Biostar I945P-A7 Owner's Manual

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Table of Cont ent s

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

1.1 Motherboard Features..................................................... 1

1.2 Package Checklist........................................................... 5

1.3 Layout an d Co mpone nts..................................................6

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

2.1 Installi ng Central Processing Unit (CPU)...........................7

2.2 FAN Headers .................................................................. 9

2.3 Installi ng System Memo ry .............................................. 10

2.4 Connectors a n d Slots......................................................11

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup......................................14

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers................................................... 14

3.2 Detail Settings............................................................... 14

Chapter 4: Useful Help.................................................................21

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code................................................ 21

4.2 Extra In fo rmation...........................................................21

4.3 T roubleshooting............................................................. 23

Chapter 5: Dual Video Function .................................................24

5.1 Requi rements................................................................24

5.2 Installi ng Graphi cs Cards............................................... 24

5.3 T hings to Notice............................................................ 24

Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder™..........................................................25

6.1 Introduction...................................................................2 5

6.2 Syste m Requirement..................................................... 25

6.3 Installation....................................................................2 6

6.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels......... 27

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD 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:

 5 33MT/ s (133MHz Core Clock)
 8 00MT/ s (200MHz Core Clock)

 1066MT/s (266MHz Core Clock)

Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. (HT)
Supports Execute Di sable Bit Technol ogy (XD).

Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST).
Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technol ogy (Intel EM64T).

WARNING!
W arra nty w ill be void if th e p in protect ion cap is no t in pla ce to protec t the s ocket pin

when sending this mainboard for ser vice.

Chi pset

Nor th Bridge: Inte l 945P.
South Bridge: Intel ICH7/ ICH7R(optional).

Dimensions

AT X Form Factor: 2 4. 4cm (W) x 29.7cm (L)

Op erating System Supporting

Supports Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT 8712F.
Low Pin Count Interface.

Provides the most comm onl y used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

 H/W Monitor
 Fan Spee d Con t r o ller

 IT E's "Smart Guardian" function

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S ystem Memory

Supp orts dual channel DDR2 up to 8 banks.
Supp orts DDR2 5 33 (266M Hz ) / 667 (333MHz) f or a theoretical

maximum bandwidth of 10.7 GB/s.

Supp orts 256-Mb, 512-Mb, or 1 G-Mb DDR technologies fo r x 8

an d x16 devices.

Supports non-ECC DIMMs.
Maximum DRAM space i s up to 4GB.

DI MM Socket

Location

DDR2_A1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_A2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDR2_B1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR2_B2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module Total Memory Size

On Board IDE (IDE1)

One on-board connector supports 2 devices.
Supports PIO Mode 0~4.

Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master Mode.

Ext ende d IDE Controller (optional )

Chip: ITE8211 (without RAID functi on)

- Supports two extra slots for 4 IDE devices.
ITE8212 (with RAID function)

- Supports two extra sl ots for 4 IDE devi ces.

- Integrated RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 for

IDE2/IDE3 sl o t.

IDE2/IDE3 (optional)

 Supports up to 4 extra IDE devices.
 Supports PIO Mode 0~4.
 Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Master Mode.

Max is 4G B.

10/100 LAN

Chip: RTL8100C.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.

Half/Ful l duplex ca pabil ity.
Supports ACPI power managem ent.

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Se rial ATA

Controller integrated in ICH7.
Sup por ts Seria l A T A 2.0 speci fic ation.

Data tran sfer rate up to 3 GB/s.
Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) devi ces.

- Intel Advanced Host Controller (AHCI).

On Board High Definition Audio Codec

Chip: REALTEK ALC882.
Supports 8+2 channels.

Supports S/PDIF-Out and S/PDIF-In (optional) functions.

E xpansion Slots

Three 32bit PCI bus m aster slots.
One PCI-Express x16 slot.

One PCI-Extreme (PCI-EX) slot.
Two PCI-Express x1 slots (optional).

Special PCI-Express Dual Feature

This special function supports Dual Video (two graphic cards).

Note:
Please read Chapter 5 f or detail informat ion.

IEEE 1394 Ch ip (op t i o na l)

Chip: VI A VT 6307.
Supports two 1394 Firewire ports with transfer rate up to

400Mb/s.

I nt er n al On-board I/O Con n ec tors and H eader s

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

1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audi o-in device.
1 front audio header supports front panel audi o-out function.

1 S/PDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.
1 S/PDIF-in connector supports digital audio-in functi on.

(optional)

1 1394A header supports 1 front panel 1394A Fi rewire port.

(optional)

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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.

Bac k Panel I/O Connectors

1 Serial port.
1 Printer port.

1 PS/2 M ouse port.
1 PS/2 Keyboard port.

1 1394A Firewire port. (optional)
1 RJ - 45 LAN jack.

4 USB 2.0 ports.
6 audio ports support 8+2 channel s audio-out facilities.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

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Center/Left

Printer port

Rear

Side

US B x2

Line-in

Line-out

MIC-in

LAN

USB x2

No tice for ALC882 Cod ec:

1. When c onnecting audio dev ic es into audio port s, the audio driver will
auto-det ect and pop-up t he port function selection window. User can

choos e different funct ions for each port according to personal
preference.

2. Please m ake sure the audio driver is succ essful installed in the
sy stem, or all audio ports will be no funct ion.

3. When rebooting the PC, eac h port function will return to default sett ing.

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1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1

User’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 (opti onal)

IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optiona l)
Ret en ti on Br ac ket X 1 (op ti onal)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional )
Dual Video Bridge (BRI-2) Connector X 1 (optional)

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1.3 LAY OUT AND COMPONENTS

JA TXPWR2

JKBMS1

JCFAN1

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J

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1

JRJ45U SB 1

AUDIO1

(8+2CH)

JS PDIF_ OUT1

JCDIN1

Codec

JAUDIOF1

JSPDIF_IN1
( optio nal)

Super

I/O

PCI- Ex 1_1 (optional)

PCI- E x1_ 2 (opti o na l)

LGA775

CPU 1

JATXPWR1

PCI-Ex16

PCI-EX

PCI1

PCI2

10/100 LAN

PCI3

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

BIOS

Intel

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IEEE1394

BAT1

Chip

tional

Intel

ICH7R /

ICH7

J1 394P WR1
(optional)

J1394A1

(opt ional)

FDD1

DDR 2_A1

DDR2_A2

DDR 2_B1

DDR2_B2

SA TA3

SA TA 4

JCI 1

JCMOS1

SATA2

SATA1

JP
NEL 1

IDE1

IDE3

(optiona l)

IDE2

(optiona l)

JSFAN2

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INS TALLATION

2.1 INSTALL ING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

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Codec

Special Notice:

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

Pin Cap

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

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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

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

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 heatsi nk assembl y on the CPU and buckle it

on the retenti on frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable i nto
the JCFAN1. This completes the install a 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 accordi ng to the fan manufacturer.

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

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Heade r

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JSFAN2 : System Fan Head er

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JCFAN1

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Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 Power
3 FAN RP M rate

sense

4 Smart Fan

Control

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RP M rate

sense

JSFAN2

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Note:

Th e JCFAN1 and JSFAN2 reserv e sys te m cooling f an w ith Sma rt Fan Control utility. It
supports 4-pi n and 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors,
please note that the red wire is the positi ve and s hould be connected to pin#2, and the
black wire is Ground and s hould be connected to GND.

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2.3 INSTALL ING SYSTEM MEMORY

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DDR2_A1

DDR2_B1

DDR2_A2

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

on the Slot.

DDR2_B2

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 Dis k Connector

The motherboard provi des a standard floppy disk connector that
s uppor t s 360 K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1.44 M and 2.88M flo ppy d isk types.

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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IDE1: Hard Disk Connector (IDE2 an d IDE3 are optional.)

The motherboard has a 32-bi t 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 slave drive, so you

can connect up to two hard di sk drives. The first hard dri ve should
al ways be connected to IDE1.

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Note: IDE2/IDE3 support Ultra DMA 133.

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139

IDE1
IDE3 (optional)

IDE2 (optional)

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PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s

s imu lta ne ously per d irecti on, for an aggreg at e of 8GB/s
totally.

P CI-Ex1_1/P CI- Ex1 _2: P CI- Exp r ess x1 sl ot s (optional)

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per di rection;

500MB/s in total.

- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data
pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

PCI-EX: PCI-Extreme Slot

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

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

- PCI-Extreme sl ot is compatible with PCI-E x4 and PCI-E x1
expansion card.

- The bandwidth of data transfer is up to 1GB/s per direction,
and for an ag gr ega t e of 2GB/ s in t otal.

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PCI-Ex16

PC I- Ex1_ 1 (opti o na l)

PC I- Ex1_ 2 (opti o na l)

PCI-EX

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PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped wi th 3 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.

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PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

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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 nector

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

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13 1

24 12

6 +5V
7 Ground
8 PW_OK
9 Standby Voltage

+5V

10 +12V

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

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

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JAT XPWR2 : AT X Power Con nector

By c onnecting this connector, it will prov ide +12V t o C PU power circ uit .

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2

Pin

JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Con n ector

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

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1

Assignment

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

Assignment

Pin

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

3

JSPDIF_IN1 (optional): Digital Aud io-in Con n ector

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header.

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1

3

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Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground

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J1394A1 (optional): Header f or 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel

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2

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1

9

J1394PWR1 (optional): Power Source for 1394 Firewire Port

This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV, D8, or V8,
etc.

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1

13

+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)

1

+3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.

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JCDIN1 : CD-ROM Aud i o -in Conn ector

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..

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4

1

Pin

Assignment

1 A+
2 A­3 Ground
4 Ground
5 B+
6 B­7 +12V
8 +12V
9 Key

10 Ground

Pin 1-2 Close

3

Pin 2-3 close

Assignment

Pin

1 Left channel input
2 Ground

3 Ground

Right channel input

4

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AUDIO 1: Front Pa n el Audi o Head er

This header allows user t o connect the f ront audio output cable with the PC f ront
panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.

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10

1

2

JPANEL1: Fron t 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.

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Pin

Assignment

1 Mic (L)
2 Ground
3 Mic (R)
4 PRESENCE
5 Headphone (R)
6 Jack 1 SENSE
7 Jack Detection
8 Connector Key
9 Headphone (L)

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Jack 2 SENSE

2324

IR IR

­++

RST

-

HLED

+

PWR

On/Off

LED

SPK

SLP

2

1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Functio n

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

5 N/A 6 N/A N/A
7 Speaker
9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button

15 Reset control

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset button

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Powe r LED

Power-on button

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

23 IRTX

IrDA
Connector

IrDA Connector

24 IRRX

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JK BV1: P o wer Source Hea der f o r P S /2 Keyboa rd an d Mo u se

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Note:

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

JUSB3/ JUSB 4: Front US B Head ers

This mot herboard prov ides 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 dev ices, like USB card reader.

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3

1

1

Pin 1-2 close

(Default)

+5V for PS/2 keyboard and
mouse.

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

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

Pin

1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB­4 USB­5 USB+

JUSB4JUSB3

2

10

6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground

1

9

9 Key

10

Assignment

NC

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SATA1~SAT A4: Serial AT A 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.

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SATA4

SATA3

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4

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SATA1SATA2

JCMOS1: C l ea r CMOS 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 t he procedures to avoid damaging

the m otherboard.

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1

3

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (Default).

Pin

Assignment

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

1

1

3

3

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

※ Cl ea 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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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.

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2
1

Assignment

Pin

1 Case open signal
2 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

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

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

4.2 EXTRA INFORMA TION

A. BIOS Update

After yo u fail to update BIOS or BIOS is i n vaded by virus, the
Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message

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

Video card not found or v ideo card
mem ory bad

Sys t em will s hut down automat ically

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

1. Mak e a bootab le floppy d is k.

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

3. Confirm m otherboard model and download the respectively
BIOS from Bi ostar website.

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

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

6. Sy stem will b oo -up to DOS prompt.

7. Type “Aw dfla sh xxxx.bf / sn/p y/ r” in DOS prompt.

8. Sy stem will u pd ate BIOS au to mati c ally and resta rt .

9. The BIOS ha s bee n recovered an d will work properly.

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B. CPU Overheated

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

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

power on again.

In thi s case, please double check:

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

2. CPU fan is rotated no rmall y.

3. CPU fan speed is ful filling with the CPU speed.

After confirmed, pl ease follow steps below to rel ief the CPU protection
function.

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

2. W ai t 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. W ai t for seconds.

3. Power on the system again.

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Problem 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.

Sys t em inoperativ e. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicat or lights are lit,

and hard drive is spinning.
Sys t em does not boot from hard dis k

drive, can be booted f rom optic al driv e.

Sys t em only boots f rom optic al driv e.
Hard disk can be read and applications

can be used but booting from hard disk
is imposs ible.

Screen m essage says “Invalid
Conf igurat ion” or “C MOS Failure.”

Cannot boot syst em aft er installing
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1. Make s ure power cable is
sec urely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even press ure on bot h ends of
the DIMM, press down f irm ly until the

module s naps into place.

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 h e driv e t ype 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.

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.

Rev iew syst em’s equipment. Make sur
correc t informat ion is in set up.

1. Set m aster/slave jumpers
correctly.

2. R un SETUP program and select
correc t drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for compatibilit y

with other drives.

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CHAPTER 5: DUAL VIDEO FUNCTION

5.1 REQUIREM ENT S

Only Windows XP supports Dual Video function.
Two identical graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified.

T he graphi cs card driver should support NVIDIA SLI technology.
T he power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power

required b y the system, or the syst em will be unstable.

5.2 INSTALL ING GRAPHICS CARDS

Step 1: Prepare two graphics cards with PCI-E x16 interface.
Step 2: Insert the first one graphics card into the yellow sl ot (PCI-Ex16).

Step 3: Insert the second graphics card into the white slot (PCI-EX).

PCI-Ex16

PCI-EX

Not ice:
Make sure both the graphics cards are seated into slots complet ely.

5.3 THINGS TO NOTI CE

Normal Mode:

 Only PCI-Ex16 slot supports PCI-Express x16 interface graphics

card function.

 PCI-EX sl ot supports PCI-Express x4 interface expansion card

function.

Dual Video Mode:

 Use Dual Video Bridge (BRI-2) connector to link two identical

PCI-E x16 interface graphics cards that are NVIDIA certi fied.

 Coordinate with graphics card driver to set Dual Video function.

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CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEED ER™

6.1 INTRO DUCTION

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

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

prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The
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 mar tly in d icates
the tem peratures, vol tage and CPU fan speed as well as the chi pset

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

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

Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not
appropriate when testing and results in 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.

6.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Wi ndows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system

includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to instal l
Dir ec tX 8.1.)

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6.3 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 following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox

is checked, the Tray Ico n utility and [Wa rpSpeeder™ ] util ity will be
automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish”

button.

Usage:

The following figures are j ust only for reference, the screen printed in
this u ser manual will change a c c ordin g to your motherboard on ha nd.

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6.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INC LUDES 1 TRAY IC ON AND 5 PANEL S

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will di splay a little t ray
icon on the right si de of Windows Taskbar.

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

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

figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same
functio n as mou se left-click on tray ic on and “E xi t” item will close

T ray Icon utility if sel e cted.

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2. Main Panel

If y ou click the t ray icon, [Wa rpSpeeder™] utility will b e invoked .
Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will

see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains feat ure s as follows:

a. Di splay the CPU Spe ed, CPU extern al cl ock, Me m ory cl ock, AGP clock,

and PCI cl ock information.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Moni tor Buttons for

invoki ng respecti ve panels.

c. With a us er - f r iendly St atus An im at io n, it c an represent 3 ov er c l ock

percentage stages:

Man walking→overclock 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 ta ge butto n in Mai n Pa nel , the button will be highligh te d
and t he Vol ta ge Pa nel will sl ide out to up as the following figure .

In thi s panel, you can decide to increase CPU core vol tage and
Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”. If you want to ge t

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

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4. Over clock Panel

Clic k the Overcloc k button in Ma in Pa ne l, the bu tton will be
highlighted and the Overcl ock Panel will slide out to left as the

fol l owi ng f igur e.

Overclock Panel cont ains the these features:

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 f or y ou.

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

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

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

[Wa rpS pee der™] will set the be st and stable pe rforma nce and
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a

se rie s of testin g un til system fail. Then syst em will do fail-saf e
reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the

[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according

to the Recovery Di alog’s setting.

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

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok,
then the current frequency will be saved into syste m regi stry. If

the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooti ng. After reboot,
the [WarpSpe ed er™] utility will resto re to the ha rdware defau lt

setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according
to the Recovery Di alog’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 Hardware Mo nito r bu tton in Main Pa ne l, the bu tton will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as
the fo l lowing f ig ur e.

In thi s panel, you can get the real-time status information of your
system. The informati on will be refre shed 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 ide out to up as the fo l low in g fig ur e.

In thi s panel, you can get model name and detail informati on in hints
of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can al so get

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

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Note :

Because the overclock, overvol tage, 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
correlat ive but ton in M ain panel will be disabled, but will not interfer e

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

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

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features..........................................................................15

5 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................18

6 Power Management Setup ...........................................................................25

7 PnP/PCI Configurations...............................................................................31

8 PC Health Status ..........................................................................................33

9 Frequency Control .......................................................................................34

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his ma nual discuss ed Awa rd™ Setup pr ogram built in to th e ROM BIO S. T he Set up
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is
th en sto red in batt e ry-bac k ed RAM s o that it re tains t he S etup infor ma tion when t he power
is turned off.

T he Awa rd BIOS™ insta lle d in your co m puter syste m’ s RO M (R ead 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 f ine-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 Su ppo rt

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

DRAM Support

DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported.

Suppo rte d CP Us

This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Us i ng 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 p revio us ite m
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arro w Move to the item o n the left (menu bar )
Right arrow Move to the i tem o n the ri ght (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 a nd not save changes into CMOS

F1 k ey Genera l help o n Se t up navig atio n ke ys
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 Me nu 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.

Advance d BIOS Feat ures

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!)

Lo a d Op ti mize d De fa ul ts

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 S uper visor Pass word. If the Supervisor Pa ssword is set and the User Passwo rd 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 B IOS 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

 Fig ure 3. Adva nce d BIOS Setup

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CPU F EATUR E

Delay Prior to Thermal

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

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

The rmal Ma nag e ment

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

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

TM2 Bu s Ratio

Represents the frequency. Bus ratio of the throttled performance state
th at will b e init ia ted when th e on-die sensor goes from not h o t to hot.

The Choices: 0X (default).

TM2 Bus VID

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

The Choices: 0.8375V (default).

Limit CPU ID MaxVal

Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3, it should be disabled for Win XP.
The Choices: Disabled (d ef ault), E na b led.

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C1E Function

CPU C1E Function select.

The Choices: Auto (default)

Execute Disable Bit

When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Vir t ual i za tio n Tec hno logy

When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware
Capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

CACHE SETUP

CPU L3 Ca c he

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time
with this option.

BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP

En ab le d (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected
in t hese ite m s.
The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri.Slave, Sec.Master, Sec. Slave, USBHDD0, USBHDD1,

USBHDD2 and Bootable Add-in Carde.

First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence
selected in these items.
The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,HDD-3,
ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Disabled, Enabl ed (default).

Repo rt N O F DD fo r Win95

T his item al low s you to s elect Y ES / NO to Rep or t NO FDD f or Win95.
The C ho ices: NO (default), YES.

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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 disabled CPU Hyper-Threading.
Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper

Threading Technology. Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for
Hyper Threading Technology.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST

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

Disabled Normal POST.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.

BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS

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

GATE A20 OPTION

Se lec t if ch ipset or k eyboar d contro ller shou ld contr ol 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 (defau lt), Enab led.

TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the keydown.
The Cho ices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30

TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC)

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

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SECURITY OPTION

This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system

online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

System A password is required for the system to boot and

is also required to access the Setup Utility.

Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utility only.

screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The choices: E n a bl e d , Disabled (default).

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 Ch o i ces: Enabled (def ault), D isab led.

MPS VER SION CONT ROL FO R OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.

Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer.

The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS SELECT FOR DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory

exceeding 64MB.

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

SMALL LOGO (EPA) SHOW

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows.

Enabled (default) “Small Logo” shows when system boot up.

Disabled No “Small Logo” shows when system boots up.

SUMMARY SCREEN SHOW

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary

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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.

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Fig ure 4. Adva nce d Chipse t 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 LATEN CY TIME

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS

latency depends on the DRAM timing.

The Choices: Auto (default).

DRAM RAS# TO CAS# DELAY

This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe

signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives

faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This field

applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

The Choices: Auto (default).

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DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its

charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the

DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow

gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous

DRAM is in sta l led in the syste m.

The Choices: Auto (default).

PRECHARGE DELAY (TRAS)

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

delay.

The Choices: Auto (default).

SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY

T his item al low s you to s elect th e M emory Fre quency.

The Choices: Auto (def ault), DDR266 , D DR 300, and D DR400.

SLP S4# ASSERTION WIDTH

T his item se ts the min imu m a ssert ion widt h of the S LP -S 4# s igna l to

guarantee the DRAM has been safely power-cycled.

The Choices: 4 to 5 Sec (def ault).

SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE

Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at

F0000h~FFFFFh, resulting a better system performance. However, if any

program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE

Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting a better

system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area,

a system error may result.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

MEMORY HOLE AT 15M-16M

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When

this area is reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of

peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2

discussed their memory requirements.

The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enab led.

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PCI EXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNC

This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port.
The Cho ices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled.

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

PCI Exp ress Port 1/ 2/3

PCI-E Compl ia nc y Mo de

Th is item allo ws y ou to s ele ct the P CI-E Complia nc y Mode.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

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ONCHIP IDE DEVICE

IDE HDD Block Mo de

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 C h o ice s : En ab le d (default), Disab led.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

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

Th e Ch o i ce s: Ena b le d (default), Disabled.

On-chip Primary PCI IDE

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

The Ch o ice s : En a b le d (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 Cho ices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, and

Mode4.

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On-chip Secondary PCI IDE

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

The C h o ice s : En ab le d (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 Cho ices: Auto (default), Disabled.

On-Chip Serial ATA Setting

This item allows you to choose:

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

in each channel.
Enhanced Mode: enabled both SAT A and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers
are supported.

SATA O nly : SAT A is oper ating in le gacy mod e .
The Cho ices: Default (default), Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode,

and SATA only.

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ON BOARD DEVICE

USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller

and you have USB peripherals.

The C hoices: Enabled (default), Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This BIOS itself may/ may

not have high speed USB support. If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in,

the support will automatically turn on, when high speed device were attached.

The C hoices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

USB Keyboa r d Suppo rt

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 Azalia Audio

This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard Azalia Audio.

The Choices: Auto (defau lt).

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Onboard RAID <ITE8211>

This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard RAID (ITE8211).

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboar d RAI D B I OS

This item allows you to enable or disable to Onboard RAID BIOS.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard 1394

This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboar d LAN

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

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboar d LAN Boo t ROM

Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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S UPE R IO DE VIC E

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Super IO Device” labe l and then pr ess
the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the follow ing options:

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
Disa b led in th is f ie ld.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboa rd Se rial Por t 1

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

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

Onboa rd IR Fu nc tio n

This item allows you to disabled or enabled Onboard IR Function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

UAR T M ode 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.

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Onboa r d Pa rallel Po rt

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.

Paralle l Po rt Mo de

The default value is SPP.

The Choices:
SPP (def a ult) Us ing P ara lle l por t as Sta ndard P rinter P ort.

EPP Us in g P a ralle l P ort a s Enha nced Par allel P ort.
ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

POWER After PWR-Fail

This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power
fail or interrupts occurs.

Off Leaves the computer in the power off state.
On Reboots the computer.
Former-Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or

int errup t occu rs.

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

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ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS

ACP I Functio n

(ACPI).
Th e Ch o i ce s: Ena b le d (default), Disabled.

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management

ACPI Suspend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.
The C h o ice s : S1 ( PO S) (default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
S1 & S 3 P OS+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 Cho ices: Auto (default), Yes, No.

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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 (defau lt).

Po wer On by Ri ng

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 (def ault).

USB KB Wake-Up F rom S3

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

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Re sume by A larm

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.
No te: If you ha ve chan ge the se tting, you must let the sys tem boo t up
until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

POWE R ON Functio n

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

KB POWER ON Password

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

Hot Ke y Po we r O N

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.

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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.

FDD, COM, LPT Port

The Cho ices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

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

The Cho ices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

PCI PIRQ [A-D]#

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

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POWER MANAGEMENT

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

1. HDD P ower Down .

2.Suspend Mode.

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

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Su spen d M ode = 1 hr.

HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Su spen d M ode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User De fine (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 METHEOD

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

T his deter m ines the I RQ , whic h can be a p plied in MODEM use.
The Choices: 3 (de fault), 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 1 0 / 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.

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-B TN

INTRUDER# DETECTION

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).

This item allows you to enable or disable intruder# detection.

The Choices: Disabled (d efau lt), Enab led.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

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

Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations

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INIT DISPLAY FIRST

This item a llows you to decide to active w hether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA f irst.

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

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 (default).

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IRQ RESOURCES

T his submenu w ill a llow you to as s ign 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 Devic

PCI / VGA PALETTE SNOOP

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers that are not VGA

compa tible take the o utp ut from a VGA cont roller and m ap 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 contr o ller. T o do this, the non-VGA graph ic co ntroller wa tch for

the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data. In PCI

based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PC I bus and a

non-VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the

palette will not s how up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds

to the Write .

In this case, the PCI VGA controller sho u ld 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).

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Status

SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE

Th is item allo ws yo u to set u p th e CP U sh u tdown Te mp eratur e. This it em only
effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode

The C h o ice s: 60

OC/140OF, 65OC/149OF, 7 0 OC/158OF, Disabled (default).

SHOW H/W MONITOR IN POST

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

The C h o ice s : En ab le d (default), Disabled.

CPU VCORE,NB/SB VOLTAGE +3.3V,+5.0V, DDR VOLTAGE,

5V(SB),VOLTAGE BATTERY

Det ect t he sy stem’ s volta ge stat us automatically.

CURRENT CPU TEMP

This field displays the current temperature of CPU.

CURRENT CPU FAN SPEED

This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.

CURRENT SYS FAN SPEED

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

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9 Frequency Control

 Fig ure 9. F reque nc y Control

CPU CLOCK RATIO

This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio.
The C h o ice s : 8X (default), 9X, 10X, 11X, 12X, 13X, 14 X, 15X, 16X, 17X, 18X, 19X,

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

CPU VOLTAGE REGULATOR

Th is item allo ws you to se lect CP U Vo ltage Re gu lator .

The Cho ices: Default (default).

DDR VOLTAGE REGULATOR

Th is item allo ws you to se lect DDR Volta ge Re gula tor.
The C h o ice s : 1. 8 V (default).

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This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking.
The Choices: 100MHZ (default).
Special Notice:
If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not function ing, there
are two methods of booting-up the system.
Method 1:
Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON” status. All the
CMOS da ta will be load ed as def a ults set tin g.
Method 2:
Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing
the <Inse r t> key u n til the po we r-on sc reen sho w ed. T h is action wi ll boot- up the sy stem
according to FSB of the processor.

It’s strongly reco mmended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting. If the
CPU Vcore and clo c k are not in defa ult se ttin g, it may cau se CPU or M/B
dam age.

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