Chapter 3 Award BIOS This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters. You may update your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility. Important: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design, the BIOS information contained in this chapter (especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be a little different compared to the actual BIOS that came with your mainboard. 3.
AWARD BIOS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) HARD DISK Primary Master : Primary Slave : Secondary Master: Secondary Slave : TYPE Auto Auto Auto Auto : : Wed. Mar 00:00:00 SIZE 0 0 0 0 Drive A : Drive B : 1.44M, 3.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Type Auto User None 1 2 ... 45 Primary Master Type Primary Slave Type Secondary Master Type Secondary Slave Type This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Drive A None 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" These items select floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left. Standard CMOS Video EGA/VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono Drive A Drive B Video This item specifies the type of video card in use. The default setting is VGA/EGA . Since current PCs use VGA only, this function is almost useless and may be disregarded in the future.
AWARD BIOS 3.3 BIOS Features Setup This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the main menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features External Cache Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Quick Power-on Self-test Enable Disabled BIOS Features Boot Sequence A,C,SCSI C,A,SCSI C,CDROM,A CDROM,C,A D,A,SCSI E,A,SCSI F,A,SCSI SCSI,A,C SCSI,C,A C only BIOS Features Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled BIOS Features External Cache Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows down the system.
AWARD BIOS Boot-up Floppy Seek Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Boot-up NumLock Status On Off BIOS Features Boot-up System Speed High Low BIOS Features Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Typematic Rate 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 3-8 When enabled, the BIOS issues the seek command to the floppy drive during POST to move floppy drive head forward and backward. Boot-up NumLock Status Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Typematic Delay 250 500 750 1000 BIOS Features Security Option Setup System Typematic Delay This parameter allows you to control the delay time between the first and the second keystroke (where the repeated keystrokes begin). The typematic delay settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000 msec. Security Option The System option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Disabled BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features C8000-CBFFF Shadow Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display card BIOS into the DRAM area. This enhances system performance because DRAM access time is faster than ROM.
AWARD BIOS 3.4 Chipset Features Setup The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Auto Configuration Auto Configuration Enabled Disabled When Enabled, the DRAM and cache related timing are set to pre-defined value according to CPU type and clock. Select Disable if you want to specify your own DRAM timing. Chipset Features DRAM Timing DRAM Timing 60 ns 70 ns There to sets of DRAM timing parameters can be automatically set by BIOS, 60ns and 70ns. Warning: The default memory timing setting is 60ns to get the optimal performance.
AWARD BIOS DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) x444/x444 x333/x444 x222/x333 Read Burst means to read four continuous memory cycles on four predefined addresses from the DRAM. The default value is x222/x333 for 60ns EDO or FPM (Fast Page Mode) DRAM. Which means the 2nd,3rd and 4th memory cycles are 2 CPU clocks for EDO and 3 clocks for FPM. The value of x is the timing of first memory cycle and depends on the "DRAM Leadoff Timing" setting.
AWARD BIOS DRAM Page Idle Timer 2 Clks 4 Clks 6 Clks 8 Clks This item determines the amount of time in CPU clocks that DRAM page will be close after CPU becomes idle. Chipset Features DRAM Enhance Paging DRAM Enhance Paging Enabled Disabled When Enabled, TX chipset will keep DRAM page open as long as possible according to enhanced method. Chipset Features SDRAM(CASLat/RAS-to-CAS) SDRAM(CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) 2/2 3/3 These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Video BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Disabled Allows the video BIOS to be cached to allow faster video performance. Chipset Features 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time For some old I/O chips, after the execution of an I/O command, the device requires a certain amount of time (recovery time) before the execution of the next I/O command.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features PCI Passive Release PCI Passive Release Enabled Disabled This item lets you control the Passive Release function of the PIIX4 chipset (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). This function is used to meet latency of ISA bus master. Try to enable or disable it, if you have ISA card compatibility problem.
AWARD BIOS 3.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the mainboard ’s green features. See the following screen. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS Power Management PM Controlled by APM Yes No If "Max Saving" is selected, you can turn on this item, transfer power management control to APM (Advanced Power Management) and enhance power saving function. For example, stop CPU internal clock. Power Management Video Off Method Blank Screen V/H SYNC+Blank DPMS Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 3-18 Video Off After To turn off video monitor at which power down mode.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Standby Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Standby mode. In this mode, CPU clock slows down, hard disk will be shut off and the monitor power-saving feature activates. Any activity detected returns the system to full power. The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals.
AWARD BIOS Modem WakeUp Disabled Enabled This mainboard implements AOpen special circuit (patent applied) to detect modem ring signal and wakeup from soft power off. The most possible applications are automatic answering machine and fax send/receive. It does not like traditional green PC suspend mode, the system can be true power off, (identified by the fan of your power supply is off).
AWARD BIOS Throttle Duty Cycle 12.5 % 25.0 % 37.5 % 50.0 % 62.5 % 75.0 % 87.5 % Clock Throttling means at the Doze/Standby state, the CPU clock count in a given time (not the frequency) is reduced to the ratio specified in this parameter. Actually, the period per CPU clock is not changed. For example, a 66MHz CPU clock remains the same 30ns clock period when system goes into Doze/Suspend.
AWARD BIOS RTC WakeUp Timer Disabled Wake Up Power Off The RTC WakeUp Timer can be programmed at a specified date/time to wakeup the system. The Date/Time is set by " WakeUp Date (of Month)" and "WakeUp Time ( hh:mm:ss)". For automatic power off, you can select the idle timer in "Doze Mode" + "Standby Mode" + "Suspend Mode" to power off after system is detected without any activities. Power Management Date (of Month) Alarm 0 1 2 ......
AWARD BIOS Power Management IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI To enable or disable the detection of IRQ3-7, IRQ9Enabled Disabled 15 or NMI interrupt events for power down state transition.
AWARD BIOS 3.6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Resources Controlled by Auto Manual Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually assign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI devices. Set this to Auto to enable the autoconfiguration function.
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration DMA 0 Legacy ISA PCI/ISA PnP 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. The default is PCI/ISA PnP . Take note that PCI card does not require DMA channel.
AWARD BIOS PCI Slot Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 (if any) Location 1 (pin A6) INTA INTB INTC INTD INTD PNP/PCI Configuration Used MEM base addr N/A C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 3.7 Location 3 (pin A7) INTC INTD INTA INTB INTB Location 4 (pin B8) INTD INTA INTB INTC INTC Used MEM BaseAddr This item, in conjunction with the "Used MEM Length", lets you set a memory space for non-PnP compatible ISA card. This item specifies the memory base (start address) of the reserved memory space.
AWARD BIOS Optimal is not the slowest setting for this mainboard. If you need to verify a unstable problem, you may manually set the parameter in the "BIOS Features Setup" and "Chipset Features Setup" to get slowest and safer setting. 3.8 Load Turbo Defaults The "Load Turbo Defaults" option gives better performance than Optimal values.
AWARD BIOS 3.9 Integrated Peripherals The following screen appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AWARD BIOS IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Setting this item to Auto activates the HDD speed auto-detect function. The PIO mode specifies the data transfer rate of HDD. For example: mode 0 data transfer rate is 3.3MB/s, mode 1 is 5.2MB/s, mode 2 is 8.3MB/s, mode 3 is 11.1MB/s and mode 4 is 16.6MB/s. If your hard disk performance becomes unstable, you may manually try the slower mode.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals USB Legacy Support Enabled Disabled USB Legacy Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating system. Caution: You can not use both USB driver and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. Disable "USB Legacy Support" if you have USB driver in the operating system.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Onboard UART 1 Onboard UART 1 Onboard UART 2 This item allow you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port. Default is Auto. Auto 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled Note: If you are using an network card, make sure that the interrupt does not conflict. Integrated Peripherals Onboard UART 2 Mode Standard HPSIR ASKIR • Onboard UART 2 Mode This item is configurable only if the " Onboard UART 2" is enabled.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals IR Duplex Mode Full Half IR Duplex Mode This item lets you set the duplex mode for the IR communication. Full - Allows IR communication in bidirectional mode. Half - Allows IR communication in single direction only. Note: This option appears only if the IR function is activated and the Onboard UART 2 Mode parameter is NOT set toStandard.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals ECP Mode Use DMA 3 1 ECP Mode Use DMA This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode. 3.10 Password Setting Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. To set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box. 2.
AWARD BIOS drive, ignore them. Type N to reject the values and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen. 3.12 Save & Exit Setup This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup. 3.13 Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. Do not use this option if you want to save the new configuration. 3.14 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers The NCR 53C810 SCSI BIOS resides in the same flash memory chip as the system BIOS.
AWARD BIOS 3.16 Suspend to Hard Drive Suspend to Hard Drive saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few second without go through the Win95 booting process and run your application again. If your memory is 16MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 16MB HDD space to save your memory image.
AWARD BIOS without any power. We recommend you choose AOpen modem card (F34 or MP32) for Modem Wake Up applications. For Internal Modem Card (AOpen F34/MP32): 1. Go into BIOS setup , Power Management Modem Wake Up, select Enable. 2. Setup your application, put into Windows 95 StartUp or use Suspend to Hard Drive function. 3. Turn system power off by soft power switch. 4. Connect 4-pin Modem Ring-On cable from F34/MP32 RING connector to AX5T/AX58 connector WKUP. 5. Connect telephone line to F34/MP32.
