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1. 6 4 WARPSPEEDER M INCLUDES I TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar OS 1133 aM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder M directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility i Ext fer Sete aes 27 945P A7 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder M utility will be invoked Please referto the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows 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 With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above r a 1497 3 Meee 66 5 MHz MHz s z En Bo 998 SS 33 3 chy rock M
2. Menu Level a IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel O 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 Video EGA UGA Halt On All Errors ti e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 945P A7 BIOS Manual Item Options Description
3. The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connectorthat supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 33 IDE1 Hard Disk Connector IDE2 and IDE3 are optional The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to two hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 DE optiona AEREA Dee oia Note DE2 IDE3 support Ultra DMA 133 11 945P A7 PCI Ex16 PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB s simultaneously per direction foran aggregate of 8GB s totally PCI Ex1_1 PCI Ex1_2 PCI Express x1 Slots optional PCI Express 1 0a compliant Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB Ss per direction 500MB s in total PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture PCI EX PCFExtreme Slot PCl Extreme slotis a specal design for PCI Express interface graphic cards PCl Extreme slotis compliant wth PCI Express 1 0a specification PCl Extreme slotis compatible with PCI E x4 and PCI E x1 expansion card The bandwidth of data transferis up to 1GB s per direction and for an aggregate of 2GB s in total
4. This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_IN 3 Ground 945P A7 J1394A1 optional Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel D n Assignment A A Ground Ground B B 12V 12V Key Ground OANOOARWND pee o J1394PWRI1 optional Power Source for 1394 Firewire Port This header allows user toconnect the digital image device like DV D8 or V8 etc 1 3 mo Pin 1 2 Close 3 3V for 1394 chipset Default 1 3 Pin 2 3 close 3 3V SB for 13 chipset JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connectthe audio sourcef rom the variety dev ices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input 16 945P A7 AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows userto connect thef ront audio output cable with the PC f ront panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment 1 Mc L 2 Ground 101 ajo 3 Mc R o 4 PRESENCE De 5 Headphone R Bee 6 Jack 1 SENSE 7 Jack Detection 20 mp 8 Connector Key 9 Headphone L o Jack 2 SENSE JPANEL1 Front Panel Header This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switchfunctions Ta Ground PPP buto
5. optional I Chip VIAVT 6307 I Supports two 1394 Firewire ports with transfer rate up to 400Mb s Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers I 1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices I 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities L 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device I 1 front audio header supports front panel audio out function I 1 S PDIF out connector supports digital audio out function I 1 S PDIF in comector supports digital audio in function optonal I 1 1394A header supports 1 front panel 1394A Firewire port optional 945P A7 I 1 chassi s open header supports PC case opened warning function I 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes I 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports I 4 Se al ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Back Panel I O Connectors I 1 Se al port I 1 Printer port I 1 PS 2 Mouse port L 1 PS 2 Keyboard port I 1 1394A Firewire port optional L 1 RJ 45 LAN jack I 4 USB 2 0 ports I 6 audio ports support 8 2 channels audio out facilities Prirter port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Center Left Linein Rear Line out MICn Notice for ALC882 Codec 1 When connecting audio devices into audio ports the audio driver will auto detect and pop up the port function selection window User can choose diffterentfunctions for each port according to personal preference Please make sure the audio driv er
6. DDR2_B1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR2_B2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 On Board IDE IDEL I One on board connector supports 2 devi s I Supports PIO Mode 0 4 I Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode Exten de d IDE Controller optional I Chip IT E8211 without RAID function Supports two extra slots for 4 IDE devices ITE8212 with RAID function Supports two extra slots for 4 IDE devices Integrated RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 for IDE2 IDE3 slot IDE2 IDE3 optional Supports up to 4 extra IDE devices Supports PIO Mode 0 4 Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 1 00 133 Bus Master Mode 10 100 LAN i Chip RTL8100C E Supports 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s auto negotiation I Half Full duplex capability L Supports ACPI power management Max is 4GB 945P A7 Serial ATA I Controller integrated in ICH7 I Supports Seral ATA 2 0 specification I Data transfer rate up to 3GB s I Supports 4 Serial ATA SATA devices Intel Advanced Host Controller AHCI On Board High Definition Audio Codec Chip REALTEK ALC882 I Supports 8 2 channels I Supports S PDIF Out and S PDIF In optional functions Expansion Slots I Three 32bit PCI bus master sots I One PCI Express x16 slot I One PCI Extreme PCI EX slot I Two PCI Express x1 slots optional Special PCI Express Dual Feature This special function supports Dual Video two graphic cards Note Please read Chapter 5 for detail information IEEE 1394 Chip
7. PCI Ex16 PCI Ex1_1 optional PCI Ex1_2 optional PCI EX 945P A7 PCI1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconned and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits 945P 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 W Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWRI1 ATX Power Connector This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V Go Oo 7 Ground l 8 PW_OK ejje 9 Standby Voltage Big 5V B m 10 12V y 11 12V g p 12 2 x 12 Detect BE n iw O 15 Ground elle 16 PS_ON a D 17 Ground DO 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground 14 945P A7 JATXPWR2 ATX Power Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit a Pin Assignment 1 12V 2 12V 3 Ground 4 Ground JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 J 1 Ground JL 3 JSPDIF_IN1 optional Digital Audio in Connector
8. Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDD1 USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Carde 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 ZIP100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up 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 Enabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 This item allows you to select YES NO to Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default YES 12 945P A7 BIOS Manual VIRUS WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated HYPER THREADING TECHNOLOGY This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disabled for other OS OS not optim
9. System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this 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 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up a
10. Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled CACHE SETUP CPU L3 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 BOOT SEQ amp FLOPPY SETUP Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Fl First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Menu Level gt gt Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 No tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 11 945P A7 BIOS Manual Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level gt gt Sec Slave USBHDD Use lt f gt or lt 4 gt to USBHDD1 select a device then USBHDD2 press lt gt to move it Bootable Add in Cards up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu SIMA tl Move PU PD Change Priority Fi Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master
11. Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices 600C 1400F 650C 1490F 700C 1580F Disabled default 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 CPU VCORE NB SB VOLTAGE 3 3V 5 0V DDR VOLTAGE 5V SB VOLTAGE BATTERY Detect the system s voltage status automatically CURRENT CPU TEMP This field displays the current temperature of CPU CURRENT CPU FAN SPEED This field displays the current speed of CPU fan CURRENT SYS FAN SPEED This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 33 945P A7 BIOS Manual 9 Frequency Control m Figure 9 Frequency Control CPU Voltage Regulator Default DDR Voltage Regulator 1 80 Menu Level i CPU Clock 100MHz ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiM Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults CPU CLOCK RATIO This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio The Choices 8X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22X and 23X CPU VOLTAGE REGULATOR This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices Default default DDR VOLTAGE REGULATOR This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices 1 8V default 34 945P A7 BIOS Manual CPU CLOCK This i
12. is successful installed in the sy stem or all audio ports will be nofunction When rebooting the PC each port function will return to def ault setting Pl N 945P A7 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 optional Retention Bracket X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional Dual Video Bridge BRI 2 Connector X 1 optional 945P A7 1 3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS Eeee 0000500500500 Note M represents the JATXPWR1 AAN i se gt weg PCI Ex 16 JSPDIF_IN1 A st pin option al ETES onor En An JSFAN2 Ha mri 945P A7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Special Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged at go a Step 1 Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 945P A7 Step 2 Look for the triangular cut edge on socket and the golden dot on CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 22 Step 3 Hold the
13. 3 Advanced BIOS Features miii Ped aorta ea PR ere ee eee 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features ooooncnciononnncnnononnnononncononcnnonnnn crono ronca ran crac 15 5 Integrated Peripherals ii ii ee 18 6 Power Management Setup oo eee ieir EE AERE A EER 25 PDP PCEComtiguratio AA E 31 s PC Health Station da A iar a ele 33 9 Frequency Control sist cvcice scien cites san Adri 34 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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
14. 945P A7 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant toPart15 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 and s pecially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this users manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ssecsccssecssssesecsssseseesensesesssnensensesesnsneees 1 1 1 Motherboard Features ooooccccnonnccccnnnoccnnnnnaccnonnnnccnnnnnncnnnn 1 1 2 Package
15. CPU down fimly and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it on the retention frame Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 945P A7 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFAN1 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 eee Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPMrate sense 4 Smart Fan Control Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPMrate sense JSFAN2 3 1 Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN2 res erve system cooling fan with Smart Fan Contr ol utility It supports 4 pi n and 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note thatthe red wire is the positi ve and s hould be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 945P A7 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 1 Unlocka DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot Ls 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 10 945P A7 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector
16. CPUID MaxVal Disabled C1E Function Auto Execute Disable Bit Enabled Virtualization Technology Enabled tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4Min 8Min 16Min default 32Min Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor2 Notes The choices will be different according to your CPU features TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0X default TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375V default Limit CPU ID MaxVal Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled 10 945P A7 BIOS Manual CIE Function CPU CIE Function select The Choices Auto default Execute Disa ble Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Virtualization Technology When enabled a VMM can utilize the additional hardware Capabilities provided by vanderpool
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18. H PCICLOCK MHz E 1327 2100 WEWORYCLOCK Hz Hardware Monitor Button N Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bullion z Voltage Button BOS 1146 am 28 945P A7 3 Voltage Panel Clickthe Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up asthe 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 TE j 7 eenst 100 By 2 38 1200 Fad 945P A7 Overclock Panel Clickthe Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure h y y ED i fotos A Pecore Dis Bon y j a boy po 5 Antet Beton 4 de K Rest do Syren Dedal Geri Seer r INH Guten siz Buton WET Bilbo IHH Suton 403 nem Overdock Panel contains the these features 3MHz 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 be
19. Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 945P A7 BIOS Manual 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help Cache Setup Press Enter gt Boot Seq Floppy Setup Press Enter Menu Level gt Virus Warning Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status 0n Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Small LogoCEPA Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 945P A7 BIOS Manual CPU FEATURE wardb 10 CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 TH2 Bus Ratio 0 3 Henu Level gt gt TM2 Bus VID 0 83750 Limit
20. 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 watch 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 anda 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 disable the function Enabled enable the function MAXIMUM PAYLOAD SIZE Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 32 945P A7 BIOS Manual 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Awardb 10 tup PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Hente MM ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown
21. Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 lt Y N gt Y Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving lt Y N gt N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY lt Y N gt Y 945P A7 BIOS Manual 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features E Time Chh mm ss
22. and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard IR Function This item allows you to disabled or enabled Onboard IR Function The Choices Disabled default Enabled UART Mode Select This item allows you to determme which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices IrDA default AS KIR Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full 23 945P A7 BIOS Manual Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which T 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 EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 POWER After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the
23. board RAID BIOS Enabled Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Enabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is to enabled disabled EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in the support will automatically tum on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Mouse Support Onboard Azalia Audio This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard Azalia Audio The Choices Auto default 21 945P A7 BIOS Manual Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard RAID ITE8211 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS This item allows you to enable or disable to Onboard RAID BIOS Th
24. carefully f ollow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard l ajs Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation Default i E gt 3 Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Waitforfive seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Resety our desired password or clear the CMOS data oOaProao Nn 19 945P A7 JCI1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground 945P 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 RI IO Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH
25. d s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required f or Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second SSS E 02m 31 945P 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 infomation in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility 945P 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 chipsetis not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WamSpeeder M utility more robust 33 945P A7 BIOS SETUP BIOS SEP oiccadaceissasesscestecesecethssesvessessecaevevececchaesesdeucss cas iceceeses osciens Mam Men ai IES 3 Standard CMOS Features 02 065 Seeeceeecabaceteaeescteeuseaeeesvesnevedonsessvossapseuhaeenas 6
26. e Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Disabled default Enabled 22 945P A7 BIOS Manual SUPER IO DEVICE Phoenix fAwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Super I0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard IR Function Disabled Menu Level gt gt UART Mode Select IrDA UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 PWRON After PWR Fail 0ff ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized 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 Ifinstall 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
27. em will be unstable 5 2 INSTALUNG GRAPHICS CARDS Step 1 Prepare two graphics cards with PCI E x16 interface Step 2 Insert the first one graphics card into the yellow slot PCI Ex16 Step 3 Insert the second graphics card into the white slot PCI EX ar o eia Notice Make sure both the graphics cards are seated into slots completely 5 3 THINGS TO NOTICE E Normal Mode Only PCI Ex16 slot supports PCI Express x16 interface graphics card function PCI EX slot supports PCI Express x4 interface expansion card function E Dual Video Mode Us Dual Video Bridge BRI 2 connector to link two identical PCI E x16 interface graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified Coordinate with graphics card driver to set Dual Video function 24 945P A7 CHAPTER 6 WARPSPEEDER 6 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 asthe chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency stat
28. 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 diskinto floppy drive and press Enter System will boo up to DOS prompt Type Awdiflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 21 945P A7 B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically afterpoweron 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 fanis rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Plugin the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Power on the system again 945P A7 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING Problem oo No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside powe
29. for On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled automatic detection of IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto the optimal number of IDE Secondary Slave PIO futo block read writes per IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto sector the drive can IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto support SATA Mode IDE On Chip Serial ATA Enhanced Mode SATA PORT Speed Settings Disabled PATA IDE Mode Primary ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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 IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE 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 I
30. ized for Hyper Threading Technolo gy The Choices Enabled default Disabled QUICKPOWER 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 GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 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 keydown 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 and 1000 13 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 defaul
31. minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose the power on function The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key Keyboard 98 KB POWER ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctr F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 27 945P A7 BIOS Manual RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Reload Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Item Help Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Menu Level gt gt Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled tl e Move Enter elect PU PD Value FI0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or disable FDD COM and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled PCI PIRQ A D You ca
32. n 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 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 SOFT OFF BY PWR BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default INTRUDER DETECTION This item allows you to enable or disable intruder detection The Choices Disabled default Enabled 30 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First POL Slot Resources Controlled By Auto Menu Level r PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 4096 tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F O
33. n Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 and Mode4 19 945P A7 BIOS Manual On chip Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE 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 On Chip Serial ATA Setting This item allows you to choose Disabled disabled SATA Controller Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers in each channel Enhanced Mode enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers are supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode The Choices Default default Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode and SATA only 20 945P A7 BIOS Manual ON BOARD DEVICE Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled TtemHelp USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Menu Level gt gt USB Mouse Support Disabled Onboard Azalia udio Auto Onboard RAID CITE8211 Enabled On
34. n N A Connector 6 wa a e PowerteD Pe fennin fracicme 10 Pomerten a Power LED LED HDD LED Power LED Reset button Power button Power on button Reset control az va aeaf key ____ y pio wa gt lua Ke IrDA Connector Connector IRTX IRRX 945P A7 JKBV1 Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Pin 1 2 close Default 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse E 1 Pin 2 3 close PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system v a keyboard and mouse JKBV 1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSB3 JUSB4 Front USB Headers This motherboard prov ides 2 USB 2 0 headers which allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC JUSB3 JUSB4 2 10 padn House 1 9 par o 18 945P A7 SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 3Gh s Pin Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX RX Ground SATA4 SATA3 NOOR OND SATA2 SATA1 JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please
35. n select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ A D under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 28 945P A7 BIOS Manual POWER MANAGEMENT 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 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 is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable VIDEO OFF METHEOD This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices DPMS default VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend Type The Choices Stop Grant default PwrOn Suspend 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 29 945P A7 BIOS Manual SUSPEND MODE The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Mi
36. p Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS ti Select Item 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 945P A7 BIOS Manual Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Sta tus This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequenc y 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 lt Y N gt N Set Supervisor
37. ports LGA775 I Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3 8GHz I Supports Intel Pentium D processor I Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges 533MT s 133MHz Core Clock 800MT s 200MHz Core Clock 1066MT s 266MHz Core Clock Supports Hyper Threading Technology HT Supports Execute Disable Bit Technology XD Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Intel EM64T WARNING Warranty will be void if the pin protection capis notin place to protect the socket pin when sending this mainboard for service Chipset I North Bridge Intel 945P I South Bridge Intel ICH7 ICH7R optional Dimensions I ATX Form Factor 24 4cm W x 29 7cm L O perating System Supporting I Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Super I O I Chip ITE IT8712F I Low Pin Count Interface I Provides the mos commonly used legacy Super VO functionality I Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller IT E s Smart Guardian function 945P A7 System Memory I Supports dual channel DDR2 up to 8 banks I Supports DDR2 533 266M Hz 667 333M Hz for a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 10 7 GB s I Supports 256 Mb 512 Mb or 1G Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 devices I Supports non ECC DIMMs I Maximum DRAM space is up to 4GB DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Size Location DDR2_A1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR2_A2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1
38. ptimized Defaults INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices PCI Slot default Onboard AGP 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 The Choices Auto default 31 945P A7 BIOS Manual IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA PALETTE SNOOP Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers that 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
39. r memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 16 945P A7 BIOS Manual PCIEXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNC PCI Express Port 1 Auto PCI Express Port 2 Auto PCI Express Port 3 Auto Menu Level gt gt PCI E Compliancy Mode v1 0a ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Fis F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 2 3 This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port The Choices Auto default Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This item allows you to select the PCI E Compliancy Mode The Choices v1 0a default v1 0 17 945P A7 BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Superl0 Device Press Enter Menu Level r tl Hove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 18 945P A7 BIOS Manual ONCHIP IDE DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Menu Level gt gt IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block mode IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto select Enabled
40. r supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on Contact technical support Indicator light on key board does not turnon 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 drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but booting from hard disk 2 Ref ormat the hard drive is impossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Cannot boot system after installing Set masterslave jumpers second hard drive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives 23 945P A7 CHAPTER 5 DUAL VIDEO FUNCTION 5 1 REQUIREMENTS Only Windows XP supports Dual Video function Two identical graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified The graphics card driver should support NVIDIASLI technology The power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power required by the system or the syst
41. rrow 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 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 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 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 Setu
42. st resultfory ou Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pitch saleci recovery opten thal vel decida bal bared of cloning you mad lo do alter sytem lado ibe O pions Bitup Flesines by Hardease Dell CPL Cheeni Wale 945P 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 surey our display car
43. status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts 24 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 gt ACPI amp Wake Up Events Press Enter Press Enter gt Reload Timer Events Power Management User Define Menu Level r Video Off Method DPHS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTH Instant 0ff Intruder Detection Disabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 25 945P A7 BIOS Manual ACPI amp WAKE UP EVENTS Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility ACPI amp Wake Up Events ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S3 Henu Level gt gt Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Ctr1 F1 tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI S
44. t 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 Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system 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 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 select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boot up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots up 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 14 945P A7 BIOS Manual 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 yo
45. tem allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking The Choices 100 MHZ default Special Notice If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear 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 If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 35
46. u are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD CAS Latency Time Auto DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Menu Level DRAM RAS Precharge Auto Precharge dealy tRAS Auto System Memory Frequency Auto SLP_S4 amp Assertion Width 4 to 5 Sec System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices Auto default DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default 15 945P A7 BIOS Manual DRAM RAS PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to acc
47. umulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default PRECHARGE DELAY TRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices Auto default SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default DDR266 DDR300 and DDR400 SLP S4 ASSERTION WIDTH This item sets the minimum assertion width of the SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled The Choices 4 to 5 Sec default SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Disabled default Enabled MEMORY HOLE AT 15M 16M 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 thei
48. us of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronicall y shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder M technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 6 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 25 945P A7 6 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please dick Next button and follow the default procedure to install Pacos be fhe arta Wired bo aes peer he A hg al ad eee an pe ads Touria h 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 utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Hit bed id Lords Sa ha breached rias atic OF poa compe A E ha Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 26 945P A7
49. uspend 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 amp S3 POS STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No 26 945P A7 BIOS Manual Wake Up by PCI card When you select Enable a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state The Choices Enabled Disabled default Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB KB Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour

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