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... BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you see on your system. If you wish to enter the BIOS ..., and then press to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a ...BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS...BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to choose among the selections on . Because the BIOS... software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS...
... BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you see on your system. If you wish to enter the BIOS ..., and then press to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a ...BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS...BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to choose among the selections on . Because the BIOS... software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS...
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.../Year] Use this item to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Wed 12/22/2004] BIOS Version : P4V88+ BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz Processor Speed : 2400 MHz Cache Size : 512KB Microcode Update : 0F24/1E Total Memory DIMM...
.../Year] Use this item to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Wed 12/22/2004] BIOS Version : P4V88+ BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz Processor Speed : 2400 MHz Cache Size : 512KB Microcode Update : 0F24/1E Total Memory DIMM...
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... detects the present CPU host frequency of this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value CPU Thermal Throttling [Auto] [... (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE...
... detects the present CPU host frequency of this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value CPU Thermal Throttling [Auto] [... (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE...
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..."Unlocked". Set to keep the CPU from overheated. If it will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Bus Selection [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [2T Command] ...] [Eabled] [Auto] Options 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz Auto (DDR266) (DDR333) (DDR400) +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
..."Unlocked". Set to keep the CPU from overheated. If it will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Bus Selection [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [2T Command] ...] [Eabled] [Auto] Options 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz Auto (DDR266) (DDR333) (DDR400) +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
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... to enable or disable the onboard LAN feature. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard AC'97 Audio feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Restore on AC/Power Loss Use this... Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
... to enable or disable the onboard LAN feature. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard AC'97 Audio feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Restore on AC/Power Loss Use this... Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
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...]. IDE Device Configuration You may enable both IDE Controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [... enables only the Primary IDE Controller. Set to [Disabled] will use the "Primary IDE Master" as well. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] [Hard Disk] [...
...]. IDE Device Configuration You may enable both IDE Controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [... enables only the Primary IDE Controller. Set to [Disabled] will use the "Primary IDE Master" as well. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] [Hard Disk] [...
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...the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32]... Timer The default value is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of floppy drive connected to enable or...
...the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32]... Timer The default value is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of floppy drive connected to enable or...
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.... Infrared Port Address Use this item to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP... Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. Serial Port Address...
.... Infrared Port Address Use this item to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP... Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. Serial Port Address...
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... disable the support to enable the Game Port or disable it . Configuration options: [Disabled], [300], and [330]. 3.3.8 USB Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or... disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. OnBoard Game Port Use this item to emulate legacy...
... disable the support to enable the Game Port or disable it . Configuration options: [Disabled], [300], and [330]. 3.3.8 USB Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or... disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. OnBoard Game Port Use this item to emulate legacy...
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Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 32 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Vcore...
Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 32 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Vcore...
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...this section, you may specify the boot sequence from network feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Likewise, you may also specify the boot sequence from... sequence from the available devices for the hard disk drives, the removable drives, and the CD/DVD drives. 33 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from the available...
...this section, you may specify the boot sequence from network feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Likewise, you may also specify the boot sequence from... sequence from the available devices for the hard disk drives, the removable drives, and the CD/DVD drives. 33 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from the available...
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3.6 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Install or Change the password. For the user password, you may also clear it. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 34
3.6 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Install or Change the password. For the user password, you may also clear it. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 34
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... save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Save Changes and Exit When you select this operation. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Load optimal defaults?" 3.7 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot... Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Exit system setup after saving the changes....
... save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Save Changes and Exit When you select this operation. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Load optimal defaults?" 3.7 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot... Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Exit system setup after saving the changes....
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... To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the computer. 3. The Flash Memory on... your system. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by ...
... To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the computer. 3. The Flash Memory on... your system. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by ...
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...system time. Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Navigation Key(s) / / + / Function Description Moves cursor ... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 02/24/2004] BIOS Version : P4V88 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz Processor Speed : 2400 MHz Cache Size : 512KB Microcode Update : 0F24/1E ...
...system time. Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Navigation Key(s) / / + / Function Description Moves cursor ... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 02/24/2004] BIOS Version : P4V88 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz Processor Speed : 2400 MHz Cache Size : 512KB Microcode Update : 0F24/1E ...
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... [Auto] [133] [Disabled] : Locked : 18 [Enabled] Hyper Threading Technology [Auto] Select how to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Disabled]...CPU host frequency. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in ...
... [Auto] [133] [Disabled] : Locked : 18 [Enabled] Hyper Threading Technology [Auto] Select how to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Disabled]...CPU host frequency. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in ...
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... 24 DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Bus Selection [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [2T Command...] [Auto] Options 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz Auto (DDR266) (DDR333) (DDR400) +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
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...] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Ring-In Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC... up when the power recovers. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard AC'97 Audio feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item...
...] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Ring-In Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC... up when the power recovers. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard AC'97 Audio feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item...
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...] [Not Detected] DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE Controller. BOTH: enables both . Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [Secondary], [Both]. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. We will disable the both IDE Controllers.... +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE ...
...] [Not Detected] DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE Controller. BOTH: enables both . Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [Secondary], [Both]. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. We will disable the both IDE Controllers.... +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE ...
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... the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] ...[Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and ...
... the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] ...[Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and ...