N4sli-a9 bios setup i bios setup....................................................................................... 1 1 main menu .................................................................................................................3 2 standard cmos features .............................
N4sli-a9 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 power is tur...
N4sli-a9 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 general, yo...
N4sli-a9 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 standard cmos f...
N4sli-a9 4 power management setup this submenu allows you to configure the power management features. Pnp/pci configurations this submenu allows you to configure certain “plug and play” and pci options. Pc health status this submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. Voltage control ...
N4sli-a9 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 change them...
N4sli-a9 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. Standard cmos ...
N4sli-a9 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 master opt...
N4sli-a9 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. Extende...
N4sli-a9 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3. Advanced bios setup cache setup these bios attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. Cpu internal cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this opti...
N4sli-a9 10 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, ls120, hdd-0, scsi, cdrom, hdd-1, hdd-2, hdd-3, zip100, lan, disabled. Swap floppy drive for systems with two floppy driv...
N4sli-a9 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 keystroke is r...
N4sli-a9 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 settings th...
N4sli-a9 13 dram configuration cas# latency this field specify the cas# latency, i.E. Cas# to read data valid. The choices: cl=2.5 (default), cl=3.0, cl=2.0 min ras# active time (tras) this field specifies the minimum ras# active time. Typically -45-60 nsec. The choices: 6 bus clocks (default), 13 b...
N4sli-a9 14 pcie spread spectrum this item allows you to disable \ enable the sata spread spectrum function. The choices: disabled (default), enable. Sse/sse2 instructions the choices:enabled (default), disabled. System bios cacheable selecting the “disabled ” option allows caching of the system bio...
N4sli-a9 15 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals ide function setup if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “ide function setup” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: onchip ide channel 0/1 the motherboard chips...
N4sli-a9 16 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 to 4 will increased performance progressively. In auto mode, the system automatically determine...
N4sli-a9 17 raid configuration raid enable the choices: disabled (default), enable. Onboard device onchip usb 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: v1. 1+v2....
N4sli-a9 18 usb keyboard support enables support for usb attached keyboard. The choices: disabled (default), enabled usb mouse support enables support for usb attached mouse. The choices: disabled (default), enabled ac97 audio this option allows you to control the onboard ac97 audio. The choices: au...
N4sli-a9 19 onboard io/address 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. ...
N4sli-a9 20 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. The choices: spp(default) using parallel port as standard pr...
N4sli-a9 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 management (a...
N4sli-a9 22 hdd power down = 15 min max. Power saving maximum power management only available for sl cpu’s. Suspend mode = 1 min. Hdd power down = 1 min. User define (default) allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. To 1 hr. Except for hdd powe...
N4sli-a9 23 usb resume from s3 the choices: disabled (default), enabled. Power-on by alarm when you select enabled, an alarm returns the system to full on state. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Power after pwr-fail this setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail o...
N4sli-a9 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 section cove...
N4sli-a9 25 irq resources this submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “press enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only configurable...
N4sli-a9 26 8 pc health status figure 8. Pc health status chassis open warning this item allows you to enable or disable chassis open warning beep. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item only effective und...
N4sli-a9 27 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..
N4sli-a9 28 9 voltage control figure 8. Pc health status hammer vid control this item allows you to set different cpu frequency. The choices: startup (default), and other choices from 800mhz to 5000mhz. Hammer fid control this item allows you to set different cpu voltage. The choices: startup (defau...
