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- Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 1
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu...3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 12 5 Integrated Peripherals 16 6 Power Management Setup 20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 23 8 PC Health Status 25 9 Frequency Control 27 i - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 2
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 AMD® processor input/output system. The - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 3
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 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 AMD® CPU. Using Setup In - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 4
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear 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. Figure 1. Main - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 5
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M/B damage!) Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 6
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then but will not be able to change them. Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 7
M7NCD Pro 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 - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 8
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 9
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Item Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Options All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key N/A N/A N/A Description Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. Displays the amount of - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 10
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 11
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. The Choices: Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. External Cache This option you to enable or disable "Level 2" - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 12
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 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 > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 13
M7NCD Pro 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 to use the overclocked settings for higher performance but with higher risk of inestability. Turbo - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 14
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup FSB Frequency This item allows you to select the FSB Frequency. The Choices: 100MHz (Default), 133MHz, 166MHz, 200MHz. CPU Interface Optimal (Default) This item allows you to use the most stable CPU/ FSB parameters. Aggressive This item allows you to use overclocked CPU/ FSB - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 15
M7NCD Pro BIOS portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles Support. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. AGP Fast Write Capability This item allows you Enabled or Disabled AGP Fast Write Capability. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. CPU - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 16
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 12.5%. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh, resulting a better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). Video RAM - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 17
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "Enabled - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 18
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 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 - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 19
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The Choices: Onboard/AGP, PCI Solt (default). OnChip USB This item allows you to set the onchip USB. The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1. USB Keyboard Support The default value is - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 20
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full. Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 21
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 22
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 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 buffer. DPMS Support (default) Initial - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 23
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Soft-Off state when the system has "hung." The Choices: Delay had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention. There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power-On instructions; the motherboard battery (3V), the Power Supply - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 24
M7NCD Pro 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 - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 25
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default), the system BIOS "Manual". - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 26
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature. Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current SYSFAN speed. Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed. CPU Vcore/ AGP Vcore/ +3.3V/ +12V/ - - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 27
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. 26 - Biostar M7NCD PRO | M7NCD Pro BIOS setup guide - Page 28
M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator. The Choices: Default (default), -0.025V, -0.050V, -0.075V, -0.100V, +0.025V, +0.050V, +0.075V. AGP Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select AGP
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M7NCD Pro BIOS Setup
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1 Main Menu
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2 Standard CMOS Features
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3 Advanced BIOS Features
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4 Advanced Chipset Features
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5 Integrated Peripherals
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6 Power Management Setup
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7 PnP/PCI Configurations
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8 PC Health Status
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9 Frequency Control
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