Biostar I915P-A7 Ultra Owner's Manual Page 1

I915P-A7 Ultra i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursu

I915P-A7 Ultra 10 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever s

I915P-A7 Ultra 11 Step 2-2: Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on th

I915P-A7 Ultra 12 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan wiring and plug may be different according to

I915P-A7 Ultra 13 2.3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that th

I915P-A7 Ultra 14 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 7

I915P-A7 Ultra 15 SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SAT

I915P-A7 Ultra 16 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUM PE RS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap

I915P-A7 Ultra 17 JKBV1: Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Assignment Description 13 Pin 1-2 close +5V +5V f or PS/2 key board and mous

I915P-A7 Ultra 18 JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-

I915P-A7 Ultra 19 JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Conne ctor This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Pin Assignment

Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction ...3 1.1 Motherboard Features...

I915P-A7 Ultra 20 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please

I915P-A7 Ultra 21 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Co

I915P-A7 Ultra 22 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found o

I915P-A7 Ultra 23 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has

I915P-A7 Ultra 24 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does

I915P-A7 Ultra 25 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions i

I915P-A7 Ultra 26 5.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and fol

I915P-A7 Ultra 27 5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY IC ON A ND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a

I915P-A7 Ultra 28 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility

I915P-A7 Ultra 29 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up

I915P-A7 Ultra 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports LGA 775. Supports single Intel Pentium 4 processor.

I915P-A7 Ultra 30 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out

I915P-A7 Ultra 31 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency au

I915P-A7 Ultra 32 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as t

I915P-A7 Ultra 33 Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™]

1915P-A7 Ultra BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup...1 1 Main Menu...

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 1 BIOS Setup Introduction T his manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup program allows users

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 2 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus speci

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features T his submenu allows you to configure spec ia l chipset features. Integrated Peripherals This subme

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 5 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Superviso

I915P-A7 Ultra 4 Slots Two 32 bi t PCI bus m aster sl ots. Three PCI-Express x1 slots: - PCI Express 1.0a compliant. - Bandwidth 250MB/s per d

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 6 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, on

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 7 Main Menu Selec tio ns This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the situ

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advance d BIOS Se tup

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 10 3.1 CP U F EAT UR E 3.1.1 Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the s

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 11 3.2 HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 12 3.3 BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP 3.3.1 First/Second/T hird/Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating s

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 13 3.4 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Har

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 14 .3.12 TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The C

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 15 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your syste

I915P-A7 Ultra 5 Extend On-board IDE One connector supports 2 IDE disk drives. (IDE2/IDE3 are optional.) Supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bride Mode and U

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 16 4.4 DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 17 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 18 5.1 OnChip IDE Device 5.1.1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multi

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 19 5.1.5 On-chip Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDEChannel. The Choices: E

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 20 5.2 ONBOARD DEVICE 5.2.1 PCI Express Root Port Func, 5.2.1.1 PCI Express Port 1/ 2/3/4 T his item allows you to sel

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 21 5.3 Supe r IO De vice If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Super IO Device” label and then press the ent

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 22 5.3.6 Onboa rd Pa rallel Po rt This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Ad

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 23 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservatio

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 24 6.1 ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS 6.1.1 ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power M

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 25 6.1.5 Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the mode

I915P-A7 Ultra 6 Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. 1 front panel header supports

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 26 6.2 RELOAD TIMER EVENTS 6.2.1 Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 27 6.3 Po wer Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 28 6. 8 Sus pe n d M o de The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 29 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 30 7.3 IRQ RESOURCES T his submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device usin

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 31 8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health Status 8.1 Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 32 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control  Figure 9. F requenc y/ Voltage Control 9.1 CPU CLOCK RATIO The Choices: 8X (def

1915P-A7 BIOS Manual 33 Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key un

I915P-A7 Ultra 7 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear

I915P-A7 Ultra 8 1.3 LAYOUT AND COM P ONE N TS DDRA1D DRA2DDRB1D DRB2FDD1IDE1PCI-Ex1_ 1PCI-Ex1_ 2PCI-Ex1_ 3PCI EXPRESS x16PCI1PCI2JKBV111JUSBV1JPANE

I915P-A7 Ultra 9 A. JATXPWR2: ATX power source header. B. JKBV1: Power source header for JKBMS1. C. Back panel (rear side) I/O connectors. D. JCDIN1: