Biostar 6100 M9 manual

GeForce 6100-M9 BIOS Setu p i BIOS Setup ....................................................................................... 1 1 Main Men u .................................................................................................................3 2 Sta ndard CMOS Feature s ................................................................[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 1 BIOS Setup Introdu ction This manua l discussed A ward™ Se tup pr ogram built into the ROM BIOS. T he Set up progra m a llows user s to m odify the ba sic sy stem conf iguration. T his spe cial inf orm ation is then stored in batte ry-bac ked RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned of f. The Aw ard [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 2 PCI Bus Su pport This A WARD BIOS al so suppo rts Vers ion 2. 1 of the In tel PCI (Perip heral Com ponen t Interconn ect ) l ocal bus speci ficati on. DRAM Suppo rt DDR SDR AM (D ouble Data Rate Sy nchr onous DR AM) a re suppo rted. Supported CPU s This AW ARD B IOS supports the AMD C PU. Using Setup In gene ral, y ou use the arro[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 3 1 Main Menu Once you e nter Aw ard BIOS™ CMOS Se tup Utility , the Ma in Menu w ill appea r on the scre en. The Ma in Men u allow s y ou to se lect f rom seve ral se tup f unctions. Use the arrow keys to select a mong the ite ms and press <En ter> to accept an d en ter the sub-menu .  Figure 1. Main M enu Standard CM OS[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 4 Integrated Peripherals This s ubme nu allows you to conf igure certa in IDE har d drive opti ons an d Prog ramm ed Input/ Output f eatures . Pow er Ma nag ement Setu p This s ubme nu allows you to c onfig ure the p owe r manag ement f eatures . PnP/PCI Configuration s This s ubme nu allows you to c onfig ure ce rtain “Plug and P[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 5 Set User Passw ord If the Superv isor Password is not set, the n the User Password w ill function in t he sam e way as the Supe rvisor Passw ord. If the Su pervis or Pass word is set and t he Use r Passw ord is set, the “Use r” w ill only be able to view conf igurations but will not be able t o change them. Save & Exit Set[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 6 2 Standard CM OS Features The item s in Sta ndard C MOS Se tup Menu ar e divi ded into 10 c ategor ies. Eac h cate gory includes no, one or m ore than one setup item s. Use the a rrow k eys to highlight the i tem and then use t he<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select t h e value you want in each it em.  Figure 2. Sta nda [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 7 Main M enu Selections This ta ble show s the se lections t hat y ou ca n mak e on the Main Menu. 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 sub men[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All , but K eyboa r d 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 am[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 9 3 Advanced BIOS Feat ures  Figure 3. Advan ced BIOS Se tup Boot Seq & F lo ppy Setup[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 10 Rem ovable Device Priority These BIOS attempt to lo ad the operatin g system from th e d evice in th e sequence selected in these items . T h e C h o i c e s : Floppy Di sks, L S120, USB- FDD0, U SB-FD D1, USB-ZI P0, USB- ZIP1, a n d Z I P 1 0 0 . H a r d D i s k B o o t P r i o r i t y These BIOS attempt t o load the op erat in [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 11 First/ Secon d/ Third/ Boot Ot her Device These BIOS attempt to load the opera ting sy stem from the devic es in the sequen ce sel ected in these i tems. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SC SI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LA N, Disa bled. Sw ap Floppy D rive For sy stems with tw o floppy drives, this option all ow s you[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 12 Virus Warning This option allow s you to choose the Vir us Warning f eature that is used to prote ct the IDE Hard Disk boot se ctor. If this function is ena bled and an attem pt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will displa y a warning message on the screen an d sound an a larm be ep. Disabled (default) Virus protec tion [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 13 Security Option This option will ena ble only indiv iduals w ith passw ords to bring the sy ste m online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility . Sys tem A passw ord is required f or the system to boot an d is also required to access the Setup Utility. Set up (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utility only. This w[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 14 4 A dvanced Chipset Features This sub menu allows you to configure the sp ecific features of th e chipset inst alled on your system. This chipset manage b us speeds and access to system me mory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates c omm unications w ith the PCI bus. T he default se ttings that c ame with y our sy stem hav[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 15 K8<->NB HT W idth T h e C h o i c e s : ↓1 6 ↑1 6 (def ault), ↓ 8 ↑ 8. NB<->SB HT Width T h e C h o i c e s : ↓ 8 ↑ 8 (default), ↓1 6 ↑1 6. Err 94 Enh This item all ows you to en able/disable th e “sequenti al Pr u fetch Featur e” o f K8 CPU. The Choices: Auto (default ) , Disable. Onboar d GPU The[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 16 Row precharg e Ti me (tRP) This field sp ecifies the Row pr echarge Time. Prech arge to Active or Auto-R efres h of the s ame bank. Ty pical ly 20-24 Ns ec. The Choices: 2T (default). User Config M ode The Choices: Auto (default), Manua l. 1T/2T M em o ry Timing The Choices: 2T (default). MI RR mappi ng mode The C hoices : Conti [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 17 5 Integrate d Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Functio n Set up If you highlight t he literal “ P ress Ente r” next to t he “IDE Fu nction Setup” la bel and t hen press the enter key , it will ta ke y ou a subme nu with the follow ing opt ions: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherb oard chipset con t ains[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 18 Pri mary / Secondary / Master / S lave PIO The ID E PIO (Progr amme d Input / O utput) fields let y ou set a PIO mode (0-4) for each o f the IDE devices that th e o nboard IDE interface supports. Mo des 0 to 4 will inc rease perform ance prog ressively. In Auto m ode, the sy stem automatica lly determ ines the best mode for each [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 19 R A I D C o n f i g u r a t i o n RAID Enable The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. SA TA1 Prim ar y/Second ary RAI D T h e C h o i c e s : D i s a b l e d (default), Ena bled.[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 20 S u p e r I O D e v i c e POWER ON Fun ction This ite m allow s you to c hoose th e pow er on f unction. The Choices: Button ONLY (def ault), Passw ord, Ho t Key , Mouse L eft, Mouse Right, A ny Key, Keyboa rd 98. KB Pow er On Passw ord This item allo ws y ou to enter a password with at least 5 characters. HOT Key P ower On This [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 21 UART Mode Select T his item allows you to determ ine which Infra Red (IR ) function of onb oard I / O c h i p . Th e Choices: Normal (d ef ault), AS KIR, IrDA . UR2 Duplex Mode Select the val u e required by the IR d evi ce connect ed to the IR port. Full-duplex mode perm its sim ultaneous tw o-dire ction tra nsm ission. Half-du [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 22 AC97 Aud io T his optio n allow s y ou to contr ol the onboard A C97 audio. T h e C h o i c e s : A u t o (d efau lt), Disabl ed . MAC LAN T his optio n allow s y ou to change the s tate of the onboa rd MA C LA N. The Choi ces: Aut o (default), Disabled. Onboard L AN Boot RO M This item a llows you to e nable o r disable O nboar [...]

GeForce 6100-M9 23 6 Pow er Management Setup The Pow er Mana gement Setup Menu a llow s you to c onfig ure y our system to utilize ene rgy conser vation a nd pow er up/powe r down f eature s.  Figure 6. Power Mana gem ent Setup ACPI function This item display s the s tatus of the Adv anced C onfigur ation and Power Ma nagem ent (ACPI). The Choic[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 24 Max. P ower Savi ng Maxim um pow er ma nagem ent only availa ble for s l CPU’s. Suspen d Mode = 1 m in. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Define (default) Allows you to set each mod e individu a l ly. When no t disabled, each of the ran ges is from 1 m in. t o 1 hr. except for HDD Powe r Dow n which rang es f rom 1 mi n. to 15 m in.[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 25 USB Resume from S3/S4 The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enabl ed. Power-On by Alarm When you select E n abled, an alarm return s t h e system to Ful l ON stat e. The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enabled . K8 Cool’n’ Qu iet Control This function supports AMD C ool ’n’ Quick func tion. The Choices: Dis abled (default), Aut[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 26 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This s ection des cribe s conf iguring the PCI bus sy stem . P CI, or Pers onal 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 whe n communicating with its own spe cial com ponents. This sec tion covers some ver y technic[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 27 Resources Controlled By By Choos ing “ Au to(ESCD) ” (default), the system BIOS will dete ct the system resourc es and auto matically assign th e relative IRQ and DMA channel for each p eripheral. By Choosing “Manua l”, the us er w ill need to assig n IRQ & DMA for add- on ca rds. Be s ure that th ere are no IRQ/DMA a[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 28 Max imum Payload Si ze Set the maxi mu m payload size for Tran sact i on packets (T LP ). The Cho ice: 4096 (default.)[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 29 8 PC Health Sta tus  Figure 8. PC Health S tatus Chassis O pen Warning This item allows y ou to enable or disable Chassis Ope n Wa rning bee p. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Shutdown Te mperature This item a llows you to set up t he CPU shutdow n Tem perature. T his item only effective under W indow s 98 A CPI m od[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 30 Current CPU FAN Speed This f ield displa ys the curre nt speed of CPU f an. Current SYS FAN Speed This field di splays the current sp eed SYSTEM fan.[...]

GeForce 6100-M9 31 9 Frequenc y /Voltage Control  Figure 9. Freque ncy/Voltage Control CPU Vcore Detect th e s ystem’s voltage stat us aut omatically. The Choices: Default (default), + 0.15V, +0. 10V, +0.05 V. DDR Voltage This item allows y ou to select DDR Voltag e Control. The Cho ices : 2.66V (def a ult), 2. 93 V, 2. 28 V, 2.72 V.[...]