This chapter tellshowtoconfigurethe system parameters. You may update your
BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility.
Important: Because the BIOS code is the most
often changed part of the mainboard design, the
BIOS information contained in this chapter
(especiallythe Chipset Setup parameters) may be a
little different compared to the actual BIOS that
came with your mainboard.
3.1Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu
The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS Flash
ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and save the
configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or directly
in the main chipset).To enter the BIOS Setup, pressduring POST
(Power-On Self Test). The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows.
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AWARD BIOS
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
LOAD TURBO DEFAULTS
ESC : Quitá â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup(Shift) F2: Change Color
Description of each function
INTEGRATED PERIPHRALS
PASSWORD SETTING
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
Tip: Choose "Load Setup Defaults"for
recommended optimal performance. Choose
"Load Turbo Defaults" for best performance
with light system loading. Refer to section 3.7.
The section at the bottom of the screen tells how to control the screen. Use the
arrowkeys to move between items,to color scheme of the display,
to exit, andto save the changes before exit. Another section at the bottom of
the screen displays a brief description of the highlighted item.
After selecting an item, pressto select or enter a submenu.
3.2Standard CMOS Setup
The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the
date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and
orto select the value for each item.
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AWARD BIOS
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed.Mar 6 1996
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 00:00:00
HARD DISKTYPESIZECYLSHEADPRECOMPLANDZSECTORSMODE
Primary Master : Auto000000 AUTO
Primary Slave: Auto000000AUTO
Secondary Master: Auto000000AUTO
Secondary Slave : Auto000000AUTO
Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in
Drive B : None
Video: EGA/VGA
Halt On : All Errors
ESC : Quitá â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup(Shift) F2: Change Color
Standard CMOS à Date
To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Pressorto set the
current date. The date format is month, date, and year.
Base Memory :640 K
Extended Memory:15360 K
Other Memory :384 K
Total Memory :16384 K
Standard CMOS à Time
To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Pressorto set the
current time in hour, minute, and second format. The time is based on the 24
hour military clock.
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Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Type
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Type
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Type
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Type
Type
Auto
User
None
1
2
...
45
This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that
your system supports. These parameters are Size,
Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for
Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing
Zone and Number of Sector per Track. The default setting
is Auto, which enables BIOS to automatically detect the
parameters of installed HDD at POST (Power-On Self
Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters manually,
select User. Select None if no HDD is connected to the
system.
The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected.
Tip: For an IDE hard disk, we recommend that
you use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" to enter
the drive specifications automatically. See the
section "IDE HDD Auto Detection".
Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Mode
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Mode
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Mode
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Mode
Mode
Auto
Normal
LBA
Large
The enhanced IDE feature allows the system to use a
hard disk with a capacity of more than 528MB. This is
made possible through the Logical Block Address (LBA)
mode translation. The LBA is now considered as a
standard feature of current IDE hard disk on the market
because of its capability to support capacity larger than
528MB. Note that if HDD is formatted with LBA On, it will
not be able to boot with LBA Off.
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Standard CMOS à Drive A
Standard CMOS à Drive B
AWARD BIOS
Drive A
None
360KB 5.25"
1.2MB 5.25"
720KB 3.5"
1.44MB 3.5"
2.88MB 3.5"
These items select floppy drive type. The available settings
and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left.
Standard CMOS à Video
Video
EGA/VGA
CGA40
CGA80
Mono
This item specifies the type of video card in use. The
default setting is VGA/EGA. Since current PCs use VGA
only, this function is almost useless and may be
disregarded in the future.
Standard CMOS à Halt On
Halt On
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Keyboard
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key
This parameter enables you to control the system stops in
case of Power-On Self Test (POST) error.
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3.3BIOS Features Setup
This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the
main menu.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Virus Warning: Disabled
External Cache: Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test: Enabled
Boot Sequence: A,C,SCSI
Swap Floppy Drive: Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek: Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status: ON
Boot Up System Speed: High
Typematic Rate Setting: Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6
Typematic Delay (Msec): 250
Security Option: Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS/2
BIOS Features à Virus Warning
Virus Warning
Enabled
Disabled
Type "Y" to accept write, or "N" to abort write
Set this parameter to Enabled to activate the warning message.
This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your
hard disk from virus intrusion.
Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard
disk drive stops the system and the following warning message
appears on the screen. Run an anti-virus program to locate the
problem.
ESC: Quitáâàß : Select Item
F1 : HelpPU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values(Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load Setup Defaults
F7 : Load Turbo Defaults
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BIOS Features à External Cache
AWARD BIOS
External Cache
Enabled
Disabled
Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache
(currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows
down the system. Therefore, we recommend that you leave
it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem.
BIOS Features à Power-On Self-Test
Quick Power-on
Self-test
Enable
Disabled
This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items
that are normally checked.
BIOS Features à Boot Sequence
Boot Sequence
A,C,SCSI
C,A,SCSI
C,CDROM,A
CDROM,C,A
D,A,SCSI
E,A,SCSI
F,A,SCSI
SCSI,A,C
SCSI,C,A
C only
This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up
search sequence. The hard disk ID are listed below:
This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, if
you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the first
drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or viceversa.
BIOS Features à Boot-up Floppy Seek
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Boot-up Floppy
Seek
Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, the BIOS issues the seek command to the
floppy drive during POST to move floppy drive head
forward and backward.
BIOS Features à Boot-up NumLock Status
Boot-up NumLock
Status
On
Off
Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of
the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to disregard
the function. Disabling the numeric function allows you to
use the numeric keypad for cursor control.
BIOS Features à Boot-up System Speed
Boot-up System
Speed
High
Low
Select High or Low system speed after boot.
BIOS Features à Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate
Setting
Enabled
Disabled
Set this parameter to Enable/Disable the keyboard repeat
function. When enabled, continuallyholding down a key on
the keyboard will generate repeatedly keystrokes.
BIOS Features à Typematic Rate
Typematic Rate
6
8
10
12
15
20
24
30
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This item allows you to control the speed of repeated
keystrokes. The default is 30 characters/sec.
BIOS Features à Typematic Delay
AWARD BIOS
Typematic Delay
250
500
750
1000
This parameter allows you to control the delay time
between the first and the second keystroke (where the
repeated keystrokes begin). The typematic delay settings
are 250, 500, 750, and 1000 msec.
BIOS Features à Security Option
Security Option
Setup
System
The System option limits access to both the System boot
and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your
password appears on the screen every time you boot the
system.
The Setup option limits access only to BIOS setup.
To disable the security option, select Password Setting from
the main menu, don't type anything and just press <Enter>.
BIOS Features à PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
PCI/VGA Palette
Snoop
Enabled
Disabled
Enabling this iteminforms the PCI VGA cardto keep silent
(and to prevent conflict) when palette register is updated
(i.e., accepts data without responding any communication
signals). This is useful only when two display cards use
the same palette address and plugged in the PCI bus at
the same time (such as MPEQ or Video capture). In such
case, PCI VGA is silent while MPEQ/Video capture is set
to function normally.
BIOS Features à OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
OS Select for
DRAM > 64MB
OS/2
Non-OS/2
Set to OS/2 if your system is utilizing an OS/2 operating
system and has a memory size of more than 64 MB.
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BIOS Features à Video BIOS Shadow
Video BIOS Shadow
Enabled
Disabled
VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display card
BIOS into the DRAM area.This enhances system
performance because DRAM access time is faster than
ROM.
BIOS Features à C800-CBFF Shadow
BIOS Features à CC00-CFFF Shadow
BIOS Features à D000-D3FF Shadow
BIOS Features à D400-D7FF Shadow
BIOS Features à D800-DBFF Shadow
BIOS Features à DC00-DFFF Shadow
C8000-CBFFF
Shadow
Enabled
Disabled
These six items are for shadowing ROM code on other
expansion cards. Before you set these parameters, you
need to know the specific addresses of that ROM code. If
you do not know this information, enable all the ROM
shadow settings.
Note: The F000 and E000 segments are always
shadowed because BIOS code occupies these
areas.
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3.4Chipset Features Setup
The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent
features. These features are related to system performance.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Auto Configuration: Enabled
DRAM Timing: 60 ns
DRAM Leadoff Timing: 10/6/3/3
DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP): x222/x333
DRAM Write Burst Timing: x222
Fast EDO Lead Off: Disabled
Refresh RAS# Assertion: 5 Clks
DRAM Page Idle Timer: 2 Clks
DRAM Enhanced Paging: Enabled
Fast MA to RAS# Delay: 2 Clks
SDRAM(CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) : 3/3
SDRAM Speculative Read: Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable: Enabled
Video BIOS Cacheable: Enabled
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: 4
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: 1
Memory Hole At 15M-16M: Disabled
PCI Passive Release: Disabled
PCI Delayed Transaction: Disabled
Mem. Drive Str.(MA/RAS): 16mA/16mA
ESC: Quitáâàß: Select Item
F1 : HelpPU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values(Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load Setup Defaults
F7 : Load Turbo Defaults
Caution: Make sure you fully understand the
items contained in this menu before you try to
change anything.You may change the
parametersettingstoimprovesystem
performance . However, it may cause system
unstable if the setting are not correct for your
system configuration.
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