Biostar 915GV-M7 DDR2 Owner's Manual

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Table of Conten t s

Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................1

1.1 Motherboa rd Features ..................................................... 1

1.2 Package Checklist ........................................................... 4

1.3 Layout an d Co mpone nts..................................................5

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.................................................6

2.1 Insta lling Central Proce ssing Unit (CPU)........................... 6

2.2 FAN Headers..................................................................8

2.3 Insta lling System Memo ry ................................................ 9

2.4 Connectors and Slots..................................................... 1 0

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup......................................13

3.1 How to Setup Jump e rs................................................... 1 3

3.2 Detail Settings...............................................................13

Chapter 4: Useful Help .................................................................20

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code................................................20

4.2 Extra Informati on...........................................................20

4.3 T roublesh ooting............................................................. 22

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..........................................................23

5.1 Introduction...................................................................2 3

5.2 System Requirement..................................................... 2 3

5.3 Insta ll ation.................................................................... 2 4

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels......... 25

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATU RES

CPU

Supports LGA 775.
Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3.8GHz.

Supports Intel Celeron D processor.
Front side bus at the following frequency ranges:

- 533 M Hz (133MHz Core Clock)

- 800 M Hz (200MHz Core Clock)

WARNING!
W arran ty will be void if the pin pro te c tion cap is not in p lace to prot ect the socket pin

when sending this mainboard for service.

Chi pset

North Bri dge: Intel 915GV.
South Bridge: Intel ICH6.

Dimensions

Micro ATX Form Factor: 21.899cm (W) x 23.583cm (L)

Operating System Supp orting

Supports Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Note: Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME.

S ystem Memory

Supports Dual Chann el DDR2 .
Supports up to two DDR2 40 0/ 533 de vi c es.

Maximum DRAM capaci ty is up to 2GB (assumi ng 32-bit

addressi ng.)

DI MM Socket

Location

DDR2_A1 256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_B1 256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

To t a l Me m ory

Max i s 2 G B.

On Board IDE

1 on-board connectors support 2 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO M ode 0~4.

Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master M ode.

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Se rial ATA

Controller integrated in ICH6.
Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) ports.

- Intel Advanced Host Controller (AHCI).

Compliant with SATA 1.0 speci fication.
Data transfer rates up to 1.5Gb/s.

Slots (See p.11 for detail i nformation)

Tw o 32-bit PCI b us master sl ots.
One PCI-Extreme (PCI-EX) sl o t.

One XGP slot (Xtreme Graphic Port).

Super I/O

Chip: ITE 8712F.
Low Pin Count Interface.

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- IT E's " S mart Guardi an" function

On Board A C’97 Sound CODE C

Chip: ALC655
Support 6 channels.

Supports S /PDIF-Out function.
Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.

LAN

Chip: RTL8100C.
Supports 10/100 M b/s auto-negotiati on.

Half/Full duple x ca pabi lity.
Supports ACPI power m anagem ent

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F ront Sid e On-bo ard P eripheral s

1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices.
1 front panel header supports front panel facilities.

1 AUX-in connector supports 1 AUX audio-in device.
1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in devi ce.

1 front audio header supports front panel audio functi on.
1 S/PDIF-Out connector supports digital audio-out function

1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88Mbytes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports at front panel.
4 Seri al ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices.

Rear Sid e Connectors

4 USB 2.0 ports.
1 VGA port.

1 Serial port.
1 Printer port.

1 RJ - 45 LAN jack.
1 PS/2 Mouse port.

1 PS/2 Keyboard port.
1 vertical audio port incl uding 1 line-in connector, 1 line-out

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC - i n conn ect or.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM

Printer Port

VGA

USB x2

LAN

US B x 2

Line In/
Surround

Line Out
Mi c In 1/

Bass/Center

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1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable * 1
HDD Cable * 1

User’s Manual * 1
Serial ATA Cable * 1

Fu lly Se tup Driver CD * 1
Rear I/O Panel fo r ATX Case * 1

S/PDIF Cable * 1 (opti onal)
USB 2.0 Cable *1 (optional)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable * 1 (optional)

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1.3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS

JKBMS 1

JATX PWR 2

JKBV1

J
C

O
M
1

JPRNT1

JVGA1

LGA 775

CPU1

JATXPWR1

DDR2_A 1

DDR2_B 1

JUSB 2

JRJ45USB1

JAUDIO1

CODEC

JUSBV1

JAU DIO2

JCDIN1

JSPDIF_ OUT1

BIOS

Super
I/ O

LAN

JCFAN1

PCI-EX

PCI1

JAUX 1

PCI2

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

Intel 915GV

XGP 1

JUSBV3 _1

FDD1

IDE1

JCMOS1
JCI1

BAT1

ICH6

JUSB4JUSB 3

SATA4

JPANEL1

JSFAN1

SATA2

SATA1SAT A3

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALL ATION

2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remo v e Pin Cap before installation, and m ake
good preservation for future use. When the CPU
is remov e d, cover the Pin Cap on the empty
socket to ensure pin legs won’ t be damaged.

Pin Cap

Step 1: Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on

CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will
fit only in the correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked

position to complete th e installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsi nk assembl y on the CPU and buckle i t

on the retention frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into
the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. T he fan
cable and connector may be different according to the fan m anufacturer.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while m atching the black wire to
pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fa n Header

Pin

1

4

Assignment

1 Ground
2 Power
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

4 Smart Fan

Control

JSF AN1 : Syst em F an H ead er

Assignment

Pin

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

1

3

Note:

Th e JCFAN1 reserves system cooling fan with Smart Fan Cont rol utility. It support s 4-pin
head connector. When connecti ng with wires onto c onnectors, please note that the r ed

wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the bl ac k wire is Ground and
shoul d be connected to GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

DDR2

1

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaini ng clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break

on the Slot.

DDR2

B1

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining
chip snap back in place and the DIM M is properly seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that
s uppor t s 360 K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1. 4 4 M a nd 2. 8 8 M f lo ppy d is k types.

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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IDE1: Hard Disk Connector

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ul tra DMA 33/66/100

functionality.
The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you

can connect up to two hard disk drives. The fi rst hard drive should
al ways be con nected to IDE1.

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40

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PCI1~PCI2: Pe riphera l Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands
for Peri pheral Component Interconnect, and it i s a bus standard for

expansi on cards. T his PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI-EX: PCI-Extreme Slot

- PCI-Extreme sl ot is a special design for PCI-Express
interface graphic cards.

- PCI-Extreme sl ot is compliant with PCI-Express 1.0a
specifi cation.

- PCI-Extreme sl ot is compatibl e with PCI-E x4 and PCI-E x1
expansi on card.

- The bandwidth of data transfer is up to 1GB/s per direction,
and for an ag gr egate of 2G B/s i n t otal.

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XGP1: Xtreme Gr aphics Port Slot

This XGP (Extreme Graphics Port) slot is a special design that only
supports compatible AGP VGA cards.

To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please make
sure to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard

VGA dr iver i nstallat i on. If the on bo ar d VG A dr iver has a lready bee n
installed before you install the add-on AGP VGA card, the system

will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics
adapter.

For the onboard VGA driver can’t be removed com pletely, and to
solve thi s problem, please follow the steps bel ow,

1. Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system, and
reboot PC. After PC restarts, the system will automat ically set

the AGP V GA car d as the graphics a dap ter .

2. Or, re-i nstall your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA
card function can be used.

Note:

Plea se go to “ht tp://www.bio sta r.com .tw” fo r more detail ed
information about XGP compatible A GP c ard s.

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SE TUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jum per cap is
placed on pins, the j umper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JUSBV1/JUS BV3_1: Power Source Hea d ers for USB P o rts

Pin 1-2 Cl o se:

JU SBV1 : +5V for U SB ports at back panel (JRJ 45USB1/JUSB2).
JU SBV3_1 : +5V for U SB ports at f ront panel (JUSB3/JUSB4).

Pin 2-3 Cl o se:

JU SBV1 : USB ports at back panel (JRJ 45USB1/JUSB2) are powered by

+5V st andby voltage.

JU SBV3_1 : U SB ports at f ront panel (JU SB3/JUSB4) are powered by +5V

standb y voltage.

3

1

JUSBV1

JUSBV3_1

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Pin 1-2 Close (default)

3

1

3

1

Pin 2-3 Close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-On system via U SB device,” “JUSBV1/
JUSBV3_1” jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3 individuall y.

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JK BV1 : P o wer So urce H ea der fo r PS/2 Key b o a rd an d Mous e

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Pin 1-2 Close

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Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on s ystem via keyboar d and mouse”, “JKBV1”
jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3.

JUSB3/ JUSB 4: Front USB Headers

This mot herboard provides 2 USB 2.0 headers, which allows user t o connect
additional U SB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected wit h

internal U SB devices, like USB c ard reader.

(default)

+5V for PS/2 keyboard and
mouse.

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Pin 2-3 Close

PS/2 keyboard and mouse
are powered by +5V standby
voltage.

Pin

1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)

3 USB-

JUSB4JUSB3

2

10

1

9

4 USB­5 USB+
6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground
9 Key

10

Assignment

NC

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JAT XPWR1 : AT X Power Con necto r

This connector allows user t o connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX
power supply .

Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V
2 +3.3V
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Ground

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JAT XPWR2 : AT X Power Con necto r

By c onnecting this connector, it will provide +12V to C PU power circ uit.

2
4

1
3

6 +5V
7 Ground
8 PW_OK
9 Standby

Voltage +5V

10 +12V

11 +12V
12 2 x 12 Detect
13 +3.3V
14 -12V

15 Ground
16 PS_ON
17 Ground
18 Ground
19 Ground
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V
24 Ground

Pin

Assignment

1 +12V
2 +12V
3 Ground
4 Ground

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JCDIN1 : CD-ROM Au d i o -in Con nector

This connector allows user to connect t he audio source f rom the v ariety devic es,
like CD-R OM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc..

Assignment

Pin

1 Left channel input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4

Right channel input

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JAUDIO 2 : Fron t Panel Au di o Header

This header allows us er t o connect the f ront audio output cable with the PC front
panel. It will dis able the output on back panel audio c onnectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center
2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass
4 Audio power
5 Right line out/

6 Right line out/

7 Reserved
8 Key

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2

9 Left line out/

10 Left line out/

11 Right line in/

1

12 Right line in/

13 Left line in/

14 Left line in/

Speaker out Right

Speaker out Right

Speaker out Left

Speaker out Left

Rear speaker Right

Rear speaker Right

Rear speaker Left

Rear speaker Left

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(op

)

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep
butt on, speaker and I rDA Connection. I t allows user to connect the PC case’s

front panel switch fun ctions.

PWR

LED

SLP

2

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SPK

Pin Assignment Functio n Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground

5 N/A 6 N/A N/A
7 Speaker
9 HDD LE D (+) 10 P ower LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button

15 Reset control
17 N/A 18 N/A
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground

23 IRTX

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

IrDA Connector
(optional)

8 Power L ED (+)

12 Powe r LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

SATA1~SAT A4: Serial ATA Conn ectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Cont roller wit h 4 channels SATA interf ace,
it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3Gb/s.

SATA4

SATA3

SATA2

SATA1

1

4

On/Off

-

++

-

+

RST

HLED

Sleep button

Powe r LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector
(optional)

Pin

1 Ground
2 TX+
3 TX­4 Ground
5 RX­6 RX+
7 Ground

IR

Assignment

24

tional

7

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JCMOS1: Cl ea r C MO S H ea der

By plac ing the jum per on pin2-3, it allows user to rest ore the BIOS saf e setting
and the CMOS data, please carefully f ollow t he proc edures to avoid damaging

the m otherboard.

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Pin 1-2 Close

Normal Operation (default).

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※ Clea r CMO S P ro ced ures :

1. R em ov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 Close”.

3. Wait for fi ve se co n ds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 Close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. R es et y our desired pas s word or c lear t he CMOS data.

Pin 2-3 Close

Clear CMOS data.

JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Con nector

This connector allows user t o connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

Assignment

Pin

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT

3 Ground

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JCI1: Chassis Open He ader

This connector allows sy stem to monitor PC cas e open status. If the s ignal has
been triggered, it will rec ord to the CMOS and show the message on next

boot-up.

Assignment

Pin

1 Case open signal
2 Ground

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JAUX1: AUX Au d i o -in Conn ector

Assignment

Pin

1 Left channel input
2 Ground
3 Ground

Right channel input

4

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meanin g

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST
Long beeps every ot her second No DRAM detected or inst all

4.2 EXTRA INF ORMATION

A. BIOS Update

After you fail to up d ate B IOS or BIOS i s i n vaded b y virus, the
Boot-Block function wi ll help to restore BIOS. If the following message

is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are
corrupted.

Video card not f ound or video c ard
mem ory bad

Sys t em will shut down automat ically

In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:

1. Mak e a bootab le fl op py d is k.

2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar
website: www.bi o star.com.tw

3. Confi rm m otherboard model and download the respectively
BIOS from Biostar website.

4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respecti vely BIOS into floppy disk.

5. Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter.

6. System will boo-up to DOS prom pt.

7. Type “Awd flash xxxx.bf / sn/p y/ r” i n DOS prompt.

8. System will update B IOS automatically and re sta rt.

9. The BIOS has been recovered a nd will work properl y.

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B. CPU Overheated

If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for
seconds, that means the CPU protecti on function has been activated.

When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown
automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not

power on again.

In this case, please double check:

1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface.

2. CPU fan is rotated normally.

3. CPU fan speed is ful fil ling with the CPU speed.

After confirmed, please follow steps below to rel ief the CPU protecti on
function.

1. Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds.

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Plug in the power cord and boot up the system.

Or you can:

1. Clear the CMOS data.
(See “Close CMOS Header: JCM OS1” section)

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Power on the syst em again.

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4.3 TROUBLESH OOTING

Problem Solution

1. N o power to the system at all
Power light don’t illuminat e, fan

inside power s upply does not turn
on.

2. I ndic at or light on keyboard does
not t urn on.

Sys t em inoperat iv e. Keyboard lights
are on, power indic at or lights are lit,

and hard driv e is spinning.
Sys t em does not boot from hard disk

drive, c an be booted f rom optical drive.

Sys t em only boots from optical drive.
Hard disk can be read and applications

can be used but booting from hard dis k
is imposs ible.

Screen m essage say s “Invalid
Conf igurat ion” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot sys t em aft er inst alling
sec ond hard drive.

1. Make s ure power c able is
sec urely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even pres s ure on bot h ends of
the DIMM, press down firm ly until the

module s naps int o place.

1. C hec k cable running from disk to
disk controller board. Make sure

both ends are s ec urely plugged
i n; chec k t h e driv e t y p e in t h e

standard CMOS setup.

2. Bac k ing up the hard drive is
ext rem ely im port ant. All hard

disk s are c apable of breaking
down at any t ime.

1. Bac k up data and applications
files.

2. R ef orm at t he hard drive.
Re-ins t all applicat ions and data

using backup disks.

Rev iew sys t em’s equipment. Make s ur
correc t inf ormat ion is in setup.

1. Set m aster/slave jum pers
correctly.

2. R un SETUP program and s elect
correc t driv e types. Call the driv e
manufacturers for co mpatibilit y

with other drives.

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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™

5.1 INTRODUCTION

[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three
user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage

Manager, and Hardware Monitor.
With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they

prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The
Overvol tage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core

vol tage an d Me mor y v olt a ge. The co o l H ardw are Mo nit or s mar tly in d icates
the temperatures, vol tage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset

information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about
BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU,

memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically
s how n on our ma i n p an el .

Moreover, to protect users' computer systems i f the setting is not
appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang,

[WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the system stability by autom atically
rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the

original system speed or a suitable one.

5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows M e, Windows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operati ng system

incl udes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install
Dir ec tX 8.1.)

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5.3 INSTALLATION

1. Execute the setup executi on file, and then the following dialog will pop
up. Please click “Next” button and foll ow the default procedure to

install.

2. When you see the foll owi ng dialog in setup procedure, it means setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox

is chec ked, th e Tra y Ico n utilit y and [WarpSpeede r™ ] util ity will b e
automatically and immediately launched after you click “Fini sh”

button.

Usage:

The following figures are j ust only for reference, the screen printed in
this u ser manual will ch an ge ac c ord ing to your m otherboard on ha nd.

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5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will di splay a little tray
icon on the ri ght si de of Windows Taskbar.

This utility is responsi ble for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™]
Utility. You can use the mouse by clicki ng the left button in order to

invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directl y from the little tray icon or you can
right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following

figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same
fun c tion a s m ou se left-click on tray ic on and “Exit” item will cl ose

T ray Icon utility if selected.

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2. Main Panel

If y ou click the t ray icon , [Wa rpS pe eder™ ] utility will b e in voked.
Please refer to the following figure; th e utility’s first window you will

see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains fe atures as follows:

a. Display the CPU Spe ed, CPU extern al clock, Memory cl ock, A GP clock,

and PCI clock information.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for

invoking respecti ve panels.

c. W ith a user- f r ie nd ly Status An im at io n, it c an represent 3 over cl oc k

percentage stages:

Man walking→overclock percentage from 100% ~ 110 %
Panther running→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%
Ca r rac ing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Vol ta ge Panel

Click the Voltage button in Main Pa nel , the butt on will be hig hlighte d
and the Vol tage Panel will sl ide out t o up as the following fig ure .

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltag e or not. The default se tting is “No”. If yo u want to get

the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the
opti on “Yes”.

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4. Over clock Panel

Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the bu tton will be
highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the

fol l owi ng f igur e.

Overclock Panel cont ains the these fea tures:

a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”:

provide user the abili ty to do real-time overclock adjustment.

Warning:

Manually overclock is pot entially dangerous, especially when t he
overclocking perc entage is over 110 %. We st rongly rec ommend you

verify every speed you ov erc lock by c lic k the Verify butt on. Or, you c an
just click Aut o overc lock button and let [W arpSpeeder™] autom atically
gets the best result for y ou.

b. “Recovery Dialog button”: Pop up the following dialog. Let user select

a restoring way if system need to do a fail-safe reboot.

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c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and

[Wa rpS peede r™ ] will se t the be st and stable performance and
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utili ty will execute a

se ries o f testing u ntil system fail. Then system will do fail-saf e
reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the

[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware defaul t
setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according

to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.

d. “Verify button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™]

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok,
then the current fre q uency will be saved into system registry. If

the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot,
the [WarpSpe eder™ ] utility will re sto re to the hard ware de fault

setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according
to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.

Note:

Becaus e the t esting programs, invok ed in Auto-overclock and Verify,
include D irectDraw, D irect3D and DirectShow t ests, the DirectX 8.1 or

newer runtime library is required. And pleas e make sure y our display
card’s color depth is High color (16 bit ) or True c olor (24/32 bit) that is
required for Direct3D rendering.

5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Click the Ha rdwa re Mo nitor button in Main Pane l, the bu tton will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as
the fo l lowing figur e.

In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your
system. The info rmation will be refreshed every 1 second.

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6. About Panel

Click the “about” button in M ain Panel, the button will be highlighted
and th e A b out Pane l will s l id e out t o up as the fo l low in g f igur e.

In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints
of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get

the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of
[WarpSpeeder™] utility.

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Note:

Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide

these features to separate panels. If one chipset i s not on board, the
cor r elat ive button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere

other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.

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BIOS Setup ......................................................................1

1 Main Menu .................................................................................................... 3

2 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6

3 Advanced BIOS Features..............................................................................9

4 Advanced Chipset Features......................................................................... 14

5 Integrated Peripherals..................................................................................17

6 Power Management Setup...........................................................................22

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ..............................................................................27

8 PC Health Status .........................................................................................29

9 Frequency/ Voltage Control ........................................................................30

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is
then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power
is turned off.

The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium
processor input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard
devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

Adding important has customized the Award BIOS™, but nonstandard, features such as
virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the
chipset controlling the entire system.

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your
system using Setup.

Plug and Play Support

These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ESCD
(Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.

EPA Green PC Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System
Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported.
Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

ACPI Support

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface
specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device
configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft,
Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate Two Synchronous DRAM) are supported.

Supported CPUs

This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setup

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit.
The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by
using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to previous item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar)
Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
Current page and return to Main Menu

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the
screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow
keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figure
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS

installed on board, for update information.

 Figure 1. Main Menu

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Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS.

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

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Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed
Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.

Frequency/ Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (However,
this function is strongly recommended not to use. Not properly change the voltage
and clock may cause the CPU or M/B damage!)

Load Optimized Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems
particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making
changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

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Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same
way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User
Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to
change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message
will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation
message will be displayed before proceeding.

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item
and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 2. Standard CMOS Setup

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Main Menu Selections

This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note

Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal

IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub

IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub

Drive A

Drive B

Video EGA/VGA

menu.

menu.

menu.

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

CGA 40

CGA 80

MONO

that the ‘Day’ automatically
changes when you set the
date.

clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Select the type of floppy
disk drive installed in your
system.

Select the default video
device.

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Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

you want the BIOS to stop

the POST process and

notify you.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

available in the system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup

CPU FEATURE

Delay Prior to Thermal

Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the
specified time.

The Choices: 4, 8, 16 (default), 32.

Thermal Management

Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor.

The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor2.
Notes: The choices will be different according to your CPU features.

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TM2 Bus Ratio

Represents the frequency. Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will
be initiated when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot.

The Choices: 0X (default).

TM2 Bus VID

Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated
when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot.

The Choices: 0.8375 (default).

Limit CPU ID Max Val

Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3, it should be disabled for Win XP.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Execute Disable Bit

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence

select in these items.
The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USBHDD0, BHDD1,
USBHDD2 and Bootable Add-in Cards.

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BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP

Virus Warning

First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the

sequence selected in these items.

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,

HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical

drive assignments.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they Have 40 or

80 tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default)

Report NO FDD for Win95

The Choices: NO (default).

This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect
the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to
write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and
sound an alarm beep.
Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled Virus protection is activated.

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CPU L3 Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase
memory access time with this option.
Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disable cache.

HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY

This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper-Threading.
Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper
Threading Technology. Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for
Hyper Threading Technology.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On
Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
Disabled Normal POST.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.

BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS

Selects the NumLock. State after power on.
On (default) Numpad is number keys.
Off Numpad is arrow keys.

GATE A20 OPTION

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.
Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20.

Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by
the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic
delay can be configured.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the keydown.

The Choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30

TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat
the keystroke.
The Choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, and 1000.

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SECURITY OPTION

This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system
online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.
System A password is required for the system to boot and is also
required to access the Setup Utility.
Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utilityonly.
This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.

APIC MODE

Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to
the operating system.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor
specification.
Select version supported by the operation system running on this
computer.

The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS SELECT FOR DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory
exceeding 64MB.

The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2.

SMALL LOGO (EPA) SHOW

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows.
Enabled (default) “Small Logo” shows when system boot up.
Disabled No “Small Logo” shows when system boots up.

SUMMARY SCREEN SHOW

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary
screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your
system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as
DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came
with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are
suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.

Figure 4. Advanced Chipset Setup

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DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing.

The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual.

CAS LATENCY TIME

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing.

The Choices: 3, 2.5, 2, Auto (default).

DRAM RAS# TO CAS# DELAY

This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe
signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives
faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This field
applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choices: 2, 3, 4, 5, Auto (default).

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DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its
charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the
DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow
gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous
DRAM is installed in the system.

The Choices: 2, 3, 4, 5, Auto (default).

PRECHARGE DELAY (TRAS)

This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge
delay.

The Choices: Auto (default), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY

This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency.

The Choices: Auto (default), 333MHz, 400MHz, 533MHz.

SLP_S4# ASSERTION WIDTH

This item sets the minimum assertion width of the SLP-S4# signal to
guarantee the DRAM has been safely power-cycled.

SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE

Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at
F0000h~FFFFFh, resulting a better system performance. However, if any
program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE

Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting a better
system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area,
a system error may result.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

MEMORY HOLE AT 15M-16M

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When
this area is reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of
peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2
discussed their memory requirements.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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VGA Setting

On-Chip Video Memory Size

Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting a better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error.

The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default).

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size

This item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided,
this frame buffer size will also be fixed.

The Choices: 1MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB (default).

DVMT Mode

The Choices: DVMT3.0 (default).

FIXED Memory Size

Fixed is a memory allocation method addition to the Unified Memory Architecture
(UMA) concept, where a static amount of page-locked graphics memory is allocated
during driver initialization. It will provide the total amount of graphics memory
available to the system and is intended to provide the user with a guaranteed amount
of graphics memory at all times.

The Choices: 0MB, 24MB (default), 56MB, 63MB, 120Mb, 127MB and 128MB.

DVMT Memory Size

DVMT stands for „Dynamic Video Memory Technology“. This is an enhancemnet of the
unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. Where the optimum amount of memory is
allocated for balanced graphics and system performance. DVMT dynamically reponds to
system requirements and applications demands, by allocating the proper amount of
display, texturing and buffer memory after the operating system has booted.
The Choices: 0MB, 24MB, 31MB, 56MB, 63MB (default), 64MB，120MB and
127MB.

Boot Display

The Choices: Auto (default).

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE Device

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled
for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per
sector where the drive can support.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

On-chip Primary PCI IDE

This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDEChannel.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)
for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0
to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, and Mode4.

On-chip Secondary PCI IDE

This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDEChannel.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE
hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a
DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If
your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select
Auto to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

On-Chip Serial ATA Setting

This item allows you to choose:

Disabled: disabled SATA Controller

Combined Mode: PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers

in each channel.

Enhanced Mode: enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers
are supported.

SATA Only: SATA is operating in legacy mode.
The Choices: Default (default), Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode,

and SATA only.

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PCI Express Root Port Func,

PCI Express Port 1/2/3/4

This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port.

The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled.

PCI-E Compliancy Mode

This item allows you to select the PCI-E Compliancy Mode.

The Choices: v1.0a (default), v1.0.

USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller
and you have USB peripherals.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This BIOS itself may/may
not have high speed USB support. If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in,
the support will automatically turn on, when high speed device were attached.

The Choices: Enabled (default).

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.
Enabled (default) Enable USB Keyboard Support.
Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support.

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USB Mouse Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support.
Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support.

Disabled (default) Disable USB Mouse Support.

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

Onboard RAID <ITE8211>

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard RAID BIOS

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Onboard 1394

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Super IO Device

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If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Super IO Device” label and then press
the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

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Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy
drive, select Disabled in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The Choices: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto.

Onboard IR Function

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The Choices: Normal, AS KIR, IrDA (default).

UR2 Duplex Mode

Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode
permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits
transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half (default), Full.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which
I/O Address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.

The Choices:
SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.
The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

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6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy
conservation and power up/power down features.

Figure 6. Power Management Setup

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ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS

ACPI Function

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI).
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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ACPI Suspend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.
The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
S1 & S3 POS+STR

Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume

Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when
system wakes up from S3 state. The system time is shortened if you disable the function,
but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card. So, if the AGP driver of the VGA
card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not
function after S3.

The Choices: Auto (default), Yes, No.

Wake-Up by PCI card

When you select “Enable”, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On
state.

The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

Power On by Ring

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call
on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.

The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

USB KB/MS Wake-Up From S3

This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from S3.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Resume by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled,
you cannot use this function. During Enabled, Choose the Date and Time.

Date (of Month) Alarm

You can choose which month the system will boot up.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

You can choose shat hour, minute and second the system will boot up.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to
the operating system, before this function will work.

POWER ON Function

This item allows you to choose the power on function.
The Choices: Button Only (default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse Left, Mouse Right,
Any Key, Keyboard 98.

KB POWER ON Password

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.

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Hot Key Power ON

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.
The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7,
Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12.

POWER After PWR-Fail

This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts
occurs.
Off Leaves the computer in the power off state.
On Reboots the computer.
Former-Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt
occurs.

The Choices: Off (default), On, Former-Sts.

RELOAD TIMER EVENTS

Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1

You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or
RAID 1 function under this item.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

FDD, COM, LPT Port

You can select to enable or disable FDD, COM, and LPT port under
this item.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

PCI PIRQ [A-D]#

You can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ [A-D]# under this item.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly
related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down.

2. Suspend Mode.

There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Suspend Mode = 1 hr.
HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Suspend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Define (default)

Allows you to set each mode individually.
When not disabled, each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD
Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

Video Off Method

This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank.

The Choices: DPMS (default).

VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

The Choices: Yes (default), No.

SUSPEND TYPE

Select the Suspend Type.

The Choices: Stop Grant (default).

Modem Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use.
The Choices: 3 (default), 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA.

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Suspend Mode

The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min,
30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour.
This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system
inactivity. All other devices remain active.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7 Min, 8
Min, 9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the
Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”
The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).
System is not live, system will remain powered off.

INTRUDER# DETECTION

This item allows you to enable or disable intruder# detection.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of
the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section
covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users
should make any changes to the default settings.

Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations

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INIT DISPLAY FIRST

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA
first.

The Choices: Onboard/ AGP, PCI Slot (default).

RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY

By Choosing “Auto (ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the
system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA
channel for each peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to
assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA
and I/O port conflicts.

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IRQ RESOURCES

This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type,
depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the
“Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to
configure the system interrupts. This is only configurable when
“Resources Controlled By” is set to “Manual”.
IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

PCI / VGA PALETTE SNOOP

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers that are not VGA
compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their
display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility.
However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn
from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper
colors, and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of
the VGA controller. To do this, the non-VGA graphic controller watch for
the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data. In PCI
based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a
non-VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the
palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds
to the Write.
In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it
should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the
ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on
the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable
this option.
Disabled (default) Disable the function.
Enabled Enable the function.

PCI EXPRESS RELATIVE ITEMS

Maximum Payload Size

Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP).
The Choice: 4096 (default).

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Status

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CPU FAN Control by

The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise.

The Choices: SMART (default), Always On.

Shutdown Temperature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective
under Windows 98 ACPI mode
The Choices: 60

OC/140OF, 65OC/149OF, 70OC/158OF, Disabled (default).

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST
stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

CPU Vcore, NB/SB Voltage +3.3V, +5.0V, 5V (SB), Voltage Battery

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

Current CPU Temp

This field displays the current temperature of CPU.

Current CPU FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.

Current SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

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9 Frequency/ Voltage Control

 Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control

CPU CLOCK RATIO

The Choices: 8X (default), 9X, 10X, 11X, 12X, 13X, 14 X, 15X, 16X, 17X,

18X, 19X, 20 X, 21 X, 22 X, and 23X.

CPU Voltage Regulator

This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator

The Choices: Default (default).

DDR Voltage Regulator

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator

The Choices: Default (default).

AUTO DETECT PCI CLK

This item allows you to enable / disable auto Detect PCI Clock.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

CPU CLOCK

This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking.

Special Notice:

If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not
functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system.

Method 1:

Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON”
status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting.

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Method 2:

Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that
keep-on pressing the <Insert> key until the power-on screen showed.

This action will boot-up the system according to FSB of the processor.

It’s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting. If the
CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting, it may cause CPU or M/B damage.

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