Biostar N68S, MCP6PB M2 PLUS BIOS MANUAL
MCP6PB M2+/N68S BIOS Setup
Table of Contents
BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 2
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 4
2 Standard CMOS Features..................................................................... 7
3 Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 9
4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 15
5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 18
6 Power Management Setup................................................................... 25
7 PnP/PCI Configurations...................................................................... 29
8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 32
9 Performance Booster Zone.................................................................. 35
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MCP6PB M2+/N68S BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup
Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-Award™
BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to
modify the basic s ystem co nfiguratio n and save these settings to C MOS RAM.
The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup
info rmation when the po wer is tu rned off.
Basic Inp ut-Output System (BIOS) d etermines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and
outp ut devices suc h as keybo ard, mouse, se rial ports and d isk drives. BIOS
activates at the first stage of the booting p rocess, loading and executing the
operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chips et fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in
BIOS Set up.
Plug and Play Support
This PHOENI X-AWARD BIOS suppor ts the Plug and Pla y Version 1. 0A
specification.
EPA Green PC Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC
specification.
APM Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS suppo rts Versio n 1.1& 1.2 of t he Advanc ed
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 monito rs can also be managed by this PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS.
ACPI Support
Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b 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 PHOENI X-AWARD BIOS also s upports Versio n 2.3 of the Intel PCI
(Peripheral Co mpo nent Interconnect) local bus specificatio n.
DRAM Support
DDR2 S DRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
Supported CPUs
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
Using Setup
Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the plac e, p ress <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 t he Setup p rogra m by using the ke yboard.
Keystroke Function
Up arrow Move to p revio us item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arro w Move to the item on the left (menu bar)
Right arrow Move to t he item o n the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make c hanges
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes
- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS
F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values fro m CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
Current page and re turn to Main Menu
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MCP6PB M2+/N68S BIOS Setup
1 Main Menu
Onc e you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
will appear on t he screen. The Main Menu allows you to s elect from several
setup functions. Us e the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>
to accept and enter the sub-menu.
!! WARNING !!
For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being
continuously updated. The BIOS informatio n d escrib ed in
this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is for yo ur
reference only. The actual BIOS information and s ettings on
board may be slightly different from this manual.
Figure 1: Main Menu
Standar d CMOS Fe atures
This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.
Advanced BIOS Features
This submenu allo ws yo u to conf igur e advanc ed featur es of the BIOS.
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Advanced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.
Integrated Peripherals
This s ubmenu allows yo u 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 C onfigurations
This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options.
PC Health Status
This submenu allows yo u to monitor t he hardware of your system.
Performance Booster Zone
This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock.
(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and
cloc k improperly may damage t he CPU or M/B!)
Load Opti mized Defaults
This selection allows you to relo ad the BIOS when problem occurs during
system booting sequenc e. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will be disp layed b efore defaults are
set.
Set Supervisor Password
Setting the supervisor pass wo rd will prohibit everyone exc ept the supervisor
from making c hanges us ing the C MOS Setup Utility. You will b e prompted with
to ent er a pass word.
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Set User Password
If the Supervisor P assword is not s et, then the User P assword will function in
the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and
the Us er Password is s et, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but
will not b e able to change them.
Save & Exit Setup
Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation
message will be displayed before proceeding.
Exit Without Saving
Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.
Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.
Upgrade BIOS
This submenu allows you to up grade bios.
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2 Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories.
Each category inc lud es no, on e or mo re than o ne setup items. Us e the arrow
keys to highlight the item and t hen use the<P gUp> or <PgDn> keys to se lect the
value you want in each item.
Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup
Main Menu Selections
This table shows the items and the availab le options on the Main Menu.
Item Options Description
Date mm : dd : yy
Time hh : mm : ss
IDE Channel 0 Master
IDE Channel 0 Slave
Options are in its sub
Options are in its sub
menu.
menu.
Set the system date. Note
that the ‘Day’ automatically
changes when you set the
date.
Set the system internal
clock.
Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options
Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.
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Item Options Description
360K, 5.25 in
1.2M, 5.25 in
Drive A
Video
Halt On
Base Memory N/A
Extended Memory N/A
Total Memory N/A
720K, 3.5 in
1.44M, 3.5 in
2.88M, 3.5 in
None
EGA/ VG A
CGA 40
CGA 80
MONO
All Errors
No Errors
All, But Keyboard
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/ Key
Select the type of floppy
disk drive installed in your
system.
Select the default video
device.
Select the situation in which
you want the BIOS to stop
the POST process and
notify you.
Displays the amount of
conventional memory
detected during boot up.
Displays the amount of
extended memory detected
during boot up.
Displays the total memory
available in the system.
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3 Advanced BIOS Features
Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup
Cache Setup
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CPU Internal Cache
Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory
ac ces s time with this optio n.
Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disab le cache.
External Cache
This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which
may improve performance.
Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disab le cache.
Boot Seq & Floppy Setup
This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.
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Removable Device Prior ity
Select Removable Boot Device Priority.
The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-F DD0 , US B-FD D1, USB-ZIP0,
USB-ZIP 1, LS 120.
Hard Disk Boot Priority
The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence
automatically.You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.
The Choices : Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USBHDD0,
USBHDD1, USBHDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.
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CD-ROM Boot Priority
The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Mas ter, Sec. S lave, USB-CDROM0,
USB-CDROM1.
First/Second /Third Boot Device
The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.
The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CDROM, Legacy LAN, Disabled.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device
when it failed to load from the three devices above.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek
When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40
or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to
boot-up.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
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