Biostar K8VGA-M User Manual

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 1 BIOS Setup...4 1. Main

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 10 2.1 MAIN MENU SELECTIONS This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Descrip

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 11 3. ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 3.1 BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 12 3.1.1 Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence se

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 13 3.2 SHADOW SETUP 3.2.1 Video BIOS Setup Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 14 3.4 VIRUS WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 15 3.9 SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to u

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 16 4. ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 17 4.1.1 AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portio

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 18 4.2 DRAM CONFIGURATION 4.2.1 Max Memclock (MHz) Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system. Memory

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 19 4.3 LDT & PCI BUS CONTROL If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “LDT & PCI Bus Control”

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 2 3.14 Summary Screen Show...15 4. Advanced Chipset Features

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 20 4.3.8 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 21 5. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 5.1 VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 22 5.1.2 IDE Prefetch Mode The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. I

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 23 5.2 VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “VIA OnChip PCI Device” label an

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 24 5.3 SUPER IO DEVICE Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device. 5.3.1 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled i

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 25 5.3.6 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permi

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 26 6. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy c

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 27 Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max Saving Maximum power m

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 28 Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial display power management signaling

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 29 live, then after AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when system is

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 3 8. PC Health Status...35 8.1 Show H/W M

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 30 6.12.5 VGA When set to On, any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down. The

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 31 6.12.13 Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field i

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 32 7. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interco

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 33 Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on car

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 34 palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write. In this case, the PCI VGA

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 35 8. PC HEALTH STATUS 8.1 SHOW H/W MONITOR IN POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC he

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 36 9. FREQUENCY CONTROL 9.1 AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable / disable auto Detect PCI Clock. The

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 37 9/24/2004

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allow

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 5 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) loca

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 6 1. MAIN MENU Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 7 1.6 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. 1.7 PC HEA

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 8 1.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will

K8VGA-M BIOS Setup User’s Manual 9 2. STANDARD CMOS FEATURES The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category in