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  • Page 2 Manual Rev: 1.1 Release Date: February 1998 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 3 Edition February 1998 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO- STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.
  • Page 4 Chapter 1: Introduction...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Mainboard Features --------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Layout----------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Central Processing Unit: CPU--------------------------------------- CPU Installation Procedures------------------------------------ CPU Voltage Setting : JV1 & JV2---------------------------- CPU Single or Dual Voltage Setting: JV1--------------- CPU Vcore Voltage Setting: JV2------------------------- CPU Speed and Voltage Setting: SW1, JV1 & JV2-------- 2-10 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN/SYSFAN----------------- 2-11...
  • Page 6 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2----------------------------- 2-20 Serial Port Connectors: COM 1 & COM 2---------------------- 2-21 Parallel Port Connector: LPT-------------------------------------- 2-22 AT Power Supply Connector---------------------------------------- 2-23 ATX Power Supply Connector-------------------------------------- 2-24 Remote Power On/Off Switch: JRMS1--------------------------- 2-25 Keyboard Power-On Enabled: JP1--------------------------------- 2-26 Infrared Module Connector: SIR----------------------------------- 2-27...
  • Page 7 Chipset Features Setup ----------------------------------------------- 3-14 3-19 Power Management Setup ------------------------------------------- PNP/PCI Configuration Setup -------------------------------------- 3-26 Load Setup Defaults -------------------------------------------------- 3-29 Integrated Peripherals------------------------------------------------- 3-30 Supervisor/User Password Setting----------------------------------- 3-34 IDE HDD Auto Detection-------------------------------------------- 3-35 Chapter 4 AMI® BIOS USER GUIDE Enter BIOS Setup----------------------------------------------------- Standard CMOS Setup----------------------------------------------- Advanced CMOS Setup---------------------------------------------- Advanced Chipset Setup---------------------------------------------...
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  • Page 9 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The Baby AT SI19 mainboard is a high-performance personal computer ® ® ® mainboard. This mainboard supports Intel Pentium processor/Pentium ® ® processor with MMX technology, Cyrix 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX, and AMD K5/K6 processors. The mainboard also supports three 32-bit PCI (Periph- eral Component Interconnect) Local Bus standard slots.

  • Page 10: Mainboard Features

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1.1 Mainboard Features ® ® ® Socket 7 supports Intel Pentium processor/Pentium processor with technology. ® ® The Cyrix 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX and AMD K5/K6 processors are also supported. Chip Set ® 5591 chipset. (North Bridge Controller) ® 5595 chipset.
  • Page 11 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION On-Board Peripherals On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. - 2 serial ports (COMA + COMB) - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode - 2 USB ports - 1 IrDA connector for SIR.
  • Page 12 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1.2 Mainboard Layout Keyboard USB1 Connector BIOS SYSFAN Batt ® S i S 5595 chipset ® 5591 chipset JRMS1 SW2/ SW1 CPUFAN MS-5168...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Central Processing Unit: CPU ® ® The Baby AT SI19 mainboard operates with Intel Pentium processor/ ® ® Pentium processor with MMX technology, Cyrix 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX ® and AMD K5/K6 processors. It could operate with 2.1V to 3.5V proces- sors.

  • Page 14: Cpu Voltage Setting: Jv1 & Jv2

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1-2 CPU Voltage Setting: JV1 & JV2 CPU Single or Dual Voltage Setting: JV1 CPU Voltage Single Dual...

  • Page 15: Cpu Vcore Voltage Setting: Jv2

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU Vcore Voltage Setting: JV2 V I/O Vcore...
  • Page 16 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION V I/O Vcore...

  • Page 17: Cpu Speed And Voltage Setting: Sw1, Jv1 & Jv2

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1-3 CPU Speed and Voltage Setting: SW1, JV1 & JV2 To adjust the speed and voltage of the CPU, you must know the specifica- tions of your CPU (always ask the vendor for CPU specifications). Then ®...
  • Page 18 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® Table 2.1 Intel processors ® ® Intel Pentium processors CPU Voltage CPU Speed Vi/o Vcore Type 90MHz 100MHz 120MHz 133MHz 150MHz 166MHz 200MHz ® ® Intel Pentium processors with MMX technology 166MHz 200MHz 233MHz Note: If you encounter a CPU with different voltage, just go to page 2-2 and look for the proper voltage settings.
  • Page 19 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® Table 2.2 Cyrix Processor ® Cyrix processor uses PR to rate the speed of their processors based on ® ® Intel Pentium processor core speed. For example PR150 (120MHz) has ® ® 150MHz core speed of Intel Pentium processor but has 120MHz core ®...
  • Page 20 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® b. Cyrix 6x86MX Processors CPU Voltage CPU Speed VI/O Vcore Type 60 x 2.5 6x86MX PR166 66 x 2 66 x 2.5 6x86MX PR200 75 x 2 *66 x 3 3.3 2.9 6x86MX 75 x 2.5 PR233 83x2 *66 x 3.5...
  • Page 21 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® Table 2.3 AMD Processor ® K5/K6 processor uses PR to rate the speed of their processors based ® ® on Intel Pentium processor core speed . For example PR133(100MHz) has ® ® 133MHz core speed of Intel Pentium processor but has 100MHz core ®...

  • Page 22: Fan Power Connectors: Cpufan/Sysfan

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1-2 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN/ SYSFAN These connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connector, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

  • Page 23: External Battery Connector: Jbat1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 External Battery Connector: JBAT1 A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM. If you use the on-board battery, you must short 1-2 pins of JBAT1 to keep the CMOS data. JBAT1 Function JBAT1...

  • Page 24: Memory Installation

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3 Memory Installation 2.3-1 Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard provides two 72-pin SIMMs (Single In-Line Memory Module) and three 168-pin DIMM(Double In-Line Memory) sockets. It supports six memory banks for a maximum of 384MB memory. Each bank supports up to 64MB memory.

  • Page 25: Memory Installation Procedures

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3-2 Memory Installation Procedures: A. How to install SIMM Module Notched Single Sided SIMM Double Sided SIMM 1. The SIMM slot has a “Plastic Safety Tab” and the SIMM memory module has a “Notched End”, so the SIMM memory module can only fit in one direction.
  • Page 26 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION B. How to install DIMM Module Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM 1. The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in.

  • Page 27: Memory Population Rules

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3-3 Memory Population Rules 1. Make sure that the SIMM banks are using the same type and equal size density memory. 2. To operate properly, at least two 72-pin SIMM module must be installed in the same bank or one 168-pin DIMM module must be installed. The system cannot operate with only one 72-pin SIMM module.
  • Page 28 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Table 2.3-1 EDO DRAM Memory Addressing DRAM MB/SIMM Address Size DRAM DRAM Density & Addressing Tech. Single Double Column Width pcs. pcs. Side(S) Side(D) 1Mx4 SYMM 4MBx8 8MBx16 1Mx16 SYMM 4MBx2 8MBx4 1Mx16 ASYM 4MBx2 8MBx4 2Mx8 ASYM 8MBx4...

  • Page 29: Case Connector: Jfp1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4 Case Connector: JFP1 The Turbo LED, Reset Switch, Key Lock, Power LED, Speaker and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block. Power Keylock Speaker HDD LED JFP1 Reset Turbo Switch 2-17...
  • Page 30 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4-1 Turbo LED The Turbo LED is always ON. You can connect the Turbo LED from the system case to this pin. 2.4-2 Reset Switch Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/ OFF.

  • Page 31: Floppy Disk Connector: Fdc

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.5 Floppy Disk Connector: FDC The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector support the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 2-19...

  • Page 32: Hard Disk Connectors: Ide1 & Ide2

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.6 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2.

  • Page 33: Serial Port Connectors: Com 1 & Com

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.7 Serial Port Connectors: COM 1 & COM 2 The mainboard has two serial ports COM A and COM B. These two ports are 16550A fully compatible high speed communication ports that send/ receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into these connectors.

  • Page 34: Parallel Port Connector: Lpt

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.8 Parallel Port Connector: LPT The mainboard provides a connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP) and Extended capabilities Parallel Port(ECP). 2-22...

  • Page 35: At Power Supply Connector

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.9 AT Power Supply Connector This is a standard 12-pin AT-type or PS/2 type connector. Be sure to attach the connectors with the two black wires at the center. Power Connector Description Description Power Good Ground +5V DC Ground +12V DC...

  • Page 36: Atx Power Supply Connector

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.10 ATX Power Supply Connector This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power supply, functions such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are supported by this mainboard. Power Connector PIN DEFINITION SIGNAL SIGNAL 3.3V...

  • Page 37: Remote Power On/Off Switch: Jrms1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.11 Remote Power On/Off Switch: JRMS1 Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. If Instant-on is Enabled, every time the switch is shorted by pushing it once, the power supply will change its status from OFF to ON. If Instant-on is Disabled: During ON stage, push once and the system goes to sleep mode: pushing it more than 6 seconds will change its status from ON to OFF.

  • Page 38: Keyboard Power-On Enabled: Jp1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.12 Keyboard Power-On Enabled: JP1 This is used to enable the keyboard power on feature. This mainboard supports keyboard power-on feature. The keyboard needs to have a power supply which can provide sufficient 5V standby power for both the keyboard and the mainboard.

  • Page 39: Infrared Module Connector: Sir

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.13 Infrared Module Connector: SIR The mainboard provides a 5-pin infrared connector(SIR) for IR module. This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. If you want to use this function, you must configure the setting through BIOS setup.

  • Page 40: Modem Wake Up Connector: J6

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.14 Modem Wake Up Connector: J6 The J6 connector is for used with Modem add-on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function. SIGNAL MDM_WAKEUP 5VSB Note: Modem wake-up signal is active “low”. Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.

  • Page 41: Wake-Up On Lan Connector: J5

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.15 Wake-Up on LAN Connector: J5 The J5 connector is for use with LAN add-on cards that supports Wake Up on LAN function. SIGNAL 5VSB MP_WAKEUP Note: LAN wake-up signal is active “high”. Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.

  • Page 42: Keyboard Connector: Atkb1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.16 Keyboard Connector: ATKB1 The mainboard provides a standard AT style keyboard DIN connector for attaching a keyboard. You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector. Pin5 Pin1 Pin2 Pin4 Pin3 DATA AT Keyboard Connector 2-30...

  • Page 43: Mouse Connector: Ps1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.17 Mouse Connector: PS1 The mainboard provides a 5-pin connector for PS/2 mouse cable (optional). You can plug a PS/2 style mouse to PS/2 mouse cable. The connector location as shown below. Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5...

  • Page 44: Usb Connector: Usb1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.18 USB Connector: USB1 Connect a USB cable to support USB device, such as keyboard and mouse. G N D G N D D O - G N D D O - G N D 2-32...
  • Page 45 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-33...

  • Page 46: Bios Setup

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 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.

  • Page 47: Entering Setup

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.1 Entering Setup 3.1 Entering Setup 3.1 Entering Setup 3.1 Entering Setup 3.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del>...

  • Page 48: The Main Menu

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.3 The Main Menu 3.3 The Main Menu 3.3 The Main Menu 3.3 The Main Menu 3.3 The Main Menu ®...

  • Page 49: Standard Cmos Setup

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS.
  • Page 50 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS 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.
  • Page 51 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories.
  • Page 52 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Date The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>. Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS.
  • Page 53 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 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”.
  • Page 54 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.5 BIOS Features Setup 3.5 BIOS Features Setup 3.5 BIOS Features Setup 3.5 BIOS Features Setup 3.5 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IKM49) BIOS FEATURES SETUP...
  • Page 55 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP None No warning message to appear when anything (default) attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
  • Page 56 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 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 only.
  • Page 57 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
  • Page 58 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP OS Selection for DRAM > 64MB ® Allows OS2 to be used with > 64 MB of DRAM. Settings are Non- OS/2 (default) and OS2.
  • Page 59 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.6 Chipset Features Setup 3.6 Chipset Features Setup 3.6 Chipset Features Setup 3.6 Chipset Features Setup 3.6 Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset.
  • Page 60 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Auto Configuration This item allows you to select pre-determined optimal values of chipset parameters. When Disabled, chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS.
  • Page 61 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP SDRAM CAS Latency This item allows you to select the SDRAM Latency Time. The setting are 2T or 3T.
  • Page 62 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Enhanced Memory Write This item allows you to enable/disable the enhanced memory write. This function must be disabled if using 512K cache size and TAG address is set to 8 bits.
  • Page 63 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP System BIOS Cacheable Choose Enabled or Disabled. Enabling this will cause the system BIOS to be shadowed in both the DRAM and the Cache memory, otherwise, it’s only shadowed in the DRAM.
  • Page 64 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.7 Power Management Setup 3.7 Power Management Setup 3.7 Power Management Setup 3.7 Power Management Setup 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner...
  • Page 65 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP ACPI Function During Enabled, this will support ACPI function. Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1.
  • Page 66 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.
  • Page 67 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Stdby Speed (div by) Sets the CPU’s speed during Doze mode. The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU’s normal speed.
  • Page 68 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Power up by Alarm This function is for setting the Date, Hour, Minute, and Second for your computer to boot up.
  • Page 69 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
  • Page 70 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP VGA Activity When set to Enabled (default), any event occurring at VGA will awaken a system which has been powered down. IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI/IRQ 8 Break Suspend The following is a list of IRQ’s(Interrupt ReQuests), which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can.
  • Page 71 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the Plug &...
  • Page 72 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP PnP OS Installed When set to Yes, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI).
  • Page 73 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1).
  • Page 74 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.9 Load Setup Defaults 3.9 Load Setup Defaults 3.9 Load Setup Defaults 3.9 Load Setup Defaults 3.9 Load Setup Defaults This Main Menu item loads the default system values.

  • Page 75: Integrated Peripherals

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.10 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Onboard Parallel Mode :SPP Internal PCI/IDE :Both...
  • Page 76 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Internal PCI/IDE This chipset contains an internal PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels. The settings are Primary, Secondary, Both, or Disabled. IDE PIO IDE PIO IDE PIO...
  • Page 77 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP IDE Data Port Post Write PCI speed is faster than the speed of a physical hard disk or CD- ROM.
  • Page 78 ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port as Normal EPP (Extended Parallel Port) ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) CEP+EPP PC AT parallel port Bidirectional port Fast, buffered port Fast, buffered, bidirectional port.

  • Page 79: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting 3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting 3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting 3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting 3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required each time the system boots or an attempt is made to...

  • Page 80: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    ® CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP AWARD AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of...

  • Page 81: Chapter 4 Ami® Bios User Guide

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Chapter 4 ® BIOS USER GUIDE The system configuration information and chipset register information is stored in the CMOS RAM.

  • Page 82: Enter Bios Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.1 Enter BIOS Setup ® Enter the AMI setup Program’s Main Menu as follows: 1.
  • Page 83 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITIES - VERSION 1.07 (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup...

  • Page 84: Standard Cmos Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.2 Standard CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Standard CMOS Setup” of the main menu screen .

  • Page 85: Advanced Cmos Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.3 Advanced CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced CMOS Setup” of the main menu. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 86 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Description of the item on screen follows: 1st Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device/4th Boot Device This option sets the sequence of boot drives.
  • Page 87 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drives A: and B: are swapped.
  • Page 88 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE System BIOS Cacheable ® BIOS always copies the system BIOS from ROM to RAM for faster execution.

  • Page 89: Advanced Chipset Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.4 Advanced Chipset Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced Chipset Setup” of the main menu screen.
  • Page 90 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Description of the item on screen follows: Automatic Configuration Choose Enabled(default) will automatically configure the DRAM timing depending on the “DRAM Speed”...
  • Page 91 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE SDRAM Setting Fast Read Leave on the default setting of Disabled. Back-Back Read Timing This is for non-cache system.
  • Page 92 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Cache Setting ISA Bus Clock This option is for selecting ISA Bus Clock 8MHz when PCI bus clock /3/4/5.

  • Page 93: Power Management Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.5 Power Management Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Power Management Setup” of the main menu screen.
  • Page 94 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Description of the item on screen follows: Keyboard Power ON During Enabled, if there is any activity on the keyboard, the system will change from OFF to ON.
  • Page 95 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE HardDisk Time Out (Minute) This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state.
  • Page 96 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Primary IDE/Secondary IDE/Floppy Port/Serial Port 1/Serial Port 2/Parallel Port/DMA/USB Master/IRQ 0,1,3-15/NMI/ Ring/Display Activity/PCI/AGP/IDE Master When set to Monitor, these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line.

  • Page 97: Pci/Plug And Play Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.6 PCI/Plug and Play Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “PCI/Plug and Play Setup” of the main menu screen.
  • Page 98 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Description of the item on screen follows: Plug and Play Aware O/S Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification.
  • Page 99 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Offboard PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer.
  • Page 100 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel is used.

  • Page 101: Peripheral Setup

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE 4.7 Peripheral Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Peripheral Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 102 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Description of the item on screen follows: Onboard FDC Choose Auto, for the BIOS to automatically detect the device If the ISA add-on card has Onboard FDC to be set at Disabled FDC exist...
  • Page 103 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE Serial Port2 Mode Choose onboard Serial Port2 operation mode as standard UART or as IR/Infrared. The default setting is Normal. IR Duplex Mode Choose full duplex or half duplex operation mode when the onboard Serial Port2 operation mode is selected as IR.
  • Page 104 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 ® CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE BIOS USER’S GUIDE EPP Version This option is for setting which EPP version will be used. The settings are 1.7 and 1.9.

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