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Biostar U8668 Bios Setup Manual

Biostar U8668 Bios Setup Manual

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BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup ................................................................................... 1
Main Menu .................................................................................... 3
Standard CMOS Features ..................................................... 5
Standard CMOS Features ....................................................... 6
Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................ 8
Advanced Chipset Features .................................................11
Integrated Peripherals........................................................... 16
Power Management Setup ................................................... 22
PnP/PCI Configurations ....................................................... 28
PC Health Status...................................................................... 31
Frequency/Voltage Control ................................................ 33

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    BIOS Setup BIOS Setup ... 1 Main Menu ... 3 Standard CMOS Features ... 5 Standard CMOS Features ... 6 Advanced BIOS Features ... 8 Advanced Chipset Features ...11 Integrated Peripherals... 16 Power Management Setup ... 22 PnP/PCI Configurations ... 28 PC Health Status...

  • Page 2: 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: Pci Bus Support

    PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    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 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. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play”...

  • Page 6: Set User 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. and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them. Save &...

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    BIOS Setup 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: Main Menu Selections

    Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Date MM DD Time HH MM SS IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu. IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu.

  • Page 9: Advanced Bios Features

    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 10 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. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.

  • Page 11: Security Option

    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. The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000.

  • Page 12: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and external cache. 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 13 DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: By SPD(default), Manual. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.5 (default), 2. Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature.
  • Page 14 AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode. The Choices: 4X (default), 2X, 1X. AGP Driving Control By choosing “Auto” the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card. By choosing “Manual”, it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual.

  • Page 15: Memory Hole

    PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Memory Hole When enabled, you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM.
  • Page 16 FB Address Conversion Setting this bit further optimizes the MA table for VGA frame buffer accesses according to the DRAM page size in use. Setting this should improve VGA performance especially in tiling address mode. This but cannot be used the same time as CPU Direct Access FB mode.

  • Page 17: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals !" Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals Onboard PCI LAN This item allows you to enabled or disabled the onboard PCI LAN function. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.

  • Page 18: Via Onchip Ide Device

    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: Via Onchip Pci Device

    VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip PCI Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: VIA-3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
  • Page 20 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices: Disabled (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

  • Page 21: Init Display First

    Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP(default) ECP+EPP EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. The Choices: EPP 1.7(default), EPP1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port. The Choices: 3 (default), 1. Game Port Address Game Port I/O Address.
  • Page 22 USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboards. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 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 23: Power Management Setup

    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: Power Management Option

    Power Management Option 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. Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min.

  • Page 25: Suspend Mode

    Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour. Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management.
  • Page 26 Power Supply (5VSB), and the Power Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard battery (3V). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from the Power Supply is used.
  • Page 27 BIOS Setup HDD & FDD When this option is set to On, any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down. The Choices: On (default), Off. PCI Master When set to On, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power function.

  • Page 28: Irqs Activity Monitoring

    IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activity). Primary INTR IRQ3 (COM2) IRQ4 (COM1) IRQ5 (LPT2) IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) IRQ7 (LPT1) IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) IRQ10 (Reserved) IRQ11 (Reserved)

  • Page 29: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    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 30: Reset Configuration Data

    Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations.

  • Page 31: Irq Resources

    IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only configurable when “Resources Controlled By” is set to “Manual”.

  • Page 32: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status !" Figure 8. PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set the warning temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature. When this function is enabled, the system will warn you if the CPU temperature reaches the warning temperature.

  • Page 33: Shutdown Temperature

    CPU Vcore +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V), 5VSB(V) Detect the system’s voltage status automatically. Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature. When this function is enabled, the system will automatically shutdown if the CPU temperature reaches the shutdown temperature.

  • Page 34: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control !" Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI / DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock. The Choices: 100MHz (Min) (default) ~ 132MHz (Max). CPU Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio.
  • Page 35 BIOS Setup 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 CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON” status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting. Method 2: Press the <Insert>...

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