Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TForce 550 SE Biostar
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TForce 550 SE i BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1 1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3 2 S tandard CMOS Features .
TForce 550 SE 1 BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS Setup program on this m otherboard. The Set up program allows users to m odify the basic system configuration and sav e t hese settings to CMOS RAM.
TForce 550 SE 2 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also suppor ts Versio n 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) loca l bus specificati on. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchr onous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
TForce 550 SE 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among th e items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-m enu.
TForce 550 SE 4 Advanced Chip set Features This submenu allows you to conf igure special chipset features. Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to confi gure certain IDE ha rd drive opti ons and Programme d Input/ Outp ut features. Power Management Setup This subm enu allows you to configure the power m anagement feat ures.
TForce 550 SE 5 Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will proh ibit everyone excep t t he supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility.
TForce 550 SE 6 Integrate Flashing Program This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS. By pressing “Enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be completed easily.
TForce 550 SE 7 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes no, one or m ore than one setup item s. Use the arrow keys to highlight th e item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
TForce 550 SE 8 Item Options Description 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in None 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.
TForce 550 SE 9 3Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup.
TForce 550 SE 10 CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipse t in use, you may be able to increase mem ory access time with this op tion. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. External Cache This option enables or disabl es “Level 2” second ary cache on the CP U, which may improve performance.
TForce 550 SE 11 Removable Device Priority Select Remova ble Boot Devi ce Priorit y. The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB- FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0, USB-ZIP1, LS120. Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence auto m atically.
TForce 550 SE 12 CD-ROM Boot Priority The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0, USB CDROM 1. Network Boot Priority The Choices: Network 0, Network 1, Network 2 , Network 3.
TForce 550 SE 13 First/Second/Third Boot Dev ice The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this ord er. The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CD ROM, Network, Disabled. Boot O ther Device When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating s ystem from other device when it failed to load from the thr ee devices above .
TForce 550 SE 14 Gate A20 Option Select if chipse t or keyboa rd cont roller sho uld control Gate A20. Normal A pin i n the key board contr oller cont rols Gat eA20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. T ypematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystrok e will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
TForce 550 SE 15 MPS V ersion Control For OS The BIOS suppo rts version 1 .1 and 1.4 of the Inte l multiprocess or specification. Select version supported by the operat ion system running on this comput er.
TForce 550 SE 16 4 Advanced Chipset Features This subm enu allows yo u to confi gure the specific fe atures of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset m anage bus speeds and access to system memory resour ces, such as DRAM . It also coor dinates com munications with the PCI bus.
TForce 550 SE 17 HT Spread S pectrum This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Center (default), Disabled, Down. SSE/SSE2 instruction This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction. The Choices: Enabled (default), Dis abled.
TForce 550 SE 18 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrat ed Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight t he “Press Enter” label next t o the “IDE Funct ion Setup” l abel and press enter .
TForce 550 SE 19 RAID Config RAID Enable This option allows you to enabl e or disable RAID function. The Choices: Disab led (default), En abled. SATA 1/2 Primary/Secondary RAID This option allows you to enable or disable SATA A Primary/ Secondar y RAID.
TForce 550 SE 20 Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a th ird party IDE bus master driver).
TForce 550 SE 21 OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your sy stem has a USB installed on the system board. You may need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The Choices: V1.1+V 2.0 (default), Disabled , V1.1 USB Memory Type The Choices: SHADOW (default), Base Memory(640K).
TForce 550 SE 22 Onboard I/O Address Press Enter to configure the Onboard I/O Address. Onboard FDC Controller Select enabled i f your system h as a floppy d isk controller (F DC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it . If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field .
TForce 550 SE 23 Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function . The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
TForce 550 SE 24 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setu p Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservatio n and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Setup ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advance d Configurat ion and Power Management (ACPI).
TForce 550 SE 25 Power Management This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Pow e r Down. 2. Suspend Mode. There are thre e options of P ower Mana gement, t hree of which ha ve fixed m ode settings Min.
TForce 550 SE 26 Sof t-Off by PBTN This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the power butt on for 4 seconds to cut off the system power. The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-O ff (default).
TForce 550 SE 27 POWER ON Function This item allows you to c hoose the powe r on m ethod. The Choices: Button Only (default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse Move/Click , Mouse Doub le Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98. KB Power ON Passw ord Input passwor d and press E nter to set the Keyboard power on passwo rd.
TForce 550 SE 28 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring th e PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system whic h allows I/ O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special com ponents.
TForce 550 SE 29 the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is auto m atically set to th e “Disabled” m ode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources c ontrolled by function .
TForce 550 SE 30 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload siz e for Transaction pac kets (TLP). The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256 , 512, 1024, 2048.
TForce 550 SE 31 8 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Shut down T emperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temp erat ure. This item is only effective unde r Windows 98 ACP I mode. The Choices: Disabled , 70 ℃ / 158 ℉ (default), 60 ℃ / 140 ℉ , 65 ℃ / 149 ℉ .
TForce 550 SE 32 SYS F AN Control by Choose “smart” to reduce the noi se cause d by the System FAN. The Choices: SMART, Always On (default). CPU Fan Off< ℃ > If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set valu e, FAN will turn off. The Choices: Min=0, Max=127, Key in a DEC number.
TForce 550 SE 33 CPU T emp This field displ ays the cu rrent temperature of CPU. Current CPU F AN Speed This field displ ays the current speed of C PU fan. Current SYS F AN Speed This field displ ays the cu rrent speed SYSTE M fan. Current NB F AN Speed This field displays the current speed NB fan.
TForce 550 SE 34 9 Over Clock Navigator OverClock Navigator OverClock . Navigator is designed f or beginn ers in overcloc k field. Based on many test and experi ments from Biostar Engine er Team, Over.
TForce 550 SE 35 Auto OverClock System The Overclock Navigator provides 3 differe nt engines helping y ou to ov erclock your system. These engines will boost you r system performance to different level. The Choices: V6 Tech Engi ne This setting will raise about 5%~10% of whole system performance.
TForce 550 SE 36 Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for expe rienced overcloc k users. It allows users to customize personal overclock setting. Note: Based on our test results; the overclock f unction achieved th e best performance on AMD 3000+ CPU CPU Vid control The Choices: Auto (default), 0.
TForce 550 SE 37 K8<->NB HT Speed The Choices: AUTO (defau lt), 1x, 2x, 3x , 4x, 5x. Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manua lly or automatically regulate the DDR Timing. The Choices: Auto (defaul t), MaxMemClk. Memory Clock Value OR Limi The Choices: DDR 400 (default), DDR 533, DDR 667, DDR 800 .
TForce 550 SE 38 Memory Timings tCL(CAS Latency ) The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRCD The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRP The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRAS The Choices: Auto (default), 5 clock ~ 18 clock.
TForce 550 SE 39 tRWT The Choices: Auto (default), 2 clock ~ 9 clock. tWTR The Choices: Auto (default), 1 clock ~ 3 clock. tREF The Choices: Auto (default), 7.8 us, 3 .9 us. Read DQS Skew The Choices: Auto (default), -1 0/96 clock ~ +10/96 clock. Read delay from Rx FIFO The Choices: Auto (default), 0.
TForce 550 SE 40 MCLK drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1 .0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. MD drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1 .0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. DQS drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1 .0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. Dram on-die Termination The Choices: Auto (default), Disabl e, 75ohm, 150ohm, 50ohm.
TForce 550 SE 41 TwTr Command Delay The Choices: 3 b us clocks (default), 1 bus clock s, 2 clocks. TrTfc0 for DIMM0 The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns. TrTfc1 for DIMM1 The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.
TForce 550 SE 42 Integrated Memory T est Integrated Memory Test allows users to test memory module compati bilities without additional d e vice or software.
TForce 550 SE 43 10 CMOS Reload Program (C.R.P.) The CMOS Reload Program (CRP) allows you t o save diff erent CMOS setti ngs into BIOS-ROM. You may reload an y saved CMOS setting to change system configurations . Moreove r, you m ay save your ideal overclock setti ng for easier overclo cking.
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