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P4M80-M7 BIOS Manual 

 

 

Item Options 

Description 

Halt On 

All Errors 

No Errors 

All, but Keyboard 

All, but Diskette 

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. 

Extended Memory 

N/A 

Displays the amount of   

extended memory detected   

during boot up. 

Total Memory 

N/A 

Displays the total memory   

available in the system. 

 

Summary of Contents for P4M80-M7

Page 1: ...1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals 21 6 Power Management Setup 27 7 PnP PCI Configurations 33 8 PC Health Statu...

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: ...bmenu 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 con...

Page 5: ...r this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when t...

Page 6: ...et 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 displ...

Page 7: ...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 select...

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: ...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 Displ...

Page 10: ...P4M80 M7 BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup 3 1 BIOS Write Protect...

Page 11: ...2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0X default 3 1 4 TM2 Bus VID Repres...

Page 12: ...rd Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDD0 USBHDD1 USBH...

Page 13: ...ble cache Disabled Disable cache 3 7 Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading...

Page 14: ...NumLock State after power on The Choices On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys 3 14 Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by...

Page 15: ...tem 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 opti...

Page 16: ...clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices Auto By SPD default Manual Turbo Ultra 4 1 3 SDRAM CAS Latency When SDRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the SDRAM timing...

Page 17: ...d The Choices 2T 3T 4T 5T default 4 1 8 REF to ACT REF to REF Trfc The Choices 15T default 4 1 9 ACT 0 to ACT 1 TRRD The Choices 3T default 4 1 10 DRAM BUS Selection The Choices Auto default 4 1 11 DR...

Page 18: ...ce Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M 256M 128M default 32M 16M 8M 4M 4 2 2 AGP 2 0 Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mo...

Page 19: ...wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled 4 2 7 AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabl...

Page 20: ...I bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 4 3 2 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Se...

Page 21: ...lt 15M 16M 4 5 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area...

Page 22: ...P4M80 M7 BIOS Manual 21 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals...

Page 23: ...ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled 5 1 2 IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled 5 1 3 IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for...

Page 24: ...Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Wi...

Page 25: ...p USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled 5 2 3 On chip EHCI Controller Th...

Page 26: ...nd corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto 5 3 3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding i...

Page 27: ...nter Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode 5 3 8 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channe...

Page 28: ...efault Disabled 6 2 ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS STR 6 3...

Page 29: ...12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min 6 5 Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min...

Page 30: ...ally take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Powe...

Page 31: ...keyboard The Choices Disabled default Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 Ctrl F12 Power Wake Any Key 6 12 3 PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item...

Page 32: ...nal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled 6 12 10 Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 6 12 11 RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can...

Page 33: ...s i e wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10...

Page 34: ...IOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes 7 2 Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feat...

Page 35: ...o PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device 7 5 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic c...

Page 36: ...r VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled 7 7 Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the...

Page 37: ...of CPU 8 4 Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan 8 5 Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 8 6 Show H W Monitor in POST If you compute...

Page 38: ...hoices 8X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22 X and 23X 9 2 CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default 9 3 DDR Vo...

Page 39: ...data by setting the JCOMS1 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 after that keep on pressing the In...

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