATXPWR2 JKBMS1 ES JATXPWR1 FDD1 JUSBV1 K8T800 Pro JAUDIO Super I O KS Est E JSFDIF_OUT1 Codec CND BIOS JPANEL1 Note I represents the 1 pin IS K8T80 A7 1 4 COMPONENTS G F ED Super I O E 1 loa ia K L JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 ATX power source headers JKBV1 Power source header for JKBMS1 Rear side connectors back panel JUSBV1 Power source headerf or USB ports at back panel AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot PCl1 PCI5 Peripheral Component Interconnect slots JCDIN1 CD ROM audio in connector JAUDIO1 Front panel
32. fter 3 The Choices Auto Yes default No The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default 6 11 PWRON After PWR Fail The Choices OFF default ON 28 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 6 12 IRQ E vent Activity Detect Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KB Wakeup from 3 84 S5 Disable PS2MS Wakeup from 3 84 S85 Disabled Menu Level gt gt USB Resume from 3 Disabled UGA OFF When Select Password LPT amp COM LPT COM Please press ENTER key HDD amp FDD ON to change Password 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 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value Pe save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event ActivityDetect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu withthe following options 6 12 1 PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to change password with a maximum of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default 6 12 2 PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default Ctrl F1 CtrHF2 Ctrl F3 Ctri F4 Ctr F5 CtrHF6 Ctri F7 CtrHF8 CtrHF9 Ctrl F 10 CtrhF11 CtrHF12 Power Wake Any Key
33. l Help Previous es Optinize c mized D s 6 1 ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled 6 2 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 6 3 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 There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr 26 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 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 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable 6 4 HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min 6 5 Suspend Mode The item allows you to sel
34. ly 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 Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but booting from hard disk 2 Reformat 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 16 K8T80 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 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 prote
35. nitor PC case open status Ifthe signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up a ON Pin E EE EE 2 bon 13 K8T80 A7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found orv 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 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 NA o 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 Biostar 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 xxxx means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 14 K8T80 A7 B CP
36. o EGA UGA 1 Halt On All But Keyboard tl gt lt Move a pet PU PD Value EE ESC Exit Fi General Help 0 5 Previous Values timized Defaults K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup Main Menu Selec tions 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 Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your i system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you
37. ock percentage 100 Di Overclock Een Voltage Button B O SS 1146 am 20 K8T80 A7 3 Voltage Panel Click the 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 GC A V 12 00 FM 21 K8T80 A7 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 E Labs IP Aerer hsi P e SS i og D mint Ran 5 a 998 Pa KS ZE r Y a 6 Zeta 132 8 Reset bo Syren feint Setingi aes e o Sis Sultan MHz Buton t Hu Suton 403 nem Overdoc Panel contains the these features 3M Hz button 1 MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning 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 ou Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a resto
38. ompted with to enter a password Enter Password K8T80 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 CHOS and EXIT Y N Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N WN Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N K8T80 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 PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date mm dd yy Dec 9 2004 Time lt hh mm ss gt 16 47 2 Menu Level k IDE Channel Master IDE Channel 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 None Vide
39. on 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS 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 K8T80 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 CPUs 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 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 to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item
40. ring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Peog saleci a recovay opten thal v i decida bal kel of deco you mani lo do aer syto lge wies O plier bag C Acie by Hardware Deia PL Clock Wale 22 K8T80 A7 C Auto overclock button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performan 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 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 click 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 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 sure y our display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required f or Direct3D ren
41. s item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140F 65 C 149F 70 C 158F 75 C 167F 8 4 Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled 8 5 Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 35 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 8 4 CPU Vcore 3 3V 5 0V DDRVoltage NBVoltage AGPVoltage Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically 8 5 Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temp ofthe CPU 8 6 Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan 8 7 Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 36 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 Voltage Control m Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control DDR Voltage Default uto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level gt CPU Clock 20 MHz 1 Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value e ESC Exit Fi General Help 5 Previous Values timized Defaults CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices Default d
42. ssignment Pin Assignment SC O jean rev 7 a Grand Ground CES round epon Jsp JATXPWRI o Standby Vokage v 19 SV ay Pin Assignment Pin Assignment O JATXPWR2 10 K8T80 A7 JK BV 1 J U SBV 1 JU SBV 2 Power Source Headers for USB ports Description Assignment JRBVT 5V for JKBMST _ Tale 5V JUSBV1 5V for JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 Pin 1 2 close JUSBV2 5V for JUSB3JUSB4 JKBV1 JKBMS is powered with 5V standby voltage Cl Pin 2 3 close powered with 5V standby v oltage JUSBV2 JUSB3 JUSB4 are powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse UKBV1 JUSBV1 JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JAUDIO2 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 Eea 3 H Mic in center 3 Mic power Bass sl Right line out Speaker out mo ud a a ag d wo round udio power H Right ight line out Speaker out Right 7 Reseves 7 9 Left line out Speaker out Left D Right line in Rear speaker R CG eft line out Speaker out Left ight ight line in Rear speaker Right 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 TV turner card e
43. tc ar lt i eft line in Rear speaker Left Left channel input Ground Ground Right channel input 11 K8T80 A7 JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output Pin i 2 SPDIF_OUT header JPANEL1 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 AAA A TO EA Aja Le Sep coniro Step 13 N A Speaker oe button 5 NA Connector 6 NA WG e Power CED boer pasame 10 Power LED d Poner LED REI O LEO 4a Power LEDC 1a Ground Reset ta Power button Poweron RRE E eran e LAU E EEN va rDA GLEN Connector EN SET 23 IRTX_____ 12 K8T80 A7 JCM OSI 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 JCMOS1 Assignment _ _ IR OS Normal Operation Def aut Pin 1 2 close Clear CMOS data Pin 2 3 close X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC powerline Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JCI1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to mo
44. tes The Choices Disabled default Enabled The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP 3 0 Calibration cycle The Choices Disabled default Enabled 15 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup etup A MO DRAM Configuration Max Memclock lt Mhz gt Auto 1 Menu Level kk 11 2T Memory Timing Auto 1 CASH latency lt Tcl gt Auto 1 Places an artificial memory clock limit on the tem Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency ti gt e Move Enter Se lect PU PD Value le A e A Fi General Help Max Memclock MHz E i Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices 200 Default 166 133 and 100 4 2 2 CASA 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 16 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 4 3 LDT amp PCI BUS CONTROL Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility LDT amp PCI Bus Control Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 hit LDT Bus Frequency 200 MHz Menu Level kk PCIi Master WS Write Enabled PCI2 Master WS Write Enabled PCIi Post Write Enabled PCI2 Post Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled Tle Move Entons Select PU PD Value Fi
45. will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 12 K8T80 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 AGP 8 P2P Bridge Control Press Enter DRAM Configuration Press Enter gt LDT amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level Memory Hole Disabled ULink Data Rate 8k Init Display First CPCI Slot System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimi
46. you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey 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 K8T80 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 JI 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 Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS gt Quit F9 Menu i Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type
47. zed Defaults 13 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 4 1 AGP amp P2P BRIDGE CONTROL Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Tle lt Move General Help 2 0 Mode 48 Driving Control Auto Menu Level kk Hri Disabled er WS Wei Disabled a y h Disabled 3 0 Calibration cycle Enabled Output for AGP Trans Disabled FS P Opti 4 1 1 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 4 1 2 AGP 2 0 Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X 4 1 3 AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS willthe AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual 4 14 AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DA default 14 K8T80 A7 BIOS Setup 4 1 5 4 1 7 4 1 8 AGP Fast Write The Choices Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait sta

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