Peripheral Setup Page
The BIOS setup utility stores information about your computer such as the date and time, the kind of hardware you have installed, and so on. Your computer uses this information to initialize all the components at boot up time, and make sure that everything runs smoothly.
If the information in the setup utility is incorrect, it may cause your system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer from booting properly. If this happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory area that is used to store the setup information, or you can hold down the End key while you reboot your computer, Holding down the End key also clears the setup information.
You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the setup utility. You might need to do this to configure some of the hardware that you add to the mainboard, such as the CPU, the memory, disk drive, etc.
Each time your computer starts, before the operating system is booted, a message appears on the screen that prompts “Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP”. When you see this message, press the Delete key and the Mainmenu page of the setup utility appears on your monitor.
You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the Mainmenu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. To leave the setup utility, press the Escape key. Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the optional color schemes of the setup utility.
Some of the options on the Mainmenu page lead to tables of items with installed values. In these pages, use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items, and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items. Other options on the Mainmenu page lead to dialog boxes which require you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys.
If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values. Press F6 to install the setup utility with a set of default values. Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high-performance values.
Use this page to set basic information such as the date and time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives.
Date & Time
Use these items to install your system with the correct date and time
Pri Master
Pri Slave
Sec Master
Sec Slave
Use these items to configure devices on the primary and secondary IDE channels. To configure a hard disk drive, choose Auto. If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc.) manually. If you have a CD-ROM drive, select the setting CDROM. If you have an ATAPI device with removable media (e.g. a ZIP drive or an LS-120) select FLOPTICAL.
Floppy Drive A
Floppy Drive B
Use these items to set the size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system.
Use this page to set more advanced information about your system. Take some care with this page. Making changes can affect the operation of your computer.
Quick Boot
If you enable this item, the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines.
1st Boot Device2nd Boot Device
3rd Boot Device
Use these three items to determine the order and priority that your computer follows to load an operating system at start-up time.
Try Other Boot Device
If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first three locations.
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks
Enable this item if your hard disk(s) supports SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology).
BootUp Num-Lock
This items determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start-up time.
Floppy Drive Swap
If you have two diskette drives installed and you enable this item, drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A.
Floppy Drive Seek
If you enable this item, your system will check the diskette drives at start up time. Disable this item unless you are using an old 360K diskette drive.
PS/2 Mouse Support
Set this item to auto so that it will automatically detect if you are using a mouse with a PS/2 interface.
Primary Display
Use this item to determine the display devices for the primary display of your computer.
Password Check
If you have installed a password on your system, use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the setup utility (Setup) or required at start-up time and to enter the setup utility (Always).
Boot to OS/2 Over 64MB
Enable this item if you are booting the OS/2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of memory installed.
Internal Cache
Leave this item enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory.
System BIOS Cacheable
If you enable this item, a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution.
C000, 32k Shadow
If you enable this item, 32k of the video BIOS is cached to main memory for faster execution.
XXXX, 16k Shadow
These items allow 16k segments of the BIOS of other devices to be cached to main memory for faster execution.
This page lets you set some of the timing parameters for the system.
Trend ChipAway Virus
This mainboard has built-in virus protection in the firmware. Use this item to enable or disable the built-in virus protection.
Bank X SDRAM /DEO/FPM
The three items which define the timing for DRAM memory are pre-installed with fixed values and you cannot change them.
SDRAM CAS# Latency
This item determines the operation of the main memory CAS (Column Address Strobe). We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.
RAS to CAS Delay
This item sets delay timing for RAS (Row Address Strobe) to CAS (Column Address Strobe). We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.
DRAM Integrity Mode
Use this item to define the kind of error correction supported by the memory that you have installed.
AGP Aperture Size
This item defines an aperture for the graphics. Leave this item at the default value 64 MB.
USWC Memory Gap Size
This item sets the memory gap size for USWC (Un-cacheable Speculative Write Combining) mode.
AT Bus Clock
This item sets the clock speed for the AT ISA bus.
ISA Line Buffer
Use this item to enable or disable the line buffer for the ISA bus.
Delay Transaction
This item can be enabled if the system has an embedded 32-bit write buffer to support delay transaction cycles. Leave this item at the default value.
OnBoard USB Function
Enable this item if you plan on using the USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports integrated on this mainboard.
USB Function for DOS
Enable this item if you plan on using the USB ports while working in the DOS environment.
This page sets some of the parameters for the system power management operation.
Note: Some of the power management routines are not functional if you have connected the mainboard to an AT power supply, rather than an ATX power supply.
Power Management/APM
Use this item to enable or disable the power management routines. If you enable the power management, you can use the items below to set the power management operation.
Green Monitor Power State
This item defines which power-saving mode is required to trigger the power management operations of a green monitor.
Video Power Down Mode
This item defines which power-saving mode is required to power down the monitor.
Hard Disk Power Down Mode
This item defines which power-saving mode is required to power down the hard disk drive.
Standby Time Out (Minute)
This sets the timeout for standby mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter the power-saving standby mode.
Suspend Time Out (Minute)
This sets the timeout for suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter the power-saving suspend mode.
Modem Use IRQ
This sets an interrupt request line to assign to the modem. We recommend that you set this value to N/A.
Monitor items
If you set these items to monitor, any activity on the devices will reset the timers for the power-saving timeouts.
Power Button Function
This item allows you to define a software power off using the power button. If the value is set to Soft Off, the power button will automatically cause a software power off. If the value is set to Suspend, the power button will automatically cause the power-saving suspend mode.
Restore on AC/Power Loss
Use this item to set a system power state when power restores after sudden AC power loss.
Ring Resume From Soft Off
If you enable this item, incoming calls to the fax/modem can resume the system from a po...
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