Biostar K8M80-M7A Manual

Summary of K8M80-M7A

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    K8m800-m7a i fcc information and copyright this equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a class b digital devic e, purs uant to part 15 of the fcc rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion 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 list......................................................................... 3 1.3 ...

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    K8m800-m7a 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 m otherboard f eatures c pu supports socket 754. Supports amd athlon 64 processor up to 3700+. Supports amd sempron processo r. Supports hypertransport technology up to 1600mt/s. Chipset north bridge: via k8m800. South bridge: via vt8237r/vt8237r plus. Dimens...

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    K8m800-m7a 2 supe r i/o chip: ite it8705af. Low pin count interface. Provides the most commonly used legacy super i/o functionality. Environment control initiatives, h/w monitor fan speed controller ite's "smart guardian" function onboard ac ’97 sound code c chip: realtek alc655. Support 6 channels....

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    K8m800-m7a 3 inte rnal on-board i/o c onne ctors and heade rs 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities. 1 cd-in connector supports 1 cd-rom audio-in device. 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function. 1 s/pdif-out connector supports digital audio-out function. 1 chassi s op...

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    K8m800-m7a 4 1.3 l ayout and c omponents di m m 1 di m m 2 fd d 1 k8m800 vt8237r/ vt8237 r plus jat xpwr1 jcdi n1 jusb2 jusb3(optional ) jusbv2 jsata2 jsata1 jcm os1 jci 1 jcfan1 jsfan1 codec jpanel1 lan phy super i/o bio s bat1 s o cke t 7 5 4 cpu1 jusblan1 cnr1 pci1 pci3 pci2 agp1 jkbms1 jaudio2 j...

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    K8m800-m7a 5 chapter 2: hardware installation 2.1 i nstalling c entral p rocessing u nit (cpu) step 1: pull the lever toward direction a from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. 90 a step 2: look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on cpu should point for...

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    K8m800-m7a 6 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. Jc fan1: c pu fan heade r jsfan1: system fan he a...

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    K8m800-m7a 7 2.3 i nstalling s ystem m emory d imm1 d imm2 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 ...

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    K8m800-m7a 8 2.4 c onnectors and s lots fdd1: floppy disk connector the motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360k, 720k, 1.2m, 1.44m and 2.88m floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 34 33 1 2 ide1/ide2: hard disk connectors ...

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    K8m800-m7a 9 pci1~pci3: peripheral component interconnect slots this motherboard is equipped with 3 standard pci slots. Pci stands for peripheral component interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This pci slot is designated as 32 bits. Pci 3 pci 2 pci 1 agp1: accelerated graphics...

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    K8m800-m7a 10 cnr1: communication network riser slot the cnr specification is an open industry standard architecture, and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports modem only..

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    K8m800-m7a 11 chapter 3: headers & jum pers 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 jpanel1: front ...

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    K8m800-m7a 12 jusb1/jusb2/jusb3: he ade rs for usb 2.0 ports at front panel (jusb3 is optional) this header allows user to connect additional usb cable on the pc f ront panel, and also can be connected with internal usb devices, like usb card reader. Pin assignment 1 +5v (fused) 2 +5v (fused) 3 usb-...

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    K8m800-m7a 13 jatxpw r1: atx powe r source c onne ctor this connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the atx power supply. Pin assignment 1 +3.3v 2 +3.3v 3 ground 4 +5v 5 ground 6 +5v 7 ground 8 pw_ok 9 standby voltage +5v 10 +12v 11 +3.3v 12 -12v 13 ground 14 ps_on 15 ground 16 gr...

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    K8m800-m7a 14 jfaudio1: front panel audio heade r this header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the pc f ront panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. Pin assignment 1 mic in/center 2 ground 3 mic power/bass 4 audio power 5 right line out/ speaker out ...

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    K8m800-m7a 15 jc mo s1: cle ar c mos heade r by placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the bios saf e setting and the cmos data, please carefully f ollow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. 1 3 pin 1-2 close: normal operation (default). 1 3 1 3 pin 2-3 close: clear cmo...

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    K8m800-m7a 16 jsata1~jsata2: se rial ata connectors the motherboard has a pci to sata controller with 2 channels sata interf ace, it satisfies the sata 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5gb/s. Pin assignment 1 ground 2 t x+ 3 t x- 4 ground 5 rx- 6 rx+ jsata1 7 1 4 7 ground jspdif_o ut1: digital a...

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    K8m800-m7a 17 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 v ideo card memory bad high-low siren sound cpu overheated system will shut down automatically one short beep when system boot-up no error found durin...

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    K8m800-m7a 18 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 ag...

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    K8m800-m7a 19 4.3 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. No power to the system at all power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical sup...

  • Page 22: Warpspeeder™

    K8m800-m7a 20 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 they...

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    K8m800-m7a 21 5.3 i nstallation 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “launch the warpspeeder...

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    K8m800-m7a 22 5.4 [w arp s peeder ™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 1. Tray icon: whenever the tray icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of windows taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [warpspeeder™] utility. You can use the mous...

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    K8m800-m7a 23 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 fe ature s as follows: a. Display the cpu speed, cpu external clock, memory clock, agp cloc...

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    K8m800-m7a 24 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 to ...

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    K8m800-m7a 25 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. O ve rclock panel contains the these features: a. “–3mhz button”, “-1mhz button”, “+1mhz button”, and “+3mhz button”: prov...

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    K8m800-m7a 26 c. “auto-overclock button”: user can click this button and [warpspeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [warpspeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using watchdog function. Af...

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    K8m800-m7a 27 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 als...

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    K8m800-m7a 28 note : because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [warpspeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere ot...

  • Page 31: K8M800-M7A Bios Setup

    K8m800-m7a bios setup i bios setup..........................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................................................................3 2 ...

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    K8m800-m7a 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...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 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 amd cpu. Using setup i...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 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 st...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 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 confi...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 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 ...

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    K8m800-m7a 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. Figure 2: s...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 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 prim...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 8 item options description halt on all errors no errors all, but key board all, but diskette all, but disk/ key select the situation in which y ou want the bios to stop the post process and notify y ou. Base memory n/a displays the amount of conv entional memory detected during...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3: advanced bios setup.

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 10 boot seq & floppy setup this item allows you to setup boot seq & floppy. Figure 3.1: boot seq & floppy setup hard disk boot priority these bios attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. This will depend on which hard disk is installed. Figure 3.1.1: hard ...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 11 first/ second/ third/ boot other device these bios attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: floppy (default), ls120, hard disk, scsi, cdrom, zip100, lan, disabled. Swap floppy drive for systems with two flopp...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 12 cache setup figure 3.3: cache setup cpu internal 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. External cache this option enables or disables “ level 2” seco...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 13 virus warning this option allows you to choose the virus warning feature that is used to protect the ide hard disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, bios will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alar...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 14 apic mode selecting enabled enables apic mode reporting from the bios to the operating system. The choices: enabled (default), disabled mps version control for os the bios supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 15 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 me mory resources, such as dram. It also coordinates communications with the pci bus. The defau...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 16 agp & p2p bridge control if you highlight the literal “ press enter” next to the “ agp & p2p bridge control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: figure 4.1: agp & p2p bridge control agp aperture size select the size of t...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 17 ag p driving value while agp driving control item set to “ manual”, it allows user to set agp driving. The choices: da (default). Ag p fast write this item allows you to disabled or enabled agp fast write. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Ag p master 1 ws write when...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 18 dram configuration figure 4.2: dram configuration max memclock (mh z) places an artificial me mory clock limit on the system prevented from running faster than this frequency. The choices: auto (default), 166, 133, and 100. 1t/2t memory timing this field specifies the memory...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 19 row precharge time (trp) this field specifies the row precharge time. Precharge to active or auto-refresh of the same bank. Typically 20-24 nsec. The choices: auto (default), 2 bus clocks, 3 bus clocks, 4 bus clocks, 5 bus clocks, 6 bus clocks. Ldt & pci bus control if you h...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 20 pci2 master 0 ws write when enabled, writes to the pci bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci1 post write when enabled, writes to the pci bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci2 pos...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 21 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripheral.

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 22 via onchip ide device if you highlight the literal “ press enter” next to the “ via onchip ide device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: figure 5.1: via onchip ide device onchip sata this option allows you to enable th...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 23 ide pref etch mode the “ onboard” ide drive interfaces supports ide prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in ide interface, set this option to “ disabled”. The choices: enabled (defau...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 24 via onchip pci device if you highlight the literal “ press enter” next to the “ via onchip pci device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: figure 5.2: via onchip pci device via-3058 ac97 audio this option allows you to c...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 25 onchip usb controller this option should be enabled if your system has a usb installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The choices: all enabled (default), all disabled, 1&2 usb port, 2&3 usb port, 1&3 usb...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 26 super io device press enter to configure the super i/o device. Figure 5.3: super io device 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 fl...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 27 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 p...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 28 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 function this item displays the status of the advanced configuration and power ...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 29 power management option 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 sa...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 30 video off method this option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank. V/h sync+blank (default) 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 ...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 31 for example: if set to “ former-sts” and ac power is lost when system is live, then after ac power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If ac power is lost when system is not live, system will remain powered off. Irq /event activity detect if you highlight th...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 32 usb resume f rom s3 this item allows you to enable or disabled usb resume from s3. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Vg a when set to on, any event occurring at a vga port will awaken a system which has been powered down. The choices: off (default), on. Lpt & com whe...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 33 irq s activity monitoring press enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events (i.E. Wake on lpt & comm activity). Figure 6.1.1: irqs activity monitoring primary intr on irq3 (com2) enabled irq4 (com1) enabled irq5 (lpt2) enabled irq6 (floppy...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 34 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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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 35 reset configuration data the system bios supports the pnp feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called escd. This node records which resources are assigned t...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 36 pci / vga palette snoop choose disabled or enabled. Some graphic controllers which 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 from ...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 37 8 pc health status figure 8: pc health status shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item only effective under windows 98 acpi mode. The choices: disabled (default) , 60℃/ 140℉ , 65℃/ 149℉ , 70℃ / 158℉ . Cpu vcore/ 3.3v/ +5.0v/...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 38 sys fan speed this field displays the speed of the system fan. Show h/w monitor in post if you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show pc health status during post stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want the choices: enabled (default), disable...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 39 9 frequency/ voltage control figure 9: frequency/ voltage control cpu vcore the choices: default (default), +0.15v, +0.10v, +0.05v. Ddr voltage this item allows you to select ddr voltage. The choices: 2.65v (default), 2.80v, 2.75v, 2.70v. Autodetect pci clk this item allows ...

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    K8m800-m7a bios setup 40 cpu clock this item allows you to select cpu clock, and cpu over clocking the choices: 200mhz (default), disabled. Min= 200 max= 232 key in a dec number. Special notice: if unfortunately, the system’ s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods...