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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup ....................................................................................... 1 1 Main Menu .................................................................................................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6 3 Adva[...]

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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA 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 DR AM ( Double Da ta Rate Sy nchronous DRA M) are support ed. Supported CPU s This AWA RD B IOS supports t he Intel Pe ntium ® 4 C PU. Using Setup In gene ral[...]

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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 5 will be displayed before proceeding. Exi t Without Savin g Aba ndon all c hange s m ade durin g the current s essi on and exit s etup. Co nfir mation m es sage will be displayed before proceeding. Upgrade BI OS This s ubme nu allow s you to upgr ade bios .[...]

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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 10 Cache Setup CPU L1&L2 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. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. Virus Warning This option allow s you to choose the Vir us Warning fea ture that is used to protect t he IDE Hard Disk boot se cto[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 11 Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the dela y tim e afte r the key is held dow n bef ore it begi ns to re peat the keys troke. The Cho ice s: 250 (default) , 500, 750,100 0. Security Option This option will ena ble o nly indi viduals w ith pa sswords to bring t he sy stem online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility . Sys tem A pass[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 12 Sw ap Floppy Driv e For sy stem s with tw o floppy drive s, this opt ion allow s y ou to sw ap logic al driv e assignments. The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enab led. Boot Up F loppy See k Enabling this optio n will tes t the f loppy drives to de termine if they hav e 40 or 80 tracks. Disa bling this opti on redu ces the ti[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 13 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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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 14 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Dela y This fie ld let y ou insert a timing delay betwe en the CA S and RA S strobe sig nals, used when DRAM is w ritten to, read from, or ref reshed. Fa st gives faster perform ance; and slow give s mor e stable perf orma nce. This fie ld applie s only when sy nchronous DRA M is installed in the system. Th[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 15 AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select th e size of the Accelerat ed Graphics P ort (AGP) apertu re. The apertures is a p ortion of the P CI memory address ran ge dedi cated for grap hics me mory address spac e. Host cyc les tha t hit the aper ture range are f orwa rded to the A G P without a ny translation. The Choices: 64 , 4, 8, 1[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 16 5 Integrate d Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals Onboard I DE Device Press E nter to c onfigur e the onboa rd IDE Co ntroller s. IDE HDD Bloc k Mode Block m ode is also called block transfe r, multiple c omm ands, or m u ltiple sector read / w rite. If y our IDE ha rd drive s upports bl ock m ode (m ost new dri[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 17 Pri mary / S econdary /Mast er / Slave UDM A Ultra DMA /100 f unctionality can be im ple me nted if it is s upporte d by the IDE hard dr ives in y our sy stem. As well, y our ope rating env ironm ent r equires a D MA driver (Window s 95 O SR2 or a third pa rty IDE bus m aste r driv er). If your har d drive and y our system s[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 18 The Choices: Enabled (defa ult), Disabled. Realtek Wirless LAN(opti onal) This item allows y ou to enable or disable the Onboa rd Realtek Wirless Control ler. The Choices: Enabled (defa ult), Disabled. Wirless Functio n( o ptional) This item allows y ou to switch t he Wire less Function f rom Wireless A udio and Wireless Lan[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 19 UART Mode Select This item allows you to de term ine whic h Infr ared ( IR) f unction of onboa rd I/O chip. The Choic es: Nor mal (default), A SKIR, IrDA, SCR . UR2 Duplex M ode Select th e value requ ired by the IR device con nected to the IR port. Full-dup lex mode perm its sim ultaneous tw o-direc tion transm ission. Half[...]

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    P4TCA 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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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 21 Power Management This c ateg ory allow s you to s elect the type (or deg ree) of po wer sa ving a nd is direc tly related to t he f ollowing mode s: 1. HDD Power Dow n. 2. Doz e Mode. 3. Suspe nd Mode. There are four opt ions of Pow er Manag eme nt, three of whic h have f ixed m ode settings Min. Sa ving Minimum pow er mana [...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 22 Video Off In Suspe nd This determ ines the manner in w hich the m onitor is blanked. The Ch oices: Yes (default), No. Suspend Type Select t h e Suspen d Type. The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Sus pe nd (de fault). MOD E M Use I R Q This determ ines the IRQ, which can be applied i n MODEM use. The Choices:3 (default ) 4 / 5 / 7[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 23 Resume by Alarm This func tion is for setting date and tim e for your com puter to boot up. Duri ng Disable d, y ou cannot use this f unc tion. Duri ng Ena bled, C hoose the D ate and Time. Ala r m: Date (of Month) Alarm You can ch oose w hich month t he sy stem will boot up. Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose shat hour, m[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 24 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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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 25 Resources Controlled By By Choos ing “ Auto(ESCD) ” (default), the system BIOS will dete ct the system re sources and au tomatically assi gn the relat ive IRQ and DMA ch annel for each periph eral.By Choosing “Manua l”, the user w ill need to ass ign IRQ & D MA f or add- on car ds. Be s ure that th ere are no IRQ[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 26 8 PC Health Sta tus  Figure 8. PC Health S tatus Shutdown Te mperature This item a llows you to set up t he CPU shutdow n T emperat ure. This item only effec tive under W indow s 98 A C PI mode . The Choices: 60 ° C/140 ° C , 65 ° C/ 1 49 ° F, Disabled (default). CPU FAN Control by The Choi ce “smart” c an make yo[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 27 Current CPU Temperature Show y ou the current C P U tem perat ure. Current CPU FAN Speed This field di splays the curren t CPUFAN speed. Current SYS FAN Speed This field di splays the curren t speed S YS TEM fan. Show H/W M onitor in PO ST If you c ompute r contain a m onitoring system , it will show PC health status d uring[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 28 9 Frequenc y Control  Figure 9. Frequency Co nt ro l CPU Clock Ratio The Choices: 8 X (de fault), 9X , 10 X, 11X, 12X, 13X , 14 X, 15X, 16X , 17X , 1 8X, 1 9X, 20 X, 21 X, 2 2 X, 2 3 X. CPU Voltage This item allows y ou to select C PU Voltage Re gulator. The Cho ices : 2.5V (default), +1 .7 ％ , +3.45 ％ , +5.1 ％ . DI[...]

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    P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 29 If unf ortunate ly , the sy stem ’s fre quency that you a re se lecte d is not functi oning , t here a re tw o methods of bo oting -up the sy stem . Method 1: Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) c losed)) as “ON” sta tus. All the CMO S data w ill be loaded as defa ults setting. Method 2: Press the < Ins[...]