BIOS Setup

 

1- CMOS Setup Utility :-

To activate CMOS Setup, press < DEL > key immediately after you turn on the system.
The following message “ Press DEL to enter SETUP “ should appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen.

When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed (Figure 1). You can use arrow keys to select your function, press < Enter > key to accept the selection and enter the sub-menu.

 

Figure 1. CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen

 

2- Standard CMOS Setup:-

With the sub-menu (Figure 2), you can setup the; system date, system time, hard and floppy drive type, and display adapter type.   Please refer to your equipment specification when changing the setup. Use arrow keys to highlight items, and use < PageUp >, < PageDown >, <+>, or <-> keys to scroll through the available options.

 

Figure 2. Standard CMOS Setup Screen

 

2.1 Date:

To assign the system date, the format is “ mm.dd.yy “. The input range for the month is 1-12. Range for Date is 1-31. Range for year is 1994-2079. System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically.

 

2.2 Time:

To assign the system time, the format is “ hh:mm:ss “.  The setting is in military time. When entering 2:34pm enter “ 14:34:00 “.

 

2. 3 Hard Disks Setting:

The BIOS supports Dual-Channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports. Each port supports one master and one slave hard drive. You can use < PageUp > or < PageDown > key to change hard drive type. Incorrect setting may result in boot up error or system hang.

If your hard disk drive is not listed, you can select type “ USER “ to define your own drive manually. We recommend that you select Type “ AUTO “ for all drives. The BIOS will
auto-detect the hard disk drive and CD-ROM drive at the POST stage.

If your hard disk drive is a SCSI device, Please select “ None “ for your hard drive setting.

 

2. 4 Floppy Drives A&B Setting:

Select your floppy disk drive type. Options are 360KB (5.25”), 720KB (3.5”), 1.2MB (5.25”), 1.44MB (3.5”), 2.88MB (3.5”).

 

2. 5 Video Display Adapter Setting:

Select the display adapter type for your system. Options are EGA/VGA, MONO, CGA40 and CGA80.

 

2. 6 Halt On:

This function allows the system to halt when an error is detected during Power-On Self-Test.

3- BIOS Features Setup:

The sub-menu (Figure 3) includes all AWARD enhanced functions. The correct setting can enhance boot up efficiency. You can assign speed, setup sequence, typematic and system password setting. You can enter <F1> key for help on highlighted topics. If you want to restore values before the changes you just made, press <F5> key. If you want to restore default value, press <F6> or <F7> key.

 

Figure 3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP SCREEN

 

 

3.1 Virus Warning:

تحذير ضد الفيروسات التى تصيب منطقة التحميل:

When enabled, the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and the partition table on the hard drive for any attempt to modify. If an attempt is detected, the BIOS will halt the system and prompt the warning message. Select “Disabled” if you are installing a new operating system.

 

3.2 CPU Internal/External Cache:

These options are to enable or disable CPU Internal (L1) Cache, or External (L2) Cache.

 

3. 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking:

Select “Enabled” to enable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.

Select “Disabled” to disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.

 

3.4 Quick Power On Self Test:

Select “Enabled” to speed up time required to complete Power-On Self-Test.

 

3. 5 Boot Sequence:

ترتيب أولوية تحميل نظام التشغيل من الأقراص :

This option allows user to assign boot sequence of the system. Available options are A, B, C, D, E, F, CD-ROM, SCSI and LS120/ZIP.

 

 3.6 Swap Floppy Drive:

التبديل بين A ,B بدون تغيير الكابلات

When enabled, physical drive A will be assigned to logical drive B, and physical drive B will be assigned to logical drive A.

 

3.7 Boot Up Floppy Seek:

يفضل أن يوضع Disable للحفاظ على الـ(Floppy)

The system will detect and verify operation of the floppy drive type.

 

3. 8 Boot Up Numlock Status:

The option allows the <Numlock> key to be activated after system boot up.

 

3. 9 Typematic Rate Setting:

Select “Enabled” to configure “Typematic Rate” and “Typematic Delay” functions.

 

3.10 Typematic Rate:

Use this option to set the rate at which a character keeps repeating while you hold down a key.

 

3.11 Typematic Delay:

Select “Enabled” to set the length of delay before key strokes to repeat.

Available options are “250”, “500”, “750”, and “1000”.

 

3.12 Security Option:

تحديد مسار كلمة السر (Setup) أو (System)

You can select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter the Setup. You can assign “Supervisor Password” and “User Password” in the main COMS Setup Utility Screen.

 

3.13 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:

فى حالة وجود أكثر من كارت graphics

Enable this option to correct screen color shifts, when there is a combination of VGA cards, accelerator cards, or MPEG cards present.

 

3.14 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB:

If you are using OS/2 operating system and installed memory is larger than 64MB. You need to have the setting in the enable mode.

 

3.15 Video BIOS Shadow:

Video shadow copies BIOS code from slower RAM to faster RAM. BIOS can then execute from RAM.

 

3.16 C8000-CBFFF/DC000-DFFFF Shadow:

Optional firmware will be copied from ROM to RAM. When this option is enabled.

 

 

4- Chipset Features Setup:

يفضل أن يوضع فى الوضع الافتراضى

These setting are intended for the Chipset function on the motherboard. Fine tuning these options, enhances the performance of the system.

 

Figure 4. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SCREEN

 

 

4.1 Auto Configuration:

The optimum value for the chipset and CPU will be automatically loaded when enabled.

 

4.2 EDO DRAM Speed Selection:

This option must match the EDO memory speed. If the installed memory is 60ns type, you should set it to “60”.

 

4. 3 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay:

These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks. They are important parameters affects SDRAM performance.

 

4.4 SDRAM RAS Recharge Time:

The RAS Recharge means the timing to inactive RAS and the timing for DRAM to do Recharge before next RAS can be issued.

 

4. 5 DRAM Data Integrity Mode (This item is for P2BXB only):

The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and automatically correct single bit error.

 

4. 6 System BIOS Cacheable:

Allows the system BIOS to be cached for faster system performance.

 

4.7 Video BIOS Cacheable:

Allows the video BIOS to be cached for faster video performance.

 

4. 8 Video RAM Cacheable:

This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000.

 

4. 9 8Bit I/O Recovery Time:

This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 8-bit I/O operations.

 

4.10 16Bit I/O Recovery Time:

This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 16-bit I/O operations.

 

4.11 Memory Hole At 15M-16M:

Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system. Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB.

 

4.12 Passive Release:

This function is used to meet the latency of the ISA bus master. Try to enable or disable it, If you have ISA card compatibility problem.

 

4.13 Delayed Transaction:

This function is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to from ISA bus. Try to enable or disable it, if you have ISA card compatibility problem.

4.14 AGP Aperture Size (MB):

Choose 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 MB. Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in the Graphics Aperture.

 

4.15 CPU Host Clock:

Default is AUTO. Choose AUTO, 66, 75, 83, 100, 103, 112 or 133 Mhz for the external frequency of your CPU. You can select AUTO, 66, 75 or 83 Mhz if your CPU is 66Mhz FSB and select AUTO, 100, 103, 112 or 133 Mhz if the CPU is 100 Mhz FSB.

The AUTO, 75, 83, 103, 112 and 133 Mhz frequency are optional.

The frequency mapping table of the elements:

 

 

Notice:

The 75, 83, 103, 112, 133, Mhz frequency are over specification.

You must install 8ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 103 or 112Mhz as external frequency and must install 7ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 133Mhz as external frequency.

Warning: Over specification operations are not recommended.

 

4.16 Current System & CPU Temperature ( xxْ C/xxْ F ):

The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the temperatures of motherboard and CPU. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional.

 

4.17 Current Chassis & CPU FAN Speed ( xxxxRPM ):

The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the power supply fan speed, chassis fan speed, CPU fan speed in Rotations Per Minute (RAM). These values refresh upon any key entry in the BIOS setup screen. The function is optional.

 

4.18 Vcc, Vio, 12V, Vcore (xx.xxV):

The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the voltage regulators. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional.

 

 

5- Power Management Setup:

إطفاء التحكم فى الطاقة لأجزاء الجهاز المختلفة بعد زمن محدد يتم ضبطه

Power management decreases power usage under the pre-defined standby time range.

 

Figure 5. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SCREEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Power Management:

 

5.2 PM Control by APM:

Select “Yes” if your system has advanced Power Management (APM).

 

5. 3 Video Off Method:

This field defines the video off features. The following options are available:  DPMS OFF,  DPMS Reduce ON, Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DMPS Standby, and DPMS Suspend. The DPMS (Display Power card if it supports the DPMS feature.

 

5. 4 Video Off After:

This option allows your monitor to blank after your system went into Doze, Standby or Suspend mode. You can elect to not blank screen by select “N/A”. Default value is “Standby”.

 

5. 5 Doze Mode:

إطفاء الجهاز كله بعد زمن محدد

When system is inactive after the predefined time limit, system performance will drop down. This is the first level of Power Management.

 

5.6 Standby Mode:

إطفاء الشاشة والـ(HD)

System turns off the video signal and the fixed drives. This is the second level of Power Management.

 

5.7 Suspend Mode:

إطفاء كل شئ فيما عدا (Power Supply)

System further shuts down all devices except for CPU itself. This is the third level of Power Management.

 

5. 8 HDD Power Down:

This instructs hard drives to shut off while in the Power Management modes.

 

5. 9 PCI/VGA Act-Monitor:

To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for power down state transition.

 

5.10 Soft-off by PWR-BTTN (for ATX power supply):

When set to “Delay 4 Sec.”, the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. “Instant” disables the ATX switch function when the button is pressed under 4 seconds.

 

5.11 Power On by Ring (for ATX power supply):

This option lets you specify enable or disable external Modem Wake Up function. The function of power on through modem when system is off. To select “Enabled”: To let the system to enter the environment of DOS or Windows 95/98 OS before system is power off. As long as there are any massage through the modem to enter the system during system is power off. The system will enable power on function.

 

5.12 Resume by Alarm (for ATX power supply):

Set this option to enable or disable the RTC Alarm to Wake Up the system which is set at soft Off.

 

5.13 Wake up on LAN (for ATX power supply):

This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake-up frame or signal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/download data to/from systems during off-peak hours. Set to Enabled to set this feature.

 

5.14 Data (of Month) Alarm, Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm:

Set this options to specify the RTC Alarm time on Date / Hour / Minute / Second.

 

5.15 IRQ 8 Break Suspend:

To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 8 (RTC) event for power down state transition.

 

5.16 IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI:

To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 3-7, IRQ 9-15 or NMI interrupt events for power down state transition.

 

5.17 Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1, Floppy Disk, Serial & Parallel Port:

These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial and parallel port activities for power down state transition. Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O port.

 

 

6- PNP/PCI Configuration Setup:

يترك أيضاً لـ"Default"

 

Figure 6. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP

 

 

6.1 PNP OS Installed:

This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PNP) operating system. Please set it as “No” if the operating system has no PNP function or to avoid reassigning the IRQs by the operating system.

 

6.2 Resources Controlled By:

Default setting is “Auto”. This setting allows the BIOS to self detect setting and Plug-and-Play devices during start up. The user can select and configure IRQs under “Manual” mode.

 

6. 3 Reset Configuration Data:

In case a conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function to allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address.

 

6. 4 IRQ-xx assigned to:

If your ISA card is not PNP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function, set the selected IRQ-x assigned to: “Legacy ISA”. This setting informs the PNP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed legacy ISA card.

 

6. 5 DMA-x assigned to:

If your ISA card is not PNP compatible and requires a special DMA channel to support its function, set the selected DMA channel to “Legacy ISA”. This setting informs the PNP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA channel for the installed legacy ISA card.

 

6. 6 Used MEM base addr:

This item, in conjunction with the “Used MEM Length”, lets you set a memory space for
non-PNP compatible ISA card.

 

6.7 Assign IRQ For USB:

Default is Enabled. You can disable this item when you do not attach any USB devices on board and need extra IRQ for other device. The yellow exclamation mark will be shown in System/Device Manager under Windows 95/98 if you disable this item. This is a normal status.

 

 

7- Integrated Peripherals:

للتحكم فى تشغيل الكروت الداخلية(Built In)

you can control the input and the output from this screen.

 

Figure 3-7 Integrated peripherals

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AWARD SOFTEARE, INC.

 

7.1. IDE HDD Block Mode

This Feature Enhances disk performance by allowing multi-sector data transfers eliminates the interrput handling time for each sector.

 

7.2 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO

These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices. When under “Auto” mode, The system automatically set the best mode for each device

7.3 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

When set to “Auto” mode, the system will detect if the hard drive support ULTRA DMA mode.

 

7.4 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

select “Enabled” to activate each On-board IDE channel separately, Select “Disabled”, If you install an add-on IDE Control card

 

7.5 USB Keyboard Support

This items lets you enabled or disabled the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. Please also enabll “assign IRQ for USB” item that in ONP/PCI Configuration menu when this items is enabled.

 

7.6 Init Display First

Select “AGP” or “PCI Slot” for system to detect first when boot-up

 

7.7 Onboard FDC Controller

Select “Enabled” to activate the on-board FDC

Select “Disabled” to activate an add-on FDC

 

7.8Onboard Serial Port 1 & 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/second Serial port. The default value for the first serial port is “3F8/IRQ”.

 

7.9 UR1 & 2 Mode Select

Select to activate the Infrared transfer function.

 

7.10 Onboard Parallel port

Select address and interrupt for the Parallel port.

 

7.11 Parallel Port Mode

Select an operating mode for the parallel port. Mode otions are SPP, EPP.7,ECPEPPI1.7,EPPI1.9,ECP, and ECPEPP1.9

 

 

7.12 ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set “ECPEPP1.7”,”ECP” or “ECPEPP1.9”.

 

8. Load BIOS Defaults

This  Loads the standard BIOS Default values. To select highlight it and press the “Enter” key. Then press the “Y” and “Enter” keys confirm otherwise, press the “N” key to cancel.

 

9. Load Setup Defaults

This feature loads default values from BIOS default table. To Select highlight it and press the “Enter” key. Then press the “Y” and “Enter” keys to confirm. Otherwise, press the “N” key to cancel.

 

 

10- Supervisor/User Password:

You can assign, modify, or cancel password settings. To modify, highlight “Supervisor Password” or “User Password” and press the < Enter > key. The screen will prompt you (“Enter Password:”). Enter your password. The maximum size of the password is 8 characters. System will prompt you to reenter the password to verify. Remember the passwords are case sensitive.

If you want to remove the passwords, either delete password or press < Enter > when prompting for new password.

If you want it to require password upon initial system startup and upon entering the COMS Setup Utility, you will need to change the selection of the (Security Option) under (BIOS FEATURES SETUP) to “System”.

If the setting is “Setup”, the system will only require the password you activate CMOS Setup Utility.

11- IDE HDD Auto Detection :

توصيف الـ(HD) واحد بواحد

If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the “Standard CMOS Setup” automatically.

This routine only detects one set of parameters . If your hard disk is formatted using different parameters than those detected, you have to enter the parameters manually. If the parameters listed do not match the ones used to format the disk, the information on that disk will not be accessible. If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match those that are used fort your drive, ignore them. Type N to reject the values and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

12- Exit CMOS Setup Utility:

الخروج من الـ(Setup) بدون أو مع التخزين

Press the < F10 > key to save the setup and exit. Press < ESC > key to exit without saving. Either saving or not saving modifications, screen will prompt user to confirm, and system will reboot on exit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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