Biostar TForce 550 Motherboard Setup Manual

TForce 550 Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................ 1

1.1

1.2

Before You Start ................................................................................ 1

Package Checklist ............................................................................. 1

1.3

1.4

Motherboard Features...................................................................... 2

Rear Panel Connectors ..................................................................... 3

1.5

Motherboard Layout......................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation........................... 5

2.1

2.2

Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 5

FAN Headers...................................................................................... 6

2.3

Installing System Memory................................................................ 8

2.4

Connectors and Slots ....................................................................... 10

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup ................... 12

3.1

How to Setup Jumpers .................................................................... 12

3.2

Detail Settings.................................................................................. 12

Chapter 4: NVIDIA RAID Functions...................... 21

4.1

4.2

Operation System............................................................................ 21

Raid Arrays ...................................................................................... 21

4.3

How RAID Works............................................................................. 21

CHAPTER 5: OverClock Quick Guide ..................... 24

5.1:

5.2:

T-Power Introduction...................................................................... 24

T-Power BIOS Feature .................................................................... 25

5.3

T-Power Windows Feature ............................................................ 33

Chapter 6: Useful Help......................................... 42

6.1

6.2

Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 42

Award BIOS Beep Code .................................................................. 43

6.3

Extra Information............................................................................ 43

6.4

Troubleshooting............................................................................... 45

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language .............. 46

German.................................................................................................................. 46

France .................................................................................................................... 48

Italian..................................................................................................................... 50

Spanish ................................................................................................................... 52

Portuguese ............................................................................................................ 54

Polish...................................................................................................................... 56

RUSSIAN................................................................................................................. 58

ARABIC .................................................................................................................. 60

JAPANESE.............................................................................................................. 62

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

TForce 550

1.1 B

EFORE

Y

OU

S

TART

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting.

Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operation.

Before you take the motherboard out from anti-static bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge.

Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case after installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment.

Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat source, humid air and water.

1.2 P

ACKAGE

C

HECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1

HDD Cable X 1

Serial ATA Cable X 1

Serial ATA Power Cable X 1

Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1

User’s Manual X 1

Fully Setup Driver CD X 1

USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional)

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Motherboard Manual

1.3 M

OTHERBOARD

F

EATURES

SPEC

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Super I/O

Main

Memory

IDE

SATA II

Socket AM2

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Sempron processors

AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing

Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

Support HyperTransport nVIDIA nForce 550

Support up to 1000 MHz Bandwidth

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Super I/O functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

Provides the most commonly used legacy H/W Monitor

Fan Speed Controller

Low Pin Count Interface ITE's "Smart Guardian" function

DIMM Slots x 4

Each DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB

DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 4GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module

Supports DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Registered DIMM and Non-ECC DIMM is not supported

Integrated IDE Controller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master

Mode supports PIO Mode 0~4.

Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s.

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant.

LAN

Sound

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 (optional)

Slots

On Board

Connector

PCI slot

PCI Express x16 slot

PCI Express x 1 slot

Floppy connector

Printer Port connector

IDE Connector

SATA Connector

Front Panel Connector

Front Audio Connector

CD-in Connector

S/PDIF out connector

CPU Fan header

System Fan header

Chassis open header (optional)

CMOS clear header

10 / 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s Auto-Negotiation

8 channels audio out

HD Audio x4 Supports PCI expansion cards x1 Supports PCI Express x16 expansion cards x2 Supports PCI Express x1 expansion cards x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives x1 Each connector supports 1 Printer port x1 Each connector supports 2 IDE device x4 Each connector supports 1 SATA devices x1 Supports front panel facilities x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports CD audio-in function x1 Supports digital audio out function x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function) x3 System Fan Power supply x1 For chassis intruder detection function x1 Restore CMOS data to factory default

2

USB connector

Power Connector (24pin)

Power Connector (4pin)

Back Panel

I/O

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

Serial Port

LAN port

USB Port

Audio Jack

Board Size ATX Form Factor

Special

Features

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1support

OS Support Windows 2K / XP

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SPEC x2 Each connector supports 2 front panel USB ports x1 Connects to Power supply x1 Connects to Power supply x1 x1 x1 x1 x6 x6

Connects to PS/2 Keyboard

Connects to PS/2 Mouse

Provide RS-232 Serial connection

Connects to RJ-45 ethernet cable

Connects to USB devices

Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection

219 x 304 (mm)

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice.

1.4 R

EAR

P

ANEL

C

ONNECTORS

PS/2

Mouse LAN

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

Center

Rear

Side

USBX2 USBX2 USBX2

Line In

Line Out

Mic In

3


1.5 M

OTHERBOARD

L

AYOUT

JKBMS1

JKBMSV1

JATXPWR2

JCFAN1

JUSB3

JUSB4

JUSBV2

JATXPWR1

4

JUSBLAN1

LAN

JAUDIO1

JDDRII_2.2V

PEX16_1

PEX1_1

Codec nForce 550

PEX1_2

PCI1

JNFAN1

Super I/O

PCI2

PCI3

BAT1

BIOS

PCI4

JCDIN1 JAUDIOF1 JSPDIF_OUT JPRNT1

Note: ■ represents the 1 st pin.

JUSBV1

JUSB2

JSFAN2

JUSB1

JCI1

JCMOS1

JSATA4

JSATA3

JSATA2

JSATA1

JSFAN1

JPANEL1 RSTSW1 PWRSW1

CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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2.1 I

NSTALLING

C

ENTRAL

P

ROCESSING

U

NIT

(CPU)

Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on

CPU should point forwards this white triangle. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

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Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct

B to complete the installation.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

2.2 FAN H

EADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

1 4

JCFAN1

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground

Fan

Control

3 FAN RPM rate sense

Fan

Control

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JSFAN1/JSFAN2: System Fan Header

1

3

3 1

JSFAN1

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

Fan

Control

3 FAN RPM rate sense JSFAN2

JSFAN2

Pin Assignment

JSFAN1

1 Ground

2 +12V

3 NC

JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Header

1 3

JNFAN1

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground

2 +12V

RPM rate sense

Note:

The JSFAN1/JSFAN2 and JNFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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2.3 I

NSTALLING

S

YSTEM

M

EMORY

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a

DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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B. Memory Capacity

DIMM Socket

Location

DDR/DDR2 Module Total Memory Size

Max is 2GB.

Max is 2GB.

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C. Dual Channel Memory installation

To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements:

Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the following table.

Duual Channel Status DDR2A1 DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2

Enabled O O O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or x16)

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2.4 C

ONNECTORS AND

S

LOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K,

720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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2 1

IDE1: Hard Disk Connectors

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO

Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. It has two

HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.

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IDE1

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2 1

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PEx16-1: PCI-Express x16 Slot

-

-

PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

PEx1_1/PEx1_2: PCI-Express x1 slots

-

-

-

-

PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.

PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.

2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

PEX16-1

PEX1_1

PEX1_2

PCI1~PCI4: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for

Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 H

OW TO

S

ETUP

J

UMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is

“open”.

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3.2 D

ETAIL

S

ETTINGS

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

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1

SLP

PWR_LED

On/Off

+ + -

+ -

16

8

SPK RST

HLED

Pin Assignment Function Function

1 +5V

2 N/A

3 N/A

4 Speaker

5 HDD LED (+)

6 HDD LED (-)

7 Ground

Speaker

Connector

Hard drive

LED

Reset button

10 Ground

11 N/A

12

13

14

Power LED (+)

Power LED (+)

Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

N/A

Power LED

Power-on button

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

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JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector

This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply.

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24

1

12

Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V

2 +3.3V

3 Ground

4 +5V

5 Ground

6 +5V

7 Ground

8 PW_OK

9 Standby

Voltage +5V

10 +12V

11 +12V

12 +3.3V

13 +3.3V

14 -12V

15 Ground

16 PS-ON

17 Ground

18 Ground

19 Ground

20 NC

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V

24 Ground

JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector

By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.

2

4

1

3

Pin Assignment

1 +12V

2 +12V

3 Ground

4 Ground

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JUSB1/JUSB2: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.

Pin Assignment

2

1

10

9

3 USB-

4 USB-

5 USB+

6 USB+

7 Ground

8 Ground

9 Key

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JUSBV1/JUSBV2/JKBMSV1: Power Source Headers for USB Ports

Pin 1-2 Close:

JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2).

JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1, JUSB3 / JUSB4.

JKBMSV1: 5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse.

Pin 2-3 Close:

JUSBV1: USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2) are powered by +5V standby voltage.

JUSBV2: USB ports at JUSBLAN1, JUSB3 / JUSB4 are powered by +5V standby voltage.

JKBMSV1: PS/2 mouse and keyboard are powered with +5V standby voltage .

1 3

3

1

JKBMSV1

JUSBV2

3

1 3

JUSBV1

1

Pin 1-2 close

1 3

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-On system via USB device,” “JUSBV1/ JUSBV2” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually.

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JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic Left in

2 Ground

3 Mic Right in

4 GPIO

5 Right line in

2 10

8 Key

9 Left line in

1 9

JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.

1 4

Pin Assignment

Channel

Input

2 Ground

3 Ground

4 Right

Input

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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 carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard.

1 3

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation

(default).

1 3

1 3

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

※

Clear CMOS Procedures:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Remove AC power line.

Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

Wait for five seconds.

Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

Power on the AC.

Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

JCI1: Chassis Open Header (optional)

This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment open signal

2 Ground

1 2

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JSATA1~JSATA4: Serial ATA Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

2 TX+

3 TX-

4 Ground

5 RX-

6 RX+

7 Ground

1 4 7

JSPDIF_OUT: Digital Audio out Connectors

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

JSPDIF_OUT

1 3

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

2 SPDIF_OUT

3 Ground

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JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

2

1 25

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 -Strobe

2 -ALF

14 Ground

16 Ground

4 -Error

6 -Init

8 -Scltin

10 Ground

12 Ground

18 Ground

19 -ACK

20 Ground

21 Busy

22 Ground

23 PE

24 Ground

25 SCLT

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JDDRII_2.2V : Header for Memory Voltage Overclocking

When processing Memory Voltage Overclocking, please place the jumper to pin1-2 Closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed.

3

1

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal status (default).

3

1

3

1

Pin 2-3 Close:

Memory voltage Overclocking.

Note:

1. When “JDDRII_2.2V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 1-2, memory voltage can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup.

2. When “JDDRII_2.2V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 2-3, memory voltage will be fixed at 2.2V automatically, and can’t be adjusted under COMS setup.

Before setting memory voltage overclocking, please ensure that your DDR supports up to 2.2V. (Consulting your DDR2 memory module supplier)

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On-Board LED Indicators

There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status.

LED1 LED2

LED1 and LED2:

These 2 LED indicate system power on diagnostics.

Please refer to the table below for different messages:

LED1 LED2 Message

ON ON Normal

OFF OFF Abnormal: CPU / Chipset error.

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CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS

TForce 550

4.1 O

PERATION

S

YSTEM

z Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional.

4.2

R

AID

A

RRAYS

NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications.

RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.

RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1.

4.3 H

OW

RAID W

ORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel. The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter, which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment. This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.

Features and Benefits

Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the platform.

Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any environment that does not require fault tolerance.

Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for large files. No capacity loss penalty for parity.

Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array fails, all data is lost.

Fault Tolerance: No.

Block 1

Block 3

Block 5

Block 2

Block 4

Block 6

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RAID 1:

Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media.


Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.

Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.

Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive fail, the controller switches to the other drive.

Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive.

Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency.


- Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.

- Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array, and allows for spare disks.

- Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Block 1

Block 3

Block 5

Block 2

Block 4

Block 6

Block 1

Block 3

Block 5

Block 2

Block 4

Block 6

※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html

to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

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CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE

5.1: T-P

OWER

I

NTRODUCTION

Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for overclock users.

Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this ultimate overclock engine to raise system performance.

No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface, T-Power is able to present the best system state according to users’ overclock setting.

T-Power BIOS Features:

Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.)

CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.)

Memory Integration Test (M.I.T., under Overclock Navigator Engine)

Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.)

Smart Fan Function (under PC Health Status)

Self Recovery System (S.R.S)

T-Power Windows Feature:

Engine

Smart Fan Function

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5.2: T-P

OWER

BIOS F

EATURE

A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.):

ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for both

Elite and Casual overclockers.

Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.)

MOS is designed for experienced overclock users.

It allows users to customize personal overclock settings.

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CPU Overclock Setting:

CPU Voltage:

This function will increase CPU stability when overclocking. However, the

CPU temperature will increase when CPU voltage is increased.

Choices: The adjustable range is from 0.800V to 2.310V.

CPU Frequency:

CPU Frequency is directly in proportion to system performance. To maintain the system stability, CPU voltage needs to be increased also when raising CPU frequency.

Choices: This range is from 200 to 450, with an interval of 1MHz.

Memory Overclock Setting:

Memory Voltage:

This function will increase memory stability when overclocking.

Choices: The range is from 1.80V to 2.1V, with an interval of 0.05V.

Memclock Frequency:

To get better system performance, sometimes downgrading the memory frequency is necessary when CPU frequency is adjusted over the upper limit.

Choices: DDR2 400, DDR2 533, DDR2 667, DDR2 800 (MHz).

PCI-Express Overclock Setting:

PCIE Clock:

It helps to increase VGA card performance.

Choices: The range is from 100 to 145, with an interval of 1MHz.

Chipset Overclock Setting:

NB/SB Voltage Regulator:

This function will increase chipset stability when overclocking.

Choices: 1.52V, 1.60V, 1.68V, 1.76V.

HT Frequency:

We recommend users to set this item at “x4” when overclocking.

Choices: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, Auto.

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Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.)

For beginners in overclock field, BET had developed an easy, fast, and powerful feature to increase the system performance, named A.O.S.

Based on many tests and experiments, A.O.S. provides 3 ideal overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance in a single step.

V6 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 10%~15% of whole system performance.

V8 Tech Engine:


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V12 Tech Engine:


Notices:

1.

2.

Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected CPU model.

From BET experiments, the Atholon64 FX CPU is not suitable for this A.O.S. feature.

B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.):

It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM.

Users are able to reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations.

Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation.

There are 50 sets of record addresses in total, and users are able to name the

CMOS data according to personal preference.

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C. Memory Integration Test (M.I.T.):

This function is under “Overclocking Navigator Engine” item.

MIT allows users to test memory compatibilities, and no extra devices or software are needed.

Step 1:

The default setting under this item is “Disabled”; the condition parameter should be changed to “Enable” to proceed this test.

↓

Step 2:

Save and Exit from CMOS setup and reboot the system to activate this test.

Run this test for 5 minutes (minimum) to ensure the memory stability.

Step 3:

When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enable” to “Disable” to complete the test.

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D. Self Recovery System (S.R.S.):

This function can’t be seen under T-Power BIOS setup; and is always on whenever the system starts up.

However, it can prevent system hang-up due to inappropriate overclock actions.

When the system hangs up, S.R.S. will automatically log in the default BIOS setting, and all overclock settings will be re-configured.

E. Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.):

IFP is a safe and quick way to upgrade BIOS.

Step 1:

Go to Biostar website ( http://www.biostar.com.tw

) to download the latest BIOS file. Then, save the file into a floppy disk.

Step 2:

Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to get into CMOS screen.

Step 3:

Select the item “Integrated Flash Program” to get the following frame and choose the BIOS file downloaded in step 1.

Step 4:

Press “Enter” key to start BIOS file loading, and BIOS updating will process automatically.

Step 5:

When the BIOS update is completed, press YES to the message “Flash done,

Reset system”, and the system will reboot automatically to finish the process.

Advise:

You can update the system BIOS by simply pressing “Enter” key for three times.

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F. Smart Fan Function:

Smart Fan Function is under “PC Health Status”.

This is a brilliant feature to control CPU Temperature vs. Fan speed.

When enabling Smart Fan function, Fan speed is controlled automatically by

CPU temperature.

This function will protect CPU from overheat problem and maintain the system temperature at a safe level.

↓

CPU Fan Off <℃>:

If the CPU temperature is lower than the set value, the CPU fan will turn off. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.

Choices: 16℃ (default).

CPU Fan Start <℃>

The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set value. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.


CPU Fan Full speed <℃>

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃.


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Start PWM Value

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0~127, with an interval of 1.

Choices: 32 (default).

Slope PWM

Choices: 1 PWM Value/℃ (default), 2 PWM Value/℃, 4 PWM Value/℃, 8

PWM Value/℃, 16 PWM Value/℃, 32 PWM Value/℃, 64PWM Value/℃.

S1: CPU temperature is 60℃, and PWM value is 1 PWM/℃.



Increasing the value of slope PWM will raise the speed of CPU fan.

As in above diagram, when the CPU temperature reaches 60℃, the CPU fan speed for 3 PWM/℃ is higher than 1 PWM/℃ (S1<S2<S3).

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TForce 550

5.3 T-P

OWER

W

INDOWS

F

EATURE

A.Hardware Monitor:

T-Power Hardware monitor allows users to monitor system voltage, temperature and fan speed accordingly.

Additionally, a rescue action will be taken by the program automatically while the system faces an abnormal condition. The program will trigger an alarm or shut down the system when unpredictable errors occur.

All the monitoring items are illustrated by a waveform diagram.

Hardware Monitor Toolbar

Click on this item to run Hardware Monitor Program when the Windows starts-up.

Click on this item to pop-up warning dialogue-box when PC system is abnormal. iii. Exit

Click on this item to exit Hardware Monitor Program. iv. Hide

Click on this item to hide this program in system tray. When hiding the program, there will be a check icon in the system tray.

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CPU Temperature

This column configures the CPU temperature. There is a waveform to represent the status of CPU temperature.

By adjusting , users can easily configure the upper limit of CPU temperature for system operating.

In this diagram, the white line represents the upper limit which user-set for CPU temperature and the green line shows present CPU temperature.

If the CPU temperature is higher than the upper limit, the status line color will change from green to red, and a warning sound will alert you. Also, the system tray icon would change to .

FAN Speed

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By adjusting , users can easily configure the lower limit of the fan speed.

In this diagram, the green line shows present CPU Fan speed, and the yellow line shows System Fan speed (if any).

If any one of the fans speeds is lower than the set value, the status line will change into a red warning line, and the program will trigger an alarm system automatically. Also, the system tray icon would change to .

CPU/Battery Voltage

TForce 550 i. VCore

This item displays the CPU voltage, represented by a light blue line.

Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting to monitor the

CPU operating voltage.

If CPU voltage is higher or lower than the set value, the status line will change into a red warning line, and a warning sound will alert you. Also, the system tray icon will change to . ii. VBAT

This item displays the CMOS battery voltage, represented by a light green line.

Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting to monitor the status of battery voltage.

If battery voltage is higher or lower than the set value, the status line will change to a red warning line, and a warning sound will alert you. Also, the system tray icon will change to .

Reference data

This column represents the status of power supply voltage and cannot be adjusted, it is only for present status reference.

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B. Overclocking Configurations

This diagram is designed for T-series

Overclocking utility. Friendly interface and solid overclock features are the major concept of this utility.

Graphic 1 will appear when activating this utility.

Graphic 2

Graphic 1

A. Clicking on “Biostar” will lead you to the

Biostar Homepage.

B. This column shows the CPU speed information.

C. Click on this button and the utility will pop-up 4 sub-screens (Please refers to

Graphic 3).

D. Click on this button to minimize this program to taskbar.

E. This column shows present CPU speed and overclocking percentage.

F. Clicking on this button will make the program start up as soon as the

Windows starts up.

G. Click on this button to exit this overclock utility.

H. Click on this button to reset all the overclock features to default setting.

By adjusting the overclocking features in 4 sub-screens, users can tune the system performance to an optimal level.

Graphic 3

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TForce 550

CPU Overclocking Settings:

By adjusting can configure three items for CPU overclocking.

Range: 133MHz~450MHz.

Interval: 1MHz.

Range: 4~25.

Interval: 1.

Range: 1.175V~1.725V.

Interval: 0.025V.

Memory Overclocking Settings:

By adjusting can configure two items for

Memory overclocking.

A. Memory Clock Frequency

Choices: 100, 133, 166, 200, 233,250.

B. Memory Voltage

Range: 1.8V~2.8V.

Interval: 0.1V.

AGP/PCI-Express Overclocking Setting:

By adjusting can configure VGA card overclocking. And this function helps to increase VGA card performance.

Range: 100MHz~150MHz.

Interval: 1MHz.

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PCI Overclocking Setting:

This diagram shows present PCI working status and helps to monitor PCI peripherals working status.

This item cannot be adjusted.

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C. Smart Fan Function

TForce 550

When Smart Fan Function is activated, screens will pop-up to illustrate the fan speed information.

Show current CPU temperature. ii. CPU Fan speed:

Show current CPU Fan speed. iii. System Fan speed:

Show current system Fan speed. iv. Calibrate:

When changing CPU Fan or System Fan, click on this button to re-calibrate the Fan speed.

Note:

1. When Smart Fan Function activates for the first time, this calibrate function would auto-run to get upper and lower limitation of CPU Fan and System Fan.

2. When calibrating process is done, the calibrating window will auto-close, and the main screen will show new fan speed data.

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Motherboard Manual v. Auto:

If the green indicator is lit up, the Smart Fan Function is “On”

(Default Setting).

Click on this button again to close Smart Fan Function, and a screen as below would pop-up.

There will be pulling-meter besides the CPU Fan and System Fan, the CPU Fan and the System Fan speed can be adjusted by adjusting the Cursor Up or Down. vi. Program Tool Bar: z About:

Click on this button to get program-related information. z Minimize:

Click on this button to minimize the program to system tray z Exit:

Click on this button to exit this program.

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D. Live Update

TForce 550

When Live Update program is activated, a screen will pop up to illustrate

BIOS related information. i. Link to Internet:

Click on this button will link to Biostar website and BIOS file will be downloaded.

Click on this button to run BIOS flashing process, and it’s easy and safe.

Click on this button, and BIOS file will be saved into the user-selected folder.

Click on this item will clear the CMOS Data. When carrying this job, the previous CMOS data would be cleared and returned to default setting.

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CHAPTER 6: USEFUL HELP

6.1 D

RIVER

I

NSTALLATION

N

OTE

After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup

Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance.

You will see the following window after you insert the CD

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The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system.

Note:

If this window didn’t show up after you insert the Driver CD, please use file browser to locate and execute the file SETUP.EXE under your optical drive.

A. Driver Installation

To install the driver, please click on the Driver icon. The setup guide will list the compatible driver for your motherboard and operating system.

Click on each device driver to launch the installation program.

B. Software Installation

To install the software, please click on the Software icon. The setup guide will list the software available for your system, click on each software title to launch the installation program.

C. Manual

Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver

CD. Click on the Manual icon to browse for available manual.

Note:

You will need Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version of Acrobat Reader software from

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

TForce 550

6.2 A

WARD

BIOS B

EEP

C

ODE

Beep Sound Meaning

One long beep followed by two short beeps

High-low siren sound

Video card not found or video card memory bad

CPU overheated

System will shut down automatically

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST

Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install

6.3 E

XTRA

I

NFORMATION

A. BIOS Update

After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the

Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted.

In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:

1. Make a bootable floppy disk.

2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw

3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website.

4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respectively BIOS into floppy disk.

5. Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter.

(xxxx means BIOS name.)

9. The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly.

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B. CPU Overheated

If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated.

When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.

In this case, please double check:

1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface.

2. CPU fan is rotated normally.

3. CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed.

After confirmed, please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function.

1. Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds.

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Plug in the power cord and boot up the system.

Or you can:

1. Clear the CMOS data.

(See “Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1” section)

2. Wait for seconds.

3. Power on the system again.

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TForce 550

6.4 T

ROUBLESHOOTING

Probable Solution

1. No power to the system at all

Power light don’t illuminate, fan

1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn on.

2. Replace

3. cable.

Contact technical support.

2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on.

System inoperative. Keyboard lights are on, power indicator lights are lit, and hard drive is spinning.

System does not boot from hard disk drive, can be booted from optical drive.

Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM, press down firmly until the module snaps into place.

1. Check cable running from disk to disk controller board. Make sure both ends are securely plugged in; check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is extremely important. All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time.

System only boots from optical drive.

Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible.

1. Back up data and applications files.

2. Reformat the hard drive.

Re-install applications and data using backup disks.

Screen message says “Invalid

Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive.

Review system’s equipment. Make sure correct information is in setup.

1. Set master/slave jumpers correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and select correct drive types. Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives.

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APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE

G

ERMAN

Spezifikationen

CPU

FSB

Chipsatz

Super E/A

Sockel AM2

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Sempron

Die AMD 64-Architektur unterstützt eine 32-Bit- und

64-Bit-Datenverarbeitung

Prozessoren Unterstützt Hyper Transport und Cool’n’Quiet

Unterstützt HyperTransport mit einer

Bandbreite von bis zu 1000 MHz nVIDIA nForce 550

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Bietet die häufig verwendeten alten

Super E/A-Funktionen.

Low Pin Count-Schnittstelle

Umgebungskontrolle,

Hardware-Überwachung

Lüfterdrehzahl-Controller

"Smart Guardian"-Funktion von ITE

Arbeitsspeich er

DDR2 DIMM-Steckplätze x 4

Jeder DIMM unterstützt 256/512MB &

1GB DDR2.

Max. 4GB Arbeitsspeicher

Dual-Kanal DDR2 Speichermodul

Unterstützt DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 registrierte

DIMMs. Nicht-ECC DIMMs werden nicht unterstützt.

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master-Modus

Unterstützt PIO-Modus 0~4,

SATA II

Integrierter Serial ATA-Controller

Datentransferrate bis zu 3GB/s

Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 2.0.

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Audio-Codec ALC 861 / 883 (optional)

10 / 100 Mb/s und 1Gb/s Auto-Negotiation

Halb-/ Vollduplex-Funktion

8-Kanal-Audioausgabe

Unterstützt Intel High-Definition Audio

Steckplätze

Onboard-Ans chluss

PCI-Steckplatz x4

PCI Express x16 Steckplatz x1

PCI Express x 1-Steckplatz

Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss

Druckeranschluss Anschluss x2 x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 Diskettenlaufwerke x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 Druckeranschluss

IDE-Anschluss

SATA-Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 IDE-Laufwerke x4 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 SATA-Laufwerk

Fronttafelanschluss

Front-Audioanschluss

CD-IN-Anschluss

S/PDIF-Ausgangsanschluss x1 Unterstützt die Fronttafelfunktionen x1 Unterstützt die Fronttafel-Audioanschlussfunktion x1 Unterstützt die CD Audio-In-Funktion x1 Unterstützt die digitale Audioausgabefunktion

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TForce 550

Spezifikationen

"Gehäuse offen"-Sockel (optional) x1 Zur Erkennung eines geöffneten Gehäuses

"CMOS löschen"-Sockel x1

USB-Anschluss

Stromanschluss (24-polig)

Stromanschluss (4-polig)

PS/2-Tastatur x2 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2

Fronttafel-USB-Anschlüsse x1 x1 x1

Rückseiten-E

/A

PS/2-Maus x1

Serieller Anschluss x1

LAN-Anschluss x1

USB-Anschluss x6

Audioanschluss x6

Platinengröße

.

219 mm (B) X 304 mm (L)

Sonderfunkti onen

NVIDIA nTunes

Unterstützt RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

OS-Unterstüt zung

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar behält sich das Recht vor, ohne Ankündigung die

Unterstützung für ein Betriebssystem hinzuzufügen oder zu entfernen.

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F

RANCE

SPEC

UC

Bus frontal

Chipset

Socket AM2

Processeurs AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX

/ Sempron

L'architecture AMD 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64 bits

Prend en charge Hyper Transport et Cool’n’Quiet

Prend en charge Hyper Transport jusqu'à une bande passante de 1000 MHz nVIDIA nForce 550

Super E/S

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Fournit la fonctionnalité de Super E/S patrimoniales la plus utilisée.

Interface à faible compte de broches

Initiatives de contrôle environnementales,

Moniteur de matériel

Contrôleur de vitesse de ventilateur

Fonction "Gardien intelligent" de l'ITE

Mémoire principale

IDE

SATA

SATA II

Fentes DDR2 DIMM x 4 Module de mémoire DDR2 à mode à double voie

Chaque DIMM prend en charge des DDR2 Prend en charge la DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 de 256/512 Mo et 1Go

Capacité mémoire maximale de 4 Go

Les DIMM à registres et DIMM sans code correcteurs d'erreurs ne sont pas prises en charge

Contrôleur IDE intégré

Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Prend en charge le mode PIO 0~4,

Contrôleur Serial ATA intégré :

Taux de transfert jusqu'à 3 Go/s.

Conforme à la spécification SATA Version 2.0

LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Codec audio ALC 861 / 883 (optional) x4 x1 x2

10 / 100 Mb/s et 1 Gb/s négociation

Half / Full duplex capability

Sortie audio à 8 voies

Prise en charge de l'audio haute définition Intel Sortie

Fentes

Fente PCI

Slot PCI Express x16

Slot PCI Express x 1

Connecteur embarqué

Connecteur de disquette x1

Chaque connector prend en charge 2 lecteurs de disquettes

Connecteur de Port d'imprimante x1 Chaque connector prend en charge 1 Port d'imprimante

Connecteur IDE x1

Chaque connecteur prend en charge 2 périphériques

IDE

Connecteur SATA

Connecteur du panneau avant x4

Chaque connecteur prend en charge 1 périphérique

SATA x1 Prend en charge les équipements du panneau avant

Connecteur Audio du panneau avantx1 x1 Prend en charge la fonction audio du panneau avant

Connecteur d'entrée CD x1 Prend en charge la fonction d'entrée audio de CD

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TForce 550

SPEC

Connecteur de sortie S/PDIF

Embase de ventilateur UC

Embase de ventilateur système

Embase d'ouverture de châssis

(optional)

Embase d'effacement CMOS

Connecteur USB

E/S du panneau arrière

Connecteur d'alimentation

(24 broches)

Connecteur d'alimentation

(4 broches)

Clavier PS/2

Souris PS/2

Port série

Port LAN

Port USB

Fiche audio

Dimensions de la carte

219 mm (l) X 304 mm (H)

Fonctionnali tés spéciales

NVIDIA nTunes

Prise en charge RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Support SE Windows 2K / XP x1 Prend en charge la fonction de sortie audio numérique x1

Alimentation électrique du ventilateur UC (avec fonction de ventilateur intelligent) x3 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x6 x6

Alimentation électrique du ventilateur système

Pour la fonction de détection d'intrus dans le châssis x1 x2

Chaque connecteur prend en charge 2 ports USB de panneau avant x1 x1

Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis.

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I

TALIAN

SPECIFICA

CPU

FSB

Socket AM2

Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 e 64 bit

FX / Sempron

L’architettura AMD 64 abilita la computazione 32

Supporto di Hyper Transport e Cool’n’Quiet

Supporto di HyperTransport fino a

1000 MHz di larghezza di banda

Chipset nVIDIA nForce 550

Super I/O

Memoria principale

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Fornisce le funzionalità legacy Super

I/O usate più comunemente.

Interfaccia LPC (Low Pin Count)

Funzioni di controllo dell’ambiente:

Monitoraggio hardware

Controller velocità ventolina

Funzione "Smart Guardian" di ITE

Alloggi DIMM DDR2 x 4 Modulo di memoria DDR2 a canale doppio

Ciascun DIMM supporta DDR2

256/512MB e 1GB

Capacità massima della memoria 4GB

Supporto di DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

DIMM registrati e DIMM Non-ECC non sono supportati

Modalità Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 /

133

Supporto modalità PIO Mode 0-4

SATA II

LAN

Codec audio

Controller Serial ATA integrato

Velocità di trasferimento dei dati fino a 3 Gb/s.

Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 (optional)

Alloggio PCI

Alloggio PCI Express x16 x4 x1

Negoziazione automatica 10 / 100 Mb/s e 1Gb/s

Capacità Half / Full Duplex

Uscita audio 8 canali

Supporto audio High-Definition (HD) Intel

Alloggi

Alloggio PCI Express x1 x2

Connettori su scheda

Connettore floppy x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità Floppy

Connettore Porta stampante x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 Porta stampante

Connettore IDE

Connettore SATA x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità IDE x4 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 unità SATA

Connettore pannello frontale x1 Supporta i servizi del pannello frontale

Connettore audio frontale x1 Supporta la funzione audio pannello frontale

Connettore CD-in

Connettore output SPDIF

Collettore ventolina CPU x1 x1 x1

Supporta la funzione input audio CD

Supporta la funzione d’output audio digitale

Alimentazione ventolina CPU (con funzione Smart

Fan)

Collettore ventolina sistema

Collettore apertura telaio

(optional) x3 x1

Alimentazione ventolina di sistema

Per la funzione di rilevamento intrusione telaio

Collettore cancellazione CMOS x1

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TForce 550

SPECIFICA

Connettore USB x2

Connettore alimentazione

(24 pin)

Connettore alimentazione

(4 pin)

I/O pannello posteriore

Tastiera PS/2

Mouse PS/2

Porta seriale

Porta LAN

Porta USB

Connettore audio

Dimension i scheda

219 mm (larghezza) x 304 mm

(altezza)

Caratterist iche speciali nTunes NVIDIA

Supporto RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Sistemi operativi supportati

Windows 2K / XP x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x6 x6

Ciascun connettore supporta 2 porte USB pannello frontale

Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema operativo senza preavviso.

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S

PANISH

Especificación

CPU

Conector AM2

Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64

FX / Sempron

La arquitectura AMD 64 permite el procesado de 32 y

64 bits

Soporta las tecnologías Hyper Transport y Cool’n’Quiet

FSB

Admite HyperTransport con un ancho de banda de hasta 1000 MHz

Conjunto de chips nVIDIA nForce 550

Súper E/S

ITE 8712F / 8716F Iniciativas de control de entorno,

Le ofrece las funcionalidades heredadas de Monitor hardware uso más común Súper E/S. Controlador de velocidad de ventilador

Interfaz de cuenta Low Pin

Función "Guardia inteligente" de ITE

Memoria principal

IDE

SATA II

Ranuras DIMM DDR2 x 4 Módulo de memoria DDR2 de canal Doble

Cada DIMM admite DDR de 256/512MB y Admite DDR2 de 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

1GB

No admite DIMM registrados o DIMM no compatibles

Capacidad máxima de memoria de 4GB con ECC

Controlador IDE integrado

Modo bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Soporte los Modos PIO 0~4,

Controlador ATA Serie Integrado

Compatible con la versión SATA 2.0.

Tasas de transferencia de hasta 3 Gb/s.

Red Local

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Negociación de 10 / 100 Mb/s y 1 Gb/s

Funciones Half / Full dúplex

Códecs de sonido

Ranuras

ALC 861 / 883 (opcional)

Ranura PCI

Ranura PCI Express x16

Ranura PCI express x 1

Conectores en placa

Conector disco flexible

Conector Puerto de impresora

Conector IDE

Conector SATA

Conector de panel frontal

Conector de sonido frontal

Conector de entrada de CD

Conector de salida S/PDIF

Salida de sonido de 8 canales

Soporte de sonido Intel de Alta Definición

X4

X1

X2

X1 Cada conector soporta 2 unidades de disco flexible

X1 Cada conector soporta 1 Puerto de impresora

X1 Cada conector soporta 2 dispositivos IDE

X4 Cada conector soporta 1 dispositivos SATA

X1 Soporta instalaciones en el panel frontal

X1 Soporta funciones de sonido en el panel frontal

X1 Soporta función de entrada de sonido de CD

X1 Soporta función de salida de sonido digital

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TForce 550

Especificación

Cabecera de ventilador de CPU X1 Fuente de alimentación de ventilador de CPU (con función Smart Fan)

Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X3 Fuente de alimentación de ventilador de sistema

Cabecera de chasis abierto(opcional)X1 Función de detección de intrusos en el chasis

Cabecera de borrado de CMOS

Conector USB

Conector de alimentación

(24 patillas)

Conector de alimentación

(4 patillas)

Teclado PS/2

Ratón PS/2

Puerto serie

Panel trasero de

E/S

Puerto de red local

Puerto USB

Conector de sonido

Tamaño de la placa

219 mm. (A) X 304 Mm. (H)

X1

X2 Cada conector soporta 2 puertos USB frontales

X1

X1

X1

X1

X1

X1

X6

X6

Funciones especiales

NVIDIA nTunes

Admite RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Soporte de sistema operativo

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo.

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P

ORTUGUESE

ESPECIFICAÇÕES

CPU

Socket AM2

Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64

A arquitectura AMD 64 permite uma computação de 32 e 64 bits

Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Transport e Cool’n’Quiet

FX / Sempron

FSB

Chipset

Suporta a tecnologia HyperTransport com uma largura de banda até 1000 MHz nVIDIA nForce 550

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Especificaçã o Super I/O

Proporciona as funcionalidades mais utilizadas em termos da especificação

Super I/O.

Interface LPC (Low Pin Count).

Iniciativas para controlo do ambiente

Monitorização do hardware

Controlador da velocidade da ventoinha

Função "Smart Guardian" da ITE

Memória principal

IDE

Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada módulo DIMM suporta uma memória DDR2 de 256/512 MB & 1 GB

Capacidade máxima de memória: 4 GB

Controlador IDE integrado

Módulo de memória DDR2 de canal duplo

Suporta módulos DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Os módulos DIMM registados e os DIMM Non-ECC não são suportados

Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Suporta o modo PIO 0~4,

SATA II

LAN

Codec de som

Controlador Serial ATA integrado

Velocidades de transmissão de dados até

3 Gb/s.

Compatibilidade com a especificação SATA versão 2.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Auto negociação de 10 / 100 Mb/s e 1Gb/s

Capacidade semi/full-duplex

ALC 861 / 883 (opcional)

Saída de áudio de 8 canais

Suporta a especificação Intel High-Definition Audio

Ranhuras

Ranhura PCI

Ranhura PCI Express x16

Ranhura PCI Express x 1 x4 x1 x2

Conectores na placa

Conector da unidade de disquetes x1 Cada conector suporta 2 unidades de disquetes

Conector da para impressora x1 Cada conector suporta 1 Porta para impressora

Conector IDE x1 Cada conector suporta 2 dispositivos IDE

Conector SATA

Conector do painel frontal

Conector de áudio frontal

Conector para entrada de CDs

Conector de saída S/PDIF x4 Cada conector suporta 1 dispositivo SATA x1 Para suporte de várias funções no painel frontal x1 Suporta a função de áudio no painel frontal x1 Suporta a entrada de áudio a partir de CDs x1 Suporta a saída de áudio digital

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TForce 550

ESPECIFICAÇÕES

Conector da ventoinha da CPU x1

Alimentação da ventoinha da CPU (com a função Smart

Fan)

Conector da ventoinha do sistema x3 Alimentação da ventoinha do sistema

Conector para detecção da abertura do chassis (opcional) x1

Para detectar qualquer intrusão no chassis

Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1

Conector USB x2 x1

Cada conector suporta 2 portas USB no painel frontal

Conector de alimentação

(24 pinos)

Conector de alimentação

(4 pinos)

Teclado PS/2 x1 x1

Entradas/S aídas no painel traseiro

Rato PS/2

Porta série

Porta LAN

Porta USB

Tomada de áudio

Tamanho da placa

Característi cas especiais

219mm (L) X 304 mm (A) nTunes da NVIDIA

Suporta as funções RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Sistemas operativos suportados

Windows 2K / XP x1 x1 x1 x6 x6

A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem aviso prévio.

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P

OLISH

SPEC

Procesor

FSB

Chipset

Pamięć główna

Super I/O

IDE

SATA II

LAN

Kodek dźwiękowy

Gniazda

Socket AM2


Procesory

Architektura AMD 64 umożliwia przetwarzanie 32 i 64 bitowe

Obsługa Hyper Transport oraz Cool’n’Quiet

Obsługa HyperTransport o szerokości pasma do 1000 MHz nVIDIA nForce 550

Gniazda DDR2 DIMM x 4

Każde gniazdo DIMM obsługuje moduły

256/512MB oraz 1GB DDR2

Maks. wielkość pamięci 4GB

Moduł pamięci DDR2 z trybem podwójnego kanału

Obsługa DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Brak obsługi Registered DIMM oraz Non-ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F Funkcje kontroli warunków pracy,

Zapewnia najbardziej powszechne funkcje Monitor H/W

Super I/O. Kontroler prędkości wentylatora

Interfejs Low Pin Count

Funkcja ITE "Smart Guardian"

Zintegrowany kontroler IDE

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Tryb Bus Master obsługa PIO tryb 0~4,

Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA

Transfer danych do 3 Gb/s.

Zgodność ze specyfikacją SATA w wersji 2.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 (opcja)

Gniazdo PCI

Gniazdo PCI Express x16

Gniazdo PCI Express x 1

Złącza Złącze napędu dyskietek wbudowane

Złącze Port drukarki

Złącze IDE

Złącze SATA

Złącze panela przedniego

Przednie złącze audio

Złącze wejścia CD

Złącze wyjścia S/PDIF

Złącze główkowe wentylatora

10 / 100 Mb/s oraz 1Gb/s z automatyczną negocjacją szybkości

Działanie w trybie połowicznego / pełnego dupleksu

8 kanałowe wyjście audio

Obsługa Intel High-Definition Audio x4 x1 x2 x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 2 napędy dyskietek x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 1 Port drukarki x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 2 urządzenia IDE x4 Każde złącze obsługuje 1 urządzenie SATA x1 Obsługa elementów panela przedniego x1 Obsługa funkcji audio na panelu przednim x1 Obsługa funkcji wejścia audio CD x1 Obsługa funkcji cyfrowego wyjścia audio

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TForce 550

SPEC

Złącze główkowe wentylatora

Wymiary płyty

Złącze główkowe otwarcia obudowy (opcja) x1

Do funkcji wykrywania naruszenia obudowy

Złącze główkowe kasowania

CMOS x1

Złącze USB

Złącze zasilania (24 pinowe)

Złącze zasilania (4 pinowe)

Klawiatura PS/2 x2

Każde złącze obsługuje 2 porty USB na panelu przednim x1 x1 x1

Back Panel

I/O

Mysz PS/2

Port szeregowy

Port LAN

Port USB

Gniazdo audio

219 mm (S) X 304 mm (W) x1 x1 x1 x6 x6

Funkcje specjalne

NVIDIA nTunes.

Obsługa RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Obsluga systemu operacyjne go

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia.

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RUSSIAN

СПЕЦ.

CPU

(центральн ый

Гнездо AM2

Процессоры AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 процессор)

FX / Sempron

FSB

Поддержка HyperTransport с пропускной способностью до 1000 МГц

Архитектура AMD 64 разрешать обработка данных на 32 и 64 бит

Поддержка Hyper Transport и Cool’n’Quiet

Набор микросхем nVIDIA nForce 550

Слоты DDR2 DIMM x 4

Основная память

Super I/O

IDE

SATA II

Каждый модуль DIMM поддерживает

256/512МБ & 1ГБ DDR2

Максимальная ёмкость памяти 4 ГБ

Встроенное устройство управления встроенными интерфейсами устройств

Модуль памяти с двухканальным режимом DDR2

Поддержка DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Не поддерживает зарегистрированные модули

DIMM and Non-ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Инициативы по охране окружающей среды,

Обеспечивает наиболее используемые действующие функциональные возможности Super I/O.

Интерфейс с низким количеством выводов

Аппаратный монитор

Регулятор скорости

Функция ITE "Smart Guardian" (Интеллектуальная защита)

Режим "хозяина" шины Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Встроенное последовательное устройство управления ATA

Поддержка режима PIO 0~4, скорость передачи данных до 3 гигабит/с.

Соответствие спецификации SATA версия 2.0.

Локальная сеть

Звуковой кодек

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 (дополнительно)

Автоматическое согласование 10 / 100 Мб/с и 1Гб/с

Частичная / полная дуплексная способность

Восьмиканальный звуковой выход

Слоты

Слот PCI

Слот PCI Express x16

Слот PCI Express x 1

Звуковая поддержка Intel High-Definition x4 x1 x2

Встроенны й разъём

Разъём Порт подключения Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 Порт подключения

Разъём IDE

Разъём SATA x1

Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 встроенных интерфейса накопителей x4 Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 устройство SATA

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TForce 550

СПЕЦ.

Разъём ввода для CD

Разъём вывода для S/PDIF x1 x1

Контактирующее приспособление вентилятора центрального

Поддержка функции ввода для CD

Поддержка вывода цифровой звуковой функции

Источник питания для вентилятора центрального процессора (с функцией интеллектуального

Контактирующее приспособление

Шасси открытого контактирующего приспособления (дополнительно) x1

Открытое контактирующее приспособление CMOS x1

Для функции обнаружения злоумышленника шасси

Задняя панель средств ввода-выв ода

Разъем питания (24 вывод) x1

Разъем питания (4 вывод) x1

Клавиатура PS/2

Мышь PS/2 x1 x1

Последовательный порт x1

Порт LAN x1

USB-порт x6

Гнездо для подключения наушников x6

Размер панели

219 мм (Ш) X 304 мм (В)

Специальн ые технически е характерис тики

NVIDIA nTunes

Поддержка RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Поддержка

OS

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с или без предварительного уведомления.

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ARABIC

تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗAMD 64 ﺖﺏ 64 و 32 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝإ

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗHyper Transport و Cool’n’Quiet

ةﺮآاذ ةﺪﺣوDDR2 ةﺎﻨ ﻘﻟا ﺔﺝودﺰﻡ

عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآاﺬﻟا ﻢﻋﺪﺗDDR2 تﺎﻌﺳ 400 / 533 / 667 / 800ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

ةﺮآاﺬﻟا ﻖﺋﺎﻗر ﻢﻋﺪﺗ ﻻDIMM ﻊﻡ ﻖﻓاﻮﺘﺗ ﻻ ﻲﺘﻟا ﻚﻠﺗو ﺔﻠﺠﺴﻤﻟا ECC

ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM2

تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡAMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Sempron

ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو

ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗHyperTransport ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﻳ ددﺮﺘﺏ 1000

ددﺮﺗ

ﻲﺒﻥﺎﺠﻟا ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﻞﻗﺎﻨﻟا

ﺢﺋاﺮﺸﻟا ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻡ

4 دﺪﻋ nVIDIA nForce 550

DDR2 DIMM ﺔﺤﺘﻓ

ﺔﺤﺘﻓ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﺗDIMM عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآاذ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ DDR2 ﺔﻌﺳ

256/512 ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ 1 و ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ 4 ىﻮﺼﻗ ةﺮآاذ ﺔﻌﺳ

ﺔﻴﺴﻴﺋﺮﻟا ةﺮآاﺬﻟا

: ﺔﺌﻴﺒﻟا ﻲﻓ ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻟا ﻞﺋﺎﺳو

ة ﺰﻬﺝﻷا ﺔﻟﺎﺣ ﺔﻓﺮﻌﻤﻟ ﺐﻗاﺮﻡ

ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﻋﺮﺳ ﻲﻓ ﺐﻗاﺮﻡ

ﺔﻔﻴﻇو"Smart Guardian" ﻦﻡ ITE

ITE 8712F / 8716F

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪ ﺗ Low Pin Count Interface

Super I/O

ﻊﺿو ﻢﻋدPIO Mode 0~4

تﺎﻔﺹاﻮﻤﻟ ﺔﻘﺏﺎﻄﻡSATA ﺹﻹا 2.0.

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡIDEﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺘﺏ ﻞﻗﺎﻥUltra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

ﻲﺴﻴﺋر ﻊﺿو

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡSerial ATAﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

.

ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ / ﺖﺏﺎﺠﻴﺝ 3 ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﺗ تﺎﻋﺮﺴﺏ تﺎﻥﺎﻴﺒﻟا ﻞﻘﻥ

IDE ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

SATA II

ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ / ﺖﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﺝ 1 و ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ / ﺖﻳﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ 100 / 10 ﻲﺋﺎﻘﻠﺗ ضوﺎﻔﺗ

ﻲﻔﺼﻨﻟا / ﻞﻡﺎﻜﻟا جودﺰﻤﻟا ﻞﻘﻨﻟا ﺔﻴﻥﺎﻜﻡإ

8تﻮﺼﻟا جﺮﺨﻟ تاﻮﻨﻗ

ﻦﻡ ﻒﻳﺮﻌﺘﻟا ﻲﻟﺎﻋ تﻮﺼﻟا ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗIntel

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 ( يرﺎﻴﺘﺥا )

ﺔﻴﻠﺥاد ﺔﻜﺒﺵ

تﻮﺼﻟا ﻚﻳدﻮآ

ﺔﻥﺮﻤﻟا صاﺮﻗﻸﻟ ﻦﻴآﺮﺤﻡ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﻦﻴﻨﺙا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳIDE

ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﺪﺣاو ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳSATA

ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا تاﺰﻴﻬﺠﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟﺎﺏ تﻮﺼﻟا ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺞﻡﺪﻤﻟا صﺮﻘﻟا تﻮﺹ ﻞﺥد ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﻲﻤﻗﺮﻟا تﻮﺼﻟا جﺮﺥ ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﻊﻡ ) ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺘﻟ Smart Fan(

مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺘﻟ

ﻞﻜﻴﻬﻟا قاﺮﺘﺥا ﻦﻋ ﻒﺸﻜﻠﻟ

ﻲﺘﺤﺘﻓ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳUSBﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟﺎﺏ

4 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

2 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

4 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

PCI ﺔﺤﺘﻓ

PCI Express x16 ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓ

PCI Express x 1 ﺔﺤﺘﻓ

ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

ﺔﻌﺏﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

IDE ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

SATA ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

1

1

دﺪﻋ

دﺪﻋ

ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا تﻮﺼﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

CD-IN ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

1 دﺪﻋ S/PDIF جﺮﺥ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

1 دﺪﻋ ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو

3 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

2 دﺪﻋ

مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو

( يرﺎﻴﺘﺥا ) ﻞﻜﻴﻬﻟا ﺢﺘﻓ ﺔﻠﺹو

CMOS ﺢﺴﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو

USB ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

تﺎﺤﺘﻔﻟا

ﺢﻄﺳ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻤﻟا

ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا

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TForce 550

تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا

ﻆﻔﺘﺤﺗBiostar رﺎﻄﺥإ نوﺪﺏ وأ رﺎﻄﺥﺈﺏ ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺗ مﺎﻈﻥ يﻷ ﻢﻋﺪﻟا ﺔﻟازإ وأ ﺔﻓﺎﺿإ ﻲﻓ ﺎﻬﻘﺤﺏ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

1 دﺪﻋ

6 دﺪﻋ

6 دﺪﻋ

( سﻮﺏد 24 ) ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔ ﻨﻡ

( ﺲﻴﺏﺎﺏد 4 ) ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

PS/2 ﺢﻴﺗﺎﻔﻡ ﺔﺣﻮﻟ

PS/2 سوﺎﻡ

ﻲﻠﺴﻠﺴﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

ﺔﻴﻠﺤﻡ لﺎﺼﺗا ﺔﻜﺒﺵ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ

USB ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻡ

تﻮﺹ ﺲﺒﻘﻡ

NVIDIA nTunes

ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

( عﺎﻔﺗرا ) ﻢﻡ 304 X ( ضﺮﻋ ) ﻢﻡ 219

Windows 2K / XP

جﺮﺥ / ﻞﺥد ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻡ

ﺔﻴﻔﻠﺨﻟا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا

ﺔﺹﺎﺥ ﺎﻳاﺰﻡ

ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﻢﺠﺣ

ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺘﻟا ﺔﻤﻈﻥأ ﻢﻋد

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JAPANESE

仕様

CPU

Socket AM2


プロセッサ

AMD 64アーキテクチャでは、32ビットと64ビット計算が可

能です

ハイパートランスポートとクールアンドクワイアットをサポ

ートします

FSB

1000 MHz のバンド幅までハイパートランス

ポートをサポートします

チップセット nVIDIA nForce 550

DDR2 DIMMスロット x 4

メインメモリ

各 DIMMは 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2をサポ

ート

デュアルチャンネルモードDDR2メモリモジュール

DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800をサポート

登録済み

DIMMと非ECC DIMMはサポートされません

最大メモリ容量 4GB

Super I/O

ITE 8712F / 8716F

もっとも一般に使用されるレガシー Super I/O

機能を採用しています。

低ピンカウントインターフェイス

環境コントロールイニシアチブ、

H/Wモニター

ファン速度コントローラ

/ モニター

ITEの「スマートガーディアン」機能

IDE

SATA II

統合 IDEコントローラ

統合シリアル ATAコントローラ

最高

3 Gb/秒のデータ転送速度

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133バスマスタモード

PIO Mode 0~4のサポート、

SATAバージョン2.0仕様に準拠。

LAN

サウンド

Codec

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

ALC 861 / 883 (オプション)

10 / 100 Mb/秒および1Gb/秒のオートネゴシエーション

半 /全二重機能

8チャンネルオーディオアウト

Intelハイデフィニションオーディオのサポート

PCIスロット x4

スロット PCI Express x16スロット x1

PCI Express x 1スロット x2

オンボードコ

ネクタ

フロッピーコネクタ x1

プリンタポートコネクタ x1 1つのプリンタポートをサポートします

フロントパネルコネクタ x1

フロントオーディオコネクタ x1

S/PDIFアウトコネクタ x1 デジタルオーディオアウト機能をサポートします

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仕様

システムファンヘッダ x3

シャーシオープンヘッダ (オプション) x1 シャーシ侵入検出機能

CMOSクリアヘッダ x1

背面パネル

I/O

USBコネクタ x2

ます

電源コネクタ

(24ピン) x1

電源コネクタ

(4ピン)

PS/2キーボード x1 x1

PS/2マウス x1

シリアルポート x1

LANポート x1

USBポート x6

オーディオジャック x6

ボードサイズ 219 mm (幅) X 304 mm (高さ)

特殊機能

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1のサポート

OSサポート Windows 2K / XP

Biostarは事前のサポートなしにOSサポートを追加または削

除する権利を留保します。

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BIOS Setup……………………………………………………………1

1 Main Menu ....................................................................................................3

2 Standard CMOS Features ..............................................................................7

3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............................................................................9

4 Advanced Chipset Features .........................................................................16

5 Integrated Peripherals..................................................................................19

6 Power Management Setup...........................................................................25

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ..............................................................................29

8 PC Health Status..........................................................................................32

9 Frequency/Voltage Control .........................................................................35

10 CMOS Reload Program(C.R.P.) ..............................................................41 i

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS

Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.

The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in

BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

This AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification and

ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.

EPA Green PC Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.

APM Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power

Management (APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

ACPI Support

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral

Component Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs

This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

Using Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow

Down arrow

Left arrow

Right arrow

Move Enter

PgUp key

PgDn key

+ Key

- Key

Esc key

F1 key

F5 key

F7 key

F10 key

Move to previous item

Move to next item

Move to the item on the left (menu bar)

Move to the item on the right (menu bar)

Move to the item you desired

Increase the numeric value or make changes

Decrease the numeric value or make changes

Increase the numeric value or make changes

Decrease the numeric value or make changes

Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit

Current page and return to Main Menu

General help on Setup navigation keys

Load previous values from CMOS

Load the optimized defaults

Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated. The BIOS information described in this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is for your reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual.

 Figure 1: Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

This submenu allows you to configure advanced features of the BIOS.

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Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and

Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.

Frequency/ Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock.

(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the CPU or M/B!)

Load Optimized Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set.

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Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.

Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

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Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

Integrate Flashing Program

This is a very safe way to upgrade BIOS.

By pressing “Enter” key for three times, and the upgrading process will be completed easily.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories.

Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

Main Menu Selections

This table shows the items and the available options on the Main Menu.

Date

Time

IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave

IDE Secondary Master mm : dd : yy hh : mm : ss

Options are in its sub menu.



Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.

Set the system internal clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options

Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options.


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IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A

Drive B

Halt On

Base Memory

Extended Memory

Total Memory



360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.

Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you.

N/A

N/A

N/A

Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up.

Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up.

Displays the total memory available in the system.

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3Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

Cache Setup

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CPU Internal Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.

Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

External Cache

This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which may improve performance.



Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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Removable Device Priority

Select Removable Boot Device Priority.

The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0,

USB-ZIP1, LS120.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.

You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.

The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB HDD0, USB

HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

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CD-ROM Boot Priority

The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0, USB CDROM

1.

CPU Internal Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.



External Cache

This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which may improve performance.



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First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,

HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled.

Boot Other Device

When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device when it failed to load from the three devices above.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Swap Floppy Drive

For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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 function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.

Enabled Virus protection is activated.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test

(POST) to execute after you power up the computer.

POST.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.

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Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.

The Choices:

On (default)

Off

Numpad is number keys.

Numpad is arrow keys.

Typematic Rate Setting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured.


Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down.

The Choices: 6 (default), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.

The Choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, 1000.

Security Option

This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

System: A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility.

Setup (default): A password is required to access the Setup Utility only.

This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.

APIC MODE

Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system.


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MPS Version Control For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.

Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer.

The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.

The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2.

Full Screen LOGO Show

This item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show.


Small Logo(EPA) Show

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. Enabled

(default) “Small Logo” shows when system boots up. Disabled No “Small

Logo” shows when system boots


Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.


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4 Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the

PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.

Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup

PMU

This item allows you to enable or disable the PMU function.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Auto.

K8<->MCP55 HT Width

This item allows you to select the K8<->MCP55 HT Width.

The Choices: [↓16 ↑16] (default),[↓8 ↑8].

CPU Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select CPU Spread Spectrum function.

The Choices: Center (default), Disabled, Down.

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SATA /PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function.


HT Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Center, Down.

SSE/SSE2 instruction

This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction.


CPU Feature

K8 NPT CIE Support


AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control

The Choices: Auto (default).

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System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “Enabled” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at

F0000h-FFFFFh, which is able to improve the system performance. However, any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will cause conflicts and result in system errors.


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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE Function Setup

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

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RAID Enable

This option allows you to enable or disable RAID function.


SATA 1/2 Primary/Secondary RAID

This option allows you to enable or disable SATA A Primary/Secondary RAID.


On-chip IDE Channel 0/1

The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two

IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface.

Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.


Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4.

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IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.


Serial-ATA Controller

The Choices: ALL Enabled (default).

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetch function for faster drive access. If the interface on your drive does not support prefetching, or if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to

“Disabled”.


Onboard Device

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “Onboard Device” label and press the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

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OnChip USB

This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You may need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller.

The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1

USB Memory Type

The Choices: SHADOW (default).

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.

Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.

USB Mouse Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support.

Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support.

Disabled (default) Disable USB Mouse Support.

HD Audio


MAC LAN

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC LAN.


Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.


MAC Media Interface

This option allows you to control the onboard MAC Media Interface.

The Choices: Pin Strap (default), Disabled

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Onboard I/O Address

Press Enter to configure the Onboard I/O Address.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.


Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,

Auto.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

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Parallel Port Mode

This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP (default)

EPP

ECP

ECP+EPP

Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.

Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.

Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.


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6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features.

Figure 6. Power Management Setup

ACPI Function

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power

Management (ACPI).


ACPI Suspend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.

The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM

S1 & S3 POS+STR

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Power Management

This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down.

2. Suspend Mode.

There are three options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.

Suspend Mode = 1 hr.

HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.

Suspend Mode = 1 min.

HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Define (default)

Allow you to set each option individually.

When you choose user define, you can adjust each of the item from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.

Video Off Method

This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank.

V/H SYNC+Blank

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS (default)

Initial display power management signaling.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard-disk drives will power down after a set time of system inactivity. All other devices remain active.

The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7

Min, 8 Min, 9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

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HDD Down In Suspend


Soft-Off by PWR-BTN

This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power.

The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

WOL(PME#)/ From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On LAN from Soft-Off function.


WOR(RI#) From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On Ring from Soft-Off function.


Power-On by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. When enabled, you can choose the date and time to boot up the system.


Date (of Month) Alarm

You can choose which month the system will boot up.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

POWER ON Function

This item allows you to choose the power on method.

The Choices: Button Only(default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse/Click, Mouse

Double/Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98.

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KB Power ON Password

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.

Hot Key Power ON

Choose the Hot Key combination to boot up the system.

The Choices: Ctrl-F1(default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6,

Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12.

POWER After PWR-Fail

This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing off will leave the computer in the power off state.

Choosing On will reboot the computer. Former-Sts will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs.

The Choices: Off (default), On, Former-Sts.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal

Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.

 Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.

The Choices: PCEx, PCI Slot (default).

Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict.

Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations. These locations are reserved in the system BIOS. If the

Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled option is chosen,

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“Disabled” mode.

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources controlled by function.

Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.


Resources Controlled By

By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.

The Choices: Auto (ESCD) (default), Manual.

IRQ Resources

This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only configurable when “Resources Controlled By” is set to

“Manual”. assigned

IRQ-4 to

IRQ-7 assigned

IRQ-10

IRQ-11

IRQ-12

IRQ-14

IRQ-15 Device

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility.

This item allows such snooping to take place.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled

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Maximum Payload Size

Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP).

The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8: PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

The Choices: Disabled (default) , 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉, 80℃/ 176℉.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several different delay times.


CPU FAN Control by

Choose “smart” to reduce the noise caused by CPU FAN.

The Choices: Always On (default), Smart.

SYS FAN Control by

Choose “smart” to reduce the noise caused by the System FAN.

The Choices: SMART (default), Always On.

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CPU Fan Off<℃>

If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.

The Choices: 16 (default).

CPU Fan Start<℃>

CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.

The Choices: 32(default).

CPU Fan Full speed <℃>

When CPU temperature is reach the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full

Speed.

The Choices: 64(default).

Start PWM Value

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under

Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0~127, with an interval of 1.

The Choices: 32 (default).

Slope PWM

Increasing the value of slope PWM will raise the speed of CPU fan.

The Choices: 1 PWM Value/℃(default), 2 PWM Value/℃, 4 PWM Value/℃,

8 PWM Value/℃,16 PWM Value/℃,32 PWM Value/℃, 64PWM Value/℃.

CPU Vcore, Chipset Volt, +3.3V, +5.0V, +12.0V, DDR Voltage,

HT Voltage, 5V<SB>, Voltage Battery

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

SYSTEM Temp

This field displays the current temperature of SYSTEM.

CPU Temp

This field displays the current temperature of CPU.

Current CPU FAN Speed

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This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.

Current SYS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

Current NB FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed NB fan.

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9 Frequency/ Voltage Control

OverClock Navigator

OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field.

Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock

Navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance

The Choices: Normal (default), Automate Overclock, Manual Overclock

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Auto OverClock System

The Overclock Navigator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system. These engines will boost your system performance to different level.

The Choices:

V6 Tech Engine


V8 Tech Engine


V12 Tech Engine


Cautions:

1. Not every AMD CPU performs the above overclock setting ideally; the difference may vary with the installed CPU model.

2. From BET experiment, the Atholon64 FX CPU is not suitable for this A.O.S. feature.

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Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.)

MOS is designed for experienced overclock users.

It allows users to customize personal overclock setting.

Note:

Based on our test results; the overclock function achieved the best performance on AMD

3000+ CPU

CPU Vid control

The Choices: Auto (default).

Memory Voltage

The Choices: 1.950V (default), 2.000V, 2.050V, 2.100V.

Chipset Voltage


HyperTransport Voltage


CPU Frequency

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.

The Choices: 200 (default), 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207,

208, 209 … 450 ( Max is 450).

NPT Fid control

The Choices: AUTO (default).

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K8<->SB HT Speed

The Choices: AUTO (default).

Memory Clock Value OR Limi

The Choices: DDR 400 (default).

Timing Mode

This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DDR

Timing.

The Choices: Auto (default), Manual.

DRAM Configuration

DQS Training Control

The Choices: Perform DQS (default), Skip DQS.

CKE base power down mode


CKE based power down

The Choices: Per Channel (default), Per CS.

Memclock tri-stating


Memory Hole Remapping


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Auto Optimize Bottom IO


Bottom of [31:24] IO space

The Choices: C0 (default).

DDRII Timing Item


TwTr Command Delay

The Choices: 3 bus clocks (default).

TrTfc0 for DIMM0

The Choices: 75ns (default).


The Choices: 75ns (default)





<Twr> Write Recovery Time


<Trtp> Precharge Time

The Choices: 3 clocks (default).

<Trc> Row Cycle Time


<Trcd> RAS to CAS R/W Delay


<Trrd> RAS to RAS Delay


<Trp> Row Precharge Time


<Tras> Minimum RAS Active T

The Choices: 18 bus clocks (default).

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Integrated Memory Test

Integrated Memory Test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software.

Step 1:

This item is disabled on default; change it to “Enable” to precede memory test.

Step 2:

When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enabled” to

“Disabled” to complete the test.

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10 CMOS Reload Program (C.R.P.)

The CMOS Reload Program (CRP) allows you to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. You may reload any saved CMOS setting to change system configurations. Moreover, you may save your ideal overclock setting for easier overclocking. There are 50 sets record addresses in total, and you may name the saved CMOS data individually.

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JSFAN1/JSFAN2: System Fan Header

JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Header

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C. Dual Channel Memory installation

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FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

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JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector

JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector

JUSB1/JUSB2: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

JUSBV1/JUSBV2/JKBMSV1: Power Source Headers for USB Ports

JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header

JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

Clear CMOS Procedures:

JCI1: Chassis Open Header (optional)

JSATA1~JSATA4: Serial ATA Connectors

JSPDIF_OUT: Digital Audio out Connectors

JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

JDDRII_2.2V : Header for Memory Voltage Overclocking

On-Board LED Indicators

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A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.):

Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.)

Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.)

B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.):

C. Memory Integration Test (M.I.T.):

D. Self Recovery System (S.R.S.):

E. Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.):

F. Smart Fan Function:

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