P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE PCI Bus Support This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 3.0 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-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>...
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.”...
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE AGP & 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 AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture.
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VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size. The Choices(for P4M900-M7 SE): 128M (default), 64M, 256M, Disabled The Choices(for P4M890-M7 TE): 64M (default), 16M, 32M, 128M, 256M, Disabled Direct Frame Buffer This item allows you to disabled or enabled direct frame buffer The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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:...
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-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 Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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. DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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 PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password, please press Enter key to change password with a maximum length of 8 characters.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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”...
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 8 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉, 80℃/ 176℉, 85℃/ 185 ℉(default), 90℃/ 167℉, 95℃/ 194℉, Disabled.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE Start Value (Max:128) When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0~128, with an interval of 1. The Choices: Min=0, Max=128; key in a DEC number.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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: ...
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.
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P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE 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.