LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS                                                                         TOP
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There is a set of BIOS values stored in the ROM files:

The "Bios" default values
The "BIOS" default values are those which should provide optimum performance for the system. They are the best case default values.

The "Setup" default values
The "Setup" default values are the most conservative default settings but are also the most stable default values for the system. They are to be used if the system is performing erratically because of hardware problems.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP OPTIONS                                                   TOP
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Date and Time Options
If you would like to set your date and time options, move your cursor to highlight the specific items and use PgUp/PgDn to modify the values.

Primary Master & Slave, Secondary Master & Slave Drive Types
According to your actual equipment, you can select the type of hard disks for C, D, E, & F from 'Not Installed' to type 46 for standard hard disks. As for type 47, user may define by himself. If a ATAPI IDE CD-ROM is connected to any on-board IDE port, the HARD DISKS "Type" should be set to "None". The DOS CD-ROM driver or the Win95 built-in driver will handle the communication by themselves. You may also use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" option in the Main Menu to allow the system to detect and enter these information for you.

Floppy Drives A & B
Sets your floppy drive type.

Video
Set your video type and if set to not installed, the system will ignore the primary display while doing the POST test.

Halt On
This option determines whether the system will stop if an specified error in this option is detected during power up

BIOS FEATURES SETUP                                                                          TOP
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Virus Warning
This function, If enabled, will detects boot sector viruses and warning will be given when a program attempted to change boot sector information.

CPU Internal & External Cache
These options allows user to enable or disable the on-board (External) and the on-chip (CPU Internal) cache memories (SRAM) when special peripheral or software implemented indicate such requirement.

Quick Power On Self Test
This option speeds up the POST by shortening and skipping some test items during POST.

Boot Sequence
The system maybe set to seek the operating system during power up either from the floppy drive A: or from the hard drive C: by using this option.

Swap Floppy Drive
Floppy A: and B: will be swapped under DOS. For example, if the original definition of the foppy A: is 1.2M 5.25" and the B: is 144M 3.5", they will be swapped when this option is enabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode, 32-bit Transfer & PIO Mode 3 Support
All three of these options, if enabled with the use of the on-board IDE controller will enhance you hard drive performance. Most new hard drives should support these functions, so be sure to check with you hard drive manufacturer before using this option.

Gate A20 Option
Use the "Fast" option whenever possible, since it will enable the Fast Gate A20 and the fast reset for protected mode operation.

Security Option
This option allow a password be set up so that a password will be needed to enter the CMOS Setup or to boot the system including entering CMOS Setup. After this option is enabled, you must use the "Password Setting" option in the main menu to setup your password. If in any case the password is lost or forgotten, the jumper JP 5A - Clear CMOS can be used to clear the configuration.

IDE Second Channel Control
This option, in combination with the "PCI IDE Controller" option in the "PCI/Green Functions Setup" would enable the second onboard IDE channel (Drive E: & F:) or the BIOS will attempt to control the external second IDE port, if a external dual IDE controller card is installed.

System, Video & Adapter ROM Shadows
Video and/or adaptor ROM shadowing is a procedure in which BIOS codes from your peripheral adapter's ROM are copied from slower ROM to faster RAM and executed from there. Each option allows for a segment of 8 KB to be shadowed from ROM to RAM. If one of these options is enabled and there is BIOS present in that particular 8 KB segment, then the BIOS will be shadowed.

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP                                                                  TOP
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Most of the options in this group have major influence to the system. If options are not set properly, it may not only the performance will be greatly affected, but also it may bring the system down unexpectedly in most cases. Therefore, it is only wise to leave the defaults alone unless there are specific reason to do any change.

Auto Configuration, and AT Bus Clock
The Auto Configuration option should be always enabled for the system to automatically configure the AT bus clock to AT standard by detecting the system clock rate.

System & Video BIOS Cacheable
The system and video BIOS shadows can be cached into external cache memory for improved performance.

L1 Cache Update Scheme
This option would enable the CPU internal cache to use Write-Through or Write-Back schemes. The DX & DX2 CPUs from Cyrix and its compatibles support L1 Write-Back cache in comparison to the DX, DX2 & DX4 CPUs from Intel and its compatibles supporting only Write-Through cache.

It is very important to properly set this option according to the CPU installed. Do not turn on the L1 Write-Back cache if the CPU installed does not support this feature or the system will fail.

L2 Cache Update Scheme
This option allows the external cache scheme to be changed to suit a particular application.

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP                                                            TOP
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Power Management
This option served as a master switch to turn-on the power management.

PM Control By APM
APM function allows applications that use the Advanced Power Management interface to control the system's power management features.

Video Off Method
If the Graphic Controller installed is VESA compliant, then you may want to use the V/H Syn+Blk option. Otherwise set the option to Blank Screen

HDD Standby Timer
The HDD Standby Timer supports hard drives that have such a feature. However, if this option is enabled and you experience erractic hard drive behavior, this option must be disabled. This option uses the SMM/SMI specification for hard drive power saving control.

Doze, Standby, and Suspend Modes
Defined the length of time of continuous inactivity before the system enters into different PM modes. The Suspend Mode is not implemented.

Mode Control
The options under this category allow you to specify the system clock speeds at different power saving modes. The video can also be set to on or off at different modes by this option.

Monitor Event In Full On Mode
These options allow you to specify what activities the system should monitor which will prevent the system from entering the power saving modes when activity is detected as defined in here.
 

PCI/Green Function Setup                                                                        TOP
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Slot 1 - 4 Using Int#
Using Auto settings will work with most controllers. However, you may manually assign INT A - D to the 4 different slots according to the controller setting in that slot.

1st- 4th Available IRQ
These options tell the system which system's IRQ should be used first if any controller installed should need an IRQ. If an IDE HDD is installed, you may want to set the 1st Available IRQ to 14 since IDE HDD using IRQ14 is the de facto industry standard.

PCI IRQ Activated By
The "Level" setting should work most of the time, and it is the PCI standard. It may need to be set as "Edge" when the IDE controller requires to use a legacy connector or any other kind of direct hardware IRQ assignment scheme such as using the on-board JP1.

PCI IDE Controller
This option is the master switch to turn on the on-board dual channel IDE controller. If any IDE devices are installed on the connectors J17 and/or J18, this option has to be enabled after the "standard CMOS Setup" is properly configured. If the second IDE port (J17) is also being used, the "IDE Second Channel Control" in the "BIOS Features Setup" will be enabled. Disable this option when an add-on IDE controller is installed. In this case, the following option "PCI IDE IRQ Map To" will appear and it has to be configured in addition to the "1st - 4th Available IRQ" options.

PCI IDE IRQ Map To
Use "PCI-Auto" and it should work with most PCI IDE controllers or you may specifically inform the system which physical slot the IDE controller is inserted. If an ISA controller is inserted in one of the ISA slots, set the option to "ISA"; or if the PCI IDE controller requires to use a legacy connector or any other kind of direct hardware IRQ assignment scheme, then the option should be set to "ISA."

Wakeup Event In Inactive Mode
These options allow you to specify what activities the system should monitor which will wake-up the system from power saving modes when activity is detected as defined in here.
 

EXITING SETUP UTILITY                                                                          TOP
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At this point, you can either choose to confirm your setup entries and exit by using "ESC" key and taking the "Save & Exit Setup" or the "Exit Without Saving" option to restore the original setup parameters and exit. After you highlight the desired option and press <<ENTER>>, the system will reset itself. The new or original setup parameters, depend on the option which you have chosen, will become the current setting.

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