Biostar M7NCD Ultra Owner's Manual

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

1.1 M7 NCD Ultra Features.......................................................1

1.2 Package contents...............................................................3

1.3 M7 NCD Ultra La yout (Ve rsion 8.0).......................................4

1.4 Compo nent Index (Version 8.0) ...........................................5

1.5 M7 NCD Ultra La yout (Ve rsion 8.1).......................................6

1.6 Compo nent Index (Version 8.1) ...........................................7

Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installat ion .............................. ............8

2.1 How to setup Jum per..........................................................8

2.2 CPU Installatio n.................................................................8

2.3 DDR DIM M Modules: DIMM B1 -2, DIMMA1........................10

2.4 Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots..............................11

2.4 Award BIOS Beep Code...................................................17

2.5 Troubleshooting................................................................17

Chapter 3: WarpSpeeder™..... ........................ ......................18

3.1 Introducti on......................................................................18

3.2 System Requirement........................................................18

3.3 Installation .......................................................................19

3.4 [WarpSpeeder™] i n cl udes 1 tray icon and 5 panel s:............20

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 M7NCD ULTRA FEATU RES

A. Hardware

CPU

Provides Socket-462.
S upport s the AMD At hlon XP/D ur o n/Se mp r on proces sor up to

3200+.

Front Side Bus at 266/3 33/400 MHz.

Chipset

North Bridge: nFORCE2 SPP.
South Bridge: MCP, supports High Speed 800Mb/s Hyper-Transport

interface.

Ma in Me mory

S upport s up to 3 DDR devices .
Supports 2 66 / 333/400MHz (without ECC) DDR devices.

Hi gh pe rf ormance 12 8 bit DDR400 Twin Bank Me mory Archite c ture.
M axi mum me mo ry size is 3GB.

Super I/O

Chip: Winbond W83627HF.

Slots

5 32-bit PCI bus master slots.
1 AGP:

¾ AGP3.0 8X in terface at 533Mb/s.
¾ Sup p or ts AGP 4X/ 8X.

On Board IDE

Supports 4 IDE disk drives.
Su pports PIO M ode 4, Mast er Mode and Ult r a D M A 33/66/100/133

Bus Master Mode.

Se rial ATA Chip

Chi p: V IA VT6420.
Supports 2 Serial ATA (SATA ) ports.

Supports SATA RAID 0 and RAID 1 function.
Compl ai nts with SATA 1.0 spe cificati on.

Da ta transfer rates u p to 150 MB/s.

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On Board A C’9 7 Sound Cod ec

Chi p: ALC650/6 55.
Compl iant with AC’9 7 sp ecific ation.

AC97 2.2/2.3 interface.
Supports 6 channels.

On Board Peripheral s

a. Rear side

1 LAN connector.
1 Game port.

1 parallel port. (SPP /EPP/ECP m ode)
2 seri al po rts .(C OM2 is optiona l for ver sion 8.x. )

2 USB2.0 ports.
A udi o ports in h ori zont al position.
PS/2 mouse and PS /2 k ey boar d.

b. Front Side

4 USB2.0 ports.
1 fr ont audio header.

1 fl oppy p or t su pports 2 FDDs w ith 360K, 720K, 1. 2M , 1. 44M

and 2.88 Mby tes .

Dimensions

ATX Form Fac to r: 24.4cm (W) x 3 0.4 c m (L), for Version 1. 0.

24.4cm (W) x 29.3cm ( L), f or Version 8.x.

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal Bios.
APM1.2, ACPI, and USB functions.

Overclock Function

¾ Over Voltage
¾ Over Clock

¾ Over Multiplier

Softwa re

Supports CPU SaviorTM, 9th TouchTM, FLASHER™, Wi nFlasher

and Wat chd og

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000,

Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX, and Linux Red Hat etc.

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1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS

HDD Cable X1
FDD Cable X1

User’s Manual X1
USB Cabl e X1 (opt i onal)
Full y Setup Driver CD X1
Serial ATA C abl e X1 (optional)

S/PDIF Out Cable X1 (optional )
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X1 (optional)

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1.3 M7NCD ULTRA LAYOUT (VERSION 8.0)

NOTE:

1. ● Represents the 1

st

pi n.

2. Star mark (*) represents optional for Versi on 8.0.

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1.4 COMPONENT INDEX (VER SION 8.0)

5V/5VSB Select ion for Key board and

A.

mous e (JKBV1)*
Power Source Selection for USB

B.

(JUSBV2)*
Back Panel Co nnector

C.

Frequency Select ion (JCLK3)*

D.

Nort h Bridge Fan H eader (JNFAN1)*

E.

Acc elerated Graphics Port Slot (AGP1)

F.

Front Audio Header (JF_ AUDIO1 )

G.

PCI BU S Slots (PC I 1-5)

H.

CD -ROM Audio-I n H eader (JCDIN1)

I.

Front Panel C onnec tor (J PAN EL1)

J.

Power Source Selection for USB

K.

(JUSBV1)*
Front USB Hea der ( JUS B1)

L.
M. Front USB Header ( JUSB2) a1. S/ PD IF Out C onnector (J_SPDIF 1)

Power Source Selection f or USB

N.

(JUSBV4)*
Wake On LAN Header (JW OL1)*

O.

System FAN Header (JS FAN1)

P.

Clear CMOS Function (JCMOS)

Q.

Case Open Connector (JC1)

R.

IDE Connectors (IDE 1- 2)

S.

Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1 )

T.

ATX Power C onnec t or (JATXPW ER1)

U.

DI MM Modules (DIMMA1)

V.

DI MM Modules (DIMMA1-2)

W.

CPU FAN Connec tor (JCFA N1 )

X.

Serial ATA Connec t or (JSATA1-2)

Y.

NOT E: * represe nts optional for Version 8.0.

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1.5 M7NCD ULTRA LAYOUT (VERSION 8.1)

NOTE:

1. ● Represents the 1

st

pi n .

2. Star mark (*) represents optional for Version 8.1.

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1.6 COMPONENT INDEX (VER SION 8.1)

5V/5VSB Select ion for Key board and

A.

mous e (JKBV1)*
Power Source Selection for USB

B.

(JUSBV2)*
Back Panel Co nnector s

C.

Frequency Select ion (JCLK3)*

D.

Nort h Bridge Fan H eader (JNFAN1)*

E.

Front Audio Header (JF_ AUDIO1 )

F.

CD -ROM Audio-I n H eader (JCDIN1)

G.

PCI BU S Slots (PC I 1-5)

H.

Acc elerated Graphics Port Slot (AGP1)

I.

Front Panel C onnec tor (J PAN EL1)

J.

Serial ATA C onnec tor (JSATA1-2)

K.

Power Source Selection for USB
(JUSBV1)*

RAID Conne ctor *

L.

M.

N. Fr o nt US B H ead er (JUSB 1~2)
O.

P.
Q.

R.
S.

T.
U.

V.
W.

X.

NOT E: * represe nts optional for Version 8.1.

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Power Source Selection for USB
(JUSBV1/4)*

Wake On LAN Header (JW OL1)*
System FAN Header (JSFAN1)

Clear CMOS Function (JCMOS)
S/PDIF Out Connector (J_SPDI F1)

Case Open Connec t or (JC1)
IDE Connectors (IDE1 - 2)

Floppy Disk Connec tor (FDD1)
ATX Power Connector

(JATXPWER1)
DI MM Modules

CPU FAN Connector ( JCFA N1 )

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPER

The illustration shows how jum pers are setup. When the Jumper cap is
plac ed on pins, the jumper is “close” . If no jum per cap is pl aced o n the pins,
the j um per is ”open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin 1and 2
are “close” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Jumper close Jumper open Pin1-2 close

2.2 CPU INSTA LL ATION

1. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to
a 90-degree angle.

2. Look for the white dot/cut edge. The white dot/cut edge should point
to w ards t he lever pivo t. The CPU wil l fit only in the cor rect orientation.

3. Hold the CPU down firmly, and then cl ose the lever.

4. Put th e CP U fan on th e CP U and buckl e it. Co nnect the CPU fan power
cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the ins tallation.

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No r th Bridge Fan Header: JN FAN1 (Optional for Version 8.x)

Pin No . A s signm e nt

1

JNFAN1 2 +12V

1 Ground

CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1

Pin No . A s signm e nt

1

JCFAN1

1 Ground
2 +12V

3 Sense

System Fan Header: JSFAN1

Pin No. A s s ignme nt

1

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support system cooling fan with +12V. It
supports 3 pin head connector. When connecting with wi res onto

connectors, please note that the red wi re i s the posi tive and should be
connected to +12V, and the black wire is Ground and should be

connected to GND.

1 Ground
2 +12V

3 Sense

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2.3 DDR DIMM MODULES: DIMMB1-2, DIMMA1

Note:

1. Fo r Du al-chan nel DDR (128-bit ) high pe rform an ce, at least 2 o r mo re
DIMM mo dul es must be inst al led. (It has to be the co m bination of DIMMA

and DIMMB.) With only one DIMM installed, the memory performs only at
64-bit.

2. DRAM Access Time: 2.5V Unbuffered DDR 266/333/400 MHz Type
required.

3. DRAM Type: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512M B/ 1GB DIM M Module (184 pin)

To tal Memo ry Size with Un buffered DIMMs (fo r reference)

DI MM So cket

Location

DDR Module

DIMMB1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMMB2 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DIMMA1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

Installing DDR Modu le

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

slot.

2. I nsert the DIMM firm ly and ver tica l ly into t he slot until the ret ai ni ng c hip
snap back in place and the DIMM is properl y seated.

To tal Me mo r y

Size (M B)

Max is 3 G B

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2.4 JUMPERS, HE ADERS, CONNECTORS & SLOTS

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports
360K , 720K , 1. 2M , 1. 44M and 2.88M floppy di sk typ es. This con nect or

supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

Hard Di sk Connectors: IDE1 / IDE2

The m otherboard has a 32-bit Enhanc ed PC I I DE Co ntroll er that pro vides
PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ul tra DMA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 functionality. It

has tw o HDD connecto rs IDE1 (prima ry) and ID E2 (seconda ry ).
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.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1-5

This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansi on

cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

Accelerated Graphics Port Slot: AGP1

Yo ur m oni tor wi ll atta ch direc tly to t hat video card. This motherboard
supports video cards for PCI slots, but it is al so equipped with an
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of AGP

technology for im proved video efficiency and performance, especially with
3D graphics.

Serial ATA Connector: JSATA1/JSATA2

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA
interface. It satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and can transfer data with 150Mb/s

speed.

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JS AT A1 / J S AT A2

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

Ground

1

TX-

3

RX-

5

Ground

7

11

2
4
6

TX+
Ground
RX+

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Po w er Co nnect or s : JAT XPWER1

JAT XPWR1 : Thi s c onnec tor allows user t o con nect 20-pi n powe r
conn ect o r on t h e A TX power s up ply.

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

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JATXPWER1

20

11

1

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground

6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 +5V_SB 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

Front USB He ader: JUSB1/JUSB2

This header allows user to co nnect ad ditional U SB cable on the PC f r ont
panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devi ces, like USB card

reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2

1

10

JUSB1/2

1 +5V(fused) 2 +5V(fused)
3 USBP4- 4 USBP5-

9

5 USBP4+ 6 USBP5+
7 Ground 8 Ground

9 KEY 10 NA

Wa ke On LAN Head er: JW OL1 (Optiona l for V er sion 8. x)

Pin Assignment

1

JWOL1

1 +5V_SB
2 Ground
3 Wake up

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Pow er Sourc e Select io n for Keyboard/ Mo use: JK BV1 (Optiona l for
Version 8.x)

JKBV1 Assignment Description

3

+5V +5V for keyboard and mous e

1

Pin 1-2 close

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

+5V St andby
Voltage

PS/2 Mouse and PS/ 2 Keyboard
are powered with +5V s t andby

volt age

Note:

In or der to pow er-on ke yboard and mouse func tion, “JKBV1” jum p er cap
should be placed on pin 2-3.

Fro nt Panel Connector: JPANEL1

This 24 -pin con ne ct or i nclude s Po wer-on, Re set , HDD LED, Power LED,
Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the

PC case’s front panel switch functions.

PWR LED

SLP

(+) (-)(+)

224
123

SPK

(+) (-)

HLED

RST

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep Control
3 NA 4 Ground

5 NA 6 NA NA
7 Speaker

9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LE D (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power Button
15 Reset Control

Speaker
Connector

Hard Drive
LED

Reset
Button

17 NA 18 KEY
19 NA 20 KEY

21 +5V 22 Ground

IrDA
Connector

23 IRTX

IRON/OFF

IR

JPANEL1

8 Power LE D (+)

12 Power LE D (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

Sleep
Button

POWER
LED

Power-on
Button

IrDA
Connector

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Pow er Sourc e Select io n for USB: JU SBV 1/ JUSBV2/ JU SBV4 (Optional
for Ve rs ion 8.x)

JUSBV1/JUSBV2/

JUSBV4

1 3

Pin 1-2 c lose

1 3

Pin 2-3 c lose

Note:

1. In order to powe r-on USB device s function, “JUSBV1/JUSBV2/
JUSBV4 ” jumper cap shoul d be placed on pi n 2-3 respectively.

2. For S3 mode, “JUSBV1/ JUSBV2/ JUSBV4” jumper cap should
be p l aced on pi n 2- 3 respectiv ely.

Assignment Description

JUS BV1: 5V for JUSB1 port

+5V

+5V St andby

Voltage

JUS BV2: 5V for JUSBLAN1 po rt
JUS BV4: 5V for JUSB2 port

JU SBV1: JUSB1 port powered with

st andby voltage of 5V

JU SBV2: JUSBLAN1 port powered

with s tandb y voltage o f 5V

JU SBV4: JUSB2 port powered with

st andby voltage of 5V

Cas e Op en Co nnect or: J CL1

This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal
has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on
next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

1

JCL 1

1 Case Open Signal
2 Ground

CD - ROM Aud io-In H eader: J CD I N 1

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty
devices, like CD-ROM , DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner ca rd

etc..

Pin Assignment

Left Channel Input
Ground

Ground
Right Channel In put

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JCDIN1

1

1
2

3
4

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Front Panel Audio Header: JF_AUDIO1

This header allows user to co nnect the front audio out put cable wit h th e
PC front panel. It will disable the outp ut on back panel audio co nnector s.

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Pin Assi gnm ent Pin Assignment

Mic In / C enter

1

Mic Power/ Bass

3

Right Line Out/ Speaker Ou

5

Right
Reser ved

7

Left Line Out/ Speaker Out

9

Lef t

1
2

JF_AUDIO1

Ground

2

Audio Power

4

Right Line Out / Speaker Out

6

Right
Key

8

Left Line Out/ Speak er Out Lef t

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Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS

By placing the j ump er ca p on pi n2- 3, it al l ow s user to restor e the BI OS safe
setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid

d a mag i ng the mo t h er boa r d.

JCMOS Assignment

3

Normal Operation (default)

1

Pin 1-2 Close

3

1

Pin 2-3 Close

Note:

If your syste m doe s not h ave scr e e n outp u t (No Displ ay ) aft er over -c l ock, it
was caused by the Over Limi t of CPU's Front-Side-Bus (FSB). We can

restore the CPU Original FSB by cl earing the CMOS setting. Once the
CMOS goes back to default setti ng, the System will able to boot-up agai n.

Clear CMOS Data

※ Clear the CMOS Se tt ing:

1. Turn o ff the system and remo ve AC p o wer cord from the power
supply.

2. Place the JCMOS1 jumper cap to Pin 2-3 and wait for 10 seconds.

3. Place the JCMOS1 jumper cap back to Pin 1-2.

4. Connec t AC pow er cord back t o pow er su pply and power on the
system .

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Digital Aud io Con nector : J_SPDI F 1

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

1

J_SPDIF1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3

+5V
SPDIF_OUT

Ground

System O pe rati o n Mode : JC LK3 (O pti o nal for Ve rs i on 8.x)

JCLK3 Assignment

1

Pin 1-2 Close

1

Pin 1-2 Open

Note:

When overclock function failed and system i s unable to boot-up, pl ease
fo ll ow the instr ucti on below:

1. Turn off the syste m.

2. Close d the JCL K3 jumpe r.

3. Turn on th e syst em .

4. Enter CMOS set up m enu and load defa ults sett i ngs.

5. Turn off the syste m.

6. Open the JCLK 3 jumpe r.

7. Turn on th e syst em .

Us er Mode (default )
(133/ 166/ 200 MH z)

Safe mode
(100 MHz)

Ba c k Pane l Connect ors

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2.4 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound 1. C PU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST
Long beeps ev ery other s ec ond N o DRAM detected or install

Beep Soun d Mean i n g

Video card not found or video c ard
mem ory bad

2. System will shut down aut om atically

2.5 TROUBLESHOOTING

Probable Solution

1. No power t o t he syst em at all Power
light don’t illuminate, fan ins ide powe

supply does not turn on.

2. I ndicator light on k eyboard does not
turn on.

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

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

drive, c an be boot ed from optic al drive.

Sys t em only boots from optic al drive. H ard
disk can be read and applications can be

used but booting from hard disk is
impossible.

Screen message says “Invalid
Conf igurat ion” or “CMOS F ailure.”

Cannot boot syste m af t er insta lling second
hard driv e.

1. Make sure power cable is securely
plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. C ontact technic al support.

Us ing even pressure on both ends of the
DI MM, press down f irmly until t he module

snaps into plac e.

1. C heck cable running from disk t o disk
controller board. Make sure both

ends are securely plugged in; check
the drive type in the standard CMOS

setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
ext rem ely import ant. All hard disks

are capable of break ing down at any
time.

1. Back up dat a and applications files.

2. R eformat the hard drive. Re-inst all
app li cations and da ta using backup

disks.

Review s ys tem’s equipme nt. Make sure
correct information is in setup.

1. Set master/slave jumpers correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and select
correct drive types. Call the drive

ma nufact urers for compat ibility wit h
other drives.

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CHAPTER 3: WARPSPE EDER™

3.1 INTRODUCTION

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

Monitor.
With the Overcl ock Manager, users can easil y adjust the frequency they prefer
or they can get the best CPU performance with just one cli ck. The Overvoltage

Manager, on the ot her hand, helps to pow er up C PU core voltage and Mem or y
voltage. The cool Hardware Monitor smartl y indicates the temperatures, voltage

and CPU fan speed as wel l as the chipset informati on. Also, in the About panel,
you can get detail descri ptions about BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the
frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are
synchr onica l ly sh own on our ma i n panel.

Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate
when t est ing and r esult s in system fail or hang, [ W arpSpeeder™] technolog y

assures the system sta bili ty by auto m at i cal ly rebootin g the compu ter and then
restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one.

3.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Wi ndows 98 SE, Windows Me, Wi ndows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operati ng system includes
DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install Di rectX 8.1.)

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3.3 INSTA LLATION

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

2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is
com plet e d. I f the “ L aunch t he W ar pSpeeder Tray Util ity” checkb ox is
che c ked , the Tra y Icon utility an d [ WarpSpeeder™] u tility w ill be

automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish” button.

Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this
user manual will change accordi ng to your motherboard on hand.

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3.4 [WARPSPEEDER ™] INC LUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS:

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a li ttle tray icon
on the right si de of Windows Taskbar.

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

inv oke [War pS p eeder™] dir ectly fr om t he l ittle t r ay ico n or you c an
right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following fi gure.

The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same functi on as
mouse left - click on tray i c on and “ Ex i t” item w ill cl ose Tray I c on util ity i f
sel ected.

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2. Main Panel

If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please
refer to the following figure; the utili ty’s first window yo u will see is Main
Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows :

a. Di splay the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP

cl oc k, and PC I cl ock i nformation.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons

f or i nvo king resp ecti ve panels.

c. With a user-friendly Status Animati on, it can represent 3 overclock

percentage stages:
Man walking→overcl ock percentage from 100% ~ 110 %
Panther running→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%

Car ra c ing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Voltage Panel

Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highli ghted and
t he Voltag e Panel will slide out to up as the fol l owing fig ure .

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core vol tage and Memory
voltage or not. The d e faul t setting is “No”. If you want to get the best

performance of overclocking, we recommend you cli ck the opti on “Yes”.

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4. Over clock Panel

Click the O vercl ock button in Main Pa nel, th e b utton will be hig hlighted
and the Overclock Panel will sl ide out to left as the followi ng figure.

Overclock Panel contains the these featu res:

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

button”: provi de user the ability to do real-time overclock
adjustment.

Warning:

Manually ov erc lock is potentially dangerous, especially when t he
overclocking percent age is over 110 %. W e s trongly recomm end you v erif y

every speed y ou overclock by c lick the Verify button. Or, y ou can just clic k
Auto ov erclock button and let [WarpSpeeder™] aut om atic ally gets the best

re sult for you.

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

sel ect a restori ng way if system need to do a f ail -safe reboot.

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

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[WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and
f requenc y autom atically. [War pSpeeder™ ] utility wi ll execute a

series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe
reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the
[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default setting or

load the verified best and stable frequency according to the
Re cove ry Di alog’s se tti n g.

e . “Veri fy button”: Use r can click thi s bu tton and [WarpSpee der™] will

p rocee d a testing for curr ent frequency . If the tes ti n g is ok, then th e
current frequency will be saved into system registry. If the testing fail,
system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot, the

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

Re cove ry Di alog’s se tti n g.

Note:

Becaus e the testing programs, invok ed in Auto-ov erclock and Verify,
include D irec tDraw, D irect3D and D irec tShow tests, the Direct X 8.1 or
newer runtime library is required. And please mak e sure y our dis play c ard’s
color depth is H igh color (16 bit) or True color( 24/ 32 bit ) t hat is required f or
Direct3D rendering.

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5 . Hardware Mo n itor Panel

Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel, the button will be
highlighted and the H ard w are Mo nitor panel will slide out to l eft as t he
followi n g figure.

In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your system.
The infor m ation wi l l be r efr eshe d ever y 1 s ec on d.

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6. About Panel

Click the “about ” button i n M ai n Panel, th e button will be hi ghli ghted and
the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure.
I n this panel, y ou c an get model name and detai l in formation in hi nts of

all the chipset that are related to overclocki ng. You can also get the
mainboard’s BI OS model and the Version number of [ War pSpeeder™ ]

utility.

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Note:

Because the overclock, overvol tage, and hardware monitor features are
controlled by several sep ar ate chi pset, [WarpSpeeder™ ] divide these

features to separate panel s. If one chipset i s not on board, the correlative
button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interf ere other panels’
functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™] utility more robust.

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

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features..........................................................................12

5 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................16

6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 21

7 PnP/PCI Configuratio ns............................................................................... 24

8 PC Health Status ..........................................................................................26

9 Frequency Control .......................................................................................28

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BIOS Setup

Intro duction

T his manual discussed Award™ Setup pr ogram built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is
th en sto red in bat te ry- bac ke d RAM so th at it retains the S etu p info rmatio n when the power
is turned off.

T he Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s RO M (Read Only Mem ory ) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports AMD

input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices
such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

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

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your
system using Setup.

Plug and Play Support

These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ESCD
(Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.

EPA Gree n PC Support

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

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported.
Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

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PCI Bus Suppo rt

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

DRAM Support

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

Supporte d CP Us

This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD

Us ing Set up

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

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

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to p revio us item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arro w Move to t he i tem o n the left (me nu bar)
Right arrow Move to t he item on the right (me nu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit a nd not save changes into CMOS

F1 k ey Genera l help on Setup navi ga tion ke ys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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CPU.

Status Page Setup Me nu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
Current page and return to Main Menu

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the
screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow
keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

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

installed on board, for update information.

 Figure 1. Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advance d BIOS Features

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

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed

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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 Volta ge and CPU/PCI clock. (However,
this functio n is strongly recommended not to use. Not pro perly change the voltage and

clock may cause CPU or M/B damage!)

Lo ad Optimi ze d De fa u l ts

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems
particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making
changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

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Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way
as the Superv isor Password. If the Sup ervisor Pass wor d is set and t he Us er P a ssword 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 disp layed before proceeding.

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation
message will be displayed before proceedin g.

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and
then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 2. Standard CMOS Setup

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Main Menu Selections

This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note

Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal

IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

Drive A

Drive B

Video EGA/VGA

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

CGA 40

CGA 80

MONO

that the ‘Day’ automatically
changes when you set the
date.

clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Select the t ype of flop py
disk drive installed in your
system.

Select the default video
device.

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Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

you want the BIOS to stop

the POST process and

notify you.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

available in the system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Fig ure 3. Adva nce d BIOS Se tup

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device

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

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.
The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default).

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Cache Setup

CP U In ternal Cache

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

The Choices:
Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

External Cache

This option you to enable or disable “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU,
which may improve performance.

The Choices:
Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

Virus Warning

T his opt ion a llow s you to choose the Virus Warnin g feature that is used to protect the IDE
Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the
boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled Virus protection is activated.

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.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.
Disabled Normal POST.

Boot Up NumLock Sta tus

Selects the NumLock. State after power on.

On (default) Numpad is number keys.
Off Numpad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Select if ch ipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.

Normal A pin in the keyboard controller

controls Gate A20.

Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

Typematic Rate Se tting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard
controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Typematic Rate (Chars /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 Optio n

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

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

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

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

APIC Mode

By selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating
system.
The Ch oices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

MPS Vers ion Cont rol For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.
Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer.
The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.

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

Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution.

The Choices:
Enabled (default) Optional ROM is enabled.
Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/ disable disp lay the Summary Screen Show.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

also required to access the Setup Utility.

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your
system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as
DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came
with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are
suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.

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Fig ure 4. Adva nce d Chipse t Set up

System Performance

Optimal (Default)

T his it em a llo ws y ou to use the most stable sett ings .

Expert

T his it em a llo ws f ul l cu sto miza t ion o f pe rf orm an ce.

Ag gressive
This item allows you to use the overclocked settings for higher performance but

with higher risk of inestability.

Turbo

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FSB Fre quenc y

This item allows you to select the FSB Frequency.

The Choices: 100MHz (Default), 133MHz, 166MHz, 200MHz.

CPU Interface

Optimal (Default)
T his it em a llo ws you to use t he most stable CPU/ FSB pa ram et ers.

Ag gressive

This item allows you to use overclocked CPU/ FSB parameters.

Turbo

Memory Frequency

Select “Auto” for best performance.

The Choices: By SPD (Default), 50%, 60%, 66%, 75%, 80%, 83%, 100%, 120%,
125%, 133%, 150%, 166%, 200%, Auto.

Memo ry Ti mings

Optimal (Default)

T his it em a llo ws y ou to use the most stable sett ings .

Expert

This item allows you to enter timings manually.

Turbo

T(RAS)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

The Choices: 7 (Default), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

T(RCD)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

The Choices: 1 (Default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

T (RP)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

The Choices: 1 (Default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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CAS Latency

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

The Choices: 2.5 (Default), 2.0, 3.0.

FSB Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the FSB Spread Spectrum.

The Choices: 0.50% (Def ault).

AGP Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the AGP Spread Spectrum.

The Choices: Disabled (Def ault ).

Frame Buffer Size

This item allows you to select the Frame Buffer Size.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The apertures is a portion
of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host
cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

AGP Frequency

This item allows you to select the AGP Frequency.

AGP 8X Support

This item allows you to enable or disable AGP 8X Support.

AGP Fast Write Capability

T his item allo ws you Enabled or Disa b led AGP Fast Write Cap abi lity.

CPU Thermal Throttling

T his item allo ws you to select the CPU Thermal Thr ot tling.

The Choices: 32M (Default), 8M, 16M, 64M, 128M, Disabled.

The Choices: 64 (default), 4, 8, 16, 32, 128, 256.

The Choices: Auto (Default), 50MHz, 66M Hz, 67MHz, 68M Hz, 69 MHz,
70MHz, 71MHz, 72MHz, 73MHz, 74MHz, 75MHz, 76MHz, 77MHz, 78MHz,
79MHz, 80MHz, 81MHz, 82MHz, 83MHz, 84MHz, 85MHz, 86MHz, 87MHz,
90MHz, 93MHz, 95MHz, 97MHz, 100MHz.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

The Choices: 50% (Default), Disabled, 87.5%, 75%, 62.5%, 37.5%, 25%,

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12.5%.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh,
resultin g a better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area,

a system error may result.

The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

Video RAM Cacheable

Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM, resultin g a better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may

re su lt.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE Function S et up

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
Select “Enabled” to activate the first and / or second IDE interface. If you install a primary

and / or secondary add-in IDE interface, select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface. If you
hi gh ligh t th e literal “Press Enter” next to the “Onchip IDE Con tro l” lab e l and then press th e
enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the f irst and/or second IDE
interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

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 of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0
through 4 provides successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the
system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

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

IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA

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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 Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive
access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary

and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Blo ck m ode is a lso called block transfer, mu ltip le c ommands, or mult ip le se cto r
read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do),
select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal
number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboa rd Device

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

AC97 Modem

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Modem.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC LAN (nVIDIA)

T his it em a llo ws you to se lec t MAC LAN.

The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled.

Ma chi ne M AC ( NV) Ad dre ss

This item allows you to enable or disable Machine MAC Address.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

MAC (NV) Address Input

Onchip 1394 Chip

This item allows you to set the Onchip 1394 Chip.

The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA f irst.

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The Choices: Onboard/AGP , PCI Solt (default).

OnChip USB

T his item allo ws you to set t he o nchip USB.
The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1.

USB Device Legacy Support

This item allows you to enable or disable USB devices.
Ena bled (default) Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support.

Serial ATA

This item allows you to enable or disable Serial ATA function.
Th e Ch oices: Enable d (Default), Disabled.

Onboa rd I/O C hip Setup

On board FDC Controll er

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.

On bo ard Serial Po rt 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.

On bo ard Serial Po rt2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
The Choices: Disab led, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3 (default), 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
Auto.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O

chip.

The Choices: Normal, ASKIR, IrDA (default).

RxD, TxD Active

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O

chip.

The Choices: Hi / Lo (default), Hi / Hi, Lo / Hi, Lo / Lo.

IR Tran smissi o n De lay

T his it em a llo ws you to en able/disable IR transm iss ion de lay.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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UR2 Duplex Mode

Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex

mo de p ermits simulta neous two-direct ion transm ission. Half-duple x mode

permits transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half (d ef ault ), Full.
Use IR Pins

Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD

and RxD signals.

The Choices: IR-Rx2Tx2 (default), RxD2, TxD2.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with

which I/O address.

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

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.
SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

EP P Us in g Pa rallel port as E nhanced P aralle l
Port.
EC P Usin g Parallel port as Extended Capa bi lities
Port
EC P+ EPP Usin g P ar alle l por t a s EC P & EPP mode.

EPP Mode Select

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

The Choices: EPP 1.7(default), EPP1.9.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

Game Port Address

Game Port I/O Address.

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

Midi Port Address

Midi Port Base I/O Address.

The Choices: 330 (default), 300, 290, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

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.

Figure 6. Power Management Setup

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ACP I function

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

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

ACP I 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

Power Management

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

1.HDD Power Down.

2. Su spe nd M ode .

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

Min. Power Saving

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

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Su spend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User De fi ned (default)

Allows you to set each mode individually.
When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD
Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

Video Off Method

T his opt ion d ete rm ines the manner in whic h th e mo nit or is goes blank.

V/H SYNC+Blank

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

Blank Screen

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPM S S uppo rt (default)

In itia l d isp lay po wer management signa ling.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity.
Al l oth er dev ices re main active.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7 Min,8 Min,
9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

HDD Down In Suspend

This item allows you to enable or disable HDD Down In Suspend.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the

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Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”

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

WOL (PME#) From Soft -Off

This item allows you to enable or disable the WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable the WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

S3 Resume by USB (Win98)

This item allows you to enable or disable S3 Resume by USB (Win98).

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Power-On by Alarm

This item allows you to enable or disabled power on by alarm.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

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 the CMOS area that retains these 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). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from
the Power Supply is used. When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3.3V from the
Power Supply will be used.
There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”.

“Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC

po wer is los t.

“On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC

“Off” (default) Means always set CMOS to the “Off” status when AC

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.

po wer is los t

po wer is los t.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

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

Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations

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Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the 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 to it. The
system needs to r ecord and update ESCD to the me mory locations. T hes e locations (4 K)
are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s
ESCD will update only when the 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
“D isab le d” mode.

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources
controlled by function.

Le gacy is the ter m, which s ignif ies tha t a resource is assigned to the IS A Bus an d provides

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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: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Resources Co ntrolle d By

By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources
and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.By

Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure
that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.

IRQ Resources

This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type
of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to
a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only
configurable when “Resources Controlled By” is set to “Manual”.

IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VG A 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 contro ller is drawn fro m the pa lette
table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graph ic controller
needs to know wh at is in the palette of th e VGA contr oller . To do this, the non -VGA
graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop
data. In PCI based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA
graphic controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the
ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write.

In this case, t he PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop
the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic

controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation,
you should disable this option.

Disabled (default) Disables the function.
Enabled Enables the function.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Status

Current CPU Temperature

Show you the current CPU temperature.

Current SYSFAN Speed

This field displays the current SYSFAN speed.

Current CPUFAN Speed

This field displays the current CPUFAN speed.

CP U Vco re / AGP Vco re/ +3.3 V/ +12 V/ -12V/ -5V

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage.
The item offers several delay time to select you want.
The C hoice s: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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Chassis Open Warning

This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep.
The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

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9 Frequency Control

 Figure 9. F re que ncy Control

CPU Voltage Regulator

T his item allo ws you to select CPU Voltage Re gu lat or .
The Choices: Default (default), -0.025V, -0.050V, -0.075V, -0.100V, +0.025V, +0.050V,
+0.075V.

AGP Voltage Regulator

T his item allo ws you to select AGP Vo lta ge Re gu lat or .

The Choices: 1.5V (Default), 1.6V, 1.7V, 1.8V.

DRAM Voltage Regulator

T his item allo ws you to select DRAM Vo lta ge Regulator.

The Choices: 2.5V (Default), 2.6V, 2.7V, 2.8V.

IGP Voltage Regulator

This item allows you to select IGP Voltage Regulator.
The Choices: 1.6V (Default), 1.7V, 1.8V, 1.9V.

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