CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Chapter 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Award® BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM), so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press immediately to allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer. When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press key or simultaneously press , , and keys.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4C) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features. Power Management Setup This category determines the power consumption for system after setting the specified items. Default value is Disable. PNP/PCI Configuration Setup This category specifies the IRQ level for PCI and ISA devices. Load Setup Defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximum performance.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Date The date format is . Day month date year Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. The month from Jan. through Dec. The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys. The year, depends on the year of the BIOS Time The time format is . PrimaryMaster/PrimarySlave SecondaryMaster/Secondary Slave These categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been installed in the computer.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be “Type 1”. If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”. CYLS.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.5 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP CPU Internal Cache The default value is Enabled. Enabled (default) Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Note: The internal cache is built in the processor. External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory ECC(error check correction). Using 66MHz CPU BUS Pentium® II processor, set to Enabled or Disabled.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Boot From LAN First During Enabled, if there’s a LAN card onboard, the priority booting will be from the LAN. Boot Sequence This category determines which drive the computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The settings are A,C,SCSI/C,A,SCSI/ C,CD-ROM,A/CD-ROM,C,A/D,A,SCSI/E,A,SCSI/F,A,SCSI/SCSI,A,C/ SCSI,C,A/C,LS/ZIP,C only. Default value is A,C,SCSI. Swap Floppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. PCI VGA Palette Snooping Choose Disabled or Enabled.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Report No FDD For WIN 95 This function is only used when you are testing SCT for Windows® 95 Logo. System BIOS Lock This item allows the user to lock/unlock the system BIOS. During enabled, the user will not be able to overwrite or flash the system BIOS. The default setting is Disabled. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Video shadow will increase the video performance.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.6 Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing/Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing/Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing Set the DRAM latency time to SDRAM 10ns, SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast and Turbo. SDRAM Cycle Lenght The item allows you to select the value for SDRAM Cycle delay time. The settings are 2ns or 3ns. The default value is 3ns. DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select Non-ECC or ECC(error-correcting code), according to the type of installed DRAM. The settings are Non-ECC (default) or ECC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Power Management Disable User Define Min Saving Max Saving Global Power Management will be disabled. Users can configure their own power management. Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are in their MAX value. Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are in their MIN value. PM Control by APM No System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Video Off Method The settings are N/A, Standby, Doze, or Suspend. This option is for choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off. N/A Always turn on. Doze During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off. Standby During Standby mode, the monitor will be turned off. Suspend During Suspend mode, the monitor will be turned off. The default setting is Standby. MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP HDD Power Down Disable HDD’s motor will not shut off. 1 Min/2 Min/ Defines the continuous HDD idle time before 3 Min/4 Min/ the HDD enters the power saving mode (motor 5 Min/6 Min/ off). BIOS will turn off the HDD’s motor when 7 Min/8 Min/ time is out. 9 Min/10 Min/ 11 Min/12 Min/ 13 Min/14 Min/ 15 Min Doze Mode Disable System will never enter DOZE mode.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Wake Up On LAN To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support power on functions. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jumper (JWOL1). Enabled Wake up on LAN supported. Disabled Wake up on LAN not supported. Modem Ring Resume To use this function, you need a Modem card which support power on functions.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each options. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto”, the system BIOS will detect the system resource and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA Channel for each peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”(default), the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there is no conflict for IRQ/DMA and I/O ports. Note: When choosing “Auto”, you must be sure that all of the system add-on cards are PnP type.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the Resources Controlled By function. Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides for non PnP ISA add-on card.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.9 Load BIOS/Setup Defaults This Main Menu item loads the default system values. If the CMOS is corrupted, the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this item and the following message appears: “ Load Setup Defaults (Y / N) ? N “ To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press < Enter > Note: The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.10 CPU Plug & Play II This Special Features Setup is used by System Hardware Monitor chipset. You can manually change the value of each option. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4C) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS *******CPU PLUG & PLAY II******** Adjust CPU Voltage :2.00V CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum :Default **Hardware Monitor Showing** PS Fan Detected :Disabled Sys Fan Derected :Disabled CPU Fan Detected :Enabled Voltage Detected Vcore Voltage Detected +2.5V Voltage Detected +3.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select the clock generator Spread Spectrum function and system bus frequency (CPU Clock). The default is CPU default frequency. If you over-clock the processor, the system will hang-up. (Press F10 to resume to the original value) CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum CPU Fan RPM During Enabled, this will monitor the RPM of your CPU Power fan. CPU Temperature This will show the CPU temperature. TOP TECH.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.11 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4 For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS auto detect the IDE HDD operation mode for PIO access. Note: Some IDE HDD cannot operate at the responding HDD’s mode. When the user has selected “Auto” and the system BIOS has accepted the HDD response mode, the user may degrade the HDD’s operation mode.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Init Display First PCI Slot AGP If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are installed, the system will display the PCI VGA card first. If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are installed, the system will show the AGP card first. Power ON Function This function allows you to select Button only, Keyboard Password, Mouse Left or Mouse Right, and Hot Key (Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12) which features the same function to Power ON the system.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Onboard FDC Controller Enabled/Disabled The system has an on-board Super I/O chip with a FDD controller that supports 2 FDDs for 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/ 2.8M. Choose “Enabled” to use the onboard FDD controller for accessing the FDD. Otherwise choose “Disabled” to use the off-board FDD controller.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port Disabled (3BCH/IRQ7)/ (278H/IRQ5)/ (378H/IRQ5) Disable 3BCH/IRQ7 278H/IRQ5 378H/IRQ5 There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen. PWRON after PWR-FAIL This option will determine how the system will power on after a power failure. The settings are: Off, On and Former State. On When the power is resume after a power failure, the system will automatically be power on regardless of the last power status.
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.12 Supervisor/User Password Setting This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required each time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program. Supervisor Password allows you to change all CMOS settings but the User Password setting doesn’t have this function. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follow: 1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press .
CHAPTER 3 AWARD® BIOS SETUP 3.13 IDE HDD Auto Detection You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of most hard drives. When you enter this utility, the screen asks you to select a specific hard disk for Primary Master. If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y” to confirm and then press to check next hard disk.
