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Biostar MCP6PBM2 | Bios Manual - Page 1
MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Table of Contents BIOS Setup 2 1 Main Menu 4 2 Standard CMOS Features 7 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 15 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 25 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 29 8 PC Health Status 32 9 Performance Booster Zone 35 1
Biostar MCP6PBM2 | Bios Manual - Page 2
chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS. The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup. Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A spec ification. EPA Green PC Support This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu BIOS information described in this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is for your reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. Integrated Peripherals This clock improperly may damage the CPU or M/B!) Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Item Drive A Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Options 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, floppy disk drive installed in your system. Select the default video device. Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. Displays the
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features „ Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup 9
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disab led Disable cache. External Cache This option enables or disables "Level 2" secondary cache on the CPU, which may
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Removable Device Priority Select Removable Boot Device Priority. The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0, USB-ZIP1, LS120. Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.You can change the Hard Disk
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup CD-ROM Boot Priority TheChoices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB-CDROM0, USB-CDROM1. First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CDROM, Legacy LAN, Disabled. Boot Other
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Security Option This option will enable only individuals with (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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MCP6PB M2+ 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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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup HT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function. The choices: Disabled (default), 0.50% H.Kiss Cntr SSE/SSE2 instruction This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Feature
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Enabled" option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, which is able to improve the system performance. However, any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals „ Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup 18
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup RAID Config RAID Enable This option allows you to enable or disable RAID. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. On-chip IDE Channel 0 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "Enabled" to activate the first and/or second
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Primary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA function 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 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Onboard Device USB Keyboard/ Storage Support This item allows you to support the USB legacy devices. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support.
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup MAC Media Interface This option allows you to control the onboard MAC 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 you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive,
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Enable. OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You may need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The Choices: V1.1+
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors 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),
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR 25
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 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 ( blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Support (default) Initial
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Soft-Off by PBTN This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to spec ify. Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup HPET Support This item allows you to control the high precision event timer. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose
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MCP6PB M2+ 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 With systems that have multiple video cards, this item determines
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the the system interrupts. This is only configurable when "Resources Controlled By" is set to " Manual". IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some old graphic controllers need to "snoop" on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status „ Figure 8: PC Health Status Smart Fan Option 32
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU Fan. The Choices: Disabled (default), Auto, 4-pin, 3-pin.. Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU fan functions and show CPU fan speed. PWM Duty Off If the CPU
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 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. 34
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup 9 Performance Booster Zone „ Figure 9: Performance Booster Zone CPU VID Control This function allows you to adjust the CPU voltage. The Choices: Default (default), +3.3%, +6.6%, +10%. CHIP VID Control This function allows you to adjust the chipset voltage. The Choices: Default
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Memory Voltage This item allows you to select memory Voltage. The Choices: 1.950V (default), 2.000V, 2.050V, 2.100V, 2.150V, 2.200V, 2.250V, 2.300V NPT Fid control This function allows you to adjust the ratio frequency. The Choices: Auto (default), x4 800Mhz ~ x24.5 4900Mhz CPU
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup DRAM Configuration Timing Mode The Choices: Auto (default), MaxMemClk, Manual. Memory Clock value or Limit The Choices: DDR 400 (default), DDR 533, DDR 667, DDR 800. DCTs Mode This item controls the DRAM controller ganged (
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Memory Hole Remapping The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Auto Optimize Bottom IO The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Bottom of [31:24] IO space The
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MCP6PB M2+ BIOS Setup Row Precharge Time The Choices: 6 clocks (default), 3 clocks, 4 clocks, 5 clocks. Minimum 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