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Biostar NF520B A2G PLUS - BIOS SETUP Manual

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NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup

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BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 2
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 4
2 Standard CMOS Features..................................................................... 7
3 Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 9
4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 15
5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 18
6 Power Management Setup................................................................... 24
7 PnP/PCI Configurations...................................................................... 28
8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 31
9 Performance Booster Zone.................................................................. 34
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup Table of Contents BIOS Setup ....................2 1 Main Menu ..................... 4 2 Standard CMOS Features..............7 3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............9 4 Advanced Chipset Features..............15 5 Integrated Peripherals................. 18 6 Power Management Setup..............24 7 PnP/PCI Configurations..............

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-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 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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 Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU. Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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.
  • Page 5 NF520B A2G+ 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. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play”...
  • Page 6 NF520B A2G+ 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

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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 8 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup Item Options Description 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in Select the type of floppy 720K, 3.5 in Drive A disk drive installed in your 1.44M, 3.5 in system. 2.88M, 3.5 in None EGA/VGA CGA 40 Select the default video Video device.

  • Page 9: Advanced Bios Features

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup...
  • Page 10 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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 11 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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. The Choices: Pri.
  • Page 12 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup CD-ROM Boot Priority TheChoices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB-CDROM0, USB-CDROM1. First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CDROM, Legacy LAN, 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 13 NF520B A2G+ 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 14 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. System: A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility. Setup (default): A password is required to access the Setup Utility only.

  • Page 15: Advanced Chipset Features

    NF520B A2G+ 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.
  • Page 16 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup CPU Feature Virtualization Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control The item allows you select K8 Cool’n’Quiet control. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
  • Page 17 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the “Enabled” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, which is able to improve the system performance. However, any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause conflicts and result in system errors.

  • Page 18: Integrated Peripherals

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup...
  • Page 19 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup RAID Config RAID Enable This option allows you to enable or disable RAID function. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID This option allows you to enable or disable SATA Primary/Secondary RAID. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. On-chip IDE Channel 0 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
  • Page 20 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup Primary 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 21 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup Onboard Device USB Keyboard/ Storage Support This item allows you to support the USB legacy devices. The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support.
  • Page 22 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
  • Page 23 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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. Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.

  • Page 24: Power Management Setup

    NF520B A2G+ 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 25 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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 26 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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. The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).
  • Page 27 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup HPET Support This item allows you to control the high precision event timer. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 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.

  • Page 28: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    NF520B A2G+ 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.
  • Page 29 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it.
  • Page 30 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

  • Page 31: Pc Health Status

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Smart Fan Option...
  • Page 32 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU Fan. The Choices: Disabled (default), Auto, 4-pin, 3-pin.. Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU fan functions and show CPU fan speed.
  • Page 33 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 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.

  • Page 34: Performance Booster Zone

    NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup 9 Performance Booster Zone Figure 9: Performance Booster Zone CPU VID Control This function allows you to adjust the CPU voltage. The Choices: Default (default), +7.5%, +15%, +23%. CHIP VID Control This function allows you to adjust the chipset voltage. The Choices: 1.25V (default), 1.35V, 1.45V, 1.55V HT Voltage Control This function allows you to adjust the HT voltage.
  • Page 35 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. The Choices: 200.0 (default), 201.0~450.0. PCIE Clock The Choices: 100MHz (default), 101MHz ~ 150MHz K8<->NB HT Speed This item allows you to select the K8<->NB HT Speed. The Choices: Auto (default), 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x.
  • Page 36 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup DCTs Mode This item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-channel operation mode. If two DRAM modules with different size are installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. The Choices: Unganged (default), Ganged.
  • Page 37 NF520B A2G+ BIOS Setup <Twr> Write Recovery Time The Choices: 6 bus clocks (default), 3 bus clocks, 4 bus clocks, 5 bus clocks. <Trtp> Precharge Time The Choices: 3 clocks (default), 2 clocks. <Trc> Row Cycle Time The Choices: 26 bus clocks (default), 11-25 bus clocks. <Trcd>...

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