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CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP

Chapter 3

AWARD® BIOS SETUP

Award® BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify
the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in
battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM), so that it retains the Setup information
when the power is turned off.

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3.1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately to allow you to


enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer.
When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during
the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press
<Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys.

TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS <CTRL-ALT-ESC>


OR <DEL> KEY

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to
enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or
pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also restart by
simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do not
press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error
message will be displayed and you will again be asked to,

PRESS <F1> TO CONTINUE, <CTRL-ALT-ESC>


OR <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

3.2 Getting Help

Main Menu
The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed
at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu


Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropri-
ate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit
the Help Window press <F1> or <Esc>.

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3.3 The Main Menu

Once you enter Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1)
will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven
setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the
items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4C)


CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP <<<CPU PLUG & PLAY III>>>

BIOS FEATURES SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP


EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item


F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Standard CMOS Setup


This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS.

BIOS Features Setup


This setup page includes all the items of Award® special enhanced
features.

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Chipset Features Setup


This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

Power Management Setup


This category determines the power consumption for system after
setting the specified items. Default value is Disable.

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup


This category specifies the IRQ level for PCI and ISA devices.

Load Setup Defaults


Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the
maximum performance.

CPU Plug & Play III


This function supports CPU Plug & Play III and Special Hardware
Monitor.

Integrated Peripherals
Change, set or disable onboard I/O, IRQ, and DMA assignment.

Supervisor Password/User Password


Change, set or disable password. This function allows the user
access to the system and setup or just setup.

IDE HDD Auto Detection


Automatically configure hard disk parameters.

Save & Exit Setup


Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving


Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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3.4 Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego-
ries. 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 the value you want in each item.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A)


STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date(mm:dd:yy): Fri, Feb 28,1997


Time(hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE
Primary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Drive A : 1.44M,3.5in. Base Memory: 640K


Drive B : None Extended Base Memory:15360K
Other Memory: 384K
Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All, but Keyboard Total Memory: 16384K

ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify


F1 : Help (Shift)F2 : Change Color

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Date
The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>.

Day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by


BIOS. Read-only.
month The month from Jan. through Dec.
date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric
function keys.
year The year, depends on the year of the BIOS

Time
The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>.

PrimaryMaster/PrimarySlave
SecondaryMaster/Secondary Slave
These categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been
installed in the computer. There are 45 pre-defined types and 4 user defin-
able types for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are pre-defined. Type
User is user-definable.

Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select a numbered hard disk type or


type the number and press <Enter>. Note that the specifications of your
drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if
you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive
type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own
drive type manually.

If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to


the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and
press <Enter>. This information should be provided in the documentation
from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

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If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be


“Type 1”.
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be
“None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be
“None”.

CYLS. number of cylinders


HEADS number of heads
PRECOMP write precom
LANDZONE landing zone
SECTORS number of sectors
MODEHDD access mode

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3.5 BIOS Features Setup


ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A)
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Anti-Virus Protection : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow :Enabled


CPU Internal Cache : Enabled System BIOS Lock :Enabled
External Cache : Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: Enabled
Processor Number Feature : Enabled
Quick Power on Self Test : Disabled
Boot From LAN First : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled
Floppy FIFO Control : Disabled
Boot up NumLock status : On
Gate A20 Option : Fast
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA palette snoop : Disabled
OS select for DRAM>64MB : Non-OS2
Report No FDD For WIN 95 : Yes

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item


F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Anti-Virus Protection
During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to
the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the
system and the following error message will appear. For the meantime,
you can run an anti-virus program to locate the problem.

Disable(default) No warning message to appear when


anything attempts to access the boot
sector or hard disk partition table.
Enable Activates automatically when the
system boots up causing a warning
message to appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector of
hard disk partition table.

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CPU Internal Cache


The default value is Enabled.
Enabled (default) Enable cache
Disabled Disable cache
Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.

External Cache
Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache
memory.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking


Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache
memory ECC(error check correction). Using 66MHz CPU BUS Pentium® II
processor, set to Enabled or Disabled. Using 100MHz CPU BUS Pentium® II
processor, always set to Enabled. For CeleronTM processor w/o Cache,
always set to Disabled.

Processor Number Feature


This option is for Pentium III processor. During Enabled, this will
check the CPU Serial number. Disabled this option if you don’t want the
system to know the Serial number.

Quick Power On Self Test


This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power
on the computer. If this is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some
check items during POST.

Enabled Enable quick POST


Disabled (default) Normal POST

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Boot From LAN First


During Enabled, if there’s a LAN card onboard, the priority from
booting will be from the LAN.

Boot Sequence
This category determines which drive the computer searches first for
the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The settings are A,C,SCSI/C,A,SCSI/
C,CD-ROM,A/CD-ROM,C,A/D,A,SCSI/E,A,SCSI/F,A,SCSI/SCSI,A,C/
SCSI,C,A/C,LS/ZIP,C only. Default value is A,C,SCSI.

Swap Floppy Drive


Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and
B. Default is Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek


During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is
40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80
tracks.

Floppy FIFO Control


During Enabled, the FDD disk will perform better.

Boot Up NumLock Status


The default value is On.

On (default) Keypad is numeric keys.


Off Keypad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option


Normal The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard
controller or chipset hardware.
Fast(default) The A20 signal is controlled by port 92 or
chipset specific method.

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Security Option
This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or
just to Setup.
System The system will not boot and access to Setup
will be denied if the correct password is not
entered at the prompt.
Setup(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will
be denied if the correct password is not entered
at the prompt.

PCI VGA Palette Snooping


Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not
VGA compatible, take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their
display as a way to provide the boot information and the VGA compatibility.
However, the 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 palette of the
VGA controller. To do this, the non-VGA graphic controller watches for the
Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data. In PCI based
systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA graphic
controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the palette will not show up
on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Writes.
In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write. It
should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA
bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA
bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable this option.
Disabled (default) Disables the function
Enabled Enables the function

OS Selection for DRAM > 64MB


Allows OS2® to be used with > 64 MB of DRAM. Settings are Non-
OS/2 (default) and OS2. Set to OS/2 if using more than 64MB and running
OS/2®.

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Report No FDD For WIN 95


This function is only used when you are testing SCT for Windows®
95 Logo.

Video BIOS Shadow


Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster
execution. Video shadow will increase the video performance.

Enabled (default) Video shadow is enabled


Disabled Video shadow is disabled

System BIOS Lock


This item allows the users to lock/unlock the system BIOS. During
enabled, the user will not be able to overwrite or flash the system BIOS.
The default setting is Enabled.

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3.6 Chipset Features Setup

The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of


the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in
the computer.

Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and
the following screen will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A59IM4A)


CMOS SETUP UTILITY
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
SDRAM Controlled by :Manual Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk :Enabled
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay :3
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time :3
SDRAM CAS Latency Time :3
DRAM Data Integrity Mode :Non-ECC
System BIOS Cacheable :Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable :Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable :Disabled
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time :1
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time :1
Memory Hole at 15M-16M :Disabled
Passive Release :Enabled
Delayed Transaction :Disabled
AGP Aperture Size (MB) :64

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item


F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.

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SDRAM Controlled by
Choose SPD, the SDRAM time will load from the DIMM EEPROM
value. Choose manual, the value will be set by SDRAM Ras-to-CAS Delay
and SDRAM CAS Latency Time. The settings are SPD and Manual.
If the DIMM is without EEPROM, then set this item to Manual.
Set SDRAM Ras-to-CAS Delay and SDRAM CAS Latency Time to 3.

SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay


You can select the SDRAM RAS to CAS delay time in HCLKs of 2
or 3 (default). This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time


You can select the SDRAM RAS Precharge time in HCLKs of 2 or 3
(default). This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time


You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 or 3 (default). This
should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode


Select Non-ECC or ECC(error-correcting code), according to the
type of installed DRAM. The settings are Non-ECC (default) or ECC.

System BIOS Cacheable


Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h-
FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
Enabled BIOS access cached
Disabled BIOS access not cached

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Video BIOS Cacheable


Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h-
F7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
Enabled Video BIOS access cached
Disabled Video BIOS access not cached

Video RAM Cacheable


Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better
system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a
system error may result.

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time


The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks,
which the system will delay after the completion of an input/output request.
This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the
input/output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion
of the I/O.
This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit
I/O. Choices are from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks.

16 Bit I/O Recovery Time


This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit
I/O. Choices are from NA, 1 to 4 CPU clocks.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M


In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be
reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory
space below 16 MB.
Enabled Memory hole supported.
Disabled Memory hole not supported.

Passive Release
When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive
release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to
local DRAM. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.

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Delayed Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support
delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI
specification version 2.1. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)


Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture.
The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for
graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are
forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk


This item allows you to select theDIMM/PCI clock. The other
sockets will not generate when DIMM/PCI cards are not installed. The
setting should be set to enabled which works better for EMI.

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3.7 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A)


POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ACPI Suspend Type :S1 (POS) Power status LED :Single Color
Power Management :User Define Wake Up on LAN :Enabled
PM Control by APM :Yes IRQ 8 Break Suspend :Disabled
Video Off Method :DPMS
Video Off After :Standby ** Reload Global Timer Events **
Modem Use IRQ :3 IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI : Disabled
Reserve IRQ9 :Yes Primary IDE 0 : Enabled
Doze Mode :Disable Primary IDE 1 : Enabled
Standby Mode :Disable Secondary IDE 0 : Disabled
Suspend Mode :Disable Secondary IDE 1 : Disabled
HDD Power Down :Disable Floppy Disk : Disabled
HDD Down When Suspend :Enabled Serial Port : Enabled
Throttle Duty Cycle :62.5% Parallel Port : Disabled
VGA Active Monitor :Disabled
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN :Instant-Off
CPUFAN off in Suspend :Enabled
Resume by Ring :Disabled
Resume by Alarm :Disabled
Date(of Month) Alarm :2 Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item
Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm : 0:0:0 F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Restore AC/Power Loss :Off

ACPI Suspend Type


This options sets the ACPI Power Management standby state.
S1 Power_on suspend
S3 STR (Suspend to DRAM)
Note: Power supply of 5VSB must support 1 A.

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Power Management
This category determines the power consumption for system after
selecting below items. Default value is user define. The following pages tell
you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each options.
Disable Global Power Management will be disabled.
User Define Users can configure their own power manage-
ment.
Min Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such that all
timers are in their MAX value.
Max Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such that all
timers are in their MIN value.

PM Control by APM
No System BIOS will ignore APM when
power managing the system.
Yes System BIOS will wait for APM’s
prompt before it enter any PM mode
Note :Enable this for O.S. with APM like Windows® 95, Windows® NT, etc.

Video Off Method


Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off
the screen when disabling video.
V/H SYN C+Blank In addition to (1), BIOS will also turn
off the V-SYNC & H-SYNC signals
from VGA card to monitor.
DPMS This function is enabled only for VGA
card supporting DPMS.

Note: Green monitors detect the V/H SYNC signals to turn off its electron
gun.

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Video Off After


The settings are N/A, Standby, Doze, or Suspend. This option is for
choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off.
N/A Always turn on.
Doze During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off.
Standby During Standby mode, the monitor will be turned off.
Suspend During Suspend mode, the monitor will be turned off.
The default setting is Standby.

MODEM Use IRQ


Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any)
on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.
The settings are NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11.

Reserve IRQ 9
This item is reserved for Windows 98 ACPI mode. Choose yes, if
you use Windows 98 ACPI mode. Otherwise, set to no.

Doze Mode
Disable System will never enter DOZE mode.

1 Min Defines the continuous idle time before the


2 Min system enters DOZE mode.
4 Min If any item defined in the options of “Power
6 Min Down and Resume events” is enabled & active,
8 Min DOZE timer will be reloaded. When the system
10 Min have entered Doze mode, any of the items
20 Min enabled in “Wake Up Events in Doze and
30 Min Standby” will trigger the system to wake up.
40 Min
1 Hr

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Standby Mode
Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode.

1 Min Defines the continuous idle time before the


2 Min system enters STANDBY mode.
4 Min If any item defined in the options of “Power
6 Min Down and Resume events” is enabled & active,
8 Min STANDBY timer will be reloaded. When the
10 Min system has entered Standby mode , any of the
20 Min items that are enabled in “Wake Up Events of
30 Min Doze and Standby” will trigger the system to
40 Min wake up.
1 Hr

Suspend Mode
Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode.

1 Min Defines the continuous idle time before the


2 Min system enters SUSPEND mode.
4 Min If any item defined in the options of “Power
6 Min Down & Resume Events” is enabled & active,
8 Min SUSPEND timer will be reloaded. When the
10 Min system has entered SUSPEND mode, any of the
20 Min items enabled in the “Power Down & Resume
30 Min Events” will trigger the system to wake up.
40 Min
1 Hr

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HDD Power Down


Disable HDD’s motor will not shut off.

1 Min/2 Min/ Defines the continuous HDD idle time before


3 Min/4 Min/ the HDD enters the power saving mode (motor
5 Min/6 Min/ off). BIOS will turn off the HDD’s motor when
7 Min/8 Min/ time is out.
9 Min/10 Min/
11 Min/12 Min/
13 Min/14 Min/
15 Min

HDD Down When Suspend


During Enabled, the hard disk power will be automatically shut
down, if the system goes into suspend mode.

Throttle Duty Cycle


This option will determine how much power will be used by the
CPU , if the system goes into suspend mode.

VGA Active Monitor


During Enabled, if there’s no activity in the monitor screen, the
system will go into Power Saving Mode. During Disabled, the system will
go into Power Saving Mode, whether there is activity in the monitor screen
or not. The settings are Disabled and Enabled.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
The settings are Delay 4 sec or Instant-off. During Delay 4 sec, if
you push the switch once, the system goes into suspend mode. If you push
it more than 4 seconds, the system will be turned off. During instant-off, the
system will turn off once you push the switch.

CPUFAN Off in Suspend


During Enabled, if the system goes into suspend mode, the CPU fan
will stop. During Disabled, if the system goes into suspend mode, the CPU
fan will resume.

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Resume by Ring
During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the
modem. During Enabled, the system will boot up if there’s an incoming call
from the modem.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until
it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

Resume by Alarm
This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot
up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function. During Enabled, choose
the Date and Time Alarm:
Date(of month) Alarm You can choose which month the
system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot
every day.
Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose what hour, minute and
second the system will boot up.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until
it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

Restore AC/Power Loss


The settings are power ON/OFF or Last Status. During power ON,
after every AC/Power Loss, the system will be turned on. During last status,
after every AC/Power Loss, whatever the system status, it will be the same
when the AC power returns. During Off, after every AC/Power Loss, the
system will be shutdown.

Power Status LED


This item determines which state the Power LED will use. The
settings are Blink, Dual color, and Single color. During blink, the power LED
will blink when the system enters the suspend mode. When the mode is in
Dual Color, the power LED will change its color. Choose the single color
and the power LED will always remain lit.

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Wake Up On LAN
To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support
power on functions. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jumper
(JWOL1).
Enabled Wake up on LAN supported.
Disabled Wake up on LAN not supported.

IRQ 8 Clock Event


You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ 8 so it does not
awaken the system from suspend mode.

Reload Global Timer Events


IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI : Enabled
Primary IDE 0 : Enabled
Primary IDE 1 : Disabled
Secondary IDE 0 : Disabled
Secondary IDE 1 : Disabled
Floppy Disk : Enabled
Serial Port : Enabled
Parallel Port : Enabled

During Enabled, if any interrupt event occurs, the system will wake-
up from suspend mode. During Disabled, the system will not monitor any
interrupt event.

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3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following
pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each
options.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D)


PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
PnP OS Installed :No Assign IRQ for VGA : Enabled
Resources Controlled By :Manual Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled
Reset Configuration Data :Disabled Used MEM base addr : N/A

IRQ-3 assigned to :Legacy ISA


IRQ-4 assigned to :Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-9 assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-0assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item
DMA-5assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
DMA-6assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
DMA-7assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults

PnP OS Installed
When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for
booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP
operating system like Windows® 95 or 98. When set to NO, BIOS will
initialize all the PnP cards. So, for non-PnP operating system (DOS,
Netware®), this option must set to NO.

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Resources Controlled By
By Choosing “Auto”, the system BIOS will detect the system
resource and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA Channel for
each peripheral.
By Choosing “Manual”(default), the user will need to assign IRQ &
DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there is no conflict for IRQ/DMA and
I/O ports.

Note: When choosing “Auto”, you must be sure that all of the system
add-on cards are PnP type.

Reset Configuration Data


The system BIOS supports the PnP feature so the system needs to
record which resource is assigned and protect resources from conflict.
Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD. This node records
which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update
ESCD to the memory locations. These locations (4K) are reserved at the
system BIOS.

If Disabled (default) is chosen, the system’s ESCD will update only


when the new configuration varies from the last one.

If Enabled is chosen, the system will be forced to update the system’s


ESCD. Then, this option will be auto-set to Disable.
IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

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IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP


DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is


chosen for the Resources Controlled By function.

Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the


ISA Bus and provides for non PnP ISA add-on card. PCI/ISA PnP signifies
that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on
cards and peripherals.

Assign IRQ for VGA


Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for VGA card.

Assign IRQ for USB


Set to Enabled when USB port will be used. Set to Disable if the USB
port will not be used.

Used MEM base addr


Lets the user choose the Legacy ISA addr. The settings are NA#,
C800, CC00, D000, D400, D800 or DC00.

Used MEM Length


Lets the user choose the Legacy ISA addr. memory length. The
settings are 8K, 16K, 32K, or 64K.

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3.9 Load BIOS/Setup Defaults

This Main Menu item loads the default system values. If the CMOS
is corrupted, the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this item and the
following message appears:

“ Load Setup Defaults (Y / N) ? N “

To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press < Enter >

Note: The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance.


However the BIOS defaults can always be used as a back up if
there is some problem with the mainboard operation.

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3.10 CPU Plug & Play III

This Special Features Setup is used by System Hardware Monitor chipset.


You can manually change the value of each option.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4C)


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*******CPU PLUG & PLAY III******** ********* SYSTEM MONITOR ********


Adjust CPU Voltage :Auto CPU FAN RPM :6081
CPU Speed :Manual System Temperature :400C/1040F
CPU Ratio : x3 CPU Temperature :350C/930F
CPU/PCI Frequency : 100/33MHz(Off) TOP TECH. III :Disabled
On/Off means Spread Spectrum (↑ ) CPU Critical Temp :Disabled
Shutdown Temp :Disabled
******** POST SHOWING ********
Chassis Fan Detected :Disabled
Power Fan Detected :Disabled
********Chipset Feature********
CPU Fan Detected :Enabled
Chipset Voltage Adjust :3.3V
Chassis Intrusion Detect :Disabled
Voltage Detected :Enabled
Vcore Voltage Detected :Enabled
+1.5V Voltage Detected :Enabled
+3.3V Voltage Detected :Enabled
+5.0V Voltage Detected :Enabled
Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item
+ 12V Voltage Detected :Enabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
- 12V Voltage Detected :Enabled F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
-5.0V Voltage Detected :Enabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults
VBat Voltage Detected :Enabled
5VSB Voltage Detected :Enabled

Adjust CPU Voltage


This function is used to adjust the CPU voltage. During
overclocking, the processor might get unstable. Try adjusting the CPU
voltage to lessen the heat generated by the CPU voltage.

NOTE: We do not guarantee that Motherboard or other components will


work properly after overclocking.

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CPU Speed
Check your processor and set this function accordingly. If you set
this to Manual, you can set the CPU Ratio and CPU Frequency accordingly.
CPU Frequenies are: 66, 75, 78, 81, 83, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 112, 115, 117, 120,
122, 124, 126, 133, 135, 138, 140, 142, 144, 150, 155. Though 75, 78, 81, 83,
90, 95, 105, 110, 112, 115, 117, 120, 122, 124, 126, 133, 135, 138, 140,
142, 144, 150, 155 frequencies are available, it is advised that you use
these only for testing since this is not stable as the CPU is not designed for
these frequencies. CPU ratio are: 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, or 8.

Note: If you set the CPU Ratio and CPU Frequency to be too high, and the
system will not turn on, then restart the system. Press “F10” until bootup.
This will set the default setting.

Chassis Fan Detected/Power Fan Detected/CPU Fan


Detected/Chassis Intrusion Detected/Voltage Detected/Vcore
Voltage Detected/+1.5V Voltage Detected/+3.3V Voltage
Detected/+5.0 Voltage Detected/+12V Voltage Detected/-12V
Voltage Detected/-5.0 Voltage Detected/VBat Voltage
Detected/5VSB Voltage Detected
During Enabled, this will show the CPU/FAN voltage chart during
system boot up. During Disabled, this will not show.

Chassis Intrusion Detect


Set this option to Enabled, Reset, or Disabled the chassis intrusion
detector. During Enabled, any intrusion on the system chassis will be
recorded. The next time you turn on the system, it will show a warning
message. To be able to clear those warning, choose Reset. After clearing
the message it will go back to Enabled.

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Chassis/Power/CPU Fan RPM


During Enabled, this will monitor the RPM of your CPU/Chassis/
Power fan.

System Temperature/CPU Temperature


This will show the System and CPU temperature.

TOP TECH. III


This option is used to disabled or enabled the JT3 connector 20 cm
thermistor. The default setting is Disabled (See page 2-45). When choose
Enabled, “TOP TECH II Temp” item will appear onscreen.

CPU Critical Temp


This option is for setting the critical temperature level for the
processor. When the processor reach the temperature you set, this will
reduce the load on the processor.

Shutdown Temp
This option is for setting the Shutdown temperature level for the
processor. When the processor reach the temperature you set, this will
shutdown the system. This function only works with Windows® 95 operat-
ing system.

Chipset Voltage Adjust


This option is used to set the northbridge chipset. The settings are
3.3v/3.4v/3.5v/3.6v. The default setting is 3.3v.

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3.11 Integrated Peripherals


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IDE HDD Block Mode :Enabled UART Mode Select :Normal


IDE Primary Master PIO :Auto Onboard Parallel Mode :378/IRQ7
IDE Primary Slave PIO :Auto Parallel Port Mode :SPP
IDE Secondary Master PIO :Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO :Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA :Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA :Auto
IDE Secondary Master UDMA:Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA :Auto
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE :Enabled
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE :Enabled
USB Keyboard support :Disabled
Init Dislay First :PCI slot

Onboard Sound :Enable


Power On Function :Button
Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item
Onboard FDC controller :Enabled
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify
Onboard Serial Port 1 :3F8/IRQ4
F5 : Old Value (Shift)F2 : Color
Onboard Serial Port 2 :2F8/IRQ3
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

IDE HDD Block Mode


Enabled/Disabled Enabled allows the Block mode access for the
IDE HDD.

IDE Primary Master PIO


Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4

IDE Primary Slave PIO


Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4

IDE Secondary Master PIO


Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4

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IDE Secondary Slave PIO


Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4

For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS
auto detect the IDE HDD operation mode for PIO access.

Note: Some IDE HDD cannot operate at the responding HDD’s mode.
When the user has selected “Auto” and the system BIOS has
accepted the HDD response mode, the user may degrade the
HDD’s operation mode. Ex: IF the HDD reported that it can operate in
mode 4 but it is not operating properly, the user will have to
manually change the operation mode to mode 3.

Choosing Mode 1-4 will have the system ignore the HDD’s reported
operation mode and use the selected mode instead.

Note:According to ATA specs. Mode 4 transfer rate is > Mode 3 > Mode 2
> Mode 1 > Mode 0. If the user’s HDD can operate at Mode 3 the user
can also select a slower Mode (i.e. Mode 0-2) but not a faster Mode (ie
Mode 4).

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE


Enabled/Disabled

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE


Enabled/Disabled The system provides for an On-Board
On-Chipset PCI IDE controller that
supports Dual Channel IDE (Primary
and Secondary). A maximum of 4 IDE
devices can be supported. If the user
install the Off-Board PCI IDE controller
(i.e. add-on cards), the user must
choose which channels will be disabled.
This will depend on which channel will
be used for the Off-Board PCI IDE add-
on card.

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USB Keyboard Support


Enabled/Disabled Choosing Enabled will allow the system
to use USB keyboard without a device
driver.

Init Display First


PCI Slot If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are
installed, the system will display the PCI
VGA card first.
AGP If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are
installed, the system will show the AGP
card first.
Onboard Sound
Enabled/Disabled Enabled or Disabled the onboard sound
chip.

Power ON Function
This function allows you to select
Button only, Keyboard 98 Password,
Mouse Left or Mouse Right, and Hot
Key (Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12) which features
the same function to Power ON the
system.

Note: If you choose Mouse Left or Mouse Right, you must let the system
boot up until it goes to the BIOS table configuration, before this
function will work. During Power OFF, double click the left or right
mouse button to Power ON the system.

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Onboard FDC Controller


Enabled/Disabled The system has an on-board Super I/O
chip with a FDD controller that supports
2 FDDs for 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/
2.8M. Choose “Enabled” to use the on-
board FDD controller for accessing the
FDD. Otherwise choose “Disabled” to
use the off-board FDD controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1


Disabled/(3F8/IRQ4)/(2F8/IRQ3)/ (3E8/IRQ4)/(2E8/IRQ3)

Onboard Serial Port 2


Disabled/(3F8/IRQ4)/(2F8/IRQ3)/(3E8/IRQ4)/(2E8/IRQ3)
The system has an On-board Super I/O chipset with 2 serial ports.
The On-board serial ports can be selected as:

Disabled
3F8/IRQ4 COM 1 uses IRQ4
2F8/IRQ3 COM 2 uses IRQ3
3E8/IRQ4 COM 3 uses IRQ4
2E8/IRQ3 COM 4 uses IRQ3

Note: Because the ISA Bus Interrupt accepts low to high edge trigger, the
interrupt request line cannot be shared by multiple sources. If an off-
board ISA add-on card with a serial port is installed the user may have
to disable the on-board serial port because it will conflict with IRQ
request line for the off-board serial port.

UART Mode Select


This item allows you to determine which InfraRed (IR) function of
the onboard I/O chip, this function uses.

278H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 2


378H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 1

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Onboard Parallel Port


Disabled There is a built-in parallel port on the
(3BCH/IRQ7)/ on-board Super I/O chipset that pro-
(278H/IRQ5)/ vides Standard, ECP, and EPP features.
(378H/IRQ5) It has the following options:

Disable
3BCH/IRQ7 Line Printer port 0
278H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 2
378H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 1

Onboard Parallel Mode


SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port

SPP/(EPP/SPP)/ To operate the onboard parallel port as


ECP(ECP/EPP) Standard Parallel Port only, choose
“SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel
port in the ECP and SPP modes simulta-
neously, choose “ECP/SPP.” By
choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel
port will operate in ECP mode only.
Choosing “ECP/EPP” will allow the
onboard parallel port to support both
the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously.
The ECP mode has to use the DMA
channel, so choose the onboard parallel
port with the ECP feature. After select-
ing it, the following message will appear:
“ECP Mode Use DMA” At this time,
the user can choose between DMA
channels 3 or 1. The onboard parallel
port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the
user chooses the onboard parallel port
with the EPP function, the following

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message will be displayed on the


screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this
time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec.
can be chosen.

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3.12 Supervisor/User Password Setting

This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a pass-
word is required each time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter
the Setup program. Supervisor Password allows you to change all CMOS
settings but the User Password setting also have this function. The way to
set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follow:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press <Enter>.


The following message appears:

“Enter Password:”

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 8 characters
only and press <Enter>. The screen will not display the entered charac-
ters. For no password, just press <Enter>.

3. After you enter the password, the following message appears prompting
you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password:”

4. Enter exactly the same password you just typed in to confirm the pass-
word and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the password.

6. If you need to delete the password you entered before, choose the
Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that
you had before.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you did. Other-
wise, the old password will still be there when you turn on your machine
next time.

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3.13 IDE HDD Auto Detection

You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of


most hard drives.

When you enter this utility, the screen asks you to select a specific
hard disk for Primary Master. If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS,
you can enter “Y” to confirm and then press <Enter> to check next hard disk.
This function allows you to check four hard disks and you may press the
<Esc> after the <Enter> to skip this function and go back to the Main Menu.

ROM ISA BIOS


CMOS SETUP UTILITY
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HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE
Primary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip) : N

OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

2 2112 1023 64 0 4094 63 LBA


1 2113 4095 16 65535 4094 63 NORMAL
3 2113 2047 32 65535 4094 63 LARGE

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