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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

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When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog
box with a message similar to:

    “ Load Optimized Defaults  (Y / N) ?   N ”

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.

Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS Optimized default values to restore the
BIOS to  its original status.

4-6.10 Load Optimized  Defaults

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C)    1984 - 2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configuration

SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield

EscZ : Quit
F10Z : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

                 : Select Item

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save and Exit Setup

Exit without Saving

F9

 : Menu in BIOS

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) Y

Summary of Contents for SL-85DRV3

Page 1: ...R T h e S o u l O f C o m p u t e r T e c h n o l o g y Mainboard SL 85DRV3 User Manual V1 0 ...

Page 2: ...d in this manual are for identifi cation purpose only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respec tive companies Soltek Computer Inc provides this manual as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose...

Page 3: ...tw Web site http www soltek com tw SOUL TECHNOLOGY EUROPE B V Address Hongkongstraat 55 3047 BP Rotterdam The Neth erlands Telephone 31 10 2457492 Fax 31 10 2457493 E mail sales soultech europe com Web site http www soultech europe com SOLTEK KOREA INC Address 1002 Chung Jin Bldg 53 5 Wonhyo Ro 3 Ka Yongsan Ku Seoul 140 113 Korea Telephone 82 2 32717400 Fax 82 2 32717405 E mail soltek nuri net ...

Page 4: ...n board 13 1 1 10 AC 97 Audio Codec on board 13 1 1 11 CNR Slot on board 13 1 1 12 Redstorm Overclocking Technology 13 1 1 13 Form Factor 13 1 2 Mainboard Specification Table 14 1 3 Chipset System Block Diagram 15 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 17 2 1 CPU Installation with Socket 478 18 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation 19 2 3 Memory Installation 20 2 3 1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this Series 20 ...

Page 5: ...IN1 31 2 8 4 Chassis Panel Connector 32 2 8 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RT1 RT2 33 2 8 6 Complex Header 34 2 8 7 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR 36 2 8 8 USB Ports and USB Header Header USB 3 37 2 8 9 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard 37 2 9 IRQ Description 38 Chapter 3 Software Setup 40 3 1 Open up Suport CD 41 3 2 Proceed to VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers Installation 42 3 3 Proceed to AC 97 AUDIO Dri...

Page 6: ...4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals 66 4 6 6 Power Management Setup 72 4 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration 78 4 6 8 SmartDoc Anti burn Shield PC Health status 81 4 6 9 Frequency Voltage Control 83 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults 85 4 6 11 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 86 4 6 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 87 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 87 Appendices 89 Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version BIOS Part Number 90 Appendix 2 Identify Ma...

Page 7: ...7 Contents ...

Page 8: ...8 85DRV3 Mainboard Support CD Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Temperature Sensor Cable Optional ATA66 100 133 IDE Cable FDD Cable User s Manual RS232 Cable ITEM CHECKUP ...

Page 9: ...LPC I O Controller Clock Generator VT8233A 4 1 CD_IN1 SPK RST SMI HDD LED IR PWR 1 30 WOL1 1 16 USB3 ZD1 Main Power RT2 RT1 J4 1 2 3 4 J2 Aux Power FAN1 FAN2 1 SW1 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 JBAT1 1 mPGA478B 1 3 1 JP11 VIA VT1611A AC 97 Audio SUS LED PWR LED LPT1 GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 K B Mouse on top PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 ...

Page 10: ...system bus to allow 3 2GB data transfer rates possible while VIA Apollo P4X266A North Bridge plus VT8233A South Bridge supports Intel P4 processor to implement the AGP 4X external bus the LPC Super I O the DDR SDRAM and UATA 133 100 66 data transfer rate This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function of this high performance integration Topics included in this chapter are 1 1 Mainbo...

Page 11: ...t data transfer rate DIMM voltage selectable in BIOS setup P4X266A directly supporting pseudo synchronous SDRAM up to 1 5GB unbuffered DDR SDRAMs or 3GB registered DDR SDRAMs Installation of mixed volumes of DDR SDRAM modules supported 1 1 4 AWARD BIOS V6 0 Supporting Plug Play V1 0 Flash Memory for easy upgrade Supporting BIOS writing protection and Year 2000 compliant BIOS Setup supported Please...

Page 12: ... and one USB Headers USB3 which requires one optional USB cable to provide 2 more optional USB ports PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse UARTs Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter Two complete Serial Ports COM1 COM2 on board 1 1 8 Expansion Slots Six PCI bus Master slots One AGP 4x 2X slot One CNR slot supporting Modem Audio Riser only Three DDR DIMM slots 1 1 6 Advanced system Power Management suppor...

Page 13: ... AC 97 Audio codec supported by AC97 Link on chip VT8233A 1 1 11 CNR Slot on board CNR Slot on board for Modem Riser card or Audio Riser Card 1 1 12 Redstorm Overclocking Technology Redstorm Overclocking Tech is a program embedded in BIOS for CPU automatic overclocking Please see Freguency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup for Redstorm Overclocking Technology setting 1 1 13 Form Factor ATX form factor...

Page 14: ...or unbuffered 1 5GB DDR SDRAMs with 3 DDR DIMM Slots Audio Onboard IDE 2 x UATA 33 66 100 133 IDE ports I O Connectors Yes Yes Yes 4 x USB ports 1 x FDD port 2 x COM ports PCI slot 6 PCI Master Slots CNR slot 1 x CNR slot Hardware BIOS writin Keyboard power on Function USB wake up Function AC 97 Audio Codec CPU Socket Socket PGA478B for Intel Pentium 4 478 pin package CPU 1 x LPT port 1 IrDA 1 PS ...

Page 15: ...00 DDR Memory Bus UATA33 66 100 133 PS 2 keyboard PCI Bus P4x266A North Bridge CPU AGP Slot 533 400 MHz FSB SM Bus LPC 66MHz QDR 8Bit V Link Super I O Serial IR Parallel Floppy Disk PCI Slots 478 pin package Modem Codec CNR Slot Game Port H W Monitor BIOS VT8233A V Link Client South Intel AGP 2X 4X Bus SDRAMs 6x USB AC 97 Audio PS 2 Mouse ...

Page 16: ...16 85DRV3 MEMO MEMO ...

Page 17: ...ion Improper fan and installation will damage your CPU 3 In case CPU Vcore CPU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on board please follow the instructions described in the User manual for proper setup Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU The following topics are included in this chapter 2 1 Pentium 4 CPU Installation 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation 2 3 Memory Installation 2 4 HDD ...

Page 18: ...CPU This CPU Fan installation is described in next section 1 First pull sideways the lever of Socket 478 and then turn it up 900 so as to raise the upper layer of the socket from the lower platform 3 Make sure that all CPU pins have completely entered the socket and then lower down the lever to lock up CPU to socket 2 Configure Pin 1 of CPU to Pin 1 of the Socket just as the way shown in the diagr...

Page 19: ...19 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup Connect to CPU FAN connector Press down 4 latches to lock fan to fanbase Pentium 4 Fanbase CPU Fan Connector 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation ...

Page 20: ...the socket If any one of the latches has not turned up completely you should unplug the module and press it down the socket a bit more firmly How to tackle with the memory Modules Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory module Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your main board and the memory module Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots Forc...

Page 21: ...PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 2 3 2 To Remove a DIMM Press down the holding latches on both sides of socket and the module will be released from the DIMM socket DDR DIMM Sockets 184 pin 2 3 3 Indicator ZD1 DIMM Socket On An indicator ZD1 is designed on board Whenever system is started or is in STR status Suspend to RAM...

Page 22: ... RT2 RT1 J4 1 2 3 4 J2 Aux Power FAN1 FAN2 1 SW1 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 JBAT1 1 mPGA478B 1 3 1 JP11 VIA VT1611A AC 97 Audio SUS LED PWR LED LPT1 GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 K B Mouse on top PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 2 4 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Card Installation AGP Accelerator AGP 4X 2X The AGP 4X slot on board supports 4X 2...

Page 23: ... USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 To install HDD Hard Disk Drive you may connect the connector of IDE cable to the primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 connector on board and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setti...

Page 24: ... 1 3 1 JP11 VIA VT1611A AC 97 Audio SUS LED PWR LED LPT1 GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 K B Mouse on top PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 FDD FLAT Cable To install FDD Floppy Disk Drive you should connect the end of cable with single connector to the board and connect the other end with two plugs to the floppy drives To 1st Floppy D...

Page 25: ...611A AC 97 Audio SUS LED PWR LED LPT1 GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 K B Mouse on top PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 DDR 266 2 6 ATX V 2 03 Power Supply Installation Intel Pentium 4 requires ATX V2 03 Power Supply To set up ATX2 03 Power Supply on this series 3 ATX power connectors should all be connected to the ATX V2 03 Power Supply 1 M...

Page 26: ...2 7 Jumper and Switch Settings The following diagrams show the locations and settings of jumper blocks on the mainboard ON DIP SW1 On Off 1234 CPU Clock Select S1 S2 S3 S4 CPU clock MHz 103 107 110 133 off on on on on off off off off off off Off On On On Default on on on on off on on on off 100 default 1 1 2 3 closed 1 2 closed Jp11 Disabled default Flash ROM Write Protection Enabled Jp16 Disabled...

Page 27: ...n board into account No matter what Host clock your CPU has any attempt to set your CPU to higher clock than the host will get no guaranty of success Instead you are taking the risk of breaking the stability of your CPU as well as the mainboard ON DIP SW1 On Off 1234 CPU Clock Select S1 S2 S3 S4 CPU clock MHz 103 107 110 133 off on on on on off off off off off off Off On On On Default on on on on ...

Page 28: ...oard for user to raise the CPU clock This main board supports CPU that can autodetect CPU clock itself If you leave Jp10 at default value 1 2 closed CPU on board will auto detect its own CPU clock If you set Jp10 all open CPU is set at 100 MHz If you set Jp10 at 2 3 closed CPU on board will try to run at 133 MHz However overclocking should take other components on board into ac count and it always...

Page 29: ...he item ACPI Suspend Type In this item choose S3 STR mode to enable Suspend to RAM function Jp11 is designed to support the Flash ROM write Protection function when you boot your system Setting Jp11 1 2 closed will protect your Flash ROM from virus attack every time you boot your system With STR enabled you power off your system with Standby mode and you can reboot your system directly to the scre...

Page 30: ...out all connectors configurations for users reference 2 8 1 On Board FAN Connectors GND SENSOR 12V Void N C 12V GND Fan1 Fan2 Fan3 Fan4 CPU FAN Connector FAN1 yellow sensor System FAN Connector FAN2 yellow sensor Chassis FAN Connector FAN4 white no sensor AGP FAN Connector FAN3 white no sensor USB1 COM1 COM2 MIC LINE OUT LINE IN DIM 3 FDC IDE1 IDE2 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 SCR1 CNR Li B...

Page 31: ... feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the BIOS setting called Power Management Setup and that your system must be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Wake On LAN Connect the Wake On LAN signal from LAN card to WOL1 WOL1 GND Ring 5V Standby 2 8 3 CD ROM Audio Connector CD_IN1 CD ROM Audio Pin Assignment CD_IN1 1 PIN NO PIN 1 GND PIN 2 GND PIN 3 Right PIN 4 Le...

Page 32: ... F G H I J K B C D 2 8 4 Chassis Panel Connector A PS 2 MOUSE PORT B USB 0 PORT C LPT1 PORT D GAME MIDI PORT E PS 2 KEYBOARD PORT F USB 1 PORT G COM1 PORT H COM2 PORT I LINE SPEAKER OUT J LINE IN K MICROPHONE INPUT ...

Page 33: ...66 2 8 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RT1 RT2 2 Connector RT2 A thermal cable is needed to connect RT2 to on board devices such as HDD Graphics card etc so as to detect the temperature generated therein Please connect the end a of the thermal cable to mainboard RT2 header and tape another end b of thermal cable on to the device which you want to monitor After you have finished the thermal cable instal...

Page 34: ... GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 K B Mouse on top PS 2 underside 1 1 1 1 JP15 JP16 USB0 on top underside DIM 1 DIM 2 VIA P4X266A VIA JP10 1 12V Power 1 2 8 6 Complex Header This complex Header consists of 9 connectors providing various supports Logic High Logic High SPEAKER SIGNAL NO CONNECTION GND RESET SIGNAL GND Vcc NO CONNECTION GND SUSPEND LED SIGNAL GND Vcc Vcc ATX POWER SWITCH Vcc SMI SIGNAL GND HDD LE...

Page 35: ...unted Suspend Switch Function Manually selecting system into the Suspend Mode or Green Mode 2 Power Switch Connector Connection Connected to a momentary button or switch Function Manually switching the system between On and Soft Off Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn the system off 3 IR Connector Infrared Connector Connection Connected to Connector IR on board Fun...

Page 36: ... CNR card is not to be included in the package of this series USB1 COM1 COM2 MIC LINE OUT LINE IN DIM 3 FDC IDE1 IDE2 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 SCR1 CNR Li Battery FLASH BIOS FAN3 1 FAN4 AGP 4X LPC I O Controller Clock Generator VT8233A 4 1 CD_IN1 SPK RST SMI HDD LED IR PWR 1 30 WOL1 1 16 USB3 ZD1 Main Power RT2 RT1 J4 1 2 3 4 J2 Aux Power FAN1 FAN2 1 SW1 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 JBAT1 1 mPGA478B ...

Page 37: ... PD3 5 USB PD3 5 GND GND Red GND Black GND Black 1 16 Optional USB Cable Red wire USB Port 1 VCC PIN 6 Void PIN 5 Mouse Clock PIN 4 Vcc PIN 3 GND PIN 2 Void PIN 1 Mouse Data PS 2 MOUSE PIN 6 Void PIN 5 Keyboard Clock PIN 4 Vcc PIN 3 GND PIN 2 Void PIN 1 Keyboard Data PS 2 KEYBOARD When plugging the USB cable into Header USB 3 user must make sure the red wire is connected to Pin 1 2 8 8 USB Ports a...

Page 38: ...ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA card requires you to configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus To see a map of your used and freeIRQs in Windows 98 the Control Panel in My Computer contains a ...

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Page 40: ...on of RAID Drivers installation where different status of your operat ing systems requires different installation procedures we also insert respective installation procedures for various operating systems The priority of driver installation should also be noted Users are rec ommended to take the following installation order Drivers Utilities and Software Installation Support CD This mainboard will...

Page 41: ... In a few seconds the Main Menu will automatic ally appear displaying the contents to be installed for this series Install VIA 4in1 Driver Install VIA AC 97 Audio Driver Install Hardware Monitor Utility Install Acrobat Reader Browse CD ROM Exit 2 In case your system does not open the Support CD automatically please click to the following path to enter the Main Installation Menu D Autorun exe assum...

Page 42: ...the Yes button to agree with the Licence Agreement and continue 1 Following the procedures of opening the Support CD click to VIA 4in1 Drivers to proceed 2 T h e V I A S e r v i c e P a c k InstallShield Wizard will pop up to guide you to the VIA Service pack installation Click Next button to continue 4 On the screen below check Normally Install and click Next to continue If you check Quickly Inst...

Page 43: ...ect Install VIA ATAPI Ve n d o r S u p p o r t D r i v e r checkbox then click the Next button to continue Next Next Next 9 Select Install VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver checkbox then click the Next button to continue 10 After all these setup procedures have finished you should restart your computer by clicking on Finish so as to put VIA 4in1 drivers into effect and proceed to second driver insta...

Page 44: ... to enter the Main Installation Menu Then click to Install VIA AC 97 Audio Driver 3 When asked to install or remove the audio driver please select Install and p r e s s N e x t b u t t o n t o continue Next Next Finish 2 The VIA Audio Driver Setup InstallShield Wizard will pop up to guide you to the VIA Audio Driver installation Press Next button to continue 4 After all these setup procedures have...

Page 45: ...e click to the Install Hardware Monitor Instantly a message shows up to inform you of the correct path of installing Hardware Monitor Please Exit the message and follow the path as instructed 3 Once you enter the path and click to the file Install exe Instantly the ITE SmartGuardian Install pops up Please click to Install to continue assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D For user who wants to...

Page 46: ...r Utility just click on the ITE SMARTGUARDIAM icon in your program file and the following screen of Smartguardian Control Panel will show up displaying the information about system temperatures voltages and Fan speed Clicking to the Option menu of the Control Panel you can also change some Value settings for your system to optimize its performance Exit Option OK ...

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Page 48: ...s would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory BIOS used in this series of mainboard is stored in EEPROM and is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your computer a process called POST for Power On Self Test 2 Loading and running your operating system 3 Helpin...

Page 49: ...UP 4 3 About CMOS CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery CMOS is used to store the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your computer the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer accordingly If the battery runs out of power the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue a CMOS inv...

Page 50: ... the system is working fine Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible problems or need to create new features AWDFLASH EXE is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up dates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the mainboard This program only works in DOS environment the utility can not be executed in win95 98 ME NT WINDOWS 2000 or Window...

Page 51: ...ash utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press Del to run CMOS setup utility then reload LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS or Load Optimized Defaults and save this change The parameters of AWDFLASH EXE sn No original BIOS backup py Program flash memory cc Clear CMOS d...

Page 52: ...85DRV3 52 Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen ...

Page 53: ...ions installed in your system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing ESC 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes and exits the program 4 6 1 CMOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated P...

Page 54: ...rd CMOS Setup Date mm dd yy Wed Aug 22 2001 Time hh mm ss 9 52 15 IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13022 MB IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All but Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total Memory 66112K Item Help Menu Level Change the date month year and...

Page 55: ...ld Date mm dd yy The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 13022 MB Cylinder 2...

Page 56: ... Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in setup Halt On During the po...

Page 57: ... F7 Optimized Defaults Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 25...

Page 58: ...ional external cache memory L2 When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an antivirus program Keep in mind that thi...

Page 59: ...hat you set this field to disabled to save time Swap Floppy Drive When enabled floppy drivesAand B will be exchanging without any physical connection and modification on the cables Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST Aquick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally enable quick POST First Second Third Other ...

Page 60: ...pematic Delay Msec Choices 250 500 750 1000 This option sets the time interval for displaying the first and the second characters If enabled the time interval is optional Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter setup The choices system setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 ...

Page 61: ...tures Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled 16 Min 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the F keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get...

Page 62: ...urrent FSB SDRAM Frequency DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequency Current DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock DRAM Timing SDRAM CAS Latency Bank interleave Precharge to Active Trp Active to Precharge 6T Active to CMD Trcd 3T DRAM Burst Len 4 DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control Move Enter Select PU PD Value...

Page 63: ...y in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system The choices Manual Auto AGP Mode This item allows you to select AGP Mode The choices 1X 2X 4X AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Ut...

Page 64: ...es between the CPU and the PCI bus When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle The choices Enabled Disabled CPU PCI Bus Control When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility C...

Page 65: ...compatibility problem exists Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISAcards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choices 15M 16M Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The choices Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transac tion Leave this field at default Delay Prior to Th...

Page 66: ...session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level VIA OnChip IDE Device VIA OnChip PCI Device SuperIO Device Init Display First OnChip USB Controller USB keyboard Support IDE HDD Block Mode CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Move Enter Select PU PD ...

Page 67: ...t sup port perfecting set this field to Disabled The choices Enabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channel1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device Move ...

Page 68: ...ed VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to decide to enable disable the Onchip Modem The choices Auto Disabled When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration Primary Master Slave PIO Secondary Master Slave PIO Choose Auto or Mode 0 4 The BIOS will detect the HDD mode type automatically when you choose Auto You need to set to a lower mode than Auto when your ha...

Page 69: ...Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA SuperIO Device Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Enabled Auto Auto Nor...

Page 70: ...Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function The choices Half Full MIDI Port IRQ This item allows you to select the MIDI Port IRQ The choices 5 10 Game Port Address This item allows you to select the Game Port Address The choices Disabled 201 209 MIDI Port Address Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The choices Disabled 330 300 UART Mode Selec...

Page 71: ...ntroller and you have USB peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support The choices Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Sup port Select Enabled if your syst...

Page 72: ...tions available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values ACPI Function Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Gene...

Page 73: ...Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Power Management Option This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby...

Page 74: ...hen the system enters either Suspend or Standby modes Always On Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank DPMS Supports Blank Screen This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if you monit...

Page 75: ...MOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect IRQ Event Activity Detect VGA When Enabled you can set the VGA awakens the system LPT COM When LPT COM is ON any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system HDD FDD When HDD FDD is ON any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PCI Master ...

Page 76: ...s Enabled to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Resume Time option Resume Time hh mm ss Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Date option Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI Line in other words an incoming call on the modem Awakens the system from a soft off state PowerOn by PCI Car...

Page 77: ...ment mode nor awaken it Primary INTR IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 LPT2 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk IRQ 7 LPT1 IRQ 8 RTC Alarm IRQ 9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ 10 Reserved IRQ 11 Reserved IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ 13 Coprocessor IRQ 14 Hard Disk IRQ 15 Reserved Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Activity Monitoring Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F...

Page 78: ...Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Ass...

Page 79: ...atically disable all PnP resources except the boot device card when you select Yes on Non PnP oper ating system PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows95 IRQ RESOURCES Press Enter Please refer to the list below IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned...

Page 80: ...lect Enabled if you system has a USB controller and you have one or more USB devices connected If you are not using your system s USB controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource Assign IRQ for VGA Select Enabled if you system has a VGA controller and you have one or more VGA devices connected If you are not using your system s VGA controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource PCI Lat...

Page 81: ...values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU Vcore DDR DIMM 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V 5VSB Voltage Battery Temperature 1 Temperature 2 Temperature 3 Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Aw...

Page 82: ...will shut down your system within 3 seconds FAN 1 Speed These fields display the current speed of the CPU fan if your computer contains a monitoring system System Temperature Shows current system temperature Voltage Shows power supply actual voltage value CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value DDR DIMM Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value CPU Temperature Shows current CPU temperature ...

Page 83: ...ll items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup Redstorm Overclocking Tech CPU Vcore Select AGP Vcore Select DIMM Vcore Select Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK Spread Spectrum CPU Clock CPU Ratio Press Enter Default 1 5V 2 5V Enabled Disabled 100MHz X 8 Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Move Enter Sel...

Page 84: ... help CPU overclocking but may shorten the life of your processor It is strongly recommended that you leave this item at default Choices 1 100V 1 850V in 0 025 stepping Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic inter ference EMI the BIOS detects the presence or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator pulses to empty slots AGP Vcor...

Page 85: ...d Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configuration SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield EscZ Quit F10Z Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Select Item Frequency Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Passwo...

Page 86: ... appears prompt ing you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Save Exit Setup to save the password 6 If you need to delete the password entered before choose the Su pervisor Password and press Enter It will delete the password that you have entered before 7 Move the cur...

Page 87: ...T Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press Enter key to save the configuration changes 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without saving the modifications that you have specified Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears Quit Without Saving Y N N Y is for Yes and N is for No You may change the prompt to Y and pr...

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Page 89: ...Appendices 89 Appendices Appendix 1 Identifying BIOS Version and BIOS Part Number Appendix 2 Identifying Mainboard Model Number Appendix 3 Technical Terms ...

Page 90: ...mputer the first screen popping up will show you the BIOS version and BIOS part number identification as below 2 1 1 BIOS Version example REV T2 1 2 BIOS ID String example 6A69RSNCC Picture1 Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version BIOS Part Number ...

Page 91: ...005679 Appendix 2 Identify Mainboard Model Number Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA side of slot or PCI slot Please see Picture 2 below as an illustration 2 1 Picture 2 The mainboard in this picture is taken as an example only and may not be of the same model as yours ...

Page 92: ...rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP 4X mode is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AMR Audio Modem Riser AMR is an interface to connect the CODEC circuit of AC 97 sound modem solution to the mainboard through an AMR card and an AMR connector APM Advanced Power Management APM is developed by Intel and Microsoft intending for PC power management through the system BIOS Through APM the PC power consumption ...

Page 93: ...releases CPU to oper ate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode CAS Column Address Strobe CAS is a technology of DRAM writes and reads The number of clock cycles of the CAS signals is depending on the DRAM timing CMOS Chip Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Chip CMOS Chi...

Page 94: ...O for parallel ports EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP is a standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 500 kps for parallel printers EDO Extended Data Output Memory Unlike traditional FPM Fast Page Mode memory that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle which is similar to pipeline effect in r...

Page 95: ...solutions of connecting digital tele vision devices and Serial Bus Management There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia data where just in time delivery eliminates the need for costly buffering Parity Bit The parity bit mode...

Page 96: ...dant Array of Independent Disks A group of hard disks set up in PC system for data fault tolerance and better performance RAID is usually more used in servers than in per sonal computers Different level of RAID stands for different func tion and performance Level 0 provides data striping or spreading out blocks of files across multiple disks and so improvement of performance but no fault tolerance...

Page 97: ... RIMM Memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters can be stored into SPD so that BIOS can access it and use it to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter UART is built in a chip that controls the data sent to and received from a serial port A 16550 UART is now standard in most PCs and supports modem speed up to 57 600 bps and ...

Page 98: ...odule installed on a mainboard to regulate the volt age fed to the processor on board Voltage regulator can be built on board in various way VRM is a socketed type of regulator module which is easier to change when needed VCM Virtual Channel Memory NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core archi tecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to ser vice multimedia require...

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