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Biostar M7NCG Pro Bios Setup Manual

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M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup....................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu.................................................................................................... 3
2 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6
3 Advanced BIOS Features.............................................................................. 9
4 Advanced Chipset Features......................................................................... 12
5 Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................. 16
6 Power Management Setup........................................................................... 20
7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................................. 23
8 PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 25
9 Frequency Control....................................................................................... 27
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup BIOS Setup... 1 1 Main Menu... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features... 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features... 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features... 12 5 Integrated Peripherals ... 16 6 Power Management Setup... 20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ... 23 8 PC Health Status ...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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.
  • Page 3 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>...

  • Page 4: Main Menu

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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 <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 5 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.
  • Page 6 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

  • Page 7: Standard Cmos Features

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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<PgUp>...
  • Page 8 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Date mm : dd : yy Time hh : mm : ss IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu.
  • Page 9 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Item Options Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Description Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you.

  • Page 10: Advanced Bios Features

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 11 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. The Choices: Enabled (default) Disabled External Cache This option you to enable or disable “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which may improve performance.

  • Page 12: Apic Mode

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down. The Choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30.

  • Page 13: Advanced Chipset Features

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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.
  • Page 14 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup CPU Interface Optimal (Default) This item allows you to use the most stable CPU/ FSB parameters. Aggressive This item allows you to use overclocked CPU/ FSB parameters. Memory Frequency Select “Auto” for best performance. The Choices: By SPD (Default), 50%, 60%, 66%, 75%, 80%, 83%, 100%, 120%, 125%, 133%, 150%, 166%, 200%, Auto.
  • Page 15 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup AGP Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select the AGP Spread Spectrum. The Choices: Disabled (Default). Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to select the Frame Buffer Size. The Choices: 32M (Default), 8M, 16M, 64M, 128M, Disabled.
  • Page 16 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Video RAM Cacheable Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM, resulting a better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

  • Page 17: Integrated Peripherals

    OnChip 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. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
  • Page 18 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

  • Page 19: Onchip Usb

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The Choices: Onboard/AGP, PCI Solt (default). OnChip USB This item allows you to set the onchip USB. The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1.
  • Page 20 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup permits transmission in one direction only at a time. The Choices: Half (default), Full. 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.

  • Page 21: Power Management Setup

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).

  • Page 22: Soft-Off By Pwr-Bttn

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.

  • Page 23: Pwron After Pwr-Fail

    (3V), the Power Supply (5VSB), and the Power Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard battery (3V). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from the Power Supply is used.

  • Page 24: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 7 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 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.
  • Page 25 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 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. 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.By...

  • Page 26: Pc Health Status

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature. Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current SYSFAN speed. Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed.
  • Page 27 M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

  • Page 28: Frequency Control

    M7NCG Pro BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator. The Choices: Default (default), -0.025V, -0.050V, -0.075V, -0.100V, +0.025V, +0.050V, +0.075V. AGP Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select AGP Voltage Regulator.

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