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  • Biostar M7NCD ULTRA | M7NCD Ultra BIOS setup guide - Page 1
    M7NCD Ultra 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 ULTRA | M7NCD Ultra BIOS setup guide - Page 2
    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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"
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup Typematic Rate (Chars/ 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 exceeding 64MB. The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. Video BIOS
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup FSB Frequency This item allows you to select the FSB 125%, 133%, 150%, 166%, 200%, Auto. Memory Timings Optimal (Default) This item allows you to use the most stable settings. Expert This item allows you to enter timings manually. Turbo T(RAS) This item allows you to set
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup The apertures is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture , 95MHz, 97MHz, 100MHz. AGP 8X Support This item allows you to enable or disable AGP 8X Support. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "Enabled"
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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 value required by the
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra 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. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power
  • Biostar M7NCD ULTRA | M7NCD Ultra BIOS setup guide - Page 22
    M7NCD Ultra 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's. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power
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    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 (5VSB), and the Power Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard battery (3V). If AC power
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    supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory
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    M7NCD Ultra 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".
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    M7NCD Ultra 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
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    M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. 26
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    M7NCD Ultra 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.
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M7NCD Ultra BIOS Setup
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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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