Biostar 915GV-M7, Manual

Page 1: ... will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this pu...

Page 2: ... 2 FAN Headers 8 2 3 Installing System Memory 9 2 4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 13 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 13 3 2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help 20 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 20 4 2 Extra Information 20 4 3 Troubleshooting 22 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 23 5 1 Introduction 23 5 2 System Requirement 23 5 3 Installation 24 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 pan...

Page 3: ... Chipset North Bridge Intel 915GV South Bridge Intel ICH6 Dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor 21 899cm W x 23 583cm L Operating System Supporting Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME System Memory Supports Dual Channel DDR2 Supports up to two DDR2 400 533 devices Maximum DRAM capacity is up to 2GB assuming 32 bit addressing DIMM Socket Location DDR Modu...

Page 4: ... slot One XGP slot Xtreme Graphic Port Super I O Chip ITE 8712F Low Pin Count Interface Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function On Board AC 97 Sound CODEC Chip ALC655 Support 6 channels Supports S PDIF Out function Compliant withAC 97 Version 2 3 specification LAN Chip RTL8100C Sup...

Page 5: ...assi s open header supports PC case opened warning function 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Rear Side Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 VGAport 1 Serial port 1 Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse port 1 PS 2 Keyboard port 1 vertical audio port including 1 line...

Page 6: ... PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable 1 HDD Cable 1 User s Manual 1 Serial ATA Cable 1 Fully Setup Driver CD 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case 1 S PDIF Cable 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable 1 optional ...

Page 7: ...DE1 JATXPWR1 JAUDIO2 PCI2 JCI1 JCMOS1 SATA1 SAT A3 SA TA2 S A TA4 CODEC JCDIN1 JSPDIF_OUT1 JSFAN1 Intel 915G V ICH6 PCI1 LGA775 CPU1 JATXPWR2 BAT1 LAN JUSB4 JUSB 3 Super I O JKBMS1 JAUDIO1 JRJ45USB1 JUSB2 PCI EX XGP1 BIOS JAUX 1 FDD1 JCFAN1 JPRNT1 JVGA1 J C OM1 Note represents the 1 st pin ...

Page 8: ...PU Step 1 Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Special Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged ...

Page 9: ...e CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 2 2 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it on the retention frame Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1 This completes the installation ...

Page 10: ...an Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 1 4 4 Smart Fan Control JSFAN1 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 1 3 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 reser ves system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility It supports 4 pin head connector When connecti ng with wires onto connectors pl ease note that the r ed wire is the positi ve and should be connected to pin ...

Page 11: ...k 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 ...

Page 12: ...connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 33 1 2 34 IDE1 Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to two hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 40 2 1 39 ...

Page 13: ...xpansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits PCI2 PCI1 PCI EX PCI Extreme Slot PCI Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express interface graphic cards PCI Extreme slot is compliant with PCI Express 1 0a specification PCI Extreme slot is compatible with PCI E x4 and PCI E x1 expansion card The bandwidth of data transfer is up to 1GB s per direction and for an aggregate of 2GB s in tot...

Page 14: ...l the add on AGP VGA card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter For the onboard VGA driver can t be removed completely and to solve this problem please follow the steps below 1 Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system and reboot PC After PC restarts the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the graphics adapter 2 Or re install y...

Page 15: ...rts Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at back panel JRJ45USB1 JUSB2 JUSBV3_1 5V for USB ports at f ront panel JUSB3 JUSB4 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at back panel JRJ45USB1 JUSB2 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV3_1 USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSB4 are powered by 5V standby v oltage 1 3 3 1 Pin 1 2 Close default JUSBV1 3 1 JUSBV3_1 1 3 1 3 3 1 Pin 2 3 Close Note In order to suppo...

Page 16: ...t this function Power on system via keyboar d and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSB3 JUSB4 Front USB Headers This motherboard prov ides 2 USB 2 0 headers which allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB dev ices like USB card reader Pin Assignment 1 5V fused 2 5V fused 3 USB 4 USB 5 USB 6 USB 7 Ground 8 Ground...

Page 17: ...V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 2 x 12 Detect 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS_ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 12 24 1 13 24 Ground JATXPWR2 ATX Power Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment 1 12V 2 12V 3 Ground 1 3 2 4 4 Ground ...

Page 18: ...der allows userto connect thef ront audio output cable with the PC f ront panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment 1 Mic in center 2 Ground 3 Mic power Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker Right 1...

Page 19: ...6 N A N A 7 Speaker Speaker Connector 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED 10 Power LED 11 HDD LED Hard drive LED 12 Power LED Power LED 13 Ground 14 Power button 15 Reset control Reset button 16 Ground Power on button 17 N A 18 N A 19 N A 20 Key 21 5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX IrDA Connector optional 24 IRRX IrDA Connector optional SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 ch...

Page 20: ... Normal Operation default 1 3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remov e AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 Close 3 Wait f orf ive seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 Close 5 Power on the AC 6 Reset y our desired password or clear the CMOS data JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignm...

Page 21: ...nitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 1 2 Ground JAUX1 AUX Audio in Connector Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 1 4 4 Right channel input ...

Page 22: ...p to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website 4 Copy AWDFLASH...

Page 23: ...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 After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear...

Page 24: ...isk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the driv e type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots f rom optical driv e Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible 1 Back up data and applications f iles 2 Ref orm...

Page 25: ...nformation Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability...

Page 26: ...the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked theTray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand ...

Page 27: ...esponsible 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 The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility ...

Page 28: ...llows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a user friendly StatusAnimation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock perce...

Page 29: ...l 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 ...

Page 30: ... user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you v erify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result f ory ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the fol...

Page 31: ...y If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting 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 Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is requi...

Page 32: ... 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 ...

Page 33: ...es 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 ...

Page 34: ... 1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals 17 6 Power Management Setup 22 7 PnP PCI Configurations 27 8 PC Health Status 29 9 Frequency Voltage Control 30 ...

Page 35: ... of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification A...

Page 36: ... by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Dec...

Page 37: ...nter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference ...

Page 38: ...enu 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 the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system ...

Page 39: ...s set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Upgrade BIOS This submenu allo...

Page 40: ...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 or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup ...

Page 41: ...the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 ...

Page 42: ...sk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 43: ...et this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16 default 32 Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor2 Notes The choices will be different according to your CPU features ...

Page 44: ...itiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375 default Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled Execute Disable Bit The Choices Enabled default Disabled HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence select in these items The Choi...

Page 45: ... Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they Have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default 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 fu...

Page 46: ...bled default Enable quick POST BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down the keystroke will ...

Page 47: ...fault Disabled MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS SELECT FOR DRAM 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This item allows...

Page 48: ...ure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 3 2 5 2 Auto default DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY This field let you insert a timing...

Page 49: ...IDTH This item sets the minimum assertion width of the SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE Select En...

Page 50: ...of page locked graphics memory is allocated during driver initialization It will provide the total amount of graphics memory available to the system and is intended to provide the user with a guaranteed amount of graphics memory at all times The Choices 0MB 24MB default 56MB 63MB 120Mb 127MB and 128MB DVMT Memory Size DVMT stands for Dynamic Video Memory Technology This is an enhancemnet of the un...

Page 51: ...r multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 52: ...PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDEChannel The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 y...

Page 53: ...iversal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is to enabled disabled EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in the support will automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default USB Keyboard Supp...

Page 54: ...ces Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard 1394 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device If you highlight t...

Page 55: ...d I O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default 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 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with ...

Page 56: ...llows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI WAKE UP EVENTS ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 57: ...rial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB KB MS Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot...

Page 58: ...ower off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or disable FD...

Page 59: ... Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices DPMS default VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND This determines the manner in which...

Page 60: ...DD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min 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 hun...

Page 61: ...mmended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices Onboard AGP PCI Slot default RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ ...

Page 62: ...ibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watch for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA contr...

Page 63: ... 70OC 158OF Disabled default Show H W Monitor 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 CPU Vcore NB SB Voltage 3 3V 5 0V 5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperatu...

Page 64: ... allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices Default default AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking Special Notice If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the s...

Page 65: ... that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage ...