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Table of Content s
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Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................1
1.1 Motherbo a rd Features..................................................... 1
1.2 Package Checklist........................................................... 4
1.3 Layout an d Co mpone nts..................................................5
Chapter 2: Hard ware Installation.................................................6
2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)...........................6
2.2 FAN Headers .................................................................. 8
2.3 Installing System Memory................................................ 9
2.4 Connectors a n d Slots..................................................... 10
Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup......................................12
3.1 How to Se tup Ju mpers................................................... 12
3.2 Detail Settings............................................................... 12
Chapter 4: Useful Help.................................................................18
4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code................................................ 1 8
4.2 Extra Info rma tion...........................................................18
4.3 Troubleshooting.............................................................2 0
Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..........................................................21
5.1 Introduction...................................................................2 1
5.2 Syste m Requirement ..................................................... 21
5.3 Installation....................................................................2 2
5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon a nd 5 panels.........2 3
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 MOTHERBOA RD FEATURES
CPU
Supports LGA 775.
Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3.8GHz.
Supports Intel Pentium D processor.
Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges:
533MHz (133MHz Core Clock)
800MHz (200MHz Core Clock)
1066MHz (266MHz Core Clock)
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. (HT )
Supports Execute Disable Bit Technology (XD).
Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST).
Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T).
WARNING!
W arranty w ill be void if the pin protect ion c ap is not in pla ce to pr ot ect the s ocke t pin
when s ending this mai nboard for ser vice.
Chi pset
North Brid ge: Intel 945G (945G-M7 )/ Intel 945P (945P-M 7 ).
South Bridge: Intel ICH7.
Dimensions
Micro ATX Form Factor: 24.45cm (W) x 24.4cm (L)
Op erating System Supporting
Supports Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
Super I/O
Chip: ITE 8712F.
Low Pin Count Interface.
Provides the most commonl y used legacy Super I/O
functionality.
Environment Control initiatives,
H/W Monitor
Fan Spee d Con t r o ller
ITE's "Smart Guardian" function
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S ystem Memory
Supp ort s Dual Cha nn el DDR2.
Supp ort s DDR2 533 (266MHz ) / 667 (33 3MHz) fo r a theoretical
maximum band width of 10.7 GB/s.
Supports 256-M b, 512-Mb, or 1G-M b technologies for x8
an d x16 devices.
Supports non-ECC DIMMs.
Maximum DRAM space is up to 4GB.
DI MM Socket
Location
DDR Module Total Memory Size
DDR2_A1 256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_A2 256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_B1 256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_B2 256MB/512MB/1GB *1
Max is 4G B.
On Board IDE
One on-board connector supports 2 devi ces.
Supports PIO Mode 0~4.
Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master Mode.
On Board AC’97 Sound CODE C
Chip: REALTEK ALC655.
Support 6 channels.
Supports S/PDIF-Out and S/PDIF-In (optional ) functions.
Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.
E xpansion Slots
T wo 32b i t PC I b us m aster sl ots.
One PCI-Express x16 sl ot.
One PCI-Express x1 sl ot.
10/100 LAN (op tional )
PHY: RTL8100C.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.
Half/Full duplex capabi lit y.
S upports A C PI power managem ent.
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Gigabit LAN (optional )
Chip: RTL8110S.
Half/Full duplex capabi lit y.
Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.
S upports A C PI power managem ent.
Se rial ATA II
Controller integrated in ICH7.
Supports 4 Serial ATA II (SATA II) devi ces.
- S eri al AT A 2.0 sp ecificati on compl iant.
- Data tran sfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
I nt er nal On-board I/O Con n ec tors a nd H eader s
1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices.
1 front panel header supports front panel faciliti es.
1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device.
1 front audio header supports front panel audio-out function.
1 S/PDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.
1 S/PDIF-in connector supports digital audio-in function.
(optional)
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.
4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices.
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Back Panel I/ O Connectors
1 Serial port.
1 Printer port.
1 PS/2 Mouse port.
1 PS/2 Keyboard port.
1 VGA port. (only for 945G-M7)
1 RJ-45 LAN jack / Giga LAN j ack. (opti onal )
4 USB 2.0 ports.
1 vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 line-out
conn ec tor, and 1 MIC - i n co nn ec tor.
C
O
M
1
COM1
VGA1
(only for 945G-M7)
Print er p ort
USB x2
Giga LA N / LAN
USB x2
Line In/
Surround
Line Out
M ic In 1 /
Bass/Center
PS/2
Keyboard
PS/2
Mouse
1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST
FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1
Use r’s Manual X 1
Serial ATA Cable X 1
Fu lly Setup Driver CD X 1
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional )
S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)
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1.3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS
DDR2_A1
DDR2_A2
DDR2_B1
DDR2_B2
FDD1
PCI- EX 1 _1
PCI-EX16
PCI1
PCI2
JPAN EL 1
JAT XPWR 1
JCFAN1
JATXPWR2
JCI1
JCMOS1
SATA1
SATA 3
SATA2
SATA4
COD EC
JCDIN1
JSFAN1
Giga LAN /
LAN
BAT1
BIOS
Intel
ICH7
LGA775
CPU1
945G
or
945P
JAUDIO2
Super
I/O
JKBMS1
JRJ45USB1
C
O
M
1
JAUDIO1
JPRNT1
JS P D I F _ OU T1 JSPDIF_IN1
(optional)
IDE1
JDJ1
(optional)
J_CIR1
(optional)
JC O M 1
JV G A1
(only for 945G-M7)
Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.
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Pin Cap
CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 INSTALL ING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Step 1: Pul l the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise
the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
Special Notice:
Remo v e Pin Cap before installation, and m ake
good preservation for future use. When the CPU
is remov ed, cov er the Pin Cap on the empty
so cke t to e n sur e pin legs won’t be damaged.
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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
posi tion to complete the installation.
Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembl y on the CPU and buckle i t
on the retention fram e. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into
the JCFAN1. T his completes the in stalla tion.
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2.2 FAN HEADERS
These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan
cabl e and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer.
Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to
pin#1.
JCFAN1: CPU Fan Heade r
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 Power
3 FAN RP M rate
sens e
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JCFAN1
4 Smart Fan
Control
JSFAN1 : System Fan Head er
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
JSFAN1
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3 FAN RP M rate
sens e
Note:
Th e JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 reserve system coo ling fa n with Sm art Fan Control u tility. It
supports 4-pin and 3-pin head c onnector. When connecting with wires onto co nnectors,
pleas e note that t he red wire is the positi ve and s hould be con nect ed to pin#2, and t he
blac k wire is Ground and should be c onnected to GND.
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2.3 INSTALL ING SYSTEM MEMORY
DDR2_A1
DDR2_A2
DDR2_B1
DDR2_B2
1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressi ng the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break
on the Sl ot.
2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining
chip snap back in place and the DIMM 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 360K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1. 4 4 M a nd 2.8 8M f lo ppy dis k types.
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.
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IDE1: H ard Dis k Connector
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100
functionality.
The IDE connectors can connect a master and a sl ave drive, so you
can connect up to two hard disk drives. The first hard drive should
al ways be conne cted to IDE1.
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PCI1~PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots
This motherboard i s equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands
for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for
expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.
PCI2
PCI1
PCI-EX16: PCI-Ex press x16 Slot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Maximum band width i s up to 4GB/s per direction.
P CI-EX 1_1: P CI- Expr ess x1 sl ot
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Maximum bandwidth is up to 250MB/ s per directi on.
PCI-EX16
PCI-EX1_1
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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP
3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS
The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is
placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is
“open”.
Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed
3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS
JAT XPWR1 : AT X Power Con necto r
This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power c onnector on the ATX
power supply.
Pin Assignment
1 +3.3V
2 +3.3V
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Ground
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
13 1
24 12
24 Ground
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JAT XPWR2 : AT X Power Con necto r
By c onnecting this connector, it will prov ide +12V to CPU power c irc uit.
Pin
Assignment
1 +12V
2 +12V
3 Ground
1
3
2
4
4
Ground
SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors
The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Cont roller with 4 channels SATA interf ace,
it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3Gb/s.
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 TX+
3 TX4 Ground
5 RX6 RX+
SATA4
SATA1SA TA2
SATA3
174
7 Ground
JUSB3/ JUSB 4: Front USB Headers
This mot herboard provides 2 USB 2.0 headers, which allows user to connect
additional U SB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connect ed with
internal U SB devices, like USB card reader.
Pin Assignment
1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB4 USB5 USB+
6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground
9 Key
1092
1
JUSB4JUSB3
10 NC
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JK BV 1 : P ow er So urce Hea der for P S/2 Keybo a rd an d Mo u se
31
Pin 1-2 Close
(Default)
+5V for PS/2 keyboard and
mouse.
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31
Pin 2-3 close
PS/2 keyboard and mouse are
powered by +5V standby
voltage.
Note:
In order to support this f unc tion “Power-on s ystem via keyboar d and mouse”, “JKBV 1”
jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3.
JAUDIO 2 : Fron t Panel Au d i o Head er
This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC
front panel. It will dis able the output on back panel audio connectors.
Pin Assignment
1 Mic-in/ Stereo MIC-in R
2 Ground
3 Stereo MIC-in L
4 Audio power
5 Right line-out/
Speaker-out Right
6 Right line-out/
Speaker-out Right
7 Reserved
8 Key
9 Left line-out/
Speaker-out Left
10 Left line-out/
Speaker-out Left
11 Right line-in (optional)
12 Right line-in (optional)
13 Left line-in (optional)
13
12
14
14 Left line-in (optional)
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JPANEL1: Front Panel Header
This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep
butt on, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s
front panel switch functions.
1
23
24
SLP
PWR
_
LED
On/Off
IR
IR
RST
HLED
SPK
++
+
2
-
-
Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Functio n
1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground
Sleep button
5 N/A 6 N/A N/A
7 Speaker
Speaker
Connector
8 Power LED (+)
9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)
11 HDD LED (-)
Hard drive
LED
12 Po wer LED (-)
Powe r LED
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control
Reset button
16 Ground
Power-on button
17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX
IrDA
Connector
24 IRRX
IrDA Connector
JCI1: Chassis Open Heade r
This connector allows system to monitor PC cas e open stat us. If the signal has
been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and s how the message on next
boot-up.
Pin
Assignment
1 Case open signal
21
2 Ground
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JCDIN1 : CD-ROM Aud i o -in Con nector
This connector allows user to connect the audio source f rom the variety devices,
like CD-R OM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc..
Pin
Assignment
1 Left channel input
2 Ground
3 Ground
14
4
Right channel in
put
JCMOS1 : Cl ea r C MO S Hea der
By plac ing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e sett ing
and the CMOS dat a, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging
the m otherboard.
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Pin 1-2 Close:
Normal Operation (Default).
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31
Pin 2-3 Close:
Clear CMOS data.
※ Clea r CMOS Pro ced ures:
1. R em ov e AC power line.
2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.
3. Wait for five seco n ds.
4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.
5. Power on the AC.
6. R es et your desired pas s word or clear the CMOS data.
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JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Con n ector
This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.
Pin
Assignment
1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
13
3 Ground
JSPDIF_IN1 (optional): Digital Aud io-in Con n ector
This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header.
Pin
Assignment
1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
13
3 Ground
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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP
4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE
Beep Sound Meanin g
One long beep followed by t wo short
beeps
Video card not found or v ideo card
mem ory bad
High-low siren sound CPU overheated
Sys t em will s hut down automat ically
One Short beep when system boot-up N o error found during POST
Long beeps every ot her second No DRAM detected or ins t all
4.2 EXTRA INFORMA TION
A. BIOS Update
After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the
Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message
is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are
corrupted.
In thi s Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:
1. Make a bootab le floppy d is k.
2. Download the Fl ash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar
website: www.bi o star.com.tw
3. Confirm m otherboard model and download the respecti vely
BIOS from Biostar website.
4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respectively BIOS into floppy disk.
5. Insert the bootable di sk into floppy drive and press Enter.
6. Syste m will b oo-u p to DOS prompt.
7. Type “Aw dflash xxxx.bf/sn/ py/r” in DOS prompt.
8. Syste m will u pda te BIOS au to mati c ally an d re start.
9. The BIO S ha s bee n recovered an d will work pro pe rly.
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B. CPU Overheated
If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for
seconds, that means the CPU protection functi on 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 thi s case, please double check:
1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface.
2. CPU fan i s ro tated normally.
3. CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed.
After confirmed, please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection
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: JCMOS1” section)
2. Wait for seconds.
3. Power on the system again.
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4.3 TROUBL ESHOOTING
Probable Solution
1. N o power to the system at all
Power light don’t illuminate, fan
inside power supply does not turn
on.
2. I ndic at or light on key board does
not t urn on.
1. Make s ure power cable is
sec urely plugged in.
2. Replace cable.
3. Contact technical support.
Sys t em inoperativ e. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicat or lights are lit,
and hard drive is spinning.
Us ing even press ure on bot h ends of
the DIMM, press down f irm ly until the
module s naps into place.
Sys t em does not boot from hard dis k
drive, can be booted f rom optic al drive.
1. C hec k cable running f rom disk to
disk controller board. Make sure
both ends are sec urely plugged
i n; ch ec k t he d riv e ty pe in th e
standard CMOS setup.
2. Bac k ing up the hard drive is
ext rem ely import ant. All hard
disk s are capable of breaking
down at any t ime.
Sys t em only boots f rom optic al drive.
Hard disk can be read and applications
can be used but booting from hard disk
is imposs ible.
1. Bac k up data and applicat ions
files.
2. R ef orm at the hard driv e.
Re-ins t all applications and data
using backup disks.
Screen m essage says “Invalid
Conf igurat ion” or “C MOS Failure.”
Rev iew syst em’s equipment. Make sur
e
correc t informat ion is in set up.
Cannot boot syst em aft er installing
sec ond hard driv e.
1. Set m aster/slave jumpers
correctly.
2. R un SETUP program and select
correc t drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for co mpatibili t y
with other drives.
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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™
5.1 INTRO DUCTION
[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. T he
Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core
vol tage and Me mor y v ol tage. The co o l Har dw are Mo ni tor s martly indicat es
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 additi on, the frequency status of CPU,
memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchroni cally
s how n on our ma i n p an el .
Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not
appropriate when testing and results i n system fail or hang,
[WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the system stability by automatically
rebooting the com puter 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 Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (T he Wi ndows XP operating system
includes 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 INSTALL ATION
1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop
up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to
install.
2. When you see the followi ng dialog in setup procedure, it means setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder T ray Utility” checkbox
is checked, the Tray Icon utilit y an d [ WarpSpeede r™ ] u tilit y will b e
automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish”
button.
Usage:
The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in
this user ma nual will change ac c ordin g to your motherboard on hand.
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5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON A ND 5 PAN EL S
1. Tra y Icon:
Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, i t will displa y a little t ray
icon on the right si de of Windows Taskbar.
This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™]
Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to
invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the littl e tray icon or you can
right-click the little tray i con to pop up a popup menu as followi ng
figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same
function as mou se left-click on tray ic on and “Exit” item will cl ose
Tray Icon utility if selected.
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2. Main Panel
If y ou click the tray icon, [Wa rpSpeeder™] utilit y will b e invoked .
Please refer to the following figure; th e utility’s first wi ndow you wi ll
see is Main Panel.
Main Panel contains features as foll ows:
a. D i spl ay the CPU Spe e d, CPU exter na l clock, Mem ory clo ck, AGP cl ock,
and PCI cl ock information.
b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for
invoking respective panels.
c. With a us er - fr ie ndly St atus An im at io n, it c an represent 3 ov er c l ock
percentage stages:
Man walking→overcl ock percentage from 100% ~ 110 %
Panther running→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%
Ca r racing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above
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3. Vol tage Panel
Clic k the Vol tage but ton in Mai n Panel, th e button will be highlighte d
and the Voltage Pa nel will sl ide out to up as the f ollowing figure.
In thi s panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltage or not. The d efaul t setting is “No”. If you want to get
the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the
option “Yes”.
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4. Over clock Panel
Clic k the Overclock button in Ma in Pa ne l, the button 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 ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
Warning:
Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when t he
overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We st rongly recommend you
verify ev ery speed you overc lock by c lick the Verify button. Or, you can
just click Auto ov erclock butt on and let [WarpSpeeder™] autom atically
gets the best result for you.
b. “Recovery Dialog button”: Pop up the foll owing dialog. Let user sel ect
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 pee de r™ ] will set th e be st and sta ble performa nce an d
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a
se rie s of testing un til system f ail. Then system will do fail-sa fe
reboot by using Watchdog functi on. After reboot, the
[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according
to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
d. “Verify button”: User can click thi s button and [WarpSpeeder™]
will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing i s ok,
then the current frequency will be saved into system regi stry. If
the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot,
the [ WarpSpeede r™ ] u tility will restore to th e ha rdware de fault
setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according
to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
Note:
Becaus e the testing programs, invok ed in Aut o-overclock and Verify,
include D irectDraw, Direct3D and DirectShow tests, the DirectX 8.1 or
newer runtime library is required. And please make sure your display
card’s color depth is High color (16 bit ) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is
required for Direct3D rendering.
5. Hardware Monitor Panel
Clic k the Hardwa re Mo nitor bu tton in Main Pa nel, th e bu tton will be
highlighted and the Hardware Moni tor panel will slide out to left as
the fo l lowing f ig ure.
In thi s panel, you can get the real-time status inform ation of your
system. T he informati on will be ref reshed every 1 second.
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6. About Panel
Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted
and th e About Pa ne l w il l s l id e out to up as the fo l lowing fig ur e.
In thi s panel, you can get model name and detail information i n hi nts
of all the chipset that are related to overclocki ng. You can also get
the m ainboard’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 is not on board, the
correlative butto n i n Main panel will be disabled, but will not i nterfere
other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.
945G-M7 & 945P-M7 BIOS SETUP
BIOS Setup....................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu.................................................................................................... 3
2 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6
3 Advanced BIOS Features.............................................................................. 9
4 Advanced Chipset Features......................................................................... 16
5 Integrated Peripherals .................................................................................20
6 Power Management Setup...........................................................................26
7 PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................. 31
8 PC Health Status .........................................................................................33
9 Frequency/ Voltage Control........................................................................ 35
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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
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
menu.
IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub
menu.
IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub
menu.
Drive A
Drive B
Video EGA/VGA
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
This option allows 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
This option 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.)
Min= 0 Max= 255 Key in a DEC number.
The Choices: 0X (default).
TM2 Bus VID
This option 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), 0.8375-1.6000.
Limit CPUID MaxVal
Set limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, it should be “Disabled” for Win XP.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
C1E Function
This item allows you to choose the C1E function.
The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
Execute Disable Bit
When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Virtualization Technology
When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by
Vanderpool Technology.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled
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Cache Setup
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.
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Boot Seq & Floppy Setup
This item allows you to setup Boot Seq & Floppy.
Hard Disk Boot Priority
These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.
This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed.
The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri.Slave, Sec.Master, Sec.Slave, USBHDD0, USBHDD1,
USBHDD2 and Bootable Add-in Cards.
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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, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled.
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), YES.
Virus Warning
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.
Hyper-Threading Technology
This option allows you to enable or disable 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 arrow keys.
Off Numpad is number keys.
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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.
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 Utility only.
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.
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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
screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).
This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary
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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
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: Auto (default), 3, 4, 5, 6.
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: Auto (default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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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: Auto (default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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), 400MHz, 533MHz, and 667MHz.
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.
The Choices: 4 to 5 Sec. (default), 3 to 4 Sec., 2 to 3 Sec., 1 to 2 Sec.
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 usually
discussed their memory requirements.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
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PCI Express Root Port Func
PCI Express Port
The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled.
The Choices: v1.0a (default), v1.0.
VGA Setting (for 945G-M7 only)
PEG/Onchip VGA Control
PEG Force X1
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size
DVMT Mode
The Choices: DVMT (default)
This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port.
PCI-E Compliancy Mode
This item allows you to select the PCI-E Compliancy Mode.
This item allows you to enabled or disabled PEG/On-chip VGA controller.
The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled.
When using on-chip VGA, this item has to be set as X1.
Disabled (default) PCI Express X16
Enabled PCI Express X1
This item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided,
this frame buffer size will also be fixed.
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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, 64MB, 120MB, 127MBand128MB.
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: 24MB, 56MB, 63MB, 120Mb, 127MB and 128MB.
Boot Display
The Choices: Auto (default).
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5 Integrated Peripherals
Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals
OnChip IDE Device
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “OnChip IDE Device” label and
then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
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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.
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 IDE Channel.
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 IDE Channel.
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.
SATA Mode
The Choices: IDE (default), RAID, AHCI.
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On-Chip Serial ATA
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.
PORT Speed Settings
SATA
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
IDE Mode
PATA
The Choices: Primary (default).
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Onboard Device
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Onboard Device” label and
then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
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 enable or disable 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), Disabled.
USB Keyboard Support
This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.
Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.
Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.
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.
Onboard AC97 Audio
This item allows you to decide to enable or disable to support AC97 Audio.
The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
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Onboard RAID <ITE8211>
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Onboard RAID BIOS
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
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
Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device.
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.
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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: IrDA (default), AS KIR, Normal.
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.
PWRON 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.
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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
ACPI & Wake Up Events
ACPI Function
(ACPI).
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
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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 Wake-Up From S3
This item allows you to enable or disable 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 changed 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/Click, Mouse
Double/Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98.
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KB POWER ON Password
Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.
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.
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]#
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
You can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ [A-D]# under this item.
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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), PwrOn Suspend.
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).
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
Init Display First
This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.
The Choices: PCI Slot (default), PCEx.
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.
The Choices: Auto (ESCD) (default), Manual.
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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.
Maximum Payload Size
Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP).
The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.
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8 PC Health Status
Figure 8. PC Health Status
CPU FAN Control
The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise.
The Choices: Always On, Smart (default).
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 / 140 , 65 / 149 , 70 / 158, Disabled (default).
Show H/W Monitor in POST
If your computer contains 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,+12.0V, DDR Voltage, 5V(SB),
Voltage Battery
Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.
Current CPU Temp
This field displays the current temperature of CPU.
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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
This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio.
Min = 8 Max = 50 Key in a DEC number.
The Choices: 8X (default).
CPU Voltage Regulator
This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator
The Choices: Default (default), +5%, +15%.
DDR Voltage Regulator
This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator
The Choices: 1.8V (default), 1.9V, 2.0V, 2.1V.
Auto Detect PCI Clk
This item allows you to enable or disable auto Detect PCI Clock.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
CPU Clock
This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking.
Min= 100 Max = 300 Key in a DEC number.
The Choices: 100Mhz (default).
Special Notice:
If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not
functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system.
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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.
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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