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P4VMA-M BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................................ 13

5 Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................. 17

6 Power Management Setup .......................................................................... 21

7 PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................. 26

8 PC Health Status......................................................................................... 29

9 Frequency Control ...................................................................................... 30

Summary of Contents for P4VMA-M

Page 1: ...1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated Peripherals 17 6 Power Management Setup 21 7 PnP PCI Configurations 26 8 PC Health Statu...

Page 2: ...OS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended t...

Page 3: ...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 Esc Main Menu Quit without savi...

Page 4: ...u WARNING 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 board for update information Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CM...

Page 5: ...ock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are fac...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...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 the value yo...

Page 8: ...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 the sub menu...

Page 9: ...e 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 amoun...

Page 10: ...of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot Min 0 Max 255 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0 X Default TM2 Bus VID This option represents t...

Page 11: ...option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disable for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper T...

Page 12: ...eystroke is repeated when you hold the 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 T...

Page 13: ...o BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows yo...

Page 14: ...ttings have been changed incorrectly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock label and then press...

Page 15: ...ur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command 2T Command default DRAM Burst Len The Choices 4 default 8 CPU read DRAM Mode The Choices Medium default Slow Fast...

Page 16: ...Disabled default Enabled AGP 3 0 Calibration cycle The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Share Memory Size The Choices 64M default Disabled CPU PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press E...

Page 17: ...cussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system...

Page 18: ...l 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface...

Page 19: ...ock mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read wri...

Page 20: ...ard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disab...

Page 21: ...termine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP Default Using...

Page 22: ...I The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 RA...

Page 23: ...red down while all other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set...

Page 24: ...matically 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...

Page 25: ...led default USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled Default Enabled VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a sys...

Page 26: ...e Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access anoth...

Page 27: ...gurations PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Wi...

Page 28: ...his submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will all...

Page 29: ...ded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function E...

Page 30: ...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 Show H W Monitor in POST If...

Page 31: ...o Detect PCI DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the Spread Spectrum...

Page 32: ...thod 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 after that k...

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