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BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu 3 Standard CMOS Features 5 Standard CMOS Features 6 Advanced BIOS Features 8 Advanced Chipset Features 11 Integrated Peripherals 16 Power Management Setup 22 PnP/PCI Configurations 28 PC Health Status 31 Frequency/Voltage Control 33
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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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Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (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 general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press to select
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the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu. The information about BIOS defaults on manual 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
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clock ratio, you should check your CPU frequency in advance. The CPU clock ratio should be changed depending on your CPU frequency.) Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are
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BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Update BIOS This submenu allows you to
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BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one
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disk drive installed in your system. Select the default video device. 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
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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. CPU L1 & L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory
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BIOS Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. The POST. Disabled Normal POST. First /Second/Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices:
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For 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
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BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and external cache. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The
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BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: By SPD(default), Manual. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.5 (default), 2. Bank Interleave This item allows you
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Driving Control By choosing "Auto" the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card. By choosing "Manual", it allows user to set AGP to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until
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user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information. The Choices: Disabled (default), 15M - 16M. 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
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BIOS Setup FB Address Conversion Setting this bit further optimizes the MA table for VGA frame buffer accesses according to the DRAM page size in use. Setting this should improve VGA performance especially in tiling address mode. This but cannot be used the same time as CPU Direct Access FB mode. If
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Integrated Peripherals !"Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals BIOS Setup Onboard PCI LAN This item allows you to enabled or disabled the onboard PCI LAN function. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard Lan Boot
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by the IDE hard 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
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you a submenu with the following options: 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 install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The Choices: Enabled (default
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BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices: Disabled (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4,
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BIOS Setup Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP : PCI Slot (default), AGP. OnChip USB Controller 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
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: Disabled (default), Enabled. BIOS Setup IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. Select the "Enabled" option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do). The system will automatically determine the
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BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to
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BIOS min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU's. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 Down When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity. All other devices remain active. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min
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BIOS Setup Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling. Modem Use IRQ This determines the
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will automatically take when 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
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BIOS Setup HDD & FDD When this option is set to On, any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down. The Choices: On (default), Off. PCI Master When set to On, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power function. It should also
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BIOS Setup 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). Primary
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!"Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For
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system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update "Manual"
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"Press Enter" tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only configurable when "Resources Controlled By" is set to "Manual". PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take
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!"Figure 8. PC Health Status BIOS Setup CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set the warning temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature. When this function is enabled, the system will warn you if the CPU temperature reaches the warning temperature
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BIOS Setup CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V), 5VSB(V) Detect the system's voltage status automatically. Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature. When this function is enabled, the
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BIOS Setup Frequency/Voltage Control !"Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock. The Choices: 100MHz (Min) (default) ~
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BIOS Setup If unfortunately, the system's frequency that you are selected 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