Biostar TP35D2-A7 Owner's Manual

TP35D2-A7 Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

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

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

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

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

1.4 Re ar Panel Connectors (for Ver 5.x)....................................................... 4

1.5 Rear Panel Connectors (for Ver 6.x)....................................................... 4

1.6 Motherboard Layout................................................................................. 5

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

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

2.2 FAN Headers .............................................................................................. 8

2.3 Installing System Memory ........................................................................ 9

2.4 Connectors and Slots................................................................................ 11

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup .................. 13

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers............................................................................. 13

3.2 Detail Settings .......................................................................................... 13

Chapter 4: OverClock Quick Guide ....................... 20

4.1 T-Power Introduction.............................................................................. 20

4.2 T-Power BIOS Feature ............................................................................ 20

4.3 T-Power Windows Feature..................................................................... 26

Chapter 5: Useful Help ........................................ 32

5.1 Driver Installation Note.......................................................................... 32

5.2 Award BIOS Beep Code .......................................................................... 33

5.3 Extra Information.................................................................................... 33

5.4 Troubleshooting....................................................................................... 35

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language .............. 36

German.................................................................................................................. 36

France .................................................................................................................... 38

Italian ..................................................................................................................... 40

Spanish ................................................................................................................... 42

Portuguese ............................................................................................................ 44

Polish...................................................................................................................... 46

Russian ................................................................................................................... 48

Arabic..................................................................................................................... 50

Japane se ................................................................................................................ 52

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

TP35D2-A7

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

HDD Cable X 1
Serial ATA Cable X 2
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
FDD Cable X 1 (optional)
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

Ver 5.x Ver 6.x

LGA 775

Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx /

Pent iu m D / Pent ium 4 / C elero n D pro cesso r

CPU

FSB Support 533 / 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Support 533 / 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz

Chipset

Super I/O

Main

Memory

IDE

SATA 2

Supports Hyper-Threading / Exe cute Disable Bit /

Enhanced Intel Sp eedStep® / Inte l

Architecture-64 / Extend ed Memory 64

Technology / Virtualization Technology

Intel P35

Int e l IC H9

ITE 8718F

Prov ides t he most commonly used legacy Super

I/O functionality.

Low Pin Count Interface

En vironm ent C ontro l in itiat ives,

Hardware Monitor Controller

Fan Sp eed Co ntroller

ITE's "S mart Guard ian " funct ion

DIMM Slots x 4

Each DIMM supports 256MB / 512MB / 1GB /

2GB DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 8GB

Dual Cha nn el Mo de DDR2 memory mod ule

Supports DDR2 800 / 667

Supports DDR2 533 (with FSB 533/1066 CPU)

Register ed D IMM and ECC D IMM is not

supported

JMicro JMB368

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

supports PIO Mode 0~4

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

SATA Vers ion 2.0 sp ecif icat ion co mpl iant

LGA 775

Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx /

Pent iu m D / Pent ium 4 / C elero n D pro cesso r

Supports Hyper-Threading / Exe cute Disable Bit /

Enhanced Intel Sp eedStep® / Inte l

Architecture-64 / Extend ed Memory 64

Technology / Virtualization Technology

Intel P35

Int e l IC H9

ITE 8718F

Prov ides t he most commonly used legacy Super

I/O functionality.

Low Pin Count Interface

En vironm ent C ontro l in itiat ives,

Hardware Monitor Controller

Fan Sp eed Co ntroller

ITE's "S mart Guard ian " funct ion

DIMM Slots x 4

Each DIMM supports 256MB / 512MB / 1GB /

2GB DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 8GB

Dual Cha nn el Mo de DDR2 memory mod ule

Supports DDR2 800 / 667

Supports DDR2 533 (with FSB 533/1066 CPU)

Register ed D IMM and ECC D IMM is not

supported

JMicro JMB368

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

supports PIO Mode 0~4

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

SATA Vers ion 2.0 sp ecif icat ion co mpl iant

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Ver 5.x Ver 6.x

Realtek RTL 8110SC / 8100C (optional)

LAN

Sound

Codec

Slots

On Board

Connector

Back Panel

I/O

Board Size 220 (W) x 305 (L) mm 220 (W) x 305 (L) mm

OS Support

10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiation (Gigabit

bandwidth is for RTL 8110SC only)

Half / Full duplex capability

ALC888

7.1 channels audio out

High Definition Audio

PCI slot x3 PCI slot x3

PCI Express x 16 slot x1 PCI Express x 16 slot x1

PCI Express x 4 slot x1 PCI Express x 4 slot x1

PCI Express x 1 slot x1 PCI Express x 1 slot x1

Floppy connector x1 Floppy connector x1

Printer Po rt Co nnector x1 Printer Port Connector x1

IDE Co nnect or x1 IDE Con n ecto r x 1

SATA Connector x4 SATA Connector x4

Front Panel Connector x1 Front Panel Connector x1

Front Audio Connector x1 Front Audio Connector x1

CD-in Connector x1 CD-in Connector x1

S/PDIF out connector x1 S/PDIF out connector x1

S/PDIF in connector(optional) x1 S/PDIF in connector(opt ional) x1

CPU Fan header x1 CPU Fan header x1

System Fan head er x2 Syst em Fan h eader x 2

Clear CMOS header x1 Clear C MOS header x1

USB connector x3 USB connect or x3

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Power Connector (24pin) x1

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Power Connector (4pin) x1

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

Serial Port x1

LAN port x1

USB Port x6

Audio Jack x6

Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove

support for any OS with or without notice

Realtek RTL 8110SC / 8100C (optional)

10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiation (Gigabit

bandwidth is for RTL 8110SC only)

Half / Full duplex capability

ALC861VD

5.1 channels audio out

High Definition Audio

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

Serial Port x1

LAN port x1

USB Port x6

Audio Jack x3

Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove

support for any OS with or without notice

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1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 5.X)

PS/2
Mouse

LA N

Audio Jack

Center

Rear

Si de

USBX2

Line In

Line Out

Mic In

PS/2
Keyboard

COM1 USBX2 USBX2

1.5 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 6.X)

PS/2
Mouse

PS/2
Keyboard

COM1 USBX2 USBX2

USBX2

LAN

Line In/
Surround

Line Out

Mic I n 1/
Bass/ Center

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1.6 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

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JKBMS1

JPRNT1

JCOM1

JUSB2

JUSB1

JRJ45USB1

JA UDIO 1

(for Ver 5.x)

JAUDIO2

(for Ve r 6 .x )

Super

I/O

LAN

JATXPWR1

JATXPW R2

PEX4_1

PEX1_1

LGA775

CPU1

JNFAN1

PEX16_1

BAT1

PCI1

Intel

P35

Intel

ICH9

BI O S

JC FAN1

DDR2_A 1

DDR2_B 1

DDR2_A 2

DDR2_B 2

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

SATA1SATA3

CO D E C

JAUDIOF1

Note: represents the 1■

JCDI N1

JSPDIF_OUT1

PCI2

PCI3

JSPDIF_IN1(opti onal)

FDD1

st

pin.

IDE

JUSB5

JUSB4

JUSB3

IDE 1

JPANEL1

SATA2SATA4

RST SW2

PWRSW1

LED 2

LE D1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 I

NSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

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

Pin Cap

Step 1: Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on

CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will
fit only in the correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked

position to complete the installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buck le it

on the retention frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into
the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan
cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer.
Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to
pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3

FAN RPM r ate
sense

4 Smart Fan

Control

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

JSFAN1: System Fan Header

JNFAN1: Northbridge Fan Header

Note:

The JNFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires
onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to
pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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JNFAN1

JSFAN1

1

3

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Modules

DDR2 _A1

DDR2 _B1

DDR2 _A2

DDR2 _B2

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the
break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining
chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

B. Memory Capacity

DIMM Socket

Location

DDR2_A1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2_A2 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2_B1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2_B2 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR Module

Total Mem o ry

Size

Max is 8GB.

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C. Dual Channel Memory installation

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 X O X

Enabled X O X O

Enabled O O O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or
x16)

DDR2_A1

DDR2_A2 DDR2_B1 DDR2_B2

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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.

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IDE1: Hard Disk Connector

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 connector can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect
up to two hard disk drives.

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PEX16_1: 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.

PEX4_1: PCI-Express x4 Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 1GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 2GB/s totally.

PEX1_1: PCI-Express Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 250MB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 500MB/s totally.

PEX16_1

PEX4_1

PEX1_1

PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 3 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.

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PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

TP35D2-A7

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 D

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

ETAIL SETTINGS

This 16-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.

HLED

RS T

8

16

SPK

+

-

1
9

++

-

On/Off

PWR_LED

SLP

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 (+)

14 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

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JATXPWR2: AT X P ower Source Connector

JATXPW2 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the AT X power
supply.

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

12

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

JATXPWR1: AT X P ower Source Connector

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

2

3

Pin

1

4

Assignment

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

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JUSB3/JUSB4/JUSB5: 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.

Assignment

Pin

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

10 NC

JUSB5
JUSB4
JUSB3

1

9

2

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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.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic Left in
2 Ground
3 Mic Right in
4 GPIO
5 Right line in
6 Jack Sense
7 Front Sense
8 Key

9

1

9 Left line in

10 Jack Sense

10

2

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..

Assignment

Pin

1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right Channel

Input

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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.

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Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

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Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interface,
it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.

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SATA3 SATA1
SATA4 SATA2

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Pin

Assignment

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

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JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Connector

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

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

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JSPDIF_IN1: Digital Audio-in Connector (Optional)

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

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground

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On-Board LED Indicators

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

LED1 and LED2:

These 2 LED indicate system power on diagnostics.
Please refer to the table below for different messages:

LED1 LED2 Message

ON ON Norma l
ON OFF Memory Error
OFF ON VGA Error
OFF OFF Abnormal: CPU / Chipset error.

LED2

LED1

On-Board Buttons

There are 2 on-board buttons.

PWRSW1:

This is an on-board Power Switch button.

RSTSW2:

This is an on-board Reset button.

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RSTSW2

PWRSW1

JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

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 26 Key

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CHAPTER 4: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE

4.1 T-P

Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for overclock users.
Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has
developed this ultimate overclock engine to raise system performance.
No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface, T-Power is able to
present the best system state according to users’ overclock setting.

T-Power BIOS Features:

T-Power Windows Feature:

OWER INTRODUCTION

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.)

Self Recovery System (S.R.S)

Hardware Monitor

Overclock Engine

System Information

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!! WARNING !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being
continuously updated. The BIOS information described below in
this manual is for your reference only and the actual BIOS
information and settings on board may be different from this
manual. For further information of setting up the BIOS, please
refer to the BIOS Manual in the Setup CD.

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4.2 T-POWER BIOS FEATURE

A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.):

ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for both
Elite and Casual overclockers.

Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.)

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

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CPU Clock Ratio & CPU Clock:

CPU Clock Ratio x CPU Clock = CPU Frequency. 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.

PCI-E Clock Select:

It helps to increase VGA card performance.

Syste m Me mory Fre quency:

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

CPU Voltage :

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

(G)MCH Voltage:

This function lets you select the (G)MCH voltage.

FSB Termination Voltage:

This function will increase chipset stability when overclocking.

Memory Voltage :

This function will increase memory stability when overclocking.

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.

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V6 Tech Engine:

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

V8 Tech Engine:

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

V12 Tech Engine:

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

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B. CMOS Reloading Program (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 Integration 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.

↓

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 Recovery 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 Flash Program (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.

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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.

4.3 T-POWER WINDOWS FEATURE

1. Desktop Icon

After the T-Utility has been installed, a T-Utility icon will appear on the
desktop, just like the icon shown below.

Now you can launch the T-Utility simply by double-clicking the desktop
icon.

2. Main Panel

If you double-click the desktop icon, T-Utility will be la unched. Please
refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is
Main Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, VGA

clock, and PCI clock information.

b. Contains About, Overclock/Overvoltage, and Hardware Monitor

Buttons for invoking respective panels. The On/Off button is for
closing the program.

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