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- Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 1
NF4UL-A9 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 15 6 Power Management Setup 21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 24 8 PC Health Status ...26 i - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 2
NF4UL-A9 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 3
NF4UL-A9 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 general, you - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 4
NF4UL-A9 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the !! 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 5
NF4UL-A9 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 6
NF4UL-A9 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User 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 made - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 7
NF4UL-A9 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 8
NF4UL-A9 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 9
NF4UL-A9 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 conventional - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 10
NF4UL-A9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced 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 will display a - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 11
NF4UL-A9 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 NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 12
NF4UL-A9 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. 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. Disabled - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 13
NF4UL-A9 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 4. Advanced Chipset Setup CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. The Choices: - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 14
NF4UL-A9 DRAM Configuration CAS# Latency This field specify the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read : 3 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS CLOCKS, 5 BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS. CPU Spread Spectrum The choices: Center Spread (default). SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable \ enable the - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 15
NF4UL-A9 This item allows you to disable \ enable the SATA spread spectrum function. The choices: Disabled (default), enable. SSE/SSE2 Instructions The choices:Enabled (default), Disabled. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Disabled " option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 16
NF4UL-A9 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal "Press Enter" next to the "IDE Function Setup" label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 17
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. IDE DMA Transfer Access - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 18
RAID Configuration NF4UL-A9 RAID Enable The choices: Disabled (default), enable. ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 19
NF4UL-A9 USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboard. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. The Choices: Auto - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 20
NF4UL-A9 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 21
NF4UL-A9 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode 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 (most new drives do), select Enabled - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 22
NF4UL-A9 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure 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 saving - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 23
NF4UL-A9 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) Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 24
NF4UL-A9 USB Resume from S3 The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Power-On by Alarm When you select Enabled, an alarm returns the system to Full ON - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 25
NF4UL-A9 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 - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 26
NF4UL-A9 IRQ-4 IRQ-5 IRQ-7 IRQ-9 IRQ-10 IRQ-11 IRQ-12 IRQ-14 IRQ-15 assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 27
NF4UL-A9 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under - Biostar NF4UL-A9 | NF4UL-A9 BIOS guide - Page 28
NF4UL-A9 This field displays the current speed of CPU fan. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. 27
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NF4UL-A9 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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