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Tabl e of Contents
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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 Central Processing Un it (CPU)................................ 5
2.2 FAN Headers....................................................................... 6
2.3 Installing System Memory .................................................... 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 MOTHERBOA RD FEATURES
CPU
Supports Socket 754.
Sup por ts AMD At h l on 64 pr ocess or up to 3700+.
Supports AMD Sempron processor.
Sup por ts Hy perTransport Technol ogy 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 32bit PCI bus master slots.
One AGP 4x/8x c o mp atible 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 orts up to 2 DDR d evices.
Supports DDR-266/333/400.
Maximum memory size i s up to 2GB. (Following tabl e is only for
reference.)
DI MM Socket
Location
DDR Module Total Memory Size
DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
Max is 2 GB.
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Super I/O
Chip: IT E IT 8705AF.
Low Pin Count Interface.
Provides the most commonl y used legacy Super I/O
functionality.
Environment Control initiatives,
H/W Monitor
F an Sp eed Con tr oller
ITE's "S mart Guardi an" function
Onb oard AC’97 Sound Codec
Chip: REALTEK ALC655.
Support 6 channels.
Supports S/PDIF o u t function.
Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specifi cation.
Onb oard Serial AT A
Controller i ntegrated in VT8237R (VT 8237R PLUS).
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functi ons.
Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports.
- Data tran sfer rates up to 150 MB /s.
- Compliant with SATA Versi on 1.0 specifi cation.
10 /100 LAN PHY
PHY: RTL8201BL/CL.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negoti ation.
Half/Full duplex ca pabil ity.
Supports ACPI, PCI power management.
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I nt er nal 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 audio-in devi ce.
1 front audio header supports front panel audi o 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 ect or.
Line InSpeaker Out
Mic In
LAN
USB x2
PS/2
Keyboard
PS/2
Mouse
Pr in t er p or t
COM1
VGA1
GAME Port
1.2 PACKAGE LIST
HDD cable x 1
User’s Manu al x1
Fully Se tu p Driver CD x1
Rear I/O panel 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 x 1 (optional)
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1.3 LAYOUT A ND COMPONE NTS
DIMM1
DIMM2
FD D1
K8M800
VT8237R/
VT 8237 R PL US
JATXPWR1
JCDIN1
JUSB2 JUSB3(optional)
JUSB V2
JSATA2
JSATA1
JCM OS1
JCI1
JCFAN 1
JSFAN1
Codec
JPANEL1
LAN
PHY
Super I/O
BIO S
BAT1
Socket 7 54
CPU1
JUSBLA N1
CNR1
PCI1
PCI3
PCI2
AGP1
JKBMS1
JAUDIO2
JSPDIF_ OUT1
JATXPWR2
JPRNT1
J
C
O
M
1
J
V
G
A
1
JUSBV1
J
G
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P
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t
J
A
U
D
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G
A
M
E
JUSB 1
ID E2
ID E1
Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.
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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 INST ALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Step 1: Pull the l ever toward di rection A from the socket and then raise the
lever up to a 90-degree angl e.
90
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 ion.
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 t he CP U and bu c kl e it . Co nn ect the CPU
FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. T his completes the installation.
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2.2 FAN HEADERS
These fan headers support cooling-fans bui lt in the com puter. 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 eader
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
JSFAN1
31
JCFAN1
31
3 FAN RPM rat e
sens e
Note:
The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 s upport 3-pin head connector. When c onnecti ng with wires
onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connect ed to
pin#2, and the bl ac k wire is Ground and s hould be c onnected to GND.
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2.3 INST ALLING 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 matches the
break on the Slot.
2. Insert the DIMM vertically and fi rmly into the slot until the retaining
chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.
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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS
FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that
s uppor t s 360K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.88M flo ppy d is k types.
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.
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IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133
functionality. It ha s two HDD connecto rs IDE1 (prima ry ) an d IDE2
(secondary).
The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so
you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive
should always be connected to IDE1.
IDE2IDE1
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3940
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PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots
This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands
for Peri pheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for
expansi on cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.
PCI3
PCI2
PCI1
AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port Slot
You r mon ito r will at tac h directly to that video card . This
motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it is also
equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card
will take advantage of AGP technol ogy for improved video
effi ci ency and perform ance, especially with 3D graphics.
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CNR1: Communication Network Riser Slot
The CNR specificati on is an open Ind ustry Standard Architecture,
and it defi nes a hardware scalable riser card i nterface, whi ch
supports modem only.
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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETU P
3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS
The illustration shows how to set up j umpers. 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 Heade r
This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED , Power LED, Sleep
butt on, speaker and I rDA Connection. I t allows user to c onnect the PC c as e’s
front panel switch fun ctions.
123
24
SL P
PWR
_
LED
On/Off
IR
IR
RST
HLED
SPK
++
+
2
-
-
Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Functio n
1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground
Sleep button
5 N/A 6 N/A N/A
7 Speaker
Speaker
Connector
8 Po wer LED (+)
9 HDD LE D (+) 10 Power LED (+)
11 HDD LED (-)
Hard drive
LED
12 Power LED (-)
Powe r LED
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control
Reset button
16 Ground
Power-on button
17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX
IrDA
Connector
24 IRRX
IrDA Connector
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JUS B 1/ JUSB2/JU SB 3: H eader s for U SB 2. 0 P or t s at Fr o nt Pa ne l
(JUSB3 is optional)
This header allows us er to connect additional U SB cable on the PC f ront 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
8 Ground
9 Key
1
2910
JUSB3JUSB1 JUSB2
10 NC
JUS B V1/JUSBV2 : Powe r Sourc e Heade rs for US B P o rts
Pin 1- 2 Clos e :
JU SBV1: +5V for USB port s at JUSBLAN 1.
JU SBV2: +5V for USB port s at front panel (JU SB1/JU SB2/ JUSB3).
Pin 2- 3 Clos e :
JU SBV1: USB ports at JU SBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby volt age.
JU SBV2: USB ports at front panel (J U SB1/JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by
+5V st andby voltage.
31
1
3
Pin 1-2 close
JUSBV2
1
3
JUSBV1
13
3
1
1
3
Pin 2-3 close
Note:
In order to s upport this function “Power-On s ystem via USB devic e,” “JUSBV1/ JUSBV2”
jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3 indi viduall y.
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JATXPW R1: AT X Power So u rce C onne ctor
This connector allows user t o connect 20-pin power c onnector on the ATX
power supply .
Pin Assignment
1 +3.3V
2 +3.3V
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Ground
6 +5V
7 Ground
8 PW_OK
9 Standby Voltage
+5V
10 +12V
11 +3.3 V
12 -12V
13 Ground
14 PS_ON
15 Ground
16 Ground
17 Ground
18 -5V
19 +5V
1
10 20
11
20 +5V
JATXPW R2: AT X Power So u rce C onne ctor
By c onnecting this connector, it will prov ide +12V to CPU power c irc uit.
Pin
Assignment
1 +12V
2 +12V
3 Ground
2
4
1
3
4 Ground
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JFAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header
This header allows us er to connect t he front audio out put cable wit h the PC front
panel. It will dis able the output on back panel audio c onnectors.
Pin Assignment
1 Mic in/center
2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass
4 Audio power
5 Right line out/
Speaker out Right
6 Right line out/
Speaker out Right
7 Reserved
8 Key
9 Left line out/
Speaker out Left
10 Left line out/
Speaker out Left
11 Right line in/
Rear speaker Right
12 Right line in/
Rear speaker Right
13 Left line in/
Rear speaker Left
14
2
13
1
14 Left line in/
Rear speaker Left
JCDIN1: CD-ROM Aud io-in Connector
This connector allows user to connect t he audio s ourc e f rom the v ariaty dev ices,
like CD-R OM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc ..
Pin
Assignment
1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Ground
14
4 Right Channel Input
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JCMOS 1 : C lear CMOS Hea der
By plac ing the jum per on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e sett ing
and the CMOS dat a, please caref ully follow t he procedures to av oid dam aging
the m otherboard.
1
3
Pin 1-2 Close:
Normal Operation (default).
1
3
1
3
Pin 2-3 Close:
Clear CMOS data.
※ Clear CMOS Procedures:
1. Rem ov e AC power line.
2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.
3. Wai t for fi ve se co n ds.
4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.
5. Power on the AC.
6. Res et your des ired pas s word or clear the C MOS data.
JCI1: Chassis O pen Header
This connector allows sy stem to monitor PC c as e open stat us. If the s ignal has
been triggered, it will rec ord to the CMOS and s how t he message on next
boot-up.
Pin
Assignment
1 Case open signal
1
2
2 Ground
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JSATA1 ~ JS ATA2 : Serial ATA Connectors
The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller wit h 2 channels SATA int erf 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+
JSATA1
714
7 Ground
JSPDIF_O UT1: Di gital Au dio-out C on nec tor
This connector allows user t o connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.
Pin
Assignment
1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
13
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
Video card not f ound or v ideo card
mem ory bad
High-low siren sound CPU overheated
Sys t em will s hut down autom at ically
One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST
Long beeps every ot her second No DRAM detected or ins t all
4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION
A. BIOS Update
After yo u fail to up d ate BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the
Boot-Block functi on will hel p to restore BIOS. If the fol lowing message
is shown after boot-up the system, it m eans the BIOS contents are
corrupted.
In thi s Case, pl ease follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:
1. Mak e a bootable fl op py d is k.
2. Download the Flash Uti lity “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar
websi te: www.b iostar.com .tw
3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS
fr om Bi os t ar websit e.
4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respectively BIOS into floppy disk.
5. Insert the bootable di sk into floppy drive and press Enter.
6. System will boot-u p t o DOS promp t.
7. Type “Aw dflash xxxx.bf/sn/p y/ r” in DOS prompt.
(xxxx means BIOS name.)
8. System will update BIOS au to mati c ally an d re start.
9. The BIOS has bee n recovered 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 thi s case, please double check:
1. The CPU cooler surface i s placed evenl y with the CPU surface.
2. CPU fan is rotated normally.
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 suppl y for seconds.
2. Wai t for se conds.
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. Wai t for se conds.
3. Pow er on the system again.
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4.3 TROUBL ESHOOTING
Probable Solution
1. N o power to the system at all
Power light don’t 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.
1. Make s ure power c able is
sec urely plugged in.
2. Replace cable.
3. Contact techni cal support.
Sys t em inoperat iv e. Key board light s
are on, power indic at or lights are lit,
and hard drive is spinning.
Us ing even pres s ure on bot h ends of
the DIMM, press down f irm ly unt il the
module s naps int o plac e.
Sys t em does not boot from hard dis k
drive, c an be booted f rom optic al drive.
1. C hec k cable running f rom disk t o
disk controller board. Make sure
both ends are s ec urely plugged
i n; c hec k t he dr iv e t y pe i n t he
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 ime.
Sys t em only boots from optical driv e.
Hard disk can be read and applic ations
can be used but booting from hard dis k
is imposs ible.
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.
Screen m essage say s “Invalid
Conf igurat ion” or “C MOS Failure.”
Rev iew sys t em’s equipment. Make s ur
e
correc t inform at ion is in s et up.
Cannot boot sys t em aft er inst alling
sec ond hard driv e.
1. Set m aster/slave jum pers
correctly.
2. R un SETUP program and s elec t
correc t drive types. Call t he driv e
manufacturers for co mpatibilit y
with other drives.
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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEED ER™
5.1 INTRO DUCTION
[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three
user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage
Manager, and Hardware M onitor.
Wi th the Overclock Manager, users can easi l y adjust the frequency they
prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one cli ck. 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 smar t ly in d ic at es
the temperatures, vol tage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset
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 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 resul ts in system fail or hang,
[WarpSpeeder™] technol ogy assures the sy stem stability by automatically
rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is ei ther the
ori ginal system speed or a suitable one.
5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
OS Support: Wi ndows 98 SE, Windows M e, Windows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (T he 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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5.3 INST ALLATION
1. Execute the setup executi on 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 m eans setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder T ray Utility” checkbox
is checked , the Tray Ico n utility an d [WarpSpe ed er™] util ity will be
automatically and immediatel y l aunched after you click “Fi nish”
button.
Usage:
The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in
this user manual will change a c c ording to your motherboard on hand.
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5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY IC ON A ND 5 PANEL S
1. Tray Icon:
Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray
icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.
This utility is responsible for convenientl y i nvoking [WarpSpeeder™]
Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to
invoke [WarpSpeeder™] di rectly from the little tray icon or you can
ri ght-click the little tray i con to pop up a popup menu as following
figure. The “Launch Utility” i tem in the popup menu has the same
function as mouse left-clic k on tray ic on and “Exit ” item will close
Tray Icon utility i f selected.
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2. Main Panel
If y ou clic k the tra y icon, [WarpSpeeder™] util ity will be invoked.
Please refer to the followi ng fi gure; the utility’s first window you will
see is Main Panel.
Main Panel contains features as foll ows:
a. D i spl ay the CPU Speed, CPU external cloc k, Mem ory clock, AGP clock,
and PCI cl ock information.
b. Contains About, Vol tage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for
invoking respective panels.
c. W ith a us er - f r iendly St atus An imation, it c an r epr esent 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 ta ge Panel
Click the Vol tage button in Mai n Pa nel , the butt on will be highli gh te d
and the Vol ta ge Pa nel will slide out to up a s the foll owing figure.
In thi s panel , you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltage or not. The defa ult 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
Click the Overclock butt on in Ma in Panel, th e button will be
highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the
fol l owi ng f igur e.
Overclock Panel cont ains the these fea tures:
a. “–3MHz button”, “-1M Hz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”:
provide user the abili ty to do real -time overclock adjustment.
Warning:
Manually overclock is pot entially dangerous, especially when t he
overclocking perc entage is over 110 %. We st rongly rec ommend you
verify ev ery s peed you overc lock by c lick the Verify butt on. Or, you c an
just click Aut o overc lock button and let [W arpSpeeder™] autom atically
gets the best res ult for y ou.
b. “Recovery Dialog button”: Pop up the followi ng 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 thi s button and
[Wa rpS pee de r™] will set th e best and sta ble performa nce and
frequency autom atically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a
series of te sting un til syst em f ail. Then syste m will do fail-saf e
reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the
[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware defaul t
setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according
to the Reco very 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 saved into system registry. If
the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooti ng. After reboot,
the [ WarpSpeede r™ ] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according
to the Reco very Di alog’s setting.
Note:
Becaus e the t esting program s, invoked in Aut o-overclock and Verify,
include D irectDraw, D irect3D and DirectShow t ests, the DirectX 8.1 or
newer runtime library is required. And pleas e make sure your display
card’s color depth is High color (16 bit ) or True c olor( 24/32 bit ) t hat is
required for Direct3D rendering.
5. Hardware Monitor Panel
Click the Hardwa re Monitor bu tton in Main Pa ne l, the button will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as
the fo l lowing f igur e.
In thi s panel , you can get the real-time status information of your
system. The information will be ref reshed every 1 second.
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6. About Panel
Click the “about” button in Main Panel , the button will be highlighted
and th e About Pa ne l w il l s l id e out to up as the fo l lowing fig ur e.
In thi s panel, you can get model name and detail inform ation in hints
of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get
the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Versi on num ber of
[WarpSpeeder™] utility.
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Note:
Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware moni tor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide
these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the
correlative but ton i n Main panel will be disa bled, but will not i nterf ere
other panel s’ functions. Thi s property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.
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K8M800-M7A BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup..........................................................................................................1
1 Mai n Menu...............................................................................................................................................3
2 Stan d ard CMOS Features ......................................................................................................................6
4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................................................................ 15
5 Integ rat ed P eripheral s.......................................................................................................................... 2 1
6 P o wer Man ag ement Set up.................................................................................................................. 2 8
7 P nP /PCI Con figu rations......................................................................................................................34
8 P C H ealth Status...................................................................................................................................3 7
9 Frequency/ Volt ag e Cont rol ............................................................................................................... 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 s ys t em. The BIOS p rov id e s c ritical lo w-lev el su pp o rt for st a nd a rd d evi c es
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 S up p ort
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 i mplemented 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 bus specification.
DRAM Support
DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported.
Supported CPUs
This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
Using Setup
In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit.
The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by
using the keyboard.
Keystroke Function
Up arrow M ove to pr e vio us it em
Down arro w Move to n e xt item
Left arr o w Move to th e ite m on the left (menu b ar)
Rig ht arr ow M ov e to the ite m on th e r ig ht ( me nu bar )
Move E nter Move to th e ite m you desir e d
Pg U p key Incr eas e t he nu mer i c val ue or m a ke c hang es
Pg D n key D ecrease the n um er ic v al u e or ma ke ch ang es
+ Ke y Increas e the numer i c val ue or m a ke c hang es
- Ke y Decr ease th e num er i c val u e or ma k e ch anges
Esc key Main Men u – Quit an d not s a ve cha nges int o CMOS
F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 ke y Load pr evious valu es fr o m C M OS
F7 ke y Loa d t he opti mi ze d d efa ults
F10 ke y Save al l th e CMOS c hang es a nd e xit
Stat us P ag e Setup M en u and Op tion Page Set up M en u – E xit
Current page a nd r eturn to M ain Me 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 and enter the s ub-menu.
!! WARNING !!
The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figure
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is j ust for reference, pleas e refer to th e BIOS
installed on board, for update information.
Figu re 1: Main Men u
Standard CMOS Features
This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.
Advan ced B I OS Featu res
This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS.
Advan ced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.
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In tegrated Peri p 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 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 f unction is strongly recommended not to use. Not pro perly change the voltage
and clock may cause the CPU or M/B damage!)
Load Optimi zed Def aults
Thi s s el ectio n allo ws yo u to relo ad t h e BI O S w hen the s ys t em i s ha vi ng prob lems
particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set.
Set Supervisor Password
Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making
changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.
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Set User Password
If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same
way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User
Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to
change them.
Save & Exit Setup
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 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 us e the<P gUp > or <PgDn> keys to select the value you w ant in each item.
Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup
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Main Men u Sel ecti ons
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 Opt ions are in its sub
IDE Secondary Slav e Options are in its sub
Driv e A
Driv e 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 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 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 Displays the amount of
Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory
Select the situation in which
y ou want t he BIOS to stop
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 select ed in these 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: Cach e Setu 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 cache.
Disabled Disable cache.
External Cache
This option enabl es or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which
may improve performance.
Enabl ed (default) Enable cach e.
Disabled Disable cache.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.
The Choices: Enabled (d efault), 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 mLock. State after power o n.
The Choices: On (default) Numpad is number keys.
Typematic Rate S etting
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 tion
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 the Setup Utility.
Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utili ty 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 (d efault), Disabl ed
MPS Vers ion Control For O S
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 th an Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding
64MB.
The Choices: Non -OS2 (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) “Small Logo” shows when system boots up.
Disabled No “Small Logo” shows when system boots
Summary S creen Show
This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen . Su mmary screen means
system configuration and PCI device listing.
The Ch oices: Disabled (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 manag e bus sp eeds and access to syst em me mory resources, such as DRAM. It also
coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system
have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the
settings have been changed incorrectly.
Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup
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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
AGP Aperture S ize
Select the size of th e Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP ) ap erture. The aperture is a po rtion
of the P CI memory address ran ge dedicated for g raphics memory ad dress sp ace. Host
cycles th at hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP w ithout any translation.
The Choi ces: 1G ,5 12M,25 6M, 128M (d efau l t ), 64 M ,3 2 M.
AGP 2.0 Mode
This item allows you to select the AGP Mode.
The Choices: 4X (default), 2X, 1X.
AGP Driving Control
By choosing “Auto” the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by
AGP Card. By choo si ng “Ma nu al”, it al lo ws use r t o set AGP o ut put Bu ffer D riv e s t rength P
Ctrl by manual.
The Choices: Auto (default), 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 abled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated G raphics Port ) are executed
wi th one-wait s tates .
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.
AGP Master 1 WS Read
When En abled, read to th e AGP (Accelerated Graphi cs 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), Enabled.
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 mory size.
The Choices: 64M (d efau lt), 3 2 M, 16 M Di s abl ed.
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DRAM Conf iguration
Figure 4.2: DRAM Configuration
Max Memcloc k (MH z)
Places an artificial me mory 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 M e mor y 1 T/2 T M emo ry Ti mi n g Ti me.
The Choices: Auto (defaul t), 1 T, 2T.
CAS# L atency (Tcl)
This field specifies the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read data valid.
The Choices: Auto (d efau lt), 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 specifies 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 Ch oices: 8 bit, 16 bit (default).
Downstream LDT Bus Width
The Choices: 8 bit, 16 bit (default).
LDT Bus Frequency
The Choices: 800MHz (default)., Auto, 600MHz, 400MHz, 200MHz.
PCI1 Master 0 WS Write
When enabled , writes to th e P CI bus are executed with zero-w ait st ates.
The Choices: Enabled (default ), Disabled.
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PCI2 Master 0 WS Write
When enabled , writes to th e P CI bus are executed with zero-w ait st ates.
The Choices: Enabled (default ), Disabled.
PCI1 Post Write
When enabled , writes to th e P CI bus are executed with zero-w ait st ates.
The Choices: Enabled (default ), Disabled.
PCI2 Post Write
When enabled , writes to th e P CI bus are executed with zero-w ait st ates.
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 support compliance with PCI specification .
Memory Hole
You can reserve this area o f system memory for ISA adap ter ROM. When this area is
reserved it cannot be cached . The us er informatio n of peripherals that need to us e 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 Cacheab l e
Selecting the “ Enabled” option allows caching of the s ystem 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: Enabl ed , Disabled (default).
The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disabl ed .
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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 yo u to enable th e on chi p Serial ATA .
The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disabl ed .
SATA Mode
Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to selec t SATA M o d e.
The Choices: IDE, RAID (default ).
IDE DMA Transf er Access
This option allows you to select IDE DMA Transfer Access .
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.
OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The motherbo ard chipset contains a PCI IDE int erface with support for
two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate th e first and/or second IDE
interface. Select “ Disabled” to d eactivate an interface if you are going to install a
primary and/o r secondary add-in IDE interface.
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.
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IDE Prefetch Mode
The “ onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster d rive
access. If the i nterface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary
and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”.
The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disabl ed .
Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each o f the IDE d evices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode,
the system auto matically 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 (d efau lt), Disab l ed.
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), Disabled.
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VIA OnCh ip PCI Device
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “ VIA OnChip PCI Device” l abel and then
press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
Figu re 5.2: VIA OnChip PCI Device
VIA-3058 AC97 Audio
Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to cont rol th e onbo ard A C97 audi o .
The Choices: Auto (d efau lt), Disabled .
VIA-3068 MC97 Modem
Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to cont rol th e onbo ard MC97 Mod em
The Choices: Auto (d efau lt), Disabled .
VIA-3043 MC97 Onchip LAN
Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to cont rol th e onbo ard LAN
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled .
Onboard Lan Boot ROM
Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.
The Choices: Enabled, Dis abled (default).
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OnChip USB Controller
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 (d efault), Disabl ed .
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 (defaul t), Enabled.
USB Mouse Suppo rt
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 (d efault), Disabl ed .
Onboard Serial Port 1
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial
ports.
The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (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/IRQ 3, Disab l ed (d efau l t ), Au to, 3F8/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 (defaul t), SCR.
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UR2 Duplex Mode
Select the value req uired by th e IR device connected to th e 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 o nboard parallel port controller with
which I/O Address.
The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.
Parallel Port Mode
The default value is SPP.
The Choices:
SPP (default) Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer P ort.
EPP Using P arallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP & EPP mode.
ECP Mode Use DMA
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.
Figu re 6: Power Man agem en t S etup
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 agem en t Op tion
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 P ower 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 abled, each of the ran ges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except 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 Op tion
Thi s opti on d etermines th e man n er i n whi ch th e mon ito r is go e s 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 etermines th e man n er i n whi ch th e mon ito r is go e s 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 to the vi d eo bu ffer .
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-B T N
Pressing the power button for more t han 4 seconds forces t he system to enter th e
Soft-Off state when the system has “ hung.”
The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, I nstant-Off (default).
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 syst em will need AGP d river to initialize the card . So, if th e AGP driver of th e 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 cu rrent to the CMOS area that retains these Pow er-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). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from
th e Po w e r Supp ly i s u s ed. Wh en th e P ow er Su pp ly is event u ally tu rn ed o n 3 .3V fro m th e
Power Supply will be used.
There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “ On”, “Off”.
“Off” (default) Means always set CMO S to the “O ff” status 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 Detec t
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:
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, P ower,
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), Enabled.
VG A
When set to On, any event o ccurring at a VGA P o rt will awaken a system which
has been powered down.
The Choices: Off (d efau lt), On.
LPT & COM
When this option is set to On, any event o ccurring at a COM(seri al)/LP T
(printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.
The Choices: LPT/COM (defaul t), CO M, LPT, N ONE.
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 (d efau lt), On.
PowerOn by PCI Card
When you s elect Enabled, a P ME signal from P CI card retu rns the system to Full
ON state.
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.
Modem Ring Resume
The Choices: Disabl ed (default), Enabled.
RTC Alarm Resume
When “ Enabled ”, you can set the date and ti me at which the RTC (real-time
clock) alarm awakens t he system fro m Sus pend mode.
The Choices: Enabl ed , Di sabl ed (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 acces s another sub menu used to configure the differen t wake 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 (PS/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.
Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
Wh en s et to YE S , B IO S will on ly i ni ti ali ze th e PnP c ards used for th e boo t s e qu e n c e
(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 whi ch requires t he system 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 t o it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory
locations. Thes e locations (4K) are reserved in the system BIO S. If the D isabled
(default) option is chosen , the system‘ s ESCD will u pdate only when the n ew
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. PCI / 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), Enabled.
Resou rces 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 p eriph eral. 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 Resou rces
This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt 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 P CI 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 controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controll er
needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller. To do this, the non-VGA
graphic controller w atches for the Write access to th e VGA palette and registers the snoop
data. In PCI based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA
graphic controller i s on an ISA bus, the W rite Access t o the palette will not show up on the
ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write.
In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop
the data and p ermit 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.
Dis abl ed (defaul t) Disables the function.
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), Disabled.
Assign IRQ For USB
This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB.
The Choices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.
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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 ACP I mode.
The Choices: Disabl ed (default) , 60℃/ 140℉, 6 5℃/ 149℉, 70℃ / 158℉.
CPU Vcore/ 3. 3V/ +5.0V/ +12V/DDR Voltage/ L DT Voltage/Voltage Battery
Detect th e system’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), Disabled.
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 (d efau lt), +0 .1 5 V, +0 .10V, +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 (d efault), Disabl ed .
Spread Spectrum
This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disabl ed
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CPU CLOCK
This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking
The Choices: 200Mhz (default ), 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 accord ing to FSB of the p rocessor.
It’s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore a nd clock in default s etting. If the CPU
Vcore and clock are not in default setting, it may cause CPU or M/B damage.
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