M7vip bios setup i bios setup .......................................................................................1 1 main menu ................................................................................................... 3 2 standard cmos features .............................................
M7vip 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 powe...
M7vip 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 in gen...
M7vip 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 stand...
M7vip bios setup 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. 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 th...
M7vip 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 to cha...
M7vip 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. Stan...
M7vip 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 primary ma...
M7vip 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 during boot up....
M7vip bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features ! Figure 3. Advanced bios setup 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 displa...
M7vip bios setup 10 boot up floppy seek enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Cpu internal cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be...
M7vip bios setup 11 disabled (default) enabled typematic rate (chars/sec) sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down. The choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30. Typematic delay (msec) sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the key...
M7vip 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 and external cache. It also coordinates communications with the pci b...
M7vip bios setup 13 dram timing this item determines dram clock/ timing follow spd or not. The choices: by spd (default), manual. Dram cas latency when dram is installed, the number of clock cycles of cas latency depends on the dram timing. The choices: 2.5 (default), 2. Bank interleave this item al...
M7vip bios setup 14 a portion of the pci memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the agp without any translation. The choices: 64m (default), 256m, 128m, 32m, 16m, 8m, 4m. Agp mode this item allows you to select the a...
M7vip bios setup 15 pci1 post write when enabled, cpu writes are allowed to post on the pci bus. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci2 post write when enabled, cpu writes are allowed to post on the agp bus. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci delay transaction the chipset has an e...
M7vip bios setup 16 5 integrated peripherals ! Figure 5. Integrated peripherals onchip ide control the chipset contains a pci ide interface with support for two ide channels. Select “enabled” to activate the first and / or second ide interface. If you install a primary and / or secondary add-in ide ...
M7vip bios setup 17 through 4 provides successively increased performance. In auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choices: auto (default), mode0, mode1, mode2, mode3, mode4. Ide primary / secondary master / slave udma ultra dma/100 functionality can be i...
M7vip bios setup 18 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 ser...
M7vip bios setup 19 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. Epp mode s...
M7vip bios setup 20 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 man...
M7vip bios setup 21 there are four options of power management, three of which have fixed mode settings min. Power saving minimum power management. Suspend mode = 1 hr. Hdd power down = 15 min max. Power saving maximum power management only available for sl cpu’s. Suspend mode = 1 min. Hdd power dow...
M7vip bios setup 22 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 only writes blanks to the video buffer. Dpms initial display power management signaling. The ...
M7vip bios setup 23 rtc alarm resume this function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During disabled, you cannot use this function. During enabled, choose the date and time alarm: date (of month) alarm you can choose which month the system will boot up. Time (hh:mm:ss) alarm...
M7vip bios setup 24 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 sect...
M7vip bios setup 25 option is chosen, the system is forced to update escds and then is automatically set to the “disabled” mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “manual” is chosen for the resources controlled by function. Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is ...
M7vip bios setup 26 in this case, the pci vga controller should not respond to the write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the isa bus. The non-vga isa graphic controller can then snoop the data on the isa bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should dis...
M7vip bios setup 27 8 pc health status ! Figure 8. Pc health status current cpu temperature this field displays the current temperature of the cpu. Current cpufan speed this field displays the current speed of cpu fan. Current sysfan speed this field displays the current speed system fan. Cpu voltag...
M7vip bios setup 28 9 frequency control ! Figure 9. Frequency control cpu ratio this item allows you to select the cpu ratio. The choices: default (default), x11, x11.5, x12, x12.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8, x8.5, x9, x9.5, x10. Cpu host/ pci clock this item allows you to select cpu clock, a...
M7vip bios setup 29 cpu voltage regulator the choices: default (default), -0.025v, -0.050v, -0.075v, -0.100, +0.025v, +0.050v, +0.075v. Agp voltage regulator the choices: 1.5v (default), 1.8v, 1.7v, 1.6v dram voltage regulator the choices: 2.5v (default), 2.8v, 2.7v, 2.6v..
