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Biostar K8NHA Grand Bios Setup Manual

Biostar K8NHA Grand Bios Setup Manual

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K8NHA-G 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 ................................................................................. 16
6 Power Management Setup........................................................................... 22
7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................................. 25
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 27
9 Frequency Control....................................................................................... 29
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    K8NHA-G 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 ... 16 6 Power Management Setup... 22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ... 25 8 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 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 Nvidia Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    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. WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figure 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS...
  • Page 5 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. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.
  • Page 6 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. Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    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. Figure 2.
  • Page 8 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. IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu.
  • Page 9 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

    3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority 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.
  • Page 11 Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock. State after power on. On (default) Numpad is number keys. Numpad is arrow keys. Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
  • Page 12 Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

  • Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features

    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 Row cycle time (tRC) This field specifies the ROW Cycle Time. RAS# active to RAS# active or auto refresh of the same bank. Typically -70 Nsec. The Choices: 9 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 7 BUS CLOCKS, 8 BUS CLOCKS, 10 BUS CLOCKS, 11 BUS CLOCKS, 12 BUS CLOCKS, 13 BUS CLOCKS, 14 BUS CLOCKS, 15 BUS CLOCKS, 16 BUS CLOCKS, 17 BUS CLOCKS, 18 BUS CLOCKS, 19 BUS CLOCKS, 20 BUS CLOCKS, 21 BUS CLOCKS, 22BUS CLOCKS.
  • Page 15 Write to Read Delay (tWTR) This bit specifies the write to read delay. Samsung called this Tcdlr (last data in to read command). It is measured from the rising edge following the last non-masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next Read Command (Jedec specs this as exactly one clock) The Choices: 1 BUS CLOCKS (Default), 2 BUS CLOCKS Read to Write Delay (tRWT)
  • Page 16 When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. AGP Sideband Address The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. Speculative TLB Reloads The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. LDT Downstream Width The Choices: Auto (default), 8 bits. LDT Speed The Choices: 2x (default), 1x, 2.5x, 3x, 4x.

  • Page 17: 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.
  • Page 18 drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. IDE Prefetch Mode The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”.
  • Page 19 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. MAC LAN (nVIDIA) This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN. The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
  • Page 20 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3 (default), Disabled, 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(default), ASKIR, IrDA, SCR .
  • Page 21 (3V), the 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 22 “On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC power is lost “Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost. For example: If set to “Former-Sts” and AC power is lost when system is live, then after AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on.

  • Page 23: Power Management 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 24 Min. Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Doze Mode = 1 min Standby Mode = 1 min.
  • Page 25 WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 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.

  • Page 26: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    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 27 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 28: Pc Health Status

    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℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉. CPU FAN Control by The Choice “smart”...
  • Page 29 Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPU FAN speed. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of the 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 30: Frequency Control

    9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. The Choices: Default (default), +1.7%, +3.4%, +5.1%. DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control. The Choices: Default (Default), 2.75V, 2.85V, 2.90V. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system.

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