Biostar K8M800-M7A Owner's Manual

K8M800-M7A

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Tabl e of Content s

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

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

1.2 Package List.........................................................................3

1.3 Layout and Components.......................................................4

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation...................................................5

2.1 Installing Cen tral Processin g Unit (CPU)................................5

2.2 FAN Headers....................................................................... 6

2.3 Installing Sy stem Mem ory .................................................... 7

2.4 Connectors and Slots............................................................ 8

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup........................................11

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers.........................................................11

3.2 Detail Settings.....................................................................11

Chapter 4: Useful Help ..................................................................17

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code.......................................................17

4.2 Extra Information................................................................17

4.3 Troubleshooting..................................................................19

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..............................................................20

5.1 Introduction........................................................................20

5.2 System Requirement............................................................20

5.3 Installation ..........................................................................21

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels................22

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

CPU

Supports Socket 754.
Sup por ts AMD At h l on 64 pr ocessor up to 3700 + .

Supports AM D Sempron processor.
Sup por ts Hy perTransport Techno logy up to 16 00MT/s.

Chi pset

North Bridge: VIA K8M800.
South Bridge: VIA VT8237R/VT8237R PLUS.

Dimensions

Micro ATX Form Factor: 18.999cm (W) x 24.384cm (L)

Op erating System Supp orting

Supports Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / 64-bit.

Slot

Three 32bi t PCI bus m aster slots.
One AGP 4x/8x c omp atib le s l ot.

One CNR slot.

On-board IDE

Two on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO mode 0~4.

Supports Ultra DM A 33/ 66/100/133 Bus Master M ode.

S ystem Memory

Supp ort s up to 2 DDR d evi ces.
Supports DDR-266/333/400.

Maximum memory size i s up to 2GB. (Following tabl e is only for

reference.)

DI MM Socket

Location

DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module Total Memory Size

Max is 2 GB.

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Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8 705 AF.
Low Pin Count Interface.
Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

 H/W Monitor
 F an Sp eed Con tr oll er

 ITE's " Smart Guardian " function

Onb oard AC’97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: REALTEK ALC655.
Support 6 channels.

Supports S/PDIF o u t function .
Compliant with AC’97 Versi on 2.3 specifi cation.

Onb oard Ser ial AT A

Controller i ntegrated in VT8237R (VT 8237R PLUS).
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions.

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports.

- Data tran sfer rates up to 150 MB /s.

- Compliant with SATA Version 1.0 specifi cation.

10 /100 LAN PHY

PHY: RTL8201BL/CL.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.

Half/Full duplex capabi l ity.
Supports ACPI, PCI power management.

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

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 audio function.
1 S/PDIF-Out connector supports di gital audi o-out function.

1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

1 FDD connector supports 2 Fl oppy drives with 360K, 720K,

1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.88Mby tes.

2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices.
2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports at front panel. (JUSB3

is optional)

Back Panel I/O Connector s

2 USB 2.0 ports.
1 VGA port.

1 Serial port.
1 Game port.

1 Printer port.
1 RJ - 45 LAN jack.

1 PS/2 Mouse port.
1 PS/2 Keyboard port.

1 Audio port including 1 Speaker-out connector, 1 Line-in

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC - i n co nn ec tor.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

LAN

COM1

USB x2

1.2 PACKAGE LIST

HDD cable x1
U ser’s Manual x1

Fully Se tup Driver CD x1
Rear I/O pa ne l for A T X cas e x1

FDD cable x1 (optional)
USB 2.0 cable x1 (optional )

Serial ATA cable x1 (optional)
S/PD IF out ca ble x1 (optional)

Pr in t e r por t

3

VGA1

GAME Port

Line InSpeaker Out

Mic In

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1.3 LAYOUT A ND COMPONE NTS

JUSBV1

JKBMS1

JUSBLAN1

J

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1

J

V
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A

1

Super I/O

JPRNT1

J

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P
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J

A
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JAUDIO2

BIO S

JATXPWR2

JCFAN 1

LAN
PHY

JSPDIF_OUT1

JATXPWR1

Socket 754

CPU1

FD D1

DIMM1

DIMM2

ID E2

K8M800

ID E1

AGP1

PCI1

PCI2

VT8237R/

VT 8237 R PLUS

BAT1

JCM OS1

JSATA2

JCI1

Codec

JCDIN1

CNR1

PCI3

JSFAN1

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

JUSB V2

4

JUSB1

JUSB2 JUSB3(optional)

JSATA1

JPANEL1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE I NSTALLATION

2.1 INST ALL ING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Pull the l ever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angl e.

A

Step 2: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on

CPU should point forwards this white triangle. T he CPU will fit
on ly in the corr ec t or i entat io n.

90

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firml y, and then close the lever to complete

the i nstalla ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it . Co nn ect the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the i nstallation.

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2.2 FAN HEAD ERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans bui lt in the computer. T he fan
cabl e and connector may be di fferent according to the fan manufacturer.

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

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header
JSFAN1 : System Fan H ead er

Pin

31

JCFAN1

31

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 s upport 3-pin head c onnector. When c onnecti ng with wires
onto connectors, pleas e note that the red wire is the positive and s hould be connect ed to

pin#2, and the bl ac k wire is Ground and s hould be connect ed to GND.

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

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2.3 INST ALL ING SYSTEM MEMORY

DIMM1

DIMM2

1. Unlock a DIMM sl ot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM m atches the

break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firml y 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 m otherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that
s uppor t s 360K, 720 K, 1.2M, 1.4 4 M a nd 2.8 8M f lo ppy disk ty pes .

This connector supports the provided fl oppy drive ribbon cables.

IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors

The m otherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Control ler that
provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133

functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE 1 (prim ary) an d IDE2
(secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a sl ave drive, so
you can connect up to four hard disk drives. T he fi rst hard drive

should always be connected to IDE1.

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PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect S lots

This motherboard is equipped wi th 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands
for Peri pheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for

expansi on cards. This PCI slot i s designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port Slot

You r mon ito r will attac h directly to that video ca rd. This
motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it i s also

equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card
will take advantage of AGP technol ogy for improved video

efficiency and performance, especially with 3D graphics.

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CNR1: Communication Network R iser Slot

The CNR specificati on is an open Ind ustry Standard Architecture,
and it defi nes a hardware scalable ri ser card interface, whi ch

supports modem onl y.

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CHAPTER 3: HE ADERS & J UMPERS 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 “cl ose”, if not, that means the jumper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, R eset, H DD LED, Power LED, Sleep
butt on, speaker and I rD A Connec t ion. It allows us er to c onnect t he PC c as e’s
front panel switch fun ctions.

PWR

SPK

++

HLED

+

LED

On/Off

-

­RST

SL P

2
123

IR

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IR

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 LE D (+) 10 Powe r LED (+)
11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control

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

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset button

IrDA
Connector

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

Sleep button

Powe r LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector

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JUS B 1/ JUSB2/JU SB 3: H eader s for U SB 2. 0 P or t s at F ro nt Pa n el
(JUSB3 is optional)

This header allows us er t o connect addit ional USB cable on the PC front panel,
and also can be c onnec t ed wit h internal USB devices, like U SB card reader.

Pin Assignment

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

JUSB3JUSB1 JUSB2

2

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JUSBV1/JUSBV2: P owe r Source H eaders for USB Ports

Pin 1- 2 Clo se:

JU SBV1: +5V for USB port s at JUSBLAN 1.
JU SBV2: +5V for USB port s at f ront panel (JUSB1/JU SB2/JUSB3).

Pin 2- 3 Clo se:

JU SBV1: USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby v olt age.
JU SBV2: USB ports at front panel (J U SB1/JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by

+5V st andby voltage.

JUSBV1

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8 Ground
9 Key

10 NC

Pin 1-2 close

3

31

1

3

3

1

JUSBV2

3

1

1

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to s upport this function “Power-On s ystem via USB dev ice,” “JUSBV1/ JUSBV2”
jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3 indi viduall y.

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JATXPWR1: ATX Powe r So u rce Con ne ctor

This connector allows user t o c onnect 20-pin power connector on the ATX
power supply .

Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V
2 +3.3V
3 Ground

10 20

1

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JATXPWR2: ATX Powe r So u rce Con ne ctor

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

4

2

4 +5V
5 Ground
6 +5V
7 Ground
8 PW_OK
9 Standby Voltage

+5V

10 +12V

11 +3.3 V
12 -12V
13 Ground
14 PS_ON
15 Ground
16 Ground
17 Ground
18 -5V
19 +5V
20 +5V

Pin

3

1 +12V
2 +12V

1

3 Ground
4 Ground

Assignment

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JFAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows us er t o connec t the front audio out put c able with the PC front
panel. It will dis able t he output on back panel audio c onnectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center

2 Ground

3 Mic power/Bass

4 Audio power

5 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

6 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

7 Reserved

2

1

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JCDIN1: CD-R OM Aud io-i n Connector

This connector allows us er to c onnect the audio s ourc e f rom t he v ariaty dev ices,
like CD-R OM, D VD -ROM, PC I sound card, PCI TV t urner card etc..

8 Key

9 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

10 Left line out/

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Speaker out Left

11 Right line in/

Rear speaker Right

12 Right line in/

Rear speaker Right

13 Left line in/

Rear speaker Left

14 Left line in/

Rear speaker Left

Assignment

Pin

1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground

3 Ground
4 Right Channel Input

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JCMOS 1 : Clear CMOS H e a der

By plac ing the jum per on pin2-3, it allows user to rest ore the BI OS s af e set t ing
and the CMOS dat a, please caref ully f ollow t he procedures to avoid damaging

the m otherboard.

1

3

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

1

1

3

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

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 des ired pas s word or c lear the CMOS dat a.

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Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

JCI1: Chassis O pen Header

This connector allows sy stem to m onitor PC case open stat us. If t he signal has
been triggered, it will rec ord t o the C MOS and show t he message on next

boot-up.

Pin

Assignment

1 Case open signal
2 Ground

2
1

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JSATA1 ~ JS ATA2 : Serial ATA Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI t o SATA C ont roller with 2 channels SATA interf ace,
it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5GB/s.

Pin

Assignment

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

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JSPDIF_O UT1 : Digital Audio-out Conne ctor

This connector allows user t o c onnect the PCI bracket SPDIF out put header.

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7 Ground

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWAR D BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meanin g

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

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

4.2 EXTRA INFORMA TION

A. BIOS Update

After yo u fail to up d ate BIOS or BIOS is invaded b y virus, the
Boot-Block functi on will hel p to restore BIOS. If the following message

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

Video card not f ound or v ideo card
mem ory bad

Sys t em will s hut down autom at ic ally

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

1. Make a bootab le floppy d is k.

2. Download the Flash Uti lity “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Bi ostar
websi te: www.biosta r.com.tw

3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respecti vel y BIOS
fr om Bi os t ar websit e.

4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respecti vel y BIOS into floppy di sk.

5. Insert the bootable di sk into floppy drive and press Enter.

6. Sy stem will boot -up to DOS prompt.

7. Type “Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/ r” in DOS prompt.
(xxxx means BIOS nam e.)

8. Sy stem will update B IOS automa tically an d re start.

9. The BIOS has been re covered and will work pro pe rly.

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B. CPU Overheated

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

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

power on again.

In this case, please double check:

1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenl y with the CPU surface.

2. CPU fan is rotated normally.

3. CPU fan speed is ful filling wi th the CPU speed.

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

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

2. Wait for seconds.

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

Or you can:

1. Clear the CMOS data.
(See “Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1” section)

2. Wait for seconds.

3. P ower on th e system again.

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4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING

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Probable Solution

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

inside power s upply does not turn
on.

2. I ndic at or light on k ey board does
not t urn on.

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

and hard drive is spinning.
Sys t em does not boot f rom hard disk

drive, c an be booted f rom opt ic al drive.

Sys t em only boot s from optic al driv e.
Hard disk can be read and applic ations

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

Screen m essage say s “Inv alid
Conf igurat ion” or “C MOS Failure.”

Cannot boot sys t em after inst alling
sec ond hard driv e.

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

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even pres s ure on both ends of
the DIMM, press down f irm ly unt il t he

module s naps int o plac e.

1. C hec k cable running f rom disk t o
disk controller board. Make s ure

both ends are s ec urely plugged
i n; ch ec k t he d riv e t ype in th e

standard CMOS se tup.

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

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

1. Bac k up data and applic at ions
files.

2. R ef orm at t he hard driv e.
Re-ins t all applicat ions and data
using backup disks.

Rev iew sys t em ’s equipment. Mak e sur
correc t inform at ion is in s et up.

1. Set m aster/slave jum pers
correctly.

2. R un SETUP program and s elec t
correc t drive types. Call t he drive

manufacturers for co mpatibilit y
with other drives.

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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™

5.1 INTRO DUCTION

[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three
user-friendl y functions including Overclock M anager, Overvoltage

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

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

vol tage and Me mor y v ol tage. The co o l Har dw are Mo ni tor s martly indicates
the temperatures, vol tage and CPU fan speed as wel l as the chi pset

information. Al so, in the About panel , you can get detail descripti ons about
BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU,

mem ory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchroni cally
s how n on our ma i n p an el .

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

[WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the sy stem stability by automatically
rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that i s ei ther the

ori ginal system speed or a suitable one.

5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Wi ndows 98 SE, Windows M e, Wi ndows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (T he Windows XP operating system

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

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5.3 INST ALL AT ION

1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following di alog will pop
up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to

install.

2. When you see the followi ng dialog in setup procedure, it m eans setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder T ray Utility” checkbox

is checked, the Tra y Ico n utility an d [WarpSpeede r™ ] util ity will be
automatically and imm ediately launched after you click “Fi nish”

button.

Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in
this user ma nual will change ac c ording to your motherboard on hand.

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5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY IC ON AND 5 PAN EL S

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tra y
icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.

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

invoke [WarpSpeeder™] di rectly from the littl e tray icon or you can
ri ght-click the little tray i con to pop up a popup menu as followi ng

figure. The “Launch Utili ty” item in the popup menu has the same
function as mouse lef t-click on tra y ic on and “Exit ” item will clo se

T ray Icon utili ty if selecte d.

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2. Main Panel

If y ou clic k the tra y icon, [WarpS pe ed er™] util ity will be invoked .
Please refer to th e followi ng figu re; th e utility’s first window you wi ll

see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains feature s as follows:

a. Di spl ay the C PU Spe ed, CPU external cl ock, Me m ory cl ock, A GP clock,

and PCI cl ock information.

b. Contains About, Vol tage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for

invoking respective panels.

c. With a us er - fr ie nd ly S t 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 runni ng→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%
Ca r racing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Vol tage Panel

Click the Vol ta ge bu tton in Main Pa nel , the butt on will be highlighted
and the Voltage Pa ne l will slid e out to up as the f ollowing figure.

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltag e or not. The d efault se tting is “No”. If you wan t to get

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

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4. Over clock Panel

Click the Overclock button in Ma in Pa ne l, the button will be
highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the

fol l owi ng f igur e.

Overclock Panel cont ains the these fea tures:

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

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

Warning:

Manually overclock is pot ent ially dangerous, es pec ially when t he
overc locking perc entage is over 110 %. We s t rongly recommend y ou

verif y ev ery s peed you overc lock by c lick the Verify butt on. Or, you c an
just click Aut o ov erclock but t on and let [WarpSpeeder™] aut om atically

gets the best res ult for you.

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

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

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

[Wa rpS pee de r™ ] will set th e best and sta ble perf orma nce and
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utili ty will execute a

series of te sting until syste m fail. Then syste m 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 th e Recovery Di alog’s setting.

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

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing i s ok,
then the current freq uency will be sa ved into system regi stry. If

the testing fail, system wil l do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot,
the [ WarpSpe ed er™] uti lity will resto re to the hard ware de fault

setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according
to th e Recovery Di alog’s setting.

Note:

Becaus e the t esting program s, invoked in Aut o-overclock and Verify,
include D irectDraw, D irec t 3D and D irectShow tests, the D irectX 8.1 or

newer runtime library is required. And pleas e make sure your display
card’s color depth is High c olor (16 bit ) or True color( 24/32 bit ) t hat is

required for Direct3D rendering.

5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Click the Hardwa re Mo nitor butt on in Main Pane l, the butto n will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as

the fo l lowing f igur e.
In this panel, you can get the real-time status inform ation of your

system. The informa tion will be ref reshed every 1 second.

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6. About Panel

Click the “about” button in Main Panel , the button will be highlighted
and th e About Pa ne l will slid e out to up as the fo l lowing fig ur e.

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

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

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Note:

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

these features to separate panels. If one chipset i s not on board, the
correlative but ton in Main panel will be disabled, but will not i nterfer e

other panels’ functi ons. T his property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.

01/03, 2007

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

1 Mai n Menu...............................................................................................................................................3

2 Stan d ard CMOS Features ......................................................................................................................6

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

5 Integ rated P erip herals.......................................................................................................................... 21

6 P o wer Manag ement Setup..................................................................................................................28

7 P nP /P CI Con figurati ons......................................................................................................................34

8 P C H ealth Stat us...................................................................................................................................37

9 Frequ ency / Voltage Control............................................................................................................... 39

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BIOS Setup

In trod u ction

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

i s tu rn ed off.

The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports AMD processor

in pu t/ ou tp ut sys t em. The BIO S pr ov id e s critica l lo w -l evel supp o rt for st and ard d e vi ces
such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

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

chipset controlling the en tire 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 G reen 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) speci ficati on. Power management features are i mp lemented vi a the System
Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported.

Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

ACPI Support

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface
specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device

configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft,
Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

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

DRAM Support

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

Supported CPUs

This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CP U.

Using Setup

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit.

The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by
using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arr ow M ove to pr e vio us it em
Down arro w Move to n e xt item
Left arr o w Move to the ite m on the left (me nu b ar )
Rig ht arr ow Move to the ite m on the right ( me nu bar )
Move E nter Move to th e item you desire d
Pg U p ke y Incr eas e t he nu mer ic val ue or ma ke c ha ng es
Pg D n ke y Dec rease the n umeric value or ma ke c h ang es
+ Ke y Increas e t he numer ic val ue or ma ke c ha nges

- Ke y Decr ease th e n umer ic v alu e or ma ke ch anges
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not s ave c hanges int o CM OS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 ke y Load pr e vious values from CM OS
F7 ke y Load the opti mize d d efaults
F10 ke y Sa ve all th e CMOS c hang es and e xit

Stat us P ag e S etup Men u an d Option Pag e Set up Men u – E xit
Current page a nd r eturn to M ain M e nu

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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 an d enter the sub-menu.

!! WARN ING !!

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

installed on board, for update information.

 Figu re 1: Mai n Men u

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advan ced B IOS Features

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

Advan ced Chipset Featu res

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

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In tegrated Perip h erals

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 Configuration s

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/P CI clock. (Ho wever,
this f unction is strongly recommended not to use. Not properly change the voltage
and clock may cause the CPU or M/B damage!)

Load Optimized Def aults

Thi s se l ectio n allows yo u to re lo ad t h e BIOS wh en th e sys t em is ha vi ng prob l ems
particularly with the boot sequence. These co nfigurations are factory settings o ptimized

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 P assword is not set, then the User Password will function in the same
way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User

Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to
change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Upgrade BIOS

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

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

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in St andard 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 th e value you want in each item.



Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

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Main Men u Selection s

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 Slav e Options are in its sub

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub

IDE Secondary Slav e Options are in its sub

Drive A

Drive B

Video EGA/VGA

menu.

menu.

menu.

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

CGA 40

CGA 80

MON O

that the ‘Day ’ automatically
changes when you set t he

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 y our
sy stem.

Select the def ault v ideo
dev ice.

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Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Key board

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Dis plays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

y ou want the BIOS to s top

the POST process and

notify y ou.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

av ailable in the system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

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Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy.

 Figure 3.1: Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

Hard Disk Boot Priority

These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.
This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed.



Figure 3.1.1: Hard Disk Boot Priority

The Choices:

USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

P ri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec, Slav e, USB HDD0, USB HDD1,

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First/ Second/ Thi rd/ Boot Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in th es e items.

The Choices: Floppy (default), LS120, Hard Disk, SCSI, CDROM, ZIP100,
LAN, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Choices: Disabl ed (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: Enabled (default), Disabled

Shadow Setup

This item allo ws you to setup cache & shadow setup.



Figure 3.2: Shadow Setup

Video BI OS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution.
Enabl ed (default) Optional ROM is enabled.

Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

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Cache Setup

 Figu re 3.3: Cache S etu p

CPU Internal Cache
Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory

access time with t his option.
Enabl ed (default) Enable cach e.

Disabled Disable cache.

External Cache
This option enables or disables “Level 2” s econdary cache on the CPU , which

may improve performance.
Enabl ed (default) E nable cache.

Disabled D isable cache.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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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.
Dis abl ed (default) Virus protection is disabled.

Enabled Virus protection is activated.

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.

Enabl ed (default) Enable quick POST.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects the Nu mL ock. State after power o n.

The Choices: On (default) Numpad is number keys.

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: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Ch ars/Sec)

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

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

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.

The Choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, 1000.

Security O p ti on

This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or
to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

Off Numpad is arrow keys.

System A password is required for the system to boot and is also

required to access th e Set up Utility.

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

This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.

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APIC Mode

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

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

MPS Vers ion Con trol For OS

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

The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS S elect For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-O S2 is only used for O S2 systems with memory exceeding
64MB.

The Choices: Non-OS 2 (default), OS2.

Delay for HDD (Secs)

This item allows you to select the timing of Delay for HDD
The Choices: 0 (default).
Min= 0

Max= 15
Key in a DEC number.

Small LOGO (EPA) Show

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows.
Enabl ed (default) “ Smal l Logo” shows when system boots up.

Disabled No “Small Logo” shows when system boots

Summary S creen S h ow

This item allows y ou to enable/disable the summary screen . Su mmary screen means
system configuration and P CI device listing.

The Choices: Di sab led (default), Enabled.

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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 b us speeds and access to s ystem me mory res ources, such as DRAM. It also
coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system
have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the
settings have been changed incorrectly.



Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup

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AGP & P2P Bridge Control

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and then
press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

 Figure 4.1: AGP & P2P Bridge Control

AG P Apertu re S i ze

Select the size of the A ccel erated Graphics Port (AGP ) aperture. The aperture is a p orti on
of the P CI memory address ran ge dedicated for g raphics memory ad dress space. Host

cycles th at hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

The Choices: 1G ,512M,25 6 M, 128M (default), 64M ,32M.

AGP 2.0 Mode
This item allows you to select the AGP Mode.

The Choices: 4X (d efault ), 2X, 1X.

AGP Driving Control

By choosing “Auto” the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by
AGP Card. B y ch oo sing “ Manu al”, it allo ws us er t o set AGP o ut pu t Buffer D ri v e streng th P

Ctrl by manual.
The Choices: Auto (d efau lt), Manual.

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AGP Driving Value

While AGP driving control item set to “Manual”, it allows user to set AGP driving.

The Choices: DA (default).

AG P Fas t Wri te

This item allows you to disabled or enabled AGP Fast Write.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Write

When En ab led, writes to the AGP (Accelerated G raphics Port ) are executed
wi th one-w ai t st at es.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabl ed .

AGP Master 1 WS Read

When En ab led, read to th e AGP (A ccelerated G raphics P ort) are executed with
one wait states.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

AGP 3.0 Calibration cycle

This item allows you to disabled or enabled AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle.
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabl ed .

DBI Output for AGP Trans

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Auto.

VGA Share Memory Size

This item allo ws you to select the VGA share me mo ry size.
The Choices: 64M (defaul t ), 3 2M, 16M Disab l ed.

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DRAM Conf iguration

 Figure 4.2: DRAM Conf iguration

Max Memcl ock (MH z)

Places an artificial memory clock limit on the system prevented from running
faster than this frequency.

The Choices: Auto (default), 166, 133, and 100.

1T/2T Memory Timing

This field specifies the Me mo ry 1 T/2 T M emo ry Ti mi n g Ti me.

The Choices: Auto (default), 1T, 2T.

CAS# L atency (Tcl)

This field specifies the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read data valid.

The Choices: Auto (d efault), CL =3.0, CL =2 .5, CL =2 .0

RAS# to CAS# Delay (Trcd)

This field specifies the RAS# to CAS# Delay to read/ write command to the
same bank. Typically -20 Nsec.
The Choices: Auto (default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 3 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS

CLOCKS, 5 BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS, 7 BUS CLOCKS

Min RAS # active time (Tras)

This field s pecifies the minimum RAS# activ e time. Typically -45-60 Ns ec.
The Choices: Auto (default), 5 BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS ,7 BUS
CLOCKS, 8 BUS CLOCKS, 9 BUS CLOCKS, 10 BUS CLOCKS, 11 BUS

CLOCKS.

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Row Prech arg e Time (Trp)

This field specifies the Row precharge Time. Precharge to Active or
Auto-Refresh of the same bank. Typically 20-24 Nsec.

The Choices: Auto (default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 3 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS

LDT & PCI Bus Control

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “LDT & PCI Bus Control” label and then
press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options



: Figure 4.3: LDT & PCI Bus Control

CLOCKS, 5 BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS.

Upstream LDT Bus Width
The Choices: 8 bit, 16 bit (default ).

Downstream LDT Bus Width

The Choices: 8 bit, 16 b i t (default).

LDT Bus Frequency

The Choices: 800MHz (default)., Auto, 600MHz, 400MHz, 200MHz.

PCI1 Master 0 WS Write

When enabled , writes to the P CI bus are executed with zero-wait states.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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PCI2 Master 0 WS Write

When enabled , writes to the P CI bus are executed with zero-wait states.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI1 Post Write

When enabled , writes to the P CI bus are executed with zero-wait states.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI2 Post Write

When enabled , writes to the P CI bus are executed with zero-wait states.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay
transactions cycles.
Select Enabled to suppo rt compliance with PCI specification.

Memory Hole

You can reserv e this area of sys tem memory for ISA ad apter ROM. When this area i s
reserved it cannot be cached. The user information o f p eripherals that need to use this area

of system memory usually discussed their memory requirements.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), 15M –16M.

Vlink Date Rate

The Choices: 8X (default), 4X

Init Display First

With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the
primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot.

The Choices: PCI Slot (default), AGP.

System B IOS Cach eable

Selecting the “Enabled” option al lows caching of the system BIOS ROM at
F0000h-FFFFFh whi ch can improve system performance. However, any programs writing

to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors.

The Choices: En abled , Di sa bl ed (default).

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figu re 5. Integrated Periph eral

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VIA OnCh ip IDE Device

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

Figure 5. 1: VIA OnChip IDE Device



OnChi p SATA

Thi s opti on al lo ws you to en able t h e on chi p Seri al A TA .

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

SATA Mode

Thi s opti on al lo ws you to s el ect SA TA Mod e.

The Choices: IDE, RAID (default).

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This option allows you to select IDE DMA Transfer Access.

The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1

The motherbo ard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with suppo rt for
two IDE ch annels. Select “ Enabled” to activate th e fi rst and/or second IDE

interface. Select “ Disabled” to d eactivate an interface if you are going to install a
primary and/o r s econdary add-in IDE interface.
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

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IDE Prefetch Mode

The “ onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for fast er drive
access. If the int erface d oes not support prefetching . If you install a primary

and/or secondary add-in IDE int erface, set this option to “Dis ab led”.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each o f t he IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface

supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode,
the system auto mat ically determines the best mode for each devi ce.

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

Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE
hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA

driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to

enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default ), Disabled .

IDE HDD B lock Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector
read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do),

select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal

number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

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VIA OnCh ip PCI Device

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

Figure 5.2: VIA OnChip PCI Device



VIA-3058 AC97 Audio

Thi s opti on al lo ws you to con t rol th e onbo ard A C97 au dio .

The Choices: Auto (d efault), Dis abl ed.

VIA-3068 MC97 Modem
Thi s opti on al lo ws you to con t rol th e onbo ard MC97 Modem

The Choices: Auto (d efault), Dis abl ed.

VIA-3043 MC97 Onchip LAN
Thi s opti on al lo ws you to con t rol th e onbo ard LAN

The Choices: Enabled (d efau l t), Disab led.

Onboard Lan B oot ROM

Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.
The Choices: Enabled, Di sabled (default).

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OnChip USB Controll er

This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system
board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance

controller.
The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB
Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB Port, 3 USB Port.

Onchip EHCI Controller

This item allows you to enable or disable the onchip EHCI controller.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

USB Emulation Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard/ Mouse Legacy
Support.

The Choices: On (default), off, KB/ MS.

USB Keyboard Support

Enables support for USB attached mouse/keyboard.

The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled.

USB Mouse Support

Enables support for USB attached mouse/keyboard.
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

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Super IO Device

Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device.

Figure 5.3: Super IO Device



Onboard FDC Controller

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

floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

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

The Choices: 3F8/IRQ 4 (default), Disabled, Auto, 2F8/IRQ3,
3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

Onboard Serial Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports
The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3, Dis ab led (d efault), Auto , 3 F8/IRQ4 ,

3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O
chip.
The Choices: ASKIR, IrDA (d efault), SCR.

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UR2 Duplex Mode

Select the value required by t he IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex
mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode

permits transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half (default), Full.

Onboard Parallel Port

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

The Choices: 378/IRQ 7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.

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

EPP Using P arallel P ort as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using P arallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

This item allows you to determine ECP Mode Use DMA.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

Game Port Address

Game Port I/O Address.

The Choices: 201 (default), 209, Disabled.

Midi Port A ddress

Midi Port Base I/O Address.

The Choices: 330 (default), 300, Disabled.

Midi Po rt I RQ

This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use.
The Choices: 10 (default), 5.

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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.

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Figu re 6: Power Man agem ent Setu p

ACPI f unction

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI).

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

ACPI Suspend Type

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

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

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Power Man agement Option

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

1.HDD Power Down.

2.Suspend Mode.

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

Min. Power Saving

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

Max. Power Saving

Maximu m power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Suspend Mode = 1 min.

HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Define (default)

When not dis ab led, each of the ran ges is from 1 mi n. to 1 hr. excep t for HDD Power Down
which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

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: Disabl ed (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.

Suspend Mode

The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system.
The Choices: Dis abled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30

Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour

Vid eo Off O ption

Thi s opti on d etermin es th e man n er in w hic h th e mon ito r is go es bl ank .

The Choices: Suspend→ Of f (default).

Allows you to set each mode individually.

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Video Off Method

Thi s opti on d etermin es th e man n er in w hic h th e mon ito r is go es bl ank .

V/H SYNC+Blank (default)

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen

Thi s opti on o nly w rites bla nk s t o th e vid eo buffer .

DPMS

Initial display power management signaling.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use.

The Choices: 3 (default)/ 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA

Sof t-Off by PWR-BTN

Pressing t he power button for more than 4 s econds forces t he system to enter the
Soft-Off state when the system has “h ung.”

The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

Run VGABIOS if S3 Resu me

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 syst em w ill need AGP driv er to initialize the card . So, if the AGP driver of the VGA

card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not
function after S3.

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

Ac Loss Auto Restart

This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored
to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention.
There are 3 sources that provide current to th e CMOS area that retains th es e Power-On

instructions; the motherboard battery (3V), the Power Supply (5VSB), and the Power
Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard
battery (3V). I f AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from

th e Pow er Su pp ly is u s ed. When the P ow er Su pp ly is eve nt u ally turned on 3 .3V fro m the
Power Supply will be used.
There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”.

“Off” (default) Mean s always set CMOS to the “O ff” stat us when AC power is lost.
“On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC power is lost
“Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost.

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For example: If set to “Former-Sts” and AC power is lost when system is live, then after
AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when
system is not live, system will remain powered off.

IRQ /Event Activity Detect

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IRQ/Event Activity Detect” label and
then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

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Figure 6.1:IRQ/Event Activity Detect

DPMS

Initial display power management signaling.
The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend.

When select Password, please press Enter key to change password with a

PS2KB Wakeup Select

maxi mum of 8 ch aracters.

The Choices: Hot Key (default ).

PS2KB Wakeup f rom S3/ S4/ S5

This item allows you to wake up from S3/ S4/ S5 with PS2 keyboard.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+F2. Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+F4, Ctrl +F5,

Ctrl+F6, Ctrl+F7, Ctrl+F8, Ctrl+F9, Ctrl+F10, Ctrl+F11, Ctrl+F12, Power,
Wake, Any Key.

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USB Resume from S3

This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabl ed .

VG A

When set to On, any event occurrin g at a VGA P ort w ill awaken a system whi ch
has been powered down.

The Choices: Off (defaul t ), On .

LPT & COM

When this option is set to On, any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LP T
(printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

The Choices: LPT/C OM (defaul t ), COM, LP T, NONE .

HDD & FDD

When this option is set to On, any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy
drive will awaken a system which has been powered down.

The Choices: On (default), Off.

PCI Master

When set to On, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power
function. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jump.

The Choices: Off (defaul t ), On .

PowerOn by PCI Ca rd

When you s elect Enabled, a P ME signal fro m P CI card retu rns the system to Fu ll
ON state.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabl ed .

Modem Ring Resume
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.

RTC Alarm Resume

When “ Enabled”, you can set the d at e and time at wh ich the RTC (real-time
clock) alarm awakens t he system fro m Sus pend mode.

The Choices: En abled , Disa bled (default).

Date (of Month)

You can choose which month the system will boot up. This field is only
configurable when “RTC Resume” is set to “Enabled”.

Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)

You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field
is only configurable when “RTC Resume” is set to “Enabled”.

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IRQ s A ctivity Monitoring
Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configu re the different w ake up

events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activity).

 Figure 6.1.1: IRQs Activity Monitoring

Primary INTR On
IRQ3 (COM2) Enabled
IRQ4 (COM1) Enabled
IRQ5 (LPT2) Enabled
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled
IRQ7 (LPT1) Enabled
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) Disabled
IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) Disabled
IRQ10 (Reserved) Disabled
IRQ11 (Reserved) Disabled
IRQ12 (P S/2 Mouse) Enabled
IRQ13 (Coprocessor) Enabled
IRQ14 (Hard Disk) Enabled
IRQ15 (Reserved) Disabled

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system whi ch 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.

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Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configu rations

PNP OS Installed

Wh en s et to Y E S, BIO S will on ly ini ti alize th e P nP cards us ed for th e boo t s e qu en ce
(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.
The Choices: No (default), Yes.

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Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS su pports the PnP feature which requires th e s ystem to record which
resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict.

Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which
resources are assigned to i t. The sy stem n eeds to record and upd ate ESCD t o the memory
locations. Thes e locations (4K) are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Dis abled

(default) option is chosen , the system‘ s ESCD will updat e only when t he new
configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled option is chosen, the system is forced
to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the “Disabled” mode.

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “ Manual” is chosen for the
resources controlled by function.
Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides

non-PnP ISA add-on cards. P CI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI
Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.

The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabl ed .

Resou rces Control l ed B y

By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), th e system BIOS will detect the system resources
and automatically assign the relative IRQ an d DMA chann el 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.

IRQ Resources

This submenu will al low you to assign each system int errupt a ty pe, 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 P CI Device

IRQ-11 assigned to P CI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to P CI Device

IRQ-15 assigned to P CI Device

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PCI / VGA Palette Sn oop

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible
take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot

information and VGA compatibility.

However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette
table inside the VGA cont ro ller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller

needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller. To do this, the non-VGA
graphic controller wat ch es for the Write acces s to the VGA p alette and registers the snoop

data. In PCI based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA
graphic controller is o n an ISA bus, th e Write Access to the p alette will n ot show up on the
ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write.

In this case, the P CI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop
the data and p ermi t the access to be forwarded to the ISA b us. 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.
Dis abl ed (defaul t) Disables the fu nction.

Enabled Enables the function.

Assign IRQ For VGA

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA.

The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

Assign IRQ For USB

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB.
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8: PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature

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

The Choices: Disabl ed (default) , 60℃/ 140℉, 6 5℃/ 149℉ , 70℃ / 158℉.

CPU Vcore/ 3. 3V/ +5. 0V/ +12V/DDR Voltage/ LDT Voltage/Voltage Battery

Detect th e s ystem’s voltage and battery status automatically .

CPU Temperatur e

Show you the CPU temperature.

CPU FAN Speed

This field displays the CPU FAN speed.

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SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the speed of the SYSTEM fan.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST
stage.

The item offers several delay time to select you want

The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disab l ed.

Chassis Open Warning

This item allo ws you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep .

The Choices: 60

OC/140OF, 6 5OC/149OF, 70OC/158OF, Dis ab led (default).

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9 Frequency/ Voltage Control

 Figure 9: Frequency/ Voltage Control

CPU Vcore

The Choices: Default (default), +0.15V, +0.10 V, +0.05V.

DDR Voltage

This item allo ws you to select DDR Voltage.

The Choices: 2.65V (default), 2.80V, 2.75V, 2.70V.

AutoDetect PCI Clk

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

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Spread Sp ectru m

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

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CPU CLOCK

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

The Choices: 200Mhz (d efault), Di sabled.

Min= 200

Max= 232

Key in a DEC number.
Specia l N otice:

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

Method 1:

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

Method 2:

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

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

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

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