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Biostar P4TGV Bios Setup Manual

Biostar P4TGV Bios Setup Manual

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P4TGV 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 .......................................................................... 19
7 PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................. 24
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 26
9 Frequency Control ...................................................................................... 27
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    P4TGV 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 ... 19 7 PnP/PCI Configurations...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    P4TGV 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 P4TGV 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 SDRAM (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

    P4TGV 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 P4TGV BIOS Setup 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 P4TGV BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    P4TGV 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 P4TGV 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 P4TGV 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

    P4TGV BIOS Setup 3 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 11 P4TGV BIOS Setup Boot Up NumLock Status 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) Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
  • Page 12 P4TGV BIOS Setup OS Select For DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB. The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item allows you to enable/ disable display the small EPA logo.

  • Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features

    P4TGV 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 P4TGV BIOS Setup DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 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 P4TGV BIOS Setup Memory Hole At 15M-16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discussed their memory requirements.

  • Page 16: Integrated Peripherals

    P4TGV BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals Onboard PCI LAN This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard PCI LAN. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
  • Page 17 P4TGV BIOS Setup USB Keyboard Support The default value is Disabled. Enabled Disabled (default) AC97 Audio/ Modem This item allows you to Disable the AC97 audio controller integrated in ICH4 or to set Auto to let the Bios detect the AC97 audio codec automatically.
  • Page 18 P4TGV 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 19 P4TGV BIOS Setup IDE Devices Control Press Enter to configure the onboard IDE Controllers. On-Chip Primary/ Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO...

  • Page 20: Power Management Setup

    P4TGV 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 21 P4TGV BIOS Setup does not support the initialization feature , the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 . The Choices:Auto (default), Yes, No. Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1.
  • Page 22 P4TGV BIOS Setup The Choices: Yes (default), No. Suspend Type Select the legacy suspend mode method. The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend (default). Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use. The Choices: 3 (default),4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA.
  • Page 23 (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 24 P4TGV BIOS Setup There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”. “Off” (default) Means always set CMOS to the “Off” status when AC power is lost. “On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC power is lost “Former-Sts”...

  • Page 25: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    P4TGV 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 P4TGV BIOS Setup non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 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...

  • Page 27: Pc Health Status

    P4TGV 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 only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: Disabled (default), 60 C/167 CPU Vcore/AGP Voltage/+3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/-5V/ Voltage Battery...

  • Page 28: Frequency Control

    P4TGV BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator. The Choices: Default (default), +1.7％, +3.45％, +5.1％.
  • Page 29 P4TGV 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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