Biostar P4ARA-M BIOS Owner's Manual

P4ARA-M BIOS Setup

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 ..........................................................................................26

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

P4ARA-M BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his ma nual discussed Aw ard™ Setup program built into the R OM BIOS . T he Setu p program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is th en sto red in battery- backe d RAM so th at it ret ains the S etup infor ma tion wh en the powe r is turned off.

T he Award BIOS™ installed in yo ur com p uter syste m’ s ROM (R ead Only Me m ory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium

processor 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 Green 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. This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors .

ACPI Support

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Su ppo rt

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

DRAM Support

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

Suppo r te d CP Us

This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium

Us i ng Setup

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

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

Keystroke Function

Up arro w Move to p re vious item Down arrow Move to ne xt item Left arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar) Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar) Move E nter Move to the item you desi red 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 and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key Genera l he lp o n Se tup naviga tio n ke ys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

4 CPU.

Status Page Setup Menu 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 Feat ures

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

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

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Integrated Peripherals

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

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure certain “P lug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.

Fre que ncy Co ntrol

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (Howev er, this function is strongly recommended not to use. Not properly change the voltage

and clock may cause CPU or M/B damage!)

Lo a d Optimi ze d Defa ul ts

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particu larly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optim ized 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 usin g the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User P assword will function in the same way as the Super visor Passwor d. If the Sup ervisor P ass word is set an d the Us er Pa ssword is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

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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 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 Me mory 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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