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

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    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[...]

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    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 DDR DR AM a re supporte d. 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 item s, press < [...]

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    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 this manual [...]

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    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[...]

  • Page 6

    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 Us er Password is set, the “U ser” will on ly be a ble to v iew configur ations but will not be able to change them. Save & Exit S[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 <En[...]

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    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[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 9 - 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. Disabled Normal POST. First /Second/ Third/ B oot Other Device These BIOS att empts t o loa d the oper ating sys tem from the device s i[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 10 - The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000. Security O ption This op tion w ill enable only individ uals w ith passw ords t o bring the sys tem online and/or to use the CM OS Setup Utility. System A password is require d for the sy stem to boot an d is al so required t o access the Setup Utility. Setup (default) A password is requir[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 interle[...]

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    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[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 14 - 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 Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). Memory Hole When enable d, you can rese rve an area of [...]

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    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. [...]

  • Page 17

    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[...]

  • Page 18

    BIOS Setup - 17 - Serial ATA Rom (Optional) The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 1394 Fire Wire (Optional) 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 following options: On[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 18 - The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as E nhanced Paralle l Port. ECP Using Paralle l port as Ex tended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ECP Mo de Use DMA Select a DMA C hannel for the port. The Choices: 3 (de[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 19 - Block mode is otherwise known as bloc k transfer, mu ltiple comma nds, or multiple se ctor read/write. Se lect the “Enabled” opti on if your IDE hard driv e supports bl ock mode (most new drives d o). The syst em will a utomatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector. The Choices: Enabled (defa[...]

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    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 ([...]

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    BIOS Setup - 21 - Min. Power Saving Minimum pow er management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. Max. Power Saving Max imum power management only available for sl C PU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. User Defined (default) Allows you to set each mode indiv idually. W hen not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. HDD Power Down When enabled , the hard[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 22 - This determines the IRQ , which can be applied in M ODEM use. The Choices: 3 (default), 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA Soft-O ff by PW RBTN Pressing the power button f or more than 4 seconds for ces the syste m to e nter the Soft-Off state when the sy stem has “hung.” The Choices : Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default). Run VGA BIO[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 23 - system w hich has been powered dow n. The Choices: Off (default), O n. LPT & CO M When thi s option is set to On , any event o ccurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port w ill awaken a system w hich has been powered dow n. The Choices: LPT/CO M (default), COM, LPT, N ONE. HDD & FDD W hen th is op tio n is se t to On , an[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 24 - Press Enter to access anoth er sub menu used to conf igure the different w ake up events (i.e. w ake on LPT & COM M activity). Primary INTR On IRQ3 (COM 2) Disabled IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabled IRQ5 (LPT2) Enabled IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled IRQ7 (LPT1) Enabled IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) Disabled IRQ10 (Reserved) Disab[...]

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    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[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 26 - If the Disabl ed (default) opt ion is chosen, the sy stem‘s ESCD w ill update only when the new conf iguratio n varies from the last one. If t he Enabled option is chosen, the sy stem is forced t o update ESCDs and t hen is automatica lly set to the “Disabled” mode. IRQ-3 assigned to: PCI Device IRQ-4 assigned to: PCI Device[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 27 - To do this, the non-VG A graphic controll er watches for the Write a ccess to the VGA palette an d registers the sno op data. In PCI base d systems, where t he VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a n on-VGA graphi c controller i s on an ISA bus, the Write Acce ss to the palette w ill not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA cont[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 28 - PC Health Status ! Figure 8. PC Health S t atus CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, 5VSB(V), Voltage Battery Detect the system’s v oltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of CP U. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CP U fan. Current SY S FAN [...]

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    BIOS Setup - 29 - The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). 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 perature reaches t he shutdown temperature. T his f[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 30 - Frequency Control ! Frequency Contro l CPU 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 Choices: Enabled (default), [...]

  • Page 32

    BIOS Setup - 31 - If unfortunately, the system’ s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: C lear the CMOS data by sett ing the J CMOS1 (( 2-3) clos ed)) as “ON” status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults s etting. Method 2: Press t he <Ins ert> key and Power[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 32 - Special Feature: 9th Touch™ With 9th Touch fun ction, you just only have to press on [F9] function key during P.O.S.T procedure to choose any device you like for booting your system. This w ay provides user-friendly operation without entering to BIOS Setup. Boot Menu = = S elect a boot Fir st device= = Floppy HDD-0 Mo ve Ent er [...]