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- Page 1 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ........1 Before You Start ................1 Package Checklist ................1 Motherboard Features..............2 Rear Panel Connectors (Ver 5.x)............. 4 Rear Panel Connectors (Ver 6.x)............. 4 Motherboard Layout................. 5 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ......6 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)........ -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION EFORE TART Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operation. -
Page 4: Motherboard Features
Motherboard Manual OTHERBOARD EATURES TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron... - Page 5 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA OS Support Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice. support for any OS With or without notice.
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Page 6: Rear Panel Connectors (Ver 5.X)
Motherboard Manual ANEL ONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Keyboard Center Line In Rear Line Out Side Mic In ANEL ONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse Line In/ Surround Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center PS/2 COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Keyboard... -
Page 7: Motherboard Layout
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ OTHERBOARD AYOUT JKBMS1 JCFAN1 JUSB2 JATXPWR2 JATXPWR1 JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 AUDIO2 (for Ver 5.x) JATXPWR3 JAUDIO1 (for Ver 6.x) nForce 520/560 PEX1_1 SATA1 SATA3 PEX1_2 SATA2 SATA4 BIOS PEX16_1 PCI1 SUPER I/O BAT1 Codec PCI2 PCI3 LED_D1 LED_D2... -
Page 8: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) NSTALLING ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle. - Page 9 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation. Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.
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Page 10: Fan Headers
Motherboard Manual FAN H EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. -
Page 11: Installing System Memory
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ NSTALLING YSTEM EMORY A. Memory Modules Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. - Page 12 Motherboard Manual C. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements: Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the following table. Duual Channel Status DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMA2 DIMMB2...
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Page 13: Connectors And Slots
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ ONNECTORS AND LOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. IDE1: Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. - Page 14 Motherboard Manual PEX16-1: PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally. PEX1_1/PEX1_2: PCI-Express x1 Slots PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total. PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.
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Page 15: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO ETUP UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. - Page 16 Motherboard Manual JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. Assignment +3.3V +3.3V Ground Ground Ground PW_OK Standby Voltage +5V +12V +12V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground PS-ON Ground Ground Ground Ground JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector...
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Page 17: Cd-Rom Audio-In Connector
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader. Assignment... -
Page 18: Clear Cmos Procedures
Motherboard Manual SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s. Assignment SATA1 SATA3 Ground SATA2 SATA4 Ground Ground JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. - Page 19 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Assignment SPDIF_OUT Ground JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector This header allows you to connector printer on the PC. Assignment Assignment -Strobe...
- Page 20 Motherboard Manual JATXPWR3: Auxiliary Power for Graphics This connector is an auxiliary power connection for graphics cards. Exclusive power for the graphics card provides better graphics performance. Assignment +12V Ground Ground On-Board LED Indicators There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status. LED_D1 LED_D2 LED_D1 and LED_D2:...
- Page 21 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ On-Board Buttons There are 2 on-board buttons. RSTSW1 PWRSW1 PWRSW1: This is an on-board Power Switch button. RSTSW1: This is an on-board Reset button.
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Page 22: Chapter 4: Nvidia Raid Functions
Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS PERATION YSTEM Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional. RRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications. - Page 23 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array.
- Page 24 Motherboard Manual RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. ...
- Page 25 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different drive from those used to store the data itself.
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Page 26: Chapter 5: Overclock Quick Guide
CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE OWER NTRODUCTION Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for overclock users. Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this ultimate overclock engine to raise system performance. No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface, T-Power is able to present the best system state according to users’... -
Page 27: T-Power Bios Feature
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ BIOS F OWER EATURE A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.): ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for both Elite and Casual overclockers. Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock settings. - Page 28 Motherboard Manual DRAM Configuration: Enter this function for more advanced DRAM settings. CPU Frequency: CPU Frequency is directly in proportion to system performance. To maintain the system stability, CPU voltage needs to be increased also when raising CPU frequency. K8<->NB HT Speed: This option controls the HyperTransport speed of CPU to northbridge chipset.
- Page 29 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.) For beginners in overclock field, BET had developed an easy, fast, and powerful feature to increase the system performance, named A.O.S. Based on many tests and experiments, A.O.S. provides 3 ideal overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance in a single step.
- Page 30 Motherboard Manual V12 Tech Engine: This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance. Notices: Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected CPU model. B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.): It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM.
- Page 31 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ C. Memory Integration Test (M.I.T.): This function is under “Overclocking Navigator Engine” item. MIT allows users to test memory compatibilities, and no extra devices or software are needed. Step 1: The default setting under this item is “Disabled”; the condition parameter should be changed to “Enable”...
- Page 32 E. Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.): IFP is a safe and quick way to upgrade BIOS. Step 1: Go to Biostar website (http://www.biostar.com.tw) to download the latest BIOS file. Then, save the file into a floppy disk. Step 2: Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to get into CMOS screen.
- Page 33 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ F. Smart Fan Function: Smart Fan Function is under “PC Health Status”. This is a brilliant feature to control CPU Temperature vs. Fan speed. When enabling Smart Fan function, Fan speed is controlled automatically by CPU temperature.
- Page 34 Motherboard Manual CPU Fan Start <℃> The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set value. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃. CPU Fan Full speed <℃> When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed.
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Page 35: T-Power Windows Feature
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ OWER INDOWS EATURE 1. Desktop Icon After the T-Utility has been installed, a T-Utility icon will appear on the desktop, just like the icon shown below. Now you can launch the T-Utility simply by double-clicking the desktop icon. - Page 36 Motherboard Manual 3. Overclock/Overvoltage Panel Click the Overclock/Overvoltage button in the Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock/Overvoltage Panel will show up as the following figure. As you can see, the Overclock Panel is on the upper side, and the Overvoltage Panel is on the lower side.
- Page 37 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Overclock Panel contains these features: a. “Auto-Overclock”: User can click this button and T-Utility will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. A warning dialog as below will show up to notify you that the system may become unstable, click on “OK”...
- Page 38 Motherboard Manual e. “Save / Open Setting”: Click Save button to save current setting to a file, and click Open button to load a previously saved setting. “Panel Color”: Click this button to change the color of the panel. Overvoltage Panel contains these features: a.
- Page 39 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 5. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will show up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
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Page 40: Chapter 6: Useful Help
Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 6: USEFUL HELP RIVER NSTALLATION After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance. You will see the following window after you insert the CD The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system. -
Page 41: Award Bios Beep Code
BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. - Page 42 Motherboard Manual B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
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Page 43: Troubleshooting
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 6.4 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. -
Page 44: Appendencies: Spec In Other Language
Motherboard Manual APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE ERMAN TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Sockel AM2 / AM2+(Durch BIOS Aktualisierung) Sockel AM2 / AM2+(Durch BIOS Aktualisierung) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron... - Page 45 Unterstützt RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Biostar behält sich das Recht vor , ohne Biostar behält sich das Recht vor , ohne OS-Unterstüt Ankündigung die Unterstützung für ein Ankündigung die Unterstützung für ein...
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Page 46: France
Motherboard Manual RANCE TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Par la mise à jour de BIOS) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Par la mise à jour de BIOS) Processeurs AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Processeurs AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 /... - Page 47 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Support SE Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis. supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis.
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Page 48: Italian
Motherboard Manual TALIAN TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+(Dall'aggiornamento di Socket AM2 / AM2+(Dall'aggiornamento di BIOS) BIOS) Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron Sempron L’architettura AMD 64 abilita la L’architettura AMD 64 abilita la... - Page 49 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Sistemi Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o operativi rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema supportati operativo senza preavviso.
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Page 50: Spanish
Motherboard Manual PANISH TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Conector AM2 / AM2+ (Por BIOS actualiza) Conector AM2 / AM2+ (Por BIOS actualiza) Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron... - Page 51 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA sistema Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar operativo el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo.
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Page 52: Portuguese
Motherboard Manual ORTUGUESE TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Por BIOS atualize) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Por BIOS atualize) Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron Sempron A arquitectura AMD 64 permite uma computação... - Page 53 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Sistemas A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou operativos remover suporte para qualquer sistema remover suporte para qualquer sistema suportados operativo com ou sem aviso prévio.
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Page 54: Polish
Motherboard Manual OLISH TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Przez BIOS modernizować) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (Przez BIOS modernizować) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron Procesory... - Page 55 Obsługa RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 Obsluga Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA systemu Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub operacyjne odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia.
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Page 56: Russian
Motherboard Manual USSIAN TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Гнездо AM2 / AM2+ (Обновлением BIOS) Гнездо AM2 / AM2+ (Обновлением BIOS) Процессоры AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Процессоры AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / (центральн Sempron Sempron ый... - Page 57 тики Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Поддержка Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с...
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Page 58: Arabic
Motherboard Manual RABIC TF560 A2+ TF520 A2+ ﻡﻘﺒﺲAM2+( / )أﺑ ﺪﺗﻲ ﺑ ﺲ ﺑ ﻲAM2 ﻡﻘﺒﺲAM2+( / )أﺑ ﺪﺗﻲ ﺑ ﺲ ﺑ ﻲAM2 ﻡﻌﺎﻟﺠﺎتAMD Athlon 64 / ﻡﻌﺎﻟﺠﺎتAMD Athlon 64 / وﺣﺪة اﻟﻤﻌﺎﻟﺠﺔ Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron اﻟﻤﺮآﺰﻳﺔ... - Page 59 ﺣﺠﻢ اﻟﻠﻮﺣﺔ Windows 2K / XP / VISTA Windows 2K / XP / VISTA ﺗﺤﺘﻔﻆBiostar ﺏﺤﻘﻬﺎ ﻓﻲ إﺿﺎﻓﺔ أو إزاﻟﺔ اﻟﺪﻋﻢ ﻷي ﻥﻈﺎم ﺗﺸﻐﻴﻞ ﺏﺈﺥﻄﺎر أو ﺗﺤﺘﻔﻆBiostar ﺏﺤﻘﻬﺎ ﻓﻲ إﺿﺎﻓﺔ أو إزاﻟﺔ اﻟﺪﻋﻢ ﻷي ﻥﻈﺎم ﺗﺸﻐﻴﻞ ﺏﺈﺥﻄﺎر أو دﻋﻢ أﻥﻈﻤﺔ اﻟﺘﺸﻐﻴﻞ...
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Page 60: Japanese
Motherboard Manual APANESE TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (BIOSアップデートで) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (BIOSアップデートで) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron プロセ AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron プロセ ッサ ッサ AMD 64アーキテクチャでは、32ビットと64ビット計... - Page 61 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ ALC888 (Ver 5.x) / ALC662 (Ver 6.x) ALC888 (Ver 5.x) / ALC662 (Ver 6.x) 7.1チャンネルオーディオアウト (ALC888) 7.1チャンネルオーディオアウト (ALC888) サウンド Codec 5.1チャンネルオーディオアウト (ALC662) 5.1チャンネルオーディオアウト (ALC662) ハイデフィニションオーディオのサポート ハイデフィニションオーディオのサポート PCIスロット PCIスロット PCI Express x16スロット PCI Express x16スロット...
- Page 62 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu ..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features..............7 3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............9 4 Advanced Chipset Features..............16 5 Integrated Peripherals................. 18 6 Power Management Setup..............25 7 PnP/PCI Configurations..............29 8 PC Health Status ..................
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Page 63: Bios Setup
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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. -
Page 64: Acpi Support
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ ACPI Support Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba. -
Page 65: Main Menu
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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>... -
Page 66: Load Optimized Defaults
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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. -
Page 67: Set Supervisor Password
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. - Page 68 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Integrate Flashing Program This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS. By pressing “Enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be completed easily.
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Page 69: Standard Cmos Features
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 70 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 All Errors Select the situation in which...
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Page 71: Advanced Bios Features
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup... - Page 72 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 73 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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.
- Page 74 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ CD-ROM Boot Priority The Choices: 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.
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Page 75: Cpu Feature
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ CPU Feature AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control The item allows you select K8 Cool’n’Quiet control. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. 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 76: Boot Up Numlock Status
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. The Choices: On (default) Numpad is number keys. Numpad is arrow keys. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. -
Page 77: Apic Mode
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. -
Page 78: Advanced Chipset Features
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 79: System Bios Cacheable
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 80: Integrated Peripherals
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:... - Page 81 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ MCP Storage Config SATA Operation Mode This option allows you to choose SATA function. The Choices: IDE (default), RAID, AHCI. SATA Pri-/Sec- Master/Slave RAID This option allows you to enable or disable SATA Primary/Secondary RAID. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
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Page 82: Ide Dma Transfer Access
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 OSR2 may 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 83: Onboard Device
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Onboard Device Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “Onboard Device” label and press the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options: OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. - Page 84 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled USB Mouse Support. Disabled (default) Disable USB Mouse Support. USB Storage Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB storage device Legacy Support.
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Page 85: Superio Device
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ SuperIO 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 86 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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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Page 87: Power Management Setup
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 88: Power Management
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 89: Hpet Support
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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. -
Page 90: Power On Function
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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. KB Power ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. -
Page 91: Pnp/Pci Configurations
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 92: Reset Configuration Data
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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 93: Maximum Payload Size
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 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. -
Page 94: Pc Health Status
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 8 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Fan Control Setup... -
Page 95: Shutdown Temperature
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ SYS FAN1 Control By The Choice “smart” can make your northbridge FAN to reduce noise. The Choices: Always ON (default), Smart. CPU FAN Control By The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise. The Choices: Always ON (default), Smart. - Page 96 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ CPU Vcore, Chipset Voltage, +3.3V, +5.0V, +12.0V, DDR Voltage, HT Voltage, 5V<SB>, Voltage Battery Detect the system’s voltage status automatically. CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of CPU. CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.
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Page 97: Over Clock Navigator
9 Over Clock Navigator OverClock Navigator OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance... - Page 98 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Auto OverClock System The Overclock Navigator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system. These engines will boost your system performance to different level. The Choices: V6 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 5%~10% of whole system performance.
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Page 99: Dram Configuration
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock setting. Note: Based on our test results; the overclock function achieved the best performance on AMD 3000+ CPU DRAM Configuration... - Page 100 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DDR Timing. The Choices: Auto (default), MaxMemClk. Memory Clock Value OR Limi The Choices: DDR 400 (default), DDR 533, DDR 667, DDR 800.
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Page 101: Cpu Frequency
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Trfc2 for DIMM2 The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns. Trfc3 for DIMM3 The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns. <Twr> Write Recovery Time The Choices: 6 bus clocks (default), 3 bus clocks, 4 bus clocks, 5 bus clocks. -
Page 102: Pcie Spread Spectrum
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select the PCIE Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. HT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Disabled (default), Center, Down. - Page 103 TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Integrated Memory Test Integrated Memory Test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software. Step 1: This item is disabled on default; change it to “Enable” to precede memory test. Step 2: When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enabled” to...
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Page 104: Cmos Reload Program (C.r.p.)
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 10 CMOS Reload Program (C.R.P.) The CMOS Reload Program (CRP) allows you to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. You may reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations. Moreover, you may save your ideal overclock setting for easier overclocking.
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