Chapter 3

BIOS Setup
Introduction
The BIOS setup utility stores information about your computer such as the date and time, the kind of hardware you have installed, and so on. Your computer uses this information to initialize all the components at boot up time, and make sure that everything runs smoothly. If the information in the setup utility is incorrect, it may cause your system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer from booting properly. If this happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory area that is used to store the setup information, or you can hold down the End key while you reboot your computer, Holding down the End key also clears the setup information. You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the setup utility. You might need to do this to configure some of the hardware that you add to the mainboard, such as the CPU, the memory, disk drive, etc.

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Running the Setup Utility

Each time your computer starts, before the operating system is booted, a message appears on the screen that prompts Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP. When you see this message, press the Delete key and the Mainmenu page of the setup utility appears on your monitor.

You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the Mainmenu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. To leave the setup utility, press the Escape key. Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the optional color schemes of the setup utility. Some of the options on the Mainmenu page lead to tables of items with installed values. In these pages, use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items, and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items. Other options on the Mainmenu page lead to dialog boxes which require you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys. If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values. Press F6 to install the setup utility 28

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with a set of default values. Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of best-performance values.

Standard CMOS Setup Page

Use this page to set basic information such as the date and time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives. If you press the F3 key, the system will automatically detect and configure the hard disks on the IDE channels.

Date & Time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave

Use these items to install your system with the correct date and time Use these items to configure devices on the primary and secondary IDE channels. To configure a hard disk drive, choose Auto. If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc.) manually. If you have a CDROM drive, select the setting CDROM. If you have an ATAPI device with removable media (e.g. a ZIP drive or an LS-120) select ARMD. Use these items to set the size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system.

Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B

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Advanced Setup Page

Use this page to set more advanced information about your system. Take some care with this page. Making changes can affect the operation of your computer.

Trend ChipAway Virus Share Memory Size 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks BootUp

This mainboard has built-in virus protection in the firmware. Use this item to enable or disable the built-in virus protection. This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for use by the onboard VGA system. Leave this at the default value 8 MB Use these two items to determine the order and priority that your computer follows to load an operating system at start-up time. If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations. Enable this item if your hard disk(s) supports SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). This items determines if the Num Lock key is

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Num-Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Password Check

active or inactive at system start-up time. If you have two diskette drives installed and you enable this item, drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A. If you enable this item, your system will check the diskette drives at start up time. Disable this item unless you are using an old 360K diskette drive. If you have installed a password on your system, use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the setup utility (Setup) or required at start-up time and to enter the setup utility (Always). Enable this item if you are booting the OS/2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of memory installed. Leave this item enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory. Leave this item enabled since this mainboard is installed with external cache memory. If you enable this item, a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution. When this item is enabled, 32 kilobytes of the system video BIOS is copied to system memory from where it can execute more rapidly. This item determines the operation of the memory refresh timing. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. This item determines the operation of the onboard graphics adapter. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. This item determines the operation of the main memory CAS (column address strobe). We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.

Boot to OS/2 Over 64MB Internal Cache External Cache System BIOS Cacheable Video 32K Shadow Refresh Queue Depth Graphic Win Size CAS Latency

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Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some of the parameters for the system power management operation.

Power Management /APM Standby Time Out (Minute) Suspend Time Out (Minute) Keyboard Power On

Use this item to enable or disable the power management routines. If you enable the power management, you can use the items below to set the power management operation. This sets the timeout for standby mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter the power-saving standby mode. This sets the timeout for suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter the power-saving suspend mode. Your system can enter a software power down. If you enable this item, you can resume the system by pressing hot keys on the keyboard. You must enable the jumper for Keyboard Power On. Your system can enter a software power down. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is traffic on the network adapter.

Lan Card Power On

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Ring On Power On RTC Alarm Power On

Your system can enter a software power down. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the built-in Fax/Modem. Your system can enter a software power down. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time on the systems RTC (realtime clock). Use the items below to set the date and time of the wake-up alarm.

PCI / Plug and Play Setup Page

This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the system PCI bus, and devices that use the system plug and play capability.

Plug and Play Aware O/S Primary Graphics Adapter

Enable this item if you are using an O/S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98. Use this item to define if your primary graphics adapter is installed in a PCI slot or on an AGP bus.

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PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ for VGA DMA Reserved for ISA IRQ Reserved for ISA Reserved Memory Size Reserved Memory Address

When this item is enabled, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system. We recommend that you set this value to No. If you set it to a DMA, the channel will be reserved for an installed non-PnP ISA or EISA expansion card. If you set it to an IRQ, the IRQ line will be reserved for an installed non-PnP ISA or EISA expansion card. This item lets you reserve a block of memory for any device that requires it. This item lets you set the address for any block of memory that has been reserved.

Load Optimal Settings

If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you press Y, and then Enter, the setup utility is loaded with a set of optimal default values. The optimal default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips.

Load Best Performance Settings

If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you press Y, and then Enter, the setup utility is loaded with a set of best-performance default values. The optimal default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other kinds of lowperformance components.

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Features Setup Page

This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices installed on the system.

Onboard FDC Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard IR Port IR Duplex Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface. Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port COM1, and to assign a port address Use this item to define the protocol for an infrared port if you have installed an optional IR port. Use this item to define if the optional infrared port is full-duplex or half-duplex. Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port LPT1, and to assign a port address Use this item to determine the parallel port mode. You can select Normal, ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or ECP + EPP. Use this item to assign an IRQ to the parallel port. Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port.

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Onboard PCI IDE USB Function USB Function for DOS

Use this item to enable or disable either of the two onboard IDE channels, Primary or Secondary. Use this item to enable or disable the USB (Universal Bus Ports) that are integrated on this mainboard. If you have enabled the USB function, use this item to enable or disable USB when you are working in the DOS environment.

CPU PnP Setup Page

This page lets you configure the mainboard for the kind of CPU that you have installed.

CPU Plug and Play

If you set this item to Auto, the system will automatically detect the kind of CPU you have installed and configure the mainboard for it. If you set this item to User Define, you can use the following items to manually configure the mainboard. Use this item to set define the Brand of CPU that you have installed in the system. Use this item to define the core voltage of the

CPU Brand VCCore

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Voltage CPU Speed CPU Base Frequency CPU Multiple Factory

processor that you have installed. Use this item to define the clock speed of the processor that you have installed. Use this item to define the system bus frequency that is supported by the processor that you have installed. Use this item to set a multiplier for the system bus frequency. The multiplier x the system bus frequency must equal the internal clock speed of your CPU, e.g. 100 MHz (system bus) x 3.5 (muliplier) = 350 MHz (internal clock speed of installed CPU).

Hardware Monitor Page

This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard.

CPU Temperature

Use this item to set the threshold temperature for the CPU. The system will alert you if this temperature is exceeded. Use these items to set the parameters for the

CPU FAN

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Speed & VCCs

voltages that control the fans and the CPU core. If the values deviate by an amount greater than the values installed here, the hardware monitoring will alert you with a warning.

Change Password
If you highlight this item and press Enter, a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password. You can enter no more than six letters or numbers. Press Enter after you have typed in the password. A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation. Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly. The password is required at boot time, or when the user enters the setup utility. Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item and type in the current password. At the next dialog box, type in the new password, or just press Enter to disable password protection.

Exit
Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the setup utility and exit the setup program. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press Y to save and exit, or press N to exit without saving.

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