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915GL-M7 Ultra BIOS Manual 

 

Save & Exit Setup 

Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will 
be displayed before proceeding. 

 

                                     

 

 

Exit Without Saving 

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message 
will be displayed before proceeding.

 

 

   

 

 

Upgrade BIOS

 

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios. 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for 915GL-M7 Ultra

Page 1: ...will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fi...

Page 2: ...aders 7 2 3 Memory Module Installation 9 2 4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 12 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 12 3 2 Detail Settings 12 Chapter 4 Useful Help 17 4 1 Award BIOS Beep...

Page 3: ...Dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor 24 45cm W x 24 4cm L Main Memory Supports Dual Channel DDR 400 333 Supports 256 Mb 512 Mb or 1G Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non ECC DDR devices Maximum DRAM spa...

Page 4: ...GB s per direction See p 10 for detail information Super I O Chip ITE IT8712 Low Pin Count Interface Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality Environment Control initiatives H W...

Page 5: ...nction 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 S PDIF In connector supports digital audio in function optional 4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATAdevices 2 USB heade...

Page 6: ...WINFLASHER and FLASHER Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP SCO UNIX etc 1 2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable 1 HDD Cable 1 User s Manual 1 Serial ATA Cable 1...

Page 7: ...915GL M7 Ultra 5 1 3 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT JDJ1 optional BAT1 J_CI R1 optional JCOM1 JV GA1 JP RNT1 PCI EX 1 24 13 12 Note represents the 1 st pin...

Page 8: ...When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged pin cap Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree...

Page 9: ...ay be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sen...

Page 10: ...915GL M7 Ultra 8 wire is Ground and should be connected to GND...

Page 11: ...slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the ret...

Page 12: ...1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 FDD1 Flopp...

Page 13: ...river installation If the onboard VGA driver has already been installed before you install the add on PCI E graphic card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapt...

Page 14: ...ouse and keyboard are powered with 5V standby v oltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBV1 JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSBV1...

Page 15: ...n Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Gro...

Page 16: ...eft 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left JCL1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the mess...

Page 17: ...A N A 7 Speaker Speaker Connector 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED 10 Power LED 11 HDD LED Hard driv e LED 12 Power LED Power LED 13 Ground 14 Power button 15 Reset control Reset button 16 Ground Power on button...

Page 18: ...ector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_OK...

Page 19: ...p to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootab...

Page 20: ...gain In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed plea...

Page 21: ...isk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the driv e type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of break...

Page 22: ...nformation Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically...

Page 23: ...he following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked theTray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and...

Page 24: ...esponsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the...

Page 25: ...lows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a...

Page 26: ...l be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you...

Page 27: ...user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you v erify ev...

Page 28: ...If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to...

Page 29: ...highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking Yo...

Page 30: ...controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere...

Page 31: ...1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals 16 6 Power Management Setup 22 7 PnP PCI Configurations 27 8 PC Health St...

Page 32: ...of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS support...

Page 33: ...y using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar...

Page 34: ...submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to...

Page 35: ...Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confi...

Page 36: ...MOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be d...

Page 37: ...in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to sel...

Page 38: ...the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to ent...

Page 39: ...sk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Di...

Page 40: ...et this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16 default 32 Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor Th...

Page 41: ...iated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375 default Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default E...

Page 42: ...Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Disabled E...

Page 43: ...abled default Enable quick POST BOOT UP NUMLOCKSTATUS Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard c...

Page 44: ...fault Disabled MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The...

Page 45: ...ctly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CA...

Page 46: ...EABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The...

Page 47: ...er multiple commands ormultiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new driv...

Page 48: ...PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be impl...

Page 49: ...xpress Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port The Choices Auto default Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This item allows you to select the PC...

Page 50: ...ort Enabled default Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse...

Page 51: ...bled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto On...

Page 52: ...default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as EnhancedParallel Port ECP...

Page 53: ...llows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI WAKE UP EVENTS ACPI Function This item displays the status of th...

Page 54: ...lt Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB...

Page 55: ...hether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power...

Page 56: ...ximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1...

Page 57: ...DD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Mi...

Page 58: ...mmended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on c...

Page 59: ...ibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know wh...

Page 60: ...0OC 158OF Disabled default Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want Th...

Page 61: ...allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices Default Default AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU CLOCK...

Page 62: ...that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in def...

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