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P4VMA-M BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 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 26 8 PC Health Status 29 9 Frequency Control 30 i
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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) write is supported. EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports
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(Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the IntelTM CPU. Using Setup In values from CMOS Load the fail-safe defaults from BIOS default table Load the optimized defaults Save all the
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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 configurable options
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to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the
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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
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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 CMOS
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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 Options are in its sub Press to enter
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, 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
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Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup CPU Feature Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to to hot. The Choices: 0.8375V (Default), 0.8375-1.6000. Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, it should be "Disabled" for WinXP. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.
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sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. Hyper-Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper-Threading Technology. "Enabled" for Windows XP
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password is required to access the Setup Utility only. This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu. APIC Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version
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DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB. The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Enabled (default) Optional ROM is enabled. Disabled Optional ROM is
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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 settings Choices: By SPD(default), Manual. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number
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: AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 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 are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The Choices: 64M, 256M
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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 Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to "Manual", it allows user to set Memory Size
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of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Enabled" option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. However
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the following options: OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE
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drives in 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 HDD Block
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onchip EHCI controller. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. USB Device Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB device legacy. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Super IO
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Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex ), Full. Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals. The Choices: IR-Rx2Tx2 (default), RxD2,
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the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 + S3 POS+STR Power Management Option This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings 21
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= 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 to 15 min. and disable. HDD Power Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while
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power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention. There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power-On instructions; the motherboard battery (3V), the Power Supply (5VSB), and the Power Supply (3.3V). While
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disabled USB resume from S3. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. VGA When set to On, any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which default), Off. 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
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(hh:mm:ss) You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field is only configurable when "RTC Resume" is set to "Enabled". IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activity
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operating system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO. The Choices: No (default), Yes. Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record
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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 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
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graphic controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write. In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA
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8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, 5VSB(V), Voltage Battery Detect the system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.
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9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. The Choices: 8X (default), Min= 8 Max= 50 Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Spread
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is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 ((2-3) closed)) as "ON" status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting. Method 2: Press the key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing