Biostar K8NHA-M Owner's Manual
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1. Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Soft Off by PBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default 22 WOL PME From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled WOR RI From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On by Alarm When you select Enabled an alarm returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Dis2. Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Passw 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 Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N 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 Time Chhimm ss 38 8 Henu Level gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change
3. Nsec The Choices 2 BUS CLOCKS Default 3 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS Min RAS active time tRAS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 6 BUS CLOCKS Default 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS Row precharge Time tRP This field specifies the Row precharge Time 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 Write recovery time tWR This bit specifies the Write recovery time Called Trdl by Samsung measures when the last write datum is safely registered by the DRAM It measures from the last data to precharge Samsung measures as 1 25 1 75CK but Jedec says 15 20 ns The Choices 2 BUS CLOCKS Default 3 BUS CLOCKS 13 Write to Read Delay tWTR This bit specifies the write to read delay Samsung called this Tcdlr last data in to read command It is measured from the rising edge followmg the last non masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next Read Command Jedec specs this as exactly one clock The Choices 1 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS Read to Write Delay RWT This bit specifies the Read to write delay This is nota DRAM specified timing parameter but must be considered due to routing latencies on the clock forwarded bus It is counted from first address bus slot which was not associated with part of the read burst
4. Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Quit F9 Menu in BIOS E E z Select Item 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 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 Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set
5. an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated Ta Move Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults 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 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 will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only applyif passwords are set from the Setup ma
6. energy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method HDD Power Down Soft Off by PBTH WOLCPME From Soft O0ff WORCRI From Soft Off USB Resume from 3 Power On by Alarm Tan Move Enter Select ACPI Function PU PD 2 Value F5 Previous Values Enabled S1CP0 User Define DPHS Support Disabled Instant 0ff Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Menu Level gt Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 Optimized Defaults This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default S3 STR S1 83 Power Management Power on Suspend Suspend to RAM POS STR This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings 21 Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s
7. in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to nextitem Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the optimized defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu ardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated
8. CI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function 25 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIO
9. Enabled default Disabled Onboard Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onboard Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices V1 1 V2 0 default Disabled V1 1 USB Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB legacy The Choices Enabled Default Disabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse The Choices Disabled default Enabled Serial ATA Enables support for Serial ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled 17 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled MAC LAN nVIDIA This option allows you to change the state ofthe onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto Default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard RAID ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard RAID ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard SATA ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard SATA ROM The Choices Disabled d
10. K8NHA M BIOS Setup BIOS SE TE Mam Men en eane eee E E hie pteda tel bens delves ean tha untae tees 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 2 c5 ficececeectnaceseacescdecuscaevesvesnee kanea Ees aN NT EES 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features eet 6 five tenet op edit eee SR ret ee eee 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 12 5 Integrated Peripherals eege senge oti E aed doen 16 6 Power Management Setup ce eesecnececesseseeceeeesnaeeeeeeceesaeeceesseeenteceeaneeees 21 PnP JP CT Config EE 24 SPC Health EE 26 9 Voltage Contro heerosed eiieeii iaie EEEE E rata 28 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is tumed off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Nvidia CK8 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the proces
11. S CHOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Control by SMART SYS FAN Control by SMART Menu Level Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices SMART default Always On SYS FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your System FAN to reduce noise The Choices SMART default Always On CPU Veore 3 3V 5 0V 12V 12 V 5V5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage and battery status automatically 26 Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPU FAN speed Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of the SYSTEM fan Show H W 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 2T 9 Frequency Control m Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Voltage C
12. The Choices 4 BUS CLOCKS Default 1 BUS CLOCKS 2 BUS CLOCKS 3 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS Refresh period tREF This field specifies the number of clock cycles between refresh The Choices 1x 2064 Cycles Default CPU OverClock in MHz The Choices 200 default 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 AGP OverClock in MHz The Choices 66 default 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M 256M 128M Default 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP 3 0 Speed The Choices Auto default AGP 2 0 Speed The Choices Auto default 1x 1x2x 1x2x4x AGP Fast Write 14 When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Auto default Disabled AGP Sideband Address The Choices Auto default Disabled Speculative TLB Reloads The Choices Disabled default Enabled LDT Downstream Width The Choices Auto default 8 bits LDT Speed The Choices 2x default 1x 2 5x 3x 4x Special I O for PCI Card The Choices Disabled default Enabled Base I O Address The Choices 0000 default T O Length The Choices 1 byte default System BIOS Cacheable Selecti
13. abled default Enabled 23 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By AutoCESCD Menu Level b Default is Disabled PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the D
14. efault Enabled Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Reltek Mega LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Reltek Mega LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Wireless LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Wireless LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 3F8 IRQ4 default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 18 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 2F8 IRQ3 default Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA SCR UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half d
15. es an artifical memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices 200 Default 166 133 100 CAS Latency This field specify the cas latency i e cas to read data valid The Choices CL 2 5 Default CL 3 0 CL 2 0 12 Row cycle time tRC This field specifies the ROW Cycle Time RAS active to RAS active or auto refresh of the same bank Typically 70 Nsec The Choices 9 BUS CLOCKS Default 7 BUS CLOCKS 8 BUS CLOCKS 10 BUS CLOCKS 11 BUS CLOCKS 12 BUS CLOCKS 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 16 BUS CLOCKS 17 BUS CLOCKS 18 BUS CLOCKS 19 BUS CLOCKS 20 BUS CLOCKS 21 BUS CLOCKS 22BUS CLOCKS Row refresh cyc time tRFC This field specifies the ROW Refresh Cycle Time Auto refresh active to RAS active or RAS to Auto refresh Similar to Tre Typically 75 90 Nsec The Choices 10 BUS CLOCKS Default 9 BUS CLOCKS 11 BUS CLOCKS 12 BUS CLOCKS 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 16 BUS CLOCKS 17 BUS CLOCKS 18 BUS CLOCKS 19 BUS CLOCKS 20 BUS CLOCKS 21 BUS CLOCKS 22 BUS CLOCKS 23 BUS CLOCKS 24 BUS CLOCKS 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 Row to Row Delay tRRD This field specifies the Row of different banks Typically 15
16. eyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Enabled On Fast Disabled Menu Level r Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S 2 Small LogoCEPA Show Disabled write data into this Summary Screen Show Disabled area BIOS will show Cache Setup Press Enter a warning message on Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter screen and alarm beep Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values 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
17. hoices 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 Disabled Default Enabled 11 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset mstalled on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly H Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU OverClock in MHz 200 AGP OverClock in MHz 66 Henu Level gt AGP Aperture Size CMB 128M DRAH timing and AGP 2 0 Speed Auto control AGP Fast Write Auto AGP Sideband Address Auto Speculative TLB Reloads Disabled LDT Downstream Width Auto LDT Speed 2x Special I 0 for PCI Card Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESCrExit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults DRAM Configuration DDR Timing Setting by DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM The Choices Auto Default Manual Max Memclock MHz Plac
18. in menu MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled default Enabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Enabled Disabled default 10 Cache Setu CPU Internal Cache This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled External Cache This option you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup 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 ZIP 100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The C
19. isabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is 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 24 Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IR Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to P
20. ng 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 Disabled default 15 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt IDE Function Setup Press Enter gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt SuperI0 Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot POWER ON Function Hot KEY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 PWRON After PWR Fail Off ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to installa primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 fo
21. on This option allows you to choose a hot key to power on The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctr F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 PWRON After PW R Fail This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off 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 20 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize
22. ontrol Default DDR Voltage Menu Level ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default 1 7 3 4 5 1 DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices Default Default 2 75V 2 85V 2 90V If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power bution 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 28
23. r each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard 16 drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto 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 IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices
24. s 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 This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR DRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Nvidia CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate
25. the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44H 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA YGA Halt On All But Keyboard Ti Move Enter Select PU PD YValue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive A 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your i system 720K 3 5 in Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but K
26. uplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP Default Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities P ort ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select ECP port type 1 or 3 The Choices 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 10 default 5 Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary 19 display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer The Choices Hot Key default Password Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Key Button Only Keyboard 98 K8 Power ON Password Press Enter to configure the K8 Power ON Password The Choices PCI Slot default AGP Hot Key Power
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