Biostar 915GV-M7 DDR2 Owner's Manual
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1. 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 6 Reset y our desired password or clear the CMOS data JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header OW ONE Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground 18 915GV M7 DDR2 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 showthe message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case opensigna 2 Ground Pin Assignment Left channe input Ground Ground Right channel input AON 19 915GV M7 DDR2 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 BIOS2. 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 13 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardB
3. Asu 10 915GV M7 DDR2 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 31 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP BIOS SCUip visituc irradia ca ld Main Menu cetro ii dd de added 3 2 Standard CMOS Features R E E E AE A A R 6 3 Advaticed BIOS Features pcencne nanne a busines 9 4Adyanced Chipset EsatuleS uva EEEE a ee 14 5 Integrated PeripheralSiucinionion o ios ai asa 17 6 Power Management Setu parnai imron en i nono nano AT ae 22 1 PnP PCI Conti Graton onsekere reniei meiase aneren aeris Maea A LENEA E e iS 27 S PE Health Station 29 9 Frequency Voltage Control cccececceeccessecseeeseeeeeeeceeecneenaeeaaeceeeeeeeeeentees 30 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports I
4. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Item Help Resources Controlled By PCI UGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 FS Previous Values timized 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 27 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 S 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 assigne
5. N A Displays the total memory available in the system 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Advanced B gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Boot Seg amp Floppy Setup Virus Warning CPU L3 Cache Hyper Threading Technology Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A2 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Small Logo lt EPA gt Show Summary Screen Show PU PD Value FiB Save ESC Exit Fi General Help vious Values F Optimized Defaults lity lt 191GU Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Item Help Thermal Management TM2 Bus Ratio TM2 Bus VID Limit CPUID MaxVal Execute Disable Bit tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F 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 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 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 defau
6. 1 2 RI IO Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable 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 915GV M7 DDR2 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 21 915GV M7 DDR2 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING Problem Solution No power to
7. 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 men a 1497 31 Meee 66 5 MH A MHz B z os o 998 ae K chy CLOCK MH PCICLOCK MHz A 132 7 WERK 100 h CENTAGE wEWORY CLOCK Miz en Hardware Monitor Button N wo Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bullion z Voltage Button B O T 1146 aM 915GV M7 DDR2 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 27 915GV M7 DDR2 4 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 E y TO g feos A a Hacen Dial Bio h a boy po 5 Antet Beton y ee Reset do Syren Desanti e
8. Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPMrate sense 4 Smart Fan Control Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPMrate sense Note The JCFAN1 reser ves system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility lt supports 4 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positi ve and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 915GV M7 DDR2 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 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 915GV M7 DDR2 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector 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 34 IDE1 Hard Disk Connector 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 IDE 1 40 10 915GV M7 DDR2 PCI1 PCI2 Peripheral Component Interc
9. 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 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 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS 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 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 Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST Enabling this option will
10. PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR2 SDRAM Double Data Rate Two 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 Move to the item on the right menu bar Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS fo Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F5 key Load previous values from CMOS 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSTM 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 gt Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS tie Select Item F B Save amp Exit Setup Stan
11. 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 Pin Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NG JUSB3 JUSB4 2 10 DODOD maca 1 9 OANOOARWN pr o 14 915GV M7 DDR2 JATXPWRI1 ATX Power Connector This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply mf 1 T T a fof fafof lt fof 2 JATXPWR2 ATX Power Connector Pin OANDOaARWND Assignment 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW_OK Standby Voltage 5V 12V 12V 2 x 12 Detect 3 3V 12V Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V 5V Ground By connecting this connector t will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Assignment 12V 12V Ground Ground 915GV M7 DDR2 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 hon JAUDIO2 Front Panel Audio Header Assignment Left channad input Ground Ground Right channel input 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 AUN Assignment Mc in center G
12. 915GV M7 DDR2 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 cooonccccconcccccnnnnccnnnnnnccnnnnanccnnnnnncnnnn 1 1 2 Pa
13. 91GU M7B gt PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature gt Show H W Monitor in POST ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise 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 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 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 29 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 9 Frequency Voltage Control m Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Regulator DDR Voltage Regulator Auto Detect PCI Clk CPU Clock ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previous V
14. ATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode The Choices Default default Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode and SATA only 18 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt 121GU M B gt Onboard Device gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter USB Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support ACI Audio Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt Onboard RAID BIOS Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Onboard Lan Boot ROM tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiB Save ESC Exit F1i General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 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 Ifthe 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 Support Enabled defau
15. BIOS SETUP VGA Setting On Chip Video Memory Size 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 The Choices Disabled Enabled default On Chip Frame Buffer Size This item will be different as your memory modules When the memory size is decided this frame buffer size will also be fixed The Choices 1MB 8MB 16MB 32MB default DVMT Mode The Choices DVMT3 0 default FIXED Memory Size Fixed is a memory allocation method addition to the Unified Memory Architecture UMA concept where a static amount of page locked graphics memory is allocated during driver initialization It will provide the total amount of graphics memory available to the system and is intended to provide the user with a guaranteed amount of graphics memory at all times The Choices OMB 24MB default 56MB 63MB 120Mb 127MB and 128MB DVMT Memory Size DVMT stands for Dynamic Video Memory Technology This is an enhancemnet of the unified memory architecture UMA concept Where the optimum amount of memory is allocated for balanced graphics and system performance DVMT dynamically reponds to system requirements and applications demands by allocating the proper amount of display texturing and buffer memory after the operating system has booted The Choices OMB 24MB 31MB 56MB 63MB default 64MB 120MB and 127MB Boot Display
16. Chip ALC655 E Support 6 channels I Supports S PDIF Out function I Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 spedfication LAN E Chip RTL8100C I Supports 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation I Half Full duplex capability I Supports ACPI power management 915GV M7 DDR2 Front Side On board Peripherals I 1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices I 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities I 1 AUX in connector supports 1 AUX audioin device E 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device i 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function I 1 S PDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function i 1 chassis 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 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel E 4 Se al ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Rear Side Connectors i 4 USB 2 0 ports i 1 VGAport 1 Serial port I 1 Printer port i 1 RJ 45 LAN jack I 1 PS 2 Mouse port L 1 PS 2 Keyboard port i 1 vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 line out connector and 1 MIC in connector PS 2 Mouse Prirter Pat H IR 525555 A Keyboard USB Line In Surround Line Ou lic In t ass Center Pl N 915GV M7 DDR2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable 1 HDD Cable 1 User s Manual 1 Serial ATA Cable 1 Fully Setup Driver CD 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case 1 S PD
17. Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on ourmain panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and resultsin system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed thatis either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to instal DirectX 8 1 23 915GV M7 DDR2 5 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 Tip rg a eal rr agai T 2 When you see the following dialog in setup pr
18. IF Cable 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable 1 optional 915GV M7 DDR2 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS Note Ml represents the 1 pin S ATA4 SATAS ES Y Y E Fa E q gt JCMOS1 JCI 1 915GV M7 DDR2 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 Pin Cap Step 1 Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 915GV M7 DDR2 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 orentation Step 2 1 Step 22 Step 3 Hold the 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 915GV M7 DDR2 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 JCFANI CPU
19. IOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M 7B gt Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD 8o CAS Latency Time DRAM RASH to CASH Delay DRAM RASH Precharge Precharge dealy lt tRAS gt System Memory Frequency SLP_S4 Assertion Width System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M On Chip Video Memory Size On Chip Frame Buffer Size DUMT Version FIXED Memory Size DUMT Memory Size Boot Display tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS i F Optimi Previous Values timized 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 3 2 5 2 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 2 3 4 5 Auto default 14 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 re
20. Selections 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Drive A Drive B Video 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Item Options Description Date 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 Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Select the default video device 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Item Options Description 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 Extended Memory Total Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up
21. TR 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 will 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 allow
22. The Choices Auto default 16 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Onboard Device p E ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help 5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M B gt OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMA transfer access On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA PATA IDE Mode ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F 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 17 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP IDE DMA Transfer A
23. 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 card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required f or Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status infomation of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second AAA 0 u2m 915GV M7 DDR2 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 pm Mersin 0 9 5 9 Bide ina PBETZOGA imie HEGE MCH
24. alues Optimized Defaults nized 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 30 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 Veore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 31
25. assword Enter Password 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT lt ND 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 5 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup noenix Ar BIO M etup Standard CMOS Features Time lt hh mm IDE Channel gt IDE Channel IDE Channel gt IDE Channel Drive Drive B Video Halt On tiee Move Enter PD Value Fi F5 Previous Values F Main Menu
26. ault 1 21 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M B gt Power Management Setup ACPI amp Wake Up Events Press Enter Reload Timer Events Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BIIN Intruder Detection tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults ACPI amp WAKE UP EVEN Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt ACPI amp Wake Up Events ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON PWRON After PWR Fail tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi 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 22 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 S
27. 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 12 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 1f passwords are set from the Setup main menu
28. ccess 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 IDEChannel 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 Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 and Mode4 On chip Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDEChannel 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 S
29. ckage Mec ui dd 4 1 3 Layout and COMpONeNS occcccccnoncccccnnnnconnnonnnncnncancnnnnnnnnns 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ccocmommomm 6 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU 6 2 2 FAN Headers niente dee 8 2 3 Installing System MeMOry ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeaees 9 2 4 Connectors and SIots cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaaeeeeeeeees 10 Chapter 3 Headers 8 Jumpers SetUP ccccccccccmnnmmrammnaes 13 3 1 How to Setup JUMPEIS cceeeeeeeeeceaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeeees 13 3 2 Detail SettingsS 40 04 0 wie E ae aie ee eed 13 Chapter 4 Useful HeIP s1cssccaccscsacssrssnssrssessncssssnrssssanssensnsnsesens 20 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code cocoocccccccocccononcccncnnconcnnnnancnnnancnnns 20 4 2 Extra INfOMMat ON cee cece eee ee cece eeeeeeaaeeeeeeaaeeeeeeaaeeees 20 4 3 Troubleshoot ng cc eecceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeenees 22 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder scscccsssscscssssessssesssssssssecssssseeseaes 23 5 1 O 23 5 2 System RequiteMBlMtiocccococonococcnnnnconononncnccnnnncnnnnnnnancnnn 23 5 3 Install iii ree n enre 24 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 25 915GV M7 DDR2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU I Supports LGA775 I Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3 8GHz I Supports Intel Celeron D processor L Front side bus at the following frequency ranges 533 MHz 133M Hz Core Clock 800 MHz 200M Hz Cor
30. d 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 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 and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disable the function Enabled Enable the function PCI EXPRESS RELATIVE ITEMS Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 28 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 1
31. dard 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 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the 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 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 p
32. e Clock WARNING Warranty will be void if the pin protection capis notin place to pr otect the socket pin when sending this mainboard for service Chipset I North Bridge Intel 915GV I South Bridge Intel ICH6 Dimensions E Micro ATX Fom Factor 21 899cm W x 23 583cm L O perating S ystem Supporting I Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME System Memory I Supports Dual Channel DDR2 I Supports up to two DDR2 400 533 devices I Maximum DRAM capacity is up to 2GB assuming 32 bit addressing DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Location Size DDR2_A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 On Board IDE I 1 on board connectors support 2 IDE disk drives I Supports PIO Mode 0 4 I Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode 915GV M7 DDR2 Serial ATA I Controller integrated in ICH6 I Supports 4 Serial ATA SATA ports Intel Advanced Host Controller AHCI I Compliant with SATA 1 0 specification E Data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s Slots See p 11 for detail information I Two 32 bit PCI bus master slots I One PCI Extreme PCI EX slot I One XGP slot Xteme Graphic Port Super I O i Chip ITE 8712F 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 ITE s Smart Guardian function On Board AC 97 Sound CODEC I
33. lt 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 191GU M 7B gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Master Item Help SIRO PBWNE tJ 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 select in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO BHDD1 USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards 10 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP BOOT SEQ FLOPPY SETUP Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Report No FDD For WIN 95 tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help aT tare Optini Defa 2 a ues nized 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
34. lt 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 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 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 26 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix
35. lt Enabled PCI PIRQ A D You can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ A D under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 24 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 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 is blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend Type The Choices Stop Grant default 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 25 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled defau
36. lt Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support 19 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP 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 191GU M 7B gt Superl0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IR Function UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 20 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Onboa
37. m tw for more detailed information about XGP compatible AGP cards 915GV M7 DDR2 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 Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 Power Source Headers for USB Ports Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at back panel JRJ45USB1 JUSB2 JUSBV3_1 5V for USB ports atf ront panel JUSB3 JUSBA4 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at back panel JRJ45USB1 JUSB2 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV3_1 USB ports at front panel VUSB3JUSB4 are powered by 5V standby v oltage E a la gt Pin 1 2 Close default JUSBV1 3 1 3f af s JUSBV3_1 1 me 1 3 Pin 2 3 Close Note In order to support this function Power On system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 indi viduall y 915GV M7 DDR2 JKBV1 Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 1 3 maa Pin 1 2 Close default 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse 1 3 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 via keyboard and mouse JKBV 1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSB3 JUSB4 Front USB Headers This motherboard
38. ntel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports 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 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel
39. ocedure 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 Dron ahi boil id Lords Satu ha breed rutas aioe On PO cope E Lern epee ive ety Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 24 915GV M7 DDR2 5 4 WARPSPEEDER 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 pj Ext fer Sete aes 915GV M7 DDR2 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
40. onnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconned and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits PCI EX PCFExtreme Slot PCI Extreme slotis a spedal design for PCI Express interface graphic cards PCI Extreme slotis compliant wth PCI Express 1 0a specification PCI 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 11 915GV M7 DDR2 XGP1 Xtreme Graphics Port Slot This XGP Extreme Graphics Port slotis a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards To install the system with an add on AGP VGA card please make sure to install the driver of add on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver installation If the onboard VGA driver has already been installed before you install the add on AGP VGA card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter For the onboard VGA driver can t be removed completely and to solve this problem please follow the steps below 1 Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system and reboot PC After PC restarts the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the graphics adapter 2 Or re install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can be used Note Please go to http www biostar co
41. rd 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 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 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 Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 def
42. ric de a m IMH Guten siz Buton WET Bilbo IHH Suton 403 nem Owerclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3M Hz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Waming 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 ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best resultf or y ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pitan saleci a recova y opten thal el decida bal bared of tacon you mari lo do aer yate lado ista 0 pic Bitup E Aei by Hardware Dell PL Clock Walls 28 915GV M7 DDR2 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
43. round Mc power Bass Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right Right line out Speaker out Right Reserved Key Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left Right line in Rear speaker Right Right line in Rear speaker Right Left line in Rear speaker Left Left line in Rear speaker Left 16 915GV M7 DDR2 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 PWR_LED Ea leia I a Ground Perote po va wa __ O 7 Speaker 8 Power LED o ae LED Power LED Power LED Hard drive LED fii HDDLED Pow Reset button Bower bution around ne on button a control eoni Ona ee a a ea pna optional IRTX P IRRX P 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 Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX RX Ground SATA4 SATA2 SATA3 SATA1 915GV M7 DDR2 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 3 1 gt fo ml Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default 1 3 foo m Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data
44. s 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 23 915GV M7 DDR2 BIOS SETUP Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl 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 fwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 191GU M7B gt Reload Timer Events Primary IDE Disabled Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A DI ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 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 defau
45. tain 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 2 3 4 5 Auto default PRECHARGE DELAY TRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices Auto default 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default 333MHz 400MHz 533MHz 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 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 their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 15 915GV M7 DDR2
46. the system at all Power light don t illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn 2 on Indicator light on key board does not turnon Make sure power cable is securely plugged in Replace cable Contact technical support 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 drive can be bootedfrom optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk 2 is impossible Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive Check cable running from disk to 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 Back up data and applications files Ref ormat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Set masterslave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives 915GV M7 DDR2 CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and
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