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N4SLI-A9 BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup....................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu .................................................................................................................3
2 Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................................6
3 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................................9
4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................................12
5 Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................................15
6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................................21
7 PnP/PCI Configurations............................................................................................24
8 PC Health Status .......................................................................................................26
9 Voltage Control .........................................................................................................28
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
N4SLI-A9 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup... 1 1 Main Menu ...3 2 Standard CMOS Features ...6 3 Advanced BIOS Features...9 4 Advanced Chipset Features...12 5 Integrated Peripherals ...15 6 Power Management Setup ...21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations...24 8 PC Health Status ...26... -
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. N4SLI-A9... - Page 3 Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit N4SLI-A9 Function...
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Page 4: Main Menu
This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS. Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output features. N4SLI-A9... - Page 5 A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set. Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. N4SLI-A9...
- Page 6 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. message will be displayed before proceeding. Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios. N4SLI-A9 confirmation...
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Page 7: Standard Cmos Features
N4SLI-A9 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 360K, 5.25 in Drive B 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in Video EGA/VGA N4SLI-A9 Description Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date. system clock. Press <Enter> to enter the...
- Page 9 N4SLI-A9 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.
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Page 10: Advanced Bios Features
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. N4SLI-A9 Enable cache. Disable cache. - Page 11 Selects the NumLock. State after power on. On (default) Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal Fast (default) N4SLI-A9 Virus protection is disabled. Virus protection is activated. Enable quick POST. Normal POST. Numpad is number keys.
- Page 12 Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. N4SLI-A9 A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility. A password is required to access the Setup Utility...
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Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features
HT Width This item allows you to control the utilized width of the outgoing side of the HyperTransport link. Err94 Enh This item allows you to enable/disable the “sequential Prufetch Feature” of K8 CPU. The choices: Disabled (default), enable. N4SLI-A9... - Page 14 The Choices: 3 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 2 BUS CLOCKS, 4 BUS CLOCKS, 5 BUS CLOCKS, 6 BUS CLOCKS. CPU Spread Spectrum The choices: Center Spread (default). SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable \ enable the The choices: Disabled (default), enable. N4SLI-A9 Precharge to Active or SATA spread spectrum function.
- Page 15 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. N4SLI-A9 SATA spread spectrum function.
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Page 16: 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 17 N4SLI-A9 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively.
- Page 18 N4SLI-A9 RAID Configuration RAID Enable The choices: Disabled (default), enable. 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.
- Page 19 N4SLI-A9 USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboard. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio.
- Page 20 The Choices: Normal (default), AS KIR, IrDA. 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. N4SLI-A9...
- Page 21 Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. Hot Key Power on This option allows you to choose a hot key to power on. The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8 N4SLI-A9...
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Page 22: Power Management Setup
1. HDD Power Down. 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. N4SLI-A9 Power on Suspend Suspend to RAM POS+STR... - Page 23 Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.” The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default). WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. N4SLI-A9...
- Page 24 N4SLI-A9 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. POWER After PWR-Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs.
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Page 25: Pnp/Pci Configurations
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. N4SLI-A9... - Page 26 ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable this option. Disabled (default) Enabled Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP). The Choice: 4096 (default.) N4SLI-A9 PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device...
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Page 27: Pc Health Status
The item offers several delay time for you to choose. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Vcore/ +1.5V+3.3V/ +5.0V/ +12.0V/5V<SB>/ Voltage Battery Detect the system’s voltage status automatically. CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the CPU. N4SLI-A9... - Page 28 Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. N4SLI-A9...
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Page 29: Voltage Control
Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to set different CPU voltage. The Choices: StartUp (default), and other choices from 1.625V to 0.8V. DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to set different DDR voltage. The Choices: 2.7V, 2.8V, 2.9V. N4SLI-A9...