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Biostar M7VIZ Bios Setup Manual

Biostar M7VIZ Bios Setup Manual

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M7VIZ 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........................................................................... 21
7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................................. 25
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 28
9 Frequency/ Voltage Control........................................................................ 30
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    M7VIZ 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................21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................25 8 PC Health Status ..................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    M7VIZ 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 M7VIZ 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 AMD CPU.

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    M7VIZ 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 M7VIZ BIOS Setup 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.
  • Page 6 M7VIZ 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

    M7VIZ 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 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
  • Page 9 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All, but Keyboard the POST process and All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory...

  • Page 10: Advanced Bios Features

    M7VIZ BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy. First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 11 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Cache & Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache & shadow 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.
  • Page 12 M7VIZ BIOS Setup controls Gate A20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured.

  • Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features

    M7VIZ 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 M7VIZ BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SPD or not. The Choices: Auto By SPD (default), Manual, Turbo, Ultra. DRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.
  • Page 15 M7VIZ BIOS Setup tWTR for DDR400 only This item allows you to choose tWTR for DDR 400 only. The Choices: 1T, 2T, 3T (default). AGP & P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and...
  • Page 16 M7VIZ BIOS Setup CPU & PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “CPU & PCI Bus Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states.

  • Page 17: Integrated Peripherals

    M7VIZ BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and / or second IDE interface. If you install a primary and / or secondary add-in IDE interface, select “Disabled”...
  • Page 18 M7VIZ BIOS Setup IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provides successively increased performance.
  • Page 19 M7VIZ BIOS Setup and you have USB peripherals. The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled. USB Keyboard/ Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard/ Mouse Legacy Support. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 1394 Fire Wire This item allows you to enable or disable 1394 Fire Wire.
  • Page 20 M7VIZ BIOS Setup UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full.
  • Page 21 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. The Choices: PCI Slot (default), AGP.

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    M7VIZ 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 23 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min.
  • Page 24 M7VIZ BIOS Setup DPMS Initial display power management signaling. The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend. 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 25 M7VIZ BIOS Setup PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Wake Up On LAN/Ring To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support power on function.

  • Page 26: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    M7VIZ 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 27 M7VIZ BIOS Setup option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the “Disabled” mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources controlled by function.
  • Page 28 M7VIZ BIOS Setup In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable this option.

  • Page 29: Pc Health Status

    M7VIZ BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Current CPU1 Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the 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 30 M7VIZ BIOS Setup Show H/W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay time for you to choose. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep.

  • Page 31: Frequency/ Voltage Control

    M7VIZ BIOS Setup 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control 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.

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