Biostar I915P-A7 Combo Owner's Manual
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1. FDD1 LIN reuondo z D D Q Q a a J1394 USB1 K JUSBV1 oe B JATXPWR1 R ss o e e ele ele JRJ45USB1 Super fa bi UO ele Tei ee JAUDIO1 es H m JCDIN1 se S ee LJ JAUDIOF1 DQ D T HZHH SATA4 SATAS _ JSPDIF_IN1 gt 5 JSPDIF_OUT1 oe cu as 00 9 optional 5 oom Sech L eh J1394PWR1 ee ae S optional CH 0o 0o m l al Ho Moo J1394A1 JUSB3 JUSB4_ optional mona moca laa a 7 JPANEL1 m oNUSBV3_1 ai Lem oon Note m represents the 1 pin Ln 915P A7 COMBO CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INFORMATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Special Warnings 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 Warranty will be void if the pin protection cap is not in place to protect the socket pin when sending this board for service pin cap Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket2. Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 PURON After PWR Fail OFF 21 915P A7 COMBO ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 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 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 MS 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 wil
3. 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 booted from optical drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive i Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but booting from hard disk 2 Reformat the hard drive is impossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Screen message says Invalid Review system s equipment Make sure Configuration or CMOS Failure correct information is in setup Cannot boot system after installing Set master slave jumpers second hard drive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 16 915P A7 COMBO CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER WarpSpeeder 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overclock Manager users can easily adjust
4. Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO 915P A7 COMBO Item Options Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard the POST process and All but Diskette notify you All but Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 915P A7 COMBO 3 Advanced BIOS Features RB Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features H CPU Feature Press Enter K Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter K Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Menu Level F Virus Warning Disabled CPU L3 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading TechnologylEnabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate AZH Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 082 Small LogotEPA gt Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled TleeiMove 3 Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults
5. 21 915P A7 COMBO 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 or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 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 22 915P A7 COMBO 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utilit
6. B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N H Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 915P A7 COMBO 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 SAUE to CMOS and EXIT lt Y Hb7 F Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving AE KK Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY N gt E EE 5 915P A7 COMBO 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 ca
7. Grant default Modem Use IRO This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA 24 915P A7 COMBO Sus pend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 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 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 PW R 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 system is not live system will remain powered off INTRUDER DETECTION This item allows you to enable or disable intruder detection The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 25 915P A7 COMBO 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 sp
8. Information sss esse esse cce e cce c ecce eee 6 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CRU 6 2 2 Ba Welle T 2 3 Installing System Memon eee eee eee 8 2 4 Connectors and Ke EE 8 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup css ss css ce cce e eee 9 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers se see eee eee 9 3 2 Detail due EE 9 Chapter 4 Useful Help cesses ss cse ece 14 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code nnnnnnennnennnnnnnenensnrnsnrneennnnnne 14 4 2 Extra TATORMAUON EE 14 4 3 Troubleshooting s sss sees eee ee eee ee eee 16 Chapter 5 WWarpzspeeder M sss ssc se eee eee eee 17 5 1 HAE OG Tee EE 17 5 2 System Requirement see ee ee ee ee ee eee 17 5 3 Ieren WEE 17 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 18 915P A7 COMBO CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU E Supports LGA 775 E Supports single Intel Pentium 4 Celeron D processors E Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges 533 MT s 133 MHz Core Clock 800 MT s 200 MHz Core Clock E Supports Hyper Threading Technology Chipset E Northbridge Intel 915P E Southbridge Intel ICH6 Dimensions E ATX Form Factor 29 35cm L x 24 4cm W Operating System E Supports Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Windows Me and Windows XP System Memory E Supports DDR2 533 memory and up to 2GB physical memory E Supports DDR333 DDR400 memory and up to 2GB physical memory E DDR and DDR2 memory space cannot be added together E Regis
9. Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE CEnabled Menu Level kk IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PI Auto If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block mode IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto select Enabled for On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled automatic detection of IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto the optimal number of IDE Secondary Slave PIO uto 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 PATA IDE Mode Primary TleeiMove 3 Enter Select PU PDWalue Fifi ave ESC Exit Fil General Help FS 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 16 915P A7 COMBO IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the I
10. and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle eg Ba 1 Step 2 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point wards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 915P A7 COMBO Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation ferso Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFANI Power Source for CPU Fan JSFANI1 Power Source for System Fan n Assignment ke e 1 Ground Smart Fan Control 0 O HH 3 1 2 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1and JSFAN1 support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility They support 4 pin and 3 pin head connectors When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 915P A7 COMBO 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the S
11. audio in function optional 1 1394A header supports 1 front panel 1394A Firewire port optional 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Back Panel I O Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 Serial port COM2 is optional 1 Parallel Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse amp Keyboard port 1 vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 line out connector and 1 MIC in connector LAN Jack 1394A optional m Line In Surround Printer Port Line Out Mic Ind Base Center COM2 optional 915P A7 COMBO B BIOS amp Software C CCL RRR RR ES BIOS E Award legal BIOS E Supports APM1 2 E Supports ACPI E Supports USB Function Bundled Software E Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER TM PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 Users Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear UO Panel for ATX Case X 1 S PDIF Cable X 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional 915P A7 COMBO 1 3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS I ee JATXPWR2 l ap LGA775 JKBMS1
12. placed on pins the jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWRI JATXPWR2 ATX Power Connectors JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit fae Pin Dr o2 ey D 3 Groun f 4 fey ES 8 Ground BE ES L WEN WE 2 8V EAE 21 fev ze 22 fev ER EE Ge 24 12 3 we Lem ees TT ees ss 915P A7 COMBO JKBV1 Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse O Pin 1 2 close 5V Standby PS 2 mouse and keyboard are powered with Voltage 5V standby voltage Pin 2 3 close Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 Power Source Header for USB Ports Taan T Desoripton 1 JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at JUSB_ 19341 5 and JRJ45USB1 3 0 JUSBV3_1 5V for USB ports at front panel Pin 1 2 close JUSB3 JUSB4 JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSB_ 19341 and JRJ45USB1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV3_1 USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSB4 are powered by 5V Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 jumper cap should be place
13. respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boo up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly oO Se or D 14 915P A7 COMBO B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling 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 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear the CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 15 915P A7 COMBO 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on Contact technical support Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on
14. CK 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 Gate A20 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 12 915P A7 COMBO 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 Utilityonly 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 BIO
15. CPU FEATURE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal Li Min Thermal Monitor 1 Thermal Management TM2 Bus Ratio LH a Menu Level L TM2 Bus UID 4 83750 Limit CPUID MaxWal Disabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled Tlae iMove Enter Select PU PD Value Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values FY Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16 default 32 915P A7 COMBO 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 8375 default Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled Execute Disable Bit The Choices Enabled default Disabled HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Master Item Help P
16. Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Regulator Default DDR Voltage Regulator Default Menu Level F Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled CPU Clock KRIER TleeiMove Enter Select PU PD Value FI Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults CPU CLOCK RATIO The Choices 8X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22 X 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 Default Default AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking 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 29 915P A7 COMBO 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
17. DE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary DEChannel 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 In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode Model Mode Mode3 and Mode4 On chip Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary DEChannel 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 Choi
18. Description _ 3 3V SB for 1394 chipset Pin 1 2 close 3 3V for 1394 chipset Default Pin 2 3 close 11 915P A7 COMBO J1394A1 Header for 1394A Firewire Port at Front Panel optional Pin __Assignment__ Pin egenen _ 2 PEEN OO OC ET CRT 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 carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard Assignment Normal Operation Default SLO pin 1 2 close 1 E Clear CMOS data 3 Pin 2 3 close x Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remove AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close 3 Wait for five seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close 5 Powers on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JCI1 Chassis Open Message 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 es o em SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Pin Assignment Pin Assignment i eom EC CC Ts pm a o e spe Re ie TI 12 915P A7 COMBO Front Panel Connector JPANELI1 This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED
19. I915P A7 COMBO FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 INU OGUCHONT WEE 1 1 1 Motherboard Features cesses esse eee eee eee 1 1 2 Package ae EE 4 1 3 Layout and COMpPONENISc aiics ne aia 5 Chapter 2 Hardware
20. P A7 COMBO 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 InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing WarpSpeeder on your computer M Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray tity Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 5 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES I TRAY ICON AND A 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 dt OO 11 33 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder 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 Lan h Wality re SS Secs 18 915P A7 COMBO 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first win
21. P Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 20 915P A7 COMBO 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup K ACPI amp Wake Up Events Press Enter H Reload Timer Events Press Enter Power Management User Define Video OFF Method DEME Uideo OFF In Suspend Yes Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode Stop Grant 3 Disabled Disabled LInstant Off Disabled HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTIIN Intruder Detection Menu Level K 10 SAH v 9 Enter Select PUCPD Value Fi ave ESC Exit Fi iGeneral Help FS Previous Values FY Optimized Defaults ACPI amp WAKE UP EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ACPI amp Wake Up Events Enabled Menu Level L 81 P08 gt Disabled Tle i Move 9 Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Disabled Disabled ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY J KB Power OM Password Enter
22. 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 ther 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 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 PCI E
23. Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions Connector o HOD Leo 8 Power LED Hard drive Power LED Power LED HDD LED LED Power LED 13 Ground 14 Joer butt i Ground Reset button 14 Power button Power on 15 Reset control 16 Ground button 13 915P A7 COMBO CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One 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 BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting f v drive A media INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and
24. S 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 OS82 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 13 915P A7 COMBO 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly RB Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time DRAM RASH to CASH Delay DRAM RASH Precharge Precharge dealy lt tRAS gt System Memory Frequency SLP_
25. S4 Assertion Width By SPD Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto 4 to 5 Sec Henu Level F Enabled Disabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M i6M PU PD Value Values Enter Re lect F5 Previous DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM mmg The Choices By SPD default Manual Tac Move E C Exit Fi General Help PLB R aue F Optimized Defaults CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM 1s installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timmg 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 ss installed in the system The Choices Auto default 14 915P A7 COMBO DRAM RAS PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate 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
26. XPRESS RELATIVE ITEMS Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 27 915P A7 COMBO 8 PC Health Status RB Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PG Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Menu Level K tl iMove Enter Select dg d N Ea 9 1 DT ER TTT AS ETT ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce nose The Choices SMART default Always On _ Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown 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 durmg 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 0 V 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 28 915P A7 COMBO 9 Frequency Voltage Control R Figure 9 Frequency Voltage
27. a K TE DE d THT Blear Desks Bre sgu 7 Ee 0 4 Hezet RT D Li 4 Hix Butona Stel Hx fuio i le Bas 3M Eun Overclock Panel contains these features a 3MHz button 1MHz 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 every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Recovery Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value C Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting
28. 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 defau Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default 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 11 915P A7 COMBO CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CP U chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache 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 optimized for Hyper Threading Technolo gy The Choices Enabled Default Disabled QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST BOOT UP NUMLO
29. board for update information RB Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PoP PC Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit FO Menu in tilae Select Item PIR 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 915P A7 COMBO Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M
30. ces Default default Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode and SATA only 17 915P A7 COMBO ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device k PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter USE Controller Enabled USE 2 48 Controller Enabled Menu Level kk USE Keyboard Support Enabled USE Mouse Support Disabled ACo Audio L uto Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 Enabled Onboard RAID BIOS Disabled Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Enabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Tlae i Move 3 Enter Select PU PD Value Fi S Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Walues F Optimized Defaults PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 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 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 turn on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy S
31. compliant Supports data transfer speed up to 250B s per direction LAN E Chip RTL8100C E Supports 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s auto negotiation E Half Full duplex capability E Supports ACPI power management On board AC 97 Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 E Support 6 channels E Supports S PDIF Out and S PDIF In optional functions E Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification Super UO E Chip ITE IT8712F E Low Pin Count Interface E Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality E Environment Control initiatives e H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller TE s Smart Guardian function 915P A7 COMBO Serial ATA Controller integrated in ICH6 Supports 4 Serial ATA SATA ports Integrated AHCI controller Compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specification Data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s IEEE 1394 Chip optional Chip VIA VT6307 Supports two 1394A Firewire ports up to 400Mb s individually Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers 1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1 SPDIF out connector supports digital audio out function 1 front audio header supports front panel audio out function 1 chassis open header supports PC case opened warning function 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 SPDIF in connector supports digital
32. d on Pin 2 3 individually JUSB3 JUSB4 Headers for USB2 0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 5V fused 5V fused 5V standby Voltage Cr feon o e eom opo o o JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 915P A7 COMBO JAUDIOF1 Front Panel Audio out Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pn a E 3 Mic poate Audio pone 5 Rint ine ouSpeakar RR the opener out ight 7 Reseved SiC Key o Lefttine outiSpeaker out Let TR Leftline culSpeaker outlet 13 Lett line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left JSPDIF_OUTI JSPDIF_ IN1 Digital Audio Connectors JSPDIF_IN1 is optional This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output and input headers Pn Assignment JSPDIF_OUT S Assignment C oo O o ooo RR E 2 SP IN optional S J1394PWR1 Power Source for 1394 Firewire Port optional This header allows user to connect the digital image device like DV D8 or V8 etc po Assignment
33. dow you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels C With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above Baa D About Butor ae d Lauer 66 5 ZH mns WEIT wn RU CLOCK Eer Pe CLOCK 33 3 N ER CLOCK oy tt Go 32 7 pato 00 Ge itl Hz H Cw ae Monitor Button Pi is Ak Over clock percentage 100 o sd Overclock Buton Voltage Button GC 6 1146 AM 19 915P A7 COMBO 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes A 1927 Mali b s e p AC m 20 915P A7 COMBO 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure
34. eed 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 R Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations 1x Hwardblo AG p PoP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Resources Controlled By Auto Menu Level F PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maxinum Payload Size 4696 TletiMove 9 Enter Select 9 PU PD Value FI Save ESC Exit Fi General Help 5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices Onboard AGP PCI Slot default 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 26 915P A7 COMBO 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 1s only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to
35. ht items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move 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 PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Ke 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 ke Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit 915P A7 COMBO 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
36. l boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour 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 22 915P A7 COMBO Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctr F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctr F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 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 status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Reload Timer Events Primary IDE Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE Disahled Menu Level A Secondary IDE 1 Disabled UA LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ CA D1 Disabled Thetifove Enter Select PU PD Value Fi S Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimi
37. lot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables IDE1 Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives PCI1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32bits PCI Ex 4 PCl Extreme Slot E This PCI Ex 4 PCI Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express interface graphic cards E The PCI Ex 4 PCl Extreme slot is compliant with PCI Express 1 0a specification I This PCI Ex 4 PCI Extreme slot is compatible with PCI E x4 and PCI E x1 expansion card E The bandwidth of data transfer is up to 1GB s per direction and for an aggregate of 2GB s in total 915P A7 COMBO 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
38. ri Slayve Sec Master Henu Level kk Sec Slave USBHDDA S Use T gt E KAN USBHDD1 S select a device then USBHDDZ press gt to move it Bootable Add in Cards up or gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Ses oh OP pfa a Ba a TL Move PU PD Change Priority Fill Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values Fo Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence select in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO BHDD1 USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards 10 915P A7 COMBO BOOT SEQ amp FLOPPY SETUP Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Menu Level 7 Boot Other Device Enabled Select Your Boot Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Device Priority Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Report No EDD For WIN 95 No TiatiMove Enter Select 3 PU PD Value SCH Save ESC Exit 15 rGenenal Help Hh gt Preu ious Ua lues 7 Optimized Defaults 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
39. tegories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt P gUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item RB Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Date mmidd yy ETELE Time HEH R e 3 B ail Menu Level K IDE Channel Master H IDE Channel Slave Change the day month H IDE Channel 1 Master year and century H IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive H 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA UGA I Halt On All But Keyboard TlaeiMove Enter Select PU PDWalue Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults 915P A7 COMBO Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu item Options Description 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 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
40. tered DIMMs are not supported DIMM S Acke DDR DDR2 Module Total Memory Size Location DDR2_A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDRA1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB DDRB1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR Installing Precautions E This system supports both DDR and DDR2 modules E Please install DDR DDR2 modules accordingly or the system may not boot up If DDR2 is used for system memory module install the module firstly in DDR2_A1 and then DDR2_B1 If DDR is used for system memory module install the module firstly in DDRA1 and then DDRB1 E If single DDR2 and single DDR modules are used at the same time the system would recognize DDR2 as first priority for system memory 915P A7 COMBO On board IDE E One connector supports 2 IDE disk drives E Supports PIO Mode 0 4 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode Expansion Slots E Three 32bit PCI bus master slots E One PCI Express PCI E x 16 slot PCI EX16_1 PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB s simultaneously per direction for an aggregate of 8GB s totally E One PCI Extreme PCI EX slot PCI EX16_ 2 PCI Express 1 0a compliant Supports data transfer speed up to 1GB s per direction See p 8 for detail information Special PCI Express Dual Feature This special function supports Dual View two graphic cards E One PCI Express PCI E x 1 slot optional PCI Express 1 0a
41. 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 smartly indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install InstallShield Wizard X Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for WarpSpeeder The InstallShield Wizard will install WarpSpeeder on your i N computer To continue click Next 17 915
42. 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 SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh 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 CACHE ABLE 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 their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 15 915P A7 COMBO 5 Integrated Peripherals RB Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIO CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals t OnChip IDE Device Press Enter K Onboard Device Press Enter H Superl0 Device Press Enter Menu Level F Thee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi S
43. 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 30
44. u a submenu with the following options 19 915P A7 COMBO Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard IR Function The Choices Disabled default Enabled UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 2781 RQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode EC
45. upport Enabled default Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support 18 915P A7 COMBO 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 AC97 Audio This item allows you to decide to enable disable to support AC97 Audio The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard 1394 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 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperlO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 KZ 1 Haa Onboard IR Function Disabled Menu Level ee UART Mode Select IrDA URZ Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 TROT TI Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 tl Move 93 Enter Select 9 PUCPD Value Fi fi S Save STT EC EK Fi General Help F7 0 PR gt Preu 10us Walues timized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key t will take yo
46. virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports 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 915P A7 COMBO 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 highlig
47. y G Ur p L BA ke EICH bans snr chek o o s ER HRH wm PO DECH P REZA do a Coo j en A EE desen g9 Te ao 1279 ra Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust 23 915P A7 COMBO BIOS SAUP eege eech TMa ee 3 2 Standard E 6 DANG VANCEd BIOS TTT 9 4 Advanced Chipset EE 14 SMe R eR T LT 16 6 Power Manas cement Eege ege EE 21 PME PCW EE E CN He e ON IT Og i E 28 OF tequency EE 29 915P A7 COMBO BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as
48. zed 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 can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ A D under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 915P A7 COMBO 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 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method 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 1s blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend Type The Choices Stop
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