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K8VGA-M FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital devic e, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection agains t harmful interferenc e in a residential installation. T his equipment generates , us es and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions , may cause harmful interference to radio c ommunications .
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K8VGA-M Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................1 1.1 K8VGA-M Features.............................................................. 1 A. Hardware.........................................................................................................................1 B. BIOS & Software..........................................................................................................3 1.2 Package Checklist..................................
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K8VGA-M CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 K8VGA-M FEATURES A. Har dw are CPU Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64/Sempron processor. 200/400/600/800 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400/800/1200/1600 MT/s in both directions simultaneously for Hyper Transport link. Chipset North bridge: VIA K8M800 South bridge: VIA VT8237 Dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor: 24.4cm (W) x 24.4cm (L) Main Memory Supports 266/333/400 MHz DDR devices.
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K8VGA-M 10/100 LAN PHY Chip: VT6103L Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation. Half/Full duplex capability. Supports ACPI, PCI power management. Serial ATA Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Complaints with SATA 1.0 specification. Data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s IEEE 1394A Chip (optional) Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. On Board AC’97 Sound Codec Chip: ALC655 Complaints with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification. Supports S/PDIF-out. Supports 6 channels.
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K8VGA-M Rear (Back) Side Connectors 1 VGA port. 1 serial port. 1 parallel port. 1RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 audio port in vertical. 1 IEEE1394 port (optional). 1 PS/2 keyboard & mouse port. 4 USB 2.0 ports. PS/2 Mouse LAN 1394 (option al) Pa ra llel Lin e In/ Surround Li ne Out VGA1 Mic In 1/ Base/Center COM PS/2 Keyboa rd USB x2 USB x2 B. BI OS & Sof t w are BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2, ACPI, and USB function. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™.
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K8VGA-M 1.
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K8VGA-M 1.4 COMPONENTS OF K8VGA-M A B C D E Z Y X F L AN PHY K8M8 00 W BAT1 G H I J V U T Co dec K VT 8237CD B IO S Sup er I/ O L A. B. C. D. E. F Back panel connectors. G. JAUDIO1: Audio out header. H. JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in header. I. AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port slot. J. PCI1~3: Peripheral Component Interconnect slots. K. J1394B1 (optional): Front 1394 header. L. CNR: Communication Network Riser slot. M. JWOL1 (optional): Wake up on LAN connector.
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K8VGA-M CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.
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K8VGA-M Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.
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K8VGA-M 2.2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1 1 JCFAN1 Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense System Fan Header: JSFAN1 1 JSFAN1 North-bridge Fan Header: JNFAN1 (optional) 1 JNFAN1 Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense Note: The JCFAN1, JSFAN1, and JNFAN1 support 3-pin head connector.
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K8VGA-M 2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. Note: To assure the system safety, if you need to change DDR modules, firstly, please unplug the 20-pin power cable with the power connector, and then you can change the modules.
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K8VGA-M 2.4 CONNECTORS , & SLOTS Floppy Dis k Conne ct or : FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. Har d Dis k Conne ct or s : IDE1~2 The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
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K8VGA-M CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened 3.2 Pin closed Pin1-2 closed DETAIL SETTINGS Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/PATXPWR2 JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.
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K8VGA-M Power Source Selection for Keyboard & Mouse: JKBV1 JKBV1 1 Assignment 3 Description +5V +5V f or key board and mouse +5V Standby Voltage PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard are powered with +5V standby v oltage. Pin 1-2 close 1 3 Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3.
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K8VGA-M Front Panel Audio Out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.
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K8VGA-M Digital Audio Out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Pin 1 1 JSPDIF_OUT 2 3 Assignment +5V SPDIF OUT Ground Chassis Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.
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K8VGA-M Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.
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K8VGA-M CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or v ideo card beeps memory bad High-low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system No error found during POST boot-up Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION A. BI OS Updat e After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS.
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K8VGA-M B. CPU Ove r he ate d If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again. In this case, please double check: 1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface. 2. CPU fan is rotated normally. 3. CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed.
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K8VGA-M 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. System inoperativ e. Keyboard lights are on, power indicator lights are lit, and hard driv e is spinning. System does not boot from hard disk driv e, can be booted f rom optical driv e. 1. 1. 2. 3. Solution Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. Replace cable. Contact technical support.
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K8VGA-M CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage.
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K8VGA-M 5.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is checked, the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish” button.
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K8VGA-M 5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tr ay Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure.
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K8VGA-M 3. V olt age Pane l Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the option “Yes”.
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K8VGA-M 4. Ove r clock Pane l Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 %.
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K8VGA-M c. d. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
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K8VGA-M 6. About Pane l Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of [WarpSpeeder™] utility.
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K8VGA-M Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™] utility more robust.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual BIOS Setup................................................................................................4 1. 2. Main Menu....................................................................................................6 1.1 Standard CMOS Features........................................................ 6 1.2 Advanced BIOS Features......................................................... 6 1.3 Advanced Chipset Features .............................................
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3.14 4. 5. 6. Summary Screen Show .......................................................... 15 Advanced Chipset Features ..................................................................16 4.1 AGP & P2P Bridge Control ................................................... 16 4.2 DRAM configuration.............................................................. 18 4.3 LDT & PCI Bus Control ......................................................... 19 4.4 Memory Hole ..
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 8. 9. PC Health Status ......................................................................................35 8.1 Show H/W Monitor in POST ............................................... 35 8.2 Chassis Open Warning .......................................................... 35 8.3 Current CPU Tempperature ................................................. 35 8.4 Current CPU FAN Speed ...................................................... 35 8.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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 turned off. The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR DRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium ® 4 CPU. Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press: to select, and to change entries, for help, to quit.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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. 0WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on this manual (Figure 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just only for reference; please refer to the BIOS installed on board, for update information. 1.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 1.6 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. 1.7 PC H EALTH STATUS This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. 1.8 FREQUENCY CONTROL This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (However, this function is strongly recommended not to use. Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M/B damage!) 1.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 1.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. 1.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. 1.14 UPGRADE BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 2.1 MAIN MENU SELECTIONS This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Options Item 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 Options are in its sub menu. Press to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3. ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 3.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3.1.1 Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled. 3.1.2 First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3.2 SHADOW SETUP 3.2.1 Video BIOS Setup Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Enabled (default) Disabled 3.3 Optional ROM is enabled. Optional ROM is disabled. CACHE S ETUP Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3.4 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 sound an alarm beep. Enabled Virus protection is activated. Disabled (default) 3.5 Virus protection is disabled.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3.9 SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility. Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utility only. This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu. 3.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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 that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. 4.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 4.1.1 AGP Aperture Size 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. The Choices: 64M, 256M, 128M (Default), 32M, 16M, 8M, 4M. 4.1.2 AGP 2.0 Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode. The Choices: 4X (default), 2X, 1X. 4.1.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 4.2 DRAM CONFIGURATION 4.2.1 Max Memclock (MHz) Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system. prevented from running faster than this frequency. Memory is The Choices: 200 (Default), 166, 133, and 100. 4.2.2 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 4.2.3 RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) This field specifies the RAS# to CAS# Delay to read/ write command to the same bank.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 4.3 LDT & PCI BUS CONTROL If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “LDT & PCI Bus Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: 4.3.1 Upstream LDT Bus Width The Choices: 8 bit, 16 bit (Default). 4.3.2 Downstream LDT Bus Width The Choices: 8 bit, 16 bit (Default). 4.3.3 LDT Bus Frequency The Choices: 800MHz (Default), Auto, 600MHz, 400MHz, 200MHz. 4.3.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 4.3.8 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. 4.4 MEMORY HOLE You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 5.1 VIA O NCHIP IDE D EVICE If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: 5.1.1 On-chip IDE Channel 0/1 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.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5.1.2 IDE Prefetch Mode The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 5.1.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5.2 VIA O NCHIP PCI DEVICE If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip PCI Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: 5.2.1 VIA-3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. 5.2.2 On-chip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5.3 SUPER IO DEVICE Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device. 5.3.1 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. 5.3.2 Onboard Serial Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5.3.6 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full. 5.3.7 Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals. The Choices: IR-Rx2Tx2 (default), RxD2, TxD2. 5.3.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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. 6.1 ACPI FUNCTION This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 6.2 ACPI SUSPEND TYPE The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) S3 (STR) S1 + S3 6.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Doze Mode = 1 min Standby Mode = 1 min. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Defined (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 Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable. 6.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial display power management signaling. 6.8 MODEM USE IRQ This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use. The Choices: 3 (default)/ 4 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 11 / NA 6.9 SOFT-OFF BY PWR-BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.” The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default). 6.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual live, then after AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when system is not live, system will remain powered off. 6.12 IRQ/EVENT ACTIVITY DETECT If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IRQ/Event Activity Detect” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: 6.12.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 6.12.5 VGA When set to On, any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down. The Choices: Off (default), On. 6.12.6 LPT & COM When this option is set to On, any event occurring at a COM (serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down. The Choices: LPT/COM (default), COM, LPT, NONE. 6.12.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 6.12.13 Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field is only configurable when “RTC Resume” is set to “Enabled”. 6.12.14 IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activity).
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 7. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system that 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 covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. 7.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 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 signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 7.3 RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY By Choosing “Auto (ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write. In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable this option. Disabled(default) Disables the function. Enabled Enables the function. 7.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 8. PC HEALTH STATUS 8.1 SHOW H/W M ONITOR IN POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 8.2 CHASSIS OPEN WARNING Enable this item to give case open warning message. 8.3 CURRENT CPU T EMPPERATURE This field displays the current temperature of CPU. 8.
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K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 9. FREQUENCY CONTROL 9.1 AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable / disable auto Detect PCI Clock. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 9.2 SPREAD SPECTRUM This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled 9.3 CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking.
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