Biostar PT880 Pro-A7 Owner's Manual
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1. essere 14 5 Integrated Peripherals z45 uerit rere e RH ead 21 6 Power Management Setup ce eeeccnececesseseeceeessaeeeeeeceeesaeeceeesueeenteceeanenees 27 T PnP PCI Configurations ede t de RP 33 8 PC EHealth Status eec terne e e eet teta e E y c 36 9 Frequency Voltage Control eese enne 37 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award M 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 The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supp2. 25 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 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 install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled default 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default AS KIR IrDA 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 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port
3. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 26 PT880 PRO A7 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 W Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1CPO0S Power Management Option User Define Menu Level D HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method U H SYHC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PURBTH Instant Off Run VGABIOS if 3 Resume Auto fic Loss futo Restart Off gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend 3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 83 POS STR 27 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power
4. VIA OnChip IDE Device E Figure 5 1 VIAOnChip IDE Device Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device SATA Mode RAID IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Menu Level gt gt OnChip IDE ChannelO Enabled OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled tle e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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 to deactivate an interface If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onchip IDE Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode The Choices RAID default IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The moth
5. s Manual x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I O panel for ATX case x 1 USB 2 0 cable x 1 optional Serial ATA cable x 1 optional S PDIF out cable x 1 optional PT880 PRO A7 1 3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS JKBMS1 me QU JAU m c S 2 gt Z OOD JUSBV2 woo c X TXPWR1 2oianvr Booo oo o JCMOS1 JWOL1 optional JSFAN1 __ JSPDIF IN1 optional optional JUSBV3 moo JSATA2 oo oo o aoa 095990 T JUSB3 JUSB4 Ladi Note l represents the 1 pin PT880 PRO A7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU mx T Special Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged E sn pin cap Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle a ji 8g PT880 PRO A7 Step 2 Look for the
6. 1 2 Package List cii eti ei recte anes 4 13 Layout and Components senes 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 21 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU 6 22 FAN Fleaders s ni ands niente grana in ite prc s d ERN 8 2 3 Installing System Memory sssssssseeeeeneneeeens 9 24 Connectors and Slots sse 10 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup 13 31 How to Setup Jumpers esseeeenenenenntnnnennnn nentes 13 32 Detail Settings itu get e tede ee Deer tee 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help eere 20 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code sss 20 4 2 Extra Information inane eiecti rented t 20 4 3 Troubleshooting essent tette 22 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder V sss 23 5 1 IntrodUctlor eiii ente ente tir ead Gata 23 5 2 System Requirement esses eene nettes 23 5 3 IristallatiOLi iicet n tori ceteri terrere derzeit 24 54 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 25 PT880 PRO A7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU E Supports Socket 775 E Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3 8GHz E Front side bus at the following frequency ranges 533MT s 133MHz Core Clock 800MT s 200MHze Core Clock E Supports Hyper Threading Technology Chipset E North Bridge VIA PT88
7. A7 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level gt CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled CPU L3 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 0 F5 Previous Values ptimized Defaults PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup CPU FEATURE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility C
8. Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQI5 Reserved Disabled 32 PT880 PRO A7 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 W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoeni x fAwar etup Utility PoP PCI Configurations PHP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Menu Level gt No Disabled Resources Controlled By futoCESCD Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI UGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled Enabled Enabled capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to Assign IRQ For USB configure non boot devices Fif0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values t1 Hove PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices
9. F7 Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the AGP amp P2P Bridge Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M 256M 128M 32M default 16M 8M 4M AGP 2 0 Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DA 00 default 17 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup AGP Fast Write This item allows you to select the AGP Fast Write function The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed wit
10. IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options PS2 KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to change password with a maximum of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default 30 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup PS2 KB Wakeup from S3 4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disable default Ctrl F1 CtrHF2 CtrHF3 CtrHF4 CtrE F5 CtrE F6 CtrHF7 CtrE F8 CtrE F9 Ctr F10 Ctrl F11 Ctrl F12 Power Wake Any Key PS2MS Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default CtrF F1 CtrF F2 Ctrl F3 CtrHF4 Ctrl F5 Ctr F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 CtrE F10 CtrHF11 CtrE F12 Power Wake Any Key USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD amp FDD When this option is set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered dow
11. No default Yes 33 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 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 The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled 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 Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IR
12. black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point wards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 2 2 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation PT880 PRO A7 2 2 FAN HEADERS 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 JCFAN 1 Power Source Header for CPU Fan Pin 1 2 3 4 Pin 1 E 2 B Um 3 o 3 3 1 E a Note Assignment Ground Power FAN RPM rate sense Smart Fan Control Assignment Ground 12V FAN RPM rate sense The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND PT880 PRO A7 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY m E Wa TEN 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing t
13. controller responds to the Write 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 Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 35 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled tie sMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140F 65 C 149F 70 C 158F 75 C 167F CPU Vcore 3 3V Detect the system s voltage status automatically 36 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Voltage Control W Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Con
14. sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input 15 PT880 PRO A7 JPANEL1 Header for Front Panel Facilities This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions PWR LED Sleep control Sleep button P 6 NAINA 8 Power LED 9 HDDLED La ante Eg Power LED Power LED HDD LED Power LED 14 IrDA Connector IRTX JCI1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up m IrDA Connector IRRX Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground PT880 PRO A7 JAUDIO2 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Assignment Mic in center Ground Mic power
15. 0 Pro E South Bridge VIA VT8237R Dimension E ATX Form Factor 29 35cm L x 23 05cm W Operating System Supporting E Supports Windows 98 Me 2000 XP System M emory E Supports up to 4 DDR devices E Supports dual 128 bit channel memory E Supports 266 333 400MHz DDR devices E Maximum memory size is up to 4GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket Total Memory Location DDR Module Size DIM MA DIMMA2 DIMMB DIMMB2 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 E Four 32 bit PCI bus master slots E One AGP 3 0 8X compatible slot E One PCI Extreme PE1 slot See p 11 for detail information PT880 PRO A7 10 100 LAN E Chip VT6103L E Half and Full Duplex E 10 100Mbps auto negotiation Onboard Serial ATA E Integrated in VT8237R E Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions E X Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Compliant with SATA Version 1 0 specification Super I O E Chip ITE IT8705AF E Provides the most commonly used legacy super I O functionality E Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE Smart Guardian function Onboard IDE E Two IDE connectors support 4 hard disk drives E Supports PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function Onboard AC 97 Sound Codec E Chip REALTEK ALC655 E Support 6 channels E Supports SPDIF out and SPDIF in optional functions
16. 100 VEMORYCLOCK gan Over clock percentage 100 PCICLOCK MHz Hardware Monitor Button Overclock Bolten Voltage Button BO V 1146 AM 26 PT880 PRO A7 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes LA 27 PT880 PRO A7 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure pode asm E T r 99 8 E lt gt a i um 4 EDT Lu Reset o Syren Defect Settings 32 7 vex RA nem O verclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 96 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way i
17. Bass Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserved 8 Key Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker Right 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right 13 Left line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left v eL oan m NOOOOOO o JSATA1 JSATA2 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s 1 a i Assignment IF JSATA2 Ground H JSATA1 TX TX Ground RX RX Ground ooscowmgB 17 PT880 PRO A7 JCMOSI Clear CM OS 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 m o 13 1 E Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default E zs 3 z w 1 E E D I Pin 2 3 Close m Clear CMOS data X Clear CM OS Procedures Remove AC p
18. E Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification PT880 PRO A7 Internal On board 1 O Connectors and Headers 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function 1 S PDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function 1 S PDIF In connector supports digital audio in function optional 1 chassis open header supports PC case opened warning function 1 FDD connector supports 2 Floppy drives with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices 2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 1 wake up on LAN header optional Back Panel I O Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 COM port COM is optional 1 Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse port 1 PS 2 Keyboard port 1 Vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 line out connector and 1 MIC in connector Printer Port e Line In 4 O Tabe T J TN Mic In 1 n optional 9 Bass Center T op od Lo PT880 PRO A7 B BIOS amp Software BIOS E Award legal BIOS E Supports APM1 2 E Supports ACPI E Supports USB Function Software E Supports 9 Touch Flasher WinFlasher and Warpspeeder PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x 1 HDD cable x 1 User
19. HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 23 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup VIA OnChip PCI Device E Figure5 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device T war db aay VIA OnChip PCI Device UIA 3058 ACI Audio Auto UIA 3068 MC97 Modem Auto OnChip USB Controller All Enabled Menu Level gt gt OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled USB Emulation 0H ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1O Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices All Enabled default 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port OnChip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the onchi
20. ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar QO v 11 33 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility Exit r 25 PT880 PRO A7 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 96 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above About Buttor uz 66 5 cU SPEED Min AGPCLOCK Mn 99 8 cpi CLOCK MHz Ree 1 132 7 pearce
21. PT880 PRO A7 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 This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ecesaaaacececenaaacococcononanananans 1 11 Motherboard FEeatUreS 92560090090099090001000 0000000000000000 1
22. PU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Thermal Monitor 1 0 x Thermal Management TM2 Bus Ratio Menu Level gt gt TM2 Bus VID 0 83750 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled C1E Function Auto Execute Disable Bit Enabled Virtualization Technology Enabled tl ee Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F1O0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 0 F5 Previous Values ptimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16Min default 32 Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor2 Notes The choices will be different according to your CPU features TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0X default TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375V default Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled 10 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup CIE Function This item Allow you to choose the C1E function The Choices Auto default Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature
23. Q Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device 34 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA
24. Sec Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 12 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu 13 PT880 PRO A7 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 W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level r Hemory Ho
25. andard CHOS Features perm Jun 22 1999 Time Chhzmmzss PRECES Menu Level D IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel O Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive fi 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B Hone Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard tle Move Enter Select 7PU PD UValue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PT880 PRO A7 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 Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 525 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO PT880 PRO
26. ed Defaults V N N 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 Enter Password PT880 PRO A7 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 Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT V N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup message will be displayed before proceeding confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY V N N PT880 PRO A7 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 lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix fwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility St
27. erboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to installa primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled 22 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality 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 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DM A 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled IDE
28. f system need to do a fail safe reboot Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group C Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value Stn hrc nT ncn 28 PT880 PRO A7 C Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder M utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that
29. flag to always return 0 The Choices Disabled Enabled default Virtualization Technology When enabled a VMM can utilize the additional hardware Capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology The Choices Disabled Enabled default Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDDI USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards 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 Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated CPU LI amp I2 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 Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Tech
30. h one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP 3 0 Calibration cycle This item allows you to disable or enable AGP 3 0 Calibration Cycle The Choices Enabled default Disabled VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size The Choices 64M default Disabled Direct Frame Buffer This item allows you to disabled or enabled direct frame buffer The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup CPU amp PCI Bus Control E Figure 4 2 CPU amp PCI Bus Control Phoenix fwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU amp PCI Bus Control PCI Master D WS Write Enabled Enabled PCI Delay Transaction ULink mode selection By Auto Menu Level gt gt ULink 8 Support Enabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the CPU amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 a
31. he retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated PT880 PRO A7 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS 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 34 e 1133 IDE1 IDE2 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 It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 40 39 10 PT880 PRO A7 PCI1 PCI4 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI sl
32. his items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 2T 3T 4T default 5T Active to Precharge Tras This item allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 7T 9T default 6T Active to CMD T rcd Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T 4T default 5T REF to ACT REF to REF Trfc This item allows you to make selection for REF to ACT REF to REF Trfc The Choices 15T default ACT 0 to ACT 1 TRRD This item allows you to make selection for ACT 0 to ACT 1 TRRD The Choices 3T default DRAM BUS Selection This item allows you to make selection for DRAM BUS The Choices Auto default DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command 2T Command default 16 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup AGP amp P2P Bridge Control E Figure 4 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Phoen AGP AGP AGP AGP AGP AGP AGP VGA 2 0 Mode Driving Control Auto Menu Level gt gt Fast Write Disabled Master 1 WS Write Disabled Master 1 WS Read Disabled 3 0 Calibration cycle Disabled Share Memory Size 64H Direct Frame Buffer Enabled tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values
33. is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second B PET TE 29 PT880 PRO A7 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to 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 You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility L re x ARP GOR Ue uli PT880 PRO A7 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder M utility more robust 3l PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup JUNE S e A M l Main Menus zii de es RUPEE cae hoe puddin tate 3 2 St ndard CMOS Features eret repiten te ger 6 S2Advanced BIOS Features a ae o ener e e afe nee tre 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features
34. le Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Init Display First PCI Slot tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 14 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup DRAM Clock Drive Control E Figure 4 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock By SPD Menu Level gt gt DRAM Timing Auto By SPD DRAM Clock Drive Control DRAM BUS Selection Auto DRAM Command Rate 2T Command ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC rExit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults To control the Clock Drive If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock Drive Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz or By SPD The Choices 100MHz 133MHz By SPD default 166MHz DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices Auto By SPD default Manual Turbo Ultra SDRAM CAS Latency When SDRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the SDRAM timing The Choices 2 5 default 2 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default 2 bank 4 bank 15 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Precharge to Active Trp T
35. llows you to select Vlink mode The Choices By Auto default VLink 8X Support This item allows you to enable or disable VLink 8X support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 19 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information The Choices Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 20 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals t4 Hove gt UIA OnChip IDE Device gt UIA OnChip PCI Device gt SuperI0 Device Onboard Lan Device Onboard Lan Boot ROM Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Enabled Enabled Enter Select PU PD Value FS Previous Values Menu Level Fid Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults 21 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup
36. n The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On Power On by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card retums the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Modem Ring Resume This item allows you to disable or enable Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled default Enabled 31 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup 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 Enabled Disabled default Date of Month You can choose which month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT amp COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COMI Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQIO Reserved Disabled IRQII Reserved Disabled IRQI2 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor
37. nology The Choices Enabled default Disabled 11 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100LAN Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys 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 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars
38. oard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Former Sts Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost For example If set to Former Sts and AC power is lost when system is live then after AC power is restored the system will automatically power on If AC power is lost when system is not live system will remain powered off IRQ Event Activity Detect W Figure 6 1 IRQ Event Activity Detect ardh etup IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KB Wakeup from S37S4 S5 Disable PS2MS Wakeup from S37S4 S5 Disabled Menu Level b ds Resume from S3 eee A When Select Password LPT amp COM LPT COM Please press ENTER key HDD amp FDD 0H to change Password PCI Master OFF Max 8 numbers PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F1i0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the
39. oller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time 1 Back up data and applications files 2 Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 22 PT880 PRO A7 CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER WarpSpeeder 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overclock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer sy
40. orted EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 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 PT880 PRO A7 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 Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to nex
41. ots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits TH PE1 PCI Extreme Slot POl Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express interface graphic cards PCl Extreme slot is compliant with PCI Express 1 0a specification PCl Extreme slot is compatible with PCI E x4 and PCI E x1 expansion card The bandwidth of data transfer is up to 1GB s per direction and for an aggregate of 2GB s in total 11 PT880 PRO A7 AGP 1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Your monitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance especially with 3D graphics x gem a 12 PT880 PRO A7 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 How TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jum
42. ower line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JSPDIF_OUT1 JSPDIF_IN 1 Digital Audio out Connectors JSPDIF_IN1 is optional These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input OURO N header JSPDIF_OUT1 Pin Assignment 1 5V 3 n 2 SPDIF OUT oom 3 Ground JSPDIF_IN optional JSPDIF_IN1 optional Pin Assignment Su 1 5V oom 2 SPDIF IN gt a j 3 Ground JSPDIF_OUT 18 PT880 PRO A7 J WOL1 optional Wake on LAN Header The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Pin Assignment 1 45V SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up signal e 3 e W 1 19 PT880 PRO A7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE One long beep followed by two short beeps High low siren
43. p Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS uS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Ty Standard CM OS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features PT880 PRO A7 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 PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimiz
44. p EHCI controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled 24 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onchip USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled On chip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the on chip EHCI controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Emulation Support Do not support any USB device on Dos The Choices On default off USB Keyboard Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support The Choices Enabled default Disabled Super IO Device E Figure5 3 Super IO Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F87 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Henu Level b UART Mode Select Hormal UR2 Duplex Mode 1f ILE Onboard Parallel Port 378 LIFA Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options
45. per cap is placed on pins the jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JUSBV2 JUSBV 3 Power Source H eaders for U SB Ports Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at back panel JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 JUSBV3 5V for USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSB4 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV2 USB ports at back panel JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV3 USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSBA are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 4 Moo 1 3 o Pin 1 2 close 1 3 JUSBV3 Moo 1 3 Pin 2 3 close Note In order to support this function Power On system via USB device JUSBV2 JUSBV3 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually 13 PT880 PRO A7 JK BV 1 Power Source H eader for PS 2 K eyboard and M ouse 1 3 Moo Pin 1 2 Close 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse Pin 2 3 close PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JATXPWRI1 ATX Power Source Connector Thi
46. r on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plugin the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear the CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 21 PT880 PRO A7 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1 No power to the system at all 1 Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on Contact technical support 2 Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit and hard drive is spinning System does not boot from hard disk drive can be booted from optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place 1 Check cable running from disk to disk contr
47. s connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 DETECT 13 3 3V 14 PS_ON 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V 14 PT880 PRO A7 JAUXPWR 1 Power Source Connector for CPU Power Circuit By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit 1 4 1 Pin Assignment H le 2 1 12V 2 12V i 24 d 3 Ground B 4 Ground B Lm GE EE y a a JUSB3 JU SB4 H eaders for U SB 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 3 5 Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC JUSBS JUSB4 2 10 05000 Mooo 1 9 OANDOaARWNDN eo JCDIN 1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI
48. saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings 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 User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on 28 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off
49. sound One Short beep when system boot up Beep Sound Meaning Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System will shut down automatically No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 2 N O 9 P Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boot up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt xxxx means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 20 PT880 PRO A7 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 powe
50. stems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 23 PT880 PRO A7 5 3 1 INSTALLATION Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install febr canam be Pan en ries crar bo f arp poder The Les I RM Paella md eal rear ia m ted inva remus Tauris dh Hg When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Visit ads hisk cell C cadde Setup bat kehed rci aling ap seed on poor corepaeter BP Liner rhe ui aedes Tip las U sage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 24 PT880 PRO A7 5 4 WARPSPEEDERT M INCLUDES 1 TRAY
51. t item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit PT880 PRO A7 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 lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save am
52. 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 Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend Modem Use IR This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PW R BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No 29 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup Ac Loss Auto Restart This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherb
53. trol CPU Voltage Regulator Default DDR Voltage Regulator 2 750 Menu Level b CPU Clock 100MHz tlrecMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio The Choices 8X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22 X and 23X CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices 2 75V default 37 PT880 PRO A7 BIOS Setup CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking The Choices 100MHz default AN If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor X It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 38
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