Biostar P4M900-M4 User guide

P4M900-M4 BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1

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

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

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

4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 17

5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 21

6 Power Management Setup................................................................... 27

7 PnP/PCI Configurations...................................................................... 32

8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 35

9 Performance Booster Zone.................................................................. 37

P4M900-M4

BIOS Setup

Introduction

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

BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to

modify the basic s ystem 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.

Bas ic Input-Output Sys tem (BIOS) determines what a co mputer c an do without

accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and

outp ut devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and d isk d rives. BIOS

activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the

operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password

protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.

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

BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A

specification and ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.

EPA Green PC Support

This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC

specification.

APM Support

This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanc ed

Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are

implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend

power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and

video monitors can also be managed by this PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS.

P4M900-M4

ACPI Support

Pheonix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration

and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power

management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI

specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

PCI Bus Support

This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 3.0 of the Intel PCI

(Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

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

Supported CPUs

This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setup

Use the arro w keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter> to

select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help

and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to

navigate in the Setup program by us ing the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to previous item

Down arrow Move to next item

Left arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar)

Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)

Move Enter Move to the item you desired

PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes

PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes

+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes

Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit

Current page and return to Main Menu

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys

F5 key Load previous values from CMOS

F7 key Load the optimized defaults

F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

P4M900-M4

1 Main Menu

Once you enter Pheonix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu

will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several

setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>

to accept and enter the sub-menu.

Figure 1: Main Menu

Stan dard CMOS Fe atures

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

This sub menu allows yo u to configure advanced features of the BIOS.

!! WARNING !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being

continuous ly upd ated. The BIOS information described in

this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is fo r yo ur

reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on

board may be slightly different from this manual.

P4M900-M4

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Peripherals

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

Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

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

PC Health Status

This submenu allows yo u to mo nitor 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 improp erly 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.

P4M900-M4

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 s et, 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 s et, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but

will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation

message will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Saving

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

Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

P4M900-M4

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

P4M900-M4

2 Standard CMOS Features

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

Eac h category inc ludes 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 Description

Date mm : dd : yy

Set the system date. Note

that the ‘Day’ automatically

changes when you set the

date.

Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal

clock.

IDE Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub

menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the

sub menu of detailed

options

IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the

sub menu of detailed

options.

P4M900-M4

Item Options Description

IDE Channel 1 Master Options are in its sub

menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the

sub menu of detailed

options.

IDE Channel 1 Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the

sub menu of detailed

options.

Drive A

Drive B

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

Select the type of floppy

disk drive installed in your

system.

Halt On

All Errors

No Errors

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.

Base Memory N/A

Displays the amount of

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

Extended Memory N/A

Displays the amount of

extended memory detected

during boot up.

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

available in the system.

P4M900-M4

3Advanced BIOS Features

Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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