Soltek SL-NV400-L64 Motherboard - NV400-L64-V1.3
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1. The choices Half Full 68 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address setting The choices 378H IRQ7 default 278H IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Select an operating mode for the on board parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are sure your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Choices SPP default EPP ECP ECP EPP Nor mal PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ This item is to set the mode to power on when power resumes after power fails Choices Off default On Former Sts This item allows you to select the Game Port Address The choices Disabled 201 default 209 Allows you to configure the onboard Midi port address The choices Disabled 290 330 default 300 This item allows you to select the Midi Port IRQ The choices 5 10 default NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 6 6 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup allows you to set the system s power saving functions Run the Power Management Setup as follows 1 Choose Power Management Setup from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Hel ACPI function Enabled eee ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management User Define Video Off Method D2. Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup NV400 64 NV400 L64 Shutdown By ABS II for AMD XP Duron Morgan ABS Il Temp for AMD XP Duron Morgan System Temp CPU External Temp Current CPUFAN 1 2 3 Speed CPU Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V 5VSB VBAT This item will appear if AMD XP or Duron Morgan CPU is running on board ABS II Anti burn Shield Il allows user to set up the safeguard temperature for the CPU designed with a protective thermal di ode inside the CPU itself Default Safeguard tem perature is 85 C at which the XP or Duron Morgan CPU will shutdown Usually a jumper is also de signed on board for enabling disabling ABS II function Choices 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F 85 C 185 F default 90 C 194 F 95 C 203 F 100 C 212 F This item will appear if AMD XP or Duron Morgan CPU is running on board This item is to show the current temperature inside the running CPU Shows current system temperature Shows current CPU external temperature These fields display the current speed of the CPU System fan Shows CPU core actual voltage
3. Landing Zone Sector il Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values F IDE Primary Master Press Enter Item Help Auto Menu Level gt Auto To auto detect the 40022MB HDD s size head on this channel 19158 16 0 19157 255 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help 6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 56 Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in setup During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process Typically 640KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional appli cations use this area Above the 1MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory This option shows system memory capacity 57 NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features improves you
4. N A Password Allows you to set the hot key to boot up the system Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive controller FDC installing in the system board and you want to use it If you install add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choices Enabled Disabled Select a logical COM port name and matching address for the first and second serial ports Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Choices Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The serial port 2 on your system may offer a va riety of infrared port modes Click here for a de scription of various modes The choices Normal default IrDA ASKIR The option controls the speed between receiving and transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR when using Choices Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo When UART Mode is selected in IrDA or ASKIR mode it allows you to enable disable IR Transmis sion Delay This options controls the operating mode between receiving and transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR The operating mode will be synchronous bi directional transmission and reception when Full mode is selected Nevertheless the operating mode will be asynchronous bi directional transmission and recep tion when Half mode is selected
5. ad just the CPU Ratio If your CPU is one with the CPU Ratio locked this item will be invalid CPU Vcore Allows you to configure the CPU Voltage Usually Select to raise CPU voltage will raise the chance of CPU overclocking and yet risk damage of CPU Choices Default 1 100V 1 850V in 0 025V step ping AGP Voltage Allows you to configure the AGP Voltage Select Choices 1 5V 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V DIMM Voltage Allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage Select Choices 2 5V 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V VDD Voltage Allows you to configure the VDD Voltage Select Choices 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V 78 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility P Standard CMOS Features gt CPU Ratio Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password p Integrated Peripherg gt Power management KEKO A Ds EDN P SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield Esc Quit MY gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU Clock amp Voltage Y is for Yes and N is for No Pressing Y loads the BIOS Optimized default values to restore the BIOS to its original status 79 NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 6 11 Set Supervisor User Password These two options allow you to
6. can select a typematic rate and typematic delay 60 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Chars When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can I Sec select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Choices 250 500 750 1000 This option sets the Msec time interval for displaying the first and the second characters If enabled the time interval is optional Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter setup The choices System default Setup APIC Mode Allows you to enable default disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller function APIC mode will expand available IRQs for the system when enabled OS Select For DRAM gt Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating 64MB system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system 61 NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 6 4 Advanced Chipset Features Advanced Chipset Features is used to modify the values of chipset buffers These buffers control the system options Run the Advanced Chipset Features as follows 1 Choose Advanced Chipset Features from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features System Performance Optimal Item Help FSB Frequency 100MHz Menu Level gt Memo
7. power usage state Allows you to enable disable default the Wake on Lan PME function Allows you to enable disable default the Wake on Ring Signal function An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI Line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state Allows you to enable disable default the Power On by Alarm function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 7 PnP PCI Configuration PnP PCI Configuration allows you to modify the system s power saving functions Run the PnP PCI Configuration as follows 1 Choose PnP PCI Configuration from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Item Hel Reset Configuration Data Disabled ee Resources Controlled aa A PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI SLOT1 5 IRQ Assigned Auto PCI SLOT2 IRQ Assigned Auto PCI SLOT3 IRQ Assigned Auto PCI SLOT4 IRQ Assigned Auto Me Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current sessio
8. specific mainboard Step 5 Please press lt F1 gt or lt F10 gt to exit or reset your system Warning If the message Write Fail appears while Award FLASH MEMORY WRITER is verifying Flash memory just repeat the process Please DO NOT reset or turn off the system If the award memory flash utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press lt Del gt to run CMOS setup utility then reload LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS or Load Optimized Defaults and save this change The parameters of AWDFLASH EXE sn No original BIOS backup py Program flash memory cc Clear CMOS data and update data automatically after pro gramming NOTE Users can type AWDFLASH to get further details about the parameters Incorrect usage of the parameter will dam age the BIOS information so we strongly recommend users to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their function 52 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8 23F C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved Flash Type File Name to Program Message Please input File Name Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen AwardBlOS Flash Utility V8 23F C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved Flash Type PMC Pm49FLO02T LPC FWH File Name to Program 75FRN2 bin Writing Flash Memor
9. value Shows actual voltage value of all these default volt age value on board Shows voltage value of the battery on board Default Battery Voltage is 1 5V not 3V 76 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 9 CPU Ratio Voltage Control Run the CPU Ratio Voltage Control as following 1 Choose CPU Ratio Voltage Control from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Ratio Voltage Control Item Help CPU Ratio Default CPU Vcore Select Default AGP Voltage Select 1 5V DIMM Voltage Select 2 5V VDD Voltage Select 1 6V gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 77 NV400 64 NV400 L64 CPU Ratio If CPU onboard is one with an adjustable or un locked CPU ratio this item allows you user to
10. All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 252928K Total Memory 253952K tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 55 NV400 64 NV400 L64 Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Primary Secondary Master Slave The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system Refer to the respective documentation on how to install the drives Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Primary Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp
11. Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Chapter 4 BIOS Setup THE BIOS BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System It was once called ROM BIOS when it was stored in a Read Only Memory ROM chip Now manufacturers would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory BIOS used in this series of mainboard is stored in EEPROM and is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your computer a process called POST for Power On Self Test 2 Loading and running your operating system 3 Helping your operating system and application programs manage your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run Time Service This Chapter includes the following topics 4 1 About BIOS Setup 4 2 To run BIOS Setup 4 3 About CMOS 4 4 The POST Power On Self Test 4 5 To upgrade BIOS 4 6 BIOS Setup 49 NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 1 About BIOS Setup BIOS setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when 1 Changing the hardware of your system For example installing a new Hard Disk etc 2 Modifying the behavior of your computer For example changing the system time or date or turning special features on or off etc 3 Enhancing your computer s behavior For example speeding up performance by turning on shadowing or cache 4 2 To Run BIOS Setup First access BIOS setup menu by pressing lt D
12. EL gt key after POST is complete before OS is loaded BIOS will then display the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 About CMOS CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery CMOS is used to store the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your computer the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer accordingly If the battery runs out of power the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue a CMOS invalid or CMOS checksum invalid message If this happens you have to replace the battery and do some proper settings in BIOS Setup 4 4 The POST Power On Self Test POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test This program will test all things the BIOS does before the operating system is started Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code a unique number which is sent to I O port 080h before the routine is executed 50 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 5 To Upgrade BIOS e System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component Flash BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM component The Upgrade Utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette to execute saving verifying and updating the system BIOS The Upgrade Utility can also be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive 4 5 1 Before Upgrading BIOS e It is highly recommended that you save a copy
13. Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values PCI VGA Palette Snoop F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status and to modify the information delivered from the feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used a MPEG card PCI Slot 1 2 3 4 5 IRQ Allows you to specify the IRQ for the PCI slots Assigned Choices Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 74 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 8 SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield This section helps you to get more information about your system in cluding CPU temperature FAN speed and voltage It is recommended that you contact your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU temperature Run the SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield as follows 1 Choose SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield Item Help Shutdown By ABS II 85 C 185 F 4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt
14. PMS Support HDD Power Down Disabled HDD Down In Suspend Disabled Soft off by PBTN Instant off WOL PME From Soft off Disabled WOR RI From Soft off Disabled Power On A Alarm Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 70 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ACPI Function Select Enabled default only if your computer s op erating system supports the Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface ACPI specification Currently Windows NT 5 0 Windows 2000 sup ports ACPI ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI Suspend type You can select S3 STR for Suspending To RAM if your system supports this mode Or you can select S1 POS for Power On Suspend under ACPI mode Choices S1 POS default S3 o
15. Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA OnChip IDE Channell Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE Prefetch Mode Init Display First OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support AC97 Audio MAC Lan nVIDIA IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select Onboard parallel Port Parallel Port Mode PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ M gt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Item Help Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled AGP V1 1 V2 0 Enabled Auto Auto Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enabled Auto Auto Normal 378 IRQT SPP Off 201 330 10 PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 65 NV400 64 NV400 L64 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup
16. SAVE amp EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory Please do not reset or power off until you see the boot screen Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears Not To Reset Or Power off Before Boot Screen Showed SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press lt Enter gt key to save the configuration changes 4 6 13 Exit Without Saving EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without saving the modifications that you have specified Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears Quit Without Saving Y N N Y is for Yes and N is for No You may change the prompt to Y and press lt Enter gt key to leave this option 81
17. and graphics data struc tures can reside in a Graphics Aperture This area is like a linear buffer BIOS will automatically report the starting address of this buffer to the O S The default setting is 64MB Allows you to adjust the working frequency of an AGP card The default AGP Frequency is 66MHz Choices Auto 50MHz 100Mhz Allows you to enable default disable AGP 8X mode This item will enable the AGP mode into fast write mode If your graphics card does not support this function please do not enable this function If your CPU is up to certain temperature that may damage itself this option can be set to lower down current CPU speed to decrease temperature to pro tect CPU itself The percentage in the option is to set how fast the running speed of the CPU is Choices Disabled 12 5 87 5 in 12 5 stepping Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory RAM at AO000h AFFFFh resulting in bet ter video performance However check your AGP manual to find out if any compatibility problem exists 64 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals option allows you to get some information inside your system when it is working Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows 1 Choose Integrated peripherals from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear
18. default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup On Chip IDE Channel The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with 0 1 support from two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or the second IDE interface Select Disabled to inactivate an inter face if you install a primary and or second add on IDE interface The choices Enabled default Disabled Primary Choose Auto or Mode 0 4 The BIOS will detect the Master Slave PlO HDD mode type automatically when you choose Secondary Auto You need to set to a lower mode than Auto Master Slave PIO when your hard disk becomes unstable The choices Auto default Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Ultra DMA33 66 100 133 implementation is possible Master Slave UDMA only if your IDE hard drive supports it if the operat Secondary ing environment includes a DMA drive and if your Master Slave UDMA system software supports Ultra DMA33 66 100 133 Select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The on board IDE drive supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If the IDE device doesn t support prefetching set this field to Disabled The choices Enabled default Disabled 66 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any o
19. ectrum AGP Spread Spectrum Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Allows you to set different system performance modes Choices Optimal Aggressive Turbo Expert To select an FSB for the CPU on board in accor dance with the System Performance setting Choices 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz for 166MHz CPU only 200MHz for 200MHz CPU only 100 250MHz in 1MHz stepping for Ex pert setting in System Performance only This option appears when System Performance is set at Expert Choices Optimal Aggressive This item allows you to set the Memory Frequency mode Choices Auto This item is to show the current DRAM Frequency This value will change in accordance of the setting of System Performance This value appears when Memory Timing is set at Expert Choices 1 15 This value appears when Memory Timing is set at Expert Choices 1 7 This value appears when Memory Timing is set at Expert Choices 1 7 This value appears when Memory Timing is set at Expert Choices 2 0 2 5 3 0 Allows you to enable disable Default FSB Spread Spectrum Allows you to enable disable Default AGP Spread Spectrum 63 NV400 64 NV400 L64 AGP Aperture Size AGP Frequency AGP 8X Support AGP Fast Write Capability CPU Thermal Throt tling System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Series of options are available 32 64 128 256 or 512 MB Memory mapped
20. ent Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield Esc Quit Me Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option and press lt Enter gt Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in your system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing lt ESC gt 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes and exits the program 54 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 2 Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration and sets the system clock and error handling You only need to modify the configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hardware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows 1 Choose Standard CMOS Setup from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu June 5 2003 Item Help Time hh mm ss 9 41 11 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master WDC WD400BB 00DEA0 IDE Primary Slave None Change the day IDE Secondary Master None month year and IDE Secondary Slave None century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On
21. n lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 73 NV400 64 NV400 L64 Reset Configuration Data Resource Controlled By IRQ Resources Normally you leave this Disabled default Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have in stalled a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat ing system cannot boot The Plug and Play Award BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compat ible devices If you select Auto default all the inter rupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields will not appear as the BIOS automatically assigns them If you select Manual the IRQ Resources item will appear for your configuration see below Press Enter Please refer to the list below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to TRQ Resources PCI Device Item Help PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device T gt Move
22. nabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally enable quick POST The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choices Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled When enabled floppy drives A and B will be exchanging without any physical connection and modification on the cables When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 270KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to disabled to save time Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots If On the numeric keypad is in numeric mode If off the numeric keypad is in cursor control mode Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller con trols Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystroke repeats at a rate determined by the keyboard con troller in your system When Enabled you
23. of the original mainboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility AWDFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall the BIOS when needed 4 5 2 Upgrade Process e Normally to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible problems or need to create new features e AWDFLASH EXE is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up dates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the mainboard This program only works in DOS environment the utility can not be executed in Win95 98 ME NT WINDOWS 2000 or Windows XP environment e Please follow the steps below for upgrading the system BIOS Step 1 Please visit the board maker s website download the zip file which contains the latest BIOS file and Award Flash Utility AWDFLASH EXE After unzipping the BIOS file format will be bin of which stands for the specific BIOS file name Step 2 Create a bootable diskette Then copy the BIOS file and Award Flash Utility AWDFLASH EXE into the diskette Step 3 Insert the diskette into drive A reboot your system and boot from the diskette 51 NV400 64 NV400 L64 Step 4 Type awdflash bin sn py cc and then press lt Enter gt to run BIOS upgrade program bin depends on your mainboard model and version code Instead of typing you should type specific file name for your
24. ptional S1 amp S3 Optional Power Management This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode in dividually Select time out period in the section for each mode stated below Min Saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is blanked V H This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal SYNC Blank snchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management DPMS Support Singaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards to select video power management values HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 71 NV400 64 NV400 L64 HDD Down In Suspend Soft Off by PBTN WOL PME From Soft Off WOR RI From Soft Off Power On by Alarm Allows you to enable disable default to power down HDD when suspend When Enabled turning the system off by pressing the on off button places the system in a very low
25. r system performance or sets up system features according to your preference Run the Advanced BIOS Features as follows 1 Choose Advanced BIOS Features from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt Quick Power On Self Test Enabled SAU MOVE First Boot Device Floppy Allows you to choose Second Boot Device HDD 0 the VIRUS warning Third Boot Device CDROM feature for IDE Hard Boot Other Device Enabled Disk boot sector Swap Floppy Drive Disabled protection If this Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled functions is enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On and someone attempt Gate A20 Option _ Fast to write data into this Typematic Rate Setting Disabled area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep ecurity Option etup APIC Mode Enabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 MN gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 58 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values wi
26. ry Frequency By SPD Optimal Use the most stable settings Aggressivee Turbo Use over clocked settings for higher performance but with higher risk o instability FSB Spread Spectrum Disabled AGP Spread Spectrum Disabled Expert Allows full AGP Aperture Size MB 64M customization of performance AGP Frequency 66MHz options Advanced users only AGP 8X Support Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability Enabled CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 62 System Performance FSB Frequency CPU Interface Memory Frequency Resulting Frequency Memory Timing T RAS T RCD T RP Cas Latency FSB Spread Sp
27. set your system passwords Normally the supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than the users The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and Users are as follows 1 Choose Change Password in the Main Menu and press lt Enter gt Then following message appears Enter Password 2 The first time you run this option enter your password up to 8 char acters and press lt Enter gt The screen does not display the entered characters 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompt ing you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press lt Enter gt 5 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the password 6 If you need to delete the password entered before choose the Su pervisor Password and press lt Enter gt It will delete the password that you have entered before 7 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the option you have just configured otherwise the old password will still be there the next time you turn your system on 8 Press lt Enter gt to exit to the Main Menu NOTE If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to clear the CMOS RAM All setup information will be lost and you need to run the BIOS setup program again 80 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 12 Save amp Exit Setup
28. th which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an antivirus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you dis able the virus warning CPU Internal External Cache memory is additional memory that is much Cache faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type up contain internal cache memory L1 and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory L2 When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU 59 NV400 64 NV400 L64 Quick Power On Self Test First Second Third Other Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Select E
29. ther display device on the system Thus the AGP display becomes the primary display OnChip USB Allows you to select the USB transfer rate mode Usually USB2 0 is up to 480Mb s while USB1 1 is up to 12Mb s Choices Disabled V1 1 V2 0 default V1 1 USB Keyboard Sup Select Enabled default if your system contains a port Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard AC97 Audio Select Enabled to use the on chip audio capability of your system Most of the field do not appear when this field is Disabled for user who wants to use add on sound card this item must be disabled MAC LAN nVIDIA This option allows you to enable disable the Onboard LAN Controller The choices Auto default Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Choices Enabled default Disabled POWER ON Function Allows you to set the way to boot up the system Choices Password Hot KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right Any KEY BUTTON ONLY default Keyboard 98 67 NV400 64 NV400 L64 KB Power On Pass word Hot Key Power ON If Keyboard Power on function is set at Password this item shows up to allow you to type a password for the power On function Choices
30. y OFEOO OK U0 Write OK No Update Write Fail Warning Don t Turn Off Power Or Reset System BIOS Image File is for nForce Chipset Only Award Flash Memory Writer Process Screen 53 NV400 64 NV400 L64 4 6 BIOS SETUP CMOS Setup Utility Warning and Tips If changing CMOS Configuration causes difficulty in rebooting system you can take the following measures 1 At pressing the power button to reboot press the Insert key at the same time As soon as the screen displays the booting message release the Insert key and press Delete key to enter CMOS Setup Utility Then choose the Load Optimized Optimal Defaults menu to restore the default values for a new start Or Open your machine cabinet and clear CMOS with jumper setting Please refer to the Jumper Setting Section of this User manual 4 6 1 CMOS Setup Utility This mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by 1 Turn on or reboot your system After a series of diagnostic checks the following message will appear PRESS lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP 2 Press lt DEL gt key and the main program screen will appear as follows Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt CPU Ratio Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Passward Power Managem
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