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Biostar P4TSV Bios Setup Manual

Biostar P4TSV Bios Setup Manual

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P4TSV 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........................................................................... 20
7 PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................. 24
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 26
9 Frequency Control....................................................................................... 28
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    P4TSV 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... 20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations... 24 8 PC Health Status ... 26...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    P4TSV 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 P4TSV 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 DRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    P4TSV 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    P4TSV 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup 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

    P4TSV BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 11 P4TSV BIOS Setup Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Disabled Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector.
  • Page 12 P4TSV BIOS Setup Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The Choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, 1000. Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

  • Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features

    P4TSV 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 14 P4TSV BIOS Setup This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
  • Page 15 P4TSV BIOS Setup The Choices: 64, 4, 8, 16, 32, 128(default), 256. Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The Choices: Onboard/ AGP (default), PCI Slot. On-Chip VGA This item allows you to enabled or disabled on-chip VGA.

  • Page 16: Integrated Peripherals

    P4TSV BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE Device Press Enter to configure the onboard IDE Controllers. 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),...
  • Page 17 P4TSV BIOS Setup Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
  • Page 18 P4TSV BIOS Setup USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled Disabled (default) AC97 Audio/ Modem This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio/Modem. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
  • Page 19 P4TSV BIOS Setup The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled (default), Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 , 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choices: Normal, ASKIR, IrDA (default), SCR . UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port.
  • Page 20 P4TSV BIOS Setup Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use. The Choices: 10 (default), 5.

  • Page 21: Power Management Setup

    P4TSV 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down. 2. Doze Mode. 3. Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min.
  • Page 23 P4TSV BIOS Setup This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The Choices: Yes (default), No. Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type. The Choices: Stop Grant (default), PwrOn Suspend. MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use.
  • Page 24 P4TSV BIOS Setup USB KB Wake-Up From S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from S3. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function.

  • Page 25: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    P4TSV 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 P4TSV BIOS Setup 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 27: Pc Health Status

    P4TSV 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 is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: 60°C/140°C, 65°C/149°F, Disabled (default).
  • Page 28 P4TSV BIOS Setup Current CPU Temp Show you the current CPU temperature. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage.

  • Page 29: Frequency Control

    P4TSV BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio The Choices: 8 X(default), 9X, 10X, 11X, 12X, 13X, 14 X, 15X, 16X, 17X, 18X, 19X, 20 X, 21 X, 22 X, 23 X. CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator.
  • Page 30 P4TSV BIOS Setup CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON”...

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