Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product U8788 Biostar
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BIOS Setup BIOS Setup .................................................................................... 1 Main Me n u ..................................................................................... 3 Standard CMOS Features ...................
BIOS Setup - 1 - BIOS Setup Introduction This manua l discussed A ward™ Se tup prog ram built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup progra m a llows user s to m odify the basi c sys tem c onfigura tion. Th is spec ial inf ormation is then store d in batte ry-ba cked RAM so that it reta ins the Set up inform ation w hen the power is turned off .
BIOS Setup - 2 - PCI Bus Support This A WARD BIOS al so supports Versio n 2.1 of the Inte l PCI ( Periphe ral Com ponen t Intercon nect) local b us specificatio n . DRA M Support DDR DR AM a re supporte d. Supported CPUs This A WA RD BIO S supports the Inte l TM CPU.
BIOS Setup - 3 - Main Menu Once you enter Aw ard BIOS™ CM OS Setup Utility, the Main M enu w ill appear on the screen. T he M ain Menu allow s you to sele ct from sev eral setup fu nctions. Use the arrow keys to sele ct among the items a nd press < Enter> to ac cept and enter the sub-menu.
BIOS Setup - 4 - Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allow s you to configure special chipset features. Integrated Peripheral s This subm enu al lows you to config ure certain IDE hard drive opti ons an d Programmed Input/ Output features. Powe r Manage ment Setup This submenu allow s you to configure the power management features.
BIOS Setup - 5 - Set Use r Pa ssword If the S upervisor P assword i s not s et, then t he User Passw ord will fun ction in the same way as the S upervis or Passw ord. If the Superv isor P assword i s set and the Us er Password is set, the “U ser” will on ly be a ble to v iew configur ations but will not be able to change them.
BIOS Setup - 6 - Standard CMOS Features The items in Stand ard CM OS Setup Menu are div ided into 10 cate gories. Ea ch category in clude s no, one or more than one setup i tems. Use t he arrow keys to highlight th e item a nd then us e the<PgUp> or <PgDn> key s to se lect the v alue you w ant in each item.
BIOS Setup - 7 - Main Menu Selections This table show s the selections that you can make on the M ain Menu. Item Option s Descriptio n Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day ’ automatically changes when you set the date. Time HH MM SS Set the system internal clock.
BIOS Setup - 8 - Advanced BIOS Features ! Figure 3. Advan ced BIOS Setu p Virus Warning This opt ion allow s you to ch oose the VIRUS Warning fe ature th at is used t o protect the ID E Hard Di sk boo t sector.
BIOS Setup - 9 - Quick Po wer On Self Test Enabling thi s option w ill caus e an abridged version o f the Power On Self-T est (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
BIOS Setup - 10 - The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000. Security O ption This op tion w ill enable only individ uals w ith passw ords t o bring the sys tem online and/or to use the CM OS Setup Utility. System A password is require d for the sy stem to boot an d is al so required t o access the Setup Utility.
BIOS Setup - 11 - Advanced Chipset Features This su bmenu al lows y ou to con figure t he spe cific fea tures o f the chipset install ed on your syste m. This chipse t manages bus speeds and acce ss to system me mory resourc es, suc h as DRAM and ex ternal cache.
BIOS Setup - 12 - DRA M Timing This item determines DRA M clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of cloc k cycles of C AS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.
BIOS Setup - 13 - graphics me mory address sp ace. Host cycl es that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP w ithout any translation. The Choices: 64M (default), 256M , 128M, 32M, 16M , 8M, 4M . AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AG P Mode.
BIOS Setup - 14 - states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction The ch ipset has an emb edded 32-bit p osted w rite buffer to support delay transa ctions cycle s. Select Enable d to suppor t compli ance with PCI specification.
BIOS Setup - 15 - Integrated Peripherals ! Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device If you high light the literal “Press Enter” nex t to the “VIA OnC hip IDE Dev ice” label and t hen press the enter key, it will take y ou a submenu with the fol lowing options: IDE DMA tr ansfer access The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
BIOS Setup - 16 - Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / O utput) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. M odes 0 to 4 will increa sed perfor mance progre ssively.
BIOS Setup - 17 - Serial ATA Rom (Optional) The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 1394 Fire Wire (Optional) The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
BIOS Setup - 18 - The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as E nhanced Paralle l Port. ECP Using Paralle l port as Ex tended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.
BIOS Setup - 19 - Block mode is otherwise known as bloc k transfer, mu ltiple comma nds, or multiple se ctor read/write. Se lect the “Enabled” opti on if your IDE hard driv e supports bl ock mode (most new drives d o). The syst em will a utomatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector.
BIOS Setup - 20 - Power Management Setup The Pow er Management Set up Menu allow s you to configure y our system to utilize energy conserv ation and power up/pow er down features. ! Figure 6. Pow er Mana gem ent Setup ACPI function This ite m display s the stat us of the Advanc ed Config uration and Pow er Management (ACP I).
BIOS Setup - 21 - Min. Power Saving Minimum pow er management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. Max. Power Saving Max imum power management only available for sl C PU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. User Defined (default) Allows you to set each mode indiv idually. W hen not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min.
BIOS Setup - 22 - This determines the IRQ , which can be applied in M ODEM use. The Choices: 3 (default), 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA Soft-O ff by PW RBTN Pressing the power button f or more than 4 seconds for ces the syste m to e nter the Soft-Off state when the sy stem has “hung.
BIOS Setup - 23 - system w hich has been powered dow n. The Choices: Off (default), O n. LPT & CO M When thi s option is set to On , any event o ccurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port w ill awaken a system w hich has been powered dow n. The Choices: LPT/CO M (default), COM, LPT, N ONE.
BIOS Setup - 24 - Press Enter to access anoth er sub menu used to conf igure the different w ake up events (i.e. w ake on LPT & COM M activity). Primary INTR On IRQ3 (COM 2) Disabled IRQ4 (COM 1) .
BIOS Setup - 25 - PnP/PCI Configurations This secti on describes co nfiguring the PCI bus system. PC I, or Personal Computer Int erconnect, is a sy stem which allow s I/O dev ices to operat e at speeds ne aring the sp eed of the CPU itself u ses when communicating w ith its own speci al compone nts.
BIOS Setup - 26 - If the Disabl ed (default) opt ion is chosen, the sy stem‘s ESCD w ill update only when the new conf iguratio n varies from the last one. If t he Enabled option is chosen, the sy stem is forced t o update ESCDs and t hen is automatica lly set to the “Disabled” mode.
BIOS Setup - 27 - To do this, the non-VG A graphic controll er watches for the Write a ccess to the VGA palette an d registers the sno op data. In PCI base d systems, where t he VGA controller is on t.
BIOS Setup - 28 - PC Health Status ! Figure 8. PC Health S t atus CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, 5VSB(V), Voltage Battery Detect the system’s v oltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of CP U.
BIOS Setup - 29 - The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). Shutdown Tem perature This item a llows you to set the shutdown te mperature of the CPU in order n ot to be damaged by the overhea ted temperature . When this fun ction is enabl ed, the system w ill automat ically shutdow n if the CPU tem perature reaches t he shutdown temperature.
BIOS Setup - 30 - Frequency Control ! Frequency Contro l CPU Ratio This item allow s you to select the CP U Ratio. The Choices: X8 (def ault), X9, X10, X 11, X12, X13, X14, X 15, X16, X17, X 18, X19, X 20, X21, X 22, X23. Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk This item allow s you to enable/disable auto detect DIM M/PCI Clock.
BIOS Setup - 31 - If unfortunately, the system’ s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: C lear the CMOS data by sett ing the J CMOS1 (( 2-3) clos ed)) as “ON” status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults s etting.
BIOS Setup - 32 - Special Feature: 9th Touch™ With 9th Touch fun ction, you just only have to press on [F9] function key during P.O.S.T procedure to choose any device you like for booting your system. This w ay provides user-friendly operation without entering to BIOS Setup.
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