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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup ....................................................................................... 1 1 Main Menu .................................................................................................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6 3 Adva[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 1 BIOS Setup Introdu ction This manua l discussed A war d™ Setup pr ogra m built i nto the ROM BIOS. The Setup progra m a llows use rs to m odify the basic sy stem c onfig uration. T his spec ial inf orm ation is then stored in batte ry-bac ked RAM so that it retains the Setup information w hen the pow er is turned of f. The [...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 2 PCI Bus Su pport This A WARD BIOS a lso suppo rts Ver sion 2.1 of the Intel PCI ( Periphe ral Com ponen t Interconn ect ) l ocal bus sp ecification . DRAM Suppo rt DDR SDR AM (D ouble Da ta Rate Sync hronous DRA M) are support ed. Supported CPU s This AW ARD BIOS supports the A MD ® CPU. Using Setup In gene ral, y ou use the[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 3 1 Main Menu Once you e nter Aw ard BIOS™ CMOS Se tup Util ity, the Main Me nu will a ppear on the scre en. The Main Men u all ows you to s elec t from se ver al setup func tions. U se the arr ow keys to select a mong the i t ems and p r ess <Enter> to accep t and enter th e sub-menu .  Figure 1. Main M enu Standard[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 4 Input/ Output f eature s. Pow er M anage ment S etu p This s ubme nu allow s you to c onf igure the pow er m anagem ent fe atures. PnP/PCI Configuration s This s ubme nu allow s you to c onf igure c ertain “ Plug a nd Play ” a nd PCI optio ns. PC Health Statu s This s ubme nu allow s you to m oni tor t he hardw are of y o[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 5 Set User Passw ord If the Superv isor Passw ord is not se t, then the User Password w ill function i n the sam e way as the Supe rvis or Pass word. If the Supe rvisor Passw ord is set and t he Use r Passw ord is set, the “Use r” w ill only be able to vie w c onfigura tions but w ill not be able t o change the m. Save &[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 6 2 Standard CM OS Feature s The item s in Sta ndard C MOS Se tup Me nu are div ide d into 10 c ate gorie s. Each c ateg ory includes no, one or m ore than on e setup item s. Use the arrow keys to hig hlight the ite m a nd then use t he<PgUp> o r <PgDn> keys to sel ect the valu e you want i n each it em.  Figure [...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 7 Main M enu Selectio ns This ta ble show s the se lections tha t y ou can ma ke on the Main Me nu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ a utomatical ly changes w hen you se t the date. Time hh : mm : ss Set the syst em inter nal clock. IDE Primary M aster Options are in it s s[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All , but Keyb oard All, but Diske tte All, but Disk/ K ey Select the si tuation in whic h you w ant the BIOS to sto p the POST proce ss and notify you. Base Memory N/A Displays th e amount of convention al memory detected during boot up. Extended M emory N/A Displays th e[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 9 3 Advanced BIOS Feat ures  Figure 3. Advan ced BIOS S etup Boot Seq & F lo ppy Setup First/ Secon d/ Third/ Boot Ot her Device These BIOS atte mpt to l o ad th e op erating syst em fro m th e d evice i n the seq u ence selected in these it ems. The Choices: Floppy, LS12 0, HDD-0, SC SI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP1[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 10 Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on t he C PU/chipset in use, y ou may be able to incr ease memory access time with th i s option. The Choices: Enabled (default) Enabl e cach e. Disabled Disable cache. External Cac he This opt ion y ou to enable or disa ble “Lev el 2” s econda ry cache on the CPU, whic h may impr[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 11 controlle r. Whe n enable d, the ty pematic ra te and ty pema tic delay can be conf igure d. The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enab led. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the r ate at w h ich a keys troke is re peate d when y ou hold the ke y dow n. The Choices: 6 (default) , 8,10,12,15, 20,2 4,30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets [...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 12 4 A dvanced Chipset Features This sub menu allo ws y ou to configure th e specific featu res of the ch ipset inst alled on your system. This chipset manag e bus speed s and access to system memor y resources, su ch as DRAM. It also coordina tes com munica tions with the PCI bus. The def ault setting s that came with y our sy[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 13 CPU Interface Optimal (De fault) This item allows y ou to use the m ost stable CPU/ FSB param eters. Aggressive This ite m allow s you to us e ov ercl ocked C P U/ FSB pa ram eters . Memory Frequency Selec t “Auto” for be st per form an ce. The Choices: B y SPD (Default), 50% , 60%, 66% , 75%, 80% , 83%, 100% , 120%, 125[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 14 AGP Spread Spectrum This item allows y ou to select the AGP Spread Spectrum . The Choices: Disabled (Default). Frame Buffer Size This item allows y ou to select the Fram e Buffer Size . The Choices: 32M (Defa ult), 8M, 16M, 64M, 128M, Dis able d. AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select th e size of the Accelerat ed Graphics P ort (AGP[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 15 Video RAM Ca cheable Enabling this option a llows caching of the vide o RAM, resulting a be tter system perf orma nce. H oweve r, if any progr am wr ites to this mem ory are a, a sy stem error m ay result. The Ch oices: Disabled (d efau lt), Enabl ed.[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 16 5 Integrate d Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Functio n Set up The c hipset conta ins a PCI IDE inter face w ith support for tw o IDE cha nnels. Select “En abled” to activate th e first and / or second IDE interface. If y ou inst all a primary and / or seco ndary add-in IDE interface, sele ct “Disa[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 17 IDE Pri mary / S econdary Master / Sl ave UDM A Ultra DM A/100 f unctionali ty can be im plem ented if it is support ed by the IDE hard driv es in y our sy stem . As well, y our oper ating e nvironm ent re quires a DMA driver (Window s 95 O SR2 or a third pa rty IDE bus mast er driv er). If your ha rd drive a nd y our sy ste[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 18 This ite m allow s y ou to decide t o a ctive whethe r PCI Slot or on-c h ip VGA firs t. The Choices: Onboard/A GP, PC I Solt (default). OnChip USB This item allows y ou to set the onchip USB. The Ch oices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Di sab led, V1.1. USB Keybo ard Support The def ault va lue is Disabled. E nabled Enable USB Keybo[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 19 perm its transm ission in one dir ection only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full . Use IR Pins Consu lt your IR peripheral do cumen tati on t o select the co rrect settin g o f the TxD and RxD sign als. The Choices: IR-Rx 2 Tx2 (defa ult), RxD2, Tx D2. Onboard Pa rallel Por t This ite m allows you to det ermine acc[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 20 6 Pow er Management Setup The Pow er Mana gement Se tup Me nu all ows y ou to conf igure your sy st em to utilize e nergy conser vation a nd p owe r up/pow er dow n fe ature s.  Figure 6. Power Mana gement Setup ACPI function This item displa ys the status of the Adv ance d Config uration and Power Manag ement (ACPI). The[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 21 There are four opt ions of Pow er Manag eme nt, three of whic h have f ixed m ode settings Min. Pow er Savi ng Minimum pow er mana gement. Suspen d Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. P o wer Savin g Maxim um pow er m anagem ent only available for s l CPU’s . Suspen d Mode = 1 m in. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Defin[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 22 Soft- Off state when the sys tem has “hung .” The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default ). WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off This item allows y ou to enable or disable the WOL (PME#) From Sof t-Off. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off This item allows y ou to enable or disable the WOR (RI#) From[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 23 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This s ection de scribe s conf igur ing the PCI bus s y stem . PCI, or Perso nal Com puter Interconn ect, i s a system which allo ws I/O devices t o op erate at speeds nearin g the sp eed of the CPU its elf us es w hen communica ting w ith its ow n specia l com ponents. T his sec tion covers some ver[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 24 non-P nP ISA add-on card s. PCI / ISA PnP si gnifies that a reso urce is assigned to the PCI Bus or provide s f or ISA PnP a dd- on cards and peri phera ls. The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enab led. Resources Controlled By By Choos ing “ Auto(ESCD) ” (default), the system BIOS will dete ct the system re sources and au [...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 25 8 PC Health Sta tus  Figure 8. PC Health S tatus Current CPU Temperature Show y ou the current C P U tem perat ure. Current SYSFAN Speed This field di splays the curren t SYSFAN speed. Current CPUFAN Speed This field di splays the curren t CPUFAN speed. CPU Vcore/ AGP Vcore/ +3.3 V/ +1 2V/ -12V/ -5V Detect th e s ystem’[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 26 Chassis O pen Warni ng This item allows y ou to enable or disable Cha ssis Open W arning be ep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.[...]

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    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 27 9 Frequenc y Control  Figure 9. Frequency Co nt ro l CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows y ou to select C PU Voltage Re gulator. The Choices: Default (default), -0.025 V, -0.050 V, -0.075 V, -0.1 00V, +0 .025V, + 0.050V, +0.075V. AGP Voltage Regulator This item allows y ou to select AG P Voltage Reg ulator. The Cho ice[...]