Award Bios Setup
Award Bios Setup
Award Bios Setup
Chapter 3
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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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,
Main Menu
The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed
at the bottom of the screen.
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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.
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Integrated Peripherals
Change, set or disable onboard I/O, IRQ, and DMA assignment.
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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.
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
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Date
The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>.
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.
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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.
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External Cache
Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache
memory.
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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.
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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.
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Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and
the following screen will appear.
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.
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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.
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The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this:
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
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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.
Note: Green monitors detect the V/H SYNC signals to turn off its electron
gun.
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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.
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Standby Mode
Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode.
Suspend Mode
Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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:
To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press < Enter >
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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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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.
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Disable
3BCH/IRQ7 Line Printer port 0
278H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 2
378H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 1
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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:
“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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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.
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
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