Gigabyte GA-6WMM7-1, GA-6WMM7 User Manual

6WMM7 Series Motherboard

4.BIOS CONFIGURATION

Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

4.1. ENTERING SETUP

Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the "RESET" bottom on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Del> keys.

4.2. CONTROL KEYS

Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Esc key Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu -

Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option

Page Setup Menu F2 key Reserved F3 key Reserved F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for

Option Page Setup Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from Fail-Saft default table,

only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load Optimized defaults F8 key Reserved F9 key Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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4.3. GETTING HELP

4.3.1. Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.

4.4. THE MAIN MENU

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 4.1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from nine setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright( C ) 1984-1999 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

4 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password

4 4Power Management Setup Set User Password 4PnP/PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup

PC Health Status Exit Without Saving

ESC:Quit ↑↓→ ← : Select Item F10:Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type…

Figure 4.1: Main Menu

Frequency/Voltage Control

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Standard CMOS Features

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This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

Advanced BIOS Features

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This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.

Advanced Chipset Features

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This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

Integrated Peripherals

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This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

Power Management Setup

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This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

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This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.

• PC Health Status

This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage , fan, speed.

• Frequency/Voltage Control

This setup page is control CPU’s clock and frequency ratio.

• Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the

system would be in safe configuration.

• Load Optimized Defaults

Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration.

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Set Supervisor password

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Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the

system and Setup, or just to Setup.

Set User password

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Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.

Save & Exit Setup

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Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

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Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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4.5. STANDARD CMOS FEATURES MENU

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu (Figure 4.2) are divided into 9 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright( C ) 1984-1999 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu , Oct 19 1999 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 2 : 31 : 24

IDE Primary Master Press Enter None

4 4IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None 4IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None 4IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled

Video EGA / VGA Halt On All, But Keyboard

Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K

↑↓→ ←Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Standard CMOS Features

Menu Level Change the

Day, month, Year and century

Figure 4.2: Standard CMOS Features Menu

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• Date

The date format is <week>, <month> <day> <year>.

week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is

display-only month The month, Jan. Through Dec. day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) year The year, from 1994 through 2079

• Time

The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave

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The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are three types: auto type, manual definable type and none type user type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.

Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.

If you select Manual type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

CYLS. Number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS number of sectors

If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

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• Drive A type / Drive B type

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.

1.2M, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte

capacity (3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).

720K, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity.

2.88M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.

Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)

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Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives.

• Video

The category detects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select the type in setup.

EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For

EGA, VGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution

monochrome adapters

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• Halt on

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

NO Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may

be detected and you will be prompted

All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the

system will be stopped

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error;

it will stop for all other errors

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will

stop for all other errors

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk

error; it will stop for all other errors

Memory

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The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system.

The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST.

This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU's memory address map.

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4.6. Advanced BIOS Features

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright( C ) 1984-1999 Award Software

Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD-0 Third Boot Device LS/ZIP Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status ON Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 Typematic Delay (Msec) 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM >64MB Non-OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 No

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→ ←

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Advanced BIOS Features

Menu Level 4

Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature For IDE Hard disk Boot sector Protection. If this Function is enable And someone Attempt to write Data into this area , BIOS will show A warning Message on Screen and alarm beep

Figure 4.3: Advanced BIOS Features Setup

• Virus Warning

If it is set to enable, the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time. You can run anti-virus program to locate the problem.

Default value is Disabled.

Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a

warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table

Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to

access the boot sector or hard disk partition table

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BIOS Configuration

• CPU Cache

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU / chipset design. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

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The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Enable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Quick Power On Self Test

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This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST

First / Second / Third Boot device

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The default value is Floppy / HDD-0 / LS/ZIP.

Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy LS/ZIP Select your boot device priority by LS/ZIP HDD-0~3 Select your boot device priority by HDD-0~3 SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM Disable Disable this function LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN

• Boot other device

The default value is Enabled

Enabled Enabled select your boot device priority function Disabled Disabled this function

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• Swap Floppy Drive

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Floppy A & B will be swapped under DOS. Disabled Floppy A & B will be normal definition.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

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During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or

80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or

1.44 M drive type as they are all 80 tracks

Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track

number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 K

Boot Up NumLock Status

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The default value is On.

On Keypad is number keys. Off Keypad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

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The default value is Fast.

Normal Set Gate A20 Option is Normal.

Fast Set Gate A20 Option is Fast.

• Typematic Rate Setting

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Enable Keyboard Typematic rate setting. Disabled Disable Keyboard Typematic rate setting.

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• Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec.)

The default value is 6.

6-30 Set the maximum Typematic rate from 6 chars. Per second

to 30 characters. Per second.

• Typematic Delay (Msec.)

The default value is 250.

250-1000 Set the time delay from first key to repeat the same key in

Security Option

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This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is Setup.

System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if

OS Select For DRAM>64MB

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The default value is Non-OS2.

Non-OS2 Using non-OS2 operating system. OS2 Using OS2 operating system and DRAM>64MB.

to computer.

will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt

the correct password is not entered at the prompt

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

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The default value is Disable.

Enable Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disable Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

• Report No FDD For WIN 95

The default value is No.

No Assign IRQ6 For FDD. Yes FDD Detect IRQ6 Automatically.

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4.7. Advanced Chipset Features

Advanced Chipset Features

SDRAM CAS Latency Time Auto Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc 5/7 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 2 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 2 SDRAM Buffer Strength Auto DRAM Page Closing Policy Precharge Bank System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Delayed Transaction Disabled On-Chip Video Window Size 64MB Local Memory Frequency 100MHz

* Onboard Display Cache Setting * Initial Display Cache Enabled Display Cache Timing Normal

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→ ←

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 4.4: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

Menu Level 4

• SDRAM CAS latency Time

The default value is Auto

3 For 67 / 83 MHz SDRAM DIMM module. 2 For 100 MHz SDRAM DIMM module.

Auto Set SDRAM CAS latency Time to Auto

• SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc

The default value is 5/7

6/8

Set DRAM Tras/Trc Cycle time is 6/8 SCLKs.

5/7 Set DRAM Tras/Trc Cycle time is 5/7 SCLKs.

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• SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay

The default value is 2

3 2

Set SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 3 SCLKs. Set SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKs.

• SDRAM RAS# Precharge

The default value is 2.

3 Set SDRAM RAS# Precharge is 3. 2 Set SDRAM RAS# Precharge is 2.

• SDRAM Buffer Strength

The default value is Auto

Auto Auto detect SDRAM buffer strength. (Default Value).

Auto-1 Decrease SDRAM buffer strength.

Auto+1 Increase SDRAM buffer strength.

• DRAM Page Closing Policy

The default value is Precharge Bank .

Precharge Bank Closing Policy Precharge Bank. Precharge All Closing Policy Precharge All.

BIOS Configuration

System BIOS Cacheable

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The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable System BIOS Cacheable. Disabled Disable System BIOS Cacheable.

• Video BIOS Cacheable

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable video BIOS Cacheable. Disabled Disable video BIOS Cacheable.

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