Biostar P4M890-M7 FE, P4M900-M7 FE User Manual

P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE BIOS Setup

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

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

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

3 Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 8

4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 16

5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 20

6 Power Management Setup................................................................... 26

7 PnP/PCI Configurations...................................................................... 31

8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 34

9 Performance Booster Zone.................................................................. 37

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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 bas ic system configuration and save these settings to C MOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Set up info rmation when t he power is t urned off. Basic Input-Output Sys tem ( BIOS) d et ermine s what a computer c an do without accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and outp ut de vices suc h as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and dis k drives. BIOS activates at the first stage of the booting proc ess, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, s uch as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS. The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

This PHO ENIX-AW ARD BIOS suppo rts t he Plug and Play 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 Vers ion 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 capabilit ies as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

This PHO ENI X-AWARD BIOS a lso s uppo rts Vers ion 2.3 o f the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local b us specific atio n.

DRAM Support

DDR2 S DRAM (Double Data Rate S ynchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setu p

Use the arrow keys to high light items in most of the plac e, 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 p rovides more detail about how to navigate in t he Setup p rogram by using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to p revio us i tem Down arrow Move to next i tem Left arro w Move to the item o n the left (menu bar ) Right arrow Move to t he item o n the ri ght (me nu bar) Move Enter Move to the item you desired

PgUp key Inc rease 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 c hanges Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key General help o n Setup navigation keys 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 Optio n Page Setup Me nu – Exit Current page and re turn to Main Menu

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1 Main Menu

Onc e you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear o n the screen. The Main Menu allows you to s elect from several setup functions. Use 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 continuo us ly updated. The BIOS in formatio n describ ed in this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is fo r yo ur reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual.

 Figure 1: Main Menu

Stan dar d CMOS Fe atures

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

This submenu a llows yo u to configure advanced feat ures o f th e BIOS.

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Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

This s ub menu allo ws you to configure certain IDE hard d rive optio ns and Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurati ons

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

PC Health Status

This submenu a llo ws yo u to monitor the hard ware of your syste m.

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 imp rop erly may d amage th e CPU or M/B!)

Load Optimized Defaults

This selection allo ws you to reload 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 before defaults are set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the sup ervisor password wil l prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will b e prompted with to ent er a password.

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Set User Password

If the Supervisor P ass word is not set, then the User P ass word will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User P ass word is set, the “User” wil l o nly be able to view configurations but will not be able to c hange them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration c hanges 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 several categories. Each category includ es no, one or mo re than one set up items. Us e the arrow keys to highlight the ite m and then use the<P gUp> or <PgDn> keys to se lec t the value you want in each item.

 Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

Main Menu Selections

This table shows the items and the available 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

menu.

Options are in its sub

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

IDE Channel 1 Master

IDE Channel 1 Slave

Drive A

Drive B

Halt On

Base Memory N/A

Extended Memory N/A

Total Memory N/A

Options are in its sub

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

menu.

None

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

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.

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

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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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, USB HDD0, USB HDD1, US B HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, 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), Disab led

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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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.

Shadow Setup

This item allows you to setup c ac he & s hadow setup.

 Figure 3.2: Shadow Setup

Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution or not.

Enable d (default) Optional ROM is enabled.

Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

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Cache Setup

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory ac cess tim e with this opt ion .

Enable d (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

CPU L3 Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory ac cess tim e with this opt ion .

Enable d (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disab le cache.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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CPU Feature

Delay Prior to Thermal

Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time.

The Choices: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16Min (default), 32 Min.

Thermal Management

This option allows you to select the way to control the “Thermal Management.”

The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor 2.

TM2 Bus Ratio

This option represents the frequency (bus ratio) of the throttled performance st ate t hat w ill be init iated whe n the o n-die sensor dete cts temper atu re increa se.

Min= 0, Max= 255 ; Key in a DEC number.

The Choices: 0 X (default)

TM2 Bus VID

This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initia ted when the o n-die sensor detects temp eratur e increase.

The Choices: 0.8375V (default), 0.8375-1.6000.

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