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- Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 1
K8NHA-G 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 22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 25 8 PC Health Status 27 9 Frequency Control 29 i - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 2
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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 3
Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR DRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Nvidia® CPU. Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 4
to accept and enter the sub-menu. 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 Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 5
Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are be prompted with to enter a password. Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 6
all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 7
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 items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Figure 2. Standard - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 8
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 system date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you set the date. Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal clock. IDE Primary Master - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 9
, 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 memory detected during boot up. Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. Displays the total - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 10
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 warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled. Enabled Virus protection is activated. Quick Power On Self Test - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 11
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 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 K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 12
Seq & Floppy Setup First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected : Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 13
that the settings have been changed incorrectly. Figure 4. Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Configuration DDR Timing Setting by DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM. The Choices: Auto (Default), Manual. Max Memclock (MHz) Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system. from running faster than this - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 14
Row cycle time (tRC) This field specifies the ROW Cycle Time. RAS# active to RAS# active or auto refresh of the same bank. Typically -70 Nsec. The Choices: 9 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 7 BUS CLOCKS, 8 BUS CLOCKS, 10 BUS CLOCKS, 11 BUS CLOCKS, 12 BUS CLOCKS, 13 BUS CLOCKS, 14 BUS CLOCKS, 15 BUS CLOCKS, 16 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 15
non-masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next Read Command (Jedec specs this as exactly one clock) The Choices: 1 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 2 aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 16
(default), I/O Length The Choices: 1 byte (default), System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Enabled" 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 and result in system errors - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 17
following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select "Enabled" 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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 18
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. IDE Prefetch Mode The "onboard" IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 19
This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard RAID ROM. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Onboard SATA ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard SATA ROM. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Reltek Giga LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Reltek Giga - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 20
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3 (default), Disabled, Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 , 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choices: Normal(default), - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 21
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. Init Display First With - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 22
"On" "Former-Sts" Means always set CMOS to the "On" status when AC power is lost Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost. For example: If set to "Former-Sts" and AC power is lost when system is live, then after AC power is restored, the system will automatically power - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 23
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 Management (ACPI). The - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 24
15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU's. Doze Mode = 1 min Standby Mode = 1 min. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Defined (default) Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 25
WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 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: - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 26
which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and 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 only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 27
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 are no IRQ/DMA - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 28
Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: Disabled (default) , 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉. CPU FAN Control by The Choice "smart" can make your CPU - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 29
Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPU FAN speed. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of the SYSTEM fan. Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 30
9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. The Choices: Default (default), +1.7%, +3.4%, +5.1%. DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control. The Choices: Default (Default), 2.75V, 2.85V, 2.90V. If unfortunately,
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K8NHA-G 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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