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Biostar M7 VIQ Bios Setup Manual - M7Viq Bios Setup

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    M7viq bios setup i bios setup .......................................................................................1 1 main menu ................................................................................................... 3 2 standard cmos features .............................................

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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 (double data rate synchronous dram) are supported. Supported cpus this award bios supports the amd socket cpu. Using setup in ge...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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....

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq bios setup 10 tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The choices: disabled (default),enabled. Cpu internal cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. The choices: enabled (default) enable cache. Disab...

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    M7viq bios setup 11 typematic rate setting when a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured. Disabled (default) enabled typematic rate (chars/sec) sets the rate at which a keystr...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq bios setup 14 the choices: auto (default), manual. 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 the choices: enabled, disabled (default). Agp master 1 ws write when enabled, writes to the agp (acc...

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    M7viq bios setup 15 memory hole when enabled, you can reserve an area of system memory for isa adapter rom. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information. The choices: disabled (default), 15m – 16m. System b...

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    M7viq 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 ...

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    M7viq 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...

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    M7viq bios setup 18 super io device if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “ super io device ” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: onboard fdc controller select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (fdc) installed ...

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    M7viq bios setup 19 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. Parallel port mode the default value is spp. Spp (default) using parallel port as standard printe...

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    M7viq bios setup 20 usb keyboard support enables support for usb attached keyboards. The choices: disabled (default), enabled..

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    M7viq bios setup 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 function this item displays the status of the advanced configuration and power man...

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    M7viq bios setup 22 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...

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    M7viq bios setup 23 dpms initial display power management signaling. Modem use irq this determines the irq, which can be applied in modem use. The choices: 3 (default),4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / na. Soft-off by pwr-bttn pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the ...

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    M7viq bios setup 24 an input signal on the serial ring indicator (ri) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Rtc alarm resume this function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. Dur...

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    M7viq bios setup 25 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...

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    M7viq bios setup 26 are reserved in the system bios. If the disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s escd will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the enabled option is chosen, the system is forced to update escds and then is automatically set to the “disable...

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    M7viq bios setup 27 graphic controller is on an isa bus, the write access to the palette will not show up on the isa bus if the pci vga controller responds to the write. 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 fo...

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    M7viq bios setup 28 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 vcore/...

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    M7viq bios setup 29 chassis open warning the choices: disabled (defautl), enabled. 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 o c/140 o f, 65 o c/149 o f, 70 o c/158 o f, 7...

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    M7viq bios setup 30 9 frequency control ! Figure 9. Frequency control auto detect dimm/ pci clk this item allows you to enable / disable auto detect pci clock. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Spread spectrum this item allows you to enable / disable spectrum for all clock. The choices: +/-0...

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    M7viq bios setup 31 ※ it’s strongly recommended to set cpu vcore and clock in default setting. If the cpu vcore and clock are not in default setting, it may cause cpu or m/b damage..