MSI MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6507 (v1.X) Micro ATX Mainboard Version 1.
Manual Rev: 1.0 Release Date: Nov. 2001 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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Safety Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Always read the safety instructions carefully. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating. DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS. 6. Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/220V before connecting the equipment to the power inlet. 7.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Getting Started ........................................................................ 1-1 Mainboard Specification ...................................................................... 1-2 Mainboard Layout ............................................................................... 1-4 Quick Components Guide .................................................................... 1-5 Key Features ........................................................................................
Connectors ......................................................................................... 2-13 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: J5 ...................................... 2-13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ........................................... 2-13 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 ........................................... 2-14 CD-In Connector: CD_IN1 .......................................................... 2-15 Aux Line-In Connector: AUX_IN1 ......................................
Getting Help .................................................................................. 3-3 The Main Menu ................................................................................... 3-4 Standard CMOS Features .................................................................... 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features .................................................................... 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features ...............................................................
Getting Started Chapter 1. Getting Started Getting Started 1 Thank you for purchasing the MS-6507 v1.X Micro ATX mainboard. The MS-6507 is based on Intel® 82845 & 82801BA chipsets for optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the advanced Intel® Pentium® 4 processors in the 478 pin package, the MS-6507 delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution.
Chapter 1 Mainboard Specification CPU Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in 478 pin package. Supports 1.5GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz, 1.9GH z, 2GHz and up. Chipset Intel® 845 chipset (593 FC-BGA) - Supports DDR SDRAM at 200/266MHz operation (DDR200/DDR266). - AGTL+ host bus with integrated termination supporting 32-bit host addressing. - 1.5V AGP interface with 4x data transfer and 4x fast write capability. - 8-bit, 66MHz 4x hub interface to the Intel ICH2.
Getting Started On-BoardIDE An IDE controller on the ICH2 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA33/66/100 operation modes. Can connect up to four IDE devices. On-Board Peripherals On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. - 2 serial ports (COM A + COM B). - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode. - 4 USB ports (Rear * 2/ Front * 2). - 1 IrDA connector for SIR. - 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. - 1 audio/game port.
Chapter 1 Mainboard Layout Top : mouse Bottom: keyboard FDD1 JPW1 T:LAN Jack B:USB Ports Top : Parallel Port Bottom: COM A COM B Winbond 83627HF DDR 1 AGP Slot RTL 8100L PCI Slot 1 AUX_IN1 MDM_IN1 PCI Slot 2 DDR 2 JLAN1 J5 CD_IN1 Bottom: Line-Out Line-In Mic IDE2 Intel 845 Chipset Top : Game port IDE1 ATX Power Supply C_FAN1 ICH2 BATT + S_FAN1 IR2 PCI Slot 3 JGS1 FWH Codec CNR JAUDIO1 USB3 (Optional) JWOL1 JGL1 JBAT1 USB1 (Optional) MS-6507 v1.
Getting Started Quick Components Guide Component Socket 478 DDR1~2 ATX Power Connector USB Connectors COM A & COM B LPT1 RJ-45 LAN Jack FDD1 J5 IDE1~ IDE2 CD_IN1 AUX_IN1 MDM_IN1 C_FAN1/S_FAN1 JMDM1 JWOL1 JGS1 IR2 JGL1 JAUDIO1 F_P2 USB1/USB3 JBAT1 JLAN1 JP2 AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot Function Installing CPU Installing DDR modules Installing power supply Connecting to USB devices Serial port connector Parallel port connector Connecting to LAN devices Floppy disk drive connector Chassis intrusion switch Har
Chapter 1 Key Features Micro ATX Form Factor CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the 478 pin package PC Alert™ III system hardware monitor LAN Wake Up Function Modem (Internal/External) Ring Wake Up Function Suspend to RAM/Disk PC2001 Compliant 1-6
Getting Started MSI Special Features PC Alert™ III The PC AlertTM III is a utility you can find in the CD-ROM disk. The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation: * monitor CPU & system temperatures * monitor fan speed(s) * monitor system voltage * monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal, the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen, with the abnormal item highlighted in red.
Hardware Setup Chapter 2. Hardware Setup Hardware Setup 2 This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the components will not work properly. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. Static electricity may damage the components.
Chapter 2 Central Processing Unit: CPU The mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the 478 pin package. The mainboard uses a CPU socket called PGA478 for easy CPU installation. When you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating. If you do not find the heat sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer. Open Lever CPU Installation Procedures 1.
Hardware Setup Installing the CPU Fan As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly important. To dissipate heat, you need to attach the CPU cooling fan and heatsink on top of the CPU. Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink/Fan: 1. Locate the CPU and its retention 2. Position the heatsink onto the reten- mechanism on the motherboard. tion mechanism. retention mechanism 3. Mount the fan on top of the heatsink. 4.
Chapter 2 5. Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connector on the board. fan power cable CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock Core/Bus ratio then CPU core speed WARNING! = = = = = 100MHz 14 Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio 100MHz x 14 1.4GHz Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking. However, please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking.
Hardware Setup Memory DDR 1 DDR 2 The mainboard provides 2 slots for 184-pin, 2.5V DDR DIMM with 4 memory banks. You can install DDR200/PC1600 or DDR266/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules on the DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1~2). To operate properly, at least one DIMM module must be installed. Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM, but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle. It uses 2.5 volts as opposed to 3.
Chapter 2 DDR Module Combination You can install either single sided or double sided 184-pin DDR DIMM modules into DDR DIMM slots to meet your needs. Different from the SDR DIMM, the DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module. The number of pins on either side of the breaks are different. The module will only fit in the right orientation.
Hardware Setup Power Supply The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system. Before inserting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused. ATX 20-Pin Power Connector This connector allows you to connect to an ATX power supply. To connect to the ATX power supply, make sure the plugs of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned.
Chapter 2 Back Panel The Back Panel provides the following connectors: Mouse LAN Keyboard USB Parallel COM A Midi/Joystick COM B L-out L-in MIC Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2® mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® mouse. You can plug a PS/2® mouse directly into this connector.
Hardware Setup Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2® keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2® keyboard. You can plug a PS/2® keyboard directly into this connector.
Chapter 2 Serial Port Connector: COM A & COM B The mainboard offers two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial port COM A and COM B. The ports are 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to them.
Hardware Setup Parallel Port Connector The mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.
Chapter 2 LAN Jack (RJ-45) The mainboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection to Local Area Network (LAN). You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack.
Hardware Setup Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and CPU/System FAN. Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. FDD1 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: J5 This connector is connected to 2-pin connector chassis switch. If the Chassis is open, the switch will be short. The system will record this status.
Chapter 2 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 IDE 1 IDE 2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA33/66/100 function. You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices. These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable. IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector) The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.
Hardware Setup CD-In Connector: CD_IN1 The connector is for CD-ROM audio connector. Aux Line-In Connector: AUX_IN1 The connector is for DVD add-on card with Line-in connector. Modem-In Connector: MDM_IN1 The connector is for modem with internal audio connector.
Chapter 2 Fan Power Connectors: C_FAN1/S_FAN1 The C_FAN1 (processor fan) & S_FAN1 (system fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.
Hardware Setup Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1 This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function. The connector will power up the system when a signal is received through the modem card. 5VSB NC MDM_WAKEUP GND NC 1 JMDM1 Wake On LAN Connector: JWOL1 This connector allows you to connect to a LAN card with Wake On LAN function. You can wake up the computer via remote control through a local area network.
Chapter 2 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector. Pressing the switch once will have the system enter the sleep/suspend state. Press any key to wake up the system. JGS1 IrDA Infrared Module Header: IR2 This connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules and is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function.
Hardware Setup Power Saving LED Connector: JGL1 JGL1 is connected to a power saving LED. There are two types of LED: 3-pin or 2-pin (ACPI request) LED. If connected to a dual color LED, the LED light turns green when the system is powered on, and turns to orange color while the system enters the sleep state. For single color LED, the LED is lit when the system is on, and remains unlit during the sleep state.
Chapter 2 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1 You can connect an optional audio connector to the Front Panel Audio Header. Pin number 1 to 10 of the audio pin header is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
Hardware Setup Note: To have the Line-out connector on the back panel work properly, you need to place jumpers on pin# 13~16 (MSI spec) or on pin#5~6 and 9~10 (Intel spec) of the JAUDIO1 connector. Otherwise, this Line-out connector will not function and nothing can be heard through speakers or headphones attached to the Line-out connector on the back panel. But front panel audio connector is enabled at this point and allows you to connect speakers or headphones through front panel.
Chapter 2 Front Panel Connector: F_P2 The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. The F_P2 is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
Hardware Setup Front USB Connector: USB1 or USB3 The mainboard provides one front Universal Serial Bus connector for users to connect to USB devices. Users can choose either the USB1 or the USB3 depending on their needs. The USB3 is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
Chapter 2 Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer’s function. This section will explain how to change your motherboard’s function through the use of the jumper. Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. That battery has long life time for at least 5 years.
Hardware Setup Onboard LAN Jumper: JLAN1 This jumper is used to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller. 1 JLAN1 3 3 1 1 Enable Disable Onboard Audio Codec Jumper: JP2 This jumper is used to disable/enable the onboard software audio codec. When enabling the onboard audio codec, the system will use the onboard codec as the PRIMARY audio adapter and the installed CNR card as the SECONDARY one .
Chapter 2 Slots The motherboard provides three 32-bit Master PCI bus slots, one AGP slot and one CNR slot. AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory. The slot only supports 1.5V 4x AGP card.
Hardware Setup PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor.
AMI® BIOS Setup Chapter 3. AMI® BIOS Setup AMI® BIOS Setup 3 This chapter provides information on the AMI® BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP. You want to change the default settings for customized features.
Chapter 3 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press key to enter Setup. DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing , , and keys.
AMI® BIOS Setup Control Keys <↑> Move to the previous item <↓> Move to the next item <←> Move to the item in the left hand <→> Move to the item in the right hand Select the item Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu <+/PU> Increase the numeric value or make changes <-/PD> Decrease the numeric value or make changes Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Def
Chapter 3 The Main Menu Once you enter AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to move among the items and press to enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AMI® special enhanced features.
AMI® BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Hardware Monitor Setup This entry shows your PC’s current status, and allows you to adjust CPU clock, core voltage, ratio and DDR voltage. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for minimal but stable system performance. Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system operations.
Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Features The items inside STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu are divided into 9 categories. Each category includes none, one or more setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to modify and use the or keys to switch to the value you prefer. Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date). The format is . day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.
AMI® BIOS Setup Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Type of the device. Capacity of the device. Number of cylinders. Number of heads. Write precompensation. Cylinder location of Landing zone. Number of sectors. Access mode.
Chapter 3 Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled and Disabled. Full Screen LOGO Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Settings are: Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot. Enabled Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot.
AMI® BIOS Setup ARMD-HDD CDROM SCSI NETWORK BBS-0 BBS-1 BBS-2 BBS-3 Disabled as LS-120 or ZIP drive, that functions as a floppy drive. The system will boot from ARMD device, such as MO or ZIP drive, that functions as hard disk drive. The system will boot from the CD-ROM. The system will boot from the SCSI. The system will boot from the Network drive. The system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device.
Chapter 3 SwapFloppy Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A: and B:. Seek Floppy This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once. First A: will be done and then B: if it exists. Settings: Disabled and Enabled. Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented.
AMI® BIOS Setup DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. The setting enables/disables the internal cache (also known as L1 or level 1 cache). Setting to Enabled will speed up the system performance. Flash Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses.
Chapter 3 Advanced Chipset Features Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. DRAM Frequency Use this item to configure the clock frequency of the installed DRAM. Settings are: Auto, 200MHz, 266MHz. Configure DRAM Timing by This setting determines whether DRAM timing is configured by reading the contents of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EPROM on the DRAM module.
AMI® BIOS Setup RAS# Precharge This setting controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be allowed to precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Setting options: 2 Clocks, 3 Clocks. RAS# to CAS# Delay When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately.
Chapter 3 Power Management Setup IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select Yes. Available options: Yes and No. ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options are: S1/POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context.
AMI® BIOS Setup Mouse Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the mouse to wake up the system from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state. Settings: Disabled, Left-button, Right-button. Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the keyboard to wake up the system from S3 (STR) sleep state. Settings: Disabled, Power Key, Any Key, Specific Key.
Chapter 3 more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. Wake Up On Ring/LAN When setting to Enabled, the features allow your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through an incoming call from the modem or any incoming signal received via the LAN. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. Note: You need to install a modem/LAN card supporting power on function for Wake Up On Ring/LAN function.
AMI® BIOS Setup PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its 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.
Chapter 3 VGA Palette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device’s palette registers. Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device’s palette registers and the ISA VGA device’s palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical. The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires VGA palette snooping.
AMI® BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals USB Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard USB controllers. Settings: All USB Port, Disabled, USB Port 0&1, USB Port 2&3. USB Legacy Support Set to All Device if your need to use any USB device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Set to No Mice only if your want to use any USB device other than the USB mouse. Setting options: Disabled, No Mice, All Device.
Chapter 3 6 Channels Control This setting is used to enable or disable the 6 Channels Control function of the onboard audio controller. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. AC’97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If the device is detected, the onboard AC’97 (Audio Codec’97) controller will be enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device. Settings: Auto, Disabled.
AMI® BIOS Setup Duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. Settings: Half Duplex and Full Duplex. IR Pin Select Set to IRRX/IRTX when using an internal IR module connected to the IR connector. Set to SINB/SOUTB. when connecting an IR adapter to COM B. Parallel Port This field specifies the base I/O port address of the onboard parallel port. Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/ O port address. Settings: Auto, 378, 278, 3BC and Disabled.
Chapter 3 Hardware Monitor Setup This section describes how to set the Chassis Intrusion feature, CPU FSB frequency, monitor the current hardware status including CPU/system temperatures, CPU/System Fan speeds, Vcore etc. Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. CPU Ratio Selection This setting controls the multiplier that is used to determine the internal clock speed of the processor relative to the external or motherboard clock speed.
AMI® BIOS Setup cause even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clockspeed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up. Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis was opened. To clear the warning message, set the field to Reset. The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later. Settings: Enabled, Reset and Disabled.
Chapter 3 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance.
AMI® BIOS Setup Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and press . The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Retype the password and press . You may also press to abort the selection and not enter a password.
Chapter 3 IDE HDD AUTO Detection You can use this utility to AUTOMATICALLY detect the characteristics of most hard drives.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Chapter 4. AWARD® BIOS Setup AWARD® BIOS Setup 4 This chapter provides information on the AWARD® BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP. You want to change the default settings for customized features.
Chapter 4 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing , , and keys.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use the control keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Sub-Menu If you find a right pointer symbol (as shown in the right view) appears to the left of certain fields that means a sub-menu can be launched from this field.
Chapter 4 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 twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.
AWARD® BIOS Setup PnP/PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for minimal but stable system performance. Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system operations.
Chapter 4 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features 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. Date The date format is . day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec.
AWARD® BIOS Setup ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. 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”. Access Mode The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto. Capacity The formatted size of the storage device. Cylinder Number of cylinders. Head Number of heads.
Chapter 4 Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: Disabled and Enabled. CPU L1 & L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory).
AWARD® BIOS Setup to load the disk operating system. The settings are: Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive. LS120 The system will boot from LS-120 drive. HDD-0 The system will boot from the first HDD. SCSI The system will boot from the SCSI. CDROM The system will boot from the CD-ROM. HDD-1 The system will boot from the second HDD. HDD-2 The system will boot from the third HDD. HDD-3 The system will boot from the fourth HDD. ZIP The system will boot from ATAPI ZIP drive.
Chapter 4 Typematic Rate & Typematic Delay. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you to set the rate (characters/second) at which the keys are accelerated. Settings: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 and 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins. Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000. Security Option This specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
Chapter 4 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced 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. Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Configure DRAM Timing This setting determines whether DRAM timing is configured by reading the contents of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EPROM on the DRAM module.
AWARD® BIOS Setup signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. The settings are: 2 and 3. RAS# Precharge This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be allowed to precharge.
Chapter 4 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four items allow you to set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0~4 provide increased performance.
AWARD® BIOS Setup USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled. USB Keyboard Support Set to Enabled if your need to use an USB keyboard in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Settings: PCI Slot and AGP.
Chapter 4 IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 and Auto. Serial Port B Mode The field allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port “COM B”. Settings are: Normal: RS-232C Serial Port IrDA: IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR: Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port RxD, TxD Active This setting controls the receiving and transmitting speed of the IR peripheral in use. Setting options: Hi/Hi, Hi/Lo, Lo/Hi, Lo/Lo.
AWARD® BIOS Setup in ECP mode only. Choosing “ECP + EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously. EPP Version The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following 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.
Chapter 4 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select Enabled. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
AWARD® BIOS Setup memory will be used to restore the PC to the previous state when an “wake up” event occurs. Power Management/APM This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to these modes: Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down. There are three options for power management: Min Saving Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour. Max Saving Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min. User Define Allows end users to configure each mode separately.
Chapter 4 CPU THRM-Throttling The item allows you to specify the CPU speed (at percentage) to which it will slow down when the CPU reaches the predetermined overheat temperature. Settings range from 12.5% to 87.5% at 12.5% increment. Resume by RTC Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time/date. Date (of Month) Alarm The field specifies the date for Resume by RTC Alarm. Settings: 0~31.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Power/Sleep LED This item configures how the system uses power LED on the case to indicate the sleep state. Available options are: Single LED The power LED blinks to indicate the sleep state without changing its color. Dual LED The power LED changes its color to indicate the sleep state.
Chapter 4 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 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.
AWARD® BIOS Setup system such as Windows® 95/98. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “¾”). The settings are: Auto (ESCD), Manual. IRQ/DMA Resources The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual. Press and you will enter the sub-menu of the items.
Chapter 4 PC Health Status This section shows the status of your CPU, fan, warning for overall system status. Current System/CPU Temperature, Power/System/CPU Fan, Vcore, 3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V), 5VSB(V) These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/components such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans’ speeds. CPU Critical Temperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting, the warning mechanism will be activated.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Frequency/Voltage Control This section describes how to set the Chassis Intrusion feature, CPU FSB frequency, monitor the current hardware status including CPU/system temperatures, CPU/System Fan speeds, Vcore etc. Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. Auto Detect PCI Clock This option allows you to enable/disable the feature of auto detecting the clock frequency of the installed PCI bus. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
Chapter 4 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance.
AWARD® BIOS Setup Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and press . The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Retype the password and press . You may also press to abort the selection and not enter a password.
Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer. Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to allow users managing the system power flexibly. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A new, high-speed graphics interface that based on PCI construction and designed especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics.
Glossary example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving data; a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems. CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor, which features high speed and low power consumption. PCs usually contain a small amount of battery-powered CMOS memory to retain the date, time, and system setup parameters. COM In MS-DOS system, the name of a serial communications port.
Glossary ECC Memory (error correcting code memory) A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data and correcting the errors on the fly. IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of disk-drive interface widely used to connect hard disks, CD-ROMs and tape drives to a PC, in which the controller electronics is integrated into the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. The IDE interface is known as the ATA (AT Attachment) specification.
Glossary PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1993. PCI provides “plug and play” capability and allows IRQs to be shared. The PCI controller can exchange data with the system's CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at a time. PnP (Plug and Play) A set of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to work with peripherals.
