Biostar P4M800 PRO-M7 BIOS SETUP

P4M800 Pro-M7 BIOS SETUP

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

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features...........................................................15

5 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................22

6 Power Management Setup............................................................28

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ...............................................................34

8 PC Health Status.........................................................................37

9 Frequency/ Voltage Control..........................................................39

P4M800 Pro-M7 BIOS SETUP

BIOS Setup

In troduction

This manual discussed Phoenix-Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information

when the power is turned off.

The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’ s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports

Intel Pentium support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

Adding important has customized the Phoenix-Award BIOS™ , but nonstandard, features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning

of the chipset co ntrolling the en tire syst em.

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

Plug and Play Support

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

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

These PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are i mplemented 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 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS.

ACPI Support

Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provi des ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by

Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

4 processor input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low-level

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PCI Bus Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 3.0 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate Two Synchronous DRAM) are supported.

Supported CPUs

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setup

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

quit . Th e fo llo wi ng table provide s mo re det ail ab ou t how t o naviga te in th e Setu p program by using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to pre vious it em Down arrow Move to ne xt item Left arr ow Move to th e ite m on the l eft (me nu b ar) Rig ht arrow Move to th e ite m on the r ig ht (me nu bar) Move E nter Move to the item you desired Pg Up key Increas e the nu mer ic val ue or m ake c hang es Pg Dn key Decreas e the n umer ic value or ma ke ch ang es + Key Increas e the nu mer ic val ue or m ake c hang es

- Key Decreas e the n umer ic value or ma ke ch ang es Esc ke y Main Menu – Quit an d not s ave c ha nges int o CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 ke y Load pr evious values fro m C MOS F7 ke y Loa d t he opti mize d d efa ults F10 ke y Sa ve all the CM OS c hang es and e xit

Stat us P age Setup M enu an d Option Page Setup M enu – E xi t Current page a nd r eturn to M ain Me nu

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Phoenix-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 amo ng the it ems and press <Ent er> to accept and enter th e sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

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

installed on board, for update information.

 Figure 1: Mai n Menu

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advan ced BIOS Features

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

Advan ced Chip set Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

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In tegrated Perip herals

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

Power Mana gement Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

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

PC Health Status

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

Frequency/ Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CP U/PCI clock. (However, this function is s trongly recommended not to use. Setting the volta ge and clock improperly may damage your CPU or M/B!)

Load Optimized Def aults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are fact ory settings o ptimized

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 Su p erviso r Passw o rd is no t s et , th en the Us er P ass wo rd wi ll fun cti on in th e s ame way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User

Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Upgrade BIOS

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

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

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item

and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select th e value you want in each item.

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Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

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Main Men u 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 Channel 0 Mast er Opt ions are in its sub

menu.

IDE Channel 0 Slav e Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Channel 1 Mast er Opt ions are in its sub

IDE Channel 1 Slav e Options are in its sub

Driv e A

Driv e B

Video EGA/VGA

menu.

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

CGA 40

CGA 80

MON O

that the ‘Day ’ automat ically 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 ty pe of floppy disk drive installed in y our sy stem.

Select the default v ideo dev ice.

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Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Key board

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the am ount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

y ou want t he BIOS to s top

the POST process and

notify y ou.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

av ailable in t he system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

CPU Feature

 Figure 3.1: CPU Feature

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Thermal Mana gement

Thi s opti on a l lows you to s el ect th e way to co nt rol th e “ Th ermal Man ag e men t.”

The Choices: Thermal Moni tor 1 (default), Thermal Mo nitor 2.

Limit CPUID MaxVal

Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, it should be “Disabled” for WinXP.

The Choices: Disabled (d efault), Enabled.

Execute Dis able B i t

When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.

The Choices: Enabled (d efaul t ), Dis ab l ed.

Virtual ization Technology

When enabled, a VMM can uti lize the additional h ardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Di s abl ed.

Shadow Setup

Video BI OS Shadow

Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves performance. Enabl ed (default) Optional ROM is enabled.

Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

Cach e Setu p

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

Depending on the CP U/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabl ed (default) Enable cach e.

Disabled D isable cache.

CPU L3 Cache

Depending on the CP U/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabl ed (default) Enable cach e.

Disabled Disable cache.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Di s abl ed.

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Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy.

 Figure 3.2: Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

Hard Disk Boot Priority

These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically. This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed.

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Figure 3.2.1: Hard Disk Boot Priority

The Choices:

HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

P ri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slav e, USB HDD0 , USB

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First/ Second/ Third Boot Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system fro m the devices in the sequence selected in th ese items.

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CD ROM, 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 ), Disabl ed

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Choices: Disabled (d efault), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option the motherboard will test the floppy drives to determine if th ey h ave 4 0 o r 80 t r acks . D is abl in g th is op ti on r edu c es th e t i me i t t ak es to

boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Di s abl ed.

Virus Warning

This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm

beep. Dis ab l ed (default) Virus protection is disabled. Enabled Virus protection is activated.

Hyp er-Threadin g Tech n ol ogy

This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper-Threading Technology. “ Enabled” for Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology).

“Disable” for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology).

The Choices: Enabled (d efaul t ), Dis ab l ed.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you pow er up the computer.

Disabled Normal POST. Enabl ed (default) Enable quick POST.

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