Biostar M7VIW D M7VIW-D BIOS setup guide

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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu...3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated Peripherals 17 6 Power Management Setup 21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 25 8 PC Health Status 28 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control 30 i
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    -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
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    M7VIW-D 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
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    M7VIW-D 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 Menu
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. message will be displayed before proceeding. confirmation Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade
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    M7VIW-D 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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    M7VIW-D 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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    M7VIW-D 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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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy. First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Cache & Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache & 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Fast (default) controls Gate A20. Lets chipset control Gate A20. (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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 12
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    M7VIW-D 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual, Turbo, Ultra. DRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.5 (default), 2.
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card. By choosing "Manual", it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual. The Choices: Auto (default), Manual. AGP
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled, writes to the AGP bus are Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). Memory
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals USB 2.0 Support This item allows you to enable or disable USB 2.0 support. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. VIA OnChip IDE Device The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "
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    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. VIA options: VIA-3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. VIA-3068 MC97
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup SPP(default) EPP ECP ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as 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
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    M7VIW-D 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.
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    M7VIW-D 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup This option only writes blanks to the 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
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup PCI Master When set to On, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power function. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jump. The Choices: Off (default), On. PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns
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    M7VIW-D BIOS No (default), Yes. Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record update ESCD to the memory locations. These locations (4K) are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system's ESCD will update
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the "Disabled" mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if "Manual" is chosen for the resources controlled by function. Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup Show H/W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay
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    M7VIW-D BIOS Setup 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable / disable auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clock.
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M7VIW-D 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/ Voltage Control
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