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Biostar I86PE-A7 manual

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    T able of Contents BIOS Setup …………………………………………………………1 1 Main Menu ................................................................................................. 3 2 Standard CMOS Features ......................................................................... 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 1 BIOS SETUP Introduction This m anual disc ussed Award™ Setu p program built into the RO M BIOS. The Setu p progr am allo ws users to m odif y the basic system configur ation. This s pecial inf ormation is then s tored in batter y-back ed RAM so tha t it retains the Setup inform ation when the power is turned off. The Award [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 2 DRAM Support DDR DRAM (Doub le Data Rate S ynchronous DR AM) are supp orted. Supported CPUs This A W ARD BIOS s upports the In tel Pentium ® 4 CPU . Using Setup In genera l, you use th e arro w ke ys to highlig ht item s, pr ess <Ent er> to select, use the <PgU p> an d <PgDn> k eys to change entries, pr ess[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIO S™ CMOS Setup U tilit y , th e Main Men u will ap pear on the sc reen.     W ARNING The inf ormation a bout B IOS defau lts on manua l ( Figu re 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9 ) is just f or ref erence; please re fer to the BIOS ins talled on board, for update inform ation. The Main Men[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 4 1.6 P N P/PCI C ONFIGURATIONS This submenu al lows you to conf igure cer tain “Pl ug and P lay” an d PCI options. 1.7 PC H EALTH S TA TUS This s ubmenu al lows you to m onitor the hardware of your system . 1.8 F REQUENCY C ONTROL This s ubmenu allo ws you to chan ge CPU Vcore V oltage a nd CPU/PCI clock. (However , this f[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 5 1.11 S AVE & E XIT S ET UP Save all configur ation c han ges to CMO S(m emor y) and exit set up. Confirm ation m ess age will be d ispla yed befor e procee ding. 1.12 E XIT W ITHOUT S AV ING Abandon a ll ch anges m ade durin g the cur rent sess ion and exit set up. Confirm ation m ess age will be d ispla yed befor e proce[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 6 2 Standard CMOS F eatures The item s in S tandard C MOS S etup Menu ar e div ided into 1 0 categor ies. Eac h categor y includes no, one o r more than one setup item s. Use the arrow k eys to highlight the it em and then use the <PgUp > or <PgD n> k eys to selec t the value y ou want in each i te m.[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 7 2.1 M AIN M ENU S ELECTIONS This table sh ows the select ions tha t you ca n mak e on the M ain Menu. Item Options Descripti on Date mm : dd : y y Set the syste m date. Note t hat the ‘Day ’ automatica lly changes w hen you s et the date. Time hh : mm : s s Set the syste m internal clock. IDE Primary Mas t e r Options are[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 8 3 Advanced BIOS F eatures 3.1 B OOT S EQ & F LOPPY S ETUP 3.1.1 First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIO S attem pt to loa d the oper ating s ystem from the devic e in the sequenc e selec ted in t hes e item s. The Choices: Floppy , LS 120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDRO M, HDD-1, HD D-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT 370, Dis able[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 9 3.2 C ACHE S ETUP CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the C PU/chipset in use, you ma y be able to inc rease mem ory access tim e with t his op tion. Enabled (def ault) Enable cache. D i s a b l e d D i s a b l e c a c h e . 3.3 CPU F EATURE 3.3.1 Thermal Management This item allo ws you to choose the m onitor ’s therm al m an[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 10 3.5 H YPER -T HREADING T ECHNOLOGY This option allo ws you to enab le or dis abled H yper-T hreading T echnolog y . “Enable d” for Windows X P and Linux 2.4.x ( OS optim ized for Hyper-T hreading T echnolog y). “ Disable” for other O S (O S not optim i zed for H yper-Thr eading T echnology). The Choices: Enabled (D e[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 11 3.11 T YPEMATIC D ELAY (M SEC ) Sets the dela y tim e after the k ey is held down bef ore it begins to repeat the ke y s trok e. The Choices: 250 (def ault) , 500,750 ,10 0 0. 3.12 S ECURITY O PTION This option will enable o nly ind ividuals with pass words to bring t he system online an d/or to us e the C MOS Setu p Utilit [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 12 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu al lows you to conf igure the s pecif ic f eatures of the chipset installed on your s ystem. This chipse t m anage bus s peeds and acc ess to syste m m emory resou rces, such a s DRAM. It al so coordi nates comm unications with the P CI bus. The def ault sett ings that c ame with your[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 13 4.4 DRAM RAS# TO CAS # D ELAY This field let you inser t a tim ing dela y between t he CA S and R AS stro be signals, us ed whe n DRAM i s written to, read f rom , or refres hed. Fast gives f aster perf ormanc e; and slo w gives m ore stable perf ormanc e. This field app lies onl y when s ynchr onous DRAM is ins talled in th[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 14 4.9 M EMORY H OLE A T 15M-16M Y o u can reser ve this area o f s y stem mem ory for ISA adapter RO M. W hen this are a is reser ved it ca nnot be cached. The us er inf ormation of periphera ls that ne ed to us e this area of system memor y usually2 discuss ed their m em ory requirem ents. The Choices: Disabled ( default), En[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 15 5 Integrated Peripherals 5.1 O NBOARD IDE D EV ICE 5.1.1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is a lso calle d block trans fer , multiple c omm ands, or multiple s ector re ad / write. If your ID E hard dri ve supp orts block mode (m ost new dr ives do) , select Enabl ed for aut omatic det ectio n of the optim al num ber of bloc k [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 16 5.1.4 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave P IO The IDE PI O (Program med Inpu t / Out put) fields let you set a PIO mode ( 0-4) for each of the I DE dev ices that th e onboar d IDE in terfac e supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase p erform ance pr ogress ively . I n Auto m ode, the s ystem autom atic ally determ ines the b es[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 17 5.2 O NBOARD D EV ICE 5.2.1 USB Controll er Select E nable d if your syst em c ontains a Univer sal Se rial Bus (USB) controller and you have US B periph erals. The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disab led 5.2.2 USB 2.0 Controller The Choices: Enabled ( d ef ault), dis a ble d . 5.2.3 USB Keyboard/M ouse Support This item allo[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 18 5.2.8 Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to inv oke the b oot ROM of the onboar d LAN c hip. The Choices: Disabled, Enabl e (defau lt).[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 19 5.3 S UPER IO D EVICE 5.3.1 Power On Function This item allo ws you to choose the power on f unct ion. The Choices: Button Only (default), Pas sword, Hot Ke y , Mouse Left, Mouse Right, Any Ke y , and K eyboard 98. 5.3.2 KB Power on Password Input password and pres s Enter to set the Ke yboar d p o wer on pa ssword. 5.3.3 HO[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 20 5.3.7 UART Mode Select This item allo ws you to deter mine wh ich Inf rared (IR) functio n of onboard I/O c hip. The Choices: Normal (def ault), A SKIR, IrDA, SCR. 5.3.8 UR2 Duplex M ode Select th e value re quired b y the IR de vice co nnected t o the IR p ort. Full-dup lex m ode perm its sim ultaneous two-dir ection tr ans[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 21 5.3.12 Power After Power Fail This setting sp ecifies wheth er your s ystem will rebo ot after a po wer fail or i nterrupts oc curs. Off Leaves th e com puter in the power off state. On Reboots the com puter . Former -S ts Restores the s ystem to the status bef ore power fai lure or inte rrup t occ urs. The Choices: Off (def[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 22 6 Power Management Setup The Po wer Managem ent Setup Menu a llows you to co nfigure your s ystem to utilize energ y conservat ion and po wer up/p o wer do wn f eatur es . 6.1 ACPI F UNCTION This item dis plays the s tatus of the Advance d Conf iguratio n and Power Managem ent (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (d ef ault), Dis ab[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 23 6.3 R UN VGABIOS IF S3 R ESUME Choosing Ena bl ed will m ake BIO S run VG A BIOS to initial i ze the VGA card when s ystem wakes up f rom S3 s tate. The system time is shortened if you dis able the func tion, but syst em will n eed AGP driver to in itiali ze the card. So, if the AGP driver of the VG A card do es not suppor t[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 24 6.4 V IDEO O FF M ETHO D This option deter mines the m anner in which the m onito r is goes b lank . V/H SYNC+B lank This selection will ca use the s ystem to turn off the vertical and horizontal s ynchroni zation por ts and write blank s to the vide o buffer . Blank Screen This option onl y writes blank s to the vi deo buff[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 25 6.10 S OFT -O FF BY PWR-BTTN Pressing the power button for mor e than 4 secon ds forc es the s ystem to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.” The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Of f (defa ult). 6.11 I NTRUDER # D ETECTION This item allo ws you to enable d or dis able intr uder# d etectio n The Choices: Disa[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 26 6.15 R ELOAD G LOBAL T IM ER E VE N T Reload G lobal Ti m er Events ar e I/O events whose occ urrence c an prevent t he syst em fr om entering a po wer saving m ode or c an a waken the system from such a m ode. In effect, the s ystem rem ains alert for anything, which oc curs to a devic e, which is conf igured as En abled , [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 27 7 PnP/PCI Confi gurations This s ection desc ribes configur ing the PCI bus s ystem . PCI, or P ersona l Computer Interconn ect, is a s ystem that allo ws I/O de vices to op erate at s peeds nearing t he speed of the C PU itself us es when c omm unicatin g with its o wn special com ponents. This sec tion cov ers so me ver y [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 28 7.2 R ESOURCES C ONTROLLED B Y By C hoosi ng “ Auto (ESC D) ” (def ault), the s ystem BIO S will detect th e system resour ces and auto matic ally assign t he relat ive IRQ and DM A channel f or each periphera l. B y Choosing “ Manual” , th e user will need t o assign IRQ & DM A f or add-on c ards. Be sure that t[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 29 7.4 PCI / VGA P ALE TTE S NOOP Choose Dis abled or Enable d. Som e gr aphic cont roller s that are not VGA com patible take the o utput fr om a VGA contr oller and map it to their displa y as a way to provide boot infor m ation and VGA com patibilit y . However , the color inf orm ation com ing from the VGA controller is dr [...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 30 8 PC Health Status 8.1 S HUTDOWN T EMPERATURE This item allo ws you to s et up the C PU shutdo wn T emperatur e. This item only effec tive under W indows 9 8 ACPI m ode. The Choices: 60 ° C/140 ° C , 65 ° C/ 1 49 ° F, Disabled (def ault). 8.2 CPU V CORE / AGP V OLTA GE / +3.3V/ +5.0V/ +12V/ -12V/ -5V/ 5V SB(V )/ V OLTAGE[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 31 9 Frequenc y Contr ol 9.1 CPU C LOCK R ATIO The Choices : 8X (default) , 9X, 10X , 1 1X, 12X, 13X , 14 X, 15X , 16X, 17X , 18X, 19X, 20 X, 21 X , 22 X, 23 X . 9.2 CPU V OLTAGE This item allo ws you to sele ct CPU V o ltage Regu lator . The Choices: Default (default), + 2.5 ％ , +5.5 ％ , +8.1 ％ . 9.3 DIMM V OLTAGE This i[...]

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    I86PE-A7 BIOS Se tup 32 9.6 CPU C LOCK Thi s item allo ws you to se lec t CPU Clock , and CPU o ver cloc king. If unfor tunately , the s y stem’s frequenc y that you are selec ted is n ot functioni ng, there ar e two m ethods of booting-up the s ystem . Method 1: Clear the CO MS data b y settin g the JCOMS 1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON” status. Al[...]