Biostar P4TAW Extreme User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................... 3

1.1 P4TAW Extreme Features........................................3

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

1.3 Layout of P4TAW Extreme......................................7

1.4 Components of P4TAW Extreme............................ 8

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation........................ 9

2.1 Central Processin Unit (CPU)..................................9

2.2 Memory Module Installation.................................11

2.3 Connectors and Slots ..............................................12

2.4 Headers & Jumpers.................................................13

2.5 Award BIOS Beep Code .........................................18

2.6 Troubleshooting ......................................................18

Chapter 3: WarpSpeeder™ ........................... 19

3.1 Introduction .............................................................19

3.2 System Requirement...............................................19

3.3 Installation................................................................20

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 P4TAW EXTREME FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports single Pentium 4 processor with the 1-MB L2 cache

and Celeron D with the 256K L2 chace in the 90 nm

processes in an LGA 775 package.
Intel Platform Compatibility Guide 04B
Front side bus at the following frequency ranges:

- 533 MT/s (133 MHz core Clock)

- 800 MT/s (200 MHz Core Clock)

Supports Hyper-Threading Technology.

Chipset

North Bridge: Intel 925X.
South Bridge: Intel ICH6RW.

Main Memory

Supports DDR2 400/533/667.
Unbuffered DIMMs only.
Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb, 1-Gb DRAM Densities for x8 and

x16 non-ECC DDR2 devices. (For 4 Banks Support, each

DDR2 is up to 512-Mb densities; For 8 Bank Support, only

for DDR2 1-Gb devices)
Maximum DRAM space is up to 4GB.
Minimum memory capacity is 256MB total. Assuming single

channel mode and 256Mb density DIMMs used.
Maximum memory bandwidth:

- 4.2GB/s in single channel or dual channel asymmetric
mode.

- 8.5GB/s in dual channel interleaved mode assuming
DDR2 533 MHz

ECC memory is not supported.
Registered DIMMs are not supported.
Support Intel Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8712.
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

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Slots

3 32-bit PCI bus master slots.
2 PCI-EXPRESSx1 slots.

- Bandwidth 250MB/s per direction (Transmit or Receive);
500MB/s Totally

- PCI Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the
data pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

1 PCI-ESPRESSx16 slot.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s
simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s
totally.

SLR slot:

- BIOSTAR Home Gate Way Slot used with BIOSTAR
SOHO Router Card

On Board IDE

Supports 1 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100

Bus Master Mode.

IDE RAID Chip

Chip: ITE8212
Supports 4 IDE disk drives.

- Integrated RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 for
RAID1/RAID2 slot.

Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100

Bus Master Mode.

Serial ATA

Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) ports.

- Intel Advanced Host Controller (AHCI).

- Integrated RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 capabilities.

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

PCI Express Gigabit LAN

Chip: BCM5751.
Connects directly to a host using PCI Express x 1 system

interface with 5Gb/s Bandwidth
Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.
Supports ACPI power management

Intel Integrated Wireless Access Point

Chip: ICH6RW.
Used with supported wireless cards.

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IEEE 1394A Chip

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

On Board High Definition Audio Sound Codec

Chip: CMI9880/ALC880E
Compliant with High Definition Audio specification.
Supports 8 channels Audio Output

- SNR > 95dB meet the consumer entertainment industry
formats.

- 192KHz with 24bits

- 5 channel Smart Jack

- Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder (Dolby DDICE)

On Board AC’97 2.3 Codec (Optional)

Chip: CMI9761A
Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.
AC’97 interface.
Supports 6 channels.

On Board Peripherals

a. Rear side

1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
1 RJ-45 LAN jack (optional).
1 1394A Firewire port
2 serial ports.
4 USB2.0 ports.
6 Audio ports for 8 channel audio with SPDIF Out in

vertical position.

Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.

b. Front Side

1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M,

1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.

1 front audio header.
1 S/PDIF In header.
1 1394A Firewire port.
4 USB2.0 ports.

Dimensions

ATX Form Factor: 24.5 x 29.3cm (W x L)

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B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.
Supports ACPI.
Supports USB Function.

Software

Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™

and FLASHER™.

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE,

Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

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

USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

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1.3 LAYOUT OF P4TAW EXTREME

Note: ● represents the 1

st

pin.

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1.4 COMPONENTS OF P4TAW EXTREME

A.

JATXPWR1: ATX Power Connector

B.

JATXPWR2: ATX Power Connector

C.

JUSBV1: Power Source Selection for
USB

D.

JKBV1: Power Source Selection for
Keyboard/Mouse

E.

Back Panel Connectors

F

JAUDIOF1: Front Audio Header

G.

PCI-EX16: PCI Express slot

H.

JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-In Header

I.

PCI-EX1_1~2: PCI Express slot.

J.

JSPDIF_OUT1/JSPDIF_IN1: Digital
Audio Connector

K.

PCI1~3: Peripheral component
interconnect slots.

L.

U20: LAN card/Router card slot.

M.

JDJ1: Audio DJ Header

N.

1394PWR1: Selection 1394 Power
Header

O.

JUSB3: Front USB Header

P.

JUSB4: Front USB Header

Q.

JUSBV3_1: Power Source Selection
for USB

R.

J1394A1: Front 1394 Header

S.

JSFAN1: System Fan Header

T.

RAID1-2: Raid Connectors

U.

JPANEL1: Front Panel Connector

V.

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

W.

SATA1-4: Serial ATA Connectors

X.

JCL1: Case Open Header.

Y.

IDE1: Hard Disk Connector.

Z.

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

A1.

DDR2A1-2/DDR2B1-2: DDR2 DIMM
Modules

A2.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Connector

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSIN UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make
good preservation for future use. When the CPU
is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the empty
socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged.

Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Pin Cap

Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on

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

Step 2-1:

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Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete

the installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the
installation.

CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

1

JCFAN1

2 Power

3 FAN RPM rate sense
4 Smart Fan Control

System Fan Header: JSFAN1

Pin Assignment

1

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support 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 wire is the positive and
should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should
be connected to GND.

1 Ground
2 Smart Fan Control

3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.2 MEMORY MODULE 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.

Note:

To assure the system safety, if you need to change DDR2 modules,
firstly, please unplug the 12-pin power cable with the power
connector, and then you can change the modules. Afterwards,
plug in the cable the power connector again, and finally you can
boot up the system.

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2.3 CONNECTORS AND 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

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100
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: PCI 1~3

This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for
expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

Serial ATA Connector: SATA1~4

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 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+

1234567

SATA1~4

3 TX- 4 Ground

5 RX- 6 RX+
7 Ground

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2.4 HEADERS & JUMPERS

2.4.1 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

2.4.2 Detail Settings

Power 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.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V

12

1

JATXPWR1

2

JATXPWR2

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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
8PW_OK 20-5V

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9 Standby Voltage +5V 21 +5V

10 +12V 22 +5V
11 +12V 23 +5V
12 2 x 12 Detect 24 Ground

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

1 +12V 3 Ground

3

2 +12v 4 Ground

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Power Source Selection for Keyboard/Mouse: JKBV1

JKBV1 Assignment Description

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

+5V +5V for keyboard and mouse

+5V Standby
Voltage

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

Note:
In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard
and mouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3.

Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 (optional)

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

1

JSPDIF_OUT1

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_IN1 (optional)

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input
header.

1

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

JSPDIF_IN1

2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground

Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3_1

JUSBV1/

JUSBV3_1

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-o system via USB
device,” “JUSBV1/ JUSBV3_1” jumper cap should be placed on
Pin 2-3 individually.

Assignment Description

JUSBV1: +5V for USB at the

+5V

+5V standby
Voltage

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JUSB1 connector port.

JUSBV3_1: +5V for USB at the

JUSB 2/3 connector ports.

JUSBV1: JUSB1 port powered

with standby voltage of 5V.

JUSBV3_1: JUSB2/3 ports

powered with standby voltage
of 5V.

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Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIOF1

This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable
with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel
audio connectors.

2

1

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground

3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/Speaker

5

out Right

7 Reserved 8 Key

Left line out/Speaker out

9

Left

Right line in/Rear

11

speaker Right

Left line in/Rear speaker

13

Left

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JAUDIOF1

6

10

12

14

Right line out/Speaker out
Right

Left line out/Speaker out
Left

Right line in/Rear speaker
Right

Left line in/Rear speaker
Left

CD-ROM Audio-in Header: JCDIN1

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

Pin Assignment

1

JCDIN1

1 Left channel input
2 Ground

3 Ground
4 Right channel input

Power Source for 1394: J1394V1

J1394V1

1

Pin 1-2 close

1

Pin 2-3 close

Assignment Description

3

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

3

+3.3V

15

+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)

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Front 1394 Header: J1394A1

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

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2

1

J1394A1

1 A+ 2 A-

10

3 Ground 4 Ground

9

5 B+ 6 B­7 +12v 8 +12V

9 Key 10 Ground

Front USB Header: JUSB3~4

This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC
front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices,
like USB card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2

1

JUSB3~4

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused)

10

3 USB- 4 USB-

9

5 USB+ 6 USB+

7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Key 10 NC

Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1

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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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 HEE 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

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

24
23

JPANEL1

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on
button

IrDA
Connector

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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

3

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

1

Pin 2-3 close

Normal O\operation (Default).

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

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

JCI1

1

1 Case open signal

2 Ground

2

Back Panel Connectors

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2.5 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Meaning

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound 1. CPU overheated

One Short beep when system
boot-up

Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install

Video card not found or video card
memory bad

2. System will shut down
automatically

No error found during POST

2.6 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 CD-ROM
drive.

System only boots from CD-ROM.
Hard disk can be read and
applications can be used but booting
from hard disk is impossible.

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

Cannot boot system after installing
second hard drive.

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 securely plugged
in; check the drive type in the
standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
extremely important. All hard
disks are capable of breaking
down at any time.

1. Back up data and applications
files.

2. Reformat the hard drive.
Re-install applications and data
using backup disks.

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

1. Set master/slave jumpers
correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and select
correct drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for compatibility
with other drives.

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CHAPTER 3: WARPSPEEDER™

3.1 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.

3.2 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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3.3 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.

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Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this
user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.

[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.

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.

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Overclock Panel contains the these features:

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.

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

[WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance
and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will

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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.

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

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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.

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 disabled, but will not interfere
other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.

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