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... System Memory 10 2.4 Connectors and Slots 11 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 13 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 13 3.2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4: Useful Help 20 4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code 20 4.2 Extra Information 20 4.3 Troubleshooting 22 Chapter 5: NVIDIA SLI Function 23 5.1 Requirements 23 5.2 Placing the SLI-NF4T Selector Card 23 5.3 Things to Notice...
... System Memory 10 2.4 Connectors and Slots 11 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 13 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 13 3.2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4: Useful Help 20 4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code 20 4.2 Extra Information 20 4.3 Troubleshooting 22 Chapter 5: NVIDIA SLI Function 23 5.1 Requirements 23 5.2 Placing the SLI-NF4T Selector Card 23 5.3 Things to Notice...
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... Rear Side Line-in Line-out MIC-in B. Supports USB Function. Supports ACPI. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 4 N4SIE-A7 Back Panel I/O Connectors λ 1 Serial port. λ 1 Parallel port. λ 1RJ-45 LAN jack. λ 1 PS/2 Mouse port. λ 1 PS/2 Keyboard port. λ 1 1394A Firewire...
... Rear Side Line-in Line-out MIC-in B. Supports USB Function. Supports ACPI. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 4 N4SIE-A7 Back Panel I/O Connectors λ 1 Serial port. λ 1 Parallel port. λ 1RJ-45 LAN jack. λ 1 PS/2 Mouse port. λ 1 PS/2 Keyboard port. λ 1 1394A Firewire...
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... the jumper to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default). 13 Pin 2-3 close ". 5. Power on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to "Pin 1-2 close : Clear CMOS data. 13 ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. Reset the desired... can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader. Wait for USB Ports at Front Panel This connector allows user to "Pin 2-3 close". 3. N4SIE-A7 JUSB1~JUSB3: Headers for five seconds. 4. Remove AC power line. 2.
... the jumper to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default). 13 Pin 2-3 close ". 5. Power on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to "Pin 1-2 close : Clear CMOS data. 13 ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. Reset the desired... can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader. Wait for USB Ports at Front Panel This connector allows user to "Pin 2-3 close". 3. N4SIE-A7 JUSB1~JUSB3: Headers for five seconds. 4. Remove AC power line. 2.
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... Utility "AWDFLASH.exe" from Biostar website. 4. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Copy "AWDFLASH.exe" and respectively BIOS into floppy drive and press Enter. 6. The BIOS has been recovered and will update BIOS automatically and restart. 9. If...5. Type "Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r" in DOS prompt. 8. BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is shown after boot-up to restore the BIOS: 1. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by virus, the Boot-...
... Utility "AWDFLASH.exe" from Biostar website. 4. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Copy "AWDFLASH.exe" and respectively BIOS into floppy drive and press Enter. 6. The BIOS has been recovered and will update BIOS automatically and restart. 9. If...5. Type "Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r" in DOS prompt. 8. BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is shown after boot-up to restore the BIOS: 1. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by virus, the Boot-...
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... or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets. The Overvoltage Manager, on our main panel. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they ...voltage. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is either the original system speed or a suitable one click. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 7: WARPSPEEDER™ 7.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage...
... or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets. The Overvoltage Manager, on our main panel. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they ...voltage. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is either the original system speed or a suitable one click. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 7: WARPSPEEDER™ 7.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage...
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In this panel, you can also get model name and detail information in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to overclocking. About Panel Click the "about" button in hints of [WarpSpeeder™] utility. 38 You can get the mainboard's BIOS model and the Version number of all the chipset that are related to up as the following figure. N4SIE-A7 6.
In this panel, you can also get model name and detail information in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to overclocking. About Panel Click the "about" button in hints of [WarpSpeeder™] utility. 38 You can get the mainboard's BIOS model and the Version number of all the chipset that are related to up as the following figure. N4SIE-A7 6.
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N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu ...3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated Peripherals 17 6 Power Management Setup 22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 25 8 PC Health Status ...27 i
N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu ...3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated Peripherals 17 6 Power Management Setup 22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations 25 8 PC Health Status ...27 i
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... (APM) specification. The Award BIOS™ installed in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is supported. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the EPA Green PC specification. N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award...™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium ® 4 processor...
... (APM) specification. The Award BIOS™ installed in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is supported. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the EPA Green PC specification. N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award...™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium ® 4 processor...
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... Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu - N4SIE-A7 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...
... Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu - N4SIE-A7 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...
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... keys to select among the items and press to configure enhanced features of the BIOS. Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options. Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input... allows you to accept and enter the sub-menu. !! Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on board, for update information. WARNING !! N4SIE-A7 1 Main Menu Once you to select from several setup functions.
... keys to select among the items and press to configure enhanced features of the BIOS. Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options. Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input... allows you to accept and enter the sub-menu. !! Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on board, for update information. WARNING !! N4SIE-A7 1 Main Menu Once you to select from several setup functions.
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A confirmation message will be prompted with the boot sequence. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is strongly recommended not to configure the power management features. Not properly change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI ... optimized for this function is having problems particularly with to configure certain "Plug and Play" and PCI options. These configurations are set. N4SIE-A7 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to use. You will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility...
A confirmation message will be prompted with the boot sequence. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is strongly recommended not to configure the power management features. Not properly change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI ... optimized for this function is having problems particularly with to configure certain "Plug and Play" and PCI options. These configurations are set. N4SIE-A7 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to use. You will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility...
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confirmation Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to change them. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is not set , the "User" will only be ... changes to view configurations but will not be displayed before proceeding. Confirmation message will be able to upgrade bios. 5 Save & Exit Setup Save all changes made during the current session and exit setup. N4SIE-A7 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is set , then the User Password will function in the same...
confirmation Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to change them. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is not set , the "User" will only be ... changes to view configurations but will not be displayed before proceeding. Confirmation message will be able to upgrade bios. 5 Save & Exit Setup Save all changes made during the current session and exit setup. N4SIE-A7 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is set , then the User Password will function in the same...
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Displays the total memory available in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up . N4SIE-A7 Item Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Options All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key N/A N/A N/A Description Select the situation in the system. 8 Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up .
Displays the total memory available in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up . N4SIE-A7 Item Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Options All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key N/A N/A N/A Description Select the situation in the system. 8 Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up .
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...: Enabled (default), Disabled. 9 N4SIE-A7 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Master, Sec, Slave, USBHDD0, USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in these items. The Choices: Pri. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from...: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in Cards. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Slave, Sec. Swap...
...: Enabled (default), Disabled. 9 N4SIE-A7 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Master, Sec, Slave, USBHDD0, USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in these items. The Choices: Pri. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from...: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in Cards. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Slave, Sec. Swap...
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Enabled (default) Enable cache. N4SIE-A7 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset ...
Enabled (default) Enable cache. N4SIE-A7 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset ...
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... chipset control Gate A20. Disabled (default) Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. N4SIE-A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is repeated when you power up the computer. Enabled Virus protection is...30. If this option will display a warning message on . Disabled (default) Virus protection is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to enable or disabled CPU Hyper-Threading. Enabled for Windows XP and...
... chipset control Gate A20. Disabled (default) Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. N4SIE-A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is repeated when you power up the computer. Enabled Virus protection is...30. If this option will display a warning message on . Disabled (default) Virus protection is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to enable or disabled CPU Hyper-Threading. Enabled for Windows XP and...
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...(default), Enabled. 12 APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. N4SIE-A7 Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the BIOS to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. Small Logo (EPA...with passwords to bring the system online and/or to select whether the "Small Logo" shows. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. This ...
...(default), Enabled. 12 APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. N4SIE-A7 Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the BIOS to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. Small Logo (EPA...with passwords to bring the system online and/or to select whether the "Small Logo" shows. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. This ...
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System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Disabled " option allows caching of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors. However, any programs writing to select the LDT Frequency. N4SIE-A7 LDT Frequency This item allows you to this area of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. Video RAM C Cacheable The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 16 The Choices: 4 X(default). The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the "Disabled " option allows caching of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors. However, any programs writing to select the LDT Frequency. N4SIE-A7 LDT Frequency This item allows you to this area of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. Video RAM C Cacheable The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 16 The Choices: 4 X(default). The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
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...performance progressively. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. N4SIE-A7 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for Serial-...Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled Serial-ATA 2 Enables support for each device. Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. RAID Configuration RAID Enable The...
...performance progressively. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. N4SIE-A7 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for Serial-...Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled Serial-ATA 2 Enables support for each device. Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. RAID Configuration RAID Enable The...
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... Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 25 Figure 7. This section covers some very technical items and it . Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which is assigned to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses....Legacy is the term, which resources are reserved in the system BIOS. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. N4SIE-A7 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system...
... Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 25 Figure 7. This section covers some very technical items and it . Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which is assigned to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses....Legacy is the term, which resources are reserved in the system BIOS. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. N4SIE-A7 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system...