Biostar BI94GS-IA Setup Manual

BI94GS-IA Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................ 3

1.1 Before You Start ................................................................................ 3

1.2 Package Checklist............................................................................. 3

1.3 Mainboard Specification................................................................... 4

1.4 Rear Panel.......................................................................................... 5

1.5 Mainboard Layout ............................................................................ 6

1.6 Mainboard Dime nsion ...................................................................... 7

Chapter 2: Installation .......................................... 7

2.1 CPU...................................................................................................... 8

2.2 Fan Header......................................................................................... 8

2.3 System Memory.................................................................................. 9

2.4 Power Supply ................................................................................... 10

2.5 Onboard Slot/Connector/Header/Jumper .................................... 12

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup ........................................ 23

3.1 Main Menu........................................................................................ 25

3.2 Advanced Menu............................................................................... 29

3.3 PCI/PnP Menu.................................................................................. 38

3.4 Boot Menu........................................................................................ 41

3.5 Chipset Menu.................................................................................... 44

3.6 Exit Me nu .......................................................................................... 50

Chapter 4: Useful Help ........................................ 53

4.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 53

4.2 AMI BIOS Beep Code....................................................................... 54

4.3 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 55

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the
mainboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

sufficient lighting.

 Always disconnect the system from power outlet

before operation.

 Before you take the mainboard out from anti-static

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely
grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to
remove the static charge.

 Avoid touching the components on mainboard or the

rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board
on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

 Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short
circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the system from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air, and water.

 Please switch on/off the machine normally. That is, DO

NOT pull out power cord directly from the mainboard
or the system may damage.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

Mini-ITX Mainboard x 1
Fully Setup Driver CD x 1
I/O Bracket x 1
IDE Cable x 1 (Optional)

SATA Cable x 1 (Optional)

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1.3 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION

Sp ecif icat io n

CPU

Int el C PU O n-bo ar d

Intel Atom N270 @1.6GHz (Mobile)

FSB Supports up to 533 MHz

Chipset

Northbridge: Intel 945GSE

Southbridge: ICH7M

Graphic Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 950

Max Shared Video Memory is 224 MB

Sup ports DVI / LVDS (18b it/dual channe l)

Super I/O

ITE IT8718F

Provides th e mos t commonly used legacy

Super I/O functionality.

128pin type

En vir onment C ont ro l in it iat ives ,

H/W Monito r

Fan Speed Controller

Main

Memor y

SO-DIMM (200pin) Slot x 1

Supports DDR2 533 / 667 MHz

DIMM supports 256MB / 512MB / 1GB

Max Me mory C ap ic ity 1G B

Registered DIMM or ECC DIMM is not

supported

IDE ICH7 M

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master Mode

Supports PIO Mode 0~4

Supports 2 IDE devices

SATA ICH7M

SATAII Version 1.0 a sp ec if icat io n co mpliant

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gbit/s

LAN Realtek RTL 8111DL x 2

10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s auto negotiation

Ha lf / Fu ll d up lex capabil ity

Sound

Codec

Realtek ALC662

5.1 channels audio out

High- D efin it ion A udio s u ppo rt

Slot PCI slot x1

IDE Connector x1

SATA2 Connector x2

Front Panel Header x1

Front Audio Header x1

Digital I/O Connector x1

System Fan Header x1

Clear C MOS He ader x1

H/W Po wer Lo ss Recovery Header x1

Parallel Connector x1

On Board

Connectors

& Headers

COM Port Header for Daughter Card x1 (2.0 Pitch for 4xCOM add-on card expansion)

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Sp ecif icat io n

RS-232/422/485 Switch Header x2

USB 2.0 Header x1

VGA/DVI Compulsory Signal Output

Header x1

LVDS Connector x1

LCD Power Select Header x1

LC D Backlig ht P ower ON /O FF He ad er x 1

LCD Backlight Inverter Connector x1

Inverter Power Select Header x1

Backlight Brightness Adjust Header x1

Front Keyoard & Mouse Connector x1

Power Connector for DOM Card x1

Power Connector for SATA x 1

Power Connector (20pin) x 1

Back Panel

I/O

PS/2 (K eybo ard) x1

Serial Port x2

VGA Port x1

DVI Port x1

LAN port x 2

USB Po rt x6

Audio Jack x3

KB & Mous e are availab le throu gh Y cable

1 x RS-232, 1 x RS-232/422/485 by jumper

Board Size 170 mm (W) x 170 mm (L) Mini-ITX

OS

Support

Windows XP/XPE, Linux

Biostar reserves the right to add or remove

support for any OS with or without notice.

1.4 R

EAR PANEL

PS/2

Keyboard

LAN

JCOM1A (COM1)

Line In/
Surro u nd

Line Out

Mic In 1/
Bass/ Center

US B 2.0 x 2

JCOM1B (COM2)

USB 2.0 x 2USB 2.0 x 2

DVI-D Port

VGA Port

LAN

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1.5 MAINBOARD LAYOUT

JUSBKB1

JKBM S1

JVGA_DVI1

JRJ45USB2

JRJ45USB3

JCOM 1

A

B

JAUDIO1

LVD S -CO N N1

JLV2

JLV1

JBL1

JBL2

JC1

JSEL2

JSEL1

JAUDIOF1

JDIO 1

LPC1

JPRNT1

PCI 1

JBAT1

JCMOS1

JAT1

BIOS

JPANEL 1

JDOM1

JHDD1

SATA2SATA1

JUSB4

IDE1

JATXPWR1

JSFAN1

DIMMA1

Intel

Atom

N270

CPU1

Intel

945GSE

ICH7M

JDSP1

Note: represents the 1■

st

pin.

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1.6 MAINBOARD DIMENSION

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CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION

2.1 CPU

The mainboard includes an embedded I ntel Atom N270 processor, and a
heatsink has been installed to provide sufficient cooling.

2.2 FAN HEADER

The fan header supports cooling-fans built in the system. The fan cable
and connector may be different due to the fan manufacturer.

JSFAN1: System Fan Header

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

1

3

Note:

The System Fan Header supports 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires
onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to
pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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2.3 SYSTEM MEMORY

DIMMA1: Memory Module (200pin SO-DIMM)

2 Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the Slot.

3 Insert the DIMM firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in

place and the DIMM is properly seated.

Memory Capacity

DIMM Socket Location DDR2 Module Total Memory Size

DIMMA1 256MB/512MB/1GB Max is 1GB.

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2.4 POWER SUPPLY

JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector (20-pin)

This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the power
supply.

110

1120

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V
3 GND 13 GND
4 +5V 14 Power Supply On
5 GND 15 GND
6 +5V 16 GND
7 GND 17 GND
8 Power Good 18 NC
9 +5V Standby 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

JDOM1: DOM Card Power Connector

This connector provides power connection of a DOM card.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

2 GND

1

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JHDD1: SATA Power Connector

This connector provides power connection of SATA devices.

Pin Assignment

1 +12V

2 GND

3 +3V

4 +5V

1

4

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2.5 ONBOARD SLOT/CONNECTOR/HEADER/JUMPER

PCI1: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot

This mainboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI
slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

IDE1: ATA Device Connector

The mainboard has an integrated IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4,
Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 functionality. It has one IDE connector
which can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to two
ATA devices.

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SATA1/SATA2: Serial ATA Connectors

These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cable for primary
internal storage devices. T he current Serial ATA interface allows up to 3.0
Gbit/s data transfer rate.

Pin Assignment

1 GND

2 TX+

3 TX-

4 GND

5 RX-

6 RX+

7 GND

7

4

1

SATA2SATA1

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 10-pin header includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, and Power LED
connection. It allows user to connect the system case’s front panel switch
functions.

91

210

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 Key N/A 2 Power LED+

3 HD LED+ 4 Power LED+

5 HD LED-

HDD LED

6 Power LED-

Power LED

7 Reset GND 8 Power

9 Reset

Reset Button

10 Power GND

Power Button

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JCOM1A (COM1)/JCOM1B (COM2): Serial port Connectors

The motherboard has Serial Port Connectors for connecting RS-232 Port. Only
JCOM1A supports RS-422/485.

RS-232

RS­422

RS­485

Pin

Assignment

1 Car rier detect (DCD) TX- TX-

2 Received data (RXD) TX TX

3 Transmitted data (TXD) RX NC

4 Data terminal ready (DTR) RX- NC

5 Signal ground (GND) GND GND

6 Data set ready (DSR) NC NC

7 Request to send (RTS) NC NC

8 Clear to send (CTS) NC NC

9 Ring NC NC

JCOM1 A

(COM1)

JCOM1B

(COM2)

10 NC NC NC

JSEL1/JSEL2:RS-232/422/485 Switch Headers

The headers determine that JCOM1A belongs to RS-232 (Default), 422, or 485.

JSEL1

RS-232 RS-422 RS-485

1-3 3-5 3-5

2-4 4-6 4-6

7-9 9-11 9-11

8-10 10-12 10-12

JSEL2

1-2 RS-232

3-4 RS-422

5-6 RS-485

JSEL2

JSEL1

Note: Please notice Pin 9 of JCOM1A and of JCOM1B. JCOM1A: +5V;

JCOM1B: Ring indicator.

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JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header

This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient
connection and control of audio devices. T his header allows only HD audio
front panel connector; AC’97 connector is not acceptable.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic Left in

2 Ground

3 Mic Right in

4 Present Sense

5 Right line out

6 Jack Sense

7 Front Sense

8 Key

9 Left line out

10 Jack Sense

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910

JUSB4: USB 2.0 Header

The mainboard provides 1 front USB pin header, allowing up to 2 additional USB

2.0 ports up to maximum throughput of 480 Mbps. Connect the USB cable into
the pin header for using high-speed USB interface peripherals.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

10 NC 9 Key

8 Ground 7 Ground

6 USB7+ 5 USB6+

4 USB7- 3 USB6-

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

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JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header *

Placing the jumper on pin2-3 allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and
the CMOS data. Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the
mainboard.

1

3

Pin 1-2 Close: (Default)
Normal Operation.

13

1

3

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

Clea※ r CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

JDIO1: Digital I/O Connector

This connector offers 4-pair of digital I/O functions and address is set in BIOS.
The default address is: A21H: Output bit0~3; A22H: Input bit0~3.

Pin Assignment

1 5V

2 Digital-In-30

3 Digital-Out-20

4 Digital-In-31

5 Digital-Out-21

6 Digital-In-32

7 Digital-Out-22

8 Digital-In-33

9 Digital-Out-23

10 GND

12

910

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JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows you to connect printer port on the PC.

1

25

2

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 -Strobe 14 Ground
2 -ALF 15 Data 6
3 Data 0 16 Ground
4 -Error 17 Data 7
5 Data 1 18 Ground
6 -Init 19 -ACK
7 Data 2 20 Ground
8 -Scltin 21 Busy

9 Data 3 22 Ground
10 Ground 23 PE
11 Data 4 24 Ground
12 Ground 25 SCLT
13 Data 5 26 Key

JKBMS1: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

The mainboard provides a PS2 pin header to attach a PS2 keyboard/mouse.

Pin Assignment

6 VCC

5 GND

4 KB_DATA

3 KB_CL K

2 MS_DATA

1 MS_CLK

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LPC1: Serial Port Connector for Daughter Card

This connector provides extension daughter card DCCOM-P4 connection..

12

1920

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 LPCSIO OSC 2 LAD3

3 PCICLK4 4 LAD2

5 -LDRQ 6 LAD1

7 SERIRQ 8 -LFRAME

9 -PME 10 LAD0
11 +3.3V 12 -LPCRST
13 GND 14 +5V
15 -12V 16 GND
17 GND 18 +12V
19 +5V 20 +12V

JAT1: Hardware Power Loss Recovery Switch *

This header specifies how the system should do after a power fail. Setting
Disabled will leave the system in power-off status after the power recovers.
Setting Enabled will power-on the system immediately when the power returns.

13

Pin 1-2 Close:

Enabled

13

13

Pin 2-3 Close:

Disabled (Default)

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JC1: LCD Backlight Inverter Connector

This connector is for connecting to LCD for providing backlight control function.

It is strongly recommended to use the matching JOY DAY INDUSTRIAL
－ A1250WV-S-8P connector.

Pin Assignment

1 5V/12V DC

2 5V/12V DC

3 NC

4 NC

5 Backlight On

6 Brightness Adjust

7 GND

8 GND

JDSP1: VGA/DVI Compulsory Signal Output Header

This connector can force VGA or DVI signal to be sent.

Pin 1-2 Close: VGA

Pin 2-3 Close: DVI (default)

Pin Assignment

1 LOAD_EN_POWER

2 +5V

3 DVI_HPLUG_POWER

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LVDS-CONN1: LVDS Connector

This connector is for devices requiring display interface such as LVDS.

This connector supports only 18-bit single channel panels up to 1366 x 768
 It is strongly recommended to use the matching JOY DAY INDUSTRIAL -

A1252WV-SF-2X20PD01 connector.

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 LVDS2_TX0- (Differential signal) 2 PVDD (+3.3V or +5V)

3 LVDS2_TX0+ (Differential signal) 4 PVDD (+3.3V or +5V)

5 GND 6 GND

7 LVDS2_TX1- (Differential signal) 8 GND

9 LVDS2_TX1+ (Differential signal) 10 LVDS1_TX0- (Differential signal)

11 GND 12 LVDS1_TX0+ (Differential signal)

13 LVDS2_TX2- (Differential signal) 14 GND

15 LVDS2_TX2+ (Differential signal) 16 LVDS1_TX1- ( (Differential signal)

17 GND 18 LVDS1_TX1+ (Differential signal)

19 LVDS2_CLK- (Differential signal) 20 GND

21 LVDS2_CLK+ (Differential signal) 22 LVDS1_TX2- (Differential signal)

23 GND 24 LVDS1_TX2+(Differential signal)

25 NC 26 GND

27 NC 28 LVDS1_CLK- (Differential signal)

29 +5V 30 LVDS1_CLK+(Differential signal)

31 I2C_CLK 32 GND

33 +3.3V 34 NC

35 NC 36 NC

37 PVDD (+3.3V or +5V) 38 NC

39 PVDD (+3.3V or +5V) 40 I2C_DATA

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JLV2: LCD Power Select Header *

This header allows you to select the LCD Power.

3

1

Pin 1-2 Close:

PVDD=3.3V (Default)

13

3

1

Pin 2-3 Close:

PVDD=5V

JLV1: LCD Backlight Inverter Power Select Header *

This header is for selecting LCD Backlight Inverter Power.

1

3

Pin 1-2 Close:

Inverter Power=5V

13

1

3

Pin 2-3 Close:

Inverter Power=12V
(Default)

JBL1: LCD Backlight Power ON/OFF Header *

This header allows you to control the LCD Backlight Power ON/OFF.

1

Header Clo se:

Backlight Power OFF

1

1

Header Open:

Backlight Power ON

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JBL2: LCD Backlight Brightness Adjust Header *

This header is for adjusting LCD backlight brightness.

24
13

Short Pin 1-2:

Increase Brightness

123

4

24
13

Short Pin 3-4:

Decrease Brightness

*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

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CHAPTER 3: BIOS SETUP

Introduction

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup
program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic
system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS
RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the
power is turned off.

Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output
devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the
first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some
additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning
options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS
Setup.

Plug and Play Support

This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification.

EPA Green PC Support

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

ACPI Support

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 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 AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs

This AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setup

When starting up the computer, press <Del>
during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter
the BIOS setup utility.

In the BIOS setup utility, you will see General
Help description at the top right corner, and this
is providing a brief description of the selected
item. Navigation Keys for that particular
menu are at the bottom right corner, and you can
use these keys to select item and change the
settings.

Notice

z The default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum

performance of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing
any settings, please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and
stability. Use Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu.

z For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated.

The BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference only. The
actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this
manual.

z The content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. We will not

be responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s manual and any system damage
that may be caused by wrong-settings.

General H el p

Navigation Keys

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3.1 MAIN MENU

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen
providing an overview of the basic system information.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main Adv anced PCIPn P Boot Chi pset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Field
Selec t Field
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­Tab
F1
F10
ESC

Use [ ENTER], [TAB]
or [S HIFT-TA B] to
selec t a field.

Use [ +] or [ -] to
confi gure syste m Time.

Syste m Overvie w

AMI B IOS

Syste m Memory

[ :00 :00]

Syste m Date [Tue 01/01/20 08]

> IDE Conf igurati on

Versi on :0 1.01.01
Build Date:0 1/01/08

Size :

Syste m Time 00

Exit

AMI BIOS

Shows system information including BIOS version, built date, etc.

System Memory

Shows syste m memor y size, VGA shard memory will be excluded..

System Time

Set the system internal clock.

System Date

Set the syste m date. Note tha t the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the
date.

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IDE Configuration

The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a
sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter
the sub-menu of detailed options.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Go to Sub Sc reen
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

IDE C onfugur ation

> Prima ry IDE Maste r
> Prima ry IDE Slave
> SATA Por t1
> SATA Por t2

Hard Di sk Write Pro tect [Disable d]
IDE D etect T ime Out (Sec) [35]
ATA(P I) 80Pi n Cable Detecti on[Host & Devic e]

Conf igure SA TA as [IDE]

Optio ns

IDE
RAID
AHCI

Configure SATA as

This item allows you to determine the control mode of SATA.
Options: IDE (Default) / RAID / AHCI

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Primary IDE Master/Slave & SATA Port1/2 Devices

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Selec t the type
of de vice co nnected
to th e syste m.

Prima ry IDE Master

LBA/L arge Mo de [Auto ]
Block (Multi -Sector Transfe r)[Auto ]
PIO M ode [Auto ]
DMA M ode [Auto ]
S.M.A .R.T [Auto ]
32Bit Data T ransfer [Enab led]

Devic e :

Type [Auto ]

The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices, and these
information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu.

Type

Select the type of the SATA drive.
Options: Auto (Default) / CD/DVD / ARMD / Not Installed

LBA/Large Mode

Enable or disable the LBA mode.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

Enable or disable multi-sector transfer.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Disabled

PIO Mode

Select the PIO mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

DMA Mode

Select the DMA mode.

Optio ns: Auto (Defa ult) / SWDMA0 ~ S WDMA2 / MWDMA0 ~ MWDMA2 /

UDMA0 ~ UDMA5

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S.M.A.R.T

Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled

32Bit Data Transfer

Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Hard Disk Write Protect

Disable or enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device
is accessed through BIOS.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Select the time out value for detecting IDE/SATA devices.
Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0

ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection

Select the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA(PI) Cable.
Optio ns: Host & Device (Default) / Host / Device

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3.2 ADVANCED MENU

The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power
Management, and other system devices.

Notice

z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause

system to malfunction.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Advanc ed P CIPnP Bo ot Chip set

vxx. xx (C)Co pyright 1985 -20 0x, A me rican Megatre nds, Inc .

Sele ct Screen
Sele ct Item
Go t o Sub Sc reen
Gene ral Help
Save and Exi t
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

Conf igure CP U.Advan ced Sett ings

WARNI NG: Settin g wrong value s in below sect ions
may cause s ystem to malf un ction.

> USB Conf iguratio n

> Super IO Configur ation
> Hardw are Health Co nfigurat ion
> ACPI Con figurati on

> CPU Conf iguratio n

Exit

CPU Configuration

This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

BIOS SE TUP UTI LIT Y

Advan ced

vxx .xx ( C) Copyr ight 19 85-200x , Ame rican M egatren ds, I nc.

Selec t Scr ee n
Selec t Ite m
Chang e Opt io n
Gener al Help
Save and Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Dis abled f or Wi ndowsXP

Conf igure adva nced CP U settings

Modu le Vers ion :3F.1 4

Manu factu re r:Int el

Freq uency :
FSB Spe ed :
Cach e L1 :
Cach e L2 :
Rati o Act ua l Val ue:

Max CPUID V alue Limit [ Disa bled]

Exec ute-D is able Bit Capabili ty[Enab led]
Hype r Thr ea ding Technol ogy [ Disa bled]
Inte l(R) Sp eed Step( tm) tech [Enab led]
Inte l C-S TATE te ch [ Enabled ]
Enha nced C- State s [ Enab led]

(R)

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Max CPUID Valu e Limit

When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID
instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Before it can do so, it must
first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. This
determines the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Execute-Disable Bit Capability

This ite m al l ows yo u to c o nfi gure t he E xec ute Disa bled Bi t f unction, w hi c h pr o tects
your system from buffer overflow attacks.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Hyper Threading Technology

Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper Threading
Technology) and disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper Threading
Technology).

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech

This item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving.
SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock
speed of the processor to be dynamically changed by software.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Intel(R) C-ST ATE Tech

This item allows you to control the C-State power management functions of the
processor.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Enhanced C-States

This item allows you to control the enhanced C-States feature.
Option: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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SuperIO Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Adv anced

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Allow s BIOS to Enabl e
or Di sable F loppy
Contr oller

Confi gure ITE8 718 Super IO Ch ipset

Seria l Port1 Addres s [3F8 /IRQ4]
Seria l Port2 Addres s [2F8 /IRQ3]
Paral lel Por t Addre ss [378 ]
Par allel P ort Mod e [Nor mal]
Par allel P ort IRQ [IRQ 7]
Resto re on A C Power Loss by IO[Pow er Off]
Watch Dog De gree [Sec ond]
Watch Dog Ti mer [000 00]

Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Serial Port 1.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Disabled

Serial Port2 Address

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Serial Port 2.
Options: 2F8/IRQ3 (Default) / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

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

Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled

Parallel Port Mode

This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function.
Options: Normal (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.

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ECP Mode DMA Channel

This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA.
Optio ns: DMA3 (Defa ult) / D MA0 / DMA1

Parallel Port IRQ

This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Optio ns: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5

Restore on AC Power Loss

This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts
occurs. There are two main situations:

(1) If the “Hardware Power Loss Recovery” header setting is at “Enabled” (AT
mode), this BIOS setting item will be hidden

(2) If the “Hardware Power Loss Recovery” header setting is at “Disabled” (ATX
mode), this BIOS setting item will show three options:

Power Off (Default): Leaving the system in power-off status after power recovers.
Power ON: Powering on the system immediately when power returns.
Last State: 1. Leaving the system in power-off when AC switch if the system

shuts down at DC off status.

2. Powering on the system immediately when AC switch if the system
shuts down at DC on status.

Watch Dog Degree

This ite m allo w s you to deter mi ne the func ti o nal degree of Wa tch Do g.
Opitons: Second (Default) / Minute

Watch Dog Timer

Opitons: 0 for disabled (Default) / Min=1, Max=65536

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Hardware Health Configuration

This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.

Adv anced

Hardw are Hea lth Con figurati on

H/W H ealth F unction [Enab led]

CPU T emperat ure
SYSte m Tempera ture

JSFAN 1 Speed

CPU C ore
NB/VT T Voltage
+3.30 V
+5.00 V
+12.0 V
SB Vo ltage
Memor y Voltage
5VSB

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Enabl es Hard ware
Healt h Monitori ng
Devic e.

H/W Health Function

If with a monitoring system, PC will show PC health status during POST stage.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Adv anced

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

ACPI Se ttings

> Adv anced A CPI Con figurati on

> Chips et ACPI Conf iguratio n

Resu me On PM E# [Disa bled]

Res ume On RTC Ala rm [Di sabled]

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Advanced ACPI Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Adv anced

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Advan ced ACP I Confi guration

ACPI Version Featur es [AC PI v1.0]

ACPI APIC su pport [En abled]

Headl ess mod e [Di sabled]

AMI O EMB tab le [En abled]

Enabl e RSDP p ointers
to 64-bi t Fixed Syst em
Descr iption T ables.
ACPI ver sion has som e

ACPI Version Features

The item allows you to select the version of ACPI.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0

ACPI APIC support

This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced
Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support,
more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AMI OEMB table

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a poi nter to a n OEMB table in the
Root System Description Table (RSDT) table.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Headless mode

This is a server-specific feature. A headless server is one that operates without a
keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating
system (e.g. Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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Chipset ACPI Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Adv anced

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

South Bridge ACPI C onfigura tion

Energ y Lake Featu re [Dis abled]

APIC ACPI SC I IRQ [Di sabled]

Energy Lake Feature

This item allows you to enable or disable the Energy Lake technology feature.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ support

This item is used to set APIC ACPI SCI by IRQ.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On PME#

This item allows you to disable or enable PME to generate a wake event..
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On RT C Alarm

When “Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)
alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alarm Date (Days)

You can choose which date the system will boot up.

RTC Alarm Time

You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify.

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USB Configuration

This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Adv anced

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Enabl es supp ort for
legac y USB. AUTO
optio n disables
legac y support if
no USB dev ices are
conne cted.

USB C onfigur ation

USB D evices Enabled :

Modul e Version - 2.24.3-13. 4

Legac y USB S upport [Enab led]

USB 2 .0 Cont roller Mode [HiSp eed]
BIOS EH CI Hand-Of f [Enabled]

> USB Mass S torage Device C onfigur ation

Legacy USB Support

This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices
like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. This feature is useful for using USB
devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. Microsoft
MS-DOS or Windows NT).

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

This item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller.
Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps
FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI
hand-o ff feature .

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

BIOS SET UP UTILITY

Advanced

vxx.xx ( C)Copyright 1985- 200x, A merican Megat rends, Inc.

Select Sc reen
Select It em
Change Op tion
General H elp
Save and Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Number o f seconds
POST waits for the
USB m ass storag e
device a fter start
unit command.

USB Mass Storage Device Co nfigura tion

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Emulat ion Type [Aut o]

Device #

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec

Emulation Type

This item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device.
Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3.3 PCI/PNP MENU

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.

Notice

z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause

system to malfunction.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main Adv anced PCIPn P Boot Chi pset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Clear NVRAM during
Syste m Boot.

Advan ced PCI /PnP Se ttings

WARNI NG: Set ting wr ong valu es in b elow sec tions
may cause system t o malfu nction.

Plug & Pla y O/S [No]
PCI L atency Timer [64]
Alloc ate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palet te Snoo ping [Disa bled]
PCI I DE BusM aster [Enab led]
OffBo ard PCI /ISA ID E Card [Auto ]

> PCI Reso urce

Clear NVRAM [No]

Exit

Clear NVRAM

This item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting “Yes”.
Optio ns: No (Default) / Yes

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence
(VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating
system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards.
For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO.

Optio ns: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer

This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes
over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus
before handing it over to another PCI device.

Options: 64 (Default) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

This item allows BIOS to c hoose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card.
Optio ns: Yes (Default) / No

Palette Snooping

Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to
their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This
item allows such snooping to take place.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

PCI IDE BusMaster

This item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to
perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

This item is for any other non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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PCI Resource

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

PCIPnP

vxx.xx (C)C opyright 1985- 200x, Am erican Megatrend s, Inc.

Select Scree n
Select Item
Change Optio n
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Available: S pecified
IRQ is avail able to be
used by PCI/PnP
devices.
Reserved: Sp ecified
IRQ is reser ved for
use by Legac y ISA
devices.

PCI R esource

IRQ3 [Avail able]

IRQ4 [Avail able]
IRQ5 [Avail able]
IRQ7 [Avail able]
IRQ9 [Avail able]
IRQ10 [Avail able]
IRQ11 [Avail able]
IRQ14 [Avail able]
IRQ15 [Avail able]

DMA Channel 0 [Avail able]
DMA Channel 1 [Avail able]
DMA Channel 3 [Avail able]
DMA Channel 5 [Avail able]
DMA Channel 6 [Avail able]
DMA Channel 7 [Avail able]

Reserved Mem ory Size [Disab led]

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15

These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the
type of device using the interrupt. The option “Available” means the IRQ is going
to assign automatically.

Options: Available (Default) / Reserved

DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

These items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the
type of device using the channel. The option “Available” means the channel is
going to assign automatically.

Options: Available (Default) / Reserved

Reserved Memory Size

This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K

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3.4 BOOT MENU

This menu allows you to setup the system boot options.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main Adv anced PCIPn P Boot Chipset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Go to Sub Sc reen
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

Speci fies the
Boot De vice
Prior ity seq uence.

Boot Se ttings Con figurat ion

> Hard Dis k Drives
> Remov able Drive s
> CD/DV D Drives

Quick Boo t [ Enabled]
Full Sc reen LOGO Sh ow [Disabl ed]
AddOn ROM Di splay M ode [For ce BIOS]
Bootu p Num-L ock [On]
PS/2 Mouse S upport [Aut o]
Wait Fo r ‘F1’ If Error [Enable d]
Hit ‘ DEL’ Me ssage D isplay [Ena bled]
Inter rupt 19 Captur e [Dis abled]

> Boot Dev ice Prior ity

Exit

Boot Device Priority

Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available
devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the
number of devices installed in the system.

Hard Disk Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. You
can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on
the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Removable Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the removable drive boot sequence automatically.
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that
appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

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CD/DVD Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically.
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that
appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Quick Boot

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

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Full Screen LOGO Disaply

This item allows you to e nable/disable Full Screen LOGO S how function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

This item sets the display mode for option ROM.
Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current

Bootup Num-Lock

Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.
Optio ns: On (Default) / Off

PS/2 Mouse Support

This BIOS feature determi nes if the BIOS should reserve IRQ12 for the PS/2 mouse
or allow other devices to make use of this IRQ.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Enabled

Wait for ‘F1’ If Error

This BIOS feature controls the system's response when an error is detected during
the boot sequence.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

This BIOS feature allows you to control the display of the Hit “DEL” to enter Setup
message during memory initialization.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Interrupt 19 Capture

Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set
to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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3.5 CHIPSET MENU

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.

Notice

z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause

system to malfunction.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main Adv anced PCIPn P Boot Chipset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Go to Sub Sc reen
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

Advan ced Chi pset Se ttings

WARNI NG: Set ting wr ong valu es in b elow sec tions
may cause system t o malfu nction.

> Sou th Brid ge Conf iguratio n
Onboa rd LAN1 [En abled]
Onboa rd LAN ROM 1 [Di sabled]
Onboa rd LAN2 [En abled]
Onboa rd LAN ROM 2 [Di sabled]

> Nor th Brid ge Conf iguratio n

Exit

Confi gure North Bridge
featu res.

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North Bridge Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

North Bridge Chipse t Config uration

Confi gure DR AM Timi ng by SP D [En abled]
DRA M CAS# Latency [5]
DRA M RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clo cks]
DRAM RAS# Pr ecarge [6 DRAM Clo cks]
DRA M RAS# Activat e to Pre cha [15 DRAM Cl ocks]
Memor y Hole [Di sabled]

Initi ate Gra phic Ad apter [PC I/IGD]
Inter nal Gra phics M ode Sele ct [En abled,8M B]

> Video Function Co nfigurat ion

DRAM Frequen cy [Au to]

Optio ns

Auto
400 M hz
533 M hz

DRAM Frequency

This ite m allo w s you to set t he fr eque nc y o f DRAM..
Options: Auto (Default) / 400MHz / 533MHz

Configure DRAM timing by SPD

This item allows you .to determine DRAM timing by SPD
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DRAM CAS# Latency

Options: 5 (Default) / 3 / 4

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 2 ~ 7DRAM Clocks

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DRAM RAS# Precharge

Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 2 ~ 7DRAM Clocks

DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge

Options: 15 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 4 ~ 14 DRAM Clocks

Memory Hole

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area
is reserved it cannot be cached. Check the user information of peripherals that need
to use this area of system memory for the memory requirements.

Options: Disabled (Default) / 15MB-16MB

Initiate Graphic Adapter

This item allows you to enable or disable VGA controller.
Optio ns: PCI/IGD (Default) / IGD

Internal Graphics Mode Select

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

Options: Enabled, 8MB (Default) / Enabled,1MB / Disabled

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Video Function Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

Video Functi on Conf iguratio n

DVM T/FIXED Memory [12 8MB]

Boot Display Device [Au to]
Flat Panel T ype [Ty pe 2]
Local Flat P anel Sc aling [Au to]

DVMT Mode Se lect [DV MT Mode]

Optio ns

Fixed Mode
DVMT Mo de
Combo Mode

DVMT Mode Select

This item allows you to select the DVMT mode.
Options: DVMT Mode (Default) / Fixed Mode / Combo Mode

DVMT/FIXED Memory

DVMT stands for “Dynamic Video Memory Technology”. This is an enhancement
of the unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. DVMT will set the optimum
amount of memory to be allocated for a balance between graphics and system
performance. DVMT dynamically respond to system requirements and applications
demands, by allocating the proper amount of display, texturing and buffer memory
after the operating system has booted.
Options: 128MB (Default) / 64MB / Maximum DVMT

Boot Display Device

This item allows you to select the display device.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / DVI-I (D-Sub+DVI) / LVDS / D-Sub+LVDS

Flat Panel Type

This item allows you to select flat panel type.
Options: Type 2 (Default) / Type 1 ~ Type 16

Local Flat Panel Scaling

This item allows you to select local flat panel scaling
Options: Auto (Default) / Forced Scaling / Disabled

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South Bridge Configuration

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Chang e Option
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

+­F1
F10
ESC

South Bridge Chipse t Config uration

USB 2 .0 Cont roller [En abled]
Audio Contro ller [Au to]
SMBUS Contro ller [En abled]

SLP_S 4# Min. Assert ion Widt h [1 to 2 sec onds]

Optio ns

Enabl ed
Disab led

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, the
support will be automatically turned on when high speed devices were attached.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Audio Controller

This item allows you to control the Audio support.
Optio ns: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SMBUS Controller

This BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers for the SMBus.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width

Options: 1 to 2 seconds (Default) /4 to 5 seconds / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to 3 seconds

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Onboard LAN 1/2

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN 1/2.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Onboard LAN ROM 1/2

This item allows you to select the Onboard LAN 1/2 Boot ROM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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3.6 EXIT MENU

This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the
changes to the BIOS items.

BIO S SETUP UTILITY

Main Adv anced PCIPn P Boot Chi pset

vxx. xx (C)C opyrigh t 1985-2 00x, Am erican M egatren ds, Inc .

Selec t Screen
Selec t Item
Go to Sub Sc reen
Gener al Help
Save an d Exit
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

Exit sy stem setup
after saving the
chang es.

F10 k ey can be used
for t his ope ration.

Exit Op tions

Secur ity Set tings

Save Ch anges and Ex it

Disca rd Chan ges and Exit
Disca rd Chan ges

Load Op timal Defa ults

> Secur ity

Exit

Save Changes and Exit

Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.

Discard Changes

Abandon all changes made duri ng the current session and restore the previously
saved values.

Load Optimal Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system
booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this
system.

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Security

This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password.

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Save and Exit
Exit

Enter
F1
F10
ESC

Install or C hange the
password.

Security Set tings

Supervisor P assword :Not In stalled
User Passwor d :Not In stalled

Change Super visor Password

User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User P assword
Password Che ck [Setup ]

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

Exit

Change 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.

User Access Level

This item allows supervisor to set the user level.
Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited

Change 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.

Clear User Password

This item is for clearing user password.

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Password Check

This item is for setting the ti ming that checking password.
Options: Setup ( Default) / Always

Boot Sector Virus Protection

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.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 D

RIVER INSTALLATION NOTE

After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup
Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system
performance.

You will see the following window after you insert the CD

The setup guide will auto detect your mainboard and operating system.

Note:

If this window didn’t show up after you insert the Driver CD, please use file browser to
locate and execute the file SETUP.EXE under your optical drive.

A. Driver Installation

To install the driver, please click on the Driver icon. The setup guide will
list the compatible driver for your mainboard and operating system. Click
on each device driver to launch the installation program.

B. Software Installation

To install the software, please click on the Software icon. The setup guide
will list the software available for your system, click on each software title
to launch the installation program.

C. Manual

Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver
CD. Click on the Manual icon to browse for available manual.

Note:

Yo u will need Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version
of Acrobat Reader software from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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4.2 AMI BIOS BEEP CODE

Boot Block Beep Codes

Number of Beeps Description

1 No media present. (Insert diskette in floppy drive A:)

2

“AMIBOOT.ROM” file not found in root directory of diskette in

A:
3 Insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery
4 Flash Programming successful
5 File read error
7 No Flash EPROM detected

10 Flash Erase error
11 Flash Program error
12 “AMIBOOT.ROM” file size error

13

BIOS ROM image mismatch (file layout does not match

image present in flash device)

POST BIOS Beep Codes

Number of Beeps Description

1 Memory refresh timer error
3 Base memory read/write test error
6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed
7 General exception error (processor exception interrupt error)
8 Display memory error (system video adapter)

Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep Codes

Number of Beeps Troubleshooting Action

1, 3 Reseat the memory, or replace with known good modules.

6, 7

Fatal error indicating a serious problem with the system.

Consult your system manufacturer. Before declaring the

motherboard beyond all hope, eliminate the possibility of

interference by a malfunctioning add-in card. Remove all

expansion cards except the video adapter.

z If beep codes are generated when all other expansion

cards are absent, consult your system manufacturer’s
technical support.

z If beep codes are not generated when all other expansion

cards are absent, one of the add-in cards is causing the
malfunction. Insert the cards back into the system one at a
time until the problem happens again. This will reveal the
malfunctioning card.

8

If the system video adapter is an add-in card, replace or

reseat the

video adapter. If the video adapter is an integrated part of the

system board, the board may be faulty.

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4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING

Probable Solution

1. There is no power in the system.
Power LED does not shine; the
fan of the power supply does not
work

2. Indicator light on keyboard does
not shine.

1. Make sure power cable is
securely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

System is inoperative. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicator lights are lit,
and hard drives are running.

Using even pressure on both ends of
the DIMM, press down firmly until the
module snaps into place.

System does not boot from a hard disk
drive, but can be booted from optical
drive.

1. Check cable running from disk to
disk controller board. Make sure
both ends are securely plugged
in; check the drive type in the
standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
extremely important. All hard
disks are capable of breaking
down at any time.

System only boots from an optical
drive. Hard disks can be read,
applications can be used, but system
fails to boot from a hard disk.

1. Back up data and applications
files.

2. Reformat the hard drive.
Re-install applications and data
using backup disks.

Screen message shows “Invalid
Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.”

Review system’s equipment. Make sure
correct information is in setup.

System cannot boot after user installs a
second hard drive.

1. Set master/slave jumpers
correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and select
correct drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for compatibility
with other drives.

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