Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 1 table of contents bios setup ................................................................................................ 2 1 main menu ............................................................................................. 4 2 standard cmos features..............
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 2 bios setup introduction the purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the phoenix-award™ bios setup program on this motherboard. The setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to cmos ram. The power of cmos ram...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 3 pci bus support this phoenix-award bios also supports version 2.3 of the intel pci (peripheral component interconnect) local bus specification. Dram support ddr2 sdram (double data rate synchronous dram) is supported. Supported cpus this phoenix-award bios supports the a...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 4 1 main menu once you enter phoenix-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:...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 5 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 co...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 6 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 a...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 7 2 standard cmos features the items in standard cmos setup menu are divided into several 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. F...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 8 item options description drive a 360k, 5.25 in 1.2m, 5.25 in 720k, 3.5 in 1.44m, 3.5 in 2.88m, 3.5 in none select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Video ega/vga cga 40 cga 80 mono select the default video device. Halt on all errors no errors all, b...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3: advanced bios setup cache setup.
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 10 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” secondary cache on the cpu, which ma...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 11 removable device priority select removable boot device priority. The choices: floppy disks, zip100, usb-fdd0, usb-fdd1, usb-zip0, usb-zip1, ls120. Hard disk boot priority the bios will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically.You can change the hard ...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 12 cd-rom boot priority thechoices: pri. Master, pri. Slave, sec. Master, sec. Slave, usb-cdrom0, usb-cdrom1. First/second/third boot device the bios will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The choices: removable, hard disk, cdrom, legacy lan, disabled. Bo...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s 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...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 14 security option this option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the cmos setup utility. System: a password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the setup utility. Setup (default): a password i...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s 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 memory resources, such as dram. It also coordinates communications with the pci bus. The d...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 16 ht spread spectrum this item allows you to select ht spread spectrum function. The choices: disabled (default), 0.50% h.Kiss cntr sse/sse2 instruction this item allows you to enable/disable sse/sse2 instruction. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Cpu feature virt...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 17 system bios cacheable selecting the “enabled” option allows caching of the system bios rom at f0000h-fffffh, which is able to improve the system performance. However, any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause conflicts and result in system erro...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 18 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals ide function setup.
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 19 raid config raid enable this option allows you to enable or disable raid function. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Sata 1/2 primary/secondary raid this option allows you to enable or disable sata primary/secondary raid. The choices: disabled (default), enabled...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 20 primary master/slave udma ultra dma function can be implemented if it is supported by the ide hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a dma driver (windows 95 or osr2may need a third party ide bus master driver). If your hard drive and y...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 21 onboard device usb keyboard/ storage support this item allows you to support the usb legacy devices. The choices: enabled, disabled (default). Usb mouse support this item allows you to enable or disable the usb mouse legacy support. Enabled enable usb mouse support. Dis...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 22 mac media interface this option allows you to control the onboard mac media interface. The choices: pin strap (default), mii, rgmii onboard lan boot rom this item allows you to enable or disable the onboard lan boot rom. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Onboard...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 23 onboard serial port 1 select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choices: 3f8/irq4 (default), disabled, 2f8/irq3, 3e8/irq4, 2e8/irq3, auto. Onboard parallel port this item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 24 ide hdd block mode block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors 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...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 25 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 p...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 26 power management this category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes: 1. Hdd power down. 2. Suspend mode. There are three options of power management, three of which have fixed mode settings min. Power saving minimum...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 27 soft-off by pbtn this item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and delay 4 sec. Will require you to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power. The choices: delay 4 sec, instant-off (...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 28 hpet support this item allows you to control the high precision event timer. The choices: enabled (default), disabled. Power on function this item allows you to choose the power on method. The choices: button only (default), password, hot key, mouse move/click, mouse do...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 29 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....
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 30 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 assig...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 31 pci / vga palette snoop some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the vga palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and vga compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. M...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 32 8 pc health status figure 8: pc health status smart fan option.
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 33 cpu smart fan this item allows you to control the cpu fan. The choices: disabled (default), auto, 4-pin, 3-pin.. Smart fan calibration choose this item and then the bios will auto test and detect the cpu fan functions and show cpu fan speed. Pwm duty off℃> if the cpu te...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 34 cpu temp this field displays the current temperature of cpu. Current cpu fan speed this field displays the current speed of cpu fan. Current sys fan speed this field displays the current speed system fan..
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 35 9 performance booster zone figure 9: performance booster zone cpu vid control this function allows you to adjust the cpu voltage. The choices: default (default), +3.3%, +6.6%, +10%. Chip vid control this function allows you to adjust the chipset voltage. The choices: de...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 36 memory voltage this item allows you to select memory voltage. The choices: 1.950v (default), 2.000v, 2.050v, 2.100v, 2.150v, 2.200v, 2.250v, 2.300v npt fid control this function allows you to adjust the ratio frequency. The choices: auto (default), x4 800mhz ~ x24.5 490...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 37 dram configuration timing mode the choices: auto (default), maxmemclk, manual. Memory clock value or limit the choices: ddr 400 (default), ddr 533, ddr 667, ddr 800. Dcts mode this item controls the dram controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-channel ope...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 38 memory hole remapping the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Auto optimize bottom io the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Bottom of [31:24] io space the choices: min=0000 max=00ff; key in a hex number. Bottom of uma dram [31:24] the choices: min=0000 max=00fc; k...
Mcp6pb m2+/n68s bios setup 39 row precharge time the choices: 6 clocks (default), 3 clocks, 4 clocks, 5 clocks. Minimum ras active t the choices: 18 bus clocks (default), 5-17 bus clocks. Special notice: if the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of boo...
