Page 2 - Main Menu; at the bottom of the screen.; Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu; Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropri-
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-2 3.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately to allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer.When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen duringthe POST (Power On Self Test), pr...
Page 3 - Standard CMOS Setup; This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible; BIOS Features Setup; This setup page includes all the items of Award
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-3 3.3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from elevensetup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among theitems and press <Enter> t...
Page 5 - Standard CMOS Setup; The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego-
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-5 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego- ries. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use thearrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keysto select the value ...
Page 6 - Date; Day; The year, depends on the year of the BIOS; Time; These categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-6 Date The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>. Day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined byBIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec. date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numericfunction keys. year The year, depe...
Page 7 - HEADS
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-7 If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be “Type 1”. If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”. CYLS. number of cylinders HEADS number...
Page 8 - BIOS Features Setup; Anti-Virus Protection; During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to; Enable
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-8 3.5 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : modify F5 : Old Value(Shift) F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults Anti-Virus Protection :Disable...
Page 9 - CPU Internal Cache; Disabled; External Cache; Quick Power On Self Test; Enabled
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-9 CPU Internal Cache The default value is Enabled.Enabled (default) Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Note: The internal cache is built in the processor. External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checkin...
Page 10 - Off
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-10 Boot From LAN First During Enabled, if there’s a LAN card onboard, the priority booting will be from the LAN. Boot Sequence This category determines which drive the computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The settings are A,C,SCSI/C,A,SCSI...
Page 11 - Security Option; This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or; System; PCI VGA Palette Snooping; However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is; Enables the function; OS Selection for DRAM > 64MB; Allows OS2
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-11 Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setupwill be denied if the correct password is notentered at the prompt. Setup(default) The system will boot, but access...
Page 12 - Report No FDD For WIN 95
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-12 Report No FDD For WIN 95 This function is only used when you are testing SCT for Windows ® 95 Logo. System BIOS Lock This item allows the user to lock/unlock the system BIOS. During enabled, the user will not be able to overwrite or flash the system BIOS. Thedefault...
Page 13 - Chipset Features Setup; The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-13 Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing :SDRAM 10ns Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing :SDRAM 10ns Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing :SDRAM 10ns SDRAM Cycle Lenght :3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode :Non-ECC DRAM Clock :Host Clk Memory Hole :Disabled Concurrent PCI/Host :Disabled Video RAM Cacheable :Disabled AGP Aper...
Page 14 - SDRAM Cycle Lenght; Concurrent PCI Host
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-14 Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing/Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing/Bank 4/5DRAM Timing Set the DRAM latency time to SDRAM 10ns, SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast and Turbo. SDRAM Cycle Lenght The item allows you to select the value for SDRAM Cycle delay time. The settings are 2ns or 3ns. The ...
Page 15 - Video RAM Cacheable
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-15 Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, asystem error may result. AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) ap...
Page 16 - Power Management Setup; The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this:; Power Management; This category determines the power consumption for system after
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-16 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management This category determines the power consumption for system after selecting below items...
Page 17 - Global Power Management will be disabled.; PM Control by APM
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-17 Power Management Disable Global Power Management will be disabled. User Define Users can configure their own power manage-ment. Min Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such that alltimers are in their MAX value. Max Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such...
Page 18 - Video Off Method; Doze; MODEM Use IRQ
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-18 Video Off Method The settings are N/A, Standby, Doze, or Suspend. This option is for choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off. N/A Always turn on. Doze During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off. Standby During Standby mode, the monitor will be ...
Page 19 - Suspend Mode; System will never enter SUSPEND mode.; Doze Mode; Disable; System will never enter DOZE mode.; HDD Power Down; Disable; HDD’s motor will not shut off.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-19 Suspend Mode Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode. 1 Min/2 Min/4 Min/8 Min/12 Min/20 Min/30 Min/40 Min/1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before thesystem enters SUSPEND mode.If any item defined in the options of “PowerDown & Resume Events” is enabled...
Page 20 - Wake Up On LAN; Modem Ring Resume; RTC Alarm Resume
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-20 Wake Up On LAN To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support power on functions. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jumper(JWOL1). Enabled Wake up on LAN supported. Disabled Wake up on LAN not supported. Modem Ring Resume To use this function...
Page 21 - PnP OS Installed; When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-21 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of eachoptions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PnP OS Ins...
Page 22 - Resources Controlled By; Note: When choosing “Auto”, you must be sure that all of the system; Reset Configuration Data
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-22 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto”, the system BIOS will detect the system resource and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA Channel foreach peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”(default), the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be s...
Page 23 - PCI Delay Transaction; PCI IRQ Active By; Level; Assign IRQ for VGA
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-23 IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen ...
Page 25 - Adjust CPU Voltage; This function is used to adjust the CPU voltage. During
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-25 3.10 CPU Plug & Play II This Special Features Setup is used by System Hardware Monitor chipset.You can manually change the value of each option. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4C) I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S *******CPU PLUG & PLAY II******** Adjust CP...
Page 26 - CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum; During Enabled, this will monitor the RPM of your CPU Power fan.; CPU Temperature; This will show the CPU temperature.; CPU Critical Temp; This option is for setting the critical temperature level for the; Shutdown Temp; This option is for setting the Shutdown temperature level for the
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-26 CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select the clock generator Spread Spectrum function and system bus frequency (CPU Clock). The default is CPU defaultfrequency. If you over-clock the processor, the system will hang-up. (PressF10 to resume to the orig...
Page 27 - Integrated Peripherals; IDE HDD Block Mode
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-27 3.11 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled/Disabled Enabled allows the Block mode access for theIDE HDD. IDE Primary Master PIO Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4 IDE Primary Slav...
Page 28 - IDE Secondary Slave PIO; For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-28 IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4 For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS auto detect the IDE HDD operation mode for PIO access. Note: Some IDE HDD cannot operate at the responding HDD’s mode.When the user has selected “Auto” and the ...
Page 29 - Init Display First; PCI Slot; Power ON Function; Note: If you choose Mouse Left or Mouse Right, you must let the system
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-29 Init Display First PCI Slot If both PCI VGA card and AGP card areinstalled, the system will display the PCIVGA card first. AGP If both PCI VGA card and AGP card areinstalled, the system will show the AGPcard first. Power ON Function This function allows you to selec...
Page 30 - Onboard FDC Controller
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-30 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled/Disabled The system has an on-board Super I/Ochip with a FDD controller that supports2 FDDs for 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/2.8M. Choose “Enabled” to use the on-board FDD controller for accessing theFDD. Otherwise choose “Disabled” touse the ...
Page 31 - Onboard Parallel Port; Line Printer port 0; Onboard Parallel Mode
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-31 Onboard Parallel Port Disabled There is a built-in parallel port on theon-board Super I/O chipset that pro-vides Standard, ECP, and EPP features.It has the following options: Disable3BCH/IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378H/IRQ5 Line Printer p...
Page 32 - On; Power Status LED; This item determines which status the Power LED will use. The
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-32 message will be displayed on thescreen: “EPP Mode Select.” At thistime either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec.can be chosen. PWRON after PWR-FAIL This option will determine how the system will power on after a power failure. The settings are: Off, On and Former State....
Page 34 - IDE HDD Auto Detection
CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-34 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip) : N OPTION...