Biostar NF4ST-A9 Owner's Manual

NF4ST-A9

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Table of Contents

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

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

1.2 Package Checklist...................................................................6

1.3 Layout & Components........................................................... 7

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.....................................8

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU).............................................8

2.2 Fan Headers........................................................................... 10

2.3 Memory Modules Installation............................................. 11

2.4 Connectors, & Slots...............................................................12

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup........................... 13

3.1 How to setup Jumpers.........................................................13

3.2 Detail Settings........................................................................13

Chapter 4: Useful Help....................................................19

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code....................................................... 19

4.2 Troubleshooting....................................................................19

Chapter 5: NVIDIA RAID Functions................................20

5.1 Operation System ................................................................. 20

5.2 Raid Arrays............................................................................ 20

5.3 How RAID Works ................................................................ 21

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

6.1 Introduction...........................................................................25

6.2 System Requirement.............................................................25

6.3 Installation.............................................................................26

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

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 939.
Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX processor.
Supports AMD Athlon 64 processor.
Supports AMD Sempron processor.
AMD 64 architecture enables sim ultaneous 32 and 64 bit

computing.
Supports HyperTransport Technology.
Supports AMD Cool’n’Quiet Technology.

Chipset

NVIDIA nForce4 (CK8-04):

- Supports NVIDIA Firewall.

- Supports Gigabit Ethernet.

- Supports 10 USB 2.0 ports.

- Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility.

- Supports 1 PCI-Express x16 interface graphics slot.

- Supports 4 SATA ports, each channel up to 1.5Gb/s.

- Supports NVIDIA RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1

and RAID 0+1.

- Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode
and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Master Mode.

- Compliant with AC’97 version2.3 specification.

- Complaints with PCI-Express Version 1.a specification.

Operating Systems

Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Note: Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME.

Supports SCO UNIX.

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Dimensions

ATX Form Factor: 23.4cm (W) x 29.35cm (L)

Main Memory

Supports Dual Channel DDR.
Supports 8 banks in total.

Supports DDR333 and DDR400.
Certified DDR400 List:

- Please check the website:
http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?
name=NF4ST-A9

Maximum memory size i s 4GB.

DIMM Socket

Location

DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM3 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM4 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

Total Memory

Size (MB)

Max is 4 GB.

DDR Installation Notice:

Please follow the table below to install DDR memory module, or

the system may not boot up or may not function properly.
“SS” represents Single Side DDR memory module.
“DS” represents Double Side DDR memory module.
Star sign “*” represents leave the DIMM socket empty.

DIMM1 SS/DS
DIMM2
DIMM3
DIMM4

* * *
*
* * *

*

SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS

SS/DS

On-board IDE

2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO mode 4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA

33/66/100/133 bus master mode.

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Serial ATA

4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA)

ports.

Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification.
Data transfer rates up to 1.5Gb/s.

Slots

Three 32bit PCI bus master slots.
Two PCI-Express x1 slots:

- PCI Express 1.0a compliant.

- Bandwidth 250MB/s per direction.

One PCI-Express x16 slot.

- PCI Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s

simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s
totally.

One Xtreme Graphics Port slot. (See p.12 for detail information)

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8712F.
Low Pin Count Interface.
Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- ITE's "Smart Guardian" function

On-board AC’97 Audio Sound Codec

Chip: ALC850.

 Compliant with AC’97 version2.3 specificat ion.
 Supports 8 channels audio output.

Chip: ALC655 (optional).

 Compliant with AC’97 version2.3 specificat ion.
 Supports 6 channels audio output.

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IEEE 1394A Chip (optional)

Chip: VIA VT6307.
Supports 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s.

Gigabit LAN

NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201.
Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.
Half/Full duplex capability.
Supports personal Firewall setup.
Supports ACPI power management.
Supports NVIDIA StreamThru technology

- Isochronous controller paired with Hyper Transport results
in fastest networking performance

Security

NVIDIA Firewall technology

- Native firewall solution

Advanced features

- Remote access, configuration, monitoring

- Command line interface (CLI)

- WMI scripts.

Storage

NVIDIA RAID Technology

- RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application
performance

- RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance
Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller
standards

- RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest
performance with fault tolerance

Internal On-board Connectors and Headers

1 audio-out header supports audio-out facilities.

1 front panel header supports front panel facilities.

1 CD-in connector supports CD-ROM audio-in function.

1 SPDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.

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1 SPDIF-in connector supports digital audio-in function

(optional).
1 IEEE1394 header supports 1 1394 Firewire port (optional).
1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K, 720K,

1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.

2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.

3 USB headers support 6 USB 2.0 ports at front panel.
4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices.

Rear (Back Panel) Side Connectors

1 PS/2 Mouse Port.
1 PS/2 Keyboard Port.
1 Printer Port.
1 Serial Port. (JCOM2 is optional.)
1 1394 Firewire Port (optional).

1 RJ-45 LAN jack.
4 USB 2.0 Ports.
6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities.

(With ALC850)

JKMBS1

PS/2

Mouse

JPRNT1

Printer Port

J1394_USB 1

1394 Port
(optional)

JUSBLAN1

LAN

Connector

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

JCOM1

Center/Left

Rear

Side

COM2

(optional)

JCOM2

(optional)

USB *2

USB *2

Line-in

Line-out

MIC-in

5

3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out facilities.

(With ALC655, optional)

JKMBS1

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.

Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI.

Supports USB Function.

Bundled Software

Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™.

COM1

JCOM1

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JPRNT1

Printer Port

COM2

(optional)

JCOM2

(optional)

J1394_USB 1

1394 Port
(optional)

USB *2

JUSBLAN1

LAN

Connector

USB *2

Line-in/Rear

Line-out
MIC-in/

Center/
Left

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Cable X 1 (optional)
IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 LAYOUT & COMPONENTS

JKBMS1

JCOM1

JCOM2

(optional)

J1394_USB1

JUSBLAN1

JKBMSV1

C
O
M
1

JPRNT1

C
O
M
2

J1394_USBV1

JATXPWR2

CPU1

JCFAN1

JATXPWR1

Socket 939

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM4

DIMM3

EARPHONEJACK1

JAUDIO2

PCI-EX x1

PEX1-2

PCI-EX x1

PEX1-1

Giga LAN

J1394PWR1
(optional)

IEEE 1394

Chip

(optional)

JCDIN1

PCI1

JSPDIF_OUT

PCI2

Codec

JSPDIF_IN1

PCI3

Note: ■ represents the 1

XGP1

PCI-EX16

st

nForce4

(CK8-04)

pin.

Super I /O

J1394A1
(optional)

JNBFAN1

JSATA1 JSATA2 JSATA3 JSATA4

JCI1

BIOS

JPANEL1

IDE2

IDE1

FDD1

JUSB3JUSB2JUSB1

JUSBV1

JCMOS1

BA T1

JSFAN1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 3: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU

should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in
the correct orientation.

Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete

the installation.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

1

3

System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1

1

3

North Bridge Fan Power Header: JNBFAN1

1

3

Note:

The JCFAN1, JSFAN1and JNBFAN1 support system cooling fan with

Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head connector. When

connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wi re is the

positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground

and should be connected to GND.

2 CPU Fan Control
3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION

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

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip
snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.4 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 disk types. This
connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133
functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and 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.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI3

This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for
expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

Xtreme Graphics Port Slot: XGP1

This XGP (Xtreme Graphics Port) slot is a special design that only
supports compatible AGP VG A card s.

To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please make sure
to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver
installation. If the onboard VGA driver has already been installed before
you install the add-on AGP VGA card, the system will automatically set
the onboard VGA as the primar y graphics adapter .

For the onboard VGA driver can’t be removed completely, and to solve
this problem, please follow the steps below,

1. Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system, and reboot
PC. After PC restarts, the system will automatically set the AGP
VGA card as the graphics adapter.

2. Re-install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card
function can be used.

Note:

Please go to “http://www.biostar.com.tw
about XGP compatible AGP cards.

” for more detailed information

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is
placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is
“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

ATX Power Source Connectors: JATXPWR1/JATXPWR2

JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power
connector on the ATX power supply.

JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU
power circuit.

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JATXPWR2

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 14 -12V
3 Ground 15 Ground
4 +5V 16 PS_ON
5 Ground 17 Ground
6 +5V 18 Ground
7 Ground 19 Ground
8 PW_OK 20 -5V
9 Standby Voltage +5V 21 +5V

10 +12V 22 +5V

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11 +12V 23 +5V
12 Detect 24 Ground

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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

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Power Source Headers for USB Ports: J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1

Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

3

1

+5V

+5V standby
Voltage

J1394_USBV1: +5V for USB ports at

J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1.

JUSBV1: +5V for front USB headers

(JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3).

J1394_USBV1: USB ports at

J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1 are
powered with +5V standby voltage.

JUSBV1: Front USB headers

(JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered
with +5V standby voltage.

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB device,”
“J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3
individually.

Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1

Assignment Description

1
3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and
mouse”, “JKBMSV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3.

+5V +5V for keyboard and mouse

+5V Standby
Voltage

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

CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety
devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card
etc..

Pin Assignment

1 Left channel input

14

JCDIN1

2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right channel input

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Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO2

This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put
headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back panel audio
connectors.

With ALC850 Audio Sound Codec:

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Stereo MIC-in R. 2 Ground
3 Stereo MIC-in L. 4 Audio power

Right line out/Speaker out

5

Right
7 Reserved 8 Key
9 Left line out/Speaker out Left 10 Left line out/Speaker out Left

11 Right line in 12 Right line in
13 Left line in 14 Left line in

Right line out/Speaker out

6

Right

With ALC655 Audio Sound Codec (optional):

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Stereo MIC-in R/ Center 2 Ground
3 Stereo MIC-in L/ Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/Speake

5

Right
7 Reserved 8 Key
9 Left line out/Speaker-out Left 10 Left line out/Speaker out Left

Right line in/Rear speaker

11

Right

13 Left line in/Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in/Rear speaker Left

-out

Right line out/Speaker-out

6

Right

Right line in/Rear speaker

12

Right

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Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT

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

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

1

3

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT
3 Ground

Digital Audio-in Connector: JSPDIF_IN1 (optional)

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

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

1

3

JSPDIF_IN1

2 SPDIF In
3 Ground

Power Source Header for 1394 Chip: J1394PWR1 (optional)

Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

+3.3V

+3.3V SB +3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.

+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)

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

This connector allows user to connect the front 1394 port for digital
image devices.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

10

2

1 A+ 2 A­3 Ground 4 Ground
5 B+ 6 B­7 +12v 8 +12V
9 Key 10 Ground

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Header for Front Panel Faci li tie s: J PAN EL 1

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED,
Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect
the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

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24

1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground
5 N/A 6 N/A N/A
7 Speaker
9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control
17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset
button

IrDA
Connector

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JPANEL1

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

Sleep
button

Power LED

Power-on
button

IrDA
Connector

Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB1~JUSB3

This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC front
panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB
card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

10

2

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused)
3 USB- 4 USB­5 USB+ 6 USB+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Key 10 NC

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Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe
setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to
avoid damaging the motherboard.

JCMOS1 Assignment

1
3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

※

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

※※

Normal Operation (Default).

Clear CMOS data.

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

Case Open Header: JCI1

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

2

1

JCI1

1 Case open signal
2 Ground

Serial ATA Connector: JSATA1~JSATA4

The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 (CK8-04) with 4
channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer
rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+

7

1

4

3 TX- 4 Ground
5 RX- 6 RX+
7 Ground

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meaning

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST
Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install

4.2 TROUBLESHOOTING

Probable Solution

1. No power to the system at all
Power light don’t illuminate, fan
inside power supply does not turn
on.

2. Indicator light on keyboard does
not turn on.

System inoperative. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicator lights are lit,
and hard drive is spinning.

System does not boot from hard disk
drive, can be booted from optical drive .

System only boots from optical drive.
Hard disk can be read and applications
can be used but bootin g fro m hard d is k
is impossible.

Screen message says “Invalid
Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot system after installing
second hard drive.

Video card not found or video card
memory bad

System will shut down automatically

1. Make sure power cable is
securely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Using even pressure on both ends of
the DIMM, press down firmly until the
module snaps into place.

1. Check cable running from disk to
disk controller board. Make sure
both ends are secur ely plug ge d i n;
check the drive type in the
standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
extremely important. All har d disk s
are capable of breaking down at
any time.

Back up data and applications files.
Reformat the hard drive. Re-install

applications and data using backup
disks.

Review system’s equipment. Make
sure correct information is in setup.

Set master/slave jumpers correctly.
Run SETUP program and select

correct drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for compatibility with
other drives.

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CHAPTER 5: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS

5.1 OPERATION SYSTEM

Windows XP home Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows 2000 Professional

5.2 RAID ARRAYS

NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0:

RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes
times for many applications.

RAID 1:

RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.

RAID 0+1:

RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Spanning (JBOD):

JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes in to one
large disk.

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5.3 HOW RAID WORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array
system. It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk
reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel. The size of each
block is determined by the strip size parameter, which you set during
the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment.

This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high
bandwidth.

nVIDIA

nForce 4

(CK8-04)

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on

the platform.

 Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data

throughput, or any environment that does not require fault
tolerance.

 Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for

large files. No capacity loss penalty for parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in

the array fails, all data is lost.

 Fault Tolerance: No.

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RAID 1:

Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk
drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the
data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the
array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume
or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware
failure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a
form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to
more expensive and less reliable media.

nVIDIA
nForce 4
(CK8-04)

Block 1
Block 2
Block 3

Block 1
Block 2
Block 3

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.
 Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other

application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.

 Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive

fail, the controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one

drive. Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored suing RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a
RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency.

nVIDIA
nForce 4
(CK8-04)

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the

platform.

 Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance,

allowing for automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used
with other RAID levels in an array, and allows for spare disks.

 Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data

redundancy, the same as RAID level 1.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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Spanning (JBOD):

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it
were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single
drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed improvement or
fault tolerance.

nVIDIA

nForce 4

(CK8-04)

Single Logical

Drive

Disk 1: 40GB
Disk 2: 80GB
Disk 3: 40GB

Disk 4: 120GB

Features and Benefits

 Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you

want to combine them to make one big drive.

 Benefits: JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size drives

using all of the capacity of the drives.

 Drawbacks: Decreases performance because of the difficulty in

using drives concurrentl y.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

※

For more d etailed setup information, p leas e refer t o the Driver CD, or

http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html to download

go to

NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

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CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™

6.1 INTRODUCTION

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

With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they
prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The
Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core
voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates
the temperatures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset
information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about
BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU,
memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically
shown on our main panel.

Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not
appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang,
[WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the system stability by automatically
rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the
original system speed or a suitable one.

6.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

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

includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install
DirectX 8.1.)

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6.3 INSTALLATION

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

2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox
is checked, the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will 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 according to your motherboard on hand.

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6.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS

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 conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™]
Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to
invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can
right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following
figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same
function as mouse left-click on tray icon and “Exit” item will close
Tray Icon utility if selected.

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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 utility’s first window you will
see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock,

AGP clock, and PCI clock information.

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

Buttons for invoking respective panels.

c. With a user-friendly Status Animation, it can represent 3

overclock percentage stages:
Man walking→overclock percentage from 100% ~ 110 %

Panther running→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%
Car racing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Voltage Panel

Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted
and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure.

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get
the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the
option “Yes”.

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4. Overclock Panel

Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be
highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the
following figure.

Overclock Panel contains the these feature s:

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

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

Warning:

Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the
overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you
verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button. Or, you can
just click Auto overclock button and let [WarpSpeeder™] automatically
gets the best result for you.

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

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

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

[WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will 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 Recovery Dialog’s setting.

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

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok,
then the current frequency will be saved into 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 Recovery Dialog’s setting.

Note:

Because the testing programs, invoked in Auto-overclock and Verify,
include DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectShow tests, the DirectX 8.1 or
newer runtime library is required. And please make sure your display
card’s color depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is
required for Direct3D rendering.

5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel, the button will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as
the following figure.

In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your
system. The information will be refreshed every 1 second.

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6. About Panel

Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted
and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure.

In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints
of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get
the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of
[WarpSpeeder™] utility.

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Note:

Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide
these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the
correlative button in Main panel will be disa bled, but wi ll not int er f er e
other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.

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

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

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

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

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

5 Integrated Peripherals ...................................................................................... 15

6 Power Management Setup................................................................................ 20

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................................................................................... 23

8 PC Health Status ............................................................................................. 25

9 Frequency/Voltage Control...............................................................................27

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his manual discussed Award™ Setup pr ogra m built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special informat ion is
th en stor ed in bat tery -b acke d RAM so tha t it retains the Set up info rmat ion wh en th e power
is turned off.

T he Award BIOS™ installe d in you r com pute r sy ste m’s ROM (Re ad Only Memory) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Nvidia CK8

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

Addin g 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 P lay Version 1.0A specification. ESCD
(Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Vers ion 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(APM) specification. Power management features are implemented v ia 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 Configurat ion 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 S upport

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

DRAM Support

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

Suppo rted CP Us

T h is AWAR D BIO S s u ppor t s t h e AM D C P U.

Us i ng S etup

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 previous ite m
Down arrow Move to next i tem
Left arro w Move to the item o n the left (menu bar)
Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make c hanges
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 and not save changes into CMOS

F1 k ey Genera l help o n Setup navig ation ke ys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Me nu – 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 (Figu re
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS

installed on board, for update information.

 Fig ure 1. Main Menu

Standard CM OS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced 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 Pe ripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed
Input/ Output features.

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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.

Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Vo lta ge and CP U/PCI clock. (Ho wever,
this function is strongly recommended not to use. Not properly change the voltage
and clock may cause the CPU or M/B damage!)

Lo a d O p timi ze d D e fa ul ts

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

Set Supervisor Password

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

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Set User Password

If the Supervisor P assword is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way
as the Supervisor Pa ss word. If the Su pervisor Pas sword is set and th e Use r P a ss word is
set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

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

Exit Without Saving

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

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

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

Figure 2. Standard CM OS 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 su b

menu.

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its su b

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.

Selec t th e ty pe 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 sto p

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

 Figure 3. Advance d BIOS Setup

Cache Setup

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in
these items.

CP U Interna l Cache

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

Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disab led 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.
Disab led Disable cache.

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

Hard Disk Boot Priority

sequence selected in these items.

The Choices: Pri. Master, P ri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec, Slave, USBHDD0,
USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the

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First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device

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

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 opt ion w ill test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
tracks. Disablin g this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Virus Warning

T his op tion allow s you to choose th e Viru s War nin g feature t hat is used to pr otec t 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-T est (POST) to
execute after you power up the computer.

Boot Up NumLoc k Sta t us

Selects the NumLock. State after power on.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.

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

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

Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.
Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

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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

also required to access the Setup Utility.

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

only.

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

APIC MODE

MPS Vers ion Control For OS

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

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show.
The C ho ice s: Disabled, Enable d (default).

Selecting Enabled enables AP IC device mode reporting from the BIOS to
the operating system.

The Cho i c e s : Enab le d (default), Disabled.

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

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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.



Fig ure 4. Adva nced Chipse t Set up

CPU Frequency

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.

The Choices: 200.0 (default).

HT Frequency

This item allows you to select the HT Frequency.

The Choices: Auto (default).

HT Width

This item allows you to control the utilized width of the outgoing side of the
HyperT ransport link.

Err94 Enh

Th is item allows you t o ena ble/disab le the “seq uent ia l P ru fetc h Fea ture” o f K8 CPU.
Th e choices: Disabled (default), enable.

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CAS# Latency

This field spec if ies the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read data valid.
The Choices: CL=2.5 (default), CL=3.0, CL=2.0

Min RAS# active time (tRAS)

This field specifies the minimum RAS# active time. Typically -45-60 Nsec.
The Cho ices: 6 BUS CLOCKS (default), 13 BUS CLOCKS, 14 BUS CLOCKS,
15 BUS CLO CKS.

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: 3 BUS CLOCKS (default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS CLOCKS, 5
BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS, 7 BUS CLOCKS

Row precharge Time (tRP)

This field specifies the Row precharge Time. Precharge to Active or
Aut o-Refresh of the same b ank. Typ ically 20-24 N sec .
The Choices: 3 B US C LO C K S (default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS CLOCKS, 5
BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS.

CPU Spread Spectrum

The Cho i c e s : Center Spre ad (default).

SATA Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to disable \ enable the SATA spread spectrum function.
The Cho i c e s : Disabled (default), Enable.

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PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to disable \ enable the SATA spread spectrum function.

The Cho i c e s : Disabled (default), Enable.

SSE/SSE2 Instructions

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “Disabled ” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at

F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. However, any
programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in

system errors.
The Choices: Dis abled (default), En ab led.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE Func tion Set up

If you high light the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and then press
th e ente r key, it w ill take you a su bmenu w ith the fo llow in g o ption s :

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second
IDE interface. Select “Disab led” to deactivate an interface if you are

going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (P rogrammed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively.
In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode
for each device.

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

Prima ry / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE
hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA
driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to
enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Serial-ATA A

Enables support for Serial-ATA A.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

SATA DMA transfer
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Serial-ATA B

Enables support for Serial-ATA B.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

SATA2 DM A tra nsfer
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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RAID Configuration

RAID Enable

Th e Choice s: Di sabled (default), Enabled.

ONBOARD DEVICE

OnChip USB

T his 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: V1. 1+V2. 0 (default), Disabled, V1.1

USB Keybo ard Support

Enables support for USB attached keyboard.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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USB Mouse Support

Enables support for USB attached mouse.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

AC97 Audio

This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC LAN

This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

MAC Media Interface

The Choices: Pin Strap (default).

Onboard 1394

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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On bo ard

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.

FDC Controller

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Onboard Serial Port 1

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

O n bo a rd I R F unc t io n

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

UART Mode Select

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

The Choices: Normal, AS KIR, IrDA (default).

UR2 Duplex Mode

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

Half-duple x mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half ( default), Full.

Onboa rd Paral lel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with
which I/O Addres s.

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

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP ( defa ult) Usin g Paralle l port as Stan dard Print er Port.

EPP Using Parallel 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

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

IDE HDD Bloc k Mode

Block mode is also cal led bloc k transfer, m ult ip le c ommands, o r multip le sec tor
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
(m os t new d rives do), s elect Enab led for au toma tic de tection of the optim al
number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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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 Manageme nt Setup

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ACP I f unctio n

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

ACP I Sus pend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.

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. Susp en d Mode .
There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend

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

Min. Power Saving

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

Max. Power Saving

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Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Su spe nd Mo de = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User De fine (d efault)

Allows you to set each mode individually.
When not disabled, each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD

Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

Video Off Method

T his op tion dete rmine s the mann er in wh ich th e mon itor is goes blan k.

V/H SYNC+Blank

T his 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.

DPMS (default)

Initia l d isp lay power manageme nt s ignalin g.

The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity.
Al l othe r devices remain act ive.
The Cho ices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7 Min, 8 Min,
9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the
Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”

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

WOL (PME#) Fro m Soft-O ff

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

USB Resume from S3

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Power-On by Alarm

When you select Enabled, an alarm returns the system to Full ON state.

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Power on Functio n

This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer.
The C h o ic e s : Bu t to n O nly (default), Hot Key, Password, Mouse Move, Mouse Click, Any

Key, Keyboard 98.

KB Power ON Password

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

Hot Key Power on

This option allows you to choose a hot key to power on.

The Cho ices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8

POW E R A fte r PW R- Fail

This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts
occurs.
Off Leaves the computer in the power off state.
On Reboots the computer.
Former-Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs.

The Choices: Off (default), On, Former-Sts.

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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 commun icatin g 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 settin gs.

Figure 7. P nP/PCI Configurations

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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.

Resources Controlle 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.

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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”.

PCI / VG A Pa le tte Sno o p

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers wh ich are not VG A compatible
take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot
informat ion and VGA compatibility.

However, the color information comin g from the VGA contro ller is dr awn fro m the pa lette
table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graph ic controller
needs to kno w what is in the palett e of the VGA cont ro ller. T o 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 IS A 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 c ase, the PCI VGA controller shou ld not respond to the Write, it s hou ld 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.

Maximum Payload Size

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

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

Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP).
The Choice: 4096 (default.)

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8 PC Health Status

 Fig ure 8. PC Health Status

Chassis Open Warning

This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warnin g beep.

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Shutdo wn Te mperature

T his item allows you to set up the CPU sh utdown Tem pera ture. This it em only effe ctive
under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

The Cho ices: Disabled (default), 60℃/140F, 65℃/149F, 70℃ /158F, 75℃/167F.

CPU FAN Control

The Choice “smart” can make your CP U FAN to reduce noise.

The Choices: Alwa ys O n (default), Smart.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST
stage. The item offers several delay time for you to choose.

The Cho ices: Enabled (default), Disab led.

CPU Vcore/ +1.5V+3.3V/ +5.0V/ +12.0V/5V<SB>/ Voltage Batte ry

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

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CPU Temperature

This field displays the current temperature of the CPU.

Current CPU FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed of CP U fan.

Curre nt SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

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9 Frequency/Voltage Control

 Fig ure 8. PC Health Status

Hammer Vid Control

This item allows you to set different CPU frequency.

The Cho ices: StartUp (default), and other choices from 800Mhz to 5000Mhz.

Hammer Fid Control

This item allows you to set different CPU voltage.

The Cho ices: StartUp (default), and other choices from 1.625V to 0.8V.

DDR Voltage Reg ulator

This item allows you to set different DDR voltage.
The Choices: Default (default)

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