Shuttle HOT-571 HOT-571 v1.x User Manual

HOT-571

Pentium™ processor
Based PCI MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

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FCC Notice:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used properly, in
strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference
to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures :

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help and for additional suggestions.
The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful “How to Identify

and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems.” This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Washington, DC 20402, Stock 004-000-00345-4

FCC Warning

The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s
authority to operate this equipment.

Note : In order for an installation of this product to maintain compliance with the limits for a Class B device, shielded
cables and power cord must be used.

CE Notice:

Following standards were applied to this product, in order to achieve compliance with the electromagnetic
compatibility :

- Immunity in accordance with EN 50082-1: 1992

- Emissions in accordance with EN 55022: 1987 Class B.

NOTICE

Copyright 1997.
All Right Reserved
Manual Ver 1.0
All information, documentation, and specifications contained in this manual are subject to change without prior

notification by the manufacturer.
The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does

it make a commitment to update the information contained herein.

TRADEMARKS

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation

Pentium Processor is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation
PC/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machine Corporation.
PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
All other brand and product names referred to in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective holders.

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PREFACE ................................................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER 1 FEATURES ............................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION........................................................................ 8

Jumper Setting .......................................................................................................................... 8

Processor Configurations .......................................................................................................... 9

Manual Adjusting ................................................................................................................... 11

Flash EEPROM Vpp Jumper - JP19 ....................................................................................... 13

Clear CMOS - JP40 ................................................................................................................ 13

Connectors & Sockets ............................................................................................................. 14

CHAPTER 3 MEMORY CONFIGURATION ......................................................................... 17

Table for SIMMs .................................................................................................................... 18

Table for DIMMs ................................................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER 4 FLASH UTILITY ....................................................................................... 20

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 5 BIOS SETUP ........................................................................................ 22

Main Menu ............................................................................................................................. 23

Standard CMOS Setup ........................................................................................................... 25

BIOS Features Setup .............................................................................................................. 27

Chipset Features Setup ........................................................................................................... 29

Power Management Setup ....................................................................................................... 32

PCI Configuration Setup ......................................................................................................... 35

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................................................. 37

Password Setting .................................................................................................................... 38

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PREFACE

HOT-571 mainboard is a highly integrated IBM PC/AT compatible system board. The
design will accept Intel Pentium P54C, Pentium MMX, Cyrix/IBM 6x86, 6x86L,

6x86MX and AMD K5, K6 processors and also features high-performance pipelined burst

secondary cache memory support with size of 512KB. The memory subsystem is designed
to support up to 256 MB of EDO RAM, Standard Fast Page DRAM and SDRAM in
standard 72-pin SIMM socket and 168-pin 3.3 V DIMM socket.

HOT-571 provides a new level of I/O integration. Intel's 82430TX PCIset chipset
provides increased integration and improved performance over other chipset designs. The
82430TX PCIset chipset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two
high performance Ultra 33 DMA IDE interfaces for up to four IDE devices.

The onboard Giga I/O controller provides the standard PC I/O functions: floppy interface,
two FIFO serial ports, an IrDA device port and a SPP/EPP/ECP capable parallel port.

Up to four PCI local bus slots provide a high bandwidth data path for data-movement
intensive functions such as graphics, and up to three ISA slots complete the I/O function.

The HOT-571 provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance, highly expand­able platforms, which deliver the latest in Pentium processor and I/O standard.

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The HOT-571 Mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high perfor­mance and many intelligent features in a compact package:

Intel Chipset:

CPU Support:

Secondary Cache:

Versatile Memory Supports:

FEATURES

Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.

Intel Pentium 75~200 MHz, Pentium MMX 166~233 MHz,
Cyrix/IBM 6x86 P120+~P166+, 6x86L P150+~P166+ and 6x86MX PR166~PR266,
AMD K5 PR75~PR166, K6 166~233 MHz.

Onboard 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM.

Is equipped with four SIMM sockets to support (4, 8, 16, 32, or 64MB) 72-pin EDO or
FP memory modules and three DIMM sockets to (8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB) 168-pin
SDRAM memory modules up to 256 MB.

PCI and ISA Expansion Slots:

Provides four 32-bit PCI slots and three 16-bit ISA slots.

Onboard GiGA-I/O:

Provides one Floppy port; one optional PS/2 mouse connector; two high-speed UART
compatible serial ports and one parallel port with ECP and EPP capabilities. Serial Port 2
can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.

Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE Controller:

Two Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE Ports supports four IDE devices up to 33 MB/sec
IDE transfers and supports Enhanced PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA
Mode 2 devices.

Onboard 12-pin AT and 20-pin ATX Power Supply:

Provides AT and ATX power connector onboard.
ATX power supports soft-on/off function.

System BIOS:

Provides licenced Award V4.51PG BIOS on Flash EEPROM.
Supports Green PC, DMI and Bundled with Symbios Login(NCR) SDCM V4.0 SCSI
BIOS.

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ACPI:

Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) function. ACPI provide
more Energy Saving Features for the future operating system supporting OS Direct Power
Management (OSPM) functionality.

Board Size:

3/4 baby AT compact size 220mm x 280mm.

Intelligences:

CPU voltage Auto-detecting and Setting -- HOT-571 Provides CPU type auto-detect
and auto-setup proper voltage to CPU. HOT-571 can distinguish Intel Pentium P54C,
Pentium P55C (MMX), Cyrix/IBM 6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX and AMD K5, K6 166/200
MHz, and K6 233MHz.

Dual Function Power Button (ATX power only) -- The system can be one of two states,
one is Suspend mode and the other is the Soft-off mode. Pushing the power button for less
than 4 seconds will place the system into Suspend mode. When push the power button for
more than 4 seconds, the system enters the Soft-off mode.

Temperature Monitoring and Alert -- HOT-571 Provides two heat sensors to monitor
CPU and Mainboard temperature. Support CPU temperature alert to prevent CPU
overheat and damage.

Voltages Monitoring -- System voltages levels are monitored to ensure stable current to
motherboard components.
System voltages include Vcore and Vio for CPU, and +5V, +12V, -5V, -12V for system.

CPU Clock Slow Down -- When CPU cooling FAN is mulfunctioning, CPU temperature
over the alarm thresholds which setup on BIOS, system will be forced CPU slow down to
Doze mode to prevent CPU damage from system overheat.

FAN Status Monitoring -- To prevent CPU overheat, the CPU fan are monitored for
RPM and failure. (CPU Cooling FAN with RPM sensor is required)

Auto FAN Off -- The system and CPU FANs will power off automatically even in
suspend mode.

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ACCESSORIES OF HOT-571

Giga-I/O
Hardware Monitor

Three ISA Slots
USB Connector

Two E-IDE Connectors

Four PCI Slots

Four SIMM sockets

Three DIMM sockets
Programmable

Flash EEPROM

PS/2 Mouse connector

Serial Port Connectors

Parallel/Floppy Connector

AT & ATX Power
Connectors

i430TX PCI Chipset

CPU ZIF Socket 7

CPU Thermal Sensor

Switching Voltage
Regulators with
CPU Auto-detecting

Power FAN

512 kB Pipelined
Burst secondary Cache

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Hardware Configuration

Jumper Setting

Jumper setting becomes a easier thing on HOT-571 of Shuttle's Mainboard. Jumper
group SW1 composed of 12 sets 2-pin headers can fullfil System Clocks, CPU Clock
Multiplier, and CPU Voltages setting.

System Clock and CPU Clock Multiplier

Sets 1 ~ 3 of SW1 are used to adjust System
Clock from 50 to 75 MHz, sets 4 ~ 6 of
SW1 are used to adjust CPU Clock
Multiplier from 1.5x to 5.5x.

CPU Voltages

Sets 7 ~ 12 of SW1 are used to adjust
onboard voltages output from Switching type
regulators to CPU by inserting or removing
jumper cap from pin headers.

Futher more, HOT-571 Mainboard provide
intelligent CPU Voltages Auto-Detecting
Function. Enable Voltages Auto-Detecting
Function by inserting a jumper cap on
jumper JP43, none of jumper caps are required on sets 7~12 of SW1. HOT-571
Mainboard will assign proper voltages to the CPU automatically.

LIsted below show the processors which can be detected and assigned voltages auto­matically by HOT-571.

Processors Voltages assigned (VCORE/VIO)

Intel Pentium P54C (STD) 75~200 MHz 3.3V / 3.3V
Intel Pentium P54C (VRE) 75~200 MHz 3.3V / 3.3V
Intel Pentium P55C (MMX) 166~233 MHz 2.8V / 3.3V

AMD K6 166/200 MHz 2.9V / 3.3V
AMD K6 233 MHz 3.2V / 3.3V
AMD K5 PR75~PR166 3.52V / 3.52V

Cyrix/IBM 6x86 P120+~P166+ 3.52V / 3.52V
*Cyrix/IBM 6x86(3.3V) P120+~P166+ 3.52V / 3.52V
Cyrix/IBM 6x86L P166+ 2.8V / 3.3V
Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR166~PR266 2.9V / 3.3V

*Note : Since the mainboard will assign 3.52V for all Cyrix/IBM 6x86 processor,

for 3.3V 6x86 processor, the user may adjust voltage manually.

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Processor Configurations

Like as previously section mentioned, HOT-571 provides multiple setting function of CPU
on a single jumper group SW1 and jumper JP43. On SW1, the user can set up System
Clock, CPU Clock Multiplier and CPU Voltages.

Beside System Clock and CPU Clock Multiplier must adjust manually, CPU voltage can
be set to auto-detect and adjust automatically, none of jumper caps are required on sets
7~12 of SW1.

HOT-571 provides three ways to adjust CPU voltage:

1) Auto-Detecting -- Jumper JP43 insert a cap (ON), left sets 7~12 of jumper group
SW1 OFF (open). Setting to AUTO on " CPU Voltage" item in Chipset Setup Feature of
BIOS Software. System will auto-detect CPU type and assign proper voltages.

2) Adjust Voltage Manually by BIOS -- Jumper JP43 insert a cap (ON), left sets 7~12
of jumper group SW1 OFF(open). Adjusting voltage from 2.0V to 3.5V on " CPU Volt-

age" item in Chipset Setup Feature of BIOS Software.

3) Adjust Voltage Manually by SW1 -- Remove Jumper cap from JP43 (OFF), adjust

voltage on sets 7 ~ 12 of Jumper group SW1 manually. Voltage output ranging from 2.0V
to 3.5V. "CPU Voltage" item in Chipset Setup Feature of BIOS Software become not
available.

Listed tables show the System Clock, Multiplier, Voltages Auto-detecting or Voltages
Adjust Manually for each processor.

Table 2-1

Processors

Pentium P55C
MMX 233 MHz

Pentium P55C
MMX 200 MHz

Pentium P54C
200 MHz

Pentium P55C
MMX 166 MHz

Pentium P54C
166 MHz

Pentium P54C
150 MHz

Pentium P54C
133 MHz

Pentium P54C
120 MHz

Pentium P54C
100 MHz

System Clock

/ Multiplier

66 MHz / x 3.5 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 3 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 3 3.3 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2.5 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2.5 3.3 V / 3.3 V

60 MHz / x 2.5 3.3 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2 3.3 V / 3.3 V

60 MHz / x 2 3.3 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 1.5 3.3 V / 3.3 V

Vcore / Vio Voltages Auto -Detect Voltages Adjust Manually

JP43 & S W1

Pentium P54C
90 MHz

Pentium P54C
75 MHz

60 MHz / x 1.5 3.3 V / 3.3 V

50 MHz / x 1.5 3.3 V / 3.3 V

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Processors

AMD K6 233MHz 66 MHz / x 3.5 3.2 V / 3.3 V

AMD K6 200MHz 66 MHz / x 3 2.9 V / 3.3 V

AMD K6 166MHz 66 MHz / x 2.5 2.9 V / 3.3 V

System Clock

/ Multiplier

Vcore / Vio Voltages Auto-Detect Voltages Adjust Manually

JP43 & SW1

Table 2-2

Table 2-3

AMD K5 PR166 66 MHz / x 2.5 3.52 V / 3.52 V

AMD K5 PR150 60 MHz / x 2.5 3.52 V / 3.52 V

AMD K5 PR133/PR100 66 MHz / x 1.5 3.52 V / 3.52 V

AMD K5 PR120/PR90 60 MHz / x 1.5 3.52 V / 3.52 V

AMD K5 PR75 50 MHz / x 1.5 3.52 V / 3.52 V

Processors

Cyrix/IBM
6x86MX PR233 *

Cyrix/IBM
6x86MX PR200

Cyrix/IBM
6x86MX PR166

Cyrix/IBM
6x86L P166+

System Clock

/ Multiplier

66 MHz / x 3 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2.5 2.8 V / 3.3 V

60 MHz / x 2.5 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2 2.8 V / 3.3 V

Vcore / Vio Voltages Auto-Detect Voltages Adjust Manually

JP43 & SW1

Cyrix/IBM
6x86L P150+

Cyrix/IBM
6x86 P166+

Cyrix/IBM
6x86 P150+

Cyrix/IBM
6x86 P133+

Cyrix/IBM
6x86 P120+

60 MHz / x 2 2.8 V / 3.3 V

66 MHz / x 2 3.52 V / 3.52 V

60 MHz / x 2 3.52 V / 3.52 V

55 MHz / x 2 3.52 V / 3.52 V

50 MHz / x 2 3.52 V / 3.52 V

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Manual Adjusting

For whom like to set up system manually, listed tables show the System Clock, Multiplier,
and Voltage output that HOT-571 can offer.

Table 2-4 shows the System Clock from 50 MHz to 83 MHz.
Table 2-5 shows the CPU Multiplier from 1.5X to 5.5X.
Table 2-6 shows the Voltage output from 3.52V to 2.8V.

Note: For adjusting CPU voltage manually, make sure left jumper JP43
open(off).

Table 2-4

System Clock Sets 1 ~ 3 of SW1

50 MHz

55 MHz

60 MHz

66 MHz

75 MHz

83 MHz

Multiplier Sets 4 ~ 6 of SW1

1.5 x

2 x

2.5 x

3 x

3.5 x

4 x

4.5 x

5 x

5.5 x

Table 2-5

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Voltage Sets 7 ~ 12 of SW1

3.52 V *

3.3 V *

3.2 V **

Table 2-6

3.1 V **

3.0 V **

2.9 V **

2.8 V **

* Note: For single power plane processors such as Pentium, 6x86,

K5.

** Note: For dual power planes processors such as Pentium MMX,

6x86L, K6.

Onboard switching regulators can auto-detect processor
type to distinguish single power plane from dual power
planes.

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Flash EEPROM Vpp Jumper - JP19

HOT-571 mainboard supports two types of Flash EEPROM: 5 volt and 12 volt. By setting
up jumper JP19, the main board can use both 5V or 12V flash EPROM with new system
BIOS files as they come available.

JP19 Pin 2-3 Close for 5V Flash EEPROM
JP19 Pin 1-2 Close for 12V Flash EEPROM

Clear CMOS - JP40

HOT-571 mainboard supports jumper JP40 for discharging mainboard's CMOS memory.
This jumper can clear the CMOS data stored in the Ultra I/O chip. To clear the CMOS

data please follow listed steps:

1) Turn off the PC,

2) Remove the jumper cap from JP40 pin 2-3,

3) Insert the jumper cap to JP40 pin 1-2 for a brief while,

4) Remove the jumper cap from JP40 pin 1-2,

5) Reinsert the jumper cap to JP40 pin 2-3,

6) Turn on the PC.

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Connectors & Sockets

Connectors & Soc kets

ITEM FUNCTION ITEM FUNCTION

J2, 3, 4, 5 On-board SIMM sockets J10, 11 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Connectors

DIM1, 2, 3 On-board 3.3V DIMM sockets JP3 Infra-red Communication Port Connector

J23, 17, 18, 19 On-board PC I Slots JP4, JP5 CPU and System Cooling Fan Connectors

J20, 21, 22 On-board ISA Slots JP33 Green LED

J6 On-board PCI Primary IDE Connector JP15 EPMI C onnector

J7 On-board PCI Secondary IDE Connector JP22 On-board E nhanced ID E R/W LED C onnector
CN1 On-board Floppy Controller Connector JP12 Hardware Reset Swit ch Connector
CN4 On-board Parallel Port Connector J14 Power L ED and Keylock Connector
CN2 On-board Serial port-1 Connector J12 PC Speaker Connect or
CN3 On-board Serial Port-2 Connector JP2 ATX Power Switch

J99 On-board PS/2 Mouse Port Connector PW1 ATX Power Supply Connector

J15 AT Power Supply Connector

IDE, Floppy, Parallel and Serial port con­nectors

The main board shipped with one 40-pin ribbon cable for IDE
H.D.D , one 34-pin ribbon cable for F.D.D, one 25-pin ribbon
cable for printer and two 9-pin ribbon cable for COM port
devices. Ribbon cales should always be connected with the red
stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector.

JP99- PS/2 Mouse 5 pins connector

The main board provides a 5 pins PS/2 mouse con­nector for an optional PS/2 mouse cable. Diagram on
the right side indicates the pinout of the connector.

HOT-571 mainboard supplies two types of optional
PS/2 mouse adapter cable, type 1 have 6-holes plug
with hole 2 and hole 6 wireless; type 2
have 5-holes plug with hole 2 wireless.

Caution : When a PS/2 mouse is used,
make sure connect PS/2 mouse adapter
cable hole 1 to the pin 1 of onboard PS/2
connector (J99). Reversed connecting may
cause damage to your PS/2 mouse.

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J10, J11 - USB connectors

The main board provides two sets USB (Universal Serial Bus)
connectors - J10 and J11 for USB devices use.

JP3 - Infrared module connector

The main board provides a 5-pin infrared
connector - JP3 as an optional infrared
module for wireless transmitting and receiv­ing.

JP4, JP5 12V cooling fan power connector

The main board provides two onboard 12V cooling fan power
connector which provide maximum

100mAMP(1.2W) current each for CPU and

System cooling fan. Depending on the fan maker,
the wiring and plug may be different. The red wire
shoule be connected to +12V and black wire
should be connected to ground (GND), and the
yellow wire should be connected to Sense signal.

JP15 - EPMI connector

The main board provides an EPMI connector-JP15, this allows
the user to manually place the system into suspend mode. This
2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted suspend switch.
If you do not have a switch for the connector, you may use the
"Turbo Switch" since it does not have a function.
If you want to use this connector, "Power Management" in the
Power Management Setup of the BIOS section should be
enabled.

JP33 - Green LED connector

JP33 is a 3-pin Green LED connector,
the user can connect LED on
pin 1-2(setting 1) or pin 2-3(setting 2).
Setting 1 will turn off LED on normal
operation and turn on LED on suspend
mode. On the contrary, setting 2 will
turn on LED on normal operation and
turn off LED on suspend mode.

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JP2 - ATX Power Switch Button Connector

(Available when ATX power supply is used).
When "Soft-off by PWR-BTTN " set to Delay 4 sec. on Power

management setup of BIOS program. The system power can be
controlled by a momentary switch connector. Pushing the switch
button less than 4 seconds will switch the system between ON
and SUSPEN. Pushing the switch button for more than 4
seconds will turn off the system.

When "Soft-off by PWR-BTTN " set to Instant-Off on Power
management setup of BIOS program. Pushing the switch button
less than 4 seconds will turn the system off directly.

Note:
When a AT Power Supply is used to HOT-571, please
do not connect any momentary switch to JP2.

AT and ATX Power connectors

The main board provides AT and ATX Power connectors on
board. None of hardware jumper settings are required except the
user need to set power supply type from "AT" to "ATX" on
Chipset Setup Feature of BIOS program.

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Memory Configuration

The HOT-571 mainboard provides four 72-pin SIMM sockets and three 168-pin
DIMM sockets that make it possible to install up to 256MB of RAM. The SIMM
socket support 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB and 64MB 5V single- or double-side fast
page or EDO DRAM modules, and DIMM socket support 8MB, 16MB, 32MB,
64MB, and 128MB 3.3V single- or double-side SDRAM, fast page, or EDO
modules.

The four SIMM sockets are arranged in two banks of two sockets each. The three
DIMM socket are arranged in three banks of one socket each. Each bank provides
a 64/72-bit wide data path.

Note:

Maximum memory size is 256MB total for all SIMM or DIMM sockets.
If using SIMM modules, each bank must be filled with a pair of same
modules.
The user should not populate both 5V SIMM modules & 3.3V DIMM
modules at the same time.
DIM 3 will not support 64MB or 128MB DIMMs with 64Mbit SDRAM cells.
If DIM 1 and/or DIM 2 has 64MB or 128MB DIMMs with 64Mbit SDRAM
cells, DIM 3 must be empty.

DIMMs with 64Mbit cells are e.g. 64MB with 8 Chips and 128MB with 16 Chips.
The memory configuration tables on next pages list the memory configuration for

SIMM and DIMM modules.

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Table 3-1. Memory Configuration Table: SIMM modules

SIM 1 SIM 2 SIM 3 SIM 4 DIM 1 - 3 TOTAL

4 MB 4 MB —— —— —— 8 MB

4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB —— 16 MB

8 MB 8 MB —— —— —— 16 MB

4 MB 4 MB 8 MB 8 MB —— 24 MB

8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB —— 32 MB
16 MB 16 MB —— —— —— 32 MB

4 MB 4 MB 16 MB 16 MB —— 40 MB

8 MB 8 MB 16 MB 16 MB —— 48 MB
16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB —— 64 MB
32 MB 32 MB —— —— —— 64 MB

4 MB 4 MB 32 MB 32 MB —— 72 MB

8 MB 8 MB 32 MB 32 MB —— 80 MB
16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB —— 96 MB
32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB —— 128 MB
64 MB 64 MB —— —— —— 128 MB

4 MB 4 MB 64 MB 64 MB —— 136 MB

8 MB 8 MB 64 MB 64 MB —— 144 MB
16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 64 MB —— 160 MB
32 MB 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB —— 192 MB
64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB —— 256 MB

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Table 3-2. Memory Configuration Table: DIMM modules

SIM 1 - 4 DIM 1 DIM 2 DIM 3 TOTAL

—— 8 MB —— —— 8 MB
—— 8 MB 8 MB —— 16 MB
—— 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 24 MB
—— 16 MB —— —— 16 MB
—— 16 MB 16 MB —— 32 MB
—— 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 48 MB
—— 32 MB —— —— 32 MB
—— 32 MB 32 MB —— 64 MB
—— 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 96 MB
—— 64 MB —— —— 64 MB
—— 64 MB 64 MB —— 128 MB
—— 128 MB —— —— 128 MB
—— 128 MB 128 MB —— 256 MB
—— 8 MB 16 MB —— 24 MB
—— 8 MB 16 MB 16 MB 40 MB
—— 8 MB 32 MB —— 40 MB
—— 8 MB 32 MB 32 MB 72 MB
—— 8 MB 64 MB —— 72 MB
—— 8 MB 128 MB —— 136 MB
—— 16 MB 32 MB —— 48 MB
—— 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB
—— 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 80 MB
—— 16 MB 64 MB —— 80 MB
—— 16 MB 128 MB —— 144 MB
—— 32 MB 64 MB —— 96 MB
—— 32 MB 128 MB —— 160 MB
—— 64 MB 128 MB —— 192 MB

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Flash Utility

This chapter briefly discusses Award Flash utility provides instructions to guide you
through updating your old BIOS. The file name we use to program here is test.bin, and the
file name to save old BIOS is 571.OLD. Please note that those file names are not
absolute. They are only examples to let you have a more clear understanding of the
updating process.

How to Begin

1. Please type “awdflash” and press the ENTER key to begin the updating process.

2. Once you enter, you will see a main menu displaying:

3. Move the cursor to “File Name to Program: “

4. Type the program name “test.bin”, and then press the ENTER key.

5. At the bottom of the menu, you will be requested to answer:

“Do You Want to Save BIOS (Y/N)? “

The following manual is intended to guide you through the process of both “No” and “Yes”
cases respectively.

If “No”

If you do not wish to save the old BIOS:

1. Please type “N”, and then press the ENTER key.

2. Then you will be requested to answer:

“Are You Sure to Program? “

3. Answer “N” if you do not want to program, and then it will exit.

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If “Yes”

To save the old BIOS:

1. Please respond “Y”, and then press the ENTER key.

2. Move the cursor to “File Name to Save: “

3. Type file name “571.OLD”, and then press the ENTER key. (Your old BIOS will be
saved in the file name you create. In this case, the old BIOS is saved in the file name,

571.OLD).

4. Then you will be requested to answer:

“Are You Sure to Program (Y/N)? “

5. Type “Y” to begin programming, and press the ENTER key.

6. When the programming is finished, the showing message will appear:

7. Once you see the showing message “Power Off or Reset System”, please re-start your

system.

8. When you power on the computer again, you will find your old BIOS has already

been successfully updated.

To view a complete usage of FLASH utility, please type “awdflash /?” and press the
ENTER key.

Notes About Award Flash Utility

Please note that Award Flash Utility cannot run under EMM386 or QEMM. Thus, when
executing the command “awdflash”, an error message will appear:

“Error Message: Fail — Due to EMM386 or QEMM !”

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BIOS Setup

HOT-571 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 RAM so that it
retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

Entering Setup

Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. The
other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer, when the below message appear
briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key
or simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Esc> keys.

"TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL KEY"

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the
system to try again by turning it OFF the ON or pressing the "RESET" button on the
system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Delete>
keys. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error
message will be displayed and you will again be asked to,

"PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP"

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Main Menu

Standard CMOS setup

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

BIOS features setup

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

Chipset features setup

This setup page includes all items of chipset features.

Power Management Setup

This setup page includes all items of Power Management features.

PnP/PCI Configuration setup

This item specifies the value (in units of PCI bus blocks) of the latency timer for the PCI
bus master and the IRQ level for PCI device. Power-on with BIOS defaults

Load BIOS Defaults

BIOS defaults loads the values required by the System for the maximum performance.
However, you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu.

Load Setup Defaults

Setup defaults loads the values required by the system for the O.K. performance.
However, you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu.

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Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all items of peripheral features.

IDE HDD auto detection

Automatically configure IDE hard disk drive parameters.

Supervisor Password

Change, set, or disable supervisor password. It allows you to limit access to the system
and Setup, or just to Setup.

User Password

Change, set, or disable user password. It allows you to limit access to the system and
Setup, or just to Setup.

Save & Exit setup

Save CMOS value change to CMOS and exit setup

Exit without saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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Standard CMOS Setup

Date

The date format is <day>, <month> <date> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar.

Time

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24­hour military-time clock. For example. 5 p.m. is 17:00:00.

Hard Disks Type

This item identify the types of hard disk drives that has been installed in the computer.
There are 46 predefined types and a user definable type.

Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press
<Enter>. 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 item. If
your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your
own drive type manually.

If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following
items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Those
information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the
system manufacturer.

The user may also set those items to AUTO to auto configure hard disk drives param­eter when system power-on.

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

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Drive A type/Drive B type

This item specifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in
the system.

Video

This item selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must
matches your video display card and monitor. Although secondary monitors are
supported, you do not have to select the type in Setup.

Error halt

This item determines if the system will stop, when an error is detected during power up.

Memory

This item is display-only. It is automatically detected 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 512K for systems
with 512K memory installed on the mainboard, or 640K for systems with 640K or
more memory installed on the mainboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This
is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU's memory address map.

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BIOS Features Setup

CPU Internal/External Cache

This item enables CPU internal cache and external cache to speed up memory access.

Quick Power On Self Test

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

Boot Sequence

This item determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system.
Default setting is A, C, SCSI.
BIOS also support system boot from CD-ROM drive or SCSI hard disk drive.

Swap Floppy Drive

When this item enables, the BIOS will swap floppy drive assignments so that Drive A:
will function as Drive B: and Drive B: as Drive A:.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status

When this option enables, BIOS turns on Num Lock when system is powered on.

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Boot Up System Speed

This option sets the speed of the CPU at system boot time. The settings are High or
Low.

Typematic Rate Setting/Typematic Rate/Typematic Delay

This determines if the typematic rate and typematic delay are to be used. When the
typematic rate setting is enabled, typematic rate allows you select the rate at which the
keys are accelerated and typematic delay allows you to select the delay between when
the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins.

Security Option

This item allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup.
When System is selected, the System will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if
the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
When Setup is selected, the System will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.

PCI VGA Palette Snoop

This item must be set to enabled if there is a MPEG ISA card installed in the system,
and disabled if there is no MPEG ISA card installed in the system.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

This item allows you to access the memory that over 64 MB in OS/2.

Video BIOS Shadow/XXXXX-XXXXX Shadow

These items determine whether Video BIOS or optional ROM will be copied to RAM.

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Chipset Features Setup

Auto Configuration

This item auto configures the following items: DRAM Leadoff Timing, DRAM Read
Burst, DRAM Write Burst Timing, Fast EDO Lead off and Refresh RAS# Assertion.

DRAM Timing

This item set the DRAM Read/Write timings that the system uses. When item, "Auto
Configuration", is disabled, this item will not show up.

DRAM Leadoff Timing

This item sets the number of CPU clocks allowed before DRAM Read and Write are
performed.

DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP)

This item set the EDO/FP DRAM Read Burst Timing. The timing used depends on the
type of DRAM (EDO burst mode or standard fast page mode) on a per-bank basis. The
options are x222/x333, x333/x444, and x444/x444.

DRAM Write Burst Timing

This item set the DRAM Write Burst Timing. The timing used depends on the type of
DRAM (standard page mode or EDO burst mode) on a per-bank basis. The options are
x4444, x3333, and x2222.

Fast EDO Lead off

This item is used to defined which fast path is selected for CPU to DRAM read cycles
for the leadoff, the options are " Enable" or "Disable".

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Refresh RAS# Assertion

This item is used to set the number of clocks RAS# is asserted for Refresh cycles.

Fast RAS To CAS Delay

When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are address separately. This setup
item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe

(RAS) to Column Address Strobe (CAS). The options are 3 and 2 CLKs.

Fast MA to RAS# Delay CLK

This item is used to set Fast MA (Memory Address) to RAS# Delay which control
DRAM Row Miss timings.

DRAM Page Idle Timer

This item determine the amount of time in HCLKs the 430TX DRAM controller will
wait to close a DRAM page after the CPU becomes idle.

DRAM Enhanced Paging

If this item set to Enabled, the 430TX DRAM controller will keep the page open until a
page or row miss occurs. If set to Disabled, the DRAM page is kept open when CPU
host bus is non-idle, or PCI interface owns the bus.

SDRAM (CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS)

This item is used to set CAS# Latency and RAS# to CAS# clock for SDRAM. If
SDRAMs absent, this item will not show up.

SDRAM Speculative Read

This item is used to set the SDRAM speculative read logic is enabled or disabled.
(Leave on default settings of Disabled)

System BIOS Cacheable

This item allows the user to set the system BIOS F000~FFFF areas that are cacheable
or non-cacheable.

Video BIOS Cacheable

This item allows the user to set the video BIOS C000~C7FF areas that are cacheable or
non-cacheable.

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time

The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks, that the system will
delay after the completion of an input/output request. This delay takes place because
the CPU is operating more than the input/output bus that the CPU must be delayed to
allow for the completion of the I/O.

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I/O. Choices are
from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks.

16-Bit I/O Recovery Time

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I/O. Choices are
from NA, 1 to 4 CPU clocks.

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Memory Hole At 15M-16M

In order to improve performance, some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards.
This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB.

PCI 2.1 Compliance

Since the 2.1 revision of the PCI specification requires much tighter controls on target
and master latency. PCI cycles to or from ISA typically take longer. When enabled, the
chipset provides a programmable delayed completion mechanism to meet the required
target latencies.

Power-Supply Type

This item allows the user to set the type of power supply. ATX power supply support
Soft-off function. The options are AT and ATX.

CPU Core Voltage

Since the mainboard support CPU voltage auto-detecting and setting, this item allows
the user to enable this function when set to Auto. The user can also set CPU core
voltage manually by BIOS from 2.0V to 3.5V.

CPU Warning Temperature

Since the mainboard support CPU temperature monitoring and overhear alert. This item
allows the user to set the threshold of CPU warning temperature. When CPU
tempreature over the threshold, system will slow down clock to prevent CPU damage.

Current CPU Temperature

Since the mainboard support CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert. This item
to indicate current CPU temperature.

Current System Temperature

Since the mainboard support System temperature monitoring and overheat alert. This
item to indicate current main board temperature.

Current CPUFAN1 Speed

The mainboard can detect two fans rotation speed, one for CPU cooler and the other for
system. This item to indicate CPU cooling fan's rotation speed.

Vcore/Vio/+5V/+12V/-5V/-12V

The mainboard support CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring. The onboard hard­ware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators and power
supply.

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Power Management Setup

Power Management

This item determines the options of the power management function. Max Saving puts
the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity; Min Saving
is the same as Max Saving except the time of the system inactivity period is longer;
Disabled disables the power saving feature; User Defined allows you to set power
saving options according to your preference.

PM Control by APM

If this item set to No, system BIOS will be ignored and APM calls the power to manage
the system.
If this item setup to Yes, system BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enter any
PM mode e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND.

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 Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS

feature..

Video Off After

This item define when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management.
The settings are N/A, Doze, Standby and Suspend.

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Doze Mode, Standby Mode, Suspend Mode

These items set the period of time after which each of these mode activate, the periods
are from 1 min to 1 hour.

Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock
will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed disk
drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed.
Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices
except the CPU will be shut off.

HDD Power Down

This item defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters power saving
mode (motor off). The options are from 1 min to 15 min and Disabled.

Throttle Duty Cycle

This item determines the duty cycle for the clock control thermal throttling mode. The
duty cycle indicates the percentage of time while in the thermal throttle mode. The
settings between 12.5% and 87.5%.

VGA Active Monitor

If this item is set to Enabled, the VGA activity event will be monitored to reload global
timer.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

(This feature is available for ATX power only)

The setting of Instant-Off allows the ATX switch to function as a normal system power
off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. The setting of Delay 4 Sec. allows the
button to have a dual function where to press the button less than 4 seconds will place
the system in suspend mode, and to press the button more than 4 seconds will place the
system to power off.

CPU FAN Off In Suspend

This item determine the CPU fan status when the system enters suspend mode. The
options Enabled and Disabled.

Resume by Ring

This item determine the system will resume by activivity of modem ring.

Resume by Alarm

(This feature is available for ATX power only)

This item determine the system will resume by activity of R.T.C. If enabled this feature
and enter resume date and time. When date and time expire, system will power-on itself
from power off.

Listed two items will shown up when enabled " Resume by Alarm",

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Date (of month) Alarm:

This item determine the date when system will resume from power-off.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm:

This item determine the time when system will resume from power-off.

IRQ 8 Clock Event

This item defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters power saving
mode (motor off). The options are from 1 min to 15 min and Disabled.

** Reload Global Timer Events **

If these items is set to Disabled, the system activity event will not be monitored to reload
global timer.

If these items is set to Enabled, the system activity event will be monitored to reload
global timer.

These items including IRQ[3-7, 9-15], NMI, Primary IDE0/1, Secondary IDE 0/1,
Floppy Disk, Serial Port and Parallel Port.

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PCI Configuration Setup

PNP OS Installed

When this item is set to Yes, it will allow the PnP OS(Windows 95) control the system
resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices.
Default setting is No.

Resources Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability 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 as Windows 95.

Reset Configuration Data

This item allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not.

IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, assigned to

These items allow you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not avail­able for PCI slot.

Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to

These items allow you to determine the DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not
available for PCI slot.

Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

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PCI IRQ Activated by

This item sets the method by which the PCI bus recognize that an IRQ service is being
requested by a device. You should never change the default configuration unless
advised otherwise by your System's manufacturer. Choices are Level(default) and
Edge.

PCI IDE IRQ Map to

This items allows you to configure your system to the type of IDE disk controller in use.
By default, Setup assumes that your controller is an ISA device rather than a PCI
controller.

If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller, changing this allows you to
specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C or D) is associ­ated with the connected hard drives.

Remember that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself, rather than individual
partitions. Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard disk drives, you can
select the INT# for each. Again, you will note that the primary has a lower interrupt
than the secondary as described in " Slot x Using INT#" above.

Selecting "PCI Auto" allows the system to automatically determine how your IDE disk
system is configured.

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Integrated Peripherals

IDE HDD Block Mode

This item is used to set IDE HDD Block Mode. If your IDE Hard Disk supports block
mode, then you can enable this function to speed up the HDD access time. If not, please
disable this function to avoid HDD access error.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

In these items, there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode.
There are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and AUTO is the default settings for on board Primary/Second­ary Master/Slave PIO timing.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

On this mainboard, Intel 430TX PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are
Disabled and Enabled, and Enabled is the default settings for on board Primary/
Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA33.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

This item is used to defined on chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE controller is Enable or
Disable setting.

Onboard FDC Control

This item specifies onboard floppy disk drive controller. This setting allows you to
connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy connector. Choose the " Dis-
abled" settings if you have a separate control card.

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Onboard UART1/2

This item is used to define onboard serial port 1/Port2 to 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/
IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto or Disabled.

UR2 Mode

The main board support IrDA(HPSIR) and Amplitudes Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR)
infrared through COM 2 port. This item specifies onboard Infra Red mode to IrDA 1.0,
ASKIR, MIR 0.57M, MIR 1.15M, FIR or Standard (Disabled).
Note : FIR is not available currently.

IR Duplex Mode

This item specifies onboard infrared transfer mode to full-duplex or half-duplex. This
item will not show up when IrDA, ASKIR, or MIR UR2 modes are selected.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item specifies onboard parallel port address to 378H, 278H, 3BCH or Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

This item specifies onboard parallel port mode. The options are SPP (Standard Parallel
Port), EPP(Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), and EPP+ECP.

ECP Mode Use DMA

This item specifies DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel when ECP device is in use.
The options are DMA 1 and DMA 3. This item will not show up when SPP and EPP
printer mode is selected.

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Password Setting

This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the
Supervisor Password and User Password.

Supervisor Password and User Password

The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup
program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor
mode and User mode.

In general, Supervisor mode has full access to the Setup options, whereas User mode has
restricted access to the options. By setting separate Supervisor and User password, a
system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values.

Enter Password

Type the password, up to eight characters, 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 password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A
message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

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Password Disable

If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the
password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at
Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

Warning : Retain a record of your password in a safe place. If you forget the password, the only way
to access the system is to clear CMOS memory, please refer to "Clear CMOS" or "Clear Password"
section.

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