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respect to the use of the information contained herein. While every
precaution has been taken in the preparation of this guide, the Manufacturer
assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
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TRADEMARK™
®
Intel
, Pentium® and Celeron® are registered trademarks of Intel®
Corporation.
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®
and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks
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These specifications are subject to change without notice.
Installation Guide Revision B1
May 2004
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1.1 Unpacking IP-M845B Series 1
1.2 Description 3
1.3 Features 3
1.3.1 Graphic & Ethernet 3
1.3.2 Ultra ATA/66/100 4
1.3.3 Hardware Monitoring 4
1.3.4 I/O Shield Connector 4
1.3.5 Power-On/Off 5
1.3.6 IP-M845B Series Overview 5
1.3.7 System Block Diagram 6
1.4 Specifications 7
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2.1 System Installation 9
2.1.1 CPU Installation 9
2.1.2 Heat Sink Installation 10
2.1.3 Memory Module Installation 11
2.1.4 Setting Jumper and DIP Switches 13
2.2 Board Layout 14
2.3 Jumper Setting 15
2.4 Connector’s Description 20
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3.1 BIOS Instructions 36
3.2 Main Menu 37
3.3 Standard CMOS Features 39
3.4 IDE Adapters 41
3.5 Advanced BIOS Features 43
3.6 Advanced Chipset Features 47
3.7 Integrated Peripherals 50
3.8 Power Management Setup 55
3.9 PnP/PCI Configurations 59
3.10 PC Health Status 61
3.11 Frequency/Voltage Control 63
3.12 Load Fail-Safe Default 64
3.13 Load Optimized Defaults 64
3.14 Supervisor/User Password Setting 65
3.15 Exit Selecting 66
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1.1 Unpacking IP-M845B Series
1. The IP-M845B series include 3 units; their difference is chipset, which are
IP-4GV4I90 (845G chipset), IP-4GVI90 (845GV chipset) and IP-4GEI90
(845GE chipset).
2. Take out the IP-M845B series unit from the carton box, check if the unit is
properly secure in the plastic bag.
3. Check the contents of the carton box:
¡ Industrial Board ¡ Installation Guide
ATA-66/100 HDD ribbon cable
¡
Driver CD
¡
Floppy ribbon cable
¡
I/O Shield
¡
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¡ External K/B & M/S cable ¡ External USB cable
(6-pin to 6-pin) (for USB2.0)
COM2 ribbon cable
¡
COM3/4 ribbon cable (1 Sets)
¡
(for RS-232) (for RS-232/422/485)
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1.2 Description
The IP-M845B series combines the high performance and exceptional value
of Intel
industrial board. The Intel
support socket 478-pins Intel
®
845G, 845GV or 845GE chipset with a full-featured, new generation,
®
advanced 845G, 845GV or 845GE chipset
®
Pentium® 4 / Celeron™ processors of 1.3GHz
and up to 3.06GHz. Furthermore, user can set the jumper to select the
mobile CPU or regular P4 CPU, that memory base on the FSB 400/533MHz
operation supports DDR SDRAM interface. In the meantime, the chipset
integrated the VGA function and an external graphics device on AGP
(845GV support ADD card only). The IP-M845B system memory size can be
up to 2GB DDR memory, onboard Intel
®
82562ET Ethernet controller
(support 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet and with 4 COM ports, besides the
IP-M845B add one slim Floppy connector to special application and one
6-pins connector for external K/B & M/S.
The 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) employs the Intel
®
Accelerated Hub
Architecture to make a direct connection from the graphics and memory to
the integrated Ethernet controller, the IDE controllers (ATA/33 or ATA/66 or
ATA/100), six USB ports that are supported USB 1.1/2.0 standard meets the
performance, stability and reliability requirements.
The industrial board - IP-M845B is suitable and valuable for all the industry
applications, which also well support with the Windows
®
Linux
operation system.
®
98/2000/XP/NT and
1.3 Features
1.3.1 Graphic & Ethernet
The IP-M845B is base on the Intel
®
845G, 845GE or 845GV chipset, offers
users the integration graphic and Ethernet function. The features of chipset
are as below:
Enhanced integrated graphics & system performance:
¡
- 400/533 FSB support
Memory:
¡
- SDRAM PC133, DDR200/266/333
(845G support DDR200/266 only)
- 2 x DIMMs, up to 2.0GB memory (max.)
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IO Connectivity - ICH4:
¡
- 6 Hi-Speed USB2.0 ports
- 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet
1.3.2 Ultra ATA/66/100
The ICH4 provides two channel Ultra ATA/66/100 Bus Master IDE controller,
that support Ultra ATA/66/100 protocols, perfect for such demanding
applications as real-time video, multimedia, and high performance operating
system. A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA/66/100. This cable is an
80-conductor cable; however the connectors are, of course, backwards
compatible with ATA/33.
1.3.3 Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems
operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and
RPM of fan.
1.3.4 I/O Shield Connector
The board is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate
I/O shield (figure 1).
76.9 [3.03"]
31.5 [1.24"]
21.7 [0.85"]
6.5 [0.26" ]
25.2 [0.99"]
12.0 [0.47"]
31.0 [1.22"]
58.9 [2.32"]36.0 [1.42"]
6.5 [0.2 6"]
Figure 1: I/O back panel layout
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1.3.5 Power-On/Off (Remote)
The board has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX
power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be
connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button. The
systems power On/Off button should be a momentary button that is normally
open.
The board has been designed with “Soft Off" functions. You can turn Off the
system from one of two sources: The first is the front panel Power On/Off
the button, and the other is the "Soft Off" function (coming from the M/B
onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system
®
such as Windows
98/SE/ME/2000 or Windows® XP.
1.3.6 IP-M845B Series Overview
Function / Model IP-M845B
¡
Chipset Intel® 845G, 845GV or 845GE
¡
LCD Function /
¡
VGA Function
¡ SCSI Function /
¡
Ethernet Function
¡ Two EIDE Interface
¡
One Floppy Interface
¡
One Parallel
¡ PCI Slots 6
¡ AGP Slot 1 (845GV supported ADD card only)
¡
Four Serial Ports 4
¡ Six USB 2.0 Ports (Four for Optional USB Cable)6
¡ Fan Connector 4
¡ Slim Floppy Connector
¡
6-pins external K/B & M/S Connector
Note: The IP-M845B series with 3 units. Their difference as below:
(a). IP-4G4I90 used the Intel
(b). IP-4GVI90 used the Intel
(c). IP-4GEI90 used the Intel
®
845G chipsets.
®
845GV chipsets.
®
845GE chipsets.
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1.3.7 System Block Diagram
Socket 478-pins
for
P4 or P4-M
ClockVRM
DATACTRLADDR
CRT
Device
IDE Primary
IDE Secondary
USB Port 1/2
USB Port 3/4
USB Port 5/6
FWH
GP4X
ATA10 0
USB 2.0
GMCH
(845G/GV/GE)
760 FC-BGA
ICH4
421 BGA
Super I/O
W83627HF
DDR200/266/333
X2
Intel 82562ET
10/100
Base-TX
PCI BUS
PCI SLOTS
Super I/O
W83627HF
Keyboard
Mouse
COM Port 1/2
LPT Port
Floppy
COM Port 3/4
Figure 2: System Block Diagram
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1.4 Specifications
¡
Processor:
-
Intel
®
Pentium® 4 / Celeron™ processor with socket 478-pin package
Processor operating at 1.3GHz and up to 3.06GHz
®
-
Intel
Pentium® 4 Mobile™ processor with socket 478-pin package
Processor operating at 1.3GHz and up to 2.4GHz
- System bus frequency at 400/533 MHz FSB
¡
Chipset:
- Intel
®
82845G, 845GV or 82845GE AGPset
¡
DRAM Module:
2 x 184-pins DIMMM socket
-
For DDR200/266/333 memory (845G support DDR200/266 only)
-
- Support DDR SDRAM up to 2GB (max.)
¡
VGA Function:
-
-
®
Intel
North Bridge chipset integrated graphic controller
Onboard one 15-pins VGA connector
¡
LAN Function:
-
Intel
®
82562ET Ethernet controller
- For 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet
- Onboard one RJ-45 Ethernet connector
¡
External Connector:
- 1 x slim floppy connector
1 x 6-pins connector for external K/B & M/S
-
¡
Expansion Slot:
1 x AGP slot (845GV support ADD card only)
-
6 x PCI slots
-
¡
Onboard I/O:
- On-Chip I/O integrated with K/B, Mouse, FDD, Parallel and Serial,
Fast IR and Power-ON controller
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¡
Onboard PCI / IDE:
- Intel
®
82801DB (ICH4) controller
- PCI rev2.2 compliant
- ACPI compliant power management
- PCI bus IDE port with PIO / Ultra DMA-100 x 2 (up to 4 devices)
¡
Rear I/O Connectors:
PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 style Keyboard
-
RJ-45 Ethernet and 2 x USB2.0 connectors
-
D-Sub 25-pins Printer port connector
-
D-Sub 9-pins COM1 serial port connector for RS-232
-
D-Sub 15-pins VGA connector
-
¡
Internal I/O Connectors (pin-header):
3 x serial ports, COM2 for RS-232 and COM3/4 for RS-232/422/485
-
4 x USB2.0 connectors
-
¡
BIOS:
- Award Plug & Play BIOS
¡
Form Factor:
- 12” x 8.7” (305 x 220mm) ATX Size
¡
Weight:
- 1.44lb (650g) ---
IP-M845B series
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2.1 System Installation
2.1.1 CPU Installation
Carefully follow the steps below in order to install the CPU:
1. Check and confirm that the jumpers are correctly set for the CPU you
are going to install (figure 3).
2. Lift the releasing lever of the socket 478.
3. Align the pins of the CPU against the pinholes of the socket 478. Be
sure to pay attention to the orientation of the CPU.
Figure 3: CPU Socket
4. Push down the CPU into the socket 478.
5. Push down the release lever and lock it against the key hook.
6. Hook the hole in ZIF clip for the CPU cooling fan onto the notch on the
socket 478.
7. Place the CPU cooling fan atop the CPU surface.
8. Push down the opposite side of the ZIF clip and hook it.
9. Slide the head of the clip to left and lock it.
10. Connect the cooling fan cable to the socket as shown below. Be careful
not to place the cable on the CPU cooling fan.
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Removing a CPU:
1. Before removing the CPU, turn off the IP-M845B series power; then wait
for about 20 minutes until the heat radiation plate of the cooling fan and
the CPU cools down.
2. To remove the CPU, lift the releasing lever of the socket 478.
Note: The CPU and the heat radiation plate are hot. They may cause
burns.
To remove the CPU, reverse the installation steps.
2.1.2 Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Make sure that good contact is made between the processors and the heat
sinks & fan. Insufficient contact, incorrect types of heat sinks, fans, or
thermal compound used or improper amount of thermal compound applied
on the CPU die can cause the processors to overheat, which may crash the
system.
Figure 5 display the notch marks and what they should look like on your
DIMM memory module.
DIMMs have184-pins and two notches, that will match with the onboard
DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the
socket at a 90-degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 6) until it fits
tightly into the DIMM socket.
Figure 5: DIMM Memory and 184-pins Socket
Figure 6: Memory Installation
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Carefully follow the steps below in order to install the DIMMs:
1. To avoid generating static electricity and damaging the DIMM, ground
yourself by touching a grounded metal surface or using a ground scrap
before you touch the DIMM.
2. Do not touch the connector of the DIMM. Dirt residue may cause a
malfunction.
3. Hold the DIMM with its notch to the front side of the IP-M845B Series
and insert it completely into the socket. A DIMM should be inserted into
the inner socket first. Guiding the hole at each end of the DIMM over the
retaining post at each end of the DIMM socket.
4. If you install two DIMMs, install the second DIMM using the same
procedure as above.
5. If DIMM does not go in smoothly, do not force it. Pull it all the way out
and try again.
6. Make sure the DIMM is properly installed and locked by the tabs on both
sides of the socket.
Removing a DIMM:
To remove the DIMM, use your fingers or a small screwdriver to carefully
push away the plastic tabs that secure the DIMM at each end. Lift it out of
the socket.
Make sure you store the DIMM in an anti-static bag and must be
populated the same size and manufactory of memory modules.
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2.1.4 Setting Jumpers and DIP Switches
There are jumpers and DIP-switches on the system board of the IP-M845B
series. You can set the jumpers to make the necessary operations.
Figure 7: Jumper Connector
For any three-pin jumpers (Figure 7), the jumper setting is 1-2 when the
jumper connects pins 1 and 2. The setting is 2-3 when pins 2 and 3 are
connected and so on. You see a number “ 1 “ and a “ 3 “ printed on the
circuit board to identify these pins. And also, there is a second way of
indication – one of the lines surrounding jumpers is thick, which indicates pin
NO.1.
To move a jumper from one position to another, use needle-nose pliers or
tweezers to pull the pin cap off the pins and move it to the desired position.
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2.2 Board Layout
Jumper & Connector Location
VGA1
KBMS1
USB1
COM1
LPT1
LAN
FAN 1
J6
JKBPO1
PW2
JP4
PW1
JP1
AGP1
PCI1
PCI2
COM2
PCI3
JB1
JPB2
COM3
JPB1
COM4
WOL1
USB2
PCI4
PCI5
PCI6
USB3
JBAT1
FAN 4
FDD1
J5
J2J1
IDE1
FAN3
IDE2
FAN 2
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2.3 Jumper Setting
Table for Jumper Location Description:
Use the information in the following table to change the jumpers and the DIP
switches.
Jumpers Functions
JB1 Watchdog Timer Setting Select
JP1 CPU Clock Setting Select
JP4 CPU Type Setting Select
JBAT1 Clear CMOS Setting Select
JPB1 COM4 Port Setting Select
JPB2 COM3 Port Setting Select
JKBPO1 Keyboard Power On Setting Select
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In order to set up the correct configuration, here is the description
about how to set the jumpers to enable/disable or change functions. All
jumpers’ location please refer to jumper location diagram.
Watchdog Timer Setting Select: JB1
Function JB1
NMI 1-2
Reset System (Default) 2-3
y Location:
CPU Clock Setting Select: JP1
Function JP1
CPU Select 1-2
100MHz 2-3
133 MHz Open
y Location:
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CPU Type Setting Select: JP4
Function JP4
P4 On
P4-M Off
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y Location:
Clear CMOS Setting Select: JBAT1
Function JBAT1
Normal (Default) 1-2
Clear CMOS 2-3
y
Location:
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COM4 Port Setting Select: JPB1
Function
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12
RS-232 Off Off Off Off Off On
RS-422 On
RS-485 On (Term.)On(Term.)On Off On Off
y Location:
(Term.)
On
(Term.)
COM3 Port Setting Select: JPB2
JPB1
Off On On Off
Function
RS-232 Off Off Off Off Off On
RS-422 On
RS-485 On
y Location:
JPB2
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12
(Term.)
(Term.)
OnOn
(Term.)
(Term.)
Off On On Off
On Off On Off
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Keyboard Power On Setting Select: JKBPO1
Function JKBPO1
Enable KBPO (Default) 1-2
Disable KBPO 2-3
Installations
y Location:
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2.4 Connector’s Description
Connector Location
VGA1
KBMS1
USB1
COM1
LPT1
LAN
FAN 1
J6
JKBPO1
PW2
JP4
PW1
JP1
AGP1
PCI1
PCI2
COM2
PCI3
JB1
JPB2
COM3
JPB1
COM4
WOL1
USB2
PCI4
PCI5
PCI6
USB3
JBAT1
FAN 4
FDD1
J5
J2J1
IDE1
FAN3
IDE2
FAN 2
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Table for Connector’s Location Description:
Use the information in the following table to change the connector.
Connectors Functions
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector
IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector
Note: How to connect RS485 device with COM port ribbon cable?
Our Industrial Board encloses a COM port ribbon cable for internal
connection. RS422/485 device must connect to downside D-Sub
with 5-pin cable and signal indication as below.
1 MS Clock
2 MS Data
3 KB Clock
4 KB Data
5 Ground
6 VCC
Installations
y
Figure:
6
1
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3.1 BIOS Instructions
Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program, which allows user to
modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The
modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be
retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information
saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration
change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail, this will cause data loss in the
CMOS only. If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS
settings.
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3.2 Main Menu
Once you enter the AwardBIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will
appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several
setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among
the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
¾
Standard CMOS Feature
¾
Advanced BIOS Feature
¾
Advanced Chipset Feature
¾
Integrated Peripherals
¾
Power Management Setup
¾
PnP/PCI Configurations
¾
PC Health Status
Esc: Quit ↑ ↓
F10: Save & Exit Setup
F6: Save CMOS To BIOS F7: Load CMOS From BIOS
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type….
Note: that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen.
¾
Power BIOS Feature
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
→←
: Select Item
Setup Items:
The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that
some systems may not include all entries.
Standard CMOS Features:
Use this menu for basic system configuration. See 3.3 for the details.
Advanced BIOS Features:
Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. See
3.5 for the details.
Advanced Chipset Features:
Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize
your system's performance. See 3.6 for the details.
Integrated Peripherals:
Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. See 3.7 for
the details.
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Power Management Setup:
Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. See 3.8 for
the details.
PnP / PCI Configuration:
This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. See 3.9 for the
details.
PC Health Status:
Use this menu to show your system temperature, speed and voltage status.
See 3.10 for the details.
Power BIOS Feature:
Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. See
3.11 for the details.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults:
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable
performance for your system to operate. See 3.12 for the details.
Load Optimized Defaults:
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for
optimal performance system operations. While Award has designed the
custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change
these defaults to meet their needs. See 3.13 for the details.
Supervisor / User Password:
Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. See 3.14 for the
details.
Save & Exit Setup:
Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. See 3.15 for the
details.
Exit Without Save:
Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. See 3.15 for the details.
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3.3 Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories.
Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the
arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to
select the value you want in each item.
1.44M, 3.5 in/2.88M, 3.5 in
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Video:
Options EGA/VGA/CGA 40/CGA 80/MONO
Select the default video device.
Halt On:
Options All Errors/No Errors/All, but Keyboard/All, but Diskette/All,
but Disk/Key
Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process
and notify you.
Base Memory:
Option N/A
Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up.
Extended Memory:
Option N/A
Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up
Total Memory:
Option N/A
Displays the total memory available in the system
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3.4 IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to
configure each hard disk drive.
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Press Enter
Enabled
Auto 2557 MB
Auto
0MB
4956
16
0
4955
63
Item Help
____________________________
Menu Level ¾¾
To auto-detect the HDD’s size,
head... on this channel
IDE HDD Auto-detection:
Options Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this channel. If detection is
successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.
Options Enabled, Disabled.
Write Cache
:
This item allows you to enable or disable write cache.
IDE Primary Master:
Options None, Auto and Manual
Selecting “Manual” lets you set the remaining fields on this screen. Selects
the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of cylinders,
heads, etc. Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !
Access Mode: Options CHS, LBA, Large and Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
Capacity:
Options Auto Display your disk drive size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.
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The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is
set to “Manual”
Cylinder:
Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
Head:
Options Min = 0, Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp:
****
Warning
Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk
Landing zone:
Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
****
Sector:
Options Min = 0, Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
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3.5 Advanced BIOS Features
This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You
have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced BIOS Features
Virus Warning
CPU L1 & L2 Cache
Quick Power On Self Test
APIC Mode
X MPS Version Control For OS
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
¾
Boot Seq. & Floppy Setup
Boot Up NumLock Status
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
X Typematic Delay (Msec)
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
1.4
Disabled
Press Enter
On
Fast
Disabled
6
250
Setup
Non-OS2
____________________________
Menu Level ¾
Allow you to choose the VIRUS
warning feature for IDE Hard Disk
boot sector protection. If this
function is enabled and someone
attempt to write data into this area,
BIOS will show a warning message
on screen and alarm beep
Item Help
Virus Warning:
Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot
sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write
data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm
beep.
Enabled---Activates 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 will appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
CPU L1 & L2 Cache:
These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU/chipset design.
Enabled---Enable cache
Disabled---Disable cache
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Quick Power On Self Test:
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the
computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items
during POST.
Enabled---Enable quick POST
Disabled--- Normal POST
APIC Mode:
This item allows you to enable/disable APIC Mode.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
MPS Version Control For OS:
Select the operating system that is Multi-Processors Version Control for OS.
The choice: 1.4, 1.1.
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability:
Enabled SMART hard driver functions for compatible. The default is
disabled.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Boot Seq. & Floppy Setup:
Boot Seq. & Floppy Setup
First Boot Device
Second Boot Device
Third Boot Device
Boot Other Device
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Report NO FDD For Win 95
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Floppy
HDD-0
LS120
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
No
Item Help
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First/Second/Third Device:
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.
The choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM and Disabled.
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Boot Other Device:
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an
operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first,
second, and third boot devices.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive:
If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive name
assignments.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Report No FDD For Win 95:
Whether report no FDD for Win 95 or not.
The choice: Yes, No.
Boot Up NumLock Status:
Select power on state for NumLock.
The choice: On, Off.
Gate A20 Option:
Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20.
Normal---A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20
Fast---Lets chipset control GateA20
Typematic Rate Setting:
Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When
enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):
Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the
key down.
The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 and 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 choice: 250, 500, 750 and 1000.
Security Option:
Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only
when you enter setup.
System---The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if
the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
Setup---The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.
Note: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be
asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable
security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup
freely.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB:
Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM
on the system.
The choice: Non-OS2, OS2.
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3.6 Advanced Chipset Features
This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific
features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and
access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external
cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA
bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need
to be altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide
the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might
consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was
being lost while using your system.
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Advanced Chipset Features
DRAM Timing Selectable
X CAS Latency Time
X Active To Precharge Delay
X DRAM RAS# To CAS# Delay
X DRAM RAS# Precharge
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
DRAM Timing Selectable:
Select the operating system that is selecting DRAM timing, so select SPD
for setting SDRAM timing by SPD.
The choice: Manual, By SPD.
CAS Latency Time:
When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing.
The choice: 1.5, 2, 2.5.
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Active To Precharge Delay:
Select the operating system that is active to precharge delay.
The choice: 5, 6, 7.
DRAM RAS# To CAS# Delay:
This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe
signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives
faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field
applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The choice: 2, 3.
DRAM RAS# Precharge:
If an insufficient number of cycles are allowed for the RAS to accumulate its
charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM
may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more
stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is
installed in the system.
The choice: 2, 3.
System BIOS Cacheable:
Selecting “Enabled” allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at
F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any
program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Video BIOS Cacheable:
Select “Enabled” allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting in better
system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a
system error may result.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Delayed Transaction:
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay
transactions cycles. Select “Enabled” to support compliance with PCI
specification version 2.2.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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Command Per Clock:
Select this item allows the command per clock for system.
The choice: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.
Fast CS#:
Select this item allows the Fast CS# function.
The choice: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.
Delay Prior To Thermal:
Select this item allows the delay prior to thermal time.
The choice: 4Min, 8Min, 16Min, 32Min.
AGP Aperture Size (MB):
This field determines the effective size of the Graphic Aperture used for a
particular GMCH configuration. It can be updated by the GMCH-specific
BIOS configuration sequence before the PCI standard bus enumeration
sequence takes place. If it is not updated then a default value will select an
aperture of maximum size.
The choice: 32, 64, 128 and 256.
On-Chip VGA
Select this item allows you to control the on-chip VGA.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size:
Select this item allows you to control the on-chip frame buffer size.
The choice: 1MB, 8MB.
Boot Display:
Select this item allows you to set the boot display device.
The choice: Auto, CRT, TV, EFP.
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
Onboard AGP
3E8
IRQ10
2E8
IRQ11
Disabled
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Item Help
Onboard IDE Device Setup:
Item Help
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Menu Level ¾
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA
IDE HDD Block Mode
Onboard IDE Device Setup
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Enabled
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE:
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support
for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate each channel separately.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO:
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode
(0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each
device.
The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and Mode 4.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA:
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows
95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your
system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select “Auto” to enable BIOS
support.
The choice: Auto, Disabled.
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 read/writes per sector the drive can support.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Enabled
3F8/IRQ4
2F8/IRQ3
Normal
Hi, Lo
Enabled
Half
IR-Rx2Tx2
378/IRQ7
SPP
EPP1.7
3
Item Help
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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 install and-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2:
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial
ports.
The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled and
Auto.
UART Mode Select:
This item allows you to select UART mode.
The choice: IrDA, ASKIR and Normal.
RxD, TxD Active:
This item allows you to determine the active of RxD, TxD.
The Choice: “Hi, Hi”, “Lo, Lo”, “Lo, Hi” and “Hi, Lo”.
IR Transmission delay:
This item allows you to enable/disable IR transmission delay.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
UR2 Duplex Mode:
This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function.
The choice: Half, Full.
Use IR Pins:
This item allows you to select IR transmission routes, one is RxD2m, TxD2
(COM Port) and the other is IR-Rx2Tx2.
The choice: IR-Rx2Tx2, RxD2 and TxD2.
Onboard Parallel Port:
This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller
with which I/O address.
The choice: 3BC/IRQ7, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5 and Disabled.
Parallel Port Mode:
Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select
Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and
software both support one of the other available modes.
The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP and ECP+EPP.
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EPP Mode Select:
Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.
The choice: EPP1.7, 1.9.
ECP Mode Use DMA:
Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.
The choice: 3, 1.
Init Display First:
This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA
first.
The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard/AGP.
Onboard Serial Port 3/Port4:
Select an address for the third and forth serial ports.
Serial Port 3/Port 4 Use IRQ:
Select an IRQ for the third and forth serial ports.
Intel Lan Boot ROM:
This item allows you to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the
onboard LAN chip.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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3.8 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most
effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your
own style of computer use.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
Power ON Function
KB Power ON Password
Hot Key Power ON
PWRON After PWR-Fail
Power Management
Video Off Method
Video Off In Suspend
Suspend Type
MODEM Use IRQ
Suspend Mode
HDD Power Down
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
CPU THER-Throttling
Wake-Up by PCI card
Power On By Ring or WOL
Resume by Alarm
X Date (of Month) Alarm
X Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm
** Reload Global Timer Events **
Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0
Secondary IDE 1
FDD, COM, LPT Port
PCI PIRQ [A-D]#
Hot Key
Enter
Ctrl-F1
Off
User Define
DPMS
Yes
Stop Grant
3
Disabled
Disabled
Instant-Off
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Power On Function:
You can use this item to select operating Power On the system.
The choice: Password, Hot Key, Any Key, Button only, Keyboard 98.
KB Power ON Password:
You can use this item to limit operating KB Power On system.
The choice: Enter.
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Hot Key Power ON:
You can use this item to select operating Hot Key to Power On system.
The choice: Ctrl-F1~F12.
Power Management:
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and
is directly related to the following modes:
1. HDD Power Down
2. Doze Mode
3. Suspend Mode
Min. Power Saving:
Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1
hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.
Max. Power Saving:
Maximum power management --
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s
Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1 min.,
and HDD Power Down = 1 min.
User Defined:
Allow you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of
the ranges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down, which
ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.
Video Off Method:
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank:
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:
Initial display power management signaling.
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Video Off In Suspend:
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
The choice: Yes, No.
Suspend Type:
Select the Suspend Type.
The choice: PWRON Suspend, Stop Grant.
MODEM Use IRQ:
This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and NA.
Suspend Mode:
When “Enabled” and after the set time of system inactivity. All devices
except the CPU will be shut off.
The choice: Disabled, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 30, 40 Min and 1Hour.
HDD Power Down:
When “Enabled” and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk
drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
The choice: Disabled, 1~15Min.
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN:
Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to
enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”
The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.
CPU THER-Throttling:
Select the CPU THRM-Throttling rate.
The choice: 12.5%, 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%, 62.5%, 75.0% and 87.5%.
Wake-Up by PCI Card:
An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from a soft
off state.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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Power On by Ring or WOL:
An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an
incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Resume by Alarm:
When “Enabled”, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time
clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
PM Events:
PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from
entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode.
In effect, the system remains alert for anything, which occurs to a device,
which is configured as Enabled, even when the system is in a power down
mode.
Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0
Secondary IDE 1
FDD, COM, LPT Port
PCI PIRQ [A-D] #
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3.9 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
omputer Interconnect, is a system, which allows I/O devices to operate at
C
speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its
own special components. This section covers some very technical items
and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make
any changes to the default settings.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP/PCI Configurations
Resources Controlled By
X IRQ Resources
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
PCI Latency Timer (CLK)
AGP SLOT4 INT Assignment
SLOT 5 INT Assignment
SLOT 1/6 INT Assignment
SLOT 2 INT Assignment
SLOT 3 INT Assignment
Auto (ESCD)
Press Enter
Disabled
32
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Item Help
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Menu Level ¾
BIOS can automatically
configure all the boot and Plug
Play compatible devices.
If you choose Auto, you cannot
select IRQ DMA and base
address fields since BIOS
automatically assigns them.
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
Resource controlled by:
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure
all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this
capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
operating system such as Windows
®
95. If you set this field to “Manual”
choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows
this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “¾”).
The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual.
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IRQ Resources:
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IRQ Resources
IRQ3 assigned to
IRQ4 assigned to
IRQ5 assigned to
IRQ7 assigned to
IRQ8 assigned to
IRQ9 assigned to
IRQ10 assigned to
IRQ11 assigned to
IRQ12 assigned to
IRQ14 assigned to
IRQ15 assigned to
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a
type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:
Leave this field at “Disabled”.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
SLOTs INT Assignment:
It allows you to assign slots IRQ DMA and address. If you choose Auto, you
can’t select IRQ DMA and base address fields since BIOS automatically
assigns them.
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3.10 PC Health Status
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temp.
Current System Temp.
Current Chassis Fan Speed
Current CPU Fan Speed
Current Power Fan Speed
Current CPUFan4 Speed
Vagp (V)
Vcore (V)
Vdimm (V)
+ 5 V
+12 V
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
21X
Enabled
Disabled
133MHz/2.40GHz
Auto=>DDR266
66/33MHz
Auto
Item Help
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Menu Level ¾
CPU Clock Ratio:
This item allows you to set up the CPU clock ratio, but this function depends
on different CPU performance. It is only effective for those clock ratio
haven’t been locked.
The choice: X12 ~ X21
Auto Detect PCI CLK:
When “Enabled”, this item will auto detect if the PCI slot have devices and
will send clock signal to PCI devices. When disabled, it will send the clock
signal to PCI slot.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Spread Spectrum Modulated:
This item allows you to enabled or disabled the Spread Spectrum
Modulated.
The choice: Disabled, -0.25%, -0.50% and -0.75%.
CPU FSB / SPEED:
This item allows you to enabled or disabled the CPU FSB speed.
The choice: 90MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz and 200MHz.
Memory Frequency:
This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency.
The choice: 200MHz, 266MHz, 333MHz and Auto.
AGP / PCI Clock:
This item allows you to select the AGP/PCI Clock.
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3.12 Load Fail-Safe Defaults
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with
a message similar to:
Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable,
minimal-performance system operations.
3.13 Load Optimized Defaults
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with
a message similar to:
Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal
performance system operations.
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3.14 Supervisor/User Password Setting
You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The
differences between are:
Set Supervisor Password:
can enter and change the options of the setup
menus.
Set User Password:
just can only enter but do not have the right to change
the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following
message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>.
The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from
CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the
password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the
selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter
the password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once
the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup
freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every
time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from
changing any part of your system configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to
request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent
unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features
Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is
set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to
Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.
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3.15 Exit Selecting
Save & Exit Setup
Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?
Y
Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special
section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next
time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to
the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is
restarted again.
Exit Without Saving
Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:
Quit without saving (Y/N)?
Y
This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The
previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts
your computer.
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