Biostar TForce4 Owner's Manual

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limi

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 8 2.3 PERIPHERALS A. Card and I/O Slots: Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a st

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 33 10 CMOS Reload Program(C.R.P.) It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. Users are able to reload any

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 9 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI3 This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 10 Xtreme Graphics Port Slot: XGP1 This XGP (Extreme Graphics Port) slot is a special design that

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 11 B. Connectors and Headers: How to setup Jumpers The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. W

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 12 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR2 By connecting JATXPWR2, it will provide +12V to CPU power

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 13 Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO2 This connector will allow user to connect with the front

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 14 Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB1~JUSB3 This connector allows user to connect additio

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 15 Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT This connector allows users to connect the PCI bracket

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 16 Case Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the si

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 17 J1394A1: Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel This header allows user to connect the di

Table of Contents User’s Manual ii PACKAGE CHECKLIST ... I CHAPTER 1: INT

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 18 On-Board LED Indicators There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status. LE

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 19 CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 3.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Ed

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 20 3.3 HOW RAID WORKS RAID 0: The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 arr

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 21 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 22 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 soluti

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 23 CHAPTER 4: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE 4.1: T-POWER INTRODUCTION Biostar T-Power is a whole new utili

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 24 4.2: T-POWER BIOS FEATURE A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.): ONE provides two powerfu

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 25 CPU Overclock Setting: CPU Voltage: This function will increase CPU stability when overclocking

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 26 Notice: According to tests that have been done; AMD Athlon XP 3000+ CPU is the best CPU type fo

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 27 V8 Tech Engine: This setting will raise about 15%~25% of whole system performance. V12 Tech En

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlo

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 28 B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.): It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-R

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 29 C. Memory Integration Test (M.I.T.): This function is under “Overclocking Navigator Engine” ite

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 30 D. Self Recovery System (S.R.S.): This function can’t be seen under T-Power BIOS setup; and is

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 31 CPU Fan Start <℃> The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set val

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 32 4.3 T-POWER WINDOWS FEATURE A.Hardware Monitor: T-Power Hardware monitor allows users to monito

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 33 CPU Temperature This column configures the CPU temperature. There is a waveform to represent th

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 34 CPU/Battery Voltage i. VCore This item displays the CPU voltage, represented by a light blue l

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 35 B. Overclocking Configurations This diagram is designed for T-series Overclocking utility. Fr

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 36 CPU Overclocking Settings: By adjusting can configure three items for CPU overclocking. A.

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 37 PCI Overclocking Setting: This diagram shows present PCI working status and helps to monitor

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 2 AC’9 7 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850, supports 8 channels audio output. IEEE 1394A Chip Chi

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 38 C. Smart Fan Function When Smart Fan Function is activated, screens will pop-up to illustrate

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 39 v. Auto: If the green indicator is lit up, the Smart Fan Function is “On” (Default Setting). C

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 40 D. Live Update When Live Update program is activated, a screen will pop up to illustrate BIOS

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 41 CHAPTER 5: USEFUL HELP 5.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system,

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 42 Manual Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver CD. Click on the

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 43 5.3 EXTRA INFORMATION A. BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by a viru

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 44 B. CPU Overheated If the system shuts down automatically after power on of system for a few sec

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 45 5.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illumi

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 46 GERMAN CPU Unterstützt Sockel 939. Unterstützt AMD Athlon 64 FX- / Athlon 64- / Athlon 64 X

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 47 AC’97 Sound-Codec Chip: ALC850, unterstützt 8 Kanäle. IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307, unt

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 3 1.2 LAY OUT AND COMPONENTS JUSBLAN1COM1JCOM1COM2JCOM2(optional)JPRNT1J1394_U SB1EARPHONEJACK1JAU

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 48 FRENCH Processeur Supporte le socket 939. Supporte les processeurs AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlo

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 49 Codec audio AC’97 Chip: ALC850, prise en charge 8 canaux. Chip IEEE 1394 Chip: VIA VT6307,

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 50 ITALIAN CPU Supporto di Socket 939. Supporto di processori AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / A

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 51 Chip: VIA VT6307, supporto di due porte Firewire 1394A con capacità massima individuale di 40

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 52 SPANISH Procesador Soporta el Socket 939. Supporta los procesadores AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athl

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 53 Procesador IEEE 1394 Procesador:VIA VT6307, admite dos puertos 1394A Firewire de hasta 400 Mb

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 54 PORTUGUESE CPU Suporta o socket 939. Suporta processadores AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / A

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 55 Chip IEEE 1394A Chip: VIA VT6307, suporta duas portas Firewire 1394A até 400 Mb/s para cada

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 56 POLAND PROCESOR Obsługa gniazd Socket 939. Obsługa procesorów AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 /

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 57 Chip: VIA VT6307, obsługa dwóch portów 1394A Firewire o indywidualnej szybkości do 400Mb/s. S

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 4 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PRIOCESSING UNIT (CPU) A. Central Proces

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 58 RUSSIAN Процессор Поддерживает гнездо 939.. Поддерживает процессоры AMD Athlon 64 FX, Athlo

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 59 Контроллер: VIA VT6307, поддерживает два порта 1394A Firewire со скростью каждого порта до 40

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 60 ARABIC ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو)CPU( ﻞﻴﺻﻮﺗ ةﺪﻋﺎﻗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ.939 تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻣ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ AMD Athlon 64 FX /A

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 61 ﺔﺤﻳﺮﺵIEEE 1394) يرﺎﻴﺘﺧا( VIﺔﺤیﺮﺸﻟا :, VIA VT6307 يﺬﻔﻨﻣ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ1394A Firewire ﻞآ ةرﺪﻗ ﻞﺼﺗ ﻰﻟإ

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 62 JAPANESE CPU Socket 939 をサポート。 AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 X2 プロセッサをサポート。 AMD

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 63 バス・マスターモードに対応。 AC’97 オーディオ サウンド・コデック チップ: ALC850, 8 チャンネルをサポート。 IEEE 1394 チップ チップ: VIA VT

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 64 シリアルポート(x1) (COM2 オプション) USB 2.0 ポート(x4) 6つのオーディオポートが 8 つのチャンネルオーディオアウト機能をサポト。 04/13, 200

TForce4 /TForce4 Ultra BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup... 1 1 Main Me

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 1 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 2 Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU. Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, pr

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 5 Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the inst

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows yo

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 4 PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 5 Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation message will be displa

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 6 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no,

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 7 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 8 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system f

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 9 Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating syste

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 10 Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disablin

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 11 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 12 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your sy

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 6 2.2 SYSTEM MEMORY DIMM2DIMM4DIMM1DIMM3 A. Memory Modules 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 13 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the “Disabled ” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh which can im

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 14 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the liter

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 15 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for ea

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 16 ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You wi

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 17 ONBOARD IO/Address Onboard FDC Cont rolle r Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 18 Parallel Port Mo de The default value is SPP. The Choices: SPP(default) Usin g P aralle l port as Standard P rinter P

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 19 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservatio

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 20 User Define (default) Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 21 KB Power ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. Hot Key Power on This option

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 22 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is

Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U User’s Manual 7 C. DDR Installation Notice For AMD K8 939 CPU launched before Rev. E, please follow the table

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 23 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatic

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 24 8 PC Health Status A、Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis O

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 25 Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. B 、Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open War

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 26 Start PWM Value The Choices: 32 (default). Slope PWM The Choices: 1 PWM Value/ (default)℃ , 2 PWM Value/℃, 4 PWM Value/℃,

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 27 9 Over Clock Navigator Engine Automate Overclock System A.O.S. is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on m

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 28 z V6 Tech Engine: z V8 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 15%~25% of whole system performance.

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 29 z V12 Tech Engine This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance. Cautions: 1. Not all types of AMD

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 30 NB/SB Voltage Ragurator The Choices:1.52V(default),1.60V,1.68V,1.76V. Memorry Voltage The Choices:2.60V(default),2.70V,2.

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 31 Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM. The Choices: Auto (Default), Manual. CAS# Latency(Tcl) This field specify

TForce4 / TForce4 Ultra 32 Ste p 2: When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enable” to “Disable” to complete the test.