Biostar P4M890-M7 FE - BIOS SETUP Manual

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P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE BIOS Setup BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu ..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features..............6 3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............8 4 Advanced Chipset Features..............16 5 Integrated Peripherals................. 20 6 Power Management Setup..............26 7 PnP/PCI Configurations..............31 8 PC Health Status ..................
Page 2: Bios Setup
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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: Pci Bus Support
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 Intel CPU. Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter>...
Page 4: Main Menu
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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: Advanced Chipset Features
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Item Options Description Press <Enter> to enter the Options are in its sub IDE Channel 1 Master sub menu of detailed menu. options. Press <Enter> to enter the Options are in its sub IDE Channel 1 Slave sub menu of detailed menu.
Page 9: Advanced Bios Features
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.
Page 10: Hard Disk Boot Priority
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB HDD0, USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.
Page 11 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache &...
Page 12 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Cache Setup CPU L1 & L2 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. CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.
Page 13: Cpu Feature
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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, 16Min (default), 32 Min. Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to control the “Thermal Management.” The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor 2.
Page 14: Virus Warning
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, it should be “Disabled” for Windows XP. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. C1E Function This item allows you to configure the Enhanced Halt State (C1E) function, which may reduce the power consumption of your system when the system is idle.
Page 15: Quick Power On Self Test
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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. Disabled Normal POST. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.
Page 16: Summary Screen Show
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability This item allows you to enable/disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Page 17: Advanced Chipset Features
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 18 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE VGA & P2P Bridge Control Highlight “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and pressing the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options: Figure 4.1: AGP & P2P Bridge Control VGA Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture.
Page 19 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE VGA Master 1 WS Read When enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size. The Choices: 64M (default), 128M, 256M, Disabled Direct Frame Buffer This item allows you to disabled or enabled direct frame buffer...
Page 20: Memory Hole
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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: Enabled (default), Disabled. VLink mode selection This item allows you to select Vlink mode. The Choices: By Auto (default), Mode 0 , Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.
Page 21: Integrated Peripherals
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “VIA OnChip IDE Device” label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:...
Page 22: Sata Controller
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE SATA Controller This option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial ATA. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. SATA Controller Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode. The Choices: RAID, IDE (default). IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.
Page 23: Via Onchip Pci Device
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors 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 24: Super Io Device
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device. 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.
Page 25: Usb Device Setting
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 26 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE USB Operation Mode This option let you select the operation mode of USB function. The Choices: High Speed (default), Full/Low Speed. USB Keyboard/Mouse/Storage Function These options allow you to enable or disable the USB keyboard/mouse/storage devices. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting These options allow you to choose the boot up type of the USB mass storage devices..
Page 27: Power Management Setup
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 28: Power Management Option
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Power Management Option 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 29: Video Off Method
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank. V/H SYNC+Blank (default) This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
Page 30: Wakeup Event Detect
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE WDRT Run/Stop This option allows you to select the mode of Watchdog Timer. The Choices: Stop (default), Run. WDRT Count This option allows you to control the count of the Watchdog Timer. The Choices: 1023 (default); min=0, max=1023, key in a DEC number. Wakeup Event Detect Figure 6.1:IRQ/Event Activity Detect PowerOn by PCI Card...
Page 31 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE RTC Alarm Resume When “Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Date (of Month) You can choose which month the system will boot up. This field is only configurable when “RTC Resume”...
Page 32: Pnp/Pci Configurations
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 33: Reset Configuration Data
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 34: Maximum Payload Size
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 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 Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA.
Page 35: Pc Health Status
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 8 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Smart Fan Option...
Page 36: Shutdown Temperature
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU Fan. The Choices: Disabled (default), Auto. Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU fan functions and show CPU fan speed. PWM Duty Off<℃>...
Page 37 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several different delay times. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Page 38: Performance Booster Zone
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE 9 Performance Booster Zone Figure 9: Performance Booster Zone DRAM Clock/Drive Control This item controls the DRAM Clock. Highlight “Press Enter” next to the “DRAM Clock/Drive Control” label and pressing the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options: Figure 9.1: DRAM Clock/Drive Control...
Page 39 P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock. The Choices: By SPD (default), 100MHz, 133MHz, 166MHz, 200MHz, 266MHz, 333MHz . DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing. The Choices: Auto by SPD (default), Manual, Turbo, Ultra. SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.
Page 40: Cpu Clock
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD) This item allows you to determine the selection for ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD) The Choices: 3T (default). 1T CMD Support The Choices: Disable (default), Auto. DDR2 On Die Termination This option allows you to choose the working type of ODT.
Page 41: Spread Spectrum
P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function. The Choices:+/- 0.25% (default), +/- 0. 5%, Disabled, -0.5%, -1.0%. DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage. The Choices: StartUp (default), +0.10V, +0.20V, +0.30V, +0.40V, +0.50V, +0.60V, +0.70V.

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