Biostar TF7025-M2 Bios Setup Manual - Bios Setup

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual i bios setup.................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 standard cmos features..........................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 1 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 c...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 2 acpi support phoenix-award acpi bios support version 1.0b of advanced configuration and power interface speci fi cation (acpi). It provides asl code for power management and devi ce configuration capabilities as defined in the acpi speci fication, developed by mic...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 3 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. Fi...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. Integrated peripherals this submenu allows you to configure cert ain ide hard drive options and programmed input/ output features. Power management setup this submenu allows y...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 5 set supervisor password setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the cmos setup utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. Set user password if the supervisor password is not set, then the ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 6 integrate flashing program this is a very safe way to upgrade bios. By pressing “ enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be completed easily..

  • Page 8: 2 Standard Cmos Features

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 7 2 standard cmos features the items in standard cmos setup menu are divided into several categori es. 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...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 8 item options description driv e 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 ty pe of f loppy disk drive installed in your sy stem. Video ega/vga cga 40 cga 80 mono select the default v ideo dev ice. Halt on all errors no ...

  • Page 10: 3 Advanced Bios Features

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3: advanced bios setup cache setup.

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 10 cpu internal cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be able to increase me mory 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,...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 11 remov able 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 ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 12 cd-rom boot priority the choices: pri. Master, pri. Slave, sec. Master, sec. Slave, usb-cdrom0, usb-cdrom 1. First/second/third boot dev ice the bios will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The choices: removable, hard disk, cdrom, legacy lan, di...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 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 s...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 14 typematic delay (msec) sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, 1000. Security option this option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or t...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 15 small logo(epa) show this item allows you to select whether the “small logo” shows. Enabled (default) “ small logo” shows when system boots up. Disabled no “small logo” shows when system boots the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Summary screen show this ite...

  • Page 17: 4 Advanced Chipset Features

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 16 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure the speci fic 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 bu...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 17 rgb/tv display (for tf7050-m2 only) this item allows you to choose rgb or tv display. The choices: auto (default), rgb, tv. Tv mode support (for tf7050-m2 only) this item allows you to select the tv mode that your tv system supports. The choices: disabled (defaul...

  • Page 19: 5 Integrated Peripherals

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 18 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals ide function setup highlight the “press enter” label next to the “ ide function setup” label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:.

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 19 on-chip ide channel 0 the motherboard chipset contains a pci ide interface with support for two ide channels. Select “ enabled” to activate the first and/or second ide interface. Select “ disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 20 mcp storage config sata operation mode this option allows you to select sata function. The choices: ide (default), raid, ahci, linux ahci. Sata pri-/sec- master/slave raid this option allows you to enable or disable sata primary/secondary raid. This is configurab...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 21 onboard lan boot rom this item allows you to enable or disable the onboard lan boot rom. The choices: disabled (default), enabled. Onchip usb this option allows you to disabled the usb function or select the mode of usb. The choices: v1.1+v2.0 (default), v1.1, di...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 22 power on function this item allows you to choose the power on method. The choices: button only (default), password, hot key, mouse move, mouse click, any key, keyboard 98. Kb power on password input password and press enter to set the keyboard power on password. ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 23 parallel port mode this item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. 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 po...

  • Page 25: 6 Power Management Setup

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 24 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 configuratio...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 25 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. Saving minimu...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 26 hdd down in suspend this option allows you to enabled or disabled the hdd power down function in suspend mode. The choices: disabled (default), enabled soft-off by pbtn this item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immed...

  • Page 28: 7 Pnp/pci Configurations

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 27 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 comp...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 28 legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the isa bus and provides non-pnp isa add-on cards. Pci / isa pnp signify that a resource is assigned to the pci bus or provides for isa pnp add-on cards and peripherals. The choices: disabled (def...

  • Page 30: 8 Pc Health Status

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 29 8 pc health status figure 8: pc health status shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item is only effective under windows 98 acpi mode. The choices: 80℃/ 176℉(default) , 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉, 8...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 30 cpu temperature this field displays the current temperature of cpu. Cpu fan speed this field displays the current speed of cpu fan. Sys fan speed this field displays the current speed of system fan. Chip fan speed this field displays the current speed of nb fan..

  • Page 32: 9 Overclock Navigator Engine

    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 31 9 overclock navigator engine overclock navigator overclock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from biostar engineer team, overclock navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to rai...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 32 auto overclock system the overclock navigator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system. These engines will boost your system performance to different level. The choices: v6 tech engine this setting will raise about 5%~10% of whole system ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 33 manual overclock system (m.O.S.) mos is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock setting. Note: based on our test results; the overclock function achieved the best performance on amd 3000+ cpu cpu frequency this it...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 34 dram configuration timing mode this item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the ddr timing. The choices: auto (default), maxmemclk. Memory clock value or limi the choices: ddr 400 (default), ddr 533, ddr 667, ddr 800. Dqs training control ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 35 auto optimize bottom io the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Bottom of [31:24] io space the choices: c0 (default); min=0000, max=00ff, key in a hex number. Bottom of uma dram [31:24] the choices: fc (default); min=0000, max=00fc, key in a hex number. Ddrii t...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 36 ras to ras delay the choices: 5 clocks (default), 2 clocks, 3 clocks, 4 clocks. 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. Cpu spread spectrum this ...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 37 integrated memory test integrat ed memory test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software. Step 1: this item is disabled on default; change it to “ enable” to precede memory test. Step 2: when the process is done, cha...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 38 cpu voltage this item allows you to select cpu voltage control. The choices: startup (default), +0.012v ~ +0.787v ddr voltage this item allows you to select ddr voltage control. The choices: 1.95v (default), 2.00v, 2.05v, 2.10v, 2.15v, 2.20v, 2.25v, 2.30v. Nb vol...

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    Tf7050-m2 / tf7025-m2 bios manual 39 10 cmos reload program (c.R.P.) the cmos reload program (crp) allows you to save different cmos settings into bios-rom. You may reload any saved cmos setting to change system configurations. Moreover, you may save your ideal overclock setting for easier overclock...