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PT880 Pro-A7 DDR2

Hard 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, USBHDD2 and

Bootable Add-in Cards.

First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.

The Choices:

Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZZP100, USB-FDD,

USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical drive
assignments.

The Choices: Disabled

(default),

Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled

(default), Disabled.

Summary of Contents for PT880 Pro-A7 DDR2

Page 1: ...e 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 f...

Page 2: ...ng System Memory 9 2 4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 13 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 13 3 2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help 20 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 20 4 2 Extra Info...

Page 3: ...l be void if the pin protection cap is not i n place to pr otect the socket pin when sending this mai nboard for ser vice Chipset North Bridge VIA PT880 Pro South Bridge VIAVT8237R PLUS Dimension ATX...

Page 4: ...Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Compliant with SATA Version 1 0 specification Super I O Chip ITE 8705AF Provides the most commonly used legacy super I O functional...

Page 5: ...upports 2 Floppy drives with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices 2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at fr...

Page 6: ...DR2 4 1 2 PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x 1 HDD cable x 1 User s Manual x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I O panel for ATX case x 1 USB 2 0 cable x 1 optional Serial ATA cable x 1 optional S PDIF out cable...

Page 7: ...1 PE1 IDE1 FDD1 BAT1 DIMMA1 DIMMB1 IDE2 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 BIOS JAUXPWR1 JKBV1 JCFAN1 JUSBV1 JATXPWR1 JAUDIO2 CODEC LAN JCDIN1 JSPDIF_ OUT1 Super I O JCI1 JUSBV2 JUSB2 JUSB3 JPANEL1 JSATA1 JSATA2 JCMOS1 J...

Page 8: ...ecial Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged pin cap Step...

Page 9: ...ards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 2 2 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan...

Page 10: ...ader for CPU Fan Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 1 4 Smart Fan Control JSFAN1 Power Source Header forSystem Fan Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 1 3 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The J...

Page 11: ...ock a DIMM 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 firmlyinto the slot unti...

Page 12: ...drive ribbon cables 1 2 34 33 IDE1 IDE2 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA33 66 100 133 functionality It...

Page 13: ...sion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI4 PE1 PCI Extreme Slot PCI Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express interface graphic cards PCI Extreme slot is compliant wi...

Page 14: ...ttach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology fo...

Page 15: ...or USB Ports Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at back panel JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at f ront panel JUSB2 JUSB3 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at back panel JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 are powe...

Page 16: ...to support this function Power on system via keyboar d and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JATXPWR1 ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to connect 20 pin power con...

Page 17: ...onnection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switchf unctions 1 11 22 SLP PWR_L ED On Off IR optional RST HLED SPK 12 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 5V 12 Sleep con...

Page 18: ...9 2 1 JUSB3 JUSB2 10 NC JCMOS1 ClearCMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting and the CMOS data please carefully f ollow the procedures to avoid dam...

Page 19: ...rd to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 1 2 2 Ground JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio sourcef rom thev ari...

Page 20: ...Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC f ront panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment 1 Mic in Stereo MIC in R 2 Grou...

Page 21: ...PT880 Pro A7 DDR2 19 JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio outConnectors These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF OUT 1 3 3 Ground...

Page 22: ...re 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 bootable floppy...

Page 23: ...again 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 pl...

Page 24: ...disk 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 brea...

Page 25: ...information 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 26: ...the 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 a...

Page 27: ...responsible 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 28: ...ollows 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...

Page 29: ...ll 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 yo...

Page 30: ...e 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 e...

Page 31: ...ry 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 t...

Page 32: ...e 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...

Page 33: ...res are 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 in...

Page 34: ...ollowing PCI Express VGA Cards are certificated to work with this motherboard ASUS X300SE ASUS X550GE ASUS 5900 ELSAX850 ELSAX55 ELSA6200 ELSA6600 ELSAX700pro ELSA6600GT Gigabyte X700 Gigabyte X800 MS...

Page 35: ...p 1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 16 5 Integrated Peripherals 22 6 Power Management Setup 27 7 PnP PCI Configurations 33 8 PC Health S...

Page 36: ...he 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 the...

Page 37: ...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 Mo...

Page 38: ...the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the...

Page 39: ...llows 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 cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimize...

Page 40: ...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 display...

Page 41: ...andard 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 t...

Page 42: ...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 t...

Page 43: ...y 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 Display...

Page 44: ...PT880 Pro A7 DDR2 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq Floppy...

Page 45: ...he operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZZP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with t...

Page 46: ...Pro A7 DDR2 11 Shadow Setup Video 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 Cache...

Page 47: ...ption Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU FEATURE De...

Page 48: ...on Technology This option allows you to enable or disable Virtualization Technology if CPU supports it VT will allow a platform to run multiple OS and applications in independent partitions The Choice...

Page 49: ...ult 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 Security Option This option wi...

Page 50: ...PT880 Pro A7 DDR2 15 Delay for HDD The Choices 0 default Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Disabled default Enabled...

Page 51: ...et 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 optimized and ther...

Page 52: ...umber of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the SDRAM timing The Choices 2 3 4 5 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default...

Page 53: ...Auto default Manual RDSAIT RDSBIT Selection The Choices 0 3F DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T...

Page 54: ...Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP...

Page 55: ...abled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Enabled...

Page 56: ...nformation The Choices Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However a...

Page 57: ...for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate an interface If you...

Page 58: ...nabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports...

Page 59: ...OnChip LAN This option allows you to control the onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabl...

Page 60: ...highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your sys...

Page 61: ...lt 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 Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Usi...

Page 62: ...e status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system T...

Page 63: ...n which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD 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 Di...

Page 64: ...S to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of...

Page 65: ...vent Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options PS2KB Wakeu...

Page 66: ...been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off defa...

Page 67: ...o access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IR...

Page 68: ...ke any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations 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...

Page 69: ...s PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ES...

Page 70: ...phic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond...

Page 71: ...58F 75 167F CPU Vcore 3 3V 5 0V DIMM Voltage VDD Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the CPU Current...

Page 72: ...stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Dis...

Page 73: ...k and CPU over clocking If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOM...

Page 74: ...PT880 Pro A7 DDR2 39 Auto Detect PCI DIMM CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled...

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