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TForce 550 SE 

 

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POWER ON Function 

This item allows you to choose the power on method. 

The Choices: Button Only

(default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse Move/Click, 

Mouse Double Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98. 

KB Power ON Password 

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. 

Hot Key Power ON 

Choose the Hot Key combination to boot up the system. 

The Choices: Ctrl-F1

(default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, 

Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12. 

POWER After PWR-Fail 

This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or 
interrupts occurs. By choosing off will leave the computer in the power off state. 
Choosing On will reboot the computer. Former-Sts will restore the system to the 
status before power failure or interrupt occurs. 

The Choices: Off

 (default), On, Former-Sts. 

Summary of Contents for NF550 AM2

Page 1: ...Standard CMOS Features 7 3Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 16 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 24 7 PnP PCI Configurations 28 8 PC Health Status 31 9 Over Clock...

Page 2: ...tuning options are also included in BIOS The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup Plug and Play Support This AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Versi...

Page 3: ...ng 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: ...Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure advanced features of the BIOS WARNIN...

Page 5: ...and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system OverClock Navigator Engine O N E ONE provides two powerful overclock engines MOS AOS for both o...

Page 6: ...ord will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to ch...

Page 7: ...TForce 550 SE 6 Integrate Flashing Program This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS By pressing Enter key for three times and the upgrading process will be completed easily...

Page 8: ...ns This table shows the items and the available options on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time h...

Page 9: ...ette All but Disk 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 Extende...

Page 10: ...TForce 550 SE 9 3Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup...

Page 11: ...s time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance Enabled defa...

Page 12: ...Zip100 USB FDD0 USB FDD1 USB ZIP0 USB ZIP1 LS120 Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here T...

Page 13: ...TForce 550 SE 12 CD ROM Boot Priority The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB CDROM0 USB CDROM 1 Network Boot Priority The Choices Network 0 Network 1 Network 2 Network 3...

Page 14: ...Enabled default Disabled Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is m...

Page 15: ...he key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000...

Page 16: ...ces Non OS2 default OS2 Full Screen LOGO Show This item allows you to enable disable Full Screen LOGO Show The Choices Enabled default Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to select wheth...

Page 17: ...with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup PMU This item allows...

Page 18: ...fault Disabled CPU Feature K8 NPT CIE Support The Choices Disabled default Enabled AMD K8 Cool Quiet control The Choices Auto default System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching...

Page 19: ...5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight the Press Enter label next to the IDE Function Setup label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the f...

Page 20: ...channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Cho...

Page 21: ...This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA Controller The Choices ALL Enabled default Disabled SATA 1 IDE Prefetch Mode The o...

Page 22: ...board Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default D...

Page 23: ...or the system uses 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 seri...

Page 24: ...allel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sectors...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...fine you can adjust each of the item from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank V H S...

Page 27: ...from Soft Off function The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume From S3 S4 This item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3 S4 function The Choices Disabled default Enabled Po...

Page 28: ...Hot Key combination to boot up the system The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 POWER After PWR Fail This setting...

Page 29: ...First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices PCIEx PCI Slot default Onboard Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which...

Page 30: ...n IRQ DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts The Choices Auto ESCD default Manual IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a typ...

Page 31: ...TForce 550 SE 30 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 128 256 512 1024 2048...

Page 32: ...Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled 70 158 default 60 140 65 149 Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item of...

Page 33: ...ll work under Full Speed The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number Start PWM Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode The range is fr...

Page 34: ...ays the current temperature of CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Current NB FAN Speed Th...

Page 35: ...is designed for beginners in overclock field Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team OverClock Navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the sy...

Page 36: ...s setting will raise about 5 10 of whole system performance V8 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 15 25 of whole system performance V12 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 25 30 of whole...

Page 37: ...performance on AMD 3000 CPU CPU Vid control The Choices Auto default 0 800v 2 310v Memory Voltage The Choices 1 950V default 2 000V 2 050V 2 100V Chipset Voltage The Choices 1 550V default 1 600V 1 65...

Page 38: ...efault 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DDR Timing The Choices Auto default MaxMemClk Memory Clock Value OR Limi The Choices DDR 400...

Page 39: ...tRP The Choices Auto default 3 clock 6 clock tRAS The Choices Auto default 5 clock 18 clock Command Per Clock CMD The Choices Auto default 1 clock 2 clock tRRD The Choices Auto default 2 clock 5 clock...

Page 40: ...uto default 10 96 clock 10 96 clock Read delay from Rx FIFO The Choices Auto default 0 5 clock 4 0 clock Drive Strength setting Dram driver weak mode The Choices Auto default Normal Weak CKE drive str...

Page 41: ...Auto default No bypass 1 time 15 time 32 Byte Granularity The Choices Auto default 64 byte 32 byte DQS Training Control The Choices Perform DQS Skip DQS default CKE base power down mode The Choices E...

Page 42: ...s 195ns 327 5ns Twr Write Recovery Time The Choices 6 bus clocks default 3 bus clocks 4 bus clocks 5 bus clocks Trtp Precharge Time The Choices 3 clocks default 2 clocks Trc Row Cycle Time The Choices...

Page 43: ...s users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software Step 1 This item is disabled on default change it to Enable to precede memory test Step 2 When the process is done c...

Page 44: ...to save different CMOS settings into BIOS ROM You may reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations Moreover you may save your ideal overclock setting for easier overclocking There are...

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