M7vit bios setup i bios setup .......................................................................................1 1 main menu ................................................................................................... 3 2 standard cmos features .............................................
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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 configure ...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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....
M7vit bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features ! Figure 3. Advanced bios setup boot seq & floppy setup this item allows you to setup boot seq & floppy. 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 c...
M7vit bios setup 10 cache & shadow setup this item allows you to setup cache & shadow 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 ena...
M7vit bios setup 11 controls gate a20. Fast (default) lets chipset control gate a20. 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) e...
M7vit 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. It also coordinates communications with the pci bus. The default set...
M7vit bios setup 13 dram timing this item determines dram clock/ timing follow spd or not. The choices: auto by spd (default), manual, turbo, ultra. 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 inte...
M7vit bios setup 14 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: agp aperture size select the size of the accelerated graphics port (agp) aperture....
M7vit bios setup 15 pci1 master 0 ws write when enabled, writes to the pci bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci2 master 0 ws write when enabled, writes to the agp bus are executed with zero-wait states. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Pci1 p...
M7vit bios setup 16 5 integrated peripherals ! Figure 5. Integrated peripherals via onchip ide device 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 i...
M7vit bios setup 17 ide primary / secondary master / slave pio the ide pio (programmed input / output) fields let you set a pio mode (0-4) for each of the ide devices that the onboard ide interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provides successively increased performance. In auto mode, the system auto...
M7vit bios setup 18 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 port 1 select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choic...
M7vit bios setup 19 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 select select epp port type 1.7 or 1.9. The ch...
M7vit bios setup 20 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 detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), selec...
M7vit 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...
M7vit 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...
M7vit bios setup 23 this option only writes blanks to the video buffer. Dpms initial display power management signaling. The choices: stop grant (default), pwron suspend. 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. ...
M7vit bios setup 24 pci master when set to on, you need a lan add-on card which supports the power function. It should also support the wake-up on lan jump. The choices: off (default), on. Poweron by pci card when you select enabled, a pme signal from pci card returns the system to full on state. Th...
M7vit 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...
M7vit bios setup 26 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 ...
M7vit bios setup 27 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...
M7vit bios setup 28 8 pc health status ! Figure 8. Pc health status current cpu1 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...
M7vit bios setup 29 show h/w monitor in post if your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show pc health status during post stage. The item offers several delay time for you to choose. The choices: enabled (default), disabled..
M7vit bios setup 30 9 frequency/ voltage control ! Figure 9. Frequency/ voltage control cpu clock this item allows you to select cpu clock, and cpu over clocking. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method...
