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TForce 945P

BIOS Setup......................................................................................................1

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features .........................................................................16

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

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

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ..............................................................................31

8 PC Health Status..........................................................................................33

9 Over Clock Navigator Engine .....................................................................35

10 CMOS Reload Program.............................................................................42

Summary of Contents for TFORCE 945P

Page 1: ...dard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 16 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations 31 8 PC Health Status 33 9 Over Clock Na...

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 th...

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: ...ual 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 CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard...

Page 5: ...S when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults ar...

Page 6: ...displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Integrate Flashing Program T...

Page 7: ...tandard 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: ...ub menu Press Enter to enter the 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 it...

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: ...TForce 945P BIOS Manual 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup 9...

Page 11: ...o your CPU features TM2 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 Min 0 Max 255 Key in a DE...

Page 12: ...Choices Enabled default Disabled Virtualization Technology When enabled a VMM can utilize the additional hardware Capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled C...

Page 13: ...Setup 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 USBH...

Page 14: ...llows 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 made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a w...

Page 15: ...250 default 500 750 and 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for t...

Page 16: ...en system boots up Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boot up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots u...

Page 17: ...ure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup SLP_S4 Assertion Width This item sets the minimum assertion width of the SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled The Choices 4 to 5 Sec default 3...

Page 18: ...formation of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 2 T...

Page 19: ...TForce 945P BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals 18...

Page 20: ...default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable o...

Page 21: ...ble BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled SATA Mode This item allows you to choose SATA Mode The Choices IDE default RAID AHCI On Chip Serial ATA This item allows you to choose Disabled disab...

Page 22: ...support will automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Sup...

Page 23: ...to Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Thi...

Page 24: ...led default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onb...

Page 25: ...fter PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores...

Page 26: ...45P BIOS Manual 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Management S...

Page 27: ...es S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 sta...

Page 28: ...Enabled Choose the Date and Time The Choices Enabled Disabled default Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and se...

Page 29: ...y RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or disable FDD COM and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled default...

Page 30: ...each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the ma...

Page 31: ...ed the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 M...

Page 32: ...enced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choice...

Page 33: ...color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palett...

Page 34: ...n Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices 60 140 65 149 70 158 Disabled default Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC...

Page 35: ...anual Current CPU Temp This field displays 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 s...

Page 36: ...r Engine Automate Overclock System A O S is designed for beginners in overclock field Based on many test and experiments from BET A O S provide 3 default overclock configurations that are able to rais...

Page 37: ...TForce 945P BIOS Manual z V8 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 15 25 of whole system performance 36...

Page 38: ...TForce 945P BIOS Manual z V12 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 25 30 of whole system performance 37...

Page 39: ...an interval of 0 0250V FSB Termination Voltage The Choices 1 2V default 1 3V 1 4V 1 5V NB SB Voltage The Choices 1 5V default 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V Memory Voltage The Choices 1 8V default 2 0V 2 1V 2 2V CPU...

Page 40: ...iguration DRAM Timing Selectable When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS Latency Time When DRAM is installed t...

Page 41: ...Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default 2 3 4 5 6 Precharge dealy tRAS Th...

Page 42: ...memory compatibilities and no extra devices or software are needed Step 1 The default setting under this item is Disable the condition should be change into Enable to proceed this test Step 2 When th...

Page 43: ...gs into BIOS ROM Users are able to reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations Moreover users are able to save ideal overclock setting when under overclock operation There are 50 set...

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