Biostar TA790GX3 A2 PLUS - BIOS User Manual

P35D2-A7 Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device,

Motherboard Manual 8 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different accord

P35D2-A7 9 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY A. Memory Modules DDR2_A1DDR2_B1DDR2_A2DDR2_B2 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward.

Motherboard Manual 10 C. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel f unction of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the f

P35D2-A7 11 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K,

Motherboard Manual 12 PEX16_1: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously p

P35D2-A7 13 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SET UP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is pla

Motherboard Manual 14 JATXPW R2: ATX Powe r S ou rce C onne ctor JATXPW2 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. 1121

P35D2-A7 15 JUSB3/JUSB4/JUSB5: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC f ront pan

Motherboard Manual 16 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting and the CMOS data, p

P35D2-A7 17 JSPDIF_O UT1: Digital Audio-out Connector (O ptional) This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Pin

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 1.1 Before You Start...

Motherboard Manual 18 JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector This header allows you to connector printer on the PC. 1225 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 -St

P35D2-A7 19 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD int

Motherboard Manual 20 4.2 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or v ideo card memor

P35D2-A7 21 4.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not tu

Motherboard Manual 22 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ III 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™ III], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly

P35D2-A7 23 5.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow th

Motherboard Manual 24 5.4 WARPSPEEDER™ III 1. Desktop Icon After the [WarpSpeeder™ III] has been installed, a [WarpSpeeder™ III] icon will appear o

P35D2-A7 25 3. Overclock/Overvoltage Panel Click the Overclock/Overvoltage button in the Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclo

Motherboard Manual 26 Overclock Panel contains these features: a. “Auto-Overclock”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™ III] will set the bes

P35D2-A7 27 O ve rvoltage Panel contains these features: a. “CPU Voltage”: This function allows user to adjust CPU voltage. Click on “+” to increa

P35D2-A7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Tha nk you for choosing our product. Before yo u sta rt installing the mo the rboa rd, plea

Motherboard Manual 28 5. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will show up as the

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Motherboard Manual 30 APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE GERMAN Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo / Core2Q uad / Celeron 4xx / Pentiu

P35D2-A7 31 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E(optional) 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s Auto-Negotiation (Gigabit-Bandbreite nur beim RTL 8111

Motherboard Manual 32 FRANCE Ver 5.x Ver 6.x UC LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron

P35D2-A7 33 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E(optional) 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s négociation automatique (La bande passante Gigabit est

Motherboard Manual 34 ITALIAN Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 77 5 Processore Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pe ntium 4 / Pentium D / Cele

P35D2-A7 35 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E(optional) Negoziazione automatica 10 / 10 0 / 1 00 0 Mb/s (la lar ghezza di band

Motherboard Manual 36 SPANISH Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 775 Procesador Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D

P35D2-A7 37 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x Red Local Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E (opc ional) Negociación de 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s (el ancho de banda Gigabit es ú

Motherboard Manual 2 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celer

Motherboard Manual 38 PORTUGUESE Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 775 Processador Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Cele

P35D2-A7 39 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E(opcional) Auto negociação de 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s (a largura de banda Gigabit refere-

Motherboard Manual 40 POLISH Ver 5.x Ver 6.x Procesor LGA 775 Procesor Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celero

P35D2-A7 41 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x szybkośc i (P as m o gi g a bi t ow e w yłącznie dla RTL 8111B) Działanie w trybie połow icz ne g o / p ełnego dupl

Motherboard Manual 42 RUSSIAN Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU (центральный процессор) LGA 775 Процессор Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 /

P35D2-A7 43 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x Локальная сеть Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E (дополнительно) Автоматическое согласование 10 / 100 / 1000 Мб/с ( гига

Motherboard Manual 44 ARABIC Ver 6.x Ver 5.x LGA 775 تﺎ ﺠﻟﺎ ﻌﻣ Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx/ Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D ﺑ ددﺮﺘ ﻳ

P35D2-A7 45 Ver 6.x Ver 5.x Realtek RTL 8111B /RTL 8101E )يرﺎﻴﺘﺥا( ﻲﺋﺎﻘﻠﺕ ضوﺎ ﻔﺕ10/100 ﺖﻳ ﺎﺑ ﺎﺠﻴﻣ /و ﺔ ﻴﻥﺎ ﺙ1ﺖﺑ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ/ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ ﻰﻠﻋ ﻂﻘﻓ رﻮ ﺼ ﻘ ﻣ ﺖﺑﺎﺠﻴﺠ

Motherboard Manual 46 JAPANESE Ver 5.x Ver 6.x CPU LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D processor

P35D2-A7 47 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / RTL 8101E(オプション) 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/秒のオートネゴシエーション (Gigabitバンド幅はRTL 8111B専用です) 半/全二重機能 Realtek R

P35D2-A7 3 Ver 5.x Ver 6.x LAN Realtek RTL 8111B / 8101E (optional) 10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiation (Gigabit bandwidth is for RTL 8111B only

P35D2-A7 BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup ... 1 1 Main Menu ...

P35D2-A7 1 BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup program on this motherboar

P35D2-A7 2 ACPI Support Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides

P35D2-A7 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to s

P35D2-A7 4 Advanced BIOS Features This sub menu allows yo u to configure advanced features of the BIOS. Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows

P35D2-A7 5 Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Se

P35D2-A7 6 Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

P35D2-A7 7 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Eac h category includ es no, one or

P35D2-A7 8 Item Options Description IDE Channel 1 Master / Slave Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed o

P35D2-A7 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup CPU Feature

Motherboard Manual 4 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 5.X) Lin e I nLin e O utMi c I nCe nt erRe arSi de PS/2 Mouse PS/2 KeyboardUSB X2 USB X2

P35D2-A7 10 Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time. The Choices: 4 Min, 8 Min,

P35D2-A7 11 Cache Setup CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this opt ion. Enabl

P35D2-A7 12 Hard Disk Boot Priority The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically. You can change the Hard Disk booting

P35D2-A7 13 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 f

P35D2-A7 14 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at whic h a keystroke is repeated when yo u hold the key do wn. The Choices: 6 (default), 8, 10,

P35D2-A7 15 Small Logo(EPA) Show This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Summary Scr

P35D2-A7 16 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chip

P35D2-A7 17 Memory Hole At 15M-16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. W hen this area is reserved it cannot be cac hed.

P35D2-A7 18 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “OnChip IDE

P35D2-A7 19 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read / write. If your IDE hard dri

P35D2-A7 5 1.6 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT BI OSDDR2_A1DDR2_B1FDD1P EX16_1PCI 1PCI2JATXPW R2JCFAN1JATXPWR1SATA1SATA3CODECJSFAN1BAT1LGA775CPU 1JKBMS1JU SB 2J

P35D2-A7 20 Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device. Onbo ard FDC Contro ller Select enabled if your system has a floppy dis

P35D2-A7 21 Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The default value is SPP. The Choices: S

P35D2-A7 22 USB Operation Mo de Auto decide USB device operation mode. [High Speed]: If USB device was high speed device,then it operated on high spe

P35D2-A7 23 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/

P35D2-A7 24 ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (default)

P35D2-A7 25 operating system, before this function will work. POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose the power on method. The Choices:

P35D2-A7 26 FDD, COM, LPT Po rt You can enable or disable FDD, COM, and LPT port under this item. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. PCI P

P35D2-A7 27 Video Off In Suspend This item determines the monitor status when the system is in Suspend mode. The Choices: Yes (default), No. Suspen

P35D2-A7 28 HPET Mode This item allows you to select the way the High Precis ion Event Timer works. The Choices: 32-bit mode (default), 64-bit mode.

P35D2-A7 29 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which

Motherboard Manual 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Special Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installation

P35D2-A7 30 IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each s ys tem interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

P35D2-A7 31 8 PC Health Status  Figure 8: PC Health Status Smart Fan Option

P35D2-A7 32 CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU/System Fan. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled, 4-pin, 3-pin.. Smart Fan Calibra

P35D2-A7 33 Current CPU Temp This field disp lays the c urrent temperature of CPU. Current CPU FAN Speed This field disp lays the c urrent speed of

P35D2-A7 34 9 Performance Booster Zone  Figure 9: Performance Booster Zone CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. Min= 6

P35D2-A7 35 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 set

P35D2-A7 36 CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: A

P35D2-A7 37 (G)MCH Voltage This item allows you to select (G)MCH Voltage Control. The Choices: 1.25V (d efault), 1.35V, 1. 45V, 1.55V. Memory Voltage

P35D2-A7 7 Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will