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Biostar 945P-A7A Bios Setup Manual

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    945p-a7a bios manual 1 bios setup ............................................................................... 1 1 main menu......................................................................................... 3 2 standard cmos features ...........................................................

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    945p-a7a bios manual 1 bios setup introduction this manual discussed award™ setup program built into the rom bios. The setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed ram so that it retains the setup information when the ...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 2 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) are supported. Supported cpus this award bios supports the intel cpu. Using setup ...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 3 1 main menu once you enter award bios™ cmos setup utility, the main menu will appear on the screen. The main menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu. Figure 1. Main menu sta...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. Integrated peripherals this submenu allows you to configure certain ide hard drive options and programmed input/ output features. Power management setup this submenu allows you to configur...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 5 set user password if the supervisor password is not set, then the user password will function in the same way as the supervisor password. If the supervisor password is set and the user password is set, the “user” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 6 2 standard cmos features the items in standard cmos setup menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Figure 2. St...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 7 main menu selections this table shows the selections that you can make on the main menu. Item options description date mm : dd : yy set the system date. Note that the ‘day’ automatically changes when you set the date. Time hh : mm : ss set the system internal clock. Ide primar...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 8 item options description halt on all errors no errors all, but keyboard all, but diskette all, but disk/ key select the situation in which you want the bios to stop the post process and notify you. Base memory n/a displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3. Advanced bios setup.

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    945p-a7a bios manual 10 cpu feature delay prior to thermal set this item to enable the cpu thermal function to engage after the specified time. The choices: 4min, 8min, 16min (default), 32min. Thermal management allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor. The choices: thermal ...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 11 c1e function cpu c1e function select. The choices: auto (default),disabled execute disable bit when disabled, forces the xd feature flag to always return 0. The choices: enabled (default),disabled. Virtualization technology when enabled, a vmm can utilize the additional hardw...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 12 boot seq & floppy setup hard disk boot priority these bios attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: pri. Master, pri.Slave, sec.Master, sec. Slave, usbhdd0, usbhdd1, usbhdd2 and bootable add-in card..

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    945p-a7a bios manual 13 first/second/third/boot other device these bios attempt 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. Swap floppy drive for sys...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 14 select if chipset or keyboard controller should control gate a20. Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls gatea20. Fast (default) lets chipset control gate a20. Typematic rate setting when a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyb...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 15 small logo (epa) show this item allows you to select whether the “small logo” shows. Enabled (default) “small logo” shows when system boot up. Disabled no “small logo” shows when system boots up. Summary screen show this item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. S...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 16 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as dram. It also coordinates communications with the pci bus. The default...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 17 dram ras# precharge if an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for ras to accumulate its charge before dram refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the dram may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This field appl...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 18 pci express root port func pci express port 1/ 2/3 this item allows you to select the pci express port. The choices: auto (default), enabled, disabled. Pci-e compliancy mode this item allows you to select the pci-e compliancy mode. The choices: v1.0a (default), v1.0..

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    945p-a7a bios manual 19 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals.

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    945p-a7a bios manual 20 onchip ide device 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 mode (most...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 21 this item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary ide channel. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Ide primary/secondary/master/slave udma ultra dma/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the ide hard drives in your system. As well, yo...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 22 on board device usb controller select enabled if your system contains a universal serial bus (usb) controller and you have usb peripherals. The choices: enabled (default), disabled usb 2.0 controller this entry is to enabled/ disabled ehci controller only. This bios itself ma...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 23 onboard raid this item allows you to enable or disable to support onboard raid (ite8211). The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard raid bios this item allows you to enable or disable to onboard raid bios. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard 1394 this it...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 24 super io device if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “ super io device ” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: onboard fdc controller select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (fdc) instal...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 25 ur2 duplex mode select the value required by the ir device connected to the ir port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The choices: half (default), full. Onboard parallel po...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 26 6 power management setup the power management setup menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power management setup.

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    945p-a7a bios manual 27 acpi & wake up events acpi function this item displays the status of the advanced configuration and power management (acpi). The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Acpi suspend type the item allows you to select the suspend type under the acpi operating system. The choices...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 28 wake-up by pci card when you select “enable”, a pme signal from pci card returns the system to full on state. The choices: enabled, disabled (default). Power on by ring an input signal on the serial ring indicator (ri) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awak...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 29 reload timer events primary/secondary ide 0/1 you can select to enable or disable primary or secondary raid 0 or raid 1 function under this item. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Fdd, com, lpt port you can select to enable or disable fdd, com, and lpt port under this...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 30 power management this category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. Hdd power down. 2. Suspend mode. There are four options of power management, three of which have fixed mode settings min. Power saving m...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 31 modem use irq this determines the irq, which can be applied in modem use. The choices: 3 (default), 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / na. Suspend mode the item allows you to select the suspend type under acpi operating system. The choices: disabled (default), 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 6 m...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 32 7 pnp/pci configurations this section describes configuring the pci bus system. Pci, or personal computer interconnect, is a system which allows i/o devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the cpu itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This ...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 33 irq resources this submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “press enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only ...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 34 8 pc health status figure 8. Pc health status cpu fan control the choice “smart” can make your cpu fan to reduce noise. The choices: smart (default), always on. Shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item only effective under wi...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 35 current cpu fan speed this field displays the current speed of cpu fan. Current sys fan speed this field displays the current speed system fan..

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    945p-a7a bios manual 36 9 frequency control figure 9. Frequency control cpu clock ratio this item allows you to select the cpu ratio. Min= 8, max= 50,key in a dec number. The choices: 8x (default). Cpu voltage regulator this item allows you to select cpu voltage regulator. The choices: default (defa...

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    945p-a7a bios manual 37 cpu clock this item allows you to select cpu clock, and cpu over clocking. Min= 100, max= 232,key in a dec number. The choices: 100mhz (default). Special notice: if unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of bootin...