Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product I915P-A7 Biostar
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1915P-A7 BI OS SETUP i BIOS Setup ....................................................................................... 1 1 Main Menu .................................................................................................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 1 BIOS Setup Introdu ction This manua l discussed Awa rd™ Setup prog ram built int o the ROM BIOS. T he Setup prog ram allows users to modif y the basic sy stem conf iguration. T his special inf orma tion is then stored in battery -backe d RAM so that it retains the Se tup inf ormation w hen the pow er is turned of f.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 2 PCI Bus Su pport This A WARD BIOS als o supports Version 2.1 of the Inte l PCI ( Periphera l Com ponent Interconn ect ) l ocal bus sp ecification . DRAM Suppo rt DDR SDR AM (Double Data R ate Sy nchronous DRAM) are suppo rted. Supported CPU s This AW ARD BI OS supports t he A MD CPU.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 3 1 Main Menu Once you e nter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility , the Main Me nu will appe ar on the screen. The M ain Menu allo ws you to select fro m several setup functio ns. Use the arrow keys to select amon g the items an d press <Ent er> to accept and enter the su b-menu.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features This s ubmenu a llows y ou to conf igure s pecial c hipset f eatures . Integrated Peripherals This s ubmenu a llows y ou to co nfigur e certa in IDE har d drive options a nd Prog ramm ed Input/ Output features.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 5 Set User Passw ord If the S upervisor Passw ord is not set, then the User Passw ord will f unction in t he sam e way as the Supe rvisor Passwor d. If the Super visor Password is set an d the Us er Pass word is s et, the “User” will only be able to vie w config urations but w ill not be able to cha nge them .
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 6 2 Standard CM OS Feature s The ite ms in Stand ard CMOS Setu p Menu are di vided int o 10 categories. Each catego ry includes no, one or more tha n one se tup item s. Use the a rrow keys to highlight t he item and then use t he<PgUp> o r <PgDn> keys to sel ect the valu e you want i n each it em.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 7 Main M enu Selectio ns This ta ble shows the sele ctions th at y ou can mak e on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ a utomatical ly changes w hen you se t the date.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All , but Keyb oard All, but Diske tte All, but Disk/ K ey Select the si tuation in which you w ant the BIOS to sto p the POST proce ss and notify you. Base Memory N/A Displays th e amount of convention al memory detected during boot up.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Feat ures Figure 3. Advan ced BIOS Setu p.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 10 3.1 CPU FEATURE 3.1.1 Dela y Prior to T hermal Set this ite m to enable the CPU Ther mal func tion to engag e afte r the specified time . The Choic es: 4, 8, 16 (def ault), 32. 3.1.2 Therm al M anagem ent Allow y ou to cho ose the t herm al managem ent method of your monitor .
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 11 3.2 HARD DISK B OOT PRIORITY These BIOS atte mpt to l o ad the operatin g system from th e d evice in the sequ ence selected in these item s. The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri.Slave, Sec.M aster, Sec. Slave, US BHDD0 , USBHDD1, USBHDD2 and Bootable Add-in Carde.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 12 3.3 BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP 3.3.1 First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device These BIOS atte mpt to l o ad the operatin g system from th e d evice in the sequ ence selected in these it ems. The Choices: Floppy, L S120, HDD-0, SCSI , CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, L AN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 13 3.4 Virus Warning This opti on allow s you to c h oose the Virus W arning f eatur e that is used to pr otect the IDE Hard Disk b oot sector. If this functio n is enabled a nd an attempt is m ade to write to the boot sector , BIOS will displa y a warning message on th e screen and sou nd an alarm beep .
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 14 . 3.12 TYPEM ATIC DEL AY (M SEC) Sets the dela y time after the k ey is held dow n before it begins to repea t the key stroke.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 15 4 A dvanced Chipset Features This s ubmenu a llows y ou to config ure the spe cifi c feat ures of the chipse t insta lled on y our syst em. This chip set manage bu s speeds and access to system memory reso ur ces, su ch as DRAM.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 16 4.4 DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE If an insufficien t number of cycles is all o wed for RAS to accumulate i t s charge before DR AM refresh, th e refresh may be i n complete, an d the DRA M may fail to re tain data. Fast giv es fa ster perf ormance ; and Slow give s more stable pe rformanc e.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 17 5 Integrate d Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 18 5.1 OnCh ip IDE Device 5 . 1 . 1 I D E H D D B l o c k M o d e Block m ode is also ca lled block transfer, m ultiple comm ands, or multiple se ctor read / w rite.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 19 5.1. 5 On-chip Secondary PCI ID E This ite m allow s you to enable or dis able the prima ry/ sec ondary IDECha nnel. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Di sab led. 5.1.6 IDE Pri m ary/Secondary/Mas ter/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA /100 func tionality can be im pleme nted if it is s upported by the IDE ha rd driv es in y our sy stem.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 20 5.2 ONBOARD DEVIC E 5.2.1 PCI Expr ess Root Port Func, 5.2.1.1 PCI Exp ress Port 1/ 2/3/ 4 This item allows you to se lect the PCI Express Port. The Choices: Auto (default), Ena bled, Disabled . 5.2.1.2 PCI -E Compli ancy Mode This item allows y ou to select the PCI-E Complianc y Mode.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 21 5.3 Super IO D evice If you hig hlight the litera l “Press Enter” nex t to the “ Su per IO Device ” labe l and then press the enter key , it will ta ke you a submenu w ith the follow ing options: 5.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 22 5.3.6 Onboard Parallel Port This ite m allows you to determine access onboard pa rallel por t controller with w hich I/O A ddres s. The Cho ices: 378/IRQ7 (defa ult), 278/IRQ 5, 3BC /IRQ7, Disa bled. 5.3.7 Parallel Port Mo de The def ault va lue is SPP.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 23 6 Pow er Management Setup The Pow er Manag ement Se tup Menu allows you to config ure your sy stem to utilize energ y conser vation an d pow er up/pow er down fea tures.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 24 6.1 ACPI & WAKE UP EV ENTS 6.1.1 ACPI Function This ite m display s the s tatus of the A dvanced Conf igura tion and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (default), Disab led. 6.1. 2 ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to se lect the suspend type under the A CP I operating system.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 25 6.1.5 Power On by Ring An input signal on the s erial R ing Indica tor (RI) line (in other word s, an incoming cal l o n the modem) awa kens the syst e m from a soft off st ate.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 26 6.2 RELO AD TIM ER EVENT S 6.2.1 Prim ary/Secondary IDE 0/1 You can s elect to enable or disa ble Prim ary or Se condary RA ID 0 or RAI D 1 func tion under this ite m. The Choices: Disabled (defau lt), Enab led. 6.2.2 FDD, CO M, LPT Po rt You can s elect to enable or disabl e FDD , COM, and L PT port unde r this item.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 27 6.3 Power M an agem ent This categor y allows you to select th e type (or degree) of power saving and is di rectly related to t he follow ing m odes: 1.HDD P ower Down. 2.Suspe nd Mode . There are four opt ions of Power Mana geme nt, three of w hich hav e fixed m ode settings Min.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 28 6.8 Suspend M ode The item allows you to se lect the suspend type under AC PI opera ting sys tem. The Choices: Disa bled (def ault), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 1 0 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 29 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This s ection des cribes c onfig uring the PCI bus sy stem. PCI, or Perso nal Com puter Interconn ect, i s a system which allo ws I/O devices t o op erate at speeds nearin g the sp eed of the CPU its elf use s when comm unicating w ith its ow n special components .
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 30 7.3 IRQ RE SOURCES This submenu will allow y ou to assign each system interrupt a type, depend ing on t he type of dev ice using the interrupt . Whe n you pre ss the “Press Enter” tag , you w ill be dire cted to a subm enu that w ill allow you to config ure the sy stem interrupts.
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 31 8 PC Health Sta tus Figure 8. PC Health S tatus 8.1 Shutdow n Te mperature This item allows you to se t up the C PU shutdow n Temper ature. This item only effective under W indow s 98 A CPI m ode . Th e Choices: 60 O C/140 O F, 6 5 O C/ 14 9 O F, 70 O C/158 O F, Disable d (default).
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 32 9 Frequenc y/ Voltage C ontrol Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control 9.1 CPU CLOCK RATIO The Choices: 8X (defau l t), 9X , 10X, 11X , 12X, 13 X, 14 X, 15X, 16X, 17X , 18X, 19X, 20 X, 21 X, 22 X, a nd 23 X. 9.2 CPU Voltage Regulat or This item allows you to sele ct CPU Voltag e Regulator The Choices: Default (default).
1915P-A7 BI OS Manual 33 9.6 CPU CLOCK This ite m allow s you to se lect C PU Clock, and CPU ov er cloc king. Special Noti ce: If unf ortunately , the system ’s fre quency tha t you ar e selec ted is not functioni ng, the re are two m ethods of booting- up the sys tem.
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