Soltek SL-65GS, SL-65GS8 User Manual

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Edition: March1999
Version: 1.0
SL-65GS/ 65GS8 SERIALS

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ----------------------------------------1

Features -----------------------------------------------------------------------------1

CPU ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1
Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------1
L2 Cache ----------------------------------------------------------------------1
Main Memory ----------------------------------------------------------------1
BIOS---------------------------------------------------------------------------2
Super I/O Function ----------------------------------------------------------2
Sound chip Features----------------------------------------------------------2
Other Functions --------------------------------------------------------------3

Mainboard Layout with Default Settings ---------------------------------------4

Chapter 2: Hardware Setup -----------------------------------5

CPU Type Jumper Configuration ----------------------------------------------- 5
CPU 4.5X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 5
PPGA Celeron370 –300A/66MHz------ -------------------------------------- 5
CPU 5.0X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 6
PPGA Celeron 370-333/66 MHz-------------------------------------------------6
CPU 5.5X Clock Setting---------------------------------------------------------- 6
PPGA Celeron 370-366/66 MHz-------------------------------------------------6
CPU 6.0X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 7
PPGA Celeron 370-400/66MHz-------------------------------------- 7
CPU 6.5X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 7
PPGA Celeron 370-433/66MHz-------------------------------------- 7
System Memory Configuration-------------------------------------8
Jumper Settings ---------------------------------------------------------------- 9
FAN1-2:Onboard Fan(12V)Connector--------------------------------9
SW1 1~4 Bus Ratio Select -------------------------------------- 9
SW1 5~8:CPU HOST clock select--------------------------------------10

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J2:Onboard VGA chip Enabled/Disabled----------------------------------10
JP10,:VGA Memory Select----------------------------------------------11
JP1: Clear CMOS Data---------------------------------------------------------11
JP5:Onboard Sound Chip Enabled/Disabled ---------------------------------12
JP3/JP4:Sound Amplifier Control (Speaker/Line Out)--------------------12
Sound connector----------------------------------------------------------13
J5/J6:CD-Rom Audio Connector--------------------------- 13
Game/MIDI Port---------------------------------------- 13
Mic:Microphone Jack--------------------------------13
Line in: Audio in JACK-----------------------------------13
Speaker Out/Line Out: Audio Out Jack-----------------13
IDE LED Activity Light:(J8 pin 1-4)--------------------------13
Infrared Port Module Connector (J8 pin 6-10)-----------------------------13
J2 in12,13: PWR Switch--------------------------------------------------13
SLEEP Switch(J8 pin 14-15)------------------------------------------------13
Speaker Connector(J9 pin1-4) -----------------------------------------------14
Reset Switch(J9 pin5,6)-------------------------------------------14
WOL1: wake on lan(WOL)Connector--------------------------14
Power LED and Keylock Switch(J9 pin8-12)----------------------------14
Turbo LED (J9pin14,15)------------------------------------------15
J8 Switch Signal Summary----------------------------------------16
J9 witch Signal Summary----------------------------------------16

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup --------------------------------------17

Standard CMOS Setup ---------------------------------------------------------- 18
Date(mm:dd:yy) ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Time(hh:mm:ss) ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Primary (Secondary) ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Master/Slave ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Drive A/B ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Video---------------------------------------------------------- 19
Halt On ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
BIOS Features Setup ------------------------------------------------------------ 20
Virus Warning ---------------------------------------------------------- 21
CPU Internal cache ---------------------------------------------------------- 21
External Cache ---------------------------------------------------------- 21
Quick Power On Self ---------------------------------------------------------- 21

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Boot Sequence --------------------------------------------------------- 22
Swap Floppy Drive ---------------------------------------------------------- 22
Boot Up Floppy Seek ---------------------------------------------------------- 22
Boot Up NumLock Status -------------------------------------------------------- 22
Memory Parity check-------------------------------------------------------- 22
Typematic Rate Setting -------------------------------------------------------- 22
Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec) ------------------------------------------------------ 22
Typematic Rate(See) ------------------------------------------------------- 22
Security Option------------------------------------------------------- 23
PCI/VGA palette Snoop------------------------------------------------------- 23
Assign IRQ for VGA------------------------------------------------------- 23
OS Select for DRAM>64MB----------------------------------------------------- 23
Report NoFDD For WIN95------------------------------------------------------- 23
Video BIOS Shadow------------------------------------------------------- 23
C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFF Shadow--------------------------------------- 23
Chipset Features Setup------------------------------------------------------ 24
Auto Configuration------------------------------------------------------ 24
RAS Pulse Width Refresh------------------------------------------------------ 24
RAS Precharge Time------------------------------------------------------ 25
RAS to CAS Delay----------------------------------------------------- 25
ISA Bus Clock Frequency------------------------------------------------------ 25
Starting Point of Paging------------------------------------------------------ 25
SDRAM WR Retir Rate------------------------------------------------------ 25
CPU to PCI Burst Mem.WR----------------------------------------------------- 26
System BIOS Cacheable------------------------------------------------------ 26
Video RAM Cacheable------------------------------------------------------ 26
Memory Hole At 15M-16M----------------------------------------------------- 26
Delayed Transaction----------------------------------------------------- 26
AGP Aperture Size(MB)----------------------------------------------------- 26
Concurrent Function(MEM)------------------------------------------------------ 27
Concurrent Function(PCI)------------------------------------------------------- 27
CPU Pipeline Control------------------------------------------------------ 27
CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)------------------------------------------------------ 27
CPU Clock Ratio------------------------------------------------------- 27
Power Management Setup ----------------------------------------------------- 28
ACPI Function------------------------------------------------------ 28
Power Management----------------------------------------------------- 28

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PM Control by APM------------------------------------------------------ 29
Video Off Option------------------------------------------------------- 29
Video Off Method------------------------------------------------------ 30
Switch Function----------------------------------------------------- 30
Doze Speed(div by)------------------------------------------------------ 30
Stubby Speed(div by)------------------------------------------------------ 30
MODEM Use IRQ---------------------------------------------------------------- 31
Hot Key Power Off----------------------------------------------------------- 31
PM Timers-------------------------------------------------------------- 31
HDD Off After------------------------------------------------------ 31
Doze Mode------------------------------------------------------ 31
Standby Mode------------------------------------------------------ 31
Suspend Mode--------------------------------------------------------- 32
PM Events--------------------------------------------------------- 32
HDD Ports Activity--------------------------------------------------------- 32
COM Ports Activity--------------------------------------------------------- 32
LPT Ports Activity--------------------------------------------------------- 32
VGA Activity--------------------------------------------------------- 32
IRQ(3-7,9-15),NMI IRQ 8 Break Suspend------------------------------------ 33
Power Button Over Ride-------------------------------------------------------- 33
Ring Power Up Control (and Wake On Lan WOL)- ------------------------- 33
Gpio5 Power Up Control--------------------------------------------------------- 33
KB Power ON password--------------------------------------------------------- 33
Power Up by Alarm--------------------------------------------------------- 34
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup -------------------------------------------------- 35
Resource controlled by-------------------------------------------------------- 36
Reset Configuration Data-------------------------------------------------------- 36
IRQ-#assigned to--------------------------------------------------------- 36
DMA-#assigned to--------------------------------------------------------- 37
Assign IRQ for USB--------------------------------------------------------- 37
Load Setup Defaults ------------------------------------------------------------ 37
Integrated Peripherals ----------------------------------------------------------- 38
Internal PCI/IDE--------------------------------------------------------- 38
IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO------------------------------------------------ 39
Primary Master/Slave Ultra DMA----------------------------------------------- 39
IDE Burst Mode------------------------------------------------------------------ 39
IDE HDD Block Mode------------------------------------------------------------ 40

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Onboard FDD Controller------------------------------------------------------- 40
Onboard Serial Port 1/ Port 2------------------------------------------------ 40
IR Address Select------------------------------------------------------------ 40
IR Mode-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
IR IRQ Select-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Onboard Parallel Port 1------------------------------------------------------- 41
Parallel PORT Mode------------------------------------------------------ 41
ECP Mode Use DAM------------------------------------------------------- 41
USB Controller-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Init Display First------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
VGA Shared Memory Size------------------------------------------------------- 42
Current CPUFN1/2 Speed-------------------------------------------------------- 42
IN0~IN3------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
Supervisor/User Password------------------------------------------------------ 43
IDE HDD Auto Detection ------------------------------------------------------ 44
Save & Exit Setup --------------------------------------------------------------- 44
Exit Without Saving ----------------------------------------------------------- 44

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Features
CPU

1. Supports Intel PPGA Celeron 370 CPUs using

Socket 370 at 300MHz ~ 800MHz

2. Supports CPU voltage autodetect circuit

Chipset

1. SIS 620 chipset

2. PCI Rev 2.2, 5V, 33MHz interface compliant

3. Supports 66/133 MHz, 3.3V AGP(Accelerated Graphics
Port) slot@AGP Rev 2.0 compliant

4. Meet PC99 Requirements

L2 Cache

1. PPGA Celeron 370 CPU supports 128K write back cache
with Pipelined Burst SRAMs

Main Memory

1. Memory range from 8MB (minimum) to 1.5GB(SDRAM)
(maximum) with DRAM Table Free configurations

2. Up to 256MB/Row support 16Mb, 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb
SDRAM technology

3. Supports SDRAM with 12/10/8ns speed

4. Supports 3 pcs 168pin DIMM sockets (3.3V
Unbuffered and 4 clock type)

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BIOS

1. AWARD Plug and Play BIOS

2. Supports Advanced Power Management and ACPI Function

3. Flash Memory for easy upgrade

Super I/O Function

1. Integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller with
two USB ports.

2. Supports 2 IDE channels with 4IDE devices (including
ZIP/LS-120 devices)

3. Provides PCI IDE Bus Master function and supports
Ultra DMA33/66 function

4. One floppy port

5. Two high speed 16550 FIFO UART ports

6. One parallel port with EPP/ECP/SPP capabilities

7. PS/2 mouse connector

8. Built-in RTC, CMOS, keyboard controller on single I/O
chip

9. Peripherals boot function (with ATX power)

Sound Chip Features

1. Integrated sound controller compatible with:

- Sound Blaster Pro

- AdLib

- Microsoft Windows Sound System

- MPU-401 MIDI interface

2. Microsoft PC-97 compliant

3. Built-In QSound QXpander 3D Sound Enhancement

Processor

4. Built-in 7-channel mixer: five stereo, two mono

5. Built-in 16-bit sigma delta stereo codec

6. Full duplex operation: record and playback

Simultaneously using two 8-or 16-bit DMA channels

7. Supports IMA ADPCM,µ-law,A-law decompression

10. 8-or 16-bit stereo sound data up to 48KHz stereo

11. Supports 16-bit Type FDMA playback, accelerates

telephony-audio applications

12.Digital joystick interface support, improves

responsiveness(Microsoft SideWinder)

13.DirectSound interface support.

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Other Functions

1. ATX size 22cm x 24.5cm

2. 3 PCI Master slots, 1 ISA slots

4. Supports SCSI/CD-ROM Boot function

5. Supports jumperless setting

6. Supports 66/68/75/83/100/105/112MHz Bus Clock(from

Bios)

7. Supports Wake On Lan (WOL) function. **

8. Supports keyboard power on function.

9. Onboard built-in hardware monitor feature.

**: For support WOL, the ATX power supply has to have at

least 5V/720mA standby current.

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Mainboard Layout with Default Settings

The default settings of the following figure is for the
PPGA Celeron 370- 300A/66

Figure 1-1. Motherboard Layout

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Chapter 2

Hardware Setup

There are two ways to set the CPU speed:

1. Use DIP switch jumpers (hardware): SW1

2. Use BIOS (jumperless): Refer to BIOS “CHIPSET FEATURE
SETUP ” section for detail description.

CPU Type Jumper Configuration
CPU 4.5X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-300A/66MHz

Figure 2-1CPU Type Configuration

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CPU 5.0X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-333/66 MHz

Figure 2-2 CPU Type Configuration

CPU 5.5X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370–366/66 MHz

Figure 2-3 CPU Type Configuration

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CPU 6.0X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-400/66 MHz

Figure 2-4 CPU Type Configuration

CPU 6.5X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-433/66 MHz

Figure 2-5 CPU Type Configuration

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System Memory Configuration

This SIS620 motherboard supports 168 pin DIMM of, 16Mb,

64Mb, 128Mb and 256Mb to form a memory size between 8MB to

1.5GB(SDRAM).
SIS620 chipsets provide “Table- Free” function, but do
remember that the DRAM must be 3.3V Unbuffered and 4 clock
type. User can use any DIMMs slot without any limit but if

use onboard VGA the DIMM must plug into DIMM1.

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Jumper Settings

FAN 1~2: Onboard FAN (12V) Connector

FAN# Function

FAN1 CPU FAN

FAN2 Power FAN

SW1 1~4: Bus Ratio Select

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SW1 5-8:CPU HOST clock select

HOST

CLOCK

66MHz 100MHz

75MHz 105MHz

83MHz 112MHz

SW1 5~8

HOST

CLOCK

J2: Onboard VGA chip Enabled/Disabled

Onboard

VGA Chip

J2

SW1 5~8

Enabled(default)

Disabled

(or use external

VGA)

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J10: VGA Memory Select

Use System memory

Use SDRAM(8MB)

VGA Memory

(only for 65GS8)

JP1: Clear CMOS Data

Clear the CMOS memory by shorting this jumper
momentarily; then remove the cap to retain new settings.

CMOS Data JP1

Select

(UMA)

Clear Data

J10

Retain Data

(default)

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JP5: Onboard Sound Chip Enabled/Disabled

(w/o amplifier)

This jumper allows user to control onboard sound chip
Function.

Sound Chip JP5

Disabled

Enabled

(default)

JP3/JP4: Sound Amplifier Control (Speaker/Line Out)

Sound Amplifier JP3/JP4

Speaker Out

(w/i amplifier)

(default)
Line Out

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Sound Connector:
J5/J6: CD-ROM Audio Connector

Connect J5/J6 to the CD-ROM Audio Connector.

Game/MIDI port

Connect the joystick or MIDI to this connector.

Mic:Microphone Jack
Line in: Audio in Jack

Speaker Out/Line Out: Audio Out Jack

Use JP3/JP4 to control speaker out or line out.

IDE LED Activity Light: (J8 pin1-4)

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator
light on the case.

Infrared Port Module Connector (J8 pin6-10)

The system board provides a 5-pin infrared connector-R1
for an optional wireless transmitting and receiving module.
Pin 6 through 10 are Transmit, GND, Receive (low speed),
Receive (high speed), and Vcc, respectively.

J8 pin12, 13: PWR Switch

Power Switch: Toggle this pin for turning on/off of the
Power supply (for ATX power only).

SLEEP Switch (J8 pin14, 15)

Toggle this jumper forces the system to sleep and the system
won’t wake up until the hardware event is coming. (The
BIOS Power Management setting must be Enabled.)

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Speaker Connector (J9 pin1-4)

The speaker connector is a 4-pin connector for connecting
the system and the speaker. (See the following drawing for
jumper position.)

Reset Switch (J9 pin5, 6)

The system board has a 2-pin connector for rebooting your
computer without having to turn off your power switch.
This prolongs the life of the system’s power supply.

WOL1: Wake On Lan (WOL) Connector

This connector is designed to use Lan to bootup the system.
Connect the wake on signal from Lan card to this connector.

Power LED and Keylock Switch (J9 pin8-12)

The keylock switch is a 5-pin connector for locking the
keyboard for security purposes. (See the following drawing
for jumper position, and pin1~3 is connected to power LED
and pin 4~5 is connected to keylock switch.)

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Turbo LED (J9 pin14, 15)

Connect the case’s turbo LED to this connector.

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J8 Switch Signal Summary

J8 Pin Signal Description

HDD LED Connector

N.C. 5 No Connection

Infrared Connector

N.C. 11 No Connection
PWR

SLEEP

J9 Switch Signal Summary

J9 Pin Signal Description

Speaker Connector

Reset Switch
N.C. 7 No Connection

Keylock Connector
N.C. 13 No Connection
Turbo LED Connector

1 +5V
2 HDD LED Signal
3 HDD LED Signal
4 +5V

6 Infrared Transmit Signal
7 GND

Infrared Receive Signal

8

(low speed)
Infrared Receive Signal

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(high speed)

10 +5V

12 CND
13 Power Switch(for ATX Power)

GND

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Sleep Signal

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1 Speaker Signal
2 No Connection
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Reset Signal
6 Ground

8 +5V

9 No ConnectionPower LED Connector
10 Ground
11 Keylock Signal
12 GND

14 Turbo LED Connector
15 Ground

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Chapter 3

Award BIOS Setup

This SIS620 motherboard comes with the AWARD BIOS
from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the Award BIOS
program Main Menu by:

1. Turn on or reboot the system.
After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message
will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press the <DEL> key and the main program screen
will appear as follows.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit ¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö :Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

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3. Using the arrows on your keyboard, select an
option, and press <Enter>. Modify the system parameters
to reflect the options installed in your system.

4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing
<ESC> .

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your
changes and reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT
SAVING” ignores your changes and exits the program.

Standard CMOS Setup

Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic
system hardware configuration and set the system clock and
error handling. You only need to modify the configuration
values of this option when you change your system
hardware configuration or the configuration stored in the
CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main

Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Thu, May 9 1996
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 15 : 45 : 10

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Drive A: 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B: None

Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All Errors

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←¡@ ¡GSelect Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Base Memory: 640K
Extended Memory: 15360K
Other Memory: 384K

Total Memory: 16384K

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡Ð
keys.

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A short description of the screen options is as follows:

Date (mm:dd:yy) Set the current date and time.
Time (hh:mm:ss)

Primary This field records the specifications
(Secondary) for all non-SCSI hard disk drives
Master/Slave installed in your system. Refer to

the respective documentation on
how to install the drives.

Drive A/B Set this field to the type(s) of floppy

disk drive(s) installed in your system.
The choices are:
360KB, 5.25 in.,

1.2MB, 5.25 in.,
720KB, 3.5 in.,

1.44M, 3.5 in. (default),

2.88MB, 3.5 in., or None

Video Set this field to the type of video

display card installed in the system.
The choices are: Monochrome;
Color 40x25; VGA/EGA (default);
or Color 80x25

Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of

errors that will cause the system to halt.
The choices are: All Errors (default);
No Errors; All, But Keyboard;
All, But Diskette; or
All, But Disk/Key

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish
setting up the “Standard CMOS Setup”

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BIOS Features Setup

Virus Warning : Disabled

CPU Internal Cache : Enabled

External Cache : Enabled

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled

Quick Power on Self Test : Enabled

Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI

Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled

Memory Parity check : Disabled

Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled

Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled

OS Select for DRAMs>64MB : Non-OS/2

ESC :Quit

: Select Item

F1 :Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify

BIOS Features Setup allows you to improve your system
performance or set up system features according to
your preference.

Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu
and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6INSN9)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Boot Up NumLock Status : On

Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) : 250
Security Option : Setup

Report No FDD For WIN 95 : No

F5 :Old Values(Shift)F2 : Color
F6 :Load BIOS Defaults
F7 :Load Setup Defaults

¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys. An explanation of the <F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.

Shift <F2>: Change color.

<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the

values with which the user started in the
current session.

<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default

values.

<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default

values.

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A short description of screen options follows:
Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically

when the system boots
up causing a warning
message to appear if
there is anything
attempting to access the
boot sector or hard disk
partition table.

Disabled: No warning message

will appear when there is
something attempting to
access the boot sector or
hard disk partition table

Note: Many diagnostic (or boot

manager) programs which
attempt to access the boot sector
table can cause the above
warning message. If you will be
running such a program, we
recommend that you disable the
virus protection first.

CPU Internal Choose Enabled (default) or
Cache Disabled. This option allows you to

enable or disable the CPU’s internal
cache.

External Cache Choose Enabled (default) or

Disabled. This option allows you to
enable or disable the external cache
memory.

Quick Power On Choose Enabled (default) or
Self Test Disabled. This option allows you to

speed up the Power-On Self-Test
routine.

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Boot Sequence Default is “A, C, SCSI” This option

determines which drive to look at
first for an operating system.

Swap Floppy Drive Choose Enabled or Disabled

(default). This option swaps floppy
drive assignments when it is enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Enabled (default): During POST,
Seek BIOS checks the track number of the

floppy disk drive to see whether it
is 40 or 80 tracks.
Disabled: During POST, BIOS will
not check the track number of the
floppy disk drive.

Boot Up NumLock Choose On (default) or Off. This
Status option lets user activate the

NumLock function at boot-up.

Memory Parity Choose Enabled or Disabled(default).
check

Typematic Rate Choose Enabled or Disabled
Setting (default). Enable this option to

adjust the keystroke repeat rate.

Typematic Rate Range between 6 (default) and 30
(Chars/Sec) characters per second. This option

controls the speed of repeating
keystrokes.

Typematic Delay Choose 250 (default), 500, 750, and
(Msec) 1000. This option sets the time

interval for displaying the first and
the second characters.

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Security Option Choose System or Setup (default).

This option prevents
unauthorized system boot-up or use
of BIOS Setup.

PCI/VGA palette Choose Enabled or Disabled
Snoop (default). It determines whether or not the

MPEG ISA cards can work with
PCI/VGA.

Assign IRQ for Choose Enabled (default) or
VGA Disabled.

Enabled: Add one IRQ to VGA
controller.
Disabled: Remove IRQ from VGA
controller. The system will have
extra IRQ for other devices but the
VGA controller will still not be
disabled (only IRQ will be removed.)

OS Select for Non-OS2 (default): For Non-OS/2
DRAM > 64MB system.

OS: For OS/2 system.

Report No FDD Yes: BIOS reports “NO FDD” to
For WIN95 Win95.

No (default): BIOS will not report
“NO FDD” to Win95.

Video BIOS Enabled (default): Map the VGA
Shadow BIOS to system RAM.

Disabled: Will not map the VGA BIOS
to system RAM.

C8000-CBFFF to These options are used to shadow
DC000-DFFF other expansion card ROMs.
Shadow

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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Chipset Features Setup

Auto Configuration : Enabled

ISA BUS Clock Frequency : PCICLK/4

SDRAM WR Retire Rate : x-1-1-1

CPU TO PCI Burst Mem. WR : Enabled

System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled

Video RAM Cacheable : Enabled

Memory Hole at 15M-16M : Disabled

Concurrent function(MEM) : Enabled

Concurrent function(PCI) : Enabled

CPU Pipeline Control : Enabled

PCI Delay Transaction : Enabled

CPU Host/SDRAM Clock : Default

ESC: Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify

RAS Pulse Width

Chipset Features Setup changes the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control the system options.
Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main
Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

RAS Pulse Width Refresh : 5T
RAS Precharge Time : 3T
RAS TO CAS Delay : 3T

Starting Point of Paging : 1T
SDRAM CAS Latency : 3T

AGP Aperture Size : 64MB

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡Ð
keys.

A short description of screen options follows:

CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless: Enabled
Processor Core Frequency: X4.5

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Auto Choose Enabled (default) or
Configuration Disabled. The system sets all

Refresh

options on the left side of the screen
automatically when you choose
Enabled.

The system designer must select the
number of CPU clock cycles allotted for
the RAS pulse refresh, according to
DRAM specifications. The choice: 4T, 5T,
6T, 7T.

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RAS Precharge

Time

RAS to CAS

ISA Bus Clock

Starting Point of
SDRAM CAS

SDRAM WR

Delay

Frequency

The precharge time is the number of cycles
it takes for the RAS to accumulate its
charge before DRAM refreshes. If
insufficient time is allowed, refresh may
be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to
retain data. The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T.

When DRAM is refreshed, both rows
and columns are addressed separately.
This setup item allows you to
determine the timing of the transition
from RAS (row address strobe) to CAS
(column address strobe). The choice:
2T, 3T, 4T, 5T.

You can set the speed of the AT bus at
one-third or one-fourth of the CPU clock
speed. The choice: 7.159MHz,
PCICLK/3, PCICLK/4.

Paging

Latency

Retire Rate

This value controls the start timing of
memory paging operations. The choice:
1T, 2T, 4T, 8T.

When synchronous DRAM is installed,
the number of clock cycles of CAS latency
depends on the DRAM timing. Do not
reset this field from the default value
specified by the system designer. The
choice: 2T, 3T.

The system designer must select the
correct timing for data transfers from the
write buffer to memory, according to
DRAM specifications. The choice: X-1-1­1, X-2-2-2.

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Select enabled permits PCI burst memory

CPU to PCI Burst

Mem. WR

write cycles, for faster performance. When
disabled, performance is slightly slower,
but more reliable. Choices are Enabled,
Disabled.

System BIOS Choose Enabled or Disabled
Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access

to the system BIOS ROM addressed
at F0000H-FFFFFH is cached.

Video RAM Choose Enabled or Disabled
Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access

to the VGA RAM addressed is
cached.

Memory Hole At Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).
15M-16M In order to improve performance,

certain space in memory can be
reserved for ISA cards. This
memory must be mapped into the
memory’s space below 16MB.

Delayed The chipset has an embedded 32-bit
Transaction posted write buffer to support delay

transactions cycles. Select Enabled to
support compliance with PCI specification
version 2.1.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Aperture Size Choose 4 , 8, 16, 32, 64 (default), 128,
(MB) or 256 MB. Memory mapped and

graphics data structures can reside
in a Graphics Aperture. This area is
like a linear buffer. BIOS will
automatically report the starting address
of this buffer to the O.S.

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Concurrent

Function [MEM]

Concurrent

CPU Pipeline

When enabled, CPU access memory cycles and
PCI masters access memory cycles can be

concurrently issued onto host bus and PCI
bus, respectively, and then the memory
access cycles will be rearranged by SiS620
to memory sequentially. When disabled,
either CPU or PCI masters starts memory
access cycle will block the other one's
cycle until the current cycle is finished.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Function [PCI]

bus cycle and PCI masters access memory
cycles can be concurrently issued onto
host bus and PCI bus, respectively. By
doing this, these cycles will be forwarded
to PCI bus and memory bus at the same
time. When disabled, either one of these
two kinds of cycles will block the other
until the current cycle is finished. The
choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Enable/disable the CPU pipeline control.

When this bit is enabled, CPU access PCI

Control

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Host Clock Choose Default,66/66,75/75,83/83,
(CPU/SDRAM) 95/95,100/100,112/112,124/124,

and1 33/133MHz.

CPU Clock Ratio Choose 1.5X,2.0X, 2.5X, 3.0X, 3.5X,

4.0X, 4.5X,5.0X, 5.5X, 6.0X,6.5X,7.0X,

7.5X, or 8.0X.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

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Power Management Setup

Power Button Over Ride : Instant Off

*** SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT ***

Video Off Option : Susp, Stby-off

Video Off Method : V/H SYNC+Blank

ESC : Quit ¡@ ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Power

Power Management Setup sets the system’s power saving
functions.

1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the
Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ACPI Function : Enabled
Power Management : User Define
PM Control by APM : Yes

Switch Function : Break/Wake
Doze Speed (div by) : 2/8
Stdby Speed (div by) : 1/8
Modem Use IRQ : 3
Hot Key Function AS : Suspend
** PM Timers **
HDD Off After : Disabled
Doze Mode : Disabled
Standby Mode : Disabled
Suspend Mode : Disabled
** PM Events **
HDD Power Activity : Enabled
COM Power Activity : Enabled
LPT Power Activity : Enabled

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys.

VGA Activity : Enabled
IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI : Enabled
IRQ 8 Break Suspend : Disabled

Ring Power Up Control : Enabled
GPIO5 Power Up Control : Enabled
KB Power ON Password : Enter
Power UP by Alarm : Enabled
Month Alarm : NA
Day of Month Alarm : 0
Week Alarm

off off off off off off off
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm : 0: 0: 0

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options follows:

ACPI Function Select Enabled if your system has an ACPI

Management

function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

This option allows you to select the type
(or degree) of power saving for Doze,
Standby, and Suspend modes. See the
section PM Timers for a brief description
of each mode. This table describes each
power management mode:

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Disable No power management. Disables all four modes

PM Control by

Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr.

Min. Power Saving

Max. Power Saving

User Defined

Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD
Power Down = 15 min.
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.
Allows you to set each mode individually. When not
disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except
for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15
min. and disable.

APM

Management device will be activated to
enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and
stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance
Power Management (APM) is installed on
your system, selecting Yes gives better
power savings. If the Max. Power Saving
is not enabled, this will be preset to No.

Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the

VGA adapter to operate in a power
saving mode.

When enabled, an Advanced Power

Always On

Suspend --> Off

Susp, Stby --> Off

All Modes --> Off

Monitor will remain on during power
saving modes.

Monitor blanked when the systems enters
the Suspend mode.

Monitor blanked when the system enters
either Suspend or Standby modes.

Monitor blanked when the system enters
any power saving mode.

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Video Off Method This determines the manner in which

Doze Speed

Stdby Speed

the monitor is blanked.

This selection will cause the system to turn
V/H
SYNC+Blank

Blank Screen

DPMS

Switch Function You can choose whether or not to permit

(div by)

off the vertical and horizontal

synchronization ports and write blanks to the

video buffer.

This option only writes blanks to the video

buffer.

Select this option if your monitor supports the

Display Power Management Signaling

(DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics

Standards to select video power management

values.

your system to enter complete Suspend
mode. Suspend mode offers greater power
savings, with a correspondingly longer
awakening period.The choice:
Break/Wake, Disabled.

Sets the CPU's speed during Doze mode.
The speed is reduced to a fraction of
CPU's normal speed. The divisors range
from 1 to 8. The choice: 1~8.

(div by)

Select a divisor to reduce the CPU speed
during Standby mode to a fraction of the
full CPU speed. The speed is reduced to
a fraction of the CPU's normal speed. The
divisors range from 1 to 8-0. The choice:
1~8

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Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line

MODEM Use

Hot Key

IRQ

Power Off

assigned to the modem (if any) on your
system. Activity of the selected IRQ
always awakens the system. The choice: 3,
4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Select Enabled if your system has a hot
key for soft power off. The choice:
Enabled, Disabled.

PM Timers The following four modes are Green

PC power saving functions which are
only user configurable when User
Defined Power Management has been
selected. See above for available
selections.

HDD Off After By default, this item is Disabled, meaning

that no matter the mode the rest of the
system, the hard drive will remain ready.
Otherwise, you have a range of choices
from 1 to 15 minutes or Suspend. This
means that you can elect to have your hard
disk drive be turned off after a selected
number of minutes or when the rest of the
system goes into a Suspend mode.

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.

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Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of

HDD Ports

COM Ports

LPT Ports

system inactivity, all devices except the
CPU will be shut off.

PM Events

You may disable activity monitoring of some common I/O events and
interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system. The default
wake-up event is keyboard activity.
When On (or named, in the case of LPT & COM), any activity from
one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the
system.

When set to On (default), any event

Activity

Activity

occurring at a HDD (serial) port will
awaken a system which has been powered
down.

When set to On (default), any event
occurring at a hard or floppy drive port
will awaken a system which has been
powered down.

Activity

VGA Activity

When set to On (default), any event
occurring at a LPT (printer) port will
awaken a system which has been powered
down.

When set to On (default), any event
occurring at VGA will awaken a system
which has been powered down.

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The following is a list of IRQ’s, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be

IRQ [ 3-7, 9-15],
Power Button

Ring Power Up
GPIO5 Power

KB Power ON

exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an
I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it
signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is
ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the
service.
As above, the choices are On and Off.
When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into
a power management mode nor awaken it.

You can Enable or Disable monitoring of

NMI
IRQ 8 Break
Suspend :

Over Ride

IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not
awaken the system from Suspend mode.

You could press the power button for more
than 4 seconds forces the system to enter
the Soft-Off state when the system has
“hung.”. The choice: Soft-Off, Delay 4
Sec.

When you select Enabled, a signal

Control
(and Wake On Lan
WOL)

from ring returns the system to Full On
state. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Up Control

Password

When you select Enabled, a signal from
General Purpose Input 05 returns the
system to Full On state. The choice:
Enabled, Disabled.

When you set a password for keyboard,
The password you set the keyboard that
returns the system to Full On state.

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When you select Enabled, the following

Power Up by

Alarm

fields appear. They let you set the alarm
that returns the system to Full On state.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

IRQ-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-4 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

ESC : Quit ¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup configures the PCI bus slots.

Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP” from the
Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

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Resources Controlled By : AUTO
Reset Configuration Data: Disabled

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys.

Assign IRQ For USB : Enabled

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options follows:

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I

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 Win95/98.
The choice: Auto, Manual.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field
Disabled. Select Enabled to reset
Extended System Configuration
Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if
you have installed a new add-on and
the system reconfiguration has
caused such a serious conflict that
the operating system can not boot.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IRQ -# assigned to

When resources are controlled
manually, assign each system
interrupt as one of the following
types, depending on the type of
device using the interrupt: Legacy
ISA Devices compliant with the
original PC AT bus specification,
requiring a specific interrupt ( such
as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA
PnP Devices compliant with the Plug
and Play standard, whether designed
for PCI or ISA bus architecture. The
choice: Legacy ISA, PCI/ISA PnP.

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DMA-# assigned to

When resources are controlled manually,
assign each system DMA channel as one
of the following types, depending on the
type of device using the interrupt:
Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the
original PC AT bus specification,
requiring a specific interrupt ( such as
IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA PnP
Devices compliant with the Plug and Play
standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA
bus architecture.

Assign IRQ for USB

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.
Enabled: Add one IRQ to USB controller.
Disabled: Remove IRQ from USB

controller. The system will have
extra IRQ for other devices but
the USB controller will still
not be disabled (only IRQ
was removed.)

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

Load Setup Defaults

Load Setup Defaults option loads the default system values
to the system configuration fields. If the CMOS is corrupted
the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this option
and the following message will appear:

“Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? N”
To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and

press <Enter>.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

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disregard your settings.

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Integrated Peripherals

IDE Burst Mode : Enabled

IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled

Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled

Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4

Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3

Onboard Parallel Port 1 : 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode : ECP+EPP

ESC : Quit ¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Integrated Peripherals option changes the values of the
chipset registers. These registers control system options in
the computer.

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main

Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

Internal PCI/IDE : Both
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto
Primary Master UltraDMA : Auto
Primary Slave UltraDMA : Auto
Secondary Master UltraDMA : Auto
Secondary Slave UltraDMA : Auto

IR Address Select : 3E8H
IR Mode : ASKIR
IR IRQ Select : IRQ10

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡V
keys.

ECP Mode Use DMA : 3
USB Controller : Enabled
USB Keyboard First : Disabled
Init Display First : PCI Slot
VGA SHARED Memory Size : 8MB
Current CPU Temperature: 32 C/89 F
Current CPUFAN1 Speed : 0 RPM
Current CPUFAN1 Speed : 5720 RPM
IN0(V):5.12V IN1(V): 3.30V
IN2(V):2.56V IN3(V): 2.05V

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options is as follows:

Internal PCI / IDE

This chipset contains an internal PCI IDE
interface with support for two IDE
channels. The choice: Primary, Secondary,
Both.

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IDE Primary 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.

Primary Master/Slave UltraDMA

UDMA (Ultra DMA) is a DMA data

transfer protocol that utilizes ATA
commands and the ATA bus to allow
DMA commands to transfer data at a
maximum burst rate of 33 MB/s. When
you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA
fields (for each of up to four IDE devices
that the internal PCI IDE interface
supports), the system automatically
determines the optimal data transfer rate
for each IDE device. The choice: Auto,
Disabled.

IDE Burst Mode

Selecting Enabled reduces latency
between each drive read/write cycle, but
may cause instability in IDE subsystems
that cannot support such fast performance.
If you are getting disk drive errors, try
setting this value to Disabled. This field
does not appear when the Internal
PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled. The
choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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IDE HDD Block Mode

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface
with support for two IDE channels. Select
Enabled to activate the primary and/or
secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled
to deactivate this interface, if you install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE
interface IDE interface.

Enabled Secondary HDD controller used

Disabled Secondary HDD controller not used.

Onboard FDD Controller

This should be enabled if your system has
a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. Even
when so equipped, if you add a higher
performance controller, you will need to
disable this feature. The choice: Enabled,
Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

This item allows you to determine access
onboard serial port 1/port 2 controller with
which I/O address. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,
Disabled, Auto.

IR Address Select

Select IR Address. Choices are:
Disabled, 2F8H, 3E8H, 2E8H.

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IR Mode Select IR Mode. Choices are: HP SIR,

Onboard

Parallel Port
ECP Mode

USB

Init Display

ASKIR.

IR IRQ Select

Parallel Port 1

Mode

Use DMA

Controller

Select IRQ for IR. Choices are: IRQ3,
IRQ4, IRQ10, IRQ11.

This item allows you to determine access
onboard parallel port controller with
which I/O address. The choice:
3BC/IRQ7, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5,
Disabled.

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, ECP+EPP.

Select a DMA channel for the parallel
port for use during ECP mode. The
choice: 3, 1.

Select Enabled if your system contains a
Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller
and you have USB peripherals. The
choice: Enabled, Disabled.

First

This item allows you to decide to active
which bus first (PCI Slot or AGP first).
The choice: PCI Slot, AGP.

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Specify the size of system memory to

VGA Shared

Current

Memory Size

allocate for video memory, from None to
8 MB. The choice: None, 2MB, 4MB,
8MB.

These fields display the current speed of

CPUFAN1/2
Speed

up to two CPU fans, if your computer
contains a monitoring system.

IN0~IN3 These fields display the current voltage of

up to seven voltage input lines, if your
computer contains a monitoring system.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

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Supervisor/User Password

These two options allow you to set your system passwords.
Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the
CMOS setup option than the user. The way to set up the

passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follows:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press
<Enter>. The following message appears:

“Enter Password:”

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password
up to 8 characters and press <Enter>. The screen
does not display the entered characters.

3. After you enter the password, the following message
appears prompting you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password:”

4. Enter the same password “exactly” as you just typed again to
confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the
password.

6. If you need to delete the password you entered before,
choose the Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It
will delete the password that you had before.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option
you did, otherwise the old password will still be there
the next time you turn your machine on.

8. Press <ESC> to exit to the Main Menu.

Note: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access
the system is to clear the CMOS RAM by setting JP1.
All setup information will be lost and you need to run the
BIOS setup program again.

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IDE HDD Auto Detection

IDE HDD Auto Detection detects the parameters of an IDE
hard disk drive and automatically enters them to the
Standard CMOS Setup screen.

The screen will ask you to select a specific hard disk for
Primary Master after you select this option. If you accept a
hard disk detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y” to
confirm and then press <Enter> to check next hard disk.
This function allows you to check four hard disks and you
may press the <ESC> after the <Enter> to skip this function
and go back to the Main Menu.

Save & Exit Setup

Save & Exit Setup allows you to save all modifications you
have specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this
option on the Main Menu and the following message
appears:

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

Exit Without Saving

Exit Without Saving allows you to exit the Setup utility
without saving the modifications that you have specified.
Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following
message appears:
Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

You may change the prompt to “Y” and press the <Enter> key
to leave this option.