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NF325-A7 BIOS Setup

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1 Main Menu........................................…………………………..3

2 Standard CMOS Features..........................……………………..6

3 Advanced BIOS Features..........................……………………..9

4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................……………………14

5 Integrated Peripherals..........................……………………….18

6 Power Management Setup..........................…………………..25

7 PnP/PCI Configurations.........................……………………...28

8 PC Health Status................................…………………………31

9 Frequency/ Voltage Control......................…………………….33

Summary of Contents for NF325-A7

Page 1: ...not defined 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations 28 8 PC...

Page 2: ...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 supports t...

Page 3: ...ing 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 Move...

Page 4: ...items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu 0WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on boar...

Page 5: ...ur system Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may c...

Page 6: ...the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displaye...

Page 7: ...ndard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select th...

Page 8: ...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 enter...

Page 9: ...ey 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 Displa...

Page 10: ...NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup 9...

Page 11: ...oose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message...

Page 12: ...begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Util...

Page 13: ...reen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Enabled Disabled default Cache Setup Figure 3 2 Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache EC...

Page 14: ...LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices D...

Page 15: ...This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimize...

Page 16: ...0 CAS Latency This field specify the cas latency i e cas to read data valid The Choices CL 2 5 Default CL 3 0 CL 2 0 RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write comma...

Page 17: ...ock in MHz The Choices 66 default 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicat...

Page 18: ...rd The Choices Disabled default Enabled Base I O Address The Choices 0000 default I O Length The Choices 1 byte default System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system...

Page 19: ...NF325 A7 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals 18...

Page 20: ...to the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Figure 5 1 IDE Function Setup IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave RAID The Choices Disabled...

Page 21: ...if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices V1 1 V2 0 default Disabled V1 1 USB Legacy Support T...

Page 22: ...nge the state of the onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto Default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Mac Medi...

Page 23: ...d FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second...

Page 24: ...Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select ECP port type 1 or 3 The Choices 3 default 1 Primary Secondary M...

Page 25: ...Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for a...

Page 26: ...down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type...

Page 27: ...le for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1...

Page 28: ...Off by PBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default WOL PME From Soft Off...

Page 29: ...em to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system n...

Page 30: ...there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Pre...

Page 31: ...s the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic cont...

Page 32: ...ature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 140 65 149 70 158 CPU FAN Control by The Choice sm...

Page 33: ...the current CPU FAN speed Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of the SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health sta...

Page 34: ...allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default 1 7 3 4 5 1 DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices Default Default 2 75V 2 85V 2 90V AGP Volta...

Page 35: ...system Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the Insert key and Power button simultaneously af...

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