Table of contents bios setup …………………………………………………………1 1 main menu ................................................................................................. 3 2 standard cmos features ......................................................................... 6 3 advanced bios features ............
I86pe-a7 bios setup 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 p...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 2 dram support ddr dram (double data rate synchronous dram) are supported. Supported cpus this award bios supports the intel pentium ® 4 cpu. Using setup in general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press to select, use the and keys to change entries, press for help and...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 3 1 main menu once you enter award bios™ cmos setup utility, the main menu will appear on the screen. Warning the information about bios defaults on manual (figure 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference; please refer to the bios installed on board, for update information. The m...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 4 1.6 p n p/pci c onfigurations this submenu allows you to configure certain “plug and play” and pci options. 1.7 pc h ealth s tatus this submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. 1.8 f requency c ontrol this submenu allows you to change cpu vcore voltage and cpu...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 5 1.11 s ave & e xit s etup save all configuration changes to cmos(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. 1.12 e xit w ithout s aving abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displa...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 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..
I86pe-a7 bios setup 7 2.1 m ain m enu s elections 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 ...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 8 3 advanced bios features 3.1 b oot s eq & f loppy s etup 3.1.1 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, z...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 9 3.2 c ache s etup cpu l1&l2 cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) enable cache. Disabled disable cache. 3.3 cpu f eature 3.3.1 thermal management this item allows you to choose the monitor’s...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 10 3.5 h yper -t hreading t echnology this option allows you to enable or disabled hyper-threading technology. “enabled” for windows xp and linux 2.4.X (os optimized for hyper-threading technology). “disable” for other os (os not optimized for hyper-threading technology). The cho...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 11 3.11 t ypematic d elay (m sec ) sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000. 3.12 s ecurity o ption this option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or t...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 12 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 ...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 13 4.4 dram ras# to cas# d elay this field let you insert a timing delay between the cas and ras strobe signals, used when dram is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous ...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 14 4.9 m emory h ole a t 15m-16m you can reserve this area of system memory for isa adapter rom. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements. The choic...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 15 5 integrated peripherals 5.1 o nboard ide d evice 5.1.1 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 t...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 16 5.1.4 primary / secondary /master / slave pio the ide pio (programmed input / output) fields let you set a pio mode (0-4) for each of the ide devices that the onboard ide interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively. In auto mode, the system automat...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 17 5.2 o nboard d evice 5.2.1 usb controller select enabled if your system contains a universal serial bus (usb) controller and you have usb peripherals. The choices: enabled (default), disabled 5.2.2 usb 2.0 controller the choices: enabled (default), disabled. 5.2.3 usb keyboard...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 18 5.2.8 onboard lan boot rom decide whether to invoke the boot rom of the onboard lan chip. The choices: disabled, enable (default)..
I86pe-a7 bios setup 19 5.3 s uper io d evice 5.3.1 power on function this item allows you to choose the power on function. The choices: button only (default), password, hot key, mouse left, mouse right, any key, and keyboard 98. 5.3.2 kb power on password input password and press enter to set the ke...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 20 5.3.7 uart mode select this item allows you to determine which infrared (ir) function of onboard i/o chip. The choices: normal (default), askir,irda, scr. 5.3.8 ur2 duplex mode select the value required by the ir device connected to the ir port. Full-duplex mode permits simult...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 21 5.3.12 power after power fail this setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs. Off leaves the computer in the power off state. On reboots the computer. Former-sts restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 22 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. 6.1 acpi f unction this item displays the status of the advanced configuration and power management (acpi). The choices...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 23 6.3 r un vgabios if s3 r esume choosing enabled will make bios run vga bios to initialize the vga card when system wakes up from s3 state. The system time is shortened if you disable the function, but system will need agp driver to initialize the card. So, if the agp driver of...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 24 6.4 v ideo o ff m ethod this option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank. V/h sync+blank this selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank screen this option only w...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 25 6.10 s oft -o ff by pwr-bttn pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the soft-off state when the system has “hung.” the choices: delay 4 sec, instant-off (default). 6.11 i ntruder # d etection this item allows you to enabled or disable intr...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 26 6.15 r eload g lobal t imer e vent reload global timer events are i/o events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system remains alert for anything, which occurs to a device, which i...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 27 7 pnp/pci configurations this section describes configuring the pci bus system. Pci, or personal computer interconnect, is a system that allows i/o devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the cpu itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This se...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 28 7.2 r esources c ontrolled b y by choosing “auto (escd)” (default), the system bios will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative irq and dma channel for each peripheral. By choosing “manual”, the user will need to assign irq & dma for add-on cards. Be...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 29 7.4 pci / vga p alette s noop choose disabled or enabled. Some graphic controllers that are not vga compatible take the output from a vga controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and vga compatibility. However, the color information coming fr...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 30 8 pc health status 8.1 s hutdown t emperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item only effective under windows 98 acpi mode. The choices: 60°c/140°c, 65°c/149°f, disabled (default). 8.2 cpu v core / agp v oltage / +3.3v/ +5.0v/ +12v/ -12v/ -5...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 31 9 frequency control 9.1 cpu c lock r atio the choices: 8x (default), 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14 x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20 x, 21 x, 22 x, 23 x. 9.2 cpu v oltage this item allows you to select cpu voltage regulator. The choices: default (default), +2.5％, +5.5％, +8.1％. 9.3 d...
I86pe-a7 bios setup 32 9.6 cpu c lock this item allows you to select cpu clock, and cpu over clocking. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: clear the coms data by setting the jcoms1 ((2-3) closed)...
