Biostar I915G-M7 Bios Setup Manual

Manual is about: Biostar I915G-M7 Motherboard: Supplementary Guide

Summary of I915G-M7

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    I915g-m7 bios setup table of contents bios setup................................................................................................ 1 1. Main menu ................................................................................. 4 1.1 standard cmos features.................................

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    I915g-m7 bios setup table of contents 4.5 precharge delay (tras).............................................................................. 15 4.6 system memory frequency ....................................................................... 15 4.7 slp_s4# assertion width ..........................

  • Page 3: Bios Setup

    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s 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 infor...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 2 acpi support award acpi bios support version 1.0 of advanced configuration and power interface specification (acpi). It provides asl code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the acpi specification, developed by microsoft, in...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 3 using setup in general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press: to select, and to change entries, for help, to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the setup program by using the keyboard. Keystroke function up arrow...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 4 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. Warnin...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 5 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 vcor...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 6 1.11 s et u ser p assword 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...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 7 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 i...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 8 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 int...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 9 3. Advanced bios features 3.1 cpu f eature 3.1.1 delay prior to thermal set this item to enable the cpu thermal function to engage after the specified time. The choices: 4, 8, 16 (default), 32. 3.1.2 thermal management allow you to choose the thermal management...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 10 3.1.5 limit cpu id max val set limit cpu id maximum vale to 3, it should be disabled for win xp. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. 3.1.6 nx bios control 3.2 h ard d isk b oot p riority these bios attempt to load the operating system from the device in ...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 11 3.3 b oot s eq & f loppy s etup 3.3.1 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, zip100, lan...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 12 3.5 c ache s etup cpu l1/l2/l3 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. 3.6 h yper -t hreading t echnology this option allows you to enab...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 13 3.12 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, and 1000. 3.13 s ecurity o ption this option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 14 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...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 15 4.4 dram ras# p recharge 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 perform...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 16 4.11 vga s ettings 4.11.1 peg/onchip vga control this item allows you to enabled or disabled peg/on-chip vga controller. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. 4.11.2 peg force x1 when using on-chip vga, this item has to be set as x1. Diable pci express x16...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 17 5. Integrated peripherals 5.1 o n -c hip 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 automati...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 18 5.1.5 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, your operating environment requires a dma driver (windows 95 osr2 or a third party ide bus master dr...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 19 5.2 o nboard d evice 5.2.1 pci express root port func, pci express port 1/2/3/4 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....

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 20 5.2.2 usb controller select enabled if your system contains a universal serial bus (usb) controller and you have usb peripherals. The choices: enabled (default), disabled 5.2.3 usb 2.0 controller this entry is to enabled/ disabled ehci controller only. This bi...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 21 5.3 s uper i/o d evice 5.3.1 onboard fdc controller select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (fdc) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and fdc or the system has no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. The ...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 22 5.3.6 onboard parallel port this item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which i/o address. The choices: 378/irq7 (default), 278/irq5, 3bc/irq7, disabled. 5.3.7 parallel port mode the default value is spp. Spp (default) using ...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 23 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 & w ake u p e vents 6.1.1 acpi function this item displays the status of the advanced config...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 24 6.1.2 acpi suspend type the item allows you to select the suspend type under the acpi operating system. The choices: s1 (pos) (default) power on suspend s3 (str) suspend to ram s1 & s3 pos+str 6.1.3 run vgabios if s3 resume choosing enabled will make bios run ...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 25 6.1.8 power on function this item allows you to choose the power on function. The choices: button (default), password, hot key, mouse left, mouse right, any key, keyboard 98. 6.1.9 kb power on password input password and press enter to set the keyboard power o...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 26 6.2 r eload t imer e vents 6.2.1 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. 6.2.2 fdd, com, lpt port you can select to enable or disabl...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 27 6.3 p ower m anagement 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. Doze mode. 3. Suspend mode. There are four options of power management, three of which have fix...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 28 6.5 v ideo o ff i n s uspend this determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choices: yes (default), no. 6.6 s uspend t ype select the suspend type. The choices: stop grant (default), pwron suspend. 6.7 modem u se irq this determines the irq, w...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 29 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 c...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 30 7.3 irq r esources 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 inte...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 31 7.5 pci e xpress r elative items 7.5.1 maximum payload size set the maximum payload size for transaction packets (tlp). The choice: 4096 (default.).

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 32 8. Pc health status 8.1 s hutdown t emperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item is only effective under windows 98 acpi mode. The choices: 60°c/140°c, 65°c/149°f, disabled (default). 8.2 s how h/w m onitor in post if you c...

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    P4 tgq-m775 bios setup user’s manual 33 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, and 23x. 9.2 a uto d etect pci c lk this item allows you to enable / disable auto detect pci clock. The choices: enab...