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Biostar N4SIE-A7 Bios Setup Manual

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N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup....................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu .................................................................................................................3
2 Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................................6
3 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................................9
4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................................13
5 Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................................17
6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................................22
7 PnP/PCI Configurations............................................................................................25
8 PC Health Status .......................................................................................................27
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup... 1 1 Main Menu ...3 2 Standard CMOS Features ...6 3 Advanced BIOS Features...9 4 Advanced Chipset Features...13 5 Integrated Peripherals ...17 6 Power Management Setup ...22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations...25 8 PC Health Status ...27...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba. N4SIE-A7 ®...
  • Page 3 N4SIE-A7 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    N4SIE-A7 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 5 N4SIE-A7 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.
  • Page 6 N4SIE-A7 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    N4SIE-A7 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. 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.
  • Page 8 N4SIE-A7 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Date mm : dd : yy Time hh : mm : ss IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu.
  • Page 9 N4SIE-A7 Item Options Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Description Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you.

  • Page 10: Advanced Bios Features

    N4SIE-A7 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec, Slave, USBHDD0, USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.
  • Page 11 N4SIE-A7 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.
  • Page 12 N4SIE-A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.
  • Page 13 N4SIE-A7 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. System Setup (default) This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu. APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system.

  • Page 14: Advanced Chipset Features

    N4SIE-A7 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.
  • Page 15 N4SIE-A7 PCIE Frequency This item allows you to select the PCIE Frequency. The Choices: 100 (default). CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. The Choices: 8X (default), Min= 8 Max= 50 CPU Core Unlock Default multiplier and CPU core frequency.
  • Page 16 N4SIE-A7 T<RC> Set memory timings to [optimal] to use the delay recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer. The choices: Auto (default). Addressing Mode Set memory timings to [optimal] to use the delay recommended value. The choices: Auto (default). Spread Spectrum Control...
  • Page 17 Selecting the “Disabled ” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. However, any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Video RAM C Cacheable The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. N4SIE-A7...

  • Page 18: Integrated Peripherals

    OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
  • Page 19 Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for Serial-ATA1. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled Serial-ATA 2 Enables support for Serial-ATA2. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. RAID Configuration RAID Enable The choices: Disabled (default), enable. N4SIE-A7...
  • Page 20 N4SIE-A7 ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The Choices: V1. 1+V2. 0 (default), Disabled, V1.1 USB Memory Type The Choices: SHADOW (default).
  • Page 21 N4SIE-A7 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
  • Page 22 N4SIE-A7 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port.Full-duplex Mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission.Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full. Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address.

  • Page 23: Power Management Setup

    N4SIE-A7 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
  • Page 24 N4SIE-A7 Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Define (default) Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min.
  • Page 25 N4SIE-A7 WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. USB Resume from S3 The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Power-On by Alarm When you select Enabled, an alarm returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

  • Page 26: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    N4SIE-A7 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 27 N4SIE-A7 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.By Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.

  • Page 28: Pc Health Status

    N4SIE-A7 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: Disabled (default), 60℃/140F, 65℃/149F, 70℃/158F, 75℃/167F.

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