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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup i bios setup .........................................................................................................1 1 main menu ............................................................................................................................. 3 2 standard c...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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 wh...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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 s...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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 m...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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. Figur...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 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 duri...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3: advanced bios setup.

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    K8m800 micro am2 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:...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 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”...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 13 cpu feature figure 3.4: cpu feature npt fid control this function allows you to adjust the frequency ratio of cpu. The choices: auto (default), x4: 800mhz ~ x25: 5000mhz (differs from cpu) npt vid control this function allows you to adjust the cpu voltage. The choices:...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 14 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 a...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 15 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 17 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 18 agp driving value while agp driving control item set to “manual”, it allows user to set agp driving. The choices: da (default). Agp fast write this item allows you to disabled or enabled agp fast write. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Agp master 1 ws write wh...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 19 dram configuration figure 4.2: dram configuration timing mode this item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the ddr timing. The choices: auto (default), manual. Dqs training control the choices: skip dqs (default), perform dqs. Cke base power dow...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 20 ddrii timing item the choices: disabled (default), enabled. Twtr command delay the choices: 3 bus clocks (default). Trtfc0 for dimm0 the choices: 75ns (default). Trtfc1 for dimm1 the choices: 75ns (default) write recovery time the choices: 6 bus clocks (default). Prech...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 21 ldt & pci bus control if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “ldt & pci bus control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options : figure 4.3: ldt & pci bus control upstream ldt bus width the choices: 8 bit,...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 22 pci1 post write when enabled, writes to the pci bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci2 post write when enabled, writes to the pci bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci delay...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 23 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripheral.

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 24 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 enabl...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 25 ide prefetch 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 (de...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 26 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 27 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 28 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 29 parallel port mode the default value is spp. The choices: spp (default) using parallel port as standard printer port. Epp using parallel port as enhanced parallel port. Ecp using parallel port as extended capabilities port. Ecp+epp using parallel port as ecp & epp mode...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 30 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 ...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 31 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. Po...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 32 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 op...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 33 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 highligh...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 34 usb resume from s3 this item allows you to enable or disabled usb resume from s3. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Vga 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 35 irqs 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 (f...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 36 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 37 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 assi...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 38 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...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 39 8 pc health status figure 8: pc health status shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. The choices: 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉, 80℃/ 176℉, 85℃/ 185℉(default) cpu vcore/ 3.3v/ +5.0v/ +12v/ddr voltage/ ldt voltage/voltage battery detect...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 40 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), d...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 41 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: 1.95v (default), 2.05v, 2.15v, 2.25v. Autodetect pci clk this item a...

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    K8m800 micro am2 bios setup 42 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 me...