P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE Setup Manual
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction.. 3
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Before You Start.. 3 Package Checklist... 3 Motherboard Features... 4 Rear Panel Connectors... 5 Motherboard Layout.. 6 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU).. 7 Fan Headers... 9 Installing System Memory...10 Connectors and Slots..11 How to Setup Jumpers...13 Detail Settings...13 Operation System...18 Raid Arrays...18 How RAID Works...18 Driver Installation Note..20 Award BIOS Beep Code...21 Extra Information...21 Troubleshooting..22 Introduction..23 System Requirement..23 Installation...24 WarpSpeeder III...25
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.. 7
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4
Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup.13 Chapter 4: RAID Functions..18
Chapter 5: Useful Help..20
Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder III..23

6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language.30
German...30 France...32 Italian...34 Spanish...36 Portuguese...38 Polish....40 Russian...42 Arabic...44 Japanese....46
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU ST ART
Thank you for choosing our product. Be fore you start installing the mothe rboard, please make sure you follow the instructions be low: Prepare a dry and stable work ing environment with sufficie nt lighting. Always disconne ct the compute r from powe r outle t be fore ope ration. Before you take the mothe rboard out from anti-static bag, ground yourse lf prope rly by touching any safe ly grounde d appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge. Avoid touching the compone nts on mothe rboard or the rear side of the board unless ne cessary. Hold the board on the edge , do not try to be nd or flex the board. Do not leave any unfastene d small parts inside the case afte r installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the compute r from dange rous a rea, such as hea t source , humid air and wate r.

PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1 Installation Guide X 1 Fully Se tup Drive r C D X 1 (full ve rsion manual files inside ) Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 FDD Cable X 1 (optional) Se rial ATA Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) Se rial ATA Powe r Cable X 1 (optional)
Note: The package contents may differ by area or your motherboard version.

Motherboard Manual

MOT HERBOARD FEAT URES
P4M900-M7 SE LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pentium D / GHz LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pentium D / GHz Bit/ Enhanced Intel S peedStep/ Intel Extende d Memor y 64 technolo gy 95W power co nsumption. 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz VIA P4M890 VIA VT8237A Unichrome Pr o I GP Max Share d Vide o Memory is 64 MB ITE 8712F Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Low Pin C ount Interface Enviro nment Co ntrol initiatives, H/W Monitor Fan Spee d Co ntroller ITE's "Smart Guardia n" function DIMM Slots x 2 Supports DDRDDR2 Max Memory C apicity 4GB Single Channel Mode DDR2 memory module Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not supported Integrated I DE Controller Ultra DMA 33~133 B us Master Mode supports PIO Mo de 0~4, Integrated Seri al ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s. SATA Version 1.0 specification complia nt. Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y/ Atheros AR8012 PHY (Optional) 10 / 100 Mb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability ALC662 5.1 cha nnels a udio o ut High- Defi nition Audio s upport P4M890-M7 TE

Celeron D / Cel eron 4xx pr ocessor up to 3.8 Celeron D / Cel eron 4xx pr ocessor up to 3.8 CPU Supports Hyper Thre ading/ Ex ecute Disable Supports Hyper Thre ading/ Ex ecute Disable Bit/ Enhanced Intel S peedStep/ Intel Extende d Memor y 64 technolo gy 95W power co nsumption. FSB Chipset Graphic 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Max Share d Vide o Memory is 256 MB ITE 8712F Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Super I/O Low Pin C ount Interface Enviro nment Co ntrol initiatives, H/W Monitor Fan Spee d Co ntroller ITE's "Smart Guardia n" function DIMM Slots x 2 Supports DDR/ 667 DDR2 Max Memory C apicity 4GB Single Channel Mode DDR2 memory module Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not supported Integrated I DE Controller IDE Ultra DMA 33~133 B us Master Mode supports PIO Mo de 0~4, Integrated Seri al ATA Controller SATA Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s. SATA Version 1.0 specification complia nt. Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y/ LAN PHY Atheros AR8012 PHY (Optional) 10 / 100 Mb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability Sound Codec ALC662 5.1 cha nnels a udio o ut High- Defi nition Audio s upport
*It is recommende d to use processors with *It is recommende d to use processors with
Each DIMM supports 256/ 512MB/1GB/ 2GB Each DIMM supports 256/ 512MB/1GB/ 2GB Main Memory
P4M900-M7 SE PCI Expr ess x 16 slot Slots PCI Expr ess x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector Printer Port C onnector IDE Co nnector SATA Connector Front Pa nel Co nnector On Board Connector Front Audi o Co nnector CD-in Co nnector CPU Fan hea der System Fan hea der Clear CMOS header USB connector Power Connector ( 24pi n) Power Connector ( 4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mo use Back Panel I/O Serial Port VGA Port LAN port USB Port Audio J ack Board Size 190 mm (W) x 244 mm (L) Special Feature OS Support RAID 0 / 1 support Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3 P4M890-M7 TE PCI Expr ess x 16 slot PCI Expr ess x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector Printer Port C onnector IDE Co nnector SATA Connector Front Pa nel Co nnector Front Audi o Co nnector CD-in Co nnector CPU Fan hea der System Fan hea der Clear CMOS header USB connector Power Connector ( 24pi n) Power Connector ( 4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mo use Serial Port VGA Port LAN port USB Port Audio J ack 190 mm (W) x 244 mm (L) RAID 0 / 1 support Windows 2000 / XP x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3
Biostar Reserves the right to add or remo ve Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or witho ut notice. support for any OS with or witho ut notice.

PS/2 Mouse

REAR PANEL CONNECT ORS
LAN Li ne In/ Surround Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center

DIMM Socket Location DIMM1 DIMM2 DDR Module 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB Total Memory Size Max is 4GB.

DIMM1 DIMM2

CONNECT ORS AND SLOT S
FDD1: Floppy Disk Conne ctor
The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ty pes. This connector supports the prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cable.
IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Conne ctors
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that prov ides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 f unctionality. It has two HDD connectors: IDE1 (primary ) and IDE2 (secondary ). The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slav e driv e, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The f irst hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.
PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot
PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, f or an aggregate of 8GB/s totally. PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Data transf er 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 ov er the traditional PCI architecture.
PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot

PCI-EX16 PCI-EX1_1

PCI1/PCI2: Pe riphe ral Component Inte rconne ct Slots
This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands f or Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1 PCI2

CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW T O SET UP JUMPERS
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.

Pin opened

Pin closed

Pin1-2 closed

DET AIL SETT INGS
This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC cases f ront panel switch functions.
JPANEL1: Front Panel Heade r

PWR_LED On/Off ++ + 16 8

JPRNT1: Printe r Port Connector
This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

Pin 13

Assignment -Strobe -ALF Data 0 -Error Data 1 -Init Data 2 -Scltin Data 3 Ground Data 4 Ground Data 5

Pin 26

Assignment Ground Data 6 Ground Data 7 Ground -ACK Ground Busy Ground PE Ground SCLT Key
CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS 4.1 O PERAT ION SYST EM
Supports Windows XP Home/Prof essional Edition, and Windows 2000 Prof essional.

RAID ARRAYS

RAID 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.

HOW RAID WORKS

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 platf orm. Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any env ironment that does not require f ault tolerance. Benefits: prov ides increased data throughput, especially f or large files. No capacity loss penalty f or parity. Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array f ails, all data is lost. Fault Tolerance: No.

Blo ck 1 Block 3 Block 5

Block 2 Block 4 Block 6

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 f or small databases or any other application that requires f ault tolerance and minimal capacity. Benefits: Prov ides 100% data redundancy. Should one driv e f ail, the controller switches to the other drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 driv es for the storage space of one driv e. Perf ormance is impaired during driv e rebuilds. Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3

CHAPTER 5: USEFUL HELP 5.1 DRIVER INST ALLAT ION NOT E
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

The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system. Note:
If this window didnt 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:
Y will need Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version ou of Acrobat Reader software from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep 2.html 20

AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound One long beep followed by two short beeps High-low siren sound
Meaning Video card not found or v ideo 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

EXT RA INFORMAT ION

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.

CPU Overheated

TROUBLESHOOT ING
Probable Solution 1. Make sure power cable is No power to the system at all securely plugged in. Power light dont illuminate, f an inside power supply does not turn 2. Replace cable. on. 3. Contact technical support. 2. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. System inoperativ e. Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of are on, power indicator lights are lit, the DIMM, press down firmly until the and hard driv e is spinning. module snaps into place. System does not boot from hard disk 1. driv e, can be booted f rom optical driv e. Check cable running from disk to disk controller board. Make sure both ends are securely plugged in; check the driv e 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. 1. Back up data and applications System only boots f rom optical driv e. f iles. Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk 2. Ref ormat the hard driv e. is impossible. Re-install applications and data using backup disks. Screen message says Invalid Rev iew systems equipment. Make sure Conf iguration or CMOS Failure. correct inf ormation is in setup. Cannot boot system after installing 1. Set master/slave jumpers second hard driv e. correctly. 2. Run SETUP program and select correct driv e types. Call the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives.
CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER III

INT RODUCT ION

[WarpSpeeder III], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, VGA and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang, [WarpSpeeder III] technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one.

SYST EM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.)

INST ALLAT ION

1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install.
2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. Click Finish button.

Usage :

The following figures are only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.

WARPSPEEDER III

After the [WarpSpeeder III] has been installed, a [WarpSpeeder III] icon will appear on the desktop, just like the icon shown below.

1. Desktop Icon:

Now you can launch the [WarpSpeeder III] utility simply by double-clicking the desktop icon.

2. Main Panel

If you double-click the desktop icon, [WarpSpeeder III] will be launched. Please refer to the following figure; the utilitys first window you will see is Main Panel.
Main Panel contains fe ature s as follows:
a. b. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, VGA clock, and PCI clock information. Contains About, Voltage/Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels. The On/Off button is for closing the program.
3. Overclock/Overvoltage Panel
Click the Overclock/Overvoltage button in the Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock/Overvoltage Panel will show up as the following figure. As you can see, the Overclock Panel is on the right side, and the Overvoltage Panel is on the left side.
O ve rclock Panel contains these fe atures:
a. Auto-Overclock: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder III] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. A warning dialog as below will show up to notify you that the system may become unstable, click on OK to proceed.
Then [WarpSpeeder III] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, launch the [WarpSpeeder III] utility again and the utility will load the previously verified best and stable frequency. b. Verify: If you use the Manual Adjust bar to adjust the CPU frequency, then you can click this button and [WarpSpeeder III] will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok, then the current frequency will be saved into system registry. If the testing fails, system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder III] utility will restore to the hardware default setting.
Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you v erify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button. Or, you can just click Auto ov erclock button and let [WarpSpeeder III] automatically gets the best result f or y ou.

V3 Engine/V6 Engine/V9 Engine: Provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Recovery: Click this button and the [WarpSpeeder III] utility will restore all values to the hardware default setting.
O ve rvoltage Panel contains these fe ature s:
a. CPU Voltage: This function allows user to adjust CPU voltage. increase or - to decrease the CPU voltage. Click on + to
Memory Voltage: This function allows user to adjust Memory voltage. to increase or - to decrease the Memory voltage.

Click on +

4. Hardware Monitor Panel
Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will show up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your system. The information will be refreshed every 1 second.

5. About Panel

Click the about button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will show up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get the the version number of [WarpSpeeder III] utility.

Note :

Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder III] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder III] utility more robust.
APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE GERMAN
P4M900-M7 SE LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D / Celero n 4xx Pr ozessoren mit bis zu 3,8 GHz CPU Untersttzt Hyper-Thre ading / Execute Intel Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 Technology 95W power co nsumption. FSB Chipsatz 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Grafik Max. 256MB gemei nsam be nutzter Videospeicher ITE 8712F E/A-Funktio nen. Super E/A Low Pin C ount-Schnittstelle Umgebungskontrolle, Hardware-berwachung Lfterdre hzahl-Co ntroller "Smart Guar dian" -Funktion v on ITE DDR2 DIMM-Steckpltze x 2 Untersttzt DDR/ 667 Jeder DIMM untersttzt Arbeitsspeic 256/512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2. her Max. 4GB Ar beitsspeicher Ein-Kanal DDR2 S peichermodul registrierte DIMMs. ECC DIMMs werde n nicht untersttzt. Integrierter IDE-Co ntroller IDE Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133Bus Master-Modus Untersttzt PIO-Modus 0~4, Integrierter Serial ATA-Controller SATA Datentransferr ate bis zu 1.5Gb/s Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 1.0. LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D / Celero n 4xx Pr ozessoren mit bis zu 3,8 GHz Untersttzt Hyper-Thre ading / Execute Intel Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 Technology 95W power co nsumption. 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz VIA P4M890 VIA VT8237A Unichrome Pr o I GP Max. 64MB gemeinsam benutzter Videospeicher ITE 8712F E/A-Funktio nen. Low Pin C ount-Schnittstelle Umgebungskontrolle, Hardware-berwachung Lfterdre hzahl-Co ntroller "Smart Guar dian" -Funktion v on ITE DDR2 DIMM-Steckpltze x 2 Untersttzt DDRJeder DIMM untersttzt 256/512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2. Max. 4GB Ar beitsspeicher Ein-Kanal DDR2 S peichermodul registrierte DIMMs. ECC DIMMs werde n nicht untersttzt. Integrierter IDE-Co ntroller Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133Bus Master-Modus Untersttzt PIO-Modus 0~4, Integrierter Serial ATA-Controller Datentransferr ate bis zu 1.5Gb/s Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 1.0. P4M890-M7 TE

Celeron D / Cel eron 4xx pr ocessor up to 3.8 Celeron D / Cel eron 4xx pr ocessor up to 3.8
VIA P4M900 Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics 256MB DDR2 DIMM x 2 DDR/ 667
DIMM 256/ 512MB/1GB/ 2GB DDR2 DIMM 256/ 512MB/1GB/ 2GB DDR2 4GB 4GB
DDR 2 DDR 2 DIMMECC DIMM ITE 8712F Super I/O DIMMECC DIMM ITE 8712F Super I/O H/W / ITE IDE

H/W / ITE IDE

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 PIO Mode 0~4 ATA PIO Mode 0~4 ATA 1.5 Gb/ SATA1.0

1.5 Gb/ SATA1.0

P4M900-M7 SE Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y/ LAN PHY Atheros AR8012 PHY () 10 / 100 Mb/ / Codec ALC662 5.1 PCI PCI Expr ess x16 PCI Expr ess x 1 IDE SATA CD CPU CMOS USB (24) (4) PS/2 PS/2 I/O VGA LAN USB OS 190 mm () X 244 mm () RAID 0 / 1 Windows 2K / XP / VISTA x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3 P4M890-M7 TE Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y/ Atheros AR8012 PHY () 10 / 100 Mb/ / ALC662 5.1 PCI PCI Expr ess x16 PCI Expr ess x 1 IDE SATA CD CPU CMOS USB (24) (4) PS/2 PS/2 VGA LAN USB 190 mm () X 244 mm () RAID 0 / 1 Windows 2K / XP x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3

BiostarOS BiostarOS

2007/06/11
P4M900-M7 SE/P4M890-M7 TE BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup... Main Menu... Standard CMOS Features... Advanced BIOS Features... Advanced Chipset Features... Integrated Peripherals... Power Management Setup.. PnP/PCI Configurations... PC Health Status.... Performance Booster Zone... 36

BIOS Setup

Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-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.

Time IDE Channel 0 Master
hh : mm : ss Options are in its sub menu. Options are in its sub menu.

IDE Channel 0 Slave

IDE Channel 1 Master
Options are in its sub menu. Options are in its sub menu. 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in
Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options. Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options.

IDE Channel 1 Slave

Drive A Drive B
720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in None All Errors No Errors
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.

Halt On

All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key
Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. 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.

Base Memory

Extended Memory Total Memory

N/A N/A

3 Advanced BIOS Features
Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup
Boot Seq & Floppy Setup
This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN, 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.

When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VLink mode selection

This item allows you to select Vlink mode. The Choices: By Auto (default), Mode 0 , Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.

VLink 8X Support

This item allows you to enable or disable VLink 8X support. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VIA PWR Management

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Memory Hole

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. Check the user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory for the memory requirements. The Choices: Disabled (default), 15M-16M.

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. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Top Performance

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

5 Integrated Peripherals

Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

VIA OnChip IDE Device

Highlight the Press Enter label next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

SATA Controller

This option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial ATA. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

SATA Controller Mode

This option allows you to select SATA Mode. The Choices: RAID, IDE (default).

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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.

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.

USB Device Setting

Press Enter to configure the USB Device.

USB 1.0/2.0 Controller

These options allow you to enable or disable the USB 1.0/2.0 controller function. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

USB Operation Mode

This option let you select the operation mode of USB function. The Choices: High Speed (default), Full/Low Speed.
USB Keyboard/Mouse/Storage Function
These options allow you to enable or disable the USB keyboard/mouse/storage devices. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting
These options allow you to choose the boot up type of the USB mass storage devices. The Choices: Auto mode (default), FDD mode, HDD mode.

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). The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Power Management Option

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. Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs. 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.

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.

Precharge to Active (tRP)
This item allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command. The Choices: 4T (default).
Active to Precharge (tRAS)
The Choices: 07T (default).
This item allows you to specify the minimum row active time (tRAS).

Active to CMD (tRCD)

Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted. The Choices: 4T (default).
REF to ACT/REF to REF (Trfc)
This item allows you to determine the selection for REF to ACT/REF to REF (tRFC). The Choices: 20T/21T (default).
ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD)
This item allows you to determine the selection for ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD) The Choices: 3T (default).

1T CMD Support

The Choices: Disable (default), Auto.

DDR2 On Die Termination

This option allows you to choose the working type of ODT. The Choices: ODT Always ON (default), Dynamic ODT, ODT Always OFF.

CPU CLOCK

This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. Special Notice: If the systems frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed)) as ON status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting. Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key until the power-on screen showed. This action will boot-up the system according to FSB of the processor Its strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting. If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting, it may cause CPU or M/B damage. The Choices: 100MHz(default); Min=100, Max=400, key in a DEC number.

Async PCIE CLOCK

This item allows you to select Async PCIE clock. Min= 100 Max=150 Key in a DEC number. The Choices: 100MHz(default) ; Min=100, Max=150, key in a DEC number.

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. Min= 6 Max= 50 Key in a DEC number. The Choices: 6X (default).

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function. The Choices:+/- 0.25% (default), +/- 0. 5%, Disabled, -0.5%, -1.0%.

P4M890-M7 SE Setup Manual
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction.. 3
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Before You Start.. 3 Package Checklist... 3 Motherboard Features... 4 Rear Panel Connectors... 5 Motherboard Layout.. 6 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU).. 7 FAN Headers.. 9 Installing System Memory...10 Connectors and Slots..11 How to Setup Jumpers...13 Detail Settings...13 Driver Installation Note..18 AWARD BIOS Beep Code..19 Extra Information...19 Troubleshooting..21 Introduction..22 System Requirement..22 Installation...23 WarpSpeeder...24
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.. 7
Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup..13 Chapter 4: Useful Help...18
Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder..22
Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language.30
German...30 France...32 Italian...34 Spanish...36 Portuguese...38 Polish....40 Russian...42 Arabic...44 Japanese....46

P4M890-M7 SE

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU ST ART
Thank you for choosing our product. Be fore you start installing the mothe rboard, please make sure you follow the instructions be low: Prepare a dry and stable work ing environment with sufficie nt lighting. Always disconne ct the compute r from powe r outle t be fore ope ration. Before you take the mothe rboard out from anti-static bag, ground yourse lf prope rly by touching any safe ly grounde d appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge. Avoid touching the compone nts on mothe rboard or the rear side of the board unless ne cessary. Hold the board on the edge , do not try to be nd or flex the board. Do not leave any unfastene d small parts inside the case afte r installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the compute r from dange rous a rea, such as hea t source , humid air and wate r.

PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1 Use rs Manual X 1 Fully Se tup Drive r C D X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 FDD Cable X 1 (optional) Se rial ATA Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional) Se rial ATA Powe r Cable X 1 (optional)

Motherboard Manual

MOT HERBOARD FEAT URES
SPEC LGA 775 Intel Core 2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pe ntium D / Supports Hy per Tra nsport/ Execute Disable
Celeron D pr ocessor up to 3.8 GHz *It is recommende d to use processors with 95W power consumption.
Bit/ Enhanced Intel S peedStep/ Intel Extende d Memor y 64 technolo gy

FSB Chipset Graphic

533 / 800 / 1066 MHz VIA P4M890 VIA VT8237A Integrated i n U niChrome Pro Chipset ITE IT8712F Max Share d Vide o Memory is 64 MB Enviro nment Co ntrol initiatives, H/W Monitor Fan Spee d Co ntroller ITE's "Smart Guardia n" function

Super I/O

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Low Pin C ount Interface DIMM Slots x 2

Main Memory

Supports DDREach DIMM supports 256/512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2 Max Memory C apicity 4GB
Single Channel Mode DDR2 memory mo dule Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not supported
Integrated I DE Controller
Ultra DMA 33~133 B us Master Mode supports PIO Mo de 0~4, Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s. SATA Version 1.0 specification complia nt. 10 / 100 Mb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability 5.1 cha nnels a udio o ut High- Defi nition Audio s upport x1 x1 x2 x1 x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 Supports PCI express x 16 expansion cards Supports PCI express x 1 e xpa nsion cards Supports PCI expa nsion cards Each connector supports 2 Flo ppy drives Each connector supports 2 IDE device Each connector supports 1 SATA devices Supports front panel facilities Supports front panel a udio function Supports CD audio-in function

Integrated Seri al ATA Controller

LAN PHY Sound Codec

Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y
ALC861VD PCI Expr ess x 16 slot
PCI Expr ess x 1 slot PCI slot

On Board Connector

Floppy connector IDE Co nnector SATA Connector Front Pa nel Co nnector Front Audi o Co nnector CD-in Co nnector
SPEC S/PDIF o ut co nnector CPU Fan hea der System Fan hea der Clear CMOS header USB connector Power Connector ( 24pi n) Power Connector ( 4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mo use Serial Port Back Panel I/O Printer Port VGA Port LAN port USB Port Audio J ack x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3 Supports di gital a udio out function CPU Fan power s upply (with Smart Fa n function) System Fan Power supply Restore CMOS data to factory defa ult Each connector supports 2 fr ont panel USB ports Connects to Power supply Connects to Power supply Connects to PS/ 2 Key board Connects to PS/ 2 Mo use Provide RS- 232 Serial connection Connects to vari ous types of device Connects to mo nitor. Connects to RJ- 45 ether net cable Connects to USB devices Provide A udio-I n/Out a nd micropho ne connection Board Size 190 mm (W) x 244 mm (L) OS Support Windows 2000 / XP Micro ATX form Factor Biostar Reserves the right to a dd or r emove support for any OS with or witho ut notice.

PS/2 Mouse

REAR PANEL CONNECT ORS
Printer Port LAN Li ne In/ Surround Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center

PS/2 Keyboard

J KBMS 1

MOT HERBOARD LAYOUT

JCFAN1

LGA775

COM1 JCOM1

J PRNT1 JVGA1

JATXPWR1

JUSBV1 JATXPWR2

JUSBLAN1

J AUDIO1

PCI-EX16

PCI-EX1_1

JSATA2

PCI1 BIOS

JCDIN1

VIA VT8237A

JSATA1
Codec JAUDIOF1 JSPDIF_OUT1

JUSBV2 JCMOS1

JPANEL1

JSFAN1

Not e: represe nts the 1st pin.

P4M890

CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INST ALLING CENT RAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the CPU is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs wont be damaged.

Pin Cap

Step 1: Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise
the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
Motherboard Manual Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on
CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

Step 2-2:
Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked
position to complete the installation.
Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it
on the retention frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

Pin opened

Pin closed

Pin1-2 closed

DET AIL SETT INGS
This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC cases f ront panel switch functions.
JPANEL1: Front Panel Heade r

PWR_LED On/Off ++ + 16 8

RST HLED

Pin 7 8

Assignment +5V N/A N/A Speaker HDD LED (+) HDD LED (-) Ground Reset control
Functio n Speaker Connector Hard drive LED Reset button

Pin 15 16

Assignment Sleep control Ground N/A Power LED (+) Power LED (+) Power LED (-) Power button Ground
Functio n Sleep button N/A Power LED

Power-on button

ATX Powe r Source Conne ctor: JATXPWR1
JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply.

Assignment

+3.3V -12V Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground NC +5V +5V +5V Ground
+3.3V +3.3V Ground +5V Ground +5V Ground PW_OK Standby Voltage+5V +12V +12V +3.3V
JATXPWR2: ATX Powe r Source Conne ctor
By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.
Assignment +12V +12V Ground Ground
JUSB2/JUSB3: Heade rs for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel
This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC f ront panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.
Pin Assignment +5V (fused) +5V (fused) USBUSBUSB+ USB+ Ground Ground Key NC

JUSB2 JUSB3

JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Powe r Source Heade rs for USB Ports
Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1/JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at f ront panel (JUSB2/JUSB3). Pin 2-3 Close: JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSB1/JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby v oltage. JUSBV2: USB ports at front panel (JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by +5V standby v oltage.

Pin 1-2 close

JUSBV1

Pin 2-3 close

JUSBV2
In order to s upport this function Power-On s ystem vi a USB devic e, JUSBV1/ JUSBV2 jumper cap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3 indi viduall y.

CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER

INT RODUCT ION
[WarpSpeeder], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang, [WarpSpeeder] technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one.

SYST EM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: W indows 98 SE, Windows Me, W indows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.)

INST ALLAT ION

1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install.
2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked, the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button.
Usage : The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.

WARPSPEEDER

1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.
This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder] Utility. Y can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to ou invoke [WarpSpeeder] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure. The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left-click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected.
2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utilitys first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains fe ature s as follows: a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information. b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels. c. With a user-friendly Status Animation, it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages: Man walkingoverclock percentage from 100% ~ 110 % Panther runningoverclock percentage from 110% ~ 120% Car racingoverclock percentage from 120% ~ above

SATA CD S/PDIF

x2 x1 x1 x1 x1

CMOS USB- ( 24 ) ( 4 ) PS/ 2 PS/2 VGA x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x1

2 USB-

- LAN USB- OS 190 () X 244 ()
Biostar Windows 2K / XP OS .

ARABIC

577 LGA Hyper -Thr eadi ng / Ex ecute Disa ble Bit / Enha nced I ntel Spee dStep / Exte nde d Memory 64 Technology / 4 Intel Core2Duo/ Penti um 3.8 Pentium D / Celeron D *It is recommende d to use processors.with 95W power consumption 6601 / 008 / 335 098VIA P4M VIA VT8237A 46 UniChr ome Pr o

DDR2 DIMM

DDR 2 DDR DIMM 2DDR 1 / 2 215/ 652 ECC DIMM 4 : ITE ""Smart Guar dian IDE 4~0 PIO Mode 331 / 001 / 66 / 33 Ultra DMA .0.1 SATA 01/ 001 / / 1.5 Serial ATA 5.1 /. Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y SATA IDE ITE 8712F . Super I /O Low Pi n Count Interfac e Super I/O

ALC861VD

PCI 61PCI Expressx 1 PCI Express x
IDE SATA (Smart Fan )
IDE SATA CD-IN S/PDIF CMOS USB )42( )4 ( 2/PS 2/PS VGA USB 091 ) ( 244 X ) (

/

USB

Biostar .

Windows 2K / XP

JAPANESE

LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo/ Pe ntium 4 / Pentium CPU D / Celeron D processor up to 3.8 GHz *It is recommende d to use processors with 95W power consumption. FSB 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz
Hyper -Thre ading / Exec ute Disabl e Bit / Enha nced Intel SpeedStep / I ntel Architecture-64 / Exte nde d Memory 64 Technol ogy
VIA P4M890 DDR2 DIMM x 2 DDRDIMM 256/ 512MB/1GB/ 2GB DDR2 4GB ITE 8712F Super I/O Super I/O IDE IDE Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 PIO Mode 0~4 SATA ATA 1.5 Gb/ Realtek RTL 8201CL PH Y SATA1./ 100 Mb/ / Codec ALC861VD PCI PCI Expr ess x16 PCI Expr ess x 1 x2 x1 x1 5.1 H/W / ITE DDR 2 DIMMECC DIMM VIA VT8237A UniChrome Pro 64MB

LAN PHY

2 IDE SATA CD S/PDIF CPU CMOS USB (24) (4) PS/2 PS/2 I/O VGA LAN USB OS Windows 2K / XP BiostarOS 190 mm () X 244 mm () x2 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x4 x3 2USB 2IDE 1SATA CD CPU()

2007/04/11

P4M890-M7 SE BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup....Main Menu....Standard CMOS Features...Advanced BIOS Features...Advanced Chipset Features...Integrated Peripherals...Power Management Setup...PnP/PCI Configurations...PC Health Status...Performance Booster Zone..37

BIOS Setup

Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-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 inform ation 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.

!! 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.
Advanced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure cert ain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power managem ent features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure cert ain Plug and Play and PCI options.

PC Health Status

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

Performance Booster Zone

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.

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 Sa ving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categori es. 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. Item

Options

mm : dd : yy

Description

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.
Time IDE Channel 0 Master
hh : mm : ss Options are in its sub menu. Options are in its sub menu.

IDE Channel 0 Slav e

IDE Channel 1 Master
Options are in its sub menu. Options are in its sub menu. 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in
Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options. Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options.

IDE Channel 1 Slav e

Driv e A Driv e B
720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in None All Errors No Errors
Select the ty pe of f loppy disk drive installed in your sy stem.

Halt On

All, but Key board All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key
Select the situation in which y ou want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify y ou. Displays the amount of conv entional memory detected during boot up. Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. Displays the total memory av ailable in the system.

Base Memory

Extended Memory Total Memory

N/A N/A

3 Advanced BIOS Features
Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup
Boot Seq & Floppy Setup
This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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. First/Second/Third Boot Dev ice
The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP 100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP , USB-CDROM, LAN, Disabled.

Boot Other Dev ice

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

Sw ap 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.

Shadow Setup

This item allows you to setup cache & shadow setup. Figure 3.2: Shadow Setup

Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution or not. Enabled (default) Optional ROM is enabled. Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

Cache Setup

CPU L1 & L2 Cache
Depending on the CP U/chipset in use, you may be able to increase me mory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache.

CPU L3 Cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

CPU Feature

Delay Prior to Thermal
Set this item to enable the CP U Thermal function to engage after the specified time. The Choices: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16Min (default), 32 Min.

Thermal Management

This option allows you to select the way to control the Thermal Management. The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor 2.

TM2 Bus Ratio

This option represents the frequency (bus ratio) of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor detects temperature increase. Min= 0 Max= 255 Key in a DEC number.
The Choices: 0 X (default)

TM2 Bus VID

This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor detects temperature increase. The Choices: 0.8375V (default), 0.8375-1.6000.

Limit CPUID MaxVal

Set Limit CP UID MaxVal to 3, it should be Disabled for Windows XP. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Read

When enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics P ort) are executed with one wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VGA Share Memory Size

This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size. The Choices: 64M (default), 16M, 32M, 128M, 256M, Disabled

Direct Frame Buffer

This item allows you to disabled or enabled direct frame buffer The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
CPU & PCI Bus Control
By highlighting the Press Enter label next to the CPU & PCI Bus Control and press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: Figure 4.2: CPU & PCI Bus Control

PCI Master 0 WS Write

When enabled, writes to the P CI bus are executed with zero-wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with P CI specification. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Vlink mode selection

This item allows you to select Vlink mode. The Choices: B y Auto (default), Mode 0 , Mode 1.

VLink 8X Support

This item allows you to enable or disable VLink 8X support. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

VIA PWR Management

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Memory Hole

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. Check the user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory for the memory requirements. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Top Performance

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

5 Integrated Peripherals

Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

VIA OnChip IDE Device

Highlight the Press Enter label next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)

You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled.

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 techni cal items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations

PNP OS Installed

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware), this option must set to NO. The Choices: No (default), Yes.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The Choices: PCIEx (default), PCI Slot, Onboard, AGP.

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 systems ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the 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. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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. IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-15 assigned to PCI 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 inform ation and VGA compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled

Assign IRQ For VGA

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB

This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Maximum Payload Size

Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP). The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.

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: 65/ 149, 70/ 158, 75/ 167, 80/ 176, 85/ 185 , 90/ 167, 95/ 194(default), Disabled.

CPU FAN Control by

Choose smart to reduce the noise caused by CPU FAN. The Choices: Smart, Always On (default).

CPU Fan Load (Sharp=0)

The Choices: Min=0, Max=7; key in a DEC number.

CPU Fan Start ()

CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. The Choices: Min=0, Max=100; key in a DEC number.
CPU Fan Full speed <>
When CPU temperature is reach the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed. The Choices: Min=0, Max=100; key in a DEC number.

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: Min=0, Max=100; key in a DEC number.

Slope PWM Level (%/)

Increasing the value of slope PWM will raise the speed of CPU fan. The Choices: 3.1%/ Medium(default), 0.0%/, 0.8%/, 1.6%/,6.3%/ High,12.5%/, 25.0%/, 50.0%/.
CPU Vcore, NB Vcore, +3.3V, +5.0V, +12V, DRAM Voltage, VTT Voltage, Voltage Battery

Async PCIE CLOCK

This item allows you to select Async PCIE clock. Min= 100 Max=150 Key in a DEC number. The Choices: 100MHz(default) ; Min=100, Max=150, key in a DEC number.

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. Min= 6 Max= 50 Key in a DEC number. The Choices: 6X (default).

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the Spread Spectrum function. The Choices:+/- 0.25% (default), +/- 0. 5%, Disabled, -0.5%, -1.0%.

DDR Voltage

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage. The Choices: StartUp (default), +0.10V, +0.20V, +0.30V, +0.40V, +0.50V, +0.60V, +0.70V.

CPU Voltage

This item allows you to select CPU Voltage. The Choices: StartUp (default), +0.012V~+0.787V.