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Biostar P4SFA Bios Setup Manual

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P4SFA 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 ................................................................................. 15
6 Power Management Setup........................................................................... 20
7 PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................. 24
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 26
9 Frequency Control....................................................................................... 28
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    P4SFA 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 ................. 15 6 Power Management Setup................20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations................24 8 PC Health Status ..................26...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    P4SFA BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
  • Page 3 P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 Pentium 4 CPU.

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 P4SFA BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output features. 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.
  • Page 6 P4SFA BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 P4SFA BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
  • Page 9 P4SFA BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All, but Keyboard the POST process and All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory...

  • Page 10: Advanced Bios Features

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup 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 11 P4SFA BIOS Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
  • Page 12 P4SFA BIOS Setup Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down. The Choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.
  • Page 13 P4SFA BIOS Setup Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

  • Page 14: Advanced Chipset Features

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 P4SFA BIOS Setup RAS Active Time (tRAS) This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time. The Choices: 6T (default), 5T. RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD) Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted.

  • Page 16: Integrated Peripherals

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals SIS OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “SIS ” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: Internal PCI/IDE This item allows you select Internal PCI/IDE.
  • Page 17 P4SFA BIOS Setup IDE Burst Mode This item allows you enable/disable IDE Burst Mode. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. SIS OnChip PCI Device OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “SIS ” label and...
  • Page 18 P4SFA BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto. Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
  • Page 19 P4SFA BIOS Setup Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use. The Choices: 5, 10 (default). IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. Select the “Enabled” option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do).
  • Page 20 P4SFA BIOS Setup USB2.0 Access Interface This item allows you select the USB2.0 Access Interface. The Choices: EDB Bus (default), PCI Bus. MAC Access Interface This item allows you select the MAC Access Interface. The Choices: Embedded Bus (default), PCI Bus.

  • Page 21: Power Management Setup

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 22 P4SFA BIOS Setup 2. Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
  • Page 23 P4SFA BIOS Setup Switch Function You can choose whether or not to permit your system or enter complete suspend mode. Suspend mode offers greater power savings, with a correspondingly longer with a correspondingly longer awakening period. The Choices: Break/ Wake (default), Disabled.
  • Page 24 P4SFA BIOS Setup MACPME Power Up Control This item allows you to control the MACPME Power Up. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). PCIPME Power Up Control This item allows you to control the PCIPME Power Up. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

  • Page 25: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 26 P4SFA BIOS Setup Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 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 &...

  • Page 27: Pc Health Status

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 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 C/140...
  • Page 28 P4SFA BIOS Setup Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. Show H/W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage.

  • Page 29: Frequency Control

    P4SFA BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. The Choices: 0X (default). CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator. The Choices: Default (default), +1.7％, +3.45％, +5.1％.
  • Page 30 P4SFA BIOS Setup Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Frequency This item allows you to control CPU Frequency. The Choices: Default (default), 100MHz, 133MHz. DRAM Frequency This item allows you to control DRAM Frequency.

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