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Biostar TForce 550 SE Bios Setup Manual

Biostar TForce 550 SE Bios Setup Manual

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TForce 550 SE
BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3
2 Standard CMOS Features..................................................................... 7
3Advanced BIOS Features ....................................................................... 9
4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 16
5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 18
6 Power Management Setup .................................................................. 24
7 PnP/PCI Configurations...................................................................... 28
8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 31
9 Over Clock Navigator.......................................................................... 34
10 CMOS Reload Program (C.R.P.)...................................................... 43
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    TForce 550 SE BIOS Setup ... 1 1 Main Menu ... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features... 7 3Advanced BIOS Features ... 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features... 16 5 Integrated Peripherals... 18 6 Power Management Setup ... 24 7 PnP/PCI Configurations... 28 8 PC Health Status ...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 3: Pci Bus Support

    TForce 550 SE 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) is supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    TForce 550 SE 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: Integrated Peripherals

    TForce 550 SE 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. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

  • Page 6: Set Supervisor Password

    TForce 550 SE 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. Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password.
  • Page 7 TForce 550 SE Integrate Flashing Program This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS. By pressing “Enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be completed easily.

  • Page 8: Standard Cmos Features

    TForce 550 SE 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several 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 9 TForce 550 SE Item Options 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in None All Errors No Errors Halt On All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Description Select the situation in which...

  • Page 10: 3Advanced Bios Features

    TForce 550 SE 3Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup...

  • Page 11: Cpu Internal Cache

    TForce 550 SE CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. External Cache This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which may improve performance.
  • Page 12 TForce 550 SE Removable Device Priority Select Removable Boot Device Priority. The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0, USB-ZIP1, LS120. Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically. You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.

  • Page 13: Cd-Rom Boot Priority

    TForce 550 SE CD-ROM Boot Priority The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0, USB CDROM Network Boot Priority The Choices: Network 0, Network 1, Network 2, Network 3.

  • Page 14: Quick Power On Self Test

    TForce 550 SE First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CDROM, Network, Disabled. Boot Other Device When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device when it failed to load from the three devices above.

  • Page 15: Gate A20 Option

    TForce 550 SE Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.

  • Page 16: Mps Version Control For Os

    TForce 550 SE MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.

  • Page 17: Advanced Chipset Features

    TForce 550 SE 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.

  • Page 18: System Bios Cacheable

    TForce 550 SE HT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Center (default), Disabled, Down. SSE/SSE2 instruction This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Feature K8 NPT CIE Support The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

  • Page 19: Integrated Peripherals

    TForce 550 SE 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:...

  • Page 20: Raid Config

    The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. On-chip IDE Channel 0 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 21: Onboard Device

    TForce 550 SE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA function 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 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

  • Page 22: Usb Keyboard Support

    TForce 550 SE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You may 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), Base Memory(640K).

  • Page 23: Onboard Fdc Controller

    TForce 550 SE Onboard I/O Address Press Enter to configure the Onboard I/O Address. Onboard FDC Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.

  • Page 24: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    TForce 550 SE Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.

  • Page 25: Power Management Setup

    TForce 550 SE 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 26: Power Management

    TForce 550 SE Power Management This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down. 2. Suspend Mode. There are three options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min.

  • Page 27: Power-On By Alarm

    TForce 550 SE Soft-Off by PBTN This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power.

  • Page 28: Kb Power On Password

    TForce 550 SE POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose the power on method. The Choices: Button Only(default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse Move/Click, Mouse Double Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98. KB Power ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.

  • Page 29: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    TForce 550 SE 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.

  • Page 30: Resources Controlled By

    TForce 550 SE the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the “Disabled” mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources controlled by function. Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards.

  • Page 31: Maximum Payload Size

    TForce 550 SE Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP). The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.

  • Page 32: Pc Health Status

    TForce 550 SE 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: Disabled , 70℃/ 158℉(default), 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉.
  • Page 33 TForce 550 SE SYS FAN Control by Choose “smart” to reduce the noise caused by the System FAN. The Choices: SMART, Always On(default). CPU Fan Off<℃> If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.

  • Page 34: Current Cpu Fan Speed

    TForce 550 SE CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU. 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. Current NB FAN Speed...

  • Page 35: Over Clock Navigator

    9 Over Clock Navigator OverClock Navigator OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance...
  • Page 36 TForce 550 SE Auto OverClock System The Overclock Navigator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system. These engines will boost your system performance to different level. The Choices: V6 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 5%~10% of whole system performance.
  • Page 37 TForce 550 SE Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock setting. Note: Based on our test results; the overclock function achieved the best performance on AMD 3000+ CPU CPU Vid control The Choices: Auto (default), 0.800v~2.310v.

  • Page 38: Dram Configuration

    TForce 550 SE K8<->NB HT Speed The Choices: AUTO (default), 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x. Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DDR Timing. The Choices: Auto (default), MaxMemClk. Memory Clock Value OR Limi The Choices: DDR 400 (default), DDR 533, DDR 667, DDR 800.

  • Page 39: Memory Timings

    TForce 550 SE Memory Timings tCL(CAS Latency) The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRCD The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRAS The Choices: Auto (default), 5 clock ~ 18 clock.
  • Page 40 TForce 550 SE tRWT The Choices: Auto (default), 2 clock ~ 9 clock. tWTR The Choices: Auto (default), 1 clock ~ 3 clock. tREF The Choices: Auto (default), 7.8 us, 3.9 us. Read DQS Skew The Choices: Auto (default), -10/96 clock ~ +10/96 clock.
  • Page 41 TForce 550 SE MCLK drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. MD drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. DQS drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. Dram on-die Termination The Choices: Auto (default), Disable, 75ohm, 150ohm, 50ohm.
  • Page 42 TForce 550 SE TwTr Command Delay The Choices: 3 bus clocks (default), 1 bus clocks, 2 clocks. TrTfc0 for DIMM0 The Choices: 75ns (default), 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns. TrTfc1 for DIMM1 The Choices: 75ns (default), 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns. TrTfc2 for DIMM2 The Choices: 75ns (default), 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns.
  • Page 43 TForce 550 SE Integrated Memory Test Integrated Memory Test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software. Step 1: This item is disabled on default; change it to “Enable” to precede memory test. Step 2: When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enabled” to...

  • Page 44: Cmos Reload Program (C.r.p.)

    TForce 550 SE 10 CMOS Reload Program (C.R.P.) The CMOS Reload Program (CRP) allows you to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. You may reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations. Moreover, you may save your ideal overclock setting for easier overclocking.

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