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...and password protection as well as special support for power management and device configuration capabilities as disk drives and serial and parallel ports. Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the chipset controlling the entire system. Power management features are supported. This AWARD BIOS can manage power to modify the basic system configuration. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. EPA...
...and password protection as well as special support for power management and device configuration capabilities as disk drives and serial and parallel ports. Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the chipset controlling the entire system. Power management features are supported. This AWARD BIOS can manage power to modify the basic system configuration. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. EPA...
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.... The Main Menu allows you to the BIOS installed on the screen. Figure 1. Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to accept and enter the sub-menu. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to configure enhanced features of the BIOS. Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed 3 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on board...
.... The Main Menu allows you to the BIOS installed on the screen. Figure 1. Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to accept and enter the sub-menu. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to configure enhanced features of the BIOS. Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed 3 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on board...
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... displayed before defaults are factory settings optimized for this function is having problems particularly with to use. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is not set, then the User Password will be able to configure certain "Plug and Play" and PCI options. Confirmation message 4 Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (However, this system. These configurations are set , the "User" will only be able to monitor...
... displayed before defaults are factory settings optimized for this function is having problems particularly with to use. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is not set, then the User Password will be able to configure certain "Plug and Play" and PCI options. Confirmation message 4 Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (However, this system. These configurations are set , the "User" will only be able to monitor...
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... to enter the menu. CGA 80 MONO 7 Drive B 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in Select the type of detailed options. sub menu of floppy disk drive installed in its sub Press to enter the menu. IDE Secondary Master Options are in your system. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Drive A 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in None Video EGA/VGA CGA 40 Select the default video device. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Main Menu...
... to enter the menu. CGA 80 MONO 7 Drive B 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in Select the type of detailed options. sub menu of floppy disk drive installed in its sub Press to enter the menu. IDE Secondary Master Options are in your system. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Drive A 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in None Video EGA/VGA CGA 40 Select the default video device. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Main Menu...
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.... Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option reduces the time it takes to swap logical drive assignments. The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). Disabling this option allows you to boot...
.... Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option reduces the time it takes to swap logical drive assignments. The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). Disabling this option allows you to boot...
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... number keys. Typematic Rate Setting When a key is repeated when you power up the computer. Disabled (default) Virus protection is activated. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be able to execute after power on. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Cache Setup CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Boot Up...
... number keys. Typematic Rate Setting When a key is repeated when you power up the computer. Disabled (default) Virus protection is activated. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be able to execute after power on. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Cache Setup CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Boot Up...
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...MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. The choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to access the Setup Utility. Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu. Setup (default) A password is required to enable/disable the summary screen. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Summary screen means Boot Seq & Floppy Setup...
...MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. The choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to access the Setup Utility. Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu. Setup (default) A password is required to enable/disable the summary screen. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Summary screen means Boot Seq & Floppy Setup...
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The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). 12 Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Disabling this option will test the floppy drives to swap logical drive assignments. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks.
The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default). 12 Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Disabling this option will test the floppy drives to swap logical drive assignments. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks.
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... DRAM timing. The Choices: 8 (default),7, 6, 5 13 This chipset manage bus speeds and access to activate the precharge delay. Figure 4. The Choices: 1.5 , 2, 2.5(default),3 Active to Precharge Delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to system memory resources, such as DRAM. The default settings that the settings have been changed incorrectly. The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed...
... DRAM timing. The Choices: 8 (default),7, 6, 5 13 This chipset manage bus speeds and access to activate the precharge delay. Figure 4. The Choices: 1.5 , 2, 2.5(default),3 Active to Precharge Delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to system memory resources, such as DRAM. The default settings that the settings have been changed incorrectly. The Choices: By SPD (default), Manual. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed...
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... peripherals that need to enable or disable VGA RAM cache capability. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is installed in the system. and slow gives more stable performance. Fast gives faster performance; The Choices: Disabled, Enabled(default). The user information of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh...
... peripherals that need to enable or disable VGA RAM cache capability. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is installed in the system. and slow gives more stable performance. Fast gives faster performance; The Choices: Disabled, Enabled(default). The user information of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh...
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In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each of block read / write. Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE Device Press Enter to 4 will increased performance progressively. On-Chip Primary/ Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you set a PIO mode (0-4) for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. Modes 0 to configure the onboard IDE Controllers. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is...
In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each of block read / write. Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE Device Press Enter to 4 will increased performance progressively. On-Chip Primary/ Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you set a PIO mode (0-4) for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. Modes 0 to configure the onboard IDE Controllers. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is...
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...or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller. SATA Mode The Choices: IDE(default). The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled USB 2.0 Controller The Choices: disabled(default). Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard/Mouse Support. VIA 1394 Controller(optional) This item allows you have USB peripherals. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus...
...or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller. SATA Mode The Choices: IDE(default). The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled USB 2.0 Controller The Choices: disabled(default). Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard/Mouse Support. VIA 1394 Controller(optional) This item allows you have USB peripherals. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus...
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... disable the Onboard Realtek Wirless Controller. Wirless Function(optional) This item allows you to set the Keyboard power on Possword Input password and press Enter to switch the Wireless Function from Wireless Audio and Wireless Lan. Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled (default), Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 , 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. 18 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Realtek Wirless LAN(optional...
... disable the Onboard Realtek Wirless Controller. Wirless Function(optional) This item allows you to set the Keyboard power on Possword Input password and press Enter to switch the Wireless Function from Wireless Audio and Wireless Lan. Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled (default), Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 , 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. 18 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Realtek Wirless LAN(optional...
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... support the initialization feature , the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 . So , if the AGP driver of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices:Auto (default), Yes, No. 20 The system time is shortened if you disable the function , but system will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up /power down features. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu...
... support the initialization feature , the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 . So , if the AGP driver of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices:Auto (default), Yes, No. 20 The system time is shortened if you disable the function , but system will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up /power down features. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu...
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... speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that only experienced users should make any changes to update ESCDs and then is strongly recommended that a resource is chosen, the system's ESCD will be shown on cards. If the Enabled option is chosen, the system is forced to the default settings. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 7 PnP/PCI Configurations...
... speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that only experienced users should make any changes to update ESCDs and then is strongly recommended that a resource is chosen, the system's ESCD will be shown on cards. If the Enabled option is chosen, the system is forced to the default settings. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 7 PnP/PCI Configurations...
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... access to be directed to a submenu that there are not VGA compatible take the output from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller needs to know what is set to "Manual". Disabled(default) Disables the function. IRQ Resources This submenu will not show up on the type of the VGA controller. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default...
... access to be directed to a submenu that there are not VGA compatible take the output from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller needs to know what is set to "Manual". Disabled(default) Disables the function. IRQ Resources This submenu will not show up on the type of the VGA controller. P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default...
P4TCA Pro user's manual
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...(Performance Acceleration Technology): accelerate date transmission between CPU and memory. Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I /O Chip: ITE IT8712F. H/W Monitor - ITE's "Smart Guardian" function Slots Five 32-bit PCI bus master slots. On Board IDE Supports four IDE disk drives. 1 English P4TCA Pro Features A. Hardware CPU Provides Socket-478. Fan Speed Controller - One CNR slot. Available bandwidth up to 3.2GB/s(DDR400) for single-channel mode and 6.4GB/s (DDR 400) in dual channel mode. Low Pin Count Interface. One Wireless LAN slot. Front Side Bus at...
...(Performance Acceleration Technology): accelerate date transmission between CPU and memory. Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I /O Chip: ITE IT8712F. H/W Monitor - ITE's "Smart Guardian" function Slots Five 32-bit PCI bus master slots. On Board IDE Supports four IDE disk drives. 1 English P4TCA Pro Features A. Hardware CPU Provides Socket-478. Fan Speed Controller - One CNR slot. Available bandwidth up to 3.2GB/s(DDR400) for single-channel mode and 6.4GB/s (DDR 400) in dual channel mode. Low Pin Count Interface. One Wireless LAN slot. Front Side Bus at...
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Installing DDR Module 1. Enter System BIOS Setup; When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the Intel RAID driver. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3.0 software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the installation CD. 4. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is done, exit the Option ROM user interface. 3. press CTRL...
Installing DDR Module 1. Enter System BIOS Setup; When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the Intel RAID driver. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3.0 software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the installation CD. 4. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is done, exit the Option ROM user interface. 3. press CTRL...
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... to support additional IDE devices. This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it can use the IDE feature to set up to four hard disk drives. IDE-Raid Connector: RAID1/2 This connector supports RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID 0+1 configuration through the onboard Parallel ATA (VT6410) controller chip. The first hard drive should always be connected to SATA Controller with 2 channels STAT interface, it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports modem only. Accelerated Graphics Port Slot: AGP1 Your monitor will take advantage of AGP technology...
... to support additional IDE devices. This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it can use the IDE feature to set up to four hard disk drives. IDE-Raid Connector: RAID1/2 This connector supports RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID 0+1 configuration through the onboard Parallel ATA (VT6410) controller chip. The first hard drive should always be connected to SATA Controller with 2 channels STAT interface, it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports modem only. Accelerated Graphics Port Slot: AGP1 Your monitor will take advantage of AGP technology...
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... disk controller be used but the hard drive. PROBABLE SOLUTION System does not boot from hard disk drive, can * Back up the hard drive is impossible. Hard disk can * Check cable running from CD-ROM drive. PROBABLE SOLUTION Screen message says "Invalid Configuration" or * Review system's equipment . Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives. 26 Make sure "CMOS Failure." PROBABLE SOLUTION Cannot boot system after installing second hard * Set master/slave jumpers correctly. drive. * Run SETUP program and select correct drive types...
... disk controller be used but the hard drive. PROBABLE SOLUTION System does not boot from hard disk drive, can * Back up the hard drive is impossible. Hard disk can * Check cable running from CD-ROM drive. PROBABLE SOLUTION Screen message says "Invalid Configuration" or * Review system's equipment . Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives. 26 Make sure "CMOS Failure." PROBABLE SOLUTION Cannot boot system after installing second hard * Set master/slave jumpers correctly. drive. * Run SETUP program and select correct drive types...