Biostar P4TPE Pro Owner's Manual

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FCC Infor mation and Copyright

This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits of a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
int erference in a residential ins t allation. This equipment g enerat es, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used i n
ac cordan ce wit h the in stru ction s, ma y cau se harm fu l in terf eren ce t o radi o
communications. There is no guarantee th at interference will not occur in

a partic ular installation.

The vendor makes no repr esentations or warranties with respect to the
contents here of and specially disclaims any implied
merchantabi li ty or fitness fo r a ny purpose. F urther the vendor reserves

the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents
here of without obligation to notify any party beforehand.

Duplication of this publication, in part or in whole, is not allowed without
first obtaining the vendor’s approval in writing.

The con tent of this user’s manual is subject to be changed without notice
and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s
manual. All the brand and product names are trademarks of their

r es p e c t iv e co m pa ni e s.

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LAYOUT OF P4TPE PRO (FOR VERSION 7.0 ONLY)...................... 1

LAYOUT OF P4TPE PRO (FOR VERSIONS ABOVE 7.2 ON LY) ..... 2

P4TPE PRO SYSTEM STRUCTURE .................................................... 3

ENGLISH...................................................................................................4

P4TPE Pro Features...................................................................................4

Packag e contents.......................................................................................5

How to set up Jumper.................................................................................6

CPU Ins t alla tion......... ........................ ........................................................6

DDR DIMM Modu les: DD R1, DDR2................................................................7

Inst allin g DDR Module ........................................................................ ........7

Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots.........................................................8

FRANÇAIS .............................................................................................. 13

Caractéristiques de P4TPE Pro..................................................................13

WARPSPEEDER..................................................................................... 15

Introdu ction.............................................................................................15

System Requirement................................................................................15

Installation ..............................................................................................16

Usage.....................................................................................................17

TROUBLE SHOOTIN G......................................................................... 25

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Layout of P4TPE Pro (for version 7.0 o nly)

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Layout of P4TPE Pro (for versions above 7.2
only)

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P4TPE Pro System Structure

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English

P4 TP E Pro Featu re s

A. Har dware

CPU

Prov i d es Soc k et 478.
Su pports Intel® Pentium 4® processor up to 3. 06GHz.

Su pports Intel® Pentium 4® 478 Pres c ot t CPU. (for version 7.1 and above only )
Su pports H yper-Thr eading T echnolog y.

F ront Side Bus 400/533 MHz.

Chipset

N orth Bridge: IN TEL 845E.
S outh B r i d ge: INTE L IC H4.

Main Me m o ry

Supports up t o 2 DDR devices.
Supports 200/ 266 MH z D DR devic es.

Maxi mu m me mo ry s i ze is 2GB.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT 8712FHX .
Low Pin Count I nterfac e.

Prov ides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O f unctionality .
Env iro nm ent C ont rol i niti atives

- H/W Monitor

- I TE's "Smart Guardian" f unction

Slots

F ive 32-bit PCI bus mas t er s lots.
One AGP 4X slot.

On Board IDE

Supports four IDE di s k dri ves.
Supports PIO Mode 4 and U ltra D MA 33/66/100 Bus Mast er Mode.

LAN (optional)

C hip: VIA VT6105.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/ s auto-negot iat ion
H alf / Full duplex capability.

On Bo ard AC’97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: C MI9761A.
C o mpl iant w i th In tel® AC’97 Rev 2. 3 specif ic ation.

Meet with Mic ros oft® PC2001 requirements.

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Support s stereo m icrophone.
Support s 6 c hannels.

Support s S/ PDIF I/O function:

- Output: 96/ 48 kHz wit h 24/ 20/ 16 bit s. (opt ional)

- Input : 48/ 44.1/ 32/ kHz with 20/ 16 bit s. (f or vers ion 7. 0 only)

- S/PDIF In is featured with interrupt, auto-lock, anti-noise, and anti-distortion

functionalities support. (for v ersion 7.0 only)

On Board Periphera ls

a. R e ar si de

1 s erial port .
1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP m ode)

Audio ports in v ert ical posit ion.
1 R J -45 LAN jack. (optional)
1 PS/2 mouse

1 PS/2 ke yboard .
2 USB2.0 por t s.

(Default Setting: 4 front USB2.0 ports + 2 rear USB2.0 ports; Another Choic e: 2

front U SB2.0 ports + 4 rear USB2. 0 ports )

b. F ront Si d e

1 floppy port supports 2 F DDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1. 44M and 2.88Mby t es.
4 USB2.0 port s.

1 front audio header.
1 S/PDIF Out header. (optional)

1 S/PDIF In header. (for v ersion 7.0 only)

Dimensions

ATX F orm Factor: 18.5 X 29.5cm (W X L)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal BI OS.
Support s APM1.2.
Support s AC PI.

S upports USB Func tion.

Software

Supports Boot blockerTM, Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WinFlas herTM and

FLASHER™.

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, W indows Me,

Windows XP, UNI X series, LINU X etc.

Package contents

HDD Cable X 1
FDD Cable X 1

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User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1

USB 2.0 Cable X 1 (optional)
S/ PD IF Out/ In C able X 1 (optional)

Rear I/ O Panel for ATX Cas e X 1

How to s e t u p Jumper

The illustrat ion sho ws how to set up a jum per. W h en the Jumper c ap is plac ed on pins , the
jumper is “close”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is ”open”. The

illust rat ion shows a 3-pin jumper whos e pin1 and 2 are “c lose” when jumper cap is placed
on thes e 2 pins .

Jumper open Jum per close Pin1-2 close

CPU Installation

Step1: Pull the lever sideway s away from the socket and then raise the lev er up to a

90 -degree angl e.

Step2: Look for the whit e dot /cut edge. The whit e dot/ cut edge should point wards the lever

piv ot. The C P U will f it only in the correct orient at ion .

Step3: Hold the CPU down fir mly, an d then cl ose the lever to complete the installation.
Step4: Put the CPU Fan on the C PU and buck le it. Connect the C PU fan power cable to

the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

Ste p 1 Step2 Step3 Step4

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CPU Fan Headers: JCFAN1

1

JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3

FAN RPM rate Sense

Ground

+12V

S ystem Fan Headers: JSFAN1

1

JSFAN1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3

FAN RPM rate Sense

Ground

+12V

DDR DI MM Module s: DDR1, DDR2

DRAM Access Time: 2.5V Unbuffered D DR 200/266 Mhz Type

required.

DRAM Ty pe: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DI MM Module (184 pin)

DIM M Socket

Location

DDR 1 64MB/128MB/256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB

DDR 2 64MB/128MB/256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB

DDR Module Total Memory

Size (MB)

*1

*1

***Onl y fo r ref e r e n ce** *

Max i s

2GB

Installing DDR Module

1. Unlock the DIMM slot by pressing the retaining
clips outward. Align t he DIMM on the slot in t he
way that the not c h of t he D I MM matches t he break
on the slot.

2. Ins ert the D IMM vertically and f irm ly into the s lot
until t he ret aining clip s nap back in place and t he

DIMM i s properly seated.

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Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

The mot herboard provides a standard f loppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the

prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables .

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Mast er, and U ltra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 f unctionality. I t has two H DD

connectors ID E1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
The ID E c onnectors can c onnect a master and a slav e driv e, so y ou can c onnect

up to four hard disk drives . The f irst hard drive s hould alway s be c onnected t o
IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1-5

This m ot herboard is equipped with 5 st andard PCI s lots. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component I nterconnec t, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI

slot is des ignated as 32 bits.

Accelerate d Graphics Port Slot: AGP1

Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. This motherboard supports
video cards f or PC I s lots, but it is als o equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port

(AGP). An AGP c ard will take advantage of AGP technology f or improv ed video
efficiency and perform ance, es pecially with 3D graphics.

Power Conn ectors: JATXPWR1/ JATXPWR2

JATXPWR1

JATXPWR2

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V
3 Ground 13 Ground

4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground

6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 +5V Standby 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

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

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Front Pane l Conne ctor: JPANEL1

SLP

JPANEL1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep Control
3 NA 4 Ground
5 NA 6 NA NA
7 Speaker

9 HD D LED (+ ) 10 Powe r LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power Butt on

15 Reset Control
17 NA 18 KEY

19 NA 20 KEY
21 +5V 22 Ground

23 IRTX

2
123

PWR_LED

(+) (-)(+)

SPK

(+) (-)

HLED

RST

Speaker

Connector

8 Power LED (+)

Hard Drive

LED 12 Power LED (-)

Reset

Button 16 Ground

IrDA

Connector

24 IRRX

IRON/ OFF

IR

24

Sleep

Button

POWER

LED

Power-on

Button

IrDA

Connector

Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1

3 1

3 1

JCMOS1 Assignment

Norm al Operation (def ault)

Pin 1-2 Close

Clear CMOS Data

Pin 2-3 Close

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. R emov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 C lose”.

3. Wa it for fi ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 C lose”.

5. Power on t he AC .

6. R eset your des ired password or clear t he C MOS dat a.

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Ca se Op e n Connec to r: JCL1

Assign ment

Case Open Signal

Ground

JCL1

Pin

1

1
2

CD-ROM Audio-In Heade r: JCDIN1

4

1

JCDIN1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3
4

Left Channel In put

Ground
Ground

Right Channel In put

Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1

2
1

JAUDIO1

Pin Assign m ent Pin Assign m ent

1
3

5

7
9

11

13

Mic I n / C e nter

Mic Power/ Bass

Right Line Out/ Speaker

Ou t Ri ght

Reserved

Left Line Out/ Speaker

Out Left

Right Line I n/ Rear

Speak er R ight

Left Line In / Rear Speaker

Left

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13

2
4

Right Line Out/ Speaker

6

8

Left Line Out/ Speaker Out

10

Right Line I n/ R ear Speak er

12

Left Line I n/ R ear Speak er

14

Ground

Audio Power

Out Right

Key

Left

Right

Left

Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 (optional )

1

JSPDI F_OUT1

Pin Assignment

1
2 SPDIF_OUT

3

10

+5V

Ground

Auxiliary Audio-In Connector: JAUX1 (optional for versions

above 7.2 only)

4

1

JAUX1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3 CD_Ground
4

Left channel AUX_IN

CD_Ground

Righ c hannel AUX_IN

Front USB Header: JUSB3/ (JUSB4=> optional)

2
1

JUSB 3/ JU SB4

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

10

1
3

9

5
7 Ground 8 Ground

9

+5V

USBN-

USBP+

KEY

2
4

6

10

USBN-

USBP+

+5 V

NA

C on s umer Infrare d Header: J_ CIR (opti on al f or versi on s above

7.2 only)

2

1

J_CIR

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

8

1

7

3
5

7

Ground

CIRRX

Key

SMBDT

2
4

Power-on Butt on

6
8

+5V St andby

SMBCK

CIRTX

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B ack Panel Connectors

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Para l le l Port

USB

(optional)

LAN

(optional)

Line In

S

eaker Out

MI C In

PS/2

Keyboard

PS/2

Mouse

COM1 USB

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Français

Caractérist iques de P4TP E Pro

A. Maté ri e l

Processeur

So cke t 478 .
Supporte le proc esseur Int el® Pentium 4® jus qu’à 3. 06GHz.

Supporte le proc esseur Int el® Pentium 4® Prescott. (seulement pour v ers ion 7.1

and abov e only)

Supporte la tec hnologie Hyper-Threading.
F SB 400/ 533 MHz.

Jeu des Puces

N orth Bridge: IN TEL 845E.
S outh B r i d ge: INTE L IC H4.

M é moire prin cipa le

Supporte deux périphériques DDR.
Supporte des périphériques DD R 200/ 266 MHz.

Taille m ax imale de la m émoire :2G o..

Super E/S

Pu ce: ITE IT8712FHX .
Interfac e de Comptage de Broc he Faible.

Offre la f onct ionnalité Super E/S héritée la plus c ouramment ut ilisée.
I nitiat iv es de Contrôle d’Env ironnem ent,

- Moniteur H/W

- Fonc t ion "Sm art Guardian" de ITE

Slots

Cinq slot s de maîtrise de bus PC I 32 bit s.
Un slot AGP 4X.

IDE in tégré

Supporte quat re lecteurs de dis que IDE.
Supporte PI O Mode 4 et Ultra D MA 33/ 66/ 100 Bus Master Mode.

LAN (optionnel)

Puce: VIA VT6105.
Supporte le fonctionnement en auto-négociation 10 Mb/s et 100 Mb/ s.

C apacité Half/Full duplex .

Codec Son AC’97 int égré

Puc e: CMI9761A
Conforme aux spécific at ions Int el® AC’97 Re v 2.3.

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Répond aux exigenc es de Microsoft® PC2001.
Support e 6 canaux.

Supporte le m ic rophone stéréo.
Ges t ion d’alimentation avancée et capacit és d’économ ie d’énergie.

Fonction S/PDIF Entrée/ Sortie:

¾ Sort ie : 96/ 48 kHz av ec 24/ 20/ 16 bits
¾ Ent rée: 48/ 44,1 kH z av ec 20/ 16 bits (seulem ent pour version au-dessous de

¾ Ent rée S/PD IF es t dotée du s upport des f onc t ionnalit és d’interruption,

auto -v e rrouillage, ant i-bruit, et ant i-dist orsion. (seulement pou r v e rs ion
au-dessous de v ers ion 1. 2)

Périphériq ue s intégré

a. C ô té arr ière

1 port série .
1 port parallèl. (mode SPP/EPP/ ECP)

1 port audio en posit ion v ertic ale.
1 port RJ -45 LAN. (optionnel)

1 souris PS/2.
1 clavier PS/2.
2 ports USB2.0 ports.

(Arrangement de défaut: 4 ports av ant d’USB2. 0 + 2 ports arrière d’U SB2.0;

Un autre choix : 2 port avant d’USB2.0 ports + 4 ports arrière d’USB2. 0)

b. Côté frontal

1 port disquet t e prenant en charge 2 FDD av ec 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M et 2.88

Mo.
4 por ts US B2 .0.
1 connecteur front a udi o.

1 connecteur S/PDIF Out. (optionnel)
1 connecteur S/PDIF I n. (s eulem ent pour version 7.0)

Dimensions

F acteur de forme ATX: 18.5 X 29.5cm (W X L)

v e rsi on 1.2)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal BI OS.
APM1.2.

ACPI.
Fonction USB.

Logiciel

Supporte BootblockerTM, Warpspeeder™, 9th Touc h™,WinF lasherTM an d

FLASHER™.

Offrant la m ei lleu re p er forman ce pour W indows 98 S E, Wi ndows 2000, Windows M e,

Wind ows XP, U N IX seri es etc .

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WarpSpeeder

Introduction

[ W arpSpeeder™ ], a new powerf ul control utility, f eatures three us er-f riendly functions
including Ov erclock Manager, Ov ervoltage Manager, and H ardware Monit or.

With the Over clock Manage r, users can easil y adjust the frequency the y p refer or t hey can
get t he best CPU perf ormanc e wit h jus t one click . The Ov ervoltage Manager, on the other

hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware
Monitor smartly indic ates the t emperatures, volt age and CPU fan speed as well as the

chips et inform at ion. Also, in t he About panel, you c an get det ail des c ript ions about BI OS
model and chipsets. In addition, t he frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PC I

along with t he C PU s peed are synchronically shown on our m ain panel.
Moreov er, to protect users' c om puter sy s tems if the s etting is not appropriat e when testing

and results in system f ail or hang, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] technology assures the system
st ability by automat ically reboot in g the c om puter and then restart t o a speed that is either

the original sys t em speed or a s uit able one.

System Requirement

OS Support : Windows 98 SE, W indows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Direc t X: DirectX 8.1 or abov e. (The W indows XP operating sys tem inc ludes D irectX 8. 1. If

you us e W indows XP, y ou do not need t o inst all D irectX 8. 1. )

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Installation

1. Exec ute the set up execution f ile, and then the f ollowing dialog will pop up.
Please clic k “Nex t ” button and follow the def ault procedure to install.

2. When you see the f ollowing dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is
comple ted . If th e “Launch the War pSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is che cked,
the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and
imm ediately launched after you click “Finish” butt on.

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Usage

The foll o win g fi gu r es ar e ju st on l y for re f er enc e , th e s c re en pr in ted in th is u s er ma nual will
change according to your motherboard on hand.

[W arpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels:

1. Tray Icon:
Whenev er the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will dis p lay a litt le tray ic on on t he right side of

Windows Tas k bar.

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This utility is responsible f or conveniently invok ing [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use
the m ouse by clicking t he lef t butt on in order t o inv oke [WarpSpeeder™] direct ly from the

litt le t ray icon or you can right-c lick t he lit t le t ray icon to pop up a popup menu as following
figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the sam e function as m ouse
left -c lick on tray icon and “Exit ” item will close Tray Ic on utility if selec t ed.

2. Main Panel
If you click the tra y icon, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will be invoke d. Please refer
do the following figure; the u tility’s fi rst window you will see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Display the C PU Speed, CPU ex ternal c lock, Mem ory clock, AGP c lock, and PCI
cloc k inform at ion.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons f or invoking
respective panels.

c. With a user-friendly Status Animation, it can represent 3 overclock percentage
stages:

Duck walk ing => overcloc k perc entage from 100% ~ 110 %
Duck running => overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%

Duck burning => overclock percentage from 120% ~ abov e

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3. Voltage Panel
Click t he Volt age button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Volt age

Panel will slide out to up as t he f ollowing figure.
In this panel, y ou can decide to increase C PU core voltage and Mem ory v oltage or not.

The def ault setting is “No”. If y ou want to get the best perf ormance of ov erc locking, we
r ec ommen d y ou c lic k th e opti on “Y es”.

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4. Overclock Panel
Click t he Ov erclock button in Main Panel, the butto n will be highlighted and the Ov erc lock

Panel will slide out to left as the following figure.

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Overclock Panel contains the these features:

a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz but ton”, “+1MHz butt on”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user
the a bility t o do real-t ime ov erc lock adjustment .

Warning: Manually overclock is potenti ally dangerous, especially when the
overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongl y recommend you verify

every speed you overclock by cli ck the Verify button. Or, you can just click
Auto overclock button and let [ WarpSpeeder™ ] automatically gets the best

result for you.

b. “R ecovery Dialog button”: Pop up t he following dialog. Let us er select a restoring
way if sy s tem need to do a f ail-safe reboot.

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c. “Auto-ov erclock button”: User can c lick this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will set

the best and stable perform anc e and frequency automatic ally . [ W arpSpeeder™ ]
utility will exe c ute a s e ries of testin g until syst em f ail. Then sys t em will do fail-safe
reboot by us ing Watchdog f unct ion. Aft er reboot, the [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will
restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable
frequency a c cording to the Reco ver y Dialog’s setting.

d. “Verif y but ton”: User can c lick this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will proceed a

testing for current frequenc y. If the testing is ok, then the c urrent frequen cy will be
sav ed into system registry . If the testing f ail, sys tem will do a f ail-safe rebooting.

After reboot, the [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the verif ied best and stable frequency according to the Recovery

Dialog’ s se tting.

Note: Because th e testing p rog rams, i n voked in A u to-o ve rcl ock and Verify,
include DirectD raw, Direc t3D and Dir ect Show tes ts, the DirectX 8. 1 or newer
runtime library is requi red. And please make sure your di splay card’s color

depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is required for
Direct3D rendering.

5. H ardware Monit or Panel
Click t he Hardware Monit or button in Main Panel, t he button will be highlight ed and the

Hardware Monitor panel will s lide out to lef t as the f ollowing f igure.
In t his panel, you c an get the real-time stat us inform ation of y our system. The inform at ion

will be refreshed ev ery 1 s econd.

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6. About Panel
Click the About button in Main Panel, the butt on will be highlighted and t he About Panel

will slide out t o up as the following figure.
In t his panel, you c an get model name and detail inf ormation in hints of all the c hipset t hat

are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the
Version number of [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility.

Note: Because the overclock, overvol tage, and hardware monitor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] di vi de 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 panel s’
functions. Thi s property can make [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utili ty more robust.

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PROBABLE SOLUTION

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

PROBABLE SOLUTION

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

sp in ning.

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 i mpossible.

PROBABLE SOLUTION

PROBABLE SOLUTION

* Make sure power cable is securely plugged i n
* Repl ac e c abl e
* Contac t techni cal s uppo rt

* Using even pressure on both ends of th

DIM M, press down firmly until the modul
snaps into p l ace.

* Check cable running from disk to dis k controlle

board. Make sure both ends are securel

ed in; check the drive type in th

standard CMOS setup.

* Backin

important. All hard disks are capable o
breaking down at any time.

* Bac k u

the hard drive. Re-install a
using backup dis ks.

the hard drive is extremel

data and applications files. Reforma

l icat ions and dat

PROBABLE SOLUTION

Screen m essage says “Invalid Configuration” or
“CMOS Failure.”

PROBABLE SOLUTION

Cannot boot s ystem after ins talling second hard
drive.

* Review system’s equipment . Make sure

c or r ect infor m a t io n is in s et u p.

* Set master/slave jum p e rs c o rrectly.
* Run SETUP

types. Call drive manufacturers fo
compatibility wi th other drives.

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PROBLÈME SOLUTION

Pas d'alimentation au système. Les voyants
lumineux ne s'allument pas, le ventilateur à
l'intérieur du bloc d'ali mentation ne s e met pas

en marche. Le voyant du clavier ne s'all ume pas

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

Le système ne fonctionne pas. Les voyants du
clavier sont allumés, les voyants de

l'alimentation auss i, le disque dur tourne.

Le système ne se réinitialise pas du disque dur,
réinitialisation possible depuis le lecteur
CD-ROM.

Le système ne se réinitialise que depuis le
CD-ROM. Le disque dur peut être lu et les

applications sont utilisables mais il est
impossible d'effectuer de réini tialisation depuis le
disque dur .

Un message s'affiche indiquant que la
configuration n'est pas valide ou qu'il y a une
panne du CM OS.

Impossible de réinitialiser le système après
l'installation d'un deuxième disque dur.

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

* Assurez-vous que le câble d'ali mentation es

bi en branché

* Remplacez le câble
* Contac tez le service d'assistance technique.

* En exerçant une pression uniforme sur le

deux extrémités du DIMM, poussez le modul
vers le bas jusqu'à ce qu'il s'enclenche.

* Vérifiez le câble du disque à la carte d

contrôleur de disque. Assurez-vous que le
deux extrémités sont bien branchées ; vérifie
le type de lecteur dans la configuratio
standard de CMOS.

* Il est très important d'effectuer de

sauvegardes du disque dur. Les disques dur

euvent tomber en panne à n'importe que

moment.

* Effectuez une sauvegarde des fichiers de

données et d'application. Reformatez l
di sque dur. Ré-installez les applications et le

données sauvegardées sur les disques d
secours.

* Vérifiez l'équipement du système

Assurez-vous
configuration sont c orrectes.

* Réglez les cavaliers maître/esclav

correctement.

* Exécutez le

sélecti onnez les types de lec teur. Contac te
les fabricants pour toute question d
compatibilité avec les autres disques.

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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 ........................................................................... 19

7 PnP /PCI Configurations...............................................................................22

8 PC Health Status ..........................................................................................24

9 Frequency Control .......................................................................................26

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his manua l disc ussed Award™ Setup p rogram bu ilt in to the ROM BIOS. T he Setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is
th en st ored in ba tte ry-b acke d RAM so that it r etain s the Set up info rmatio n when the power
is turned off.

T he Award B IO S™ insta lled in you r com puter system’s RO M (R ead Only Me mory ) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium

processor input/output system. The BIOS provides crit ical 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 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 EP A Green PC specification.

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Vers ion 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced P ower Management
(APM) specif ication. 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 Conf igurat 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 Suppo rt

This AW ARD 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 rted CP Us

This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium

Us i ng Se t u p

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 p revio us item
Down arrow Move to next i tem
Left arro w Move to the item o n the left (men u bar)
Right arrow Move to t he item o n the ri ght (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 S etup navig ation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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Status Page Setup Me nu 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 (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.

 Figure 1. Main Menu

Standard CM OS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advance d 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.

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Integrated Pe ripherals

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 “Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

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

Fre que ncy Contro l

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Vo lta ge and CP U/PCI clock. (Howe ver,
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 Op ti mize d De 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 optim ized

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.

Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way
as the Supe rvisor P asswor d. If th e Supervis or Pas swor d is set and the User 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 & Exit Setup

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

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made dur ing 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 Selec tions

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 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.

Selec t the type of floppy
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 th e BIOS to st op

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

 Fig ure 3. Adva nced BIOS Se tup

Virus Warning

T his op tion allows yo u to choo se the Viru s Warnin g feature t hat is used to prote ct the I DE
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.

Enabled Virus protection is activated.

Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.

Hyper-Threa ding Technology

This option allows you to “Enabled” for W indows XP and LINUX 2.4.x (OS optimized for
Hyper-Threading Technology). “Disabled” for other OS (OS not optimized for
Hyper-Threading Technology).

The Cho ices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Quick Power On Self Test

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

Disabled Normal POST.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects the NumLock. State after power on.

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

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.

Normal A pin in the keyboard controller

controls Gate A20.

Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

Typematic Rate Setting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard
controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down.

The Choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.

The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000.

Securi ty Optio n

This option will enable only individuals w ith passwords to br ing the system online and/or
to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

System A password is required for the system to boot and is

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

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

APIC Mode

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

The C hoices: Ena ble d (default), Disabled.

MPS Vers ion Co ntrol 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.

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

also required to access the Setup Utility.

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Sum mary Scree n S ho w

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen means
system con figurat ion an d P C I device listin g.

The choices: Enabled , Disab led (default).

Cache Setup

CPU L1 &L2 Cache

Dependin g on the CP U/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time
with this option.
Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disable cache.

Boot Se q and Flo ppy Se tup

First /Second/Third/ Boot Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected
in t hese items.
The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100,
LAN, Disab led, E nab led .

Swap Floppy Drive

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

The Cho ices: Ena bled , Disabled (default).

Report No FDD For WIN 95

Whether report no FDD for Win 95 or not.
The Cho ices: No (default), Yes.

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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 and external cache. It also coordinates commun ications 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.

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Fig ure 4. Adva nce d Chipse t Setup

DRAM Timing Selectable

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends
on the DRAM tim ing.
Th e C hoi ces : By SPD (default), Manual.

CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends
on the DRAM tim ing.

The Choices: 1.5 (default), 2, 2.5, 3

Active to Precharge Delay

This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay.
The C hoices: 7 (default), 6, 5.

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DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used
when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and slow
gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is
ins ta lled in th e s ystem .
The Choices: 3 (default), 2.

DRAM RAS# Precharge

If an insufficient number of cycle is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before
DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the DRAM may fa il to retain data. Fast
gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field app lies only
when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choices: 3 (default), 2.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

This item select supported ECC or Non-ECC for DRAM.
The Choices: Non-ECC (default), ECC.

Memory Fre quenc y (Hos t :DRAM)

This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency(Host:DRAM).
The Choices: Auto (default), 1:1, 1:1.33.

Dram Read Thermal Mgmt

The Intel 845 Chipset MCH provides Memory Thermal Management functionality. It
increases the system reliab ility by decreasing thermal stress on system memory and on the
Intel 845 Chipset MCH.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh,
resulting a better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area,
a system error may result.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Se lect E nabled a llo ws cach ing of the video BIOS , resulting a be tte r sys tem perform ance.
However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is
reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area

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of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Delayed Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles.
Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.
The C hoices: Ena ble d (default), Disabled.

AGP Ape rture Size (MB)

Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The apertures is a portion
of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host

cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
The Choices: 64 (default), 4, 8, 16, 32, 128, 256.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

On-C hip IDE Control

On-Chip Primary / Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE
channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.

The Cho ices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE 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 through 4 provides

successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device.

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

IDE Primary / 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.

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On-Chip PCI Device

AC97 Audio/ Modem

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio/Modem.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

O n boa r d L AN Boo t R OM

Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.

The Cho ices: Disabled, En ab le d (default).

USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universa l Serial Bus (USB) contro ller and you
have USB peripherals.
The C hoices: Ena ble d (default), Disabled.

USB 2.0 Controller

This item allows you to Enable or Disable the USB 2.0 Controller.

USB Keyboard Suppo rt

T he default value is D isabled .
Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.

Onboa rd I/O Chi p Se tup

POWER ON Functio n

This item allows you to Power on the system by Keybord and Mouse .
The Ch o i ces : Password , Hot KEY , Mouse Move , Mouse Click , Any KEY , BUTTON

ONLY, Keyboard 98, Disabled (def ault) .

KB Power on Password

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

HOT Key power ON

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

The Choices: Ctrl-F1(default) , Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7,
Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, Ctrl-F12 .

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) insta lled on the system

The Cho ices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

The Choices: AGP (default), PCI Slot.

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board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select
Disabled in this field.

The Ch o i ces : En a b led (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The Cho ices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, Auto, 2F8/IRQ3,

Onboard Parallel Port

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

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

Parallel Port Mode

T he default value is SP P.

SPP (default) Using P arallel Port as Standard Printer Port.
EP P Usin g Par alle l P ort as En ha nced P arallel Port.

EC P Usin g Par alle l P ort as Exten ded C apabil ities Por t.

ECP+EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Se lect a DM A Ch annel for th e por t.

The Ch o i ces : 3 (default), 1.

PWRON After P WR-Fail

This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored
to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention.

There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power-On
instructions; the motherboard battery (3V), the Power Supply (5VSB), and the P ower
Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard
battery (3V). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from
the Power Supply is used. When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3.3V from the
Power Supply will be used.
There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”.
“Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC

“On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC

“Off” (default) Means always set CMOS to the “Off” status when AC

For example : If set to “Former-Sts” and AC power is lost when system is live, then after AC
power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when system

is not live, system will remain powered off.

3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

po wer is lost.

po wer is lost

po wer is lost.

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Midi Port Address

Midi Port Base I/O Address.

The Ch o i ces : 3 3 0 (default), 300, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

T his de term in es th e IRQ in w hich the Midi Port can use.

The Ch o i ces : 1 0 ( defa ult), 5 .

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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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ACPI Function

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

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly
related to the followin g modes:

1.HDD Power Down.

2.Doze Mode.

3. Susp end M ode.

There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Min. Saving

Minimum power management.
Doze Mode = 1 hr.
Standby Mode = 1 hr

Su spend Mode = 1 hr.
HDD Power Down = 15 min

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Max Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Doze Mode = 1 min
Standby Mode = 1 min.
Su spend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Defined (d efault)

Allow you to set each mode individually.
When not disabled, each of the ranges are 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 de term ines the mann er in whic h the mo nitor is goes blank.

Video Off In Suspend

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
The C hoices: Yes (default), No.

Suspe nd Type

Select the Suspend Type.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use.

V/H SYNC+Blank

This selection w ill 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 (def ault)

Initia l disp lay p ower mana gement signa lin g.

The Choices: Stop Grant (default), PwrOn Suspend.

The Choices:3 (d efault)/ 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA

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Suspe nd Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be
shut off.

The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), 1Min, 2M in, 4Min, 8M in, 1 2Min, 20M in,

30Min, 40Min, 1Hour.

HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inact ivity , the hard disk drive will be
powered down while all other devices remain active.

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.”

Intruder# Detection

This item allows you to enabled or disabled Intruder# Detection.

Wake-Up by PCI card

When you select Enable, a PME signa l from PCI card returns the system to Full On state.
The C hoices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Power On by Ring

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incomin g call on
the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.

Resume by Ala rm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled,
you cannot use this function. During Enabled, Choose the Date and T ime Alarm:

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the

The Choices: Disabled (d efau lt), 1M in, 2 Min, 3Min, 4M in, 5 Min, 6Min, 7Min,

8Min, 9Min, 10Min, 11Min, 12Min, 13Min, 14Min, 15Min.

.

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

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Date (o f Month) Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot

up.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose shat hour, minute and second the

system will boot up.

operating system, before this function will work.

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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 communicating 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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Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature, which requires the system to record which
resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a

node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The
system nee ds to record and u pdate ES CD to the mem ory lo cations. These locat ions (4K)
are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s

ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled
option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the
“D isab led” mode.

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources
controlled by function.

Le gacy is the term, which sign if ie s tha t a re sour ce is ass igned to the IS A Bus and pro vides

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non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI
Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Resources Controlled 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.

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”.

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

PCI / VG A Pa lette Sn oop

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic contro llers which are not VGA compatible
take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot
information and VGA compatibility.

However, the color information comin g from the VGA co ntro l ler is draw n from the palette
table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller
needs to know what is in the palette of th e VGA contro 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 case, the PCI VGA controller shou ld not respond to the Write, it should only sno op
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.

Disabled(default) Disab les the function.
Enabled Enables the function.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Status

Shutdo wn Temperature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. T his item is only effective
under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

The Choices: 60

O

C/140OF, 65OC/149OF, 70OC/158OF, Disabled (default).

CPU Vore/AGP Voltage/+3.3V/ Vo ltage Battery

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

Current CPU Temp

Show you the current CPU1 temperature.

Curre nt SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

Current CPU FAN Speed

This field displays the current CP UFAN speed.

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Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST
stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled .

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9 Frequency Control

 Fig ure 9. F requenc y Control

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio.

CPU Voltage

T his ite m allows you to select CP U Vo ltage Regulat or.

The Cho ices: Default (default), +1.7％, +3.45％, +5.1％.

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