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Biostar 945GC-M7 TE Bios Setup Manual

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945GC-M7 TE BIOS SETUP
BIOS Setup........................................................................................1
1 Main Menu..................................................................................................... 3
2 Standard CMOS Features .............................................................................. 6
3 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................... 8
4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................... 13
5 Integrated Peripherals .................................................................................. 16
6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 21
7 PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................... 26
8 PC Health Status .......................................................................................... 28
9 Frequency/Voltage Control.......................................................................... 30
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    945GC-M7 TE BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup..................1 1 Main Menu..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features ................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features................8 4 Advanced Chipset Features................13 5 Integrated Peripherals .................. 16 6 Power Management Setup ................21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................26 8 PC Health Status ..................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    945GC-M7 TE BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Phoenix-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 945GC-M7 TE PCI Bus Support This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate Two Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU. Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    945GC-M7 TE 1 Main Menu Once you enter Phoenix-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 945GC-M7 TE 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 945GC-M7 TE 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. Save &...

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    945GC-M7 TE 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 945GC-M7 TE Item Options Description SATA 1~4 device Options are in its sub Press <Enter> to enter the menu. menu detailed options. Drive A 360K, 5.25 in Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your Drive B 1.2M, 5.25 in system.

  • Page 9: Advanced Bios Features

    945GC-M7 TE 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup CPU FEATURE Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time. The Choices: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min (default), 32 Min.

  • Page 10: Limit Cpuid Maxval

    945GC-M7 TE Thermal Management This option allows you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor. The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor2. Notes: The choices will be different according to your CPU features. TM2 Bus Ratio This option represents the frequency. (Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot.) Min= 0 Max= 255...
  • Page 11 945GC-M7 TE Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically. This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed. The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri.Slave, Sec.Master, Sec.Slave, USBHDD0, USBHDD1, USBHDD2 and Bootable Add-in Cards. First/Second/Third Boot Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 12 945GC-M7 TE Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices: NO (default), YES. 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 13 945GC-M7 TE 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, and 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 14: Advanced Chipset Features

    945GC-M7 TE 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 15 945GC-M7 TE DRAM RAS# Precharge If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance.
  • Page 16 945GC-M7 TE 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 17: Integrated Peripherals

    945GC-M7 TE 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:...
  • Page 18 945GC-M7 TE 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), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
  • Page 19 945GC-M7 TE IDE Mode PATA The Choices: Primary (default), Secondary. Onboard Device If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Onboard Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals.
  • Page 20 945GC-M7 TE USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support. Disabled (default) Disable USB Mouse Support. Onboard Azalia Audio This item allows you to decide to enable or disable to support HD Audio. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
  • Page 21 945GC-M7 TE Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port.

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    945GC-M7 TE 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 & Wake Up Events...
  • Page 23 945GC-M7 TE ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM...
  • Page 24 945GC-M7 TE POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose the power on function. 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. Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.
  • Page 25 945GC-M7 TE Power Management 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 Saving (default) Minimum power management.
  • Page 26 945GC-M7 TE 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. This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

  • Page 27: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    945GC-M7 TE 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 28 945GC-M7 TE IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts.

  • Page 29: Pc Health Status

    945GC-M7 TE 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status CPU FAN Control The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise. The Choices: Smart (default), Always On. CPU Fan Off<℃> If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. The Choices: Min=0,.Max=127, Key in a DEC number.
  • Page 30 945GC-M7 TE SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices: 65 C/140 F, 70 C/149 F, 75 C/158 F, Disabled (default). SHOW H/W MONITOR IN POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage.

  • Page 31: Frequency/Voltage Control

    945GC-M7 TE 9 Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. Min = 8 Max = 50 Key in a DEC number. The Choices: 19X (default). CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. Min= 100 Max = 265 Key in a DEC number.
  • Page 32 945GC-M7 TE Memory Voltage The Choices:1.90V (default), 1.80V, 2.00V, 2.10V, 2.20V, 2.30V, 2.40V, 2.50V. Special Notice: 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” status.

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