Biostar P4VMA-M Owner's Manual

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FCC Inf or m at ion and Copyr ight

This equipment h as bee n te sted and foun d to c omply with the limits of a Class B digi ta l dev i ce, pu r su ant to Part 15 of t he FCC R ul es. Th es e lim it s ar e de sig ned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment genera tes, uses and can r adiate radio frequency en ergy and, if not installed and used in accor dance wi th the instru ctions, may cause har mful interf erence to radio communications. Ther e is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the con te nt s h ere an d sp ec iall y di sc la im s an y im pl ied w ar r ant ie s of mer c ha nt ab il ity or fitness for any purpose. Further the vendor rese rves the right to rev ise this public ati on and to make changes to the contents h er e without ob liga tion to notify a ny par ty beforehand .

Duplication of this publication, in part or in whole, is not allowed without first obt aini ng the ve ndor’s approval in wr itin g.

The con te nt of thi s u ser’s m anu al i s subje ct to b e ch an ged with ou t no ti ce an d we will not be r e sponsible for any mis takes found in this user’s manu a l. All the brand and produ ct n ame s are trademarks of their re s pe ctive compa n ies.

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Table of Contents

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

1.1 Features...............................................................................1

A. Hardware .............................................................................. 1

B. BIOS & Software................................................................... 3

1.2 Package List.........................................................................3

1.3 Layout (Version 7.x) ............................................................. 4

1.4 Components (Version 7.x) ..................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation...................................................6

2.1 Central Processing Unit Installation (CPU).............................6

2.2 FAN Headers....................................................................... 6

2.3 Memory Module Installation ................................................. 7

2.4 Connectors and Slots ............................................................ 8

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup..........................................9

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers .......................................................... 9

3.2 Detail Settings......................................................................9

Chapter 4: Useful Help..................................................................12

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code.......................................................12

4.2 Troubleshooting ..................................................................12

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..............................................................13

5.1 Introduction ........................................................................13

5.2 System Requirement............................................................13

5.3 Installation..........................................................................14

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 FEATURES

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CPU

Supports Socket 478. Supports Intel Penti um 4 processor.

Supports Intel Celeron/Celeron D processor. Supports Intel Penti um 4 Northwood/Prescott CPU.

Front Si de Bus at 400/533/800 MHz.

Chipset

North Bridge: VIA PM800. South Bridge: VIA VT 8237/VT8327R

Dimension

AT X Form Factor: 19.9cm(W) x 24.4cm (L)

Main Memory

Support s up to 2 DDR de vi ces. Support s 266 /333/400MHz DDR de vi c es.

Maximum memory size i s up to 4GB. (Following tabl e is only for

reference.)

DI MM Socket

Location

DI MM 1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB * 1 DI MM 2 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB * 1

DDR Module

To t a l Me m or y

Size

Max i s 4G B.

Super I/ O

Chip: IT E IT8705 Provides the most commonly used legacy super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives:

¾ H/W Monitor, ¾ Fan Speed Controller (optional),

¾ ITE “Smart Gu ardian” f unction .

10/100 LAN PHY

Chip: VT6103L Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation.

Half /Full duplex capabilit y. Supports ACPI, PCI power management.

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Slot

3 PCI bus master slots. 1 AG P 4x/8x co m patib l e slot.

1 CNR sl ot .

Serial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Data tra n sfer rates up to 150 M B /s.

Complaints with SATA Versi on 1.0 specification.

Onboard I DE

Support 4 IDE d isk dr ives. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Bus M aster, and Ul tra DMA

33/66/100/133 function.

Onboard A D’9 7 So und Codec

Chip: ALC655 Support 6 channels.

Supports S/PDIF ou t function . Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.

Fr o nt Side On-board Per ipherals

1 CNR sl ot supports n etworking fa cili tie s. 1 front panel header supports front panel facili ties.

1 S/PDIF out connector supports digital out function. 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audi o-in device.

1 front audio header supports front panel audio function. 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports. 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard di sk devices.

2 serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

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Rear Side Conne ctors

4 USB 2.0 ports. 1 VGA port.

1 serial port. 1 parallel port.

1 RJ- 45 LA N jac k . 1 PS/2 M ouse & Keyboard port.

1 vertical audio port including 1 li ne-in connector, 1 speaker out

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC in connec t or.

JKBMS1

PS/2

PS/2 Mouse

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

JCOM1

JPRNT1

Parallel

VGA1

JVGA1

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BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1. 2 , AC PI , an d USB fu nctio ns.

Software

Supports 9th TouchTM, Fl asherTM, WinFlasherTM, Bo ot b lockerTM,

and WarpspeederTM.

Offers th e highest performance fo r Windo ws 98 , Windo ws NT,

Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Red-Hat Linux, and UNIX se ries.

JUSBLAN1

LAN

JUSB1

US B x2 USB x 2

JAUDIO1

Line In

Line In Speaker Out

Speaker Out Mic In

Mic In

1.2 PACKAGE LIST

FDD cable x1 HDD ca ble x1

User’s M anual x1 Fu lly Se tu p Driver CD x1

USB 2.0 cable x1 (optional) Serial ATA cable x2 (opti onal)

S/ PD IF out cable x 1 (optional) Rear I/O p anel for ATX case x1 (o p tio nal)

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1.3 LA YOUT (VERS ION 7.X)

JKBMS1

CPU1

JCOM1JVGA1

JUSB1

JUSBLAN1

Super I/ O

JAUDI O

LAN PH Y

JAUDI O1

CODEC

JSPD IFO1

JCDIN1

IT 8705

BIOS

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

CNR1

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

Socket 478

PM 800

GP1

FD D1

JC FA N1

JUSB3

JUSB4

JSFAN1

DIMM1

VT 8237

VT8237R

JPANEL1

IDE1

BAT1

JSATA1

JSATA2

JCI1

IDE2

JCMOS1

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1.4 COMPONENTS (VERSION 7.X)

CPU1

Soc ket 47 8

Supe r I /O IT 8705

BI OS

LAN PHY

CODEC

D E

Rear (back) side connec tors.

JAU DIOIN1: Front s ide audio out

header. JCDIN1: CD- In connec tor.

JSPD IF1: Digital Audio c onnector.

CN R1 : Co mmun i catio n Ne twor k Ri se r

slot. PCI 1~3: Peripheral C om ponent

Int erc onnect slot s. FDD1: Floppy D isk connec t or.

JSF AN 1: Sy stem Fan header.

JUSB3~4: Fron t side USB header s.

PM 800

BA T 1

VT 8237

VT823 7R

FD D 1

J. K.

L. M.

P. Q.

JPAN EL1: Front Panel headers. JCMOS1: Clear CMOS header.

JC I 1: C hassis open header. JSATA1~2: Serial ATA c onnectors.

AGP1: Accelerat ed Graphics Port s lot.

ID E1~2: Hard Disk connec t ors. DI MM1~2: DDR DIMM m odules.

JATXPW R 1~2: ATX Power Source

connectors. JCFAN 1: CPU F an header.

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT INSTALLAT ION (CPU)

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

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 2: Look for the white dot/cut edge. The white dot/cut edge should

point ward s the lever pi vot . T he CPU will fi t only in the c orre c t orientation.

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

the i nstal la ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckl e it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This compl etes the i nstallation.

2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans bui lt in the computer. The fan wir in g and plu g may be diff er ent accordi ng to the fa n ma nufactur er.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

CPU FAN Header: JCFA N1

Pin Assignment

JCFAN1

System Fan Header: JSFAN1

JSFAN1

Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When

connecting with wi res onto connectors, pl ease note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire i s Ground

and should be c onnect ed to GN D .

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaini ng clips outward. Ali gn a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the Sl ot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and fi rml y into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIM M is properl y seated.

Note:

To assur e th e syste m safe ty, if you need to chan g e DDR m odu le s, fir stly, please unplug the 20-pin power cable with the power connector, an d

the n y ou can ch ang e the m odu le s. A fter war ds, p lug i n the cable th e power connector again, and finally you can boot up the system.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS

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The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that s uppor t s 360 K, 720 K , 1.2 M, 1. 4 4 M a nd 2.88M f lo ppy d is k types. Th is

connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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

fun c tio nality. It has two HDD connectors IDE 1 (p rimary) 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 fi rst hard drive should always be

connected to IDE1.

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This m otherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Com ponent Interconnect, and i t is a bus standard for

expansion cards. Thi s PCI sl ot is designated as 32 bits.

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You r mon ito r will atta c h di rectl y to that vid eo ca rd. This mothe rbo ard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it i s also equipped wi th an

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technol ogy for improved video effi ciency and performance,

especially wi th 3D graphi cs.

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The CNR specifica tion is an op en Ind ustry Standar d Ar c hi tec t ur e, and it defines a hardware scalable riser card i nterface, which supports modem

only.

SSeerriiaall AATTAA CCoonnnneeccttoorr:: JJSSAATTAA11~~22

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and wi th transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

JSATA1~2

1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HE ADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “cl ose”, if not, that means the j umper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable wi th the PC front panel. It will disab le the o utput on ba c k pan el audio co nn ecto rs.

2 1

Pin Assign men t Pin Assig n men t

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speak er out

Right

7 Reserv ed 8 Key 9 Left line out/ Speak er out Left 10 Left line out/ Speak er out Left

Right line in/R ear speaker

Right

13 Lef t line in/Rear s peak er Left 14 Left line in/R ear speaker Left

JCDI N1 : C D-ROM A ud io -in Co n ne cto r

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI so und ca rd, PCI T V turner card

etc..

JCDIN1

14 13

JAUDIO1

6 Right line out/ Speak er out R ight

12 R ight line in/R ear speaker Right

Pin Assignment

1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input

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JSP DI F _ OU T 1 : Dig ita l A u dio Conn ector (op tio n al)

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

Pin Assignment

JSPDIF_OUT1

JPANEL1: F ront Panel Header

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.

PWR_LED

SLP

On/Off IR

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

+--

SPK

HLED

Speaker Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

IrDA Connector

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground

24 23

RST

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

JPANEL1

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector

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JCMOS1: Close CMOS Header

By placi ng the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to

avo id da ma ging th e mot her b oar d.

JCMOS1 Assignment

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wai t for f i ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CM OS data.

JCI1: Case Open Header

T his connecto r allows syste m to monitor PC case open statu s. If th e signal has been tri ggered, i t will record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

JCI1

Norm al Operation (D ef ault).

Clear CMOS data.

1 Cas e open signal 2 Ground

JUSB3/JU SB4: F ro nt USB Headers

This m otherboard provides 2 USB 2.0 headers, which all ows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be

connected wi th internal USB devi ces, like USB card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

210 1

JUSB3/JUSB4

1 +5V (f used) 2 +5V (f used) 3 USB- 4 USB-

5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Meaning

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort beeps

High-low siren sound One Short beep when system

boot-up Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or inst all

4.2 TROUBLESH OOTING

Video card not f ound or video c ard mem ory bad

CPU overheated, sys t em will shut down automatically

No error found during POST

Problems Solution

1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminat e, f an

inside power s upply does not t ur on.

2. Indic at or light on key board does not t urn on.

Sys t em inoperat iv e. Key board lights are on, power indic at or lights are lit,

and hard driv e is spinning.

Sys t em does not boot from hard dis k drive, can be booted fro m CD- ROM

drive.

System only boots f rom CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and

applicat ions can be used but boot ing from hard disk is im possible.

Screen m essage say s “Invalid Conf igurat ion” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot sys t em af t er inst alling sec ond hard drive.

1. Make sure power c able is s ec urely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even pres s ure on both ends of the DIMM, press down firm ly unt il the

module s naps int o place.

1. Chec k cable running from disk t o disk controller board. Make sure

both ends are s ec urely plugged in; chec k the drive type in the standar CMOS setup.

2. Back ing up the hard drive is ext rem ely im port ant. All hard disks are capable of break ing down at any time.

Back up data and applications f iles. Ref orm at t he hard drive. Re-install

applicat ions and dat a using bac k up disks.

Rev iew system’s equipm ent. Make sure correc t inf ormat ion is in setup.

1. Set master/slave jumpers correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and s elect correc t driv e types. C all the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other driv es.

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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™

5.1 INTRODUCTION

[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control uti lity, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvol tage

Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easi ly 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 vol tage an d Me mor y v ol ta ge. Th e co ol Har dw are Mo nit or s mar tly in d icates

the tem peratures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chi pset information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descripti ons about

BIOS m odel and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically

s how n on our ma i n p an el . Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting i s not

appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang, [WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the sy stem stability by automatically

rebooting the com puter and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one.

5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows M e, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (T he Windows XP operating system incl udes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to instal l

Dir ec tX 8.1.)

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5.3 INST ALL ATION

1. Execute the setup executi on 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 che c ked, th e Tray Icon utili ty and [ WarpSpeed er™] util ity will b e

automatically and immediately l aunched 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 chan ge ac c ording to your motherboard on ha nd.

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1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility i s launched, it will di splay a little tra y icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.

This utility is responsible for conveni ently 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” i tem in the popup menu has the same fun c tio n a s mouse lef t-click on tray icon and “Exit” item will cl ose

T ray Icon utility if selecte d.

2. Main Panel

If y ou click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked . Please refer to the follo wing fi gure; the utility’s first window you will

see is Main Panel.

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Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Displ ay the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock,

AGP clock, and PCI clock inform ation.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware M onitor

Buttons for invoking respective panels.

c. W ith a user - fr ie nd ly Status An im ation, it c an r epr esent 3

overclock percentage stages: Man walking→overcl ock percentage from 100% ~ 110 % Panther runni ng→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120% Ca r rac ing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Voltage Panel

Click the Volta ge button in Main Pa nel, the button will be hig hligh ted and the Vol ta ge Pa nel will slid e out to up as the f ollowing figure.

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core vol tage and Memory vo ltage or not. The d efault se tting is “No”. If you wa n t to get

the best performance of overcl ocking, we recommend you click the option “Yes”.

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4. Overclock Panel

Click the O vercloc k button in Main Panel, the b utto n will be hig hlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following fi gure.

Overclock Panel co ntain s the these features:

a. “–3M Hz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz

button”: provi de user the ability to do real-time overclock adj ustment.

Warning:

Manually overclock is pot entially dangerous, especially when t he overclocking percentage is over 110 %. W e strongly rec ommend you

verify every speed y ou overclock by c lick the Verify button. Or, you c an just click Aut o overc lock button and let [WarpSpeeder™] aut om atically

gets the best result for y ou.

b. “Recovery Dialog button”: Pop up the following dialog. Let user

select a restoring way if system need to do a fail-safe reboot.

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

[Wa rpS peeder™] will set th e b est and stable pe rf orma nce and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utili ty will execute a

series of te stin g until syst em f ail. Then syste m will do fail-safe reboot by usi ng Watchdog function. After reboot, the

[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware defaul t setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according

to the Reco very Dialog ’s setti ng.

d. “Verify button”: User can click thi s button and [WarpSpeeder™]

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok, then the current fre quency will be saved in to system registry. If

the testing fail, system wil l do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hard ware defau lt

setting or load the veri fied best and stable frequency according to the Reco very Dialog ’s setti ng.

Note:

Becaus e the t esting programs, inv ok ed in Auto-overclock and Verify, include D irectDraw, D irect3D and D irectShow t ests, the DirectX 8.1 or

newer runtime library is required. And please m ak e sure y our display card’s color depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is

required for Direct3D rendering.

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5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Click the Hard ware Moni to r bu tton in Ma in Pane l, the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as

the fo l lowing fig ur e. In this panel, you can get the real-time status inform ation of your

system. The informa tio n will be ref reshed every 1 second.

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6. About P ane l

Click the “about” button in M ain Panel, the button will be highlighted and th e A b out Pa nel will s l id e out t o up as the fo l lowing f ig ur e. In this panel, you can get model name and detail inform ation in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can al so 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 i s not on board, the correlat ive button i n M ain panel will be disabled, but will not inte r fer e

other panels’ functi ons. T his property can make [WarpSpeeder™] utili ty more robust.

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P4VMA-M BIOS Setup

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

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................... 13

5 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................17

6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 21

7 PnP/PCI Configurations............................................................................... 26

8 PC Health Status ..........................................................................................29

9 Frequency Control .......................................................................................30

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his manual discussed Awa rd™ Set up program built into the ROM BIO S. Th e Setu p program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is th en stor ed in batte ry-back ed RAM so th at it retain s the Setu p infor mation when th e power is turned off.

T he Award BIOS™ in stalled in y our co mputer system’ s ROM (Read Only Me mory ) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel processors input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low- level support for standard devices such as disk drives and seria l 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 f ine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.

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

Plug and Play Support

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

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced P ower 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 monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

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PCI Bus Support

This AW ARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specificat ion.

DRAM Support

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) are supported.

Supported CPUs

This AWARD BIOS supports the IntelTM CPU.

Using Setup

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following tab le provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to previo us ite m Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left (me nu bar) Right arro w Move to the item on the right (menu bar) Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving changes

Move Ente r Move to the ite m yo u des ired PgUp k e y Increase the nu mer ic value or make changes PgDn k ey Decrease the numeric value or make changes + K ey Inc rease the numeric value or make c hanges

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 k ey Genera l help on Setup na vigat io n ke ys F5 k ey Load pre vious va lues fro m CMOS

F6 key Load the fail-safe de faults from BIOS defa ult tab le F7 key Load the optimized d efa ults F10 key Save all the CMOS change s and exit

Sub menus: Exit Current page to the next higher leve l 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 opt ions.

Advanced 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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Integrate d 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.

Frequenc y/ Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/ PCI clock. (However, 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 O p timi ze d Defa u l 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 optimized

for this system. A confirmation message will be disp layed before defaults are set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes 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 Su pervisor Passwor d. If the Sup er viso r P as sword is set and the Use r Pa ss word 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 proceedin g.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceedin g.

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 2. Standard CMOS Setup

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Main Menu 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 sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

Drive A

Drive B

Video EGA/VG A

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 ty pe of fl op py disk drive installed in your system.

Select the default video device.

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Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

you wa nt the BIOS to stop

the POST process and

notify you.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

available in the system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Fig ure 3. Advanced BIOS Se tup

CPU Feature

Thermal Management

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

The Choices: Thermal Monito r 1 (Defau lt), Therma l Monitor 2.

TM2 B us Ratio

This option represents the frequency (bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be in itiated when the on-diesensor goes from not hot to hot.) Min= 0 Max= 255 Key in a DEC number=

The Choices: 0 X (Default )

TM2 B us VID

This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-diesensor goes from not hot to hot.

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

Limit CPUID MaxVal

Set Lim it CP UID MaxVal to 3, it should be “Disabled” for WinXP. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

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Virus Warning

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

CPU L1 & L2 Cac he

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

Disabled Disable cache.

CPU L3 Cache

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

Hyper-Threading Technology

This option allows you to enable or disab led Hyper-Threadin g Technology. “Enabled” for Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology). “Disab le” for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology).

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

T his item allows y ou to enable/d isable CPU L2 Cach e EC C Checking.

The Choices: 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.

Fi rst / Second/ Third/ Boo t Other Devic e

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in t hese item s. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

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

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assignments.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disabling th is option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects the NumLock. State after power on. The Choices: On (default) Numpad is number keys.

Off Numpad is arrow keys.

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 (Cha rs/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.

Security Option

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 a lso required to access the Setup Utility. Setup (default): A password is required to access the Setup Utility only.

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

APIC Mode

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

MPS Version Control For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel mult iprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

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OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.

The Ch o i ces : Non-OS2 (default), OS2.

Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Enabled (default) Optional ROM is enabled. Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

Sum mar y Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen means syst em configurat ion an d P CI device listing. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

T his submenu allow s you to co nfigure th e spec ific feature s of the chipse t ins talled on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspic ious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.

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Fig ure 4. Advance d Chipse t Setup

DRAM Clock/Drive Control

To control the Clock. If you high light the litera l “P ress Enter” next to the “DRAM Clock” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

DRAM Clock

This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz, 133MHz or By SPD.

The Choices: 100MHz, 133MHz, By SPD (default). DRAM Timing

This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SP D or not.

The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual.

SDRAM CAS Latency

When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.

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The Choices: 2.5(default), 2.

Bank Interleave

This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature.

The Choices: Disabled (default).

Precharge to Active (Trp)

This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command.

The Choices: 2T, 3T (default).

Active to Precharge (Tras)

This items allows you to specify the min imum bank active time.

The Choices: 6T (default), 5T.

Active to CMD (Trcd)

Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted.

The Choices: 2T, 3T (default).

DRAM Command Rate

This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command.

The Choices: 1T Command, 2T Command (default).

DRAM Burst Len The Choices: 4 (default), 8.

CPU read DRAM Mode The Choices: Medium (default), Slow, Fast.

AGP & P2P Bridge Control

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and th en pres s the ente r key, it will ta ke you a subme nu with the followin g option s :

AG P Aperture Siz e

Select the size of the Acce lerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. T he aperture 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: 64M, 256M, 128M (Default), 32M, 16M, 8M, 4M.

AGP 2.0 Mode

This item allows you to select the AGP Mode.

The Choices: 4X (default), 2X, 1X.

AGP Driving Co ntrol

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By choosing “Auto” the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card. By choosing “Manual”, it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual.

The Choices: Auto (default), Manual.

AGP Driving Value

While AGP driv in g co ntrol item se t to “Manua l”, it a llows use r to set AGP dr iv ing.

The Choices: DA (default).

AG P Fas t Write The Choices: Enabled , Disable d (default).

AGP Master 1 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Read

When Enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graph ics P ort) are executed with one wait states.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

AGP 3.0 Calibration cycle The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

AGP Share Memory Size The Choices: 64M (default), Disabled.

CPU & PCI Bus Control

If you highlight the litera l “Press Enter” next to the “CPU & PCI Bus Control” label and th en pres s the ente r key, it will ta ke you a subme nu with the followin g option s :

CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When enabled, up to four Dwords of data. Can be written to the P CI bus without

interrupting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to

receive the data.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PC I Master 0 WS Wri te

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay

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transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specificat ion.

The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default).

Memory Hole

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. T he user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 d iscussed their memory requirements.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “Enabled” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. However, any programs

writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors.

Init Display First

With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

The Choices: Ena b le d (default), Disabled.

The Choices: PCI Slo t (default), AGP.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

VI A O nC hip IDE Dev ic e

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the follow ing options:

OnChip SATA

This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA.

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

IDE DMA Transfer Access

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

On Chip IDE Channel 0/1

The motherboard chipset contains a P CI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE

interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

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

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary

and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”.

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

Prima ry / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO

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The IDE PIO (Programmed 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 to 4 will increased performance progressive ly. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

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

VIA OnChip PCI Device

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip PCI Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the follow ing options:

Prima ry / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be imp lemented 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: Aut o (default), Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Bloc k mode is also called b lock tran sfer, mult ip le commands, or multip le secto r read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VIA-3058 AC97 Audio

This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio.

The Choices: Aut o (default), Disabled.

VIA-3068 MC97 Modem

This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem.

The Choices: Aut o (default), Disabled.

VIA-3043 OnChip LAN

This option allows you to control the onchip LAN.

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

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

Th is item al lows you to enab le or disa ble O nboard LAN Boot ROM .

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Onboard 1394 chip

This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard 1394 chip.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

OnChip USB Contro ller

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Th is option s hou ld be enab led if your sy st em ha s a USB insta lled on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller.

The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB P ort, 3 USB Port.

Onchip EHCI Contro ller

This item allows you to enable or disable the onchip EHCI controller.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

USB Device Legacy Support

This item allows you to support the USB device legacy.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

USB Mouse Support

Enables support for USB attached mouse.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Supe r IO Device

Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device.

O n bo a rd FDC Co ntro l le r

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disab led in this fie ld.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disab led, Auto, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

Onboard Serial Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices: 2F8/IR Q3 (default), Disabled, Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 , 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The Choices: Normal(default), ASKIR, IrDA, S CR .

RxD, TxD Active

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The Choices: Hi / Lo (default), Hi / Hi, Lo / Hi, Lo / Lo.

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IR Transmission Delay

T his item al lows y ou to ena ble/d isab le IR transm iss ion de lay.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

UR2 Duplex Mode

Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simu ltaneous two-direction transm ission. Half-duplex mode

permits transmission in one direct ion only at a time.

The Choices: Half (de fault), Full.

Use IR Pins

Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals.

The Choices: IR-Rx2Tx2 (default), RxD2, TxD2.

Onboard Parallel Po rt

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

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

Parallel Port Mode

T he de fault value is SP P.

The Choices: SPP (Default) Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer P ort.

EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP & EPP mode.

EPP Mode Selec t

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

The Cho ices: EPP 1.7(default), EPP1.9.

ECP Mode Use DM A

The Choices: 3(default), 1.

Game Port Address

Game P ort I /O Address.

The Choices: 201 (default), 209, Disabled.

Midi Port Address

Midi Port Base I/O Address.

The Choices: 330 (default), 300, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

T his dete rmines th e IRQ in which the Mid i Por t c an use. The Choices: 10 (default), 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).

The Choices: Ena b le d (default), Disab led.

ACP I Sus pend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 + S3 POS+STR

Power Management Option

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. Suspen d Mode.

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

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Min. Saving

Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Su spe nd Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max Saving

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

User Defined (d efault)

Allows you to set each mode indiv idually.

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.

HDD Power Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. The Choices: Disabled (d efault) , 1M in, 2Min, 3M in, 4M in, 5Min, 6 Min, 7M in, 8M in, 9Min, 10Min, 11Min, 12Min, 13Min, 14Min, 15Min.

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 (default), 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 8Min, 12Min, 20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour.

Video Off Option

This field determ ines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management.

The Choices: Suspend→Off (default), Always on.

Video Off Method

T his option dete rm ines t he man ner in which the monit or is goes blank.

V/H SYNC+Blank (default)

This selection w ill cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

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Blank Screen

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS

Initial display power management signaling.

MODEM Use IRQ

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

The Choices: 3 (defau lt)/ 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA

Soft-Off by PWR-BTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”

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

Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume

Choosing Enabled will make BIO S run VGA BIOS to init ialize the VG A car d wh en system wakes up from S3 state . The system time is shortened if you disable the function , but system will need AGP driver to initia lize the card . So , if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature , the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 .

The Choices: Auto (default), Yes, No.

Ac Loss Auto Restart

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 (3 V), 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”.

“Off” (default) Means always set CMOS to the “Off” status when AC power is lost. “On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC power is lost “Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost.

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.

Delay Prior to Thermal

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

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IRQ/Event Activity Detect

If you high light the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IRQ/Event Activity Detect” label and th en pres s the ente r key, it will ta ke you a subme nu with the followin g option s :

PS2KB Wakeup Select

When select Pa ss word, p lease press En ter key to ch ange passwor d with a

maximun of 8 characters.

The Choices: Ho t Key (default).

PS2KB Wakeup from S3/ S4/ S5

This item allows you to wake up from S3/ S4/ S5 with P S2 keyboard. The Choices: Disabled (default), Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+F2. Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+F6, Ctrl+F7, Ctrl+F8, Ctrl+F9, Ctrl+F10, Ctrl+F11, Ctrl+F12, Power, Wake, Any Key.

PS2MS Wakeup from S3/ S4/ S5

This item allows you to wake up from S3/ S4/ S5 with P S2 mouse.

The Choices: Disabled (defau lt).

USB Resume from S3

This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

VGA

When set to On, any event occ urring at a VGA Po rt will awaken a syste m which has be en powered down .

The Choices: Off (default), On.

LPT & COM

When th is opt ion is set to On, any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

The Cho ices: LPT/COM (default), COM, LPT, NONE.

HDD & FDD

When this option is set to On, any ev ent oc curring on a hard drive or a flop py drive will awaken a system which has been powered down.

The Choices: On (default), Off.

PCI Master

When set to On, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power function. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jump.

The Choices: Off (default), On.

Po werOn by PC I Ca rd

When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state.

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The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Mo dem Ring Resume The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. RTC Alarm Resume

When “Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

The Choices: Enabled , Disable d (default).

Date (of Month)

Yo u can ch oose wh ich mo nth th e system will boot u p. T his field is only configurable when “RT C Resume” is set to “Enabled”.

Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)

You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. Th is field is only configurable when “RTC Resume” is set to “Enabled”.

IR Qs Ac tiv ity Monito ring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up

events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activity).

Primary INTR On

IRQ3 (COM2) Disabled IRQ4 (COM1) Enabled IRQ5 (LPT2) Enabled IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled IRQ7 (LPT1) Enabled IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) Disabled IRQ10 (Reserved) Disabled IRQ11 (Reserved) Disabled IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) Enabled IRQ13 (Coprocessor) Enabled IRQ14 (Hard Disk) Enabled IRQ15 (Reserved) Disabled

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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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PNP OS Installed

Wh en set to YES, BIOS will on ly init ialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequenc e (VGA, ID E, SCSI). The res t of the ca rds will b e initial ized by th e PnP ope ratin g system like Window™ 9 5. When set to NO, BIOS will in it ia lize a ll the P nP ca rds. For non -P nP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO.

The Choices: No (default), Yes.

Reset Configuration Da ta

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

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syst em needs to rec ord and update ESCD to the mem ory locations. T hese loca tio ns ( 4K) are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s ESCD will update on ly when the new configurat ion 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 isabled” mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources

controlled by function. Le gacy is th e term, wh ich signifies that a resour ce is as signe d to the ISA Bus and pr ov ides 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 Choosin g “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 “P ress 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 Pale tte Sno op

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

However, the color information coming from the VGA cont ro ller is drawn from th e pale tte table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic contro ller needs to kno w what is in the palette of th e VGA controller. To 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

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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 c ase, the PCI VGA contr ol ler shou ld not respond to the Write, it sho uld only sn oop 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.

Assign IRQ For VGA

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Status

CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, 5VSB(V), Voltage Battery

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

Current CPU Temp

This field displays the current temperature of CPU.

Current CPU FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.

Curre nt SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYST EM fan.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during P OST stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled .

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9 Frequency Control

 Figure 9. Frequenc y Co ntrol

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio.

The Choices: 8X (default), Min= 8 Max= 50

Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk

T his item allows y ou to enable/d isable au to de tect DI MM /P CI Cloc k.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled＊.

CPU Clock

T his item al lows y ou to sele ct CP U Host Cloc k. The Choices: 100MHz (Min) (default) ~ 232MHz (Max).

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If unfortunately, the system ’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there a re two methods of booting-up the system.

Method 1: Clear the CMOS data by se tting the JCMOS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON” status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting.

Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key until the power-on screen showed. This action will boot-up the system according to FSB of the processor.