Biostar TForce 590 SLI Deluxe Owner's Manual

TForce 590 SLI Deluxe Setup Manual

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Table of Conten ts

Cha p t e r 1: Intr oduction ........................................ 1

1.1 Before You Start................................................................................1

1.2 Package Checklist............................................................................. 1

1.3 Motherboard Features...................................................................... 2

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors .....................................................................3

1.5 Motherboard Layout.........................................................................4

Chapter 2: Har dwa re Ins t allation........................... 5

2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 5

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

2.3 Installing System Memory................................................................ 8

2.4 Connectors and Slots.......................................................................10

Chapter 3: Hea ders & Jumpers Setu p................... 12

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers.................................................................... 12

3.2 Detail Settings..................................................................................12

Cha p t e r 4: NV IDIA RAID Functi ons...................... 23

4.1 Operation System............................................................................23

4.2 Raid Arrays...................................................................................... 23

4.3 How RAID Works............................................................................. 23

CHAPTER 5: OverClock Quick Guide..................... 27

5.1: T-Power Introduction......................................................................27

5.2: T-Power BIOS Feature.................................................................... 28

5.3 T-Power Windows Feature............................................................36

Chapter 6: Useful Help......................................... 45

6.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 45

6.2 Award BIOS Beep Code.................................................................. 46

6.3 Extra Information............................................................................46

6.4 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 48

6.5 BIOS Post Code List......................................................................... 49

Appenden cies: S PEC In Othe r Language .............. 52

German..................................................................................................................52

France .................................................................................................................... 54

Italian..................................................................................................................... 56

Spanish................................................................................................................... 58

Portuguese ............................................................................................................60

Polish......................................................................................................................62

RUSSIAN................................................................................................................. 64

ARABIC .................................................................................................................. 66

JAPANESE.............................................................................................................. 68

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the
motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

sufficient lighting.

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

before operation.

 Before you take the motherboard out from anti-static

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely
grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to
remove the static charge.

 Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the

rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board
on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

 Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short
circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air and water.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Round Cable X 1
Serial ATA Cable X 4
Serial ATA Power Cable X 4
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
SLI Bridge X1
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

SPEC

Socket AM2

CPU

FSB Support HyperTransport Supports up to 1.3 GHz Bandwidth (by overclocking)

Chipset

Super I/O

Main
Memory

IDE

SATA II

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2 10 / 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s Auto-Negotiation

Sound Realtek ALC882 / ALC883 8 channels audio out

1394

Slots

On Board
Connector

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX
x2/ Sempron pro cessors

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Prov ides the most co mmon ly used legacy
Super I/O functionality.

Low Pin Count Interface

DIMM Slots x 4

Each DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB
DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 4GB

Int egr at ed IDE Co n t ro lle r

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master
Mod e

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s.

VIA VT6307 / VT6308 Supports IEEE 1394a with Transf er rate up to 400 Mbps

PCI slot x2 Supports PCI expansion cards

PCI Express x16 slot x2 Supports PCI express x16 expansion cards

PCI Express x4 slot x1 Supports PCI express x4 expansion cards

PCI Express x 1 slot x1 Supports PCI express x1 expansion cards

Floppy connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives

Ser ial Port connecto r x 1 Each connector supports 1 Serial port

Printer Port conne ctor x1 Each connector support s 1 Printer port

IDE Conn ector x1 Each connector supports 2 IDE device

SATA Connector x5 Each connector support s 1 SATA devices

Front Panel Connector x1 Supports front panel facilities

Front Audio Connector x1 Supports front panel audio function

CD-in Connector x1 Supports CD audio-in function

S/PDIF in connector x1 Supports digital audio in function

S/PDIF out connector x1 Supports digital audio out function

CPU Fan header x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function)

Athlon 64

2

AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing
Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

En v ironment Co n t rol in itiatives ,

H/W Mon itor

Fan Sp eed Contro ller

ITE's "S mart Guardian " funct ion

Dual Channel Mod e DDR2 memory mo du le

Supports DDR2 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

Registered D IMM and ECC D IMM is not supported

supports PIO Mode 0~4,

SATA Ver s io n 2.0 s pe c if icat ion co mpl iant .

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SPEC

System Fan head er x3 System Fan Power supply

CMOS clear header x1 Restore CMOS data to factory default

USB connector x2 Each conne ctor suppo rts 2 front panel USB ports

1394 Connector x1 Each Connector supports 1 1394 Port

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Connects to Power supp ly

Power Connector (8pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

PS/2 Ke yboard x1

PS/2 Mous e x1

Back Panel
I/O

Board Size 244 x 305 (mm) ATX Size Board

Special
Features

OS Support Windows 2000 / XP

External SATA Connector x1

LAN port x2

USB Port x6

1394 Port x1

Audio Jack x6

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support

Connects to PS/2 Keyboard

Connects to PS/2 Mouse

Connects t o SATA device

Connects to RJ- 45 ethernet cab le

Connects to USB devices

Connects to 1394 devices

Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection

Tuning and monitoring system performance

Supports Raid 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 through SATA connector.

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for
any OS With or without notice.

1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

PS/2
Mouse

PS/2
Keyboard

1394

USBX2

EXT. SA T AX1

Center

Rear

Side

LAN

Line In

Line Out

Mic In

LAN

USBX2USBX2

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

JKBMS1

JKBMSV1

JCOM1

JUSBV1

J1394_USB1

JDDRII_OV_2.3V

IDE1

FDD1

Socket A M2

ESATAX1

JUSBLAN2

JUSBLAN1

JAUDIO1

Codec

LAN
PHY

J1394B1

JAUDIOF1

JCDIN1

1394

JSPDIF_IN

J1394V1

Note: represents the 1■

LAN
PHY

PEX1-1

PEX4-1

JSP DIF_OUT

JA TXPWR2

JNFAN1

PCI1

PCI2

JPRNT1

PEX16-1

PEX16-2

nForce

SPP 190

JSBFAN

st

pin.

DDR2A1

DDR2B1

DDR2B2

JCFAN1

DDR2A2

JATXPWR1

BAT1

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

nForce

590 SLI

Super I/O

LED_5SB

LED_DIMM

DEBUG LED

JUSB1

BIOS

JUSBV2

JSATA1

JUSB2

JSATA2

JSATA3

JPANEL1

JSATA4

JSATA5

PWRSW1
(optional)

RSTSW2
(optional)

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 I

NSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Remove the socket prot ection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on

CPU s ho uld po int towar d s this w hit e tria ngl e . The CP U will fit o nl y
in the correct or ientation.

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Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct

B to complete the installation.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU

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

2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooli ng-fans b uilt i n the comp uter. The fan
cable and connector may be diff er ent accor ding to the fan manufacturer.
Connect the fan cable to t he connector while matc hing the black wire t o
pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

JCFAN1

14

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3

FAN RPM rate
sense

4 Smart Fan

Control

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JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Header

Pin

31

JNFAN1

JSBFAN/ JSFAN1: System Fan Header

31

JSBFAN

31

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 NIL

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

JSFAN1

Note:

The JSBF AN / JSFAN1 an d JN FAN1 support 3-pin head connector . When connecting with
wires ont o connect ors, please not e that the red wire is the positive and should be
connect ed to pin #2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Mo d ul es

DDR2A1

DDR2B1

DDR2A2

DDR2B2

1. Unlock a DIMM s lot by pressing the retaining clips outw ar d. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the
break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retai ning
chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seat ed.

B. Memory Capacity

DIMM Socket

Location

DDR2A1 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2B1 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2A2 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2B2 256MB/512MB/1024MB

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DDR Module

Total Memory Size

Max is 4GB.

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C. Dual Channel Memory installatio n

To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module
must meet the following requirements:

Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the following
table.

Dual Channel Status

Enabled O O X X
Enabled X X O O
Enabled O O O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not i nstalled.)
The DRAM bus widt h of the memory module must be t he same (x8 or x16)

DDR2A1

DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2

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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the
provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

IDE1: Hard Disk Connectors

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality.

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can
connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should always be
connected to IDE1.

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33 34

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PEx16-1/ PEx16-2: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

PEx1-1: PCI-Express x1 slots

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.

PEx4-1: PCI-Express x4 slots

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 1.0GB/s per direction; 2.0GB/s in total.

PEX16-1

PEX1-1

PEX4-1

PEX16-2

PCI1~P CI2 : Periphe ral Co mpone nt I nte rco nne c t Slo ts

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion
cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI 1

PCI 2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 H

OW TO SETUP JUMPERS

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

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep
button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front
panel switch functions.

PWR_LED

SLP

9
1

SPK

++

HLED

+

On/Off

-

­RST

16
8

12

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 Sleep control
2 N/A 10 Ground
3 N/A 11 N/A N/A
4 Speaker
5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+)
6 HDD LED (-)

7 Ground 15 Power button
8 Reset control

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset button

12 Power LED (+) Power LED

14 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Power-on button

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JATXPWR1: ATX Po wer S o urc e Co n ne ct or

JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power
supply.

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1224

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V
14 -12V 2 +3.3V
15 Ground 3 Ground
16 PS_ON 4 +5V
17 Ground 5 Ground
18 Ground 6 +5V
19 Ground 7 Ground
20 NC 8 PW_OK
21 +5V 9 Standby Voltage+5V
22 +5V 10 +12V
23 +5V 11 +12V
24 Ground 12 +3.3V

JAT XPWR2 : ATX Po wer S o urce Co n ne ct or

By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.

Pin Assignment

58

14

1 +12V
2 +12V
3 +12V
4 +12V
5 Ground
6 Ground
7 Ground
8 Ground

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JK B MSV1: Pow e r Source Se le c tio n He ade rs for K e yboard/ Mous e

Pin 1-2 Close:

JKBMSV1: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse。

Pin 2-3 Close:

JKBMSV1: PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered with +5V standby

voltage.

13

13

Pin 1-2 close

1

Pin 2-3 close

JUSB1/JUSB2: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

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

3

14

1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB­4 USB­5 USB+
6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground

2
1

10
9

9 Key

10 NC

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JUSBV1/JU SB V2: Po w e r Source He a de rs fo r USB P o rts

Pin 1-2 Close:

JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1.
JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2).

Pin 2-3 Close:

JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby voltage.
JUSBV2: USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2) are powered by +5V

standby voltage.

3

13

JUSBV1

JUSBV2

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Note:

In order to support this fun ction “Power -On sys t em via USB device,” “ JUSBV1/ JU SBV2”
jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually.

J1394B1: Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel

This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV, D8, or V8,
etc.

1

Pin Assignment

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

1 A+
2 A­3 Ground
4 Ground
5 B+
6 B­7 +12V

2
1

8 +12V

10

9 Key

9

10 Ground

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J1394PWR1: Power Source for 1394 Firewire Port

Pin 1-2 Close:

J1394PWR1: +12V for 1394 Port at J1394B1.

Pin 2-3 Close:

J1394PWR1: 1394 header at J1394PWR1 are powered by +12V standby

voltage.

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JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header

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

2

10

1

9

10 Left line out/

1

3

Pin 1-2 Close
+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)

13

Pin 2-3 close
+3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center
2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass
4 Audio power
5 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

6 Right line out/

Speaker out Right
7 Reserved
8 Key
9 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

Speaker out Left

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JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector

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

Pin

Assignment

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting
and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging
the motherboard.

Clear CMOS Procedures :※

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

14

13

1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right Channel

Input

13

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

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JS ATA1~ JSATA5: Se ri al ATA C onn ect o r s

The motherboard has 5 SATA connectors and an external SATA connector,
which satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec with transfer rate of 3GB/s.

JSATA1

JSATA 2

7

4

1

JSPDIF _OUT: Digital Audio-out Connecto r

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

J SATA3

JSATA4

13

Pin

JSATA5

Assignment

1 Ground
2 TX+
3 TX­4 Ground
5 RX­6 RX+
7 Ground

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

JSPDIF _IN: Digital Audio-in Connector

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

18

13

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground

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JDDRII_OV>2.3V: Header for Memory Voltage Overclocking

When processing Memory Voltage Overclocking, please place the jumper to
pin1-2 Closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed.

Note:

1. When “JDDRII_OV>2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 1-2, memory
voltage can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup.

2. When “JDDRII_OV>2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 2-3, memory
voltage will be fixed at 2.3V, and can’t be adjusted under COMS setup.

Before setting memory voltage overclocking, please ensure that your DDR
supports up to 2.3V. (Consult your DDR2 supplier to make sure)

On-Boa rd LE D I ndicators

There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status.

13

13

Pin 1-2 Cl ose:
Normal statu s (default ).

13

Pin 2-3 Cl ose:
Memory voltage Overclocking.

LED_5SB

LED_DIMM

LED_DIMM:

This LED indicates the voltage of memory is activated normally.

LED_5SB:

This LED indicates the system is ready for Power-on.

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Debug L E D

The Debug LED is used to display BIOS POST Code, which helps you to
identify the problem occurred.

The explanations for the most frequently seen codes are provided below, for a
full code reference list please see Chapter 6.5 BIOS Post Code list.

Code Explanation

C0 Please Check Memory
C1 Please Check Memory
2B I nitial Video Device error

52 Memory Module Error
75 Please Check HDD

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On-Boa rd Buttons

There are 2 on-board buttons.

PWRSW1

RSTSW2

PWRSW1:

This is an on-board Power Switch button.

RSTSW2 :

This is an on-board Reset button.

JCOM1: Seria l po rt Conne c tors

The motherboard has a Serial Port Connector for connecting RS-232 Port.

2
1

JCOM1

Pin

9

Assignment

1 Carrier detect
2 Received data
3 Transmitted data
4 Data terminal ready
5 Signal ground
6 Data set ready
7 Request to send
8 Clear to send
9 Ring indicator

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JPRNT 1 : P rinte r P ort Co nne c tor

This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

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1

2

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 -Strobe 14 Ground
2 -ALF 15 Data 6
3 Data 0 16 Ground
4 -Error 17 Data 7
5 Data 1 18 Ground
6 -Init 19 -ACK
7 Data 2 20 Ground
8 -Scltin 21 Busy

9 Data 3 22 Ground
10 Ground 23 PE
11 Data 4 24 Ground
12 Ground 25 SCLT
13 Data 5

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CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS

4.1 O

Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional.

PERATION SYSTEM

4.2 RAI D ARRAYS

NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for

many applications.

RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Spanning (JBOD): JBOD provides a method for combin ing drives of different sizes in to

RAID 5: RAID 5 provides fault to lerance and better utilizat ion of disk capacity.

one large disk.

4.3 HOW RAID WORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks
up a large f ile into s malle r bloc ks an d per form s disk read s and wr ites a cros s mult ip le
drives in parallel. The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter,
which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment. This
technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the

platform.

 Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any

environment that does not require fault tolerance.

 Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for large files. No

capacity loss penalty for parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array

fails, all data is lost.

 Fault Tolerance: No.

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

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RAID 1:

Every read and write is actually carried out in para llel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1
array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on
a second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if
the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware
failure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solut ions, or as a form of
automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less
reliable media.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.
 Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that

requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.

 Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive fail, the

controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive.

Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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Block 1
Block 2
Block 3

Block 1
Block 2
Block 3

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored usin g RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1
solution for improved performance plus resiliency.

Features and Benefits

- Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.

- Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for

automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used with other RAID
levels in an array, and allows for spare disks.

- Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy,
the same as RAID level 1.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4
Block 6

Spanning (JBOD ) :

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it were on a
standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive configuration is
needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance.

Features and Benefits

- Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to
combine them to make one big drive.

- Benefits: JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size drives using all of
the capacity of the drives.

- Drawbacks: Decreases performance because of the difficulty in using
drives concurrently.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Single Logical

Drive

Disk 1: 40GB
Disk 2: 80GB
Disk 3: 40GB

Disk 4: 120GB

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RAID 5:

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity informat ion across three or more drives. It writes
data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained
by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a
different drive from those used to store the data itself.

Features and Benefits

- Drives: Minimum 3.

- Uses: RAID 5 is recommended for transaction processing and

general purpose service.

- Benefits: An ideal combination of good performance, good fault
tolerance, and high capacity and storage efficiency.

- Drawbacks: Individual block data transfer rate same as a single disk.
Write performance can be CPU intensive.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Disk 1

DATA 1
DATA 3

PARITY

DATA 7
DATA 9

PARITY

Disk 2

DATA 2

PAR I TY

DATA 5

DATA 8
PAR I TY
DATA 11

Disk 3

PAR I TY

DATA 4

DATA 6
PAR I TY
DATA 10

DATA 12

※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to

http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

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CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE

5.1: T-P

Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is d es ign e d for o ver c lo c k users.
Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has
developed this ultimate overclock engi ne to raise system perf or mance.
No matter w hether under BIO S or Windows interfac e, T-Power is able to
present the best system state according to users’ overclock setting.

OWER INTRODUCTION

T-Power BIOS Features:

Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.)
CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.)
Memory Integration Test (M.I.T., under Overclock Navigator Engine)
Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.)
Smart Fan Function (under PC Health Status)
Self Recovery System (S.R.S)

T-Po w er Windo ws Feature:

Hardware Monitor
Overclock Engine
Smart Fan Function
Life Update

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A. Overcloc k ing Navigat o r Engine (O.N.E.):

ONE provides two pow erful overclocking engines: M OS and AOS for both
Elite and Casual overclockers .

Manual Ov e rcloc k Syste m ( M. O.S.)

MOS is designed for experienced overclock users.
It allows users to customize personal overclock settings.

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CPU Overclock Setting:

CPU Voltage:

This function will increase CPU stability when overclocking. However, the
CPU temperature will increase when CPU voltage is increased.

Choices: The range is from 1.2V to 1.725V, with an interval of 0.0.25V.

CPU Fre que ncy:

CPU Frequency is directly in proportion to system performance. To
maintain the system stability, CPU voltage needs to be increased also
when raising CPU frequency.

Choices: This range is from 200 to 450, with an interval of 1MHz.

Ha mmer CPU M u lti p lier:

The MOS allows users to downgrade the CPU ratio when overclocking.
Choices: The lower limit is x4 (800MHz). The upper limit is decided by
different CPU type. With an x1 (200MHz) interval.

Memory Overclock Setting:

Me mo ry Volt a g e:

This function will increase memory stability when overclocking.
Choices: The range is from 1.85V to 2.0V, with an interval of 0.05V.

Memclo c k F req uency :

To get better system performance, sometimes downgrading the memory
frequency is necessary when CPU frequency is adjusted over the upper
limit.

Choices: DDR2 400, DDR2 533, DDR2 667, DDR2 800 (MHz).

PCI-Express Overclock Setting:

PCIE Clock:

It helps to increase VGA card performance.

Choices: The range is from 100 to 145, with an interval of 1MHz.

Chipset Overclock Setting:

NB/SB Voltage Regulator:

This function will increase chipset stability when overclocking.
Choices: 1.52V, 1.60V, 1.68V, 1.76V.

HT Frequenc y :

We recommend users to set this item at “x4” when overclocking.
Choices: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, Auto.

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Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.)

For beginners in overclock field, BET had developed an easy, fast, and
powerful feature to increase the system performance, named A.O.S.

Based on many tests and experiments, A.O.S. provides 3 ideal overclock
configurations that are able to raise the system performance in a single
step.

V6 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 10%~15% of whole system performance.

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V8 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 15%~25% of whole system performance.

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V12 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance.

Notices:

1. Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based
on the selected CPU model.

2. From BET experiments, the Atholon64 FX CPU is not suitable for this A.O.S. featur e.

B. CMOS Reloading Progr am (C.R.P.):

It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM.
Users are able to reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system

configurations.
Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock

operation.
There are 50 sets of record addresses in total, and users are able to name the

CMOS data according to personal preference.

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C. Memory Integratio n Test (M.I.T.):

This function is under “Overclocking Navigator Engine” item.
MIT allows users to test memory compatibilities, and no extra devices or

software are needed.

Step 1:

The default setting under this item is “Disabled”; the condition parameter should
be changed to “Enable” to proceed this test.

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Step 2:

Save and Exit from CMOS setup and reboot the system to activate this test.
Run this test for 5 minutes (minimum) to ensure the memory stability.

Step 3:

When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enable” to “Disable”
to complete the test.

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D. Self Recover y System (S.R.S.):

This function can’t be seen under T-Power BIOS setup; and is always on
whenever the system starts up.

However, it can prevent system hang-up due to inappropriate overclock
actions.

When the system hangs up, S.R.S. will automatically log in the default BIOS
setting, and all overclock settings will be re-configured.

E. Integrated Fl ash Progra m (I.F.P.):

IFP is a safe and quick way to upgrade BIOS.

Step 1:

Go to Biostar website (http://www.biostar.com.tw) to download the latest BIOS
file. Then, save the file into a floppy disk.

Step 2:

Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to get into CMOS screen.

Step 3:

Select the item “Integrated Flash Program” to get the following frame and
choose the BIOS file downloaded in step 1.

Step 4:

Press “Enter” key to start BIOS file loading, and BIOS updating will process
automatically.

Step 5:

When the BIOS update is completed, press YES to the message “Flash done,
Reset system”, and the system will reboot automatically to finish the process.

Advise:

You can update the system BIOS by simply pressing “Enter” key for three times.

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F. Smart Fan Function:

Smart Fan Function is under “PC Health Status”.
This is a brilliant feature to control CPU Temperature vs. Fan speed.
When enabling Smart Fan function, Fan speed is controlled automatically by

CPU temperature.
This function will protect CPU from overheat problem and maintain the system

temperature at a safe level.

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CPU Fan Off <℃>:

If the CPU temperature is lower than the set value, the CPU fan will turn
off. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.

Choices: 16℃ (default).

CPU Fan Start <℃>

The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set
value. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.

Choices: 32℃ (default).

CPU Fan Full speed <℃ >

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work
under Full Speed. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.

Choices: 52℃ (default).

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Start PWM Value

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work
under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0~127, with an
interval of 1.

Choices: 32 (default).

Slope PWM

Choices: 1 PWM Value/℃ (default), 2 PWM Value/℃, 4 PWM Value/℃, 8
PWM Value/℃, 16 PWM Value/℃, 32 PWM Value/℃, 64PWM Value/℃.

S1: CPU temperature is 60℃, and PWM value is 1 PWM/℃.
S2: CPU temperature is 60℃, and PWM value is 2 PWM/℃.
S3: CPU temperature is 60℃, and PWM value is 3 PWM/℃.

Increasing the value of slope PWM will raise the speed of CPU fan.
As in above diagram, when the CPU temperature reaches 60℃, the CPU
fan speed for 3 PWM/℃ is higher than 1 PWM/℃ (S1<S2<S3).

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5.3 T-POWER WINDOWS FEATURE

A.Hardware Monitor:

T-Power Hardware monitor allows users to monitor system voltage,
temperature a nd fan speed accordingly.
Addit ionally, a resc ue ac tion will b e take n by the pr o gram automa tically
while the system faces an abnor mal condition. The program will t rigger an
alarm or shut down the system when unpredictable errors occur.
All the monitoring items are illustrat ed by a waveform diagram.

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i. Start-up Setting

Click on this item to run Hardware Monitor Program when the Windows
starts-up.

ii. Dialogue-Box Setting

Click on this item to pop-up warning dialogue-box when PC system is
abnormal.

iii. Exit

Click on this item to exit Hardware Monitor Program.

iv. Hide

Click on this item to hide this program in system tray. When hiding the
program, there will be a check icon in the system tray.

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CPU Temperatur e

This column configures the CPU temperature. There is a waveform to
represent the status of CPU temperature.

By adjusting , users can easily configure the upper limit of CPU
temperature for system operating.

In this diagram, the white line represents the upper limit which user-set for CPU
temperature and the green line shows present CPU temperature.
If the CPU temperature is higher than the upper limit, the status line color will
change from green to red, and a warning sound will alert you. Also, the system
tray icon

FAN Speed

would change to .

By adjusting , users can easily configure the lower limit of the fan speed.
In this diagram, the green line shows present CPU Fan speed, and the yellow
line shows System Fan speed (if any).
If any one of the fans speeds is lower than the set value, the status line will
change into a red warning line, and the program will trigger an alarm system
automatically. Also, the system tray icon

would change to .

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CPU/Battery Voltage

i. VCore

This item displays the CPU voltage, represented by a light blue line.
Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting

CPU operating voltage.
If CPU voltage is higher or lower than the set value, the status line will

change into a red warning line, and a warning sound will alert you. Also,
the system tray icon

ii. VBAT

This item displays the CMOS battery voltage, represented by a light green
line.

Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting
status of battery voltage.
If battery voltage is higher or lower than the set value, the status line will
change to a red warning line, and a warning sound will alert you. Also, the
system tray icon

will change to .

will change to .

to monitor the

to monitor the

Refe renc e data

This column represents the status of power supply voltage and cannot be
adjusted, it is only for present status reference.

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B. Over clo cking Configuratio ns

This diagram is designed for T-series
Overclocking utility. Friendly interface and solid
overclock features are the major concept of this
utility.

Graphic 1 will appear when activating this utility.

Graphic 2

By adjusting the overclocking
features in 4 sub-screens, users can
tune the system performance to an
optimal level.

Graphic 1

A. Clicking on “Biostar” will lead you to the

Biostar Homepage.

B. This column shows the CPU speed

information.

C. Click on this button and the utility will

pop-up 4 sub-screens (Please refers to
Graphic 3).

D. Click on this button to minimize this

program to taskbar.

E. This column shows present CPU speed

and overclocking percentage.

F. Clicking on this button will make the

program start up as soon as the
Windows starts up.

G. Click on this button to exit this overclock

utility.

H. Click on this button to reset all the

overclock features to default setting.

Graphic 3

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CPU Overclocking Settings:

Memory Overclocking Settings:

By adj ust ing can configure three items
for CPU overclocki ng.

A. CPU Frequency

Ran ge: 200MHz~ 450MHz.
Interval: 1MHz.

B. CPU Ratio

Ran ge: 4~25.
Interval: 1.

C. CPU Voltage

Ran ge: 0.8V~ 2.0V .
Interv al: 0.0125V.

By a djusting c an conf i gure two i tem s for
Memory overclocking.

A. M emory Clock Frequen cy

Choices: 100, 133, 200, 266, 333, 400, 533,
667, 800.

B. Memory Voltage

Ran ge: 1.8V~ 2.8V .
Interval: 0.1V.

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AGP/PCI-Express Overclocking Setting:

By adjusting can configure VGA card
overclocking. And this function helps to
increase VGA card perfor mance.

Ran ge: 100MHz~ 150MHz.
Interval: 1MHz.

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PCI Overclocking Setting:

This diagram shows present PCI working
status and helps t o monitor PCI per ipherals
working status.

This item cannot be adjusted.

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C. Smart Fan Function

When Smart Fan Function is activated, scr eens wil l pop-up to illust r at e
the fan speed informatio n.

i. CPU Temperature:

Show current CPU temperature.

ii. CPU Fan speed:

Show current CPU Fan speed.

iii. System Fan speed:

Show current system Fan speed.

iv. Calibrate:

When cha nging CPU Fan or System Fan, click on this button to
re-calibrat e t he Fan speed.

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Note:

1. When Smart Fan Function activates for the first time, this calibrate function would
aut o-run t o get upper and lower limitation of CPU Fan and System Fan.

2. When calibrat in g process is done, the calibrating window will auto-cl ose, and the
main scr een will show new fan speed data.

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v. Auto:

If the green indicator is lit up, the Smart Fan Function is “On”
(Default Setting).

Click on this button again to close Smart Fan Function, and a
screen as below would pop-up.

There will be pulling-meter besides the CP U Fan and System F an,
the CPU Fan and the System Fan speed can be adjusted by
adjusting the Cursor Up or Down.

vi. Program Tool Bar:

z About:

Click on this button to get program-related information.

z Minimize:

Click on this button to minimize the program to system tray

z Exit:

Click on this button to exit this program.

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D. Live Update

When Live Update program is activated, a sc r een will pop up to illustrat e
BIOS related information.

i. Link to Internet:

Click on this button will link to Biostar website and BIOS file will
be downloaded.

ii. Update BIOS:

Click on this button to run BIOS flashing process, and it’s easy
and safe.

iii. Backup BIOS:

Click on this button, and BIOS file will be saved into the
user-selected folder.

iv. Clear CMOS:

Click on this item will clear the CMOS Data. When carryi n g this
job, the previous CMOS data would be cleared and returned to
default setting.

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CHAPTER 6: USEFUL HELP

6.1 D

RIVER INSTALLATION NOTE

After you installed yo ur operating system, please insert the Fully Setup
Driver CD into your optical drive and install the dri ver for better s ystem
performan ce.

You will see t he followi n g window a ft e r y o u inser t t he CD

The set up guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system.

Note:

If this window didn’t show up after you insert the Driver CD, please use file brow ser to
l ocate and execute the f ile SETUP.EXE u nder your optical dr ive.

A. Driver Installation

To instal l the dri ver, please click on the Driver icon. The setup guide will
list the compatible driver for your motherboard and operat ing system.
Click on each device driver to launc h the installatio n program.

B. Software Installat ion

To instal l the soft w ar e, please click on the Software icon. The setup guide
will lis t t he so ft war e a vailab le for yo ur syst em, click on each softw are title
to launch the installation program.

C. Manu a l

Aside from the paperback manual, w e also pr ovide manual in the Driver
CD. Click on the Manual icon to brow se for available manual.

Note:

You will need Acrobat R eader to open the manual file. Please download th e latest vers ion
of Acrobat Reader software from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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6.2 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meaning

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST
Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install

Video card not found or video card
memory bad

System will shut down automatically

6.3 EXTRA INFORMATION

A. BIOS Update

After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by vir us, the
Boot-Block function will he lp to restore BIOS. If the following message
is shown after boot-up the system, it means t he BIOS contents are
corrupted.

In this Cas e, please f ollow t he procedure below to r estore the BIOS:

1. Make a bootable floppy disk.

2. Download the Flash Utility “ AWDFLASH.exe” f r om the Biostar
website: www.biostar.com.tw

3. Confirm motherboard model a nd download the respectively BIO S
from Biostar website.

4. Copy “AWDFL AS H.e xe” a nd respect ively BIO S into floppy disk.

5. Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press E nter.

6. System will boot - up to DOS prompt.

7. Type “Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r” in DOS prompt.
(xxxx means BIOS name.)

8. System will update BIOS automatically a nd restar t.

9. The BIOS ha s be en re c o ver e d and will w o r k p roperly.

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B. CPU Overheated

If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for
seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated.

When the CPU is o ver heated, t he motherboard w ill s h ut do wn
automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not
power on again.

In this case, please double c heck:

1. The CPU cooler surface is placed e venly with t he CPU surface.

2. CPU fan is rotated normally.

3. CPU fan speed is fulfi ll i ng with the CPU speed.

After confirmed, please follow s t eps below to relief the CPU protectio n
function.

1. Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds.

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Plug in the pow er cor d and boot up the system.

Or you can:

1. Clear the CMO S dat a.
(See “Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1” sect ion)

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Power on the system again.

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6.4 TROUBLESHOOTING

Probable Solution

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

2. Indicator light on keyboard does
not turn on.

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

System does not boot from hard disk
drive, can be booted from optical drive.

System only boots from optical drive.
Hard disk can be read and applications
can be used but booting from hard disk
is impossible.

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

Cannot boot system after installing
second hard drive.

1. Make sure power cable is
securely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Using even pressure on both ends of
the DIMM, press down firmly until the
module snaps into place.

1. Check cable running from disk to
disk controller board. Make sure
both ends are securely plugged
in; check the drive type in the
standard CMOS setup.

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

1. Back up data and applications
files.

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

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

1. Set master/slave jumpers
correctly.

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

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6.5 BIOS POST CODE LIST

CODE

C0 Turn Off C hipset and C PU test R ead/W rit e/Verify all C PU reg isters
C1 Memory Presence First block memory detect,presence test
C2 Early Me mo r y In it ial OE M S pecif ic- Bo ard Init ializ ation
C3 Extend Memory DRAM select OEM Specific- Turn on extended memory
C4 Sp ecial D is play Han dling OEM Specif ic- Dis play/V id eo Switch
C5 Early Shadow Early shadow enable for fast boot
C6 Cache presence test External cache size detection
CF CMOS Check CMOS checkup
B0 Spurious If interrupt occurs in protected mode

B1 Unclaimed NMI

BF Program Chip Set To program chipset from defaults values

E1-EF Setup Pages E1- Page 1, E2 - Page 2, etc.

1 Build BIOS Engine Build Award Decompression Bios Engine
2 Setup Bios item Setup the Bios item segment and Read CMOS data into stack
3 Build P M M No d e In it ia l iz e Pos t Memory Manager
5 Blank video screen Reset Video controller
7 In it ia l k eyb o ard Initialize t he keybo ard cont r o ller
8 Test Keyboard Test the Keyboard

A In itial mous e Initialize t he mo u s e

Checks um the BIOS and

E

message

10 Auto detec Flash

12 Check CMOS Check CMOS circuitry
14 Chipset Default load Programs the chipset registers with default values
18 Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init Cache cont roller
1B Setup Interrupt Vector Table Initialize interrupt vectors table
1C Check CMOS Check normal CMOS checksum and battery

1D Record MP system Record MP system

21 in it ia l HP M If supp o rt HPM, HP M g et in itialized here
23 Programs chipset Programs the chipset registers
24 PNP S ystem Res ource PNP System Resource
25 Shadowing system Shadowing system and video BIOS to speedup booting
26 In it ia l iz e Dev ic e pr o gram t he Periph era l D e vice an d init Gener ator,Senso r

In it ia l KBC and set up BIOS

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29 Set video interface s et VGA to special stat e Before init ia l
2B initial Vid eo devic e initial Vid eo devic e

2D Video memo ry tes t Tes t the video memory

2F show message show Summary message
33 PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB

Name Description

If unmasked NMI occurs, display Press F1 to disable NMI, F2
reboot.

Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and message

Check F lash t ype and copy flas h write/eras e ro ut ines to
0F000h segments

Final In it ia liz e t he keyb o ar d co n t roller and set up BIOS ar e a
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Size Base and Extended
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4E Program CPU and A P IC Pro g ram C PU's MTRR and In it ial APIC
4F show message show BIOS message
50 in it ia l USB USB in it ializ at io n
52 Memo ry Test Tes t all memory o f memo ry above 1MB
55 CPU display Show CPU Type
57 in it ia l PNP PNP D isplay L o g o an d PNP Ear ly in it
59 Setup virus protect Setup virus protect according

5D initial On b o ar d I/O Onb o ard S uper IO,A UDIO in it ia l iz at io n

60 Setup enable Print setup message and enable setup functions
65 Tes t PS/2 Mouse Tes t PS/2 point in g device ins t al led and init ia l iz e
67 in it ia l A C P I t abl e in it ia l A C P I t ab l e and C heck PC I card need EBDA support
69 In it ia l C a che In itialize cache cont r o ller
6B Programs the chipset Programs the chipset registers with AUTO table

6D Assign SuperIO Assign system resources for COM/LPT/FDD

6F In it ia l F DD In itialize floppy co n t roller
73 Force IRQ 12 Force IRQ 12 to be tri-state if no PS2 mouse plugged
75 Install HD D IDE d evice detect and in s t all
77 In it ia l C O M In itializ e serial ports
7A Initia l LPT Initia lize p ar a l le l p o rts

7F Report the USB keyboard

82 Security Check Check security and as k for password
83 W r it e C MOS W rit e all of C MOS back to RA M
84 Assign PNP cards Assign system resources for the all PNP cards
85 In it ia l F ina l USB US B Final In it i al iz ation
87 check c lear screen check c lear screen
89 Setup ACPI Setup ACPI tables and initial special treatment before option
8B Setup Data Setup BIOS Data , Memory Map ,IDE Device Type
8C Setup CMOS Save standard CMOS and extended CMOS

8D Initial APM Initializ e the APM low lev el int erf ac e

8F enable IRQ 12 enable IRQ 12 for PS2 mouse
93 Check SCSI Check SCSI Boot Sequence
94 Fina l In itia l Fina l In itia l fo r las t micro s eco nd det ails befo re b o ot
95 Specia l K B C pat ch Force keybo ard NUM-LOCK on
96 Setup stack and boot Setup low stack and boot
FF Boot

Name Description

Find and display the size of base memory (0-640k) and
extended memory (1M+)

Repo rt the USB keyboard's existence and Display Setup
messages

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APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE

G

ERMAN

Spezifikationen

Sockel AM2

CPU

FSB

Chipsatz

Super E/A

Arbeitsspeich
er

IDE

SATA II

LAN

Audio-Codec Realtek ALC882 / ALC883 8-Kanal-Audioausgabe

1394a

Steckplätze

Onboard-Ans
chluss

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64
x2/ Sempron Prozessoren

Unterstützt HyperTransport mit einer
Bandbreite von bis zu 1.3 GHz

nFORCE SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Biet et die h äufig verwend eten alten
Super E/A-Funktionen.

Low Pin Count-Schnittstelle

DDR2 DIMM-Steckplätze x 4

Jeder DIMM unterstützt 256/512MB &
1GB DDR2.

Max. 4GB Arbeitsspeicher

Int eg r iert er ID E - C o ntro l le r

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus
Master-Modus

Integrierter Serial ATA-Controller

Datentransferrate b is zu 3Gb/s

Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

10 / 100 Mb/s und 1Gb/s

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

PCI-Steckp latz x 2

PCI Express x16 Steckplatz x2

PCI Express x4 Steckplatz x1

PCI Express x 1-Steckplatz x1

Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 Diskettenlaufwerke

Serieller Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 Serieller anschluss

Druckeranschluss Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 Druckeranschluss

IDE-Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 IDE-Laufwerke

SATA-Anschluss x5 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 SATA-Laufwerk

Fronttafelanschluss x1 Unterstützt die Fronttafelfunktionen

Die AMD 64-Architektur unterstützt eine 32-Bit- und
64-Bit-Datenverarbeitung

Unterstützt Hyper Transport und Cool’n’Quiet

Umgebungskontrolle,

Hardware-Überwachung

Lüfterdrehza h l-Controller

"Smart Guardian"-Funktion von ITE

Dual-Kanal DDR2 Speichermodul

Unterstützt DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+
registrierte DIMMs. ECC DIMMs werden nicht
unterstützt.

Unterstützt PIO-Modus 0~4,

Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 2.0.

Auto-Negotiation

Halb-/ Vollduplex-Funktion

Unterstützt IEEE 1394a mit einer Transferrate von bis
zu 400 Mbps

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Front-Audioanschluss x1 Unterstützt die Fronttafel-Audioanschlussfunktion

CD-IN-Anschluss x1 Unterstützt die CD Audio-In-Funktion

S/PDIF- Ausgangsanschluss x1 Unterstützt die digitale Audioausgabefunktion

S/PDIF Eingangsanschluss x1 Unterstützt die digitale Audioeingabefunktion

CPU-Lüfterstromversorgungsanschluss (mit Smart
Fan -F un ktio n)

Fronttafel-USB-Anschlüsse

Fronttafel-1394-Anschluss

Biostar behält sich das Recht vor, ohne Ankündigung die
Unterstützung für ein Betriebssystem hinzuzufügen
oder zu entfernen.

Rückseiten-E
/A

Platinengröße
.

Sonderfunkti
onen

OS-Unterstüt
zung

CPU-Lüfter-Sockel x1

System-Lüfter-Sockel x3 System-Lüfter-Stromversorgungsanschluss

"CMOS löschen "- Sockel x1

USB-Anschluss x2 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2

1394-Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt einen

Stromanschluss (24-polig) x1

St r o mans ch lu s s (8- pol ig ) x1

PS/2-Tastatur x1

PS/2- Maus x1

SATA-Anschluss x1

LAN-Anschluss x2

USB-Anschluss x6

1394-Anschluss x1

Audioanschluss x6

244 mm (B) X 305 mm (L)

NVIDIA nTunes

Unterstützt RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

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SPEC

Socket AM2

UC

Bus frontal

Chipset

Super E/S

Mémoire
principale

IDE

SATA

SATA II

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Codec audio

1394a

Fentes

Connecteur
embarqu é

Processeurs AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX
/ Athlon 64 x2/ Sempron

Prend en cha rge Hyper Transport jusqu'à
une bande passante de 1.3 GHz

nFORCE SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Fournit la fonctionnalité de Super E/S
patrimoniales la plus utilisée.

Int e r face à f a ib le co mpt e de b r o ches

Fentes DDR2 DIM M x 4

Chaque D IMM p rend en c harg e des DDR2
de 256/512 Mo et 1Go

Capacité mémo ir e max i male de 4 Go

Contrôleur IDE intégré

Mode p ri ncip ale d e Bus Ultra DMA 33 / 6 6 /
100 / 133

Contrô leur Serial ATA int é g r é :

Taux de transfert jusqu'à 3 Go/s.

Realtek ALC882 / ALC883

Sortie audio à 8 voies

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Fente PCI x2

Slot PCI Express x16 x2

Slot PCI Express x 4 x1

Slot PCI Express x 1 x1

Connecteur de disquette x1

Connecteur de Port d'imprimante x1 Chaque connector prend en charge 1 Port d'imprimante

Connecteur de Port série x1 Chaque connector prend en charge 1 Port série

Connecteur IDE x1

L'architecture AMD 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64 bits

Prend en charge Hyper Transport et Cool’n’Qu iet

Initiatives de contrôle environnementales,

Mon iteur d e mat ér ie l

Contrôleur de vitesse de ventilateur

Fonction "Gardien intelligent" de l'ITE

Modu le d e mémo ir e D DR2 à mod e à d oub le vo ie

Prend en charge la DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

Les DIMM à registres et DIMM sans code correcteurs
d'erreurs ne sont pas prises en charge

Prend en charge le mode PIO 0~4,

Co n forme à la spéc if icat ion SATA Vers ion 2.0

10 / 100 Mb/s et 1 Gb /s négociation automatique

Half / Full duplex capability

AC’97 Version 2.3

Sortie S/PDIF

Prend en charge IEEE 1394a avec un taux de tr ansfert
de jusqu'à 400 Mbps

Chaque connector prend en charg e 2 lecteu rs de
disquettes

Chaque connecteur prend en charg e 2 pér iphér iqu es
IDE

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Connecteur SATA x5

Connecteur du panneau avant x1 Prend en charge les équipements du panneau avant

Connecteur Audio du panneau avantx1 x1 Prend en charge la fonction audio du panneau avant

Connecteur d' ent ré e CD x1 Prend en charge la fo nction d'entr ée aud io de CD

Connecteur de sortie S/PDIF x1 Prend en charge la fonction de sortie audio numérique

Connecteur d' ent ré e S/PD IF x1 Prend en charge la fonct ion d'entr ée aud io numér ique

Embase de ventilateur UC x1

Embase de ventilateur système x3 Alimentation électrique du ventilateur système

Embase d'effacement CMOS x1

Connecteur USB x2

Connecteur 1394 x1

Connecteur d' alimentat ion x 1
(24 broches)

Connecteur d' alimentat ion x1
(8 broch es )

Clavier PS/2 x1

Souris PS/2 x1

E/S du
panneau
arrière

Dimensions
de la carte

Fonctionnali
tés
spéciales

Support SE Windows 2000 / XP

Connecteur SATA x1

Port LAN x2

Port US B x6

Port 1394 x1

Fiche aud io x6

244 mm (l) X 305 mm (H)

NVIDIA nTunes

Prise en charge RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Chaque connecteur prend en charg e 1 pér iphér iqu e
SATA

Alimentation électrique du ventilateur UC (avec
fonction de ventilateur intelligent)

Chaque connecteur prend en charge 2 ports USB de
panneau avant

Chaque connecteur prend en charge 1 port 1394 de
panneau avant

Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de supprimer le
support de SE avec ou sans préavis.

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SPECIF ICA

Socket AM2

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Super I/O

Memoria
principale

IDE

SATA II

LAN

Codec
audio

1394 VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Allo g g i

Connettori
su scheda

Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64
FX / Athlon 64 x2/ Sempron

Supporto di HyperTransport fino a 1.3
GHz di larghezza di banda

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F
Fo rnis ce le fu nzionalità leg a cy Super

I/O usate più comunemente.
Interfaccia LPC (Low Pin Count)

Alloggi DIMM DDR2 x 4
Ciascun DIMM supporta DDR2

256/512MB e 1GB
Capacità massima della memoria 4GB

Co n t ro ller IDE integrato
Mod alit à Bu s Master Ultra DMA 3 3 /

66 / 100 / 133
Co n t roller Ser ial ATA integrato

Velocità di trasferimento dei dati fino
a 3 Gb/s.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Realtek ALC882 / ALC883 Uscita audio 8 canali

Allo g g io PC I x 2
Alloggio PCI Express x16 x2
Alloggio PCI Express x4 x1
Alloggio PCI Express x1 x1
Connettore floppy x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità Floppy
Connettore Porta stampante x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 Porta stampante
Connettore Porta seriale x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 Porta seriale
Connettore IDE x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità IDE
Connettore SATA x5 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 unità SATA
Co n nett o r e p ann ello f ront ale x 1 Sup po r t a i s erviz i del pannello f rontale
Connettore audio frontale x1 Supporta la funzione audio pannello frontale
Connettore CD-in x1 Supporta la funzione input audio CD
Connettore output SPDIF x1 Supporta la funzione d’output audio digitale
Connettore input S/PDIF x1 Supporta la funzione d’input audio digitale

L’archit ettur a A MD 64 abilit a la co mput azione 32
e 64 bit

Supporto di Hyper Transport e Cool’n’Quiet

Funzioni di controllo dell’ambiente:
Monitoraggio hardware
Co n t roller v elo c ità vent o l ina
Funzione "Smart Guardian" di ITE

Modulo di memoria DDR2 a canale doppio
Supporto di DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+
DIMM registrati e DIMM ECC sono supportati

Supporto modalità PIO Mode 0-4

Co mp atibi le spec ifiche S ATA Versione 2. 0.

Negoziazione automatica 10 / 100 Mb/s e 1Gb/s
Capacità Half / Full Duplex

Supporto IEEE 1394a con velocità di
trasferimento dei dati fino a 400 Mbps

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I/O
pannello
posteriore

Dimension
i sched a
Caratterist

iche
speciali

Sistemi
operativi
supportati

Co llettore ven t o lina C PU x1

Co llettore ven t o lina s is tema x3 Ali ment azione ventolin a d i sis t ema
Co llettore can cellaz ion e CMO S x 1

Connettore USB x2

Connettore 1394 x1

Connettore alimentazione x1
(24 pin)

Connettore alimentazione x1
(8 pin)

Tas t ier a P S /2 x 1
Mou s e PS/2 x 1
Connettore SATA x 1
Porta LAN x 2
Porta US B x6
Porta 1394 x1
Connettore audio x6

244 mm (larghezza) x 305 mm
(altez za)

nTunes NVIDIA
Supporto RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

Alimentazione ventolina CPU (con funzione Smart
Fan)

Ciascun connettore supporta 2 porte USB
pannello frontale

Ciascun connettore supporta 1 porta 1394
pannello frontale

Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o
rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema
operativo senza preavviso.

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Especificación

Conector AM2

CPU

FSB

Conjunto de
chips

Súper E/S

Memoria
principal

IDE

SATA II

Red Local Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Códecs de
sonido

1394

Ranuras

Conectores
en p laca

Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64
FX / Athlon 64 x 2 / Sempron

Admite HyperTransport con un ancho de
banda de hasta 1.3 GHz

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Le ofrece las funcionalidades heredadas de
us o más co mú n Súp er E /S .

Interfaz de cuenta Low Pin

Ranuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada DIMM admite DDR de 256/512MB y
1GB

Capacidad máxima de memoria de 4GB

Controlador IDE integrado

Modo bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100
/ 133

Controlador ATA Serie Integrado

Tasas de transferencia de hasta 3 Gb/s.

Realtek ALC882 / ALC883 Salida de sonido de 8 canales

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Ranura PCI X2

Ranura PCI Express x16 X2

Ranura PCI Express x4 X1

Ranura PCI express x 1 X1

Conector disco flexible X1 Cada conector soporta 2 unid ades de disco flexible

Conector Puerto de impresora X1 Cada conector soporta 1 Puerto de impresora

Conecto r Pu erto serie X1 Cada co ne ctor sopo rta 1 Puerto serie

Conector IDE X1 Cada conector soporta 2 dispositivos IDE

Conector SATA X5 Cada conector soporta 1 dispositivos SATA

Co n ector d e p ane l f ront a l X 1 Soport a ins t a laciones en e l p anel frontal

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La arquitectura AMD 64 permite el procesado de 32 y
64 bits

Soporta las tecnologías Hyper Transport y Cool’n’Quiet

In iciat ivas de co ntrol d e entorn o ,

Monitor hardware

Controlador de velocidad de ventilador

Función "Guardia inteligente" de ITE

Módulo de memoria DDR2 de canal Doble

Admite DDR2 de 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

No admite DIMM registrados o DIMM no compatibles
con ECC

Soporte los Modos PIO 0~4,

Co mp at ib le co n la ve rsió n S ATA 2 .0.

Negociación de 10 / 100 Mb/s y 1 Gb /s

Funciones Half / Full dúplex

Soporta IEEE 1394a con tasas de transferencia de
hasta 400 Mbps

TForce 590 SLI Deluxe

Especificación

Conector de sonido frontal X1 Soporta funciones de sonido en el panel frontal

Conector de entrada de CD X1 Soporta función de entrada de sonido de CD

Conector de salida S/PDIF X1 Soporta función de salida de sonido digital

Cabecera de ventilador de CPU X1 Fuente de alimentación de ventilador de CPU (con

función Smart Fan)

Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X3 Fuente de alimentación de ventilador de sistema

Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1

Conector USB X2 Cada conector soporta 2 puert os USB frontales

Conector 1394 X1 Cada conector soporta 1 puertos frontal 1394

Panel
trasero de
E/S

Ta mañ o de
la placa

Conector de alimentación X1
(24 patillas)

Conector de alimentación X1
(8 patillas)

Tec lad o P S /2 X1

Ratón PS/2 X1

Conector SATA X1

Puerto de red local X2

Puert o USB X6

Puerto 1394 X1

Conector de sonido X6

244 mm. (A) X 305 Mm. (H)

Funciones
especiales

Soporte de
sistema
operativo

NVIDIA nTunes

Admite RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar el
soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo.

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ESPEC IFI CAÇÕES

Socket AM2

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Especificaçã
o Super I/O

Memória
principal

IDE

SATA II

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Codec de
som

1394a

Ranhuras

Conectores
na placa

Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64
FX / Athlon 64 x 2 / Sempron

Suporta a tecnologia HyperTransport com
uma largura de banda até 1.3 GHz

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Proporciona as funcionalidades mais
utilizadas em termos da especificação
Super I/O.

Interface LPC (Low Pin Count).

Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada módulo DIMM suporta uma
memória DDR2 de 256/512 MB & 1 GB

Capacidade máx ima de me mó r i a: 4 GB

Controlador IDE integrado

Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100
/ 133

Controlador Serial ATA integrado

Velocidades de transmissão de dados até
3 Gb/s.

Realtek ALC 882 / ALC 883 Saída de áudio de 8 canais

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Ranhura PCI x2

Ranhura PCI Express x16 x2

Ranhura PCI Express x4 x1

Ranhura PCI Express x 1 x1

Conector da unidade de disquetes x1 Cada conector suporta 2 unidades de disquetes

Conector da para impressora x1 Cada conector suporta 1 Porta para impressora

Conector d a Porta série x1 Cada conect or supo rta 1 Porta sér ie

A arq uite ctura AMD 64 p erm ite uma co mputaç ão d e 32
e 64 bits

Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Transport e Cool’n’Quiet

In iciat ivas par a co ntro lo d o a mb ient e

Monitorização do hard ware

Controlador da velocidade da ventoinha

Função "S mart Gu ardian" d a ITE

Módulo de memória DDR2 de canal duplo

Suporta módulos DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

Os módulos DIMM registados e os DIMM ECC são
suportados

Suporta o modo PIO 0~4,

Compat ib ilidad e co m a especificação SATA ve rs ão 2.0.

Auto negociação de 10 / 100 Mb/s e 1Gb/s

Capacidade semi/full-duplex

Suporta a especificação IEEE 1394a co m uma
velocidade de transferência que pode ir até aos 400
Mbps

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Conector IDE x1 Cada conector suporta 2 dispositivos IDE

Conector SATA x5 Cada conector suporta 1 dispositivo SATA

Conector do painel frontal x1 Para suporte de várias funções no painel frontal

Conector de áudio frontal x 1 Suporta a função de áud io no paine l f ro nt al

Conector par a entr ada d e CDs x 1 Suporta a entr ada d e áud io a p art ir de CDs

Conector de s a íd a S/PD IF x1 Suporta a s aída de áudio d ig ital

Conector de entrad a S/ PD IF x1 Suporta a ent r ada de áud io dig it al

Aliment ação da vento inha da C PU (co m a fun ção Smart
Fan )

A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou remover
suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem
av is o p rév io .

Entradas/S
aídas no
painel
traseiro

Tamanho
da placa

Característi
cas
especiais

Sistemas
operativos
suportados

Conector da ventoinha da CPU x1

Conector da ventoinha do sistema x3 Alimentação da ventoinha do sistema

Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1

Conector USB x2 Cada conector suporta 2 portas USB no painel frontal

Conector 1394 x1 Cada conector suporta 1 porta 1394 no painel frontal

Conector de alimentação x1
(24 pinos)

Conector de alimentação x1
(8 p inos)

Tec lad o P S /2 x1

Rato PS/2 x1

Conector SATA x1

Porta LAN x2

Porta US B x 6

Porta 1394 x1

Tomada de áudio x6

244 mm (L) X 305 mm (A)

nTunes da NVIDIA

Suporta as funções RA ID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

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SPEC

Socket AM2

Procesor

FSB

Chipset

Pamięć
główna

Super I/O

IDE

SATA II

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Kodek
dźwiękowy

1394a

Gniazda

Złącza
wbud owane

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64
x2/ Sempron Procesory

Obsługa HyperTransport o szerokości
pasma do 1.3 GHz

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

Gniazda DDR2 DIMM x 4

Każde gniazdo DIMM obs ługuje moduły
256/512MB oraz 1GB DDR2

Maks. wielkość pamięci 4GB

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Zapewnia najbardziej powszechne funkcje
Super I/O.

Interfejs Low Pin Count

Zintegrowany kontroler IDE

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Tryb Bus
Master

Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA

Transfer danych do 3 Gb/s.

Realtek ALC 882 / ALC 883 8 kanałowe wyjście audio

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Gniazdo PCI x2

Gniazdo PCI Express x16 x2

Gniazdo PCI Express x 4 x1

Gniazdo PCI Express x 1 x1

Złącze napędu dyskietek x1 Każde złącze o bs ługuje 2 napędy dyskietek

Złącze Port drukarki x1 Każde złącze obs ługuje 1 Port drukarki

Złącze Port szerego wy x1 Każde złącze obs ługuje 1 Port szeregowy

Złącze IDE x1 Każde złącze obs ługuje 2 urządzenia IDE

Złącze SATA x5 Każde złącze obs ługuje 1 urządzenie SATA

Złącze panela przedniego x1 Obsługa elementów panela przedniego

Architektura AMD 64 umożliwia przetwarzanie 32 i 64
bitowe

Obsługa Hyper Transport oraz Cool’n’Quiet

Mod uł pamięci DDR2 z trybem podwójnego kanału

Obsługa DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

Brak obsług i Registered D IMM oraz ECC DIMM

Funkcje kontroli warunków pracy,

Mon itor H /W

Kontroler prędkości wenty latora

Funkcj a ITE "Smart Guard ian"

obsługa PIO tryb 0~4,

Zgodność ze specyfikacją SATA w wersj i 2. 0.

10 / 100 Mb/s oraz 1Gb/s z automatyczną negocjacją
szybkości

Działanie w tryb ie połowicznego / pełn ego dupleksu

Obsługa IEEE 1394a przy szybkości transferu do to 400
Mbps

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Przedn ie złącze aud io x 1 Obsługa funkcji audio na panelu przednim

Złącze wejścia CD x1 Obsługa funkcji wejścia aud io CD

Złącze wyjścia S/PDIF x1 Obsługa funkcji cyfrowego wyjścia audio

Złącze wejścia S/PDIF x1 Obsługa funkcji cyfrowego wejścia aud io

Złącze główkowe wentylatora procesora ... Zasilanie wentylatora procesora (z funkcją Smart Fan)

Back Panel
I/O

Wymiary
płyty

Funkcje
specjalne

Złącze główkowe wentylato ra
systemowego x3

Złącze główkowe kasowania
CMOS x1

Złącze USB x 2

1394 Connector x1 Each Connector supports 1 1394 Port

Złącze zasilania (24 pinowe) x1

Złącze zas ilania (8 p ino we) x 1

Klawiatura PS/2 x1

Mys z PS /2 x 1

Port SATA x1

Port LAN x2

Port US B x6

Port 1394 x1

Gniazdo audio x6

244 mm (S) X 305 mm (W)

NVIDIA nTunes.

Obsługa RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Zasilanie wentylatora systemowego

Każde złącze obs ługuje 2 porty USB na panelu
przednim

Obsluga
systemu
operacyjne
go

Windows 2000 / XP

Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub
odwoływ an ia obs ługi dowo lnego s yst emu
operacyjnego b ez powiado mienia.

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CPU
(центральн

ый
процессор)

FSB

Набо р
микросхем

Основная
память

Super I/O

IDE

SATA II

Локальная
сеть

Звуко во й
кодек

1394

Слоты

Встроенны
й разъём

Гнездо AM2

Процессоры AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64

FX / Althlon 64X2

Поддержка HyperTransport с
пропускной способностью до 1.3GГц

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

Слоты DDR2 DIMM x 4

Каждый модуль DIMM поддерживает
256/512МБ & 1ГБ DDR2

Максимальная ёмкос ть памяти 4 ГБ

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Обеспечивает наиболее используемые
действующие фун кц ионал ь ные
возможнос ти Super I/O.

Интерфейс с ни зким кол ичеством
выводов

Встроенное устройство упр авл ения
встроенными интерфейсами устройств

Встроенное последо ват ельное
устройство упра влен ия ATA

Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Realtek ALC 882 / ALC 883 Восьмиканальный звуково й выхо д

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

Слот PCI x2

Слот PCI Express x16 x1

Слот PCI Express x 4 x1

Слот PCI Express x 1 x1

Разъ ём НГМД x1

Разъ ём Порт подключения
принтера x1

Разъ ём Последов ат ельный порт x1

СПЕЦ.

Арх итектур а A MD 64 разрешать обработка данных
на 32 и 64 бит

Поддержка Hyper Transport и Cool’n’Quiet

Мод уль памяти с двух кан альным режимом DDR2

Поддержка DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+

Не поддерживает зарегистрированные модули

DIMM and ECC DIMM

Инициативы по охране окружающей среды,

Аппаратный монитор

Регул ятор скорости

Функц ия ITE "Smart Gu ardian" (Интеллектуальная
защит а)

Режим "хозяина" ши н ы Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Поддержка режима PIO 0~4,

скорость передачи данных до 3 гигабит/с.

Соответствие спецификации SATA версия 2.0.

Автоматическо е сог лас овани е 10 / 100 Мб /с и 1Гб/с

Частичная / полна я дуплексная способность

Поддержка IEEE 1394a со скоростью передачи до
400 мегабит в секунду.

Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 накопителя на
гибких магнитных дисках

Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 По рт подключения
принтера

Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 Последов ат ельный
порт

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Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 встроенных
интерфейса накопителей

Источник пит ания для вентилятор а центрального
процессора (с функц и ей интеллектуального
вентил ятор а)

Источник пит ания для вентилятор а системы

Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 USB-порта на
лицевой панели

Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 порт 1394 на
лицевой панели

Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять или
удаля ть средства обеспечения для OS с или без
предварительного уведомления.

Задняя
панель
средств
ввода-выв
ода

Разм ер
панели

Специальн
ые
технически
е
характерис
тики

Поддержка

OS

Разъ ём IDE x1

Разъ ём SATA x5 Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 устро йство SATA

Разъ ём на лицевой панели x1 Поддержка устройств на лицевой панели

Входной звуковой разъём x1 Поддержка звуко вых функций на лицевой панели

Разъ ём ввода для CD x1 Поддержка функции ввода для CD

Разъ ём выво да для S/PDIF x1 Поддержка вывод а цифровой звуковой фун кц ии

Разъ ём ввода для S/PDIF x1 Поддержка ввод а цифровой звуковой функции

Контактирующее приспособление
вентил ятор а центрального процессора..

Контактирующее приспособление
вентил ятор а системы x3

Открытое контактир ующе е
приспособление CMOS x1

USB- разъём x2

Разъ ем 1394 x1

Разъ ем питания (24 вывод) x1

Разъ ем питания (8 вы вод) x1

Клавиатура PS/2 x 1

Мышь PS/2 x1

Пор т SATA x1

Пор т LAN x2

USB- порт x6

Пор т 1394 x1

Гнездо для подключени я
наушников x6

244 мм (Ш) X 305 мм (В)

NVIDIA nTunes

Поддержка RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

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تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗAMD 64 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮ ﺳﺎ ﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝإ 32 و64 ﺖﺏ

ﺔﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗHyper Trans port و Cool’n’Quiet

ةﺮآاذ ةﺪﺣوDDR2 ﻘﻟا ﺔﺝودﺰﻡةﺎﻨ

عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآاﺬﻟا ﻢﻋﺪﺗDDR2 تﺎﻌﺳ 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

ﺖﻳﺎﺏ

ﻢﻋﺪﺗ ﻻ ةﺮآاﺬﻟا ﻖﺋﺎﻗر DIMM ﻊﻡ ﻖﻓاﻮﺘﺗ ﻻ ﻲﺘﻟا ﻚﻠﺗو ECC

ﺔﺌﻴﺒﻟا ﻲﻓ ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻟا ﻞﺋﺎﺳو:

ةﺰﻬﺝﻷا ﺔﻟﺎﺣ ﺔﻓﺮﻌﻤﻟ ﺐﻗاﺮﻡ

ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﻋﺮﺳ ﻲﻓ ﺐﻗاﺮﻡ

ﺔﻔﻴﻇو"S mart Gu ardian" ﻦﻡ ITE

ﻊﺿو ﻢﻋدPIO Mode 0~4

تﺎﻔﺹاﻮﻤﻟ ﺔﻘﺏﺎﻄﻡSATA راﺪﺹﻹا 2.0.

ﻘﻠﺗ ضوﺎﻔﺗ ﻲﺋﺎ10/100 ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ /و ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ1ﺖﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ/ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ

ﻞﻡﺎﻜﻟا جودﺰﻤﻟا ﻞﻘﻨﻟا ﺔﻴﻥﺎﻜﻡإ/ﻲﻔﺼﻨﻟا

8تﻮﺼﻟا جﺮﺨﻟ تاﻮﻨﻗ

ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻢﻋﺪﺗIEEE 1394a ﻞﺼﻳ ﻞﻘﻥ لﺪﻌﻤﺏ 400 ﺔ ﻴ ﻥﺎ ﺜﻟ ا ﻲﻓ ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

ﻲﻤﻗﺮﻟا تﻮﺼﻟا ﻞﺥد ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM2

تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡAMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Athlon 64 x2/ Sempron

ﺔﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗHyperTransport ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﻳ ددﺮﺘﺏ 1300

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

ﺔﺤﺘﻓ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﺗDIMM عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآاذ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ DDR2 ﺔﻌﺳ

256/512 و ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ 1 ﺎﺠﻴﺝﺖﻳﺎﺏ

ىﻮﺼﻗ ةﺮآاذ ﺔﻌﺳ4 ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ

ITE 8712F / 8716F

ﺔﻔﻴﻇ و ﺮﻓﻮﺗSuper I/O ًﺎ ﻡ ا ﺪ ﺨﺘﺳا ﺮﺜآﻷا .

ﺗﻢﻋﺪ ﺔﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ Low Pin Count Interface

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡIDE ﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﺔﻴﻨﻘ ﺘﺏ ﻞﻗﺎﻥUltra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

ﻲﺴﻴﺋر ﻊﺿو

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡSerial ATAﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ
ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﺗ تﺎﻋﺮﺴﺏ تﺎ ﻥﺎﻴﺒﻟا ﻞﻘﻥ3 ﺖﺏﺎﺠﻴﺝ/ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

Realtek ALC882 / ALC 883

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308

ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻥﺮﻤﻟا صاﺮﻗﻸﻟ ﻦﻴآ ﺮﺤﻡ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺔﻌﺏﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﻲﻠﺴﻠﺴﺗ ﺬﻔ ﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا تاﺰﻴﻬﺠﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا تﻮﺼﻟا ﺬﻔ ﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟﺎﺏ تﻮﺼﻟا ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

جﺮﺥ ﺬﻔﻨﻡS/PDIF دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳﻲﻤﻗﺮﻟا تﻮﺼﻟا جﺮﺥ

ﻞﺥد ﺬﻔﻨﻡS/PDIF دﺪﻋ1

ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺘﻟ) ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻊﻡ Smart Fan(

ددﺮﺗ

ﺔﺤﺘﻓDDR2 DIM M دﺪﻋ4

ﺔﺤﺘﻓPCI دﺪﻋ2
ﺔﺤﺘﻓx16 PCI Express دﺪﻋ2
ﺔﺤﺘﻓx4 PCI Express دﺪﻋ1
ﺔﺤﺘﻓPCI Express x 1 دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡIDE دﺪﻋ1 ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﻦﻴﻨﺙا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳIDE
ﺬﻔﻨﻡSATA دﺪﻋ5 ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﺪﺣاو ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳSATA

ﺬﻔﻨﻡCD-IN دﺪﻋ1 ﺞﻡﺪﻤﻟا صﺮﻘﻟا تﻮﺹ ﻞﺥد ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو

ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا

ﻲﺒﻥﺎﺠﻟا ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﻞﻗﺎﻨﻟا

ﺢﺋاﺮﺸﻟا ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻡ

ﺔﻴﺴﻴ ﺋﺮﻟا ةﺮآاﺬﻟا

Super I/O

ﻡ ﺬﻔﻨIDE

SATA II

ﺔﻴﻠﺥاد ﺔﻜﺒﺵ

تﻮﺼﻟا ﻚﻳدﻮآ

ﺬﻔﻨﻡ1394a

تﺎﺤﺘﻔﻟا

ﺢﻄﺳ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻤﻟا

ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا

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مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ3 مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺘﻟ

ﺢﺴﻡ ﺔﻠﺹوCMOS دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡUSB دﺪﻋ2 ﻲﺘﺤﺘﻓ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳUSBﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟﺎﺏ

ﻆﻔﺘﺤﺗBiostar وأ ﺔﻓﺎﺿإ ﻲﻓ ﺎﻬﻘﺤﺏ رﺎﻄﺥإ نوﺪﺏ وأ رﺎﻄﺥﺈﺏ ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺗ مﺎﻈﻥ يﻷ ﻢﻋﺪﻟا ﺔﻟازإ.

ﺔﺤﺘﻓ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ1394ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠ ﻟﺎﺏ

ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)24سﻮﺏد( دﺪﻋ1
ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)8ﺲﻴﺏﺎﺏد( دﺪﻋ1

ﺔﻴﻠﺤﻡ لﺎﺼﺗا ﺔﻜﺒﺵ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ2

NVIDIA nTunes

ﺔﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗRAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5

Windows 2000 / XP

ﺬﻔﻨﻡ1394 دﺪﻋ1

ﺢﻴﺗﺎﻔﻡ ﺔﺣﻮﻟPS/2 دﺪﻋ1

سوﺎﻡ PS/2 دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡ SATA1 ﻋ دﺪ1

ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻡUS B دﺪﻋ6

ﻞﺥد ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻡ/ جﺮﺥ

ﺔﻴﻔﻠﺨﻟا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا

ﺬﻔﻨﻡ1394 دﺪﻋ1

تﻮﺹ ﺲﺒﻘﻡ دﺪﻋ6

ﺔﺹﺎﺥ ﺎﻳاﺰﻡ

244 ﻢﻡ)ضﺮﻋ (X 305 ﻢﻡ)عﺎﻔﺗرا(

ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﻢﺠﺣ

ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺘﻟا ﺔﻤﻈﻥأ ﻢﻋد

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JAPANESE

仕様

Socket AM2

CPU

FSB

チップセット

メインメモリ

Super I/O

IDE

SATA II

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2

サウンド

Codec

1394a

スロット

オンボードコ
ネクタ

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64
x2/ Sempron プロ セッサ

1.3 GHzのバン ド幅までハ イパー トランスポ ー
トをサポート しま す

nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI

DDR2 DIMMスロット x 4

各DIMMは 25 6/512MB & 1GB DDR2をサポ
ート

最大メモリ容 量4GB

ITE 8712F / 8716F

もっとも一般 に使 用されるレ ガシーSuper I/O
機能を採用し てい ます。

低ピンカウン トイ ンターフェ イス

統合ID Eコントローラ

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133バスマス タモ
ード

統合シリアルATA コントロー ラ

最高3 Gb/秒の データ転送 速度

Realtek ALC 882 / ALC 883 8チャン ネルオーデ ィオアウト

VIA VT 6307 / VT 6308 最大400 Mbps の転送速度でIEEE 1394a をサポ ート

PCIスロット x2

PCI Express x16スロット x1

PCI Express x 4スロット x1

PCI Express x 1スロット x1

フロッピーコ ネク タ x1 各コネクタは 2つのフロ ッピードラ イブを サポートし ます

プリンタポー トコ ネクタ x1 各コネクタは1つのプリ ンタポ ートをサポ ートします

シリアルポー トコ ネクタ x1 各コネクタは1つのシリ アルポ ートをサポ ートします

IDE コネクタ x1 各コネクタは 2つのIDE デバイスをサポ ートし ます

SATAコネクタ x5 各コネ クタは1つのSATAデバ イス をサポート します

フロントパネ ルコ ネクタ x1 フロントパネル機 能をサポー トしま す

AMD 64アーキ テクチャで は、32ビットと64ビット計算が可

能です

ハイパートラ ンス ポートとク ールアンド クワイ アットをサ ポ
ートします

デュアル チ ャン ネルモードDDR2メモリ モジュール

DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 / 800 +をサポー ト

登録済みDIMMとECC DIMMはサポ ートされま せん

環境コントロ ール イニシアチ ブ、

H/Wモニ ター

ファン速度コ ント ローラ/ モニター

ITE の「スマート ガー ディアン」 機能

PIO Mode 0~4のサポート 、

SATAバージョン2.0仕様に準拠。

10 / 100 Mb/秒および1Gb/秒のオ ートネゴシ エー ション

半/全二重機能

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フロントオー ディ オコネクタ x1 フロン トパネルオ ーディオ機 能をサ ポートしま す

CDインコネクタ x1 CDオーディオイ ン機能をサ ポー トします

S/PDIFアウトコネ クタ x1 デジタ ルオー ディオアウ ト機能をサ ポー トします

S/PDIFインコネク タ x1 デジタルオー ディ オイン機能 をサポート します

CPUファンヘッダ x1 CPUファン電源装置(スマートフ ァン機能を 搭載 )

システムファ ンヘ ッダ x3 システ ムファ ン電源装置

CMOSクリアヘッダ x1

USBコネク タ (2 オプション) x1

1394コネクタ x1

電源コネクタ (24 ピン) x1

電源コネクタ (8ピン) x1

PS/2キーボード x1

PS/2マウス x1

背面パネル

I/O

ボードサイズ 244 mm (幅) X 305 mm (高さ)

特殊機能

OSサポー ト W indows 2000 / XP

SATAポート x1

LANポート x2

USBポート x6

1394ポート x1

オーディオジ ャッ ク x6

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 の サポー ト

各コネクタは 2つのフロ ントパネル USBポートをサ ポート し
ます

各コネクタは 1つのフロ ントパネル1394ポー トをサポー トし
ます

Biostarは事前の サポートな しにOSサ ポー トを追加ま たは削
除する権利を 留保 します。

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

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

2 Standard CMOS Features..............................................................................7

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

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

5 Integrated Peripherals..................................................................................19

6 Power Management Setup .........................................................................25

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ..............................................................................29

8 PC Health Status..........................................................................................32

9 Over Clock Navigator..................................................................................35

10CMOS Reload Program(C.R.P.) ...............................................................45

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS
Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify
the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The
power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup
information when the power is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and
output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS
activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the
operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in
BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

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

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power
Management (APM) specification. Power management features are
implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend
power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and
video monitors can also be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

ACPI Support

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration 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 Support

This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral
Component Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs

This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

Using Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, 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 previous item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar)
Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Status Page Setup Menu and 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 !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being
continuously updated. The BIOS information described in
this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is for your
reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on
board may be slightly different from this manual.

 Figure 1: Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

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

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Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

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.

OverClock Navigator Engine (O.N.E.)

ONE provides two powerful overclock engines, MOS & AOS for both
overclock expertise and beginner.

Load Optimized Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during
system booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are
set.

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

Save & Exit Setup

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

Exit Without Saving

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

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Integrate Flashing Program

This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS.
By pressing “Enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be
completed easily.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several 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

Main Menu Selections

This table shows the items and the available options on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Set the system date. Note

Date mm : dd : yy

Time hh : mm : ss

IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press <Enter> to enter the

Options are in its sub

menu.

Options are in its sub

menu.

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that the ‘Day’ automatically
changes when you set the
date.

Set the system internal
clock.

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

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
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Item Options Description

menu. sub menu of detailed

IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A

Drive B

Video

Halt On

Base Memory N/A

Extended Memory N/A

Total Memory N/A

Options are in its sub

menu.

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

EGA/VGA

CGA 40

CGA 80

MONO

All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

options.

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

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

Select the default video
device.

Select the situation in which
you want the BIOS to stop
the POST process and
notify you.

Displays the amount of
conventional memory
detected during boot up.

Displays the amount of
extended memory detected
during boot up.

Displays the total memory
available in the system.

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3Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

Cache Setup

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CPU Internal Cache

Depending 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.

External Cache

This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which
may improve performance.

Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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Removable Device Priority

Select Removable Boot Device Priority.

The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0,
USB-ZIP1, LS120.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.
You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.

The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB HDD0, USB
HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

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CD-ROM Boot Priority

Select CD-ROM Boot Priority.

The Choices: Pri. Master, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0, USB
CDROM1, Pri. Slave.

Network Boot Priority

Select Network Boot Priority.
The Choices: Network 0, Network 1,

First/Second/Third Boot Device

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

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,
HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled.

Boot Other Device

When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device
when it failed to load from the three devices above.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40
or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to
boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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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.

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 the system switched on.

The Choices:
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 GateA20.
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.

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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 with passwords to bring the system
online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.
System: A password is required for the system to boot and is also
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

Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the
operating system.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.
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.

Full Screen Logo Show

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

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Small Logo(EPA) Show

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. Enabled
(default) “Small Logo” shows when system boots up. Disabled No “Small
Logo” shows when system boots
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen
means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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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. 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 suspicious that the settings
have been changed incorrectly.

 Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup

Frame Buffer Size

The Choices: 16M, 32M (default), 64M, 128M, 256M, Disabled.

PMU

This item allows you to enable or disable the PMU function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

K8<->NB HT Width

This item allows you to select the K8<->NB HT Width
The Choices: [↓8 ↑8] , [↓16 ↑16], Auto (default).

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NB<->SB HT Width

This item allows you to select the NB<->SB HT Width
The Choices: [↓8 ↑8] , [↓16 ↑16], Auto (default).

CPU Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select CPU Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Center (default).

SATA /PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

HT Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

SSE/SSE2 instruction

This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction.
The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

CPU Feature

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K8 NPT CIE Support

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled

AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control

This function supports AMD Cool ’n’ Quick function.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “Enabled” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at
F0000h-FFFFFh, which is able to improve the system performance. However,
any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause conflicts
and result in system errors.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE Function Setup

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and
press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

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RAID Config

RAID Enable

This option allows you to enable or disable RAID function.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

SATA 1/2/3 Primary/Secondary RAID

This option allows you to enable or disable SATA1/2/3 Primary/Secondary
RAID.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

On-chip IDE Channel 0/1

The motherboard chipset contains a PCI 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 Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Primary/Master/Slave PIO

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 increase performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.

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

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Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA function 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 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If
your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto
to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Serial-ATA Controller

The Choices: All Enabled (default).

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetch function for faster
drive access. If the interface on your drive does not support prefetching, or if
you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to
“Disabled”.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Device

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “Onboard Device” label and press
the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

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OnChip USB

This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system
board. You may need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance
controller.

The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1

USB Memory Type

The Choices: SHADOW(default).

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.

Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.

HD Audio

The Choices: Auto (default).

MAC LAN

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC LAN.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC Media Interface

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC Media Interface.

The Choices: Pin Strap (default), Disabled

MAC1 LAN

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC1 LAN.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC1 Media Interface

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC1 Media Interface.

The Choices: Pin Strap (default), Disabled

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Onboard I/O Address

Press Enter to configure the Onboard I/O Address.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the
system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Onboard Parallel Port

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

The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
Auto.

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.

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Parallel Port Mode

This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The
default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

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.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector
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
optimalnumber of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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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 Management Setup

ACPI Function

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power
Management (ACPI).
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

ACPI Suspend 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

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Power Management

This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly
related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down.

2. Suspend Mode.
There are three options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode
settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Suspend Mode = 1 hr.
HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Suspend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.
User Define (default)

Allow you to set each option individually.
When you choose user define, you can adjust each of the item from 1 min. to 1
hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.

Video Off Method

This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank.
V/H SYNC+Blank (default)

This selection will 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 Support
Initial display power management signaling.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard-disk drives will power down after a set time of system
inactivity. All other devices remain active.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7
Min, 8 Min, 9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

(default)

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HDD Down In Suspend

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enable.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTN

This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off
the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the
power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power.
The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

W

OL(PME#)/ From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On LAN from Soft-Off
function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

OR(RI#) From Soft-Off

W

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On Ring from Soft-Off function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Power-On by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. When
enabled, you can choose the date and time to boot up the system.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Date (of Month) Alarm

You can choose which month the system will boot up.
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm
You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to
specify.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it
goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

POWER ON Function

This item allows you to choose the power on method.
The Choices: Button Only (default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse/Click, Mouse
Double/Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98.

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KB Power ON Password

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

Hot Key Power ON

Choose the Hot Key combination to boot up the system.
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, and Ctrl-F12.

POWER After PWR-Fail

This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or
interrupts occurs. By choosing off will leave the computer in the power off state.
Choosing On will reboot the computer. Former-Sts will restore the system to the
status before power failure or interrupt occurs.
The Choices: Off (default), On, Former-Sts.

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