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  • Biostar TFORCE4 SLI | TForce4 SLI BIOS setup guide - Page 1
    TForce4 SLI 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 ...15 6 Power Management Setup 20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 23 8 PC Health Status...25 9 Over Clock Navigator Engine 28 10 CMOS
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    password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-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
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    TForce4 SLI 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,
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    TForce4 SLI 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
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    TForce4 SLI Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain "Plug and Play" and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. OverClock
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    TForce4 SLI Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Integrate Flashing Program This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS. By pressing "Enter" key for three times, and the upgrading process will be
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    TForce4 SLI 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
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    TForce4 SLI 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
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    TForce4 SLI 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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    TForce4 SLI 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup 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
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    TForce4 SLI External Cache This option enables or disables "Level 2" secondary cache on the CPU, which may improve performance. The Choices: Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating
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    TForce4 SLI 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 Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN . Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. Typematic
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    TForce4 SLI Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when the CPU type is AMD 939 Dual Core, this item will be always"Enabled". MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by
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    TForce4 SLI 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset enable/disable the "sequential Prufetch Feature" of K8 CPU. The Choices: Auto (default). CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices: Center Spread (default).
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    TForce4 SLI 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 which can improve system performance. However, any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts
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    and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "Enabled" to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select "Disabled" to deactivate
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    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
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    RAID Config TForce4 SLI RAID Enable The Choices: Disabled (default),Enabled. ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The Choices: V1. 1+V2. 0 (
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    TForce4 SLI 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 (default), Disabled. MAC LAN This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN. The
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    TForce4 SLI Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for 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
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    TForce4 SLI 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to 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
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    TForce4 SLI 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
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    TForce4 SLI 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 state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. AMD K8 Cool'n' Quiet Control This function supports AMD Cool 'n' Quick function. The Choices:
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    TForce4 SLI 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 Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires
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    TForce4 SLI Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.By Choosing "Manual", the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there
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    TForce4 SLI 8 PC Health Status A、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
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    TForce4 SLI CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the CPU. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: Disabled (default
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    TForce4 SLI CPU Fan Off If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. The Choices: 16 (default). CPU Fan Start CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. The Choices: 32(default). CPU Fan Full speed When CPU temperature is arriving
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    TForce4 SLI 9 Over Clock Navigator Engine Automate Overclock System A.O.S. is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from BET, A.O.S. provide 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance 28
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    TForce4 SLI V6 Tech Engine: V8 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 15%~25% of whole system performance. 29
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    TForce4 SLI V12 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance. Cautions: 1. Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected CPU model. 2. From BET experiment, the Atholon64 FX CPU are not suitable for this
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    TForce4 SLI CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. The Choices: StartUp (default),1.725V,1.700V,1.675V,1.650V,1.625V,1.600V etc. NB/SB Voltage Regulator The Choices:1.52V(default),1.60V,1.68V,1.76V. Memory Voltage The Choices:2.60V(default),2.70V,2.80V,2.90V. CPU Frequency
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    TForce4 SLI DRAM Configuration Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM. The Choices: Auto (Default), Manual. CAS# Latency(Tcl) This field specify the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read data valid. The Choices: CL=2.5(Default), CL=3.0, CL=2.0, Min RAS# active time (Tras)
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    TForce4 SLI Integated Memory Test Integated Memory Test allows users to test memory compatibilities, and no extra devices or software are needed. Step 1: The default setting under
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    TForce4 SLI 10 CMOS Reload Program(C.R.P.) It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. Users are able to reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save ideal overclock setting when under overclock operation. There are 50 sets record
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TForce4 SLI 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 Over Clock Navigator Engine
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10 CMOS Reload Program
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