SYSTEM BIOS SETUP
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After you have configured
the mainboard, and have assembled the components, you can turn on the completed system. At
this point, run the setup program to ensure that you hardware setup is correct. The setup
program provided with these system board is the WinBIOS from American Megatrends Inc. Due
to frequent update of system BIOS, the actual options available in your system board BIOS
setups may vary in comparison with this manual. If necessary, we would provide a special
insert of additional instruction in regards to any changes of the BIOS setup program.
Enter the WinBIOS setup program by hitting the <DEL> key when prompted by the
computer during system boot up.
LOAD SETUP
DEFAULTS
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There is a set of BIOS
values stored in the ROM files: The "optimal" and "original" default
settings. The "optimal" default values are those settings which should provide
optimum performance for the system as programmed by your vendor or computer reseller. They
are the best case default values. This set of default values can be loaded by clicking on
the optimal default button option in the main BIOS menu when you first entered the setup
utility. The "original" default settings are the settings that the BIOS
originally had when you first began the WinBIOS Setup session.
STANDARD
SETUP
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Primary Master &
Slave, Secondary Master & Slave Drive Types
According to your actual equipment, you can select the type of hard disks for C, D, E,
& F from 'Not Installed' to type 46 for standard hard disks. As for type 47, user may
define by himself. If a ATAPI IDE CD-ROM is connected to any on-board IDE port, the HARD
DISKS "Type" should be set to "None". The DOS CD-ROM driver or the
Win95 built-in driver will handle the communication by themselves. You may also use the
"IDE HDD Auto Detection" option in the Main Menu to allow the system to detect
and enter these information for you. Here you would also enter the date & time, and
your current floppy drive configuration by simply clicking on each icon and clocking on
the corresponding value i.e. 1.44MB 3-1/2 Floppy Drive.
ADVANCED
SETUP
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Double click on the advanced
icon and the advanced setup screen appears displaying the items below. Select the items
you wish to change and modify them using the keyboard or the mouse.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
To set up the keyboard speed or to disable this feature you would choose this item.
The typematic rate sets the rate at which the characters on the screen repeat when a key
is pressed and held down. The settings are 15, 20, 24, and 30 characters per second.
System Keyboard
This item specifies if error messages are displayed when a keyboard is not attached.
This option lets you configure workstations that do not have keyboards.
Floppy Drive Swapping
When this option is enabled, the system floppy drive will be swapped.
System Boot Up Sequence
This option sets the sequence of boot up from driver A: or C:
External Cache
Enables/disables secondary cache memory
Internal Cache
Enables/disables CPU internal cache memory.
Password Checking
This option enables the password check option every time the system boots or the end
user runs setup. If always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the
computer is turned on. If setup is chosen, the password prompt appears when setup is run.
Shadow Control
Enables/Disables the system shadow.
IDE Control
You can turn on or turn off your IDE hard drive features here. LBA modes, Secondary
IDE Channels, Block modes, and 32 bit transfers can be accessed here.
Press<<ESC>> or
click the exit box to return to the setup window.
CHIPSET SETUP
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Select the Chipset icon and
the chipsset setup screen appears, displaying the following items. Select the items you
wish to change and modify them using the keyboard or mouse.
Auto Timing Control
You can alter the settings of the Auto Configuration Function, AT Bus Clock, DRAM
Read/Write Timing, SRAM Read/Write Timing here. If the Auto Configuration Function is
enabled the chipset setup features will be automatically setup; otherwise the user will
need to change each value manually.
Hidden Refresh
Enable/disable the DRAM hidden refresh function.
Cyrix CPU L1 Cache Mode
Set the Cyrix CPU internal cache to be either written through or written back.
ISA I/O Recovery
Enable/disable the recovery cycle in the I/O command.
CPU to PCI Write Buffer
Allows you to turn on the CPU to PCI write buffer and select from the byte merge and
fast back to back options.
PCI VGA Palette
Chose Enabled/Disabled to set the PCI VGA Palette Snoop.
PCI to DRAM Buffer
Choose enabled or disabled to set the PCI to DRAM buffer.
NCR SCSI Controller at AD17
This function will need to be turned on when you the NCR 810 SCSI controller. You will
need to let the BIOS know which slot it is in.
PCI IDE Card Present
In You will need to tell the BIOS which PCI slot is being used for an offboard IDE
controller.
When you are finished with
the Chipset Setup, press <<ESC>> or click the exit box to return to the setup
window.
POWER
MANAGEMENT SETUP
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Select the power management
icon and the power management setup screen appears, displaying the following items below.
Select the items you wish to change and modify them using the keyboard or mouse.
Power Management
This item enables/disables the Green function.
Suspend Mode Timeout
Sets the length of time after which no activity causes the system to go into suspend
mode. In this mode the CPU clock stops.
Monitor Events and IRQs
The system monitor events and wakup events such as keyboard input, LPT or COM port
requests, and IRQ 3-15 events. When you are finished with the Power Management Setup,
press <<ESC>> or click on the exit box to return to the setup window.
PERIPHERAL
SETUP
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The BIOS will arrange I/O
addresses automatically when the programming mode is auto. Otherwise the user has to set
the I/O address manually.
Programming Mode
Choose either Auto or Manual to configure the following features: OnBoard Floppy Drive
Controller, OnChip IDE setting including PIO Modes, Serial Ports 1 & 2, and Parallel
Port mode.
SECURITY
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The security window has two
icons with security functions.
Password
1. Select this icon and the password keyboard appears.
2. Enter a 1-6 character password using the keyboard. If you do not type any characters
and press the <<ENTER>> key twice, the password is disabled.
3. The BIOS will prompt you to re-enter the password to confirm.
4. Make sure that "Password Checking" in the Advanced Setup is configured for
"Always" or "Setup."
Anti-Virus
Double-click this icon and a list box appears, allowing you to enable or disable the
Virus Protection feature. When ENABLED, the BIOS issues a warning when any program or
virus sends a Disk Format command or tries to write to the boot sector of a hard disk
drive. Warning: Make sure you do not enable anti-virus protection when normally formatting
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