Biostar U8598 manual

BIOS Setup BIOS Setup .................................................................................... 1 Main Me n u ..................................................................................... 3 Standard CMOS Features ........................................................ 6 Advanced BIOS Features ....................................[...]

BIOS Setup - 1 - BIOS Setup Introduction This manua l discussed A ward™ Se tup prog ram built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup progra m a llows user s to m odify the basi c sys tem c onfigura tion. Th is spec ial inf ormation is then store d in batte ry-ba cked RAM so that it reta ins the Set up inform ation w hen the power is turned off . The Aw ar[...]

BIOS Setup - 2 - PCI Bus Support This A WARD BIOS al so supports Versio n 2.1 of the Inte l PCI ( Periphe ral Com ponen t Intercon nect) local b us specificatio n . DRA M Support SDRA M (Sy nchronous DR AM) a re suppor ted. Supported CPUs This A WA RD BIO S supports the Inte l TM CPU. Using Setup In genera l, you use the arrow k eys to hig hlight i[...]

BIOS Setup - 3 - Main Menu Once you enter Aw ard BIOS™ CM OS Setup Utility, the Main M enu w ill appear on the screen. T he M ain Menu allow s you to sele ct from sev eral setup fu nctions. Use the arrow keys to sele ct among the items a nd press < Enter> to ac cept and enter the sub-menu. The information about BIOS defaults on manual is ju[...]

BIOS Setup - 4 - Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allow s you to configure special chipset features. Integrated Peripheral s This subm enu al lows you to config ure certain IDE hard drive opti ons an d Programmed Input/ Output features. Powe r Manage ment Setup This submenu allow s you to configure the power management features. PnP/ PCI C on[...]

BIOS Setup - 5 - Set Use r Pa ssword If the S upervisor P assword i s not s et, then t he User Passw ord will fun ction in the same way as the S upervis or Passw ord. If the Superv isor P assword i s set and the User Passw ord is set, the “Us er” will only be able to v iew configurations but will not be able to change them. Save & Exit Se t[...]

BIOS Setup - 6 - Standard CMOS Features The items in Stand ard CM OS Setup Menu are div ided into 10 cate gories. Ea ch category in clude s no, one or more than one setup i tems. Use t he arrow keys to highlight th e item a nd then us e the<PgUp> or <PgDn> key s to se lect the v alue you w ant in each item. ! Figure 2. Sta nda rd CMOS S[...]

BIOS Setup - 7 - Main Menu Selections This table show s the selections that you can make on the M ain Menu. Item Option s Descriptio n Date MM DD YYYY 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 Pri mary Master Optio ns are in i ts sub menu. Press <Ent[...]

BIOS Setup - 8 - Advanced BIOS Features ! Figure 3. Advan ced BIOS Setu p Virus Warning This opt ion allow s you to ch oose the VIRUS Warning fe ature th at is used t o protect the ID E Hard Di sk boo t sector. If t his functi on is enabled and an atte mpt is made to w rite to the boot s ector, BIOS w ill dis play a w arning message on the screen a[...]

BIOS Setup - 9 - CPU L2 Cache ECC Checkin g This item allow s you to enable/disable CPU L2 C ache ECC Checking. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Quick Po wer On Self Test Enabling thi s option w ill caus e an abridged version o f the Power On Self-T est (POST) to execute after you power up the computer. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.[...]

BIOS Setup - 10 - Typematic Rate Settin g When a key is held dow n, the keystroke will rep eat at a r ate det ermined by the keyboard co ntroller. When enable d, the ty pematic rat e and ty pematic d elay can be configured. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/ Sec) Sets the rate at which a key stroke is repeated when you [...]

BIOS Setup - 11 - Advanced Chipset Features This su bmenu al lows y ou to con figure t he spe cific fea tures o f the chipset install ed on your syste m. This chipse t manages bus speeds and acce ss to system me mory resourc es, suc h as DRAM and ex ternal cache. It al so coordinates commun ication s with the PC I bus. T he def ault set tings that [...]

BIOS Setup - 12 - DRA M Timing This item determines DRA M clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of cloc k cycles of C AS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices : 2.5, 2 (default). Bank Interleave This item allow s you to enable or disable the bank interl[...]

BIOS Setup - 13 - graphics me mory address sp ace. Host cycl es that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP w ithout any translation. The Choices: 64M (default), 256M , 128M, 32M, 16M , 8M, 4M . AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AG P Mode. The Choices: 4X (default), 2X , 1X. AGP Driv ing Control By choosin g “Auto” the syst e[...]

BIOS Setup - 14 - PCI Master 0 WS Write When En able d, writ es to t he PCI bus a re exec uted with zer o-wai t states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction The ch ipset has an emb edded 32-bit p osted w rite buffer to support delay transa ctions cycle s. Select Enable d to suppor t compli ance with PCI specification. The[...]

BIOS Setup - 15 - Integrated Peripherals ! Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device If you high light the literal “Press Enter” nex t to the “VIA OnC hip IDE Dev ice” label and t hen press the enter key, it will take y ou a submenu with the fol lowing options: IDE DMA Tr ansfer Access The Choices: enabled (default), Disabled. [...]

BIOS Setup - 16 - Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / O utput) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. M odes 0 to 4 will increa sed perfor mance progre ssively. In Auto mode, th e system auto matically det ermines th e best mod e for each device. T[...]

BIOS Setup - 17 - Onboard Seri a l A T A Chip This item allows you to enb le or disable th e onboard Promi se 376 Serial ATA Chip. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Super IO Device If you high light the l iteral “Press Enter” next to the “Super I O Device” labe l and then press the enter key, it w ill take you a submenu w ith the fo[...]

BIOS Setup - 18 - The Choices: Half (default), Full. Use IR Pins Consult y our IR peripher al docum entation to s elect the correct s etting of the Tx D and RxD signals. The Choices: IR-R x2Tx2 (default), RxD2, T xD2. Onboard Paralle l Port This ite m allows y ou to determine a ccess onboard p aralle l port controller with w hich I/O Address. The C[...]

BIOS Setup - 19 - The Choices: PCI Slot (default), AG P. OnChip USB Controller This op tion shou ld be ena bled if you r system has a USB in stalled on t he syste m board. Y ou will need to di sable this featur e if you ad d a high er performance controller. The Choices: A ll Enabled (default), All Disabled. USB Keyboar d Support Enables support fo[...]

BIOS Setup - 20 - Power Management Setup The Pow er Management Set up Menu allow s you to configure y our system to utilize energy conserv ation and power up/pow er down features. ! Figure 6. Pow er Mana gem ent Setup ACPI function This ite m display s the stat us of the Advanc ed Config uration and Pow er Management (ACP I). The Choices: Enabled ([...]

BIOS Setup - 21 - Power Management Option This category allows you to select the ty pe (or degree) of pow er saving and is directly related to the follow ing modes: 1. HDD Power Down. 2. Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power M anagement, three of w hich hav e fixed mode settings Min. Power Saving Minimum pow er management. Suspend Mode = 1 [...]

BIOS Setup - 22 - Video Off M ethod This option determines the manner in w hich the monitor is goes blank. V/H SYNC+Blank (default) This sele ction will ca use the syste m to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroniz ation ports and write blanks to the v ideo buffer. Blank Sc reen This option only w rites blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Supp[...]

BIOS Setup - 23 - Supply w ill be used. There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”. “Off” (default) Means alw ays set CMOS to the “Off” status w hen AC power is lost. “On” Means alw ays set CMOS to the “On” status w hen AC power is lost “Former-Sts” Means to m aintain the last status of th e CMOS when AC pow er i[...]

BIOS Setup - 24 - PowerOn by PCI Card When you sele ct Enabled, a PME signal fro m PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Modem Ring Resume Disabled (default) Enabled RTC Alarm Resume When “Enab led”, you c an set the date and time at which the R TC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the sy stem fro[...]

BIOS Setup - 25 - PnP/PCI Configurations This secti on describes co nfiguring the PCI bus system. PC I, or Personal Computer Int erconnect, is a sy stem which allow s I/O dev ices to operat e at speeds ne aring the sp eed of the CPU itself u ses when communicating w ith its own speci al compone nts. This sect ion covers some very technic al items a[...]

BIOS Setup - 26 - Reset Configuration Data The system BIO S support s the PnP feature w hich requires the syste m to record which resour ces are assigne d and protects reso urces from conf lict. Every peripheral dev ice has a node, which is called ESC D. Thi s node recor ds which resource s are assign ed to it. The sy stem needs to re cord and upda[...]

BIOS Setup - 27 - IRQ Resources This sub menu will allow you to assign each sys tem interrupt a ty pe, depending on the type of device using the interrupt . When you pre ss the “Pre ss Enter” tag, you w ill be directed to a s ubmenu that w ill allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only conf igurable when “Resource s Controlled[...]

BIOS Setup - 28 - PC Health Status ! Figure 8. PC Health S t atus CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to s et the warning temperature of the CPU in or der not to be damaged by the overhea ted temperature . When this fun ction is enabl ed, the system w ill warn you if the C PU temperature reaches the warning temperature. The Choices: Disabl[...]

BIOS Setup - 29 - CPU Voltage +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V Detect the system’s v oltage status automatically. Shutdown Tem perature This item a llows you to set the shutdown te mperature of the CPU in order n ot to be damaged by the overhea ted temperature . When this fun ction is enabl ed, the system w ill automat ically shutdow n if the CPU tem [...]

BIOS Setup - 30 - Frequency/Voltage Control ! Frequency/Voltag e Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allow s you to select the CP U Ratio. The Choices: X8 (def ault), X9, X10, X 11, X12, X13, X14, X 15, X16, X17, X 18, X19, X 20, X21, X 22, X23. Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk This item allow s you to enable/disable auto detect DIM M/PCI Clock. The Choice[...]

BIOS Setup - 31 - CPU Voltage The Choices: Default (default), 2.000V, 1. 950V, 1.900V, 1.850V, 1.825V , 1.800V, 1.775V, 1. 750V, 1.725V, 1.700V, 1 .625V, 1.650 V, 1.625V, 1.600V, 1.575V, 1.550V, 1. 525V, 1.500V, 1.475V, 1 .450V, 1.425 V, 1.400V, 1.375V, 1.350V, 1.325V, 1.300V, 1.275V, 1.250V. DDR Voltage The Choices: 2.50V, 2.60V (default), 2.70V, [...]