Biostar NF520-A2 SE - BIOS SETUP, Manual

Page 1: ...BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 7 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 16 5 Integrated Peripherals 19 6 Power Management Setup 26 7 PnP PCI Configurations 30 8 PC Health Status 33 9 Performance Booster Zone 35 ...

Page 2: ...ing process loading and executing the operating system Some additional features such as virus and password protection or chipset fine tuning options are also included in BIOS The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification and ESCD Extended System Configurati...

Page 3: ... PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup programby 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 ke...

Page 4: ... the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options WARNING For better system performance the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated The BIOS information described in this manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is for your reference only The actual BIOS information and settings on board may...

Page 5: ...CI 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 Performance Booster Zone This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However we suggest you to use the default setting Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the CPU or M B Load Optimized...

Page 6: ...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 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 d...

Page 7: ...NF520 A2 TE NF520 A2 SE NF520 A2 6 Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios ...

Page 8: ...n each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the items and the available options on the Main Menu Item Options 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 Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options ...

Page 9: ...MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk 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...

Page 10: ...NF520 A2 TE NF520 A2 SE NF520 A2 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup ...

Page 11: ...mory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Boot Seq Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot sequence Floppy ...

Page 12: ...oppy Disks Zip100 USB FDD0 USB FDD1 USB ZIP0 USB ZIP1 LS120 Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB HDD0 USB HDD1 USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards ...

Page 13: ...g system in this order The Choices Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled Boot Other Device When enabled BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device when it failed to load from the three devices above The Choices Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default...

Page 14: ...Virus protection is activated Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on The Choices On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option ...

Page 15: ...r 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 APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 ...

Page 16: ...s The Choices Enabled default Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when systemboots up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots The Choices Enabled default Disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing T...

Page 17: ...cations 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 Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup K8 NB HT Width This item allows you to select the K8 NB HT Width The Choices Auto default 16 16 8 8 PCIE SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable ...

Page 18: ...ter 0 75 Triang Center SSE SSE2 Instructions This item allows you to enable disable SSE SSE2 instruction The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Feature Virtualization This option allows you to enable or disable Virtualization function The Choices Disabled default Enabled AMD K8 Cool Quiet control The item allows you to control the K8 Cool n Quiet function The Choices Auto default Disabled ...

Page 19: ...he Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which is able to improve the systemperformance However any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Disabled default Enabled ...

Page 20: ...F520 A2 19 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight the Press Enter label next to the IDE Function Setup label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options ...

Page 21: ... 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 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Primary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface support...

Page 22: ...hoices Auto default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA function The Choices All Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetch function for faster drive access If th...

Page 23: ...ard Storage Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Storage Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Storage Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Storage Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Mouse Support HD Audio This option allows you to ...

Page 24: ...board LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard I O Address Press Enter to configure the Onboard I O Address 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 you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive selec...

Page 25: ...on The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as EnhancedParallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or o...

Page 26: ...ctors 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 27: ...r up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS STR ...

Page 28: ...er define you can adjust each of the item from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to th...

Page 29: ...ake On Ring fromSoft Off function The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume From S3 S4 This item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3 S4 function The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up When enabled you can choose the date and time to boot up the system The Choices Disabled default Enabl...

Page 30: ...ss Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power ON Choose the Hot Key combination to boot up the system The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 PWRON After PWR Fail This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs By choosing off will leave the computer in the...

Page 31: ...erconnect 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 Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations ...

Page 32: ... provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signify 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 Choosing Manual the user wil...

Page 33: ...VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility This item allows such snooping to take place The Choices Disabled default Enabled Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 128 256 512 1024 2048 ...

Page 34: ...dows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled 60 140 65 149 70 158 75 167 80 176 default 85 185 90 167 Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers severaldifferent delay times The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU FAN Control by Choose smart to reduce the noise caused by CPU FAN The Choices Smart Always On defaul...

Page 35: ...l Speed The Choices Min 0 Max 127 key in a DEC number Start PWM Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode The range is from 0 127 with an interval of 1 The Choices Min 0 Max 127 key in a DEC number CPU Vcore Chipset Volt 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V DDR Voltage HT Voltage 5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically CPU Tem...

Page 36: ... Default default 3 3 6 6 10 Memory Voltage The Choices 1 950V default 2 000V 2 050V 2 100V CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency The Choices 200 default 201 450 PCIE Clock The Choices 100Mhz default 100Mhz 150Mhz K8 NB HT Speed The Choices AUTO default 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x ...

Page 37: ...NF520 A2 TE NF520 A2 SE NF520 A2 36 DRAM Configuration Memory Timings tCL CAS Latency The Choices Auto default 3 clock 6 clock ...

Page 38: ...ock AsyncLat The Choices Auto default 1ns 15ns tRC The Choices Auto default 11 clock 26 clock tWR The Choices Auto default 3 clock 6 clock tRWT The Choices Auto default 2 clock 9 clock tWTR The Choices Auto default 1 clock 3 clock tREF The Choices Auto default 7 8 us 3 9 us Read DQS Skew The Choices Auto default 10 96 clock 10 96 clock Read delay from Rx FIFO The Choices Auto default 0 5 clock 4 0...

Page 39: ...CKE drive strength The Choices Auto default 1 0x 1 25x 1 5x 2 0x CS drive strength The Choices Auto default 1 0x 1 25x 1 5x 2 0x MA drive strength The Choices Auto default 1 0x 1 25x 1 5x 2 0x MCLK drive strength The Choices Auto default 0 75x 1 0x 1 25x 1 50x MD drive strength The Choices Auto default 0 75x 1 0x 1 25x 1 50x DQS drive strength The Choices Auto default 0 75x 1 0x 1 25x 1 50x ...

Page 40: ...ally regulate the DDR Timing The Choices Auto default MaxMemClk Memory Clock Value or Limi The Choices DDR 400 default DDR 533 DDR 667 DDR 800 DQS Training Control The Choices Perform DQS Skip DQS default CKE base power down mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default CKE based powerdown The Choices Per Channel default Per CS Memclock tri stating The Choices Disabled default Enabled Memory Hole Rema...