Biostar I915P-A7 Manual

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Summary of I915P-A7

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    I915p-a7 combo i fcc information and copyright this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. ...

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    Table of contents ii chapter 1: introduction .........................................................1 1.1 motherboard features ...................................................... 1 1.2 package checklist ............................................................ 4 1.3 layout and components.......

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    915p-a7 combo 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 m otherboard f eatures a. Hardware cpu supports lga 775. Supports single intel pentium 4 / celeron d processors. Front side bus at the following frequency ranges: - 533 mt/s (133 mhz core clock) - 800 mt/s (200 mhz core clock) supports hyper-threading tech...

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    915p-a7 combo 2 on-board ide one connector supports 2 ide disk drives. Supports pio mode 0~4, bride mode and ultra dma 33/66/100 bus master mode. Expansion slots three 32bit pci bus master slots. One pci-express (pci-e) x 16 slot (pci-ex16_1): pci-express 1.0a compliant. Maximum theoretical realized...

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    915p-a7 combo 3 serial ata controller integrated in ich6. Supports 4 serial ata (sata) ports. Integrated ahci controller. Compliant with serial ata 1.0 specification. Data transfer rates up to 1.5gb/s. Ieee 1394 chip (optional) chip: via vt6307. Supports two 1394a firewire ports up to 400mb/s indivi...

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    915p-a7 combo 4 b. Bios & software bios award legal bios. Supports apm1.2. Supports acpi. Supports usb function. Bundled software supports warpspeeder™, 9th touch™, winflasher™ and flasher™. 1.2 p ackage c hecklist fdd cable x 1 hdd cable x 1 user’s manual x 1 serial ata cable x 1 fully setup driver...

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    915p-a7 combo 5 1.3 l ayout and c omponents ddr 2_ a 1 ddr a 1 ddr 2_ b 1 ddr b 1 fd d 1 id e 1 pci-ex1_1 (optional) pci-ex16_1 pci2 pci3 jkbv1 jusbv1 jpanel1 jusb4 j1394a1 (optional) j1394pwr1 (optional) jusb3 jusbv3_1 jatxpwr1 jcfan1 jatxpwr2 jaudio1 jaudiof1 super i/o jci1 jcmos1 sata1 sata3 sata...

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    915p-a7 combo 6 chapter 2: hardware information 2.1 i nstalling c entral p rocessing u nit (cpu) special warnings: remove pin cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the cpu is removed, cover the pin cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged. Warran...

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    915p-a7 combo 7 step 3: hold the cpu down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: put the cpu fan on the cpu and buckle it. Connect the cpu fan power cable to the jcfan1. This completes the installation. 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in ...

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    915p-a7 combo 8 2.3 i nstalling s ystem m emory 1. Unlock a dimm slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a dimm on the slot such that the notch on the dimm matches the break on the slot. 2. Insert the dimm vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place an...

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    915p-a7 combo 9 chapter 3: headers & jumpers setup 3.1 h ow to s etup j umpers the illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened pin closed pin1-2 closed 3.2 d etail s ettings jatxpwr1/jatxp...

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    915p-a7 combo 10 jkbv1: power source header for ps/2 keyboard and mouse assignment description 1 3 pin 1-2 close +5v +5v for ps/2 keyboard and mouse. 1 3 pin 2-3 close +5v standby voltage ps/2 mouse and keyboard are powered with +5v standby voltage. Note: in order to support this function “power-on ...

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    915p-a7 combo 11 jaudiof1: front panel audio-out header this header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the pc front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. 1 2 13 14 pin assignment pin assignment 1 mic in/center 2 ground 3 mic power/bass 4 audio power...

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    915p-a7 combo 12 j1394a1: header for 1394a firewire port at front panel (optional) pin assignment pin assignment 1 a+ 2 a- 3 ground 4 ground 5 b+ 6 b- 7 +12v 8 +12v 2 1 10 9 key 10 ground jcmos1: clear cmos header by placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the bios safe setting and t...

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    915p-a7 combo 13 front panel connector: jpanel1 this 24-pin connector includes power-on, reset, hdd led, power led, sleep button, speaker and irda connection. It allows user to connect the pc case’s front panel switch functions. 1 2 23 24 slp pwr_led on/off ir ir rst hled spk + + + - - pin assignmen...

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    915p-a7 combo 14 chapter 4: useful help 4.1 a ward bios b eep c ode beep sound meaning one long beep followed by two short beeps video card not found or video card memory bad high-low siren sound cpu overheated. System will shut down automatically. One short beep when system boot-up no error found d...

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    915p-a7 combo 15 b. Cpu overheated if the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the cpu protection function has been activated. When the cpu is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the cpu, and the system may not power on...

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    915p-a7 combo 16 4.3 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. No power to the system at all power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical su...

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    915p-a7 combo 17 chapter 5: warpspeeder™ 5.1 i ntroduction [warpspeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including overclock manager, overvoltage manager, and hardware monitor. With the overclock manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or t...

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    915p-a7 combo 18 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “launch the warpspeeder tray utility” checkbox is checked, the tray icon utility and [warpspeeder™] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click “finish” button. Us...

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    915p-a7 combo 19 2. Main panel if you click the tray icon, [warpspeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is main panel. Main panel contains features as follows: a. Display the cpu speed, cpu external clock, memory clock, agp clo...

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    915p-a7 combo 20 3. Voltage panel click the voltage button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the voltage panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase cpu core voltage and memory voltage or not. The default setting is “no”. If you want ...

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    915p-a7 combo 21 4. Overclock panel click the overclock button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the overclock panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock panel contains these features: a. “–3mhz button”, “-1mhz button”, “+1mhz button”, and “+3mhz button”: provide...

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    915p-a7 combo 22 d. “verify button”: user can click this button and [warpspeeder™] will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok, then the current frequency will be saved into system registry. If the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot, the [warpspee...

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    915p-a7 combo 23 6. About panel click the “about” button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the about panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can ...

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    915p-a7 combo i bios setup ........................................................................ 1 1 main menu.....................................................................................................3 2 standard cmos features ..............................................................

  • Page 27: Bios Setup

    915p-a7 combo 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 power i...

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    915p-a7 combo 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 in gene...

  • Page 29: 1 Main Menu

    915p-a7 combo 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 standard c...

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    915p-a7 combo 4 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 configure the power management features. Pnp/pci configurations this submenu allows you to configure cer...

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    915p-a7 combo 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 change...

  • Page 32: 2 Standard Cmos Features

    915p-a7 combo 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. Standard ...

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    915p-a7 combo 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 primary maste...

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    915p-a7 combo 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 up. Ex...

  • Page 35: 3 Advanced Bios Features

    915p-a7 combo 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3. Advanced bios setup cpu feature 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..

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    915p-a7 combo 10 thermal management allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor. The choices:thermal monitor 1 (default), thermal monitor2. Notes:the choices will be different according to your cpu features. Tm2 bus ratio represents the frequency. Bus ratio of the throttled per...

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    915p-a7 combo 11 boot seq & floppy setup 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 flo...

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    915p-a7 combo 12 cpu 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. Hyper-threading technology this option allows you to enable or disabled cpu hyper-threading. Enabled for windows...

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    915p-a7 combo 13 security option this option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the cmos setup utility. System a password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the setup utility. Setup (default) a password is required to a...

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    915p-a7 combo 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 bus. The default settin...

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    915p-a7 combo 15 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 applies onl...

  • Page 42: 5 Integrated Peripherals

    915p-a7 combo 16 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals 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 ...

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    915p-a7 combo 17 ide dma transfer access this item allows you to enable or disable the ide transfer access. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. On-chip primary pci ide this item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary idechannel. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Ide pri...

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    915p-a7 combo 18 onboard device pci express root port func, pci express port 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. Usb co...

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    915p-a7 combo 19 usb mouse support this item allows you to enable or disable the usb mouse legacy support. Enabled enable usb mouse support. Disabled (default) disable usb mouse support. Ac97 audio this item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support ac97 audio. The choices: auto (default), ...

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    915p-a7 combo 20 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 choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard serial...

  • Page 47: 6 Power Management Setup

    915p-a7 combo 21 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 acpi & wake up events acpi function this item displays the status of the advanced configurat...

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    915p-a7 combo 22 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 run vgabios if s3 resume choosing enabled will make bios run vga bios to initialize the vga card...

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    915p-a7 combo 23 hot key power on input password and press enter to set the keyboard power on password. The choices: ctrl-f1 (default), ctrl-f2, ctrl-f3, ctrl-f4, ctrl-f5,ctrl-f6, ctrl-f7, ctrl-f8, ctrl-f9, ctrl-f10, ctrl-f11, and ctrl-f12. Power after pwr-fail this setting specifies whether your sy...

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    915p-a7 combo 24 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 minimum po...

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    915p-a7 combo 25 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 min, 8 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 1 hour. This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroni...

  • Page 52: 7 Pnp/pci Configurations

    915p-a7 combo 26 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 section...

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    915p-a7 combo 27 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 configu...

  • Page 54: 8 Pc Health Status

    915p-a7 combo 28 8 pc health status figure 8. Pc health status cpu fan control by 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 windows...

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    915p-a7 combo 29 9 frequency/ voltage control figure 9. Frequency/ voltage control cpu clock ratio the choices: 8x (default), 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14 x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20 x, 21 x, 22 x, and 23x. Cpu voltage regulator this item allows you to select cpu voltage regulator the choices: defa...

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    915p-a7 combo 30 method 2: press the key and power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the key until the power-on screen showed. This action will boot-up the system according to fsb of the processor. It’s strongly recommended to set cpu vcore and clock in default setting. If the cpu v...