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Chapter 3 
Award BIOS 
This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters. You may update 
your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility. 
Important: Because the BIOS code is the most 
often changed part of the mainboard design, the 
BIOS information contained in this chapter 
(especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be 
a little different compared to the actual BIOS that 
came with your mainboard.

AWARD BIOS 
3-2 
3.1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu 
The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS 
Flash ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and 
save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip 
or directly in the main chipset). To enter the BIOS Setup, press during 
POST (Power-On Self Test). The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows. 
Tip: Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for 
recommended optimal performance. Choose 
"Load Turbo Defaults" for best performance 
with light system loading. Refer to section 3.7. 
The section at the bottom of the screen tells how to control the screen. Use the 
arrow keys to move between items, to color scheme of the display, 
to exit, and to save the changes before exit. Another section at the 
bottom of the screen displays a brief description of the highlighted item. 
After selecting an item, press to select or enter a submenu.

AWARD BIOS 
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3.2 Standard CMOS Setup 
The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the 
date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and 
or to select the value for each item. 
Standard CMOS à Date 
To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press or to set the 
current date. The date format is month, date, and year. 
Standard CMOS à Time 
To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press or to set the 
current time in hour, minute, and second format. The time is based on the 24 
hour military clock.

AWARD BIOS 
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Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Type 
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Type 
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Type 
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Type 
Type 
Auto 
User 
None 
1
2
... 
45 
This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters 
that your system supports. These parameters are Size, 
Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for 
Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing 
Zone and Number of Sector per Track. The default 
setting is Auto, which enables BIOS to automatically 
detect the parameters of installed HDD at POST (Power- 
On Self Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters 
manually, select User. Select None if no HDD is 
connected to the system. 
The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected. 
Tip: For an IDE hard disk, we recommend that 
you use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" to enter 
the drive specifications automatically. See the 
section "IDE HDD Auto Detection". 
Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Mode 
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Mode 
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Mode 
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Mode 
Mode 
Auto 
Normal 
LBA 
Large 
The enhanced IDE feature allows the system to use a 
hard disk with a capacity of more than 528MB. This is 
made possible through the Logical Block Address (LBA) 
mode translation. The LBA is now considered as a 
standard feature of current IDE hard disk on the market 
because of its capability to support capacity larger than 
528MB. Note that if HDD is formatted with LBA On, it will 
not be able to boot with LBA Off.

AWARD BIOS 
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Standard CMOS à Drive A 
Standard CMOS à Drive B 
Drive A 
None 
360KB 5.25" 
1.2MB 5.25" 
720KB 3.5" 
1.44MB 3.5" 
2.88MB 3.5" 
These items select floppy drive type. The available settings 
and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left. 
Standard CMOS à Video 
Video 
EGA/VGA 
CGA40 
CGA80 
Mono 
This item specifies the type of video card in use. The 
default setting is VGA/EGA. Since current PCs use VGA 
only, this function is almost useless and may be 
disregarded in the future. 
Standard CMOS à Halt On 
Halt On 
No Errors 
All Errors 
All, But Keyboard 
All, But Diskette 
All, But Disk/Key 
This parameter enables you to control the system stops in 
case of Power-On Self Test (POST) error.

AWARD BIOS 
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3.3 BIOS Features Setup 
This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from 
the main menu. 
BIOS Features à Virus Warning 
Virus Warning 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Set this parameter to Enabled to activate the warning 
message. This feature protects the boot sector and partition 
table of your hard disk from virus intrusion. 
Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the 
hard disk drive stops the system and the following warning 
message appears on the screen. Run an anti-virus program 
to locate the problem. 
! WARNING ! 
Disk Boot Sector is to be modified 
Type "Y" to accept write, or "N" to abort write 
Award Software, Inc.

AWARD BIOS 
3-7 
BIOS Features à External Cache 
External Cache 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache 
(currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter 
slows down the system. Therefore, we recommend that 
you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a 
problem. 
BIOS Features à CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking 
CPU L2 Cache 
ECC Checking 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC 
checking. 
BIOS Features à Quick Power On Self Test 
Quick Power on 
Self test 
Enable 
Disabled 
This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items 
that are normally checked. 
BIOS Features à Boot Sequence 
Boot Sequence 
A,C,SCSI 
C,A,SCSI 
C,CDROM,A 
CDROM,C,A 
D,A,SCSI 
E,A,SCSI 
F,A,SCSI 
SCSI,A,C 
SCSI,C,A 
C only 
LS/ZIP,C 
This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up 
search sequence. The hard disk ID are listed below: 
C: Primary master 
D: Primary slave 
E: Secondary master 
F: Secondary slave 
LS: LS120 
Zip: IOMEGA ZIP Drive

AWARD BIOS 
3-8 
BIOS Features à Swap Floppy Drive 
Swap Floppy Drive 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, 
if you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the 
first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or 
vice-versa. 
BIOS Features à Boot Up NumLock Status 
Boot Up NumLock 
Status 
On 
Off 
Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function 
of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to 
disregard the function. Disabling the numeric function 
allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control. 
BIOS Features à Boot Up System Speed 
Boot Up System 
Speed 
High 
Low 
Select High or Low system speed after boot. 
BIOS Features à Typematic Rate Setting 
Typematic Rate 
Setting 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Set this parameter to Enable/Disable the keyboard 
repeat function. When enabled, continually holding down 
a key on the keyboard will generate repeatedly 
keystrokes. 
BIOS Features à Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 
Typematic Rate 
6
8
10 
12 
15 
20 
24 
30 
This item allows you to control the speed of repeated 
keystrokes. The default is 30 characters/sec.

AWARD BIOS 
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BIOS Features à Typematic Delay (Msec) 
Typematic Delay 
250 
500 
750 
1000 
This parameter allows you to control the delay time 
between the first and the second keystroke (where the 
repeated keystrokes begin). The typematic delay 
settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000 msec. 
BIOS Features à Security Option 
Security Option 
Setup 
System 
The System option limits access to both the System boot 
and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your 
password appears on the screen every time you boot the 
system. 
The Setup option limits access only to BIOS setup. 
To disable the security option, select Password Setting 
from the main menu, don't type anything and just press 
<Enter>. 
BIOS Features à PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 
PCI/VGA Palette 
Snoop 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Enabling this item informs the PCI VGA card to keep silent 
(and to prevent conflict) when palette register is updated 
(i.e., accepts data without responding any communication 
signals). This is useful only when two display cards use 
the same palette address and plugged in the PCI bus at 
the same time (such as MPEQ or Video capture). In such 
case, PCI VGA is silent while MPEQ/Video capture is set 
to function normally. 
BIOS Features à OS Select for DRAM > 64MB 
OS Select for 
DRAM > 64MB 
OS/2 
Non-OS/2 
Set to OS/2 if your system is utilizing an OS/2 operating 
system and has a memory size of more than 64 MB.

AWARD BIOS 
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BIOS Features à Video BIOS Shadow 
Video BIOS 
Shadow 
Enabled 
Disabled 
VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display 
card BIOS into the DRAM area. This enhances system 
performance because DRAM access time is faster than 
ROM. 
BIOS Features à C800-CBFF Shadow 
BIOS Features à CC00-CFFF Shadow 
BIOS Features à D000-D3FF Shadow 
BIOS Features à D400-D7FF Shadow 
BIOS Features à D800-DBFF Shadow 
BIOS Features à DC00-DFFF Shadow 
C8000-CBFFF 
Shadow 
Enabled 
Disabled 
These six items are for shadowing ROM code on other 
expansion cards. Before you set these parameters, you 
need to know the specific addresses of that ROM code. 
If you do not know this information, enable all the ROM 
shadow settings. 
Note: The F000 and E000 segments are 
always shadowed because BIOS code 
occupies these areas.

AWARD BIOS 
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3.4 Chipset Features Setup 
The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent 
features. These features are related to system performance. 
Caution: Make sure you fully understand the 
items contained in this menu before you try to 
change anything. You may change the 
parameter settings to improve system 
performance . However, it may cause system 
unstable if the setting are not correct for your 
system configuration.

AWARD BIOS 
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Chipset Features à Auto Configuration 
Auto Configuration 
Enabled 
Disabled 
When Enabled, the DRAM and cache related timing 
are set to pre-defined value according to CPU type 
and clock. Select Disable if you want to specify your 
own DRAM timing. 
Chipset Features à DRAM Speed Selection 
DRAM Speed 
Selection 
50 ns 
60 ns 
There are two sets of DRAM timing parameters can 
be automatically set by BIOS, 50ns and 60ns. 
Chipset Features à MA Wait State 
MA Wait State 
Slow 
Fast 
To enable or disable one additional MA (DRAM 
memory address) wait state. The default setting is 
Slow. Set it to Fast if you have heavy loading (many 
chip count) or lower speed DRAM. 
Chipset Features à EDO RAS# to CAS# Delay 
EDO RAS# to CAS# 
Delay 
2
3 
This option allows you to set the wait state between 
row address strobe (RAS) and column address strobe 
(CAS) signals. 
Chipset Features à EDO RAS# Precharge Time 
EDO RAS# 
Precharge Time 
3
4 
This parameter specifies the number of clocks 
required to deassert the RAS signal to prevent DRAM 
from losing data after performing a read. This 
operation is called Precharge.

AWARD BIOS 
3-13 
Chipset Features à EDO DRAM Read Burst 
EDO DRAM Read 
Burst 
x333 
x222 
Read Burst means to read four continuous memory 
cycles on four predefined addresses from the DRAM. 
The default value is x222 for 60ns EDO DRAM. 
Which means the 2nd,3rd and 4th memory cycles are 
2 CPU clocks for EDO. The value of x is the timing of 
first memory cycle. 
Chipset Features à EDO DRAM Write Burst 
EDO DRAM Write 
Burst 
x333 
x222 
Write Burst means to write four continuous memory 
cycles on four predefined addresses to the DRAM. 
The default value is x222 for 60ns EDO DRAM. 
Which means the 2nd,3rd and 4th memory cycles are 
2 CPU clocks for EDO. The value of x is the timing of 
first memory cycle. 
Chipset Features à SDRAM(CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) 
SDRAM(CAS 
Lat/RAS-to-CAS) 
2/2 
3/3 
These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS 
to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks. They are 
important parameters affects SDRAM performance, 
default is 2 clocks. If your SDRAM has unstable 
problem, change 2/2 to 3/3. 
Chipset Features à SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 
SDRAM RAS 
Prechatge Time 
2T 
3T 
The RAS Precharge means the timing to inactive 
RAS and the timing for DRAM to do precharge before 
next RAS can be issued. RAS is the address latch 
control signal of DRAM row address. The default 
setting is 3 clocks.

AWARD BIOS 
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Chipset Features à DRAM ECC Function 
DRAM ECC 
Function 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you enable or disable DRAM ECC 
function. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect 
double bit error and automatically correct single bit 
error. 
Chipset Features à CPU-to-PCI IDE Posting 
CPU-to-PCI IDE 
Posting 
Enabled 
Disabled 
To enable or disable CPU to PCI IDE post write cycle. 
The IDE write cycles will be queued in the FIFO or 
buffer, and CPU can be released to do next job. 
Disable it, if you find any IDE compatibility problem. 
Chipset Features à Video BIOS Cacheable 
Video BIOS 
Cacheable 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Allows the video BIOS to be cached to allow faster 
video performance. 
Chipset Features à Video RAM Cacheable 
Video RAM 
Cacheable 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000. 
Chipset Features à 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 
8 Bit I/O Recovery 
Time 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NA 
For some old I/O chips, after the execution of an I/O 
command, the device requires a certain amount of 
time (recovery time) before the execution of the next 
I/O command. Because of new generation CPU and 
mainboard chipset, the assertion of I/O command is 
faster, and sometimes shorter than specified I/O 
recovery time of old I/O devices. This item lets you 
specify the delay of 8-bit I/O command by count of 
ISA bus clock. If you find any unstable 8-bit I/O card, 
you may try to extend the I/O recovery time via this 
item. The BIOS default value is 4 ISA clock. If set to 
NA, the chipset will insert 3.5 system clocks.

AWARD BIOS 
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Chipset Features à 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time 
16 Bit I/O Recovery 
Time 
1
2
3
4
NA 
The same as 16-bit I/O recovery time. This item lets 
you specify the recovery time for the execution of 16- 
bit I/O commands by count of ISA bus clock. If you 
find any of the installed 16-bit I/O cards unstable, try 
extending the I/O recovery time via this item. The 
BIOS default value is 1 ISA clocks. If set to NA, the 
chipset will automatically insert 3.5 system clocks. 
Chipset Features à Memory Hole At 15M-16M 
Memory Hole At 
15M-16M 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This option lets you reserve system memory area for 
special ISA cards. The chipset accesses code/data 
of these areas from the ISA bus directly. Normally, 
these areas are reserved for memory mapped I/O 
card. 
Chipset Features à Passive Release 
Passive Release 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you control the Passive Release 
function of the PIIX4 chipset (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). 
This function is used to meet latency of ISA bus 
master. Try to enable or disable it, if you have ISA 
card compatibility problem. 
Chipset Features à Delayed Transaction 
Delayed Transaction 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you control the Delayed Transaction 
function of the PIIX4 chipset (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). 
This function is used to meet latency of PCI cycles to 
or from ISA bus. Try to enable or disable it, if you 
have ISA card compatibility problem.

AWARD BIOS 
3-16 
Chipset Features à AGP Aperture Size (MB) 
AGP Aperture Size 
(MB) 
4
8
16 
32 
64 
128 
256 
This item lets you determine the effective size of the 
Graphic Apeture. 
Chipset Features à Pentium II Micro Codes 
Pentium II Micro 
Codes 
Enabled 
Disabled 
The micro codes are used to fix bugs of Pentium II 
CPU, we strongly recommand to enable this item for 
system reliability reason. However, this microcode 
may slightly reduce CPU performance. We provide 
this option for your convenience if you like to test it. 
Chipset Features à Manufacture Frequency Default 
Manufacture 
Frequency Default 
Depends on the CPU 
type 
This item only reminds you of the actual CPU 
frequency while clearing CMOS or pressing "Home” 
key. The default setting is 233 Mhz, you can modify it 
to match the actual CPU frequency by using the utility 
- flash.exe. 
Chipset Features à System Frequency 
System Frequency 
233 Mhz 
266 Mhz 
300 Mhz 
333 Mhz 
Manual 
This item lets you set CPU frequency. If you want to 
set other value, please choose "Manual " to set CPU 
clock frequency and clock ratio manually.

AWARD BIOS 
3-17 
Chipset Features à CPU Clock Frequency 
CPU Clock 
Frequency 
66.8 Mhz 
68.5 Mhz 
75.0 Mhz 
83.3 Mhz 
This item lets you set external clock (bus clock). The 
possible settings of current Klamath CPU available on 
the market are 66.8 Mhz, the correct setting may vary 
because of new CPU product, refer to your CPU 
specification for more details. 
Chipset Features à CPU Clock Ratio 
CPU Clock Ratio 
1.5 
2.0 
2.5 
3.0 
3.5 
4.0 
4.5 
5.0 
5.5 
6.0 
6.5 
7.0 
7.5 
8.0 
Intel Pentium II (Klamath) is designed to have 
different Internal (Core) and External (Bus) frequency. 
This item lets you select the ratio of Core/Bus 
frequency. The default value is 3.5x.

AWARD BIOS 
3-18 
3.5 Power Management Setup 
The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the mainboard 
green features. See the following screen. 
Power Management à Power Management 
Power Management 
Max Saving 
Mix Saving 
User Define 
Disabled 
This function allows you to set the default parameters 
of power-saving modes. Set to Disable to turn off 
power management function. Set to User Define to 
choose your own parameters. 
Mode Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down 
Min Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min 
Max Saving 1 min 1 min 1 min 1 min

AWARD BIOS 
3-19 
Power Management à PM Controlled by APM 
PM Controlled by 
APM 
Yes 
No 
If "Max Saving" is selected, you can turn on this item, 
transfer power management control to APM 
(Advanced Power Management) and enhance power 
saving function. For example, stop CPU internal 
clock. 
Power Management à Video Off After 
Video Off After 
N/A 
Doze 
Standby 
Suspend 
To turn off video monitor at which power down mode. 
Power Management à Doze Mode 
Doze Mode 
Disabled 
1 Min 
2 Min 
4 Min 
8 Min 
12 Min 
20 Min 
30 Min 
40 Min 
1 Hour 
This item lets you set the period of time after which 
the system enters into Doze mode. The system 
activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ 
signals or other events (such as I/O).

AWARD BIOS 
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Power Management à Standby Mode 
Standby Mode 
Disabled 
1 Min 
2 Min 
4 Min 
8 Min 
12 Min 
20 Min 
30 Min 
40 Min 
1 Hour 
This item lets you set the period of time after which 
the system enters into Standby mode. In this mode, 
the monitor power-saving feature activates. Any 
activity detected returns the system to full power. The 
system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring 
the IRQ signals or other events (such as I/O). 
Power Management à Suspend Mode 
Suspend Mode 
Disabled 
1 Min 
2 Min 
4 Min 
8 Min 
12 Min 
20 Min 
30 Min 
40 Min 
1 Hour 
This item lets you set the period of time after which 
the system enters into Suspend mode. The Suspend 
mode can be Power On Suspend or Suspend to Hard 
Drive, selected by "Suspend Mode Option". 
Power Management à HDD Power Down 
HDD Power Down 
Disabled 
1 Min 
..... 
15 Min 
This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time 
before the device enters the power down state. This 
item is independent from the power states previously 
described in this section (Standby and Suspend).

AWARD BIOS 
3-21 
Power Management à Modem Wake Up 
Modem Wake Up 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This option lets you specify enable or disable Modem 
Wake Up function. 
Power Management à LAN Wake Up 
LAN Wake Up 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This option lets you specify enable or disable LAN 
Wake Up function. 
Power Management à Suspend Mode Option 
Suspend Modem 
Option 
PowerOn Suspend 
Suspend to Disk 
You can select suspend mode by this item. Power 
On Suspend is the traditional Green PC suspend 
mode, the CPU clock is stop, all other devices are 
shut off. But power must be kept On to detect 
activities from modem, keyboard/mouse and returns 
the system to full power. The system activities is 
detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or I/O. 
Suspend to Hard Drive saves system status, 
memory and screen image into hard disk, then the 
power can be totally Off. Next time, when power is 
turned On, the system goes back to your original work 
within just few seconds, which depending on your 
memory size. You need utility AOZVHDD to reserve 
disk space. 
Power Management à VGA Active Monitor 
VGA Active Monitor 
Enabled 
Disabled 
To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for 
power down state transition.

AWARD BIOS 
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Power Management à Power Button Override 
Power Button 
Override 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This is a specification of ACPI and supported by 
hardware. When Enabled, the soft power switch on 
the front panel can be used to control power On, 
Suspend and Off. If the switch is pressed less than 4 
sec during power On, the system will go into Suspend 
mode. If the switch is pressed longer than 4 sec, the 
system will be turned Off. The default setting is 
Disabled, soft power switch is only used to control On 
and Off, there is no need to press 4 sec, and there is 
no Suspend. 
Power Management à RTC Wake Up Timer 
RTC Wake Up Timer 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This option lets you enable or disable the RTC Wake 
Up function. 
Power Management à WakeUp Date (of Month) 
WakeUp Date (of 
Month) 
0
1
..... 
31 
This item is displayed when you enable the RTC 
Wake Up Timer option. Here you can specify what 
date you want to wake up the system. For Example, 
setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day 
of every month. 
Note: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the 
system on the specified time (which can be 
set in the WakeUp Time item) every day.

AWARD BIOS 
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Power Management à WakeUp Time (hh:mm:ss) 
WakeUp Time 
(hh:mm:ss) 
hh:mm:ss 
This item is displayed when you enable the RTC 
Wake Up Timer option. Here you can specify what 
time you want to wake up the system. 
Power Management à IRQ 8 Clock Event 
IRQ 8 Clock Event 
Enabled 
Disabled 
To enable or disable the detection of IRQ8 (RTC) 
event for power down state transition. OS2 has 
periodically IRQ8 (RTC) interruptions, If IRQ8 is not 
set to Disabled, OS/2 may fail to go into 
Doze/Standby/Suspend mode. 
Power Management à IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI 
IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI 
Enabled 
Disabled 
To enable or disable the detection of IRQ3-7, IRQ9- 
15 or NMI interrupt events for power down state 
transition. 
Power Management à Primary IDE 0 
Power Management à Primary IDE 1 
Power Management à Secondary IDE 0 
Power Management à Secondary IDE 1 
Power Management à Floppy Disk 
Power Management à Serial Port 
Power Management à Parallel Port 
Primary IDE 0 
Enabled 
Disabled 
These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, 
floppy, serial and parallel port activities for power 
down state transition. Actually it detects the read/write 
to/from I/O port.

AWARD BIOS 
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3.6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 
The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI 
devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the 
option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. 
PNP/PCI Configuration à PnP OS Installed 
PnP OS Installed 
Yes 
No 
Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS 
during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you are using 
a PnP operating system (such as Windows 95), set 
this item to Yes to inform BIOS to configure only the 
resources needed for booting (VGA/IDE or SCSI). 
The rest of system resources will be allocated by PnP 
operating system.

AWARD BIOS 
3-25 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Resources Controlled By 
Resources Controlled 
by 
Auto 
Manual 
Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually 
assign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI 
devices. Set this to Auto to enable the autoconfiguration 
function. 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Reset Configuration Data 
Reset Configuration 
Data 
Enabled 
Disabled 
In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or 
after you configure your system, you can enable this 
function, allow your system to automatically reset your 
configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O 
address. 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ3 (COM2) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ4 (COM1) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ5 (Network/Sound or Others) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ7 (Printer or Others) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ9 (Video or Others) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ10 (SCSI or Others) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ11 (SCSI or Others) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ14 (IDE1) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ15 (IDE2) 
IRQ 3 
Legacy ISA 
PCI/ISA PnP 
If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a 
special IRQ to support its function, set the selected 
IRQ to Legacy ISA. This setting informs the PnP 
BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed 
legacy ISA card. The default is PCI/ISA PnP. Take 
note that PCI cards are always PnP compatible 
(except old PCI IDE card).

AWARD BIOS 
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PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 0 
PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 1 
PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 3 
PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 5 
PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 6 
PNP/PCI Configuration à DMA 7 
DMA 0 
Legacy ISA 
PCI/ISA PnP 
If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a 
special DMA channel to support its function, set the 
selected DMA channel to Legacy ISA. This setting informs 
the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA channel for the 
installed legacy ISA card. The default is PCI/ISA PnP. 
Take note that PCI card does not require DMA channel. 
PNP/PCI Configuration à PCI IDE IRQ Map To 
PCI IDE IRQ Map 
To 
ISA 
PCI-Slot1 
PCI-Slot2 
PCI-Slot3 
PCI-Slot4 
PCI-Auto 
Some old PCI IDE add-on cards are not fully PnP 
compatible. These cards require you to specify the 
slot in use to enable BIOS to properly configure the 
PnP resources. This function allows you to select the 
PCI slot for any PCI IDE add-on card present in your 
system. Set this item to Auto to allow BIOS to 
automatically configure the installed PCI IDE card(s). 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Primary IDE INT# 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Secondary IDE INT# 
Primary IDE INT# 
A
B
C
D 
These two items, in conjunction with item "PCI IDE 
IRQ Map To", specify the IRQ routing of the primary 
or secondary channel of the PCI IDE add-on card (not 
the onboard IDE). Each PCI slot has four PCI 
interrupts aligned as listed in the table below. You 
must specify the slot in the "PCI IDE IRQ Map To", 
and set the PCI interrupt (INTx) here according to the 
interrupt connection on the card.

AWARD BIOS 
3-27 
PCI Slot Location 1 
(pin A6) 
Location 2 
(pin B7) 
Location 3 
(pin A7) 
Location 4 
(pin B8) 
Slot 1 INTA INTB INTC INTD 
Slot 2 INTB INTC INTD INTA 
Slot 3 INTC INTD INTA INTB 
Slot 4 INTD INTA INTB INTC 
Slot 5 (if any) INTD INTA INTB INTC 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Used MEM Base Addr 
Used MEM base addr 
N/A 
C800 
CC00 
D000 
D400 
D800 
DC00 
This item, in conjunction with the "Used MEM 
Length", lets you set a memory space for non-PnP 
compatible ISA card. This item specifies the 
memory base (start address) of the reserved 
memory space. The memory size is specified in the 
"Used MEM Length". 
PNP/PCI Configuration à Used MEM Length 
Used MEM Length 
8K 
16K 
32K 
64K 
If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires 
special memory space to support its function, 
specify the memory size in this parameter to inform 
the PnP BIOS to reserve the specified memory 
space for installed legacy ISA card.

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PNP/PCI Configuration à PCI Slot1 IRQ (Right) 
PNP/PCI Configuration à PCI Slot2 IRQ 
PCI Slot1 IRQ 
3
4
5
7
9
10 
11 
12 
14 
15 
Auto 
This item is reserved for engineering purpose to let 
you assign an IRQ manually to the add-on card on 
each PCI slot. If you select Auto, system will 
automatically assign an available value to the device. 
It is suggested to use default setting, which is Auto, in 
order to comply with PnP specification completely.

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3.7 Load Setup Defaults 
The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system 
performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. We 
recommend you to use the Optimal settings if your system has large memory 
size and fully loaded with add-on card (for example, a file server using doublesided 
8MB SIMM x4 and SCSI plus Network card occupying the PCI and ISA 
slots). 
Optimal is not the slowest setting for this mainboard. If you need to verify a 
unstable problem, you may manually set the parameter in the "BIOS Features 
Setup" and "Chipset Features Setup" to get slowest and safer setting. 
3.8 Load Turbo Defaults 
The "Load Turbo Defaults" option gives better performance than Optimal 
values. However, Turbo values may not be the best setting of this mainboard 
but these values are qualified by the AOpen RD and QA department as the 
reliable settings especially if you have limited loading of add-on card and 
memory size (for example, a system that contains only a VGA/Sound card and 
two SIMMs). 
To attain the best system performance, you may manually set the parameters 
in the "Chipset Features Setup" to get proprietary setting. Make sure that you 
know and understand the functions of every item in Chipset Setup menu. The 
performance difference of Turbo from Optimal is normally around 3% to 10%, 
depending on the chipset and the application.

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3.9 Integrated Peripherals 
The following screen appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" 
from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features. 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE HDD Block Mode 
IDE HDD Block 
Mode 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This feature enhances disk performance by allowing 
multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt 
handling time for each sector. Most IDE drives, 
except with old designs, can support this feature.

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Integrated Peripherals à IDE Primary Master PIO 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Primary Slave PIO 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Secondary Master PIO 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Secondary Slave PIO 
IDE Primary Master 
PIO 
Auto 
Mode 1 
Mode 2 
Mode 3 
Mode 4 
Setting this item to Auto activates the HDD speed 
auto-detect function. The PIO mode specifies the 
data transfer rate of HDD. For example: mode 0 
data transfer rate is 3.3MB/s, mode 1 is 5.2MB/s, 
mode 2 is 8.3MB/s, mode 3 is 11.1MB/s and mode 4 
is 16.6MB/s. If your hard disk performance becomes 
unstable, you may manually try the slower mode. 
Caution: It is recommended that you connect 
the first IDE device of each channel to the 
endmost connector of the IDE cable. Refer to 
section "Connectors" for details on how to 
connect IDE device(s). 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Primary Master UDMA 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Primary Slave UDMA 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Secondary Master UDMA 
Integrated Peripherals à IDE Secondary Slave UDMA 
IDE Primary Master 
UDMA 
Auto 
Disabled 
This item allows you to set the Ultra DMA/33 mode 
supported by the hard disk drive connected to your 
primary IDE connector. 
Integrated Peripherals à On-Chip Primary PCI IDE 
Integrated Peripherals à On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE 
On-Chip Primary 
PCI IDE 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This parameter lets you enable or disable the IDE 
device connected to the primary IDE connector.

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Integrated Peripherals à USB Legacy Support 
USB Legacy Support 
Enabled 
Disabled 
This item lets you enable or disable the USB 
keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The 
keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command 
and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after 
boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating 
system. 
Caution: You can not use both USB driver 
and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. 
Disable "USB Legacy Support" if you have 
USB driver in the operating system. 
Integrated Peripherals à USB IRQ Released 
USB IRQ Released 
Yes 
No 
USB device is default to use PCI INTD#, the same as 
PCI slot4. If you installed PCI card on slot4 and 
require to use INTD#, set this item to Yes. The USB 
device will then be disabled. 
Note: Normally, PCI VGA does not need PCI 
interrupt, you may put PCI VGA on slot4. 
Integrated Peripherals à Onboard FDC Controller 
Onboard FDC 
Controller 
Enabled 
Disabled 
Setting this parameter to Enabled allows you to 
connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy 
disk connector instead of a separate controller card. 
Change the setting to Disabled if you want to use a 
separate controller card.