Biostar 915GL-M7 Ultra Owner's Manual
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1. 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 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 Powe2. Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values 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 F Optimized Defaults CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices Auto default DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default 14 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual DRAM RAS PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be ncomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default PRECHARGE DELAY TRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices Auto default SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default DDR266 DDR300 and DDR400 SLP S4 ASSERTION WIDTH This it
3. Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1RQ4 Onboard IR Function Disabled Menu Level gt gt UART Mode Select IrDA UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it 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 Enabled Disabled default 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 20 915GL M
4. Enabled ACPI Suspend Type 1 P0 gt Menu Level gt gt Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY 1 KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Pover ON Ctrl Fi PWRON After PWR Fail Off Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 word
5. F 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Exten
6. 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 1 D Secondary IDE Menu Level L Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D1 Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or disable FDD COM and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 24 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual PCI PIRQ A D You can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ A D under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 Al
7. 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 Batte 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 9 Frequency Voltage Control m Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Regulator Default DDR Voltage Regulator Default Menu Level futo Detect PCI Clk Enabled CPU Clock 20 MHz tee Move Parer Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help 5 Previous Values F Optimized 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 unfortun
8. Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 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 Enabled Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master PIO uto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block mode IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto select Enabled for On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled automatic detection of IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto the optimal number of IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto block read writes per IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto sector the drive can IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto support SATA Mode CIDE On Chip Serial ATA Enhanced Mode PATA IDE Mode Primary Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands ormultiple 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual IDE DMA Transf
9. 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD CAS Latency Time DRAM RAS to CASH Delay DRAM RAS Precharge Precharge dealy 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 Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto 4 to 5 Sec Enabled Disabled Disabled Menu Level b Press Enter 32MB DUMT 3 01 24MB 63MB Auto
10. sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDD0 USBHDD1 USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Carde 10 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 L Boot Other Device Enabled Select Your Boot Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Device Priority Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 No Tac Rouge Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F 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 allows you to swaplogical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have40 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 D
11. 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 BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make abootable 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 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 105 00 EE 17 915GL M7 Ultra B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after poweron system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case pl
12. 7 Ultra BIOS Manual Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer P ort EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 21 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 Power Management Setup gt ACPI amp Wake Up Events Press Enter gt Reload Timer Events Press Enter Power Management User Define Menu Level gt Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ IEN Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BIIN Instant Off Intruder Detection Disabled Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 for Previous Values F Optimized Defaults ACPI amp WAKE UP EVENTS Phoenix pdBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Wake Up Events ACPI Function
13. 915GL M7 Ultra FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here ands pecially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor approval in writing The content of this users 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 1 1csessccecsesscsessersnessesestesensesesssnsesenes 1 1 1 Motherboard Features 1 1 2 Package Checkhet AAA 4 1 3 Motherboard Layout 5 Chapt
14. D E LD E o o go go o E Nt J CIRI TRAN Note I represents the 1 pin 915GL M7 Ultra CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Spedal Notice Remove Pin Cap beforeinstallation and makegood preservation for future use When theCPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensurepin legs won t bedamaged D Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle pin cap KH 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 915GL M7 Ultra Step 3 Hold the CPU down fimly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans builtin the computer The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 CPU Fan Header JCFANI Pin Assignment a Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control System Fan Header JSFANI Pin Assignment JSFAN1 FAN RPM rate sense Smart Fan Control Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 4 pin and 3 pin head connector When connecting wth wires
15. 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 x Award PnP PCI Configurations Init Dieplay Firet PCI Slot Resources Controlled By Auto Menu Level gt STI PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 4696 Tle Move SE PU PD Value eee Se nae Fi General Help Previous Values 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 assi
16. ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Jeon JUSB3 JUSB4 Front USB Headers This motherboard provides 2 USB 2 0 headers which allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also canbe connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment__ Pin Assignment _ 5V fused 5V fused TEE E JUSB3 JUSB4 7 Ground 8 Ground Key OP NC 915GL M7 Ultra JAUDIO2 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment Pin Assignment ENCA ee Right line out Speaker Right line out Speaker out Right gic e PERE 7 Reseved ed KAG line e ee KA line O e out Left out Left JAUDIO2 Right line in Rear p Right line in Rear 1 speaker Right 2 Speaker Right 13 Left line in Rear 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left speaker Left JCL1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status Ifthe signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment Case open signal JCMOS1 ClearC MOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard JCMOS1 Assignment i D 4 Pin 2 3 dose Clear CMOS d
17. TEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 915GL M7 Ultra 5 3 INSTALIATION 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 Wacoma Ir fhe iaie a ea aes peer Tip v i eek G r eal pn agai T 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 u lity will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button beai aia hisk 2 sc Cc dete Bet ha betei g ee apimaia m poa rpa H Leran dg el pee um bia Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 21 915GL M7 Ultra 5 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES 1 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 QOS 1133 4M 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
18. 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup 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 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 O82 default OS2 SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo
19. ata X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC powerline Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 dose Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data Oy Oo Ee 14 915GL M7 Ultra JPANEL1 Front Panel Header This 24 pin connector indudes Power on Reset HDD LED PowerLED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions JPANEL1 GE nc GE 3 NA Speaker a Ground button GR EE EEN EE Power LED Hoo LED HED fis Ground Reset Power on Bunge BCE Rey o DIN oa D r o e Connector Ground IRRX JDJ1 optional AUDIO DJ Connector This 24 pin connector indudes Power on Reset HDD LED PowerLED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front CS Costa functions VE E e Connector omes fap w Dm 915GL M7 Ultra JATXPW R1I JATXPW R2 Power Connectors JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect wth 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connecior it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin feta epy o pefo J z o Standy Vonage raver fev iS sarxewrs D Taq Pin Assignment Pin Assignment JE JATXPWR2 16 915GL M7 Ultra CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by
20. ately 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 31
21. atures This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 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 password Enter Password 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 Superv
22. board has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Pin _Assignment__ Pin Assignment __ Pt Gon ERC pape e oon samsam STAR e o EA e a 10 915GL M7 Ultra PCI EX PCF Extreme Slot This PCI EX PCI Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express PCI E interface graphic cards The PCI EX slot is compliant wth PCI Express 1 0a specification and bandwidth of data transferis up to 1GB s per direction foran aggregate of 2GB s totally To install the system with an add on PCI E graphic card please make sure to install the driver of add on PCI E graphic card before onboard VGA driver installation If the onboard VGA driverhas already been installed before you install the add on PCI E graphic 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 PCI E graphic card as the main adapter 2 Or re install your operating system to ensure the PCI E graphic card function can be used Note Downward compatibility to PCI E x4 and PCI E x1 extension card 11 915GL M7 Ultra CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration s
23. cket Location DDR Module WEE R DDRA1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDRA2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 4GB DDRB1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDRB2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 On Board IDE E Supports 2 IDE disk drives I Supports PIO Mode 5 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode 915GL M7 Ultra 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 I Data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s Slots I Two 32 bit PCI bus maser slots I One PCI Extreme PCI EX slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Supports data transfer eed up to 1 GB s per direction See p 10 for detail information Super I O i Chip ITE IT8712 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 E Chip ALC655 I Support 6 channels I Supports S PDIF Out and S PDIF In optional functions I Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 spedfication LAN I Chip RTL8100C I Supports 10 1 OOMb s auto negotation E Half Full duplex capability I Supports ACPI power management 915GL M7 Ultra 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 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device I 1 fron
24. ded Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Prese Enter gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Pr Enter Menu Level gt Virus Warning Disabled CPU L3 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technologyl Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status 0n Gate A2 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 0S Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 082 Small Logo lt EPA gt Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1i General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU FEATURE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 IM2 Bus Ratio EA Menu Level kk TM2 Bus VID 0 83750 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled tl gt 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
25. ease double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling wth the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Pluginthe power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 18 915GL M7 Ultra 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING Probable Solution ___ No power to the system at all Power light dont illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn 2 on Indicator light on key board does not turn on 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 driv e can be bootedfrom optical driv e System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive 19 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 importan
26. ect 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 Support Enabled default Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Mouse Support 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 19 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
27. em 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 VGA Settings On Chip Video Meory Size Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area asystem error may result The Choices Disabled Enabled default 15 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Press Enter gt Onboard Device gt SuperIO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt
28. 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 Disabled Enabled default HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level gt gt Sec Slave USBHDD Use lt f gt or lt 4 gt to USBHDDi 4 select a device then USBHDD2 press lt to move it Bootable Add in Cards up or lt gt to move it down the list Pr lt ESC gt to exit thi menu SNOT RON tl Move PU PD Change Priority Fi Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 0ptimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the
29. er 2 Hardware Installation sscsecesseessceeeees 6 2 1 Central Processing Unit CRU 6 2 2 FAN Heg ersero ise Eege degkeet H 2 3 Memory Module Installation eee 9 2 4 Connectors and SIOtS AAA 10 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Getup seeeeeseerseeec 12 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 12 3 2 Detail Gettngs eee 12 Chapter 4 Useful HeIp scscsecsccecsesscsscssserssssessessssessessesess 17 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 17 4 2 Extra Inform on 17 4 3 Troubleshooting eee 19 Chapter 5 WarPSPeede sr ssssssssssssuussssssesses 20 5 1 Unien le Le TT 20 5 2 System Reuirement i eerie ererenee 20 5 3 WiStal AM ON 2 gedu Seebesg keen dek Zeg eebr ei e tavedbaateretdectanes 21 5 4 WarpSpeeder indudes 1 tray icon and 5panels 22 915GL M7 Ultra CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU I Supports socket 775 I Supports Intel Pentium 4 Celeron D processor 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 i North Bridge Intel 915GL E South Bridge Intel ICH6 Dimensions I Mico ATX Fom Factor 24 45cm W x 24 4cm L Main Memory I Supports Dual Channel DDR 400 333 L Supports 256 Mb 512 Mb or 1G Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non ECC DDR devices I Maximum DRAM space is up to 4GB assuming 32 bit addressing L Registered DIMMs not supported DIMM So
30. er Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCIIDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled Default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively 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 IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slaave 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 suppo
31. gn IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts 27 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA PALETTE SNOOP Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility 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 contr
32. hows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumperis close if not that means the jumperis open LJ A i Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS Power Source Header for PS 2 ee and Mouse a 1 5V for PS 2 key board and mouse Pin 1 2 Eas 5V Standby PS 2 mouse and keyboard are Pin ea e Voltage powered with 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse UKBV1 JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 TC 1 Power Ge Headers for USB ports Assisnment E 5V for USB ports at JRJ45USB1 amp JUSB2 PRET 1 T ne JUSBV3_1 5V for JUSB9JUSB4 JUSBV1 USB ports at JRJ45USB1 and JUSB2 are powered by 5V EZE Suaia stand votage Pin 2 3 close JUSBV3_1 JUSB3 4 are powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse UKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 915GL M7 Ultra JSPDIF_OUTI Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header fa ES ny JSPDIF_OUT JSPDIF_IN1 optional Digital Audio in C onnector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Gafa SS JSPDIF_IN1 JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like CD
33. isk 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 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 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
34. isor 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 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 gt 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 N gt amp 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt P gUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date lt mm dd Jun 20 2005 12 24 Time hh mm Menu Level A IDE Channel IDE Channel Change the day month gt IDE Channel year and century IDE Channel Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help
35. lows 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 is blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend Type The Choices Stop Grant default PwrOn Suspend Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA 25 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 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 BIN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft
36. nges into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the optimized defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu 1 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu i 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 Fe
37. oller 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Fan Control Smart Disabled Shutdown Temperature Show HA Monitor in POST Enabled Menu Level gt Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU FAN Control The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices Always On Smart default 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 Monitorin POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during
38. on 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 untl 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 dick this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make surey our display 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 s
39. onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black 915GL M7 Ultra wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 915GL M7 Ultra 2 3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALIATION 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 915GL M7 Ultra 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS PCI1 PCl2 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and itis a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits IDE1 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 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 SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The mother
40. r 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 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt P gUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to nextitem Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu Quit and not save cha
41. rted SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode The Choices Default default Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode and SATA only 17 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter Enabled USB Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC Audio Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt Onboard RAID BIOS Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Onboard Lan Boot ROM Tlee Move Enter Select FS Previous PCI Express Root Port Func PU PD Value Values Enabled Enabled Disabled Auto Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Menu Level kk Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 PCI E Compliancy Mode tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 Auto Auto Auto Auto vi al Menu Level daa Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults 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 18 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual USB Controller Sel
42. s 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 allows you to choose the power on function The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key Keyboard 98 23 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual KB POWER ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctr F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctr F10 Ctr F11 and Ctr 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
43. s 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 TE 7 eenst 100 D 2 38 1200 Fad 24 915GL M7 Ultra 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 Fedex owt D Bugien Recovery Dab Pr t gz Al GE Ze firt Baten J oa Tetigi ibni Zi IWH Buton C Aa nem Overdock Panel contains the these features 3M Hz button 1 MHz button 1MHz button and 3M Hz 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 ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best resultfory ou Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pitch zer a recovery oben thal v i decide wheel kel of hiia you rapid lo do alter sytem lge wiseeg O pions Gioup C Beziceg by Hlandvene Deia CPL Chuck Vase 915GL M7 Ultra C Auto overclock butt
44. t 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 915GL M7 Ultra CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main 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 SYS
45. t audio header supports front panel audio function E 1 S PDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function I 1 chassi s open header supports PC case opened warning function I 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes E 1 S PDIF In connector supports digital audioin function optional I 4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices I 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel Rear Side Connectors E 4USB2 0ports E 1 VGAport i 1 Serial port I 1 Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack I 1 PS 2 Mous amp Keyboard port I 1 vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 line out connector and 1 MIC in connector LAN P92 Mouse Ki Line In Printer p T S Surround Em E Em Line Out COMI ER BaserCenter P92 Keyboard USB x2 USB x2 lal N 915GL M7 Ultra B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP SCO UNIX etc 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 PDIF Cable 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable 1 optional 915GL M7 Ultra 1 3 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT o a
46. 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 cose Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility ly Ext fer SR ts aes 915GL M7 Ultra 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utiity s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory cock AGP dock and PCI clock infomation b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above E About Butto KC KZ e SPEED z n o RTS EE CPU LOCK MHz PCI CLOCK MHz TE EISCHT KGP CLOCK MHz BR 132 7 WEAN 100 WEWORYCLOCK van PERCENTAGE Hardware z Monitor Button Q GO Over clock percentage 100 Di Overclock B utton Voltage Button OD SS 1146 am 915GL M7 Ultra 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up a
47. ystem The information will be refreshed every 1 second ho 3 wom 26 915GL M7 Ultra 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 MM Tronis Le Woersign 0 9 5 9 Bice j LEE T205H 27 915GL M7 Ultra 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 07 06 2005 28 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS SETUP BIOS SC TEE l Man Meteo eege EEGEN 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 02 065 Seeeceeecabaceteaeescteeuseaeeesvesnevedonsessvossapseuhaeenas 6 S2Advanced BIOS Features ses gue enyin sh RUE stevens e R Et Ee reet 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals ram casi ethers ee A erected Coenen 16 6 Power Management Setup oo eee ieir E AERE A EERS 22 PDP PCEComtiguratio ns iis ernie i e E E 27 RE EEN 29 9 Frequency Voltage Control 30 915GL M7 Ultra BIOS Manual
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