User manual ASUS M5A97 EVO

[. . . ] The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitmentto update the informationcontained herein. Mother Board 8S648-RZ Motherboard 8S648-RZ Mar. 20, 2004 Preparing Your Computer Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. [. . . ] This type of inform ation is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. English ENTERING SETUP Powering ON the com puter and pressing <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. If you require more advanced BIOS settings, please go to "Advanced BIOS" setting m enu. To enter Advanced BIOS setting menu, press "Ctrl+F1" key on the BIOS screen. CONTROL KEYS < > < >< <Enter> <Esc> <+/PgUp> <-/PgDn> <F1> <F2> <F5> <F6> <F7> <F8> <F9> <F10> >< > Move to select item Select Item Main M enu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main M enu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the num eric value or make changes General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup M enu Item Help Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the file-safe default CM OS value from BIOS default table Load the Optimized Defaults Q-Flash utility System Inform ation Save all the CMOS changes, only for M ain Menu Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item . To exit the Help Window press <Esc>. The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F7d) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. The M ain Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software } } } } } } } Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving higf : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type. . . ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash - 19 - BIOS Setup English If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to search the advanced option hidden. · Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the item s in standard com patible BIOS. · Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. · Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. · Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. · PnP/PCI Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. · PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed. · Frequency/VoltageControl This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. · Top Performance If you wish to m aximize the perform ance of your system , set "Top Performance" as "Enabled". · Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system param eters which the system would be in safe configuration. · Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration. · Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. · Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to lim it access to the system. · Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CM OS and exit setup. · Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. 8S648-RZ Series Motherboard - 20 - Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) } } } } IDE IDE IDE IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Fri, Jan 9 2004 22:31:24 [None] [None] [None] [None] [1. 44M, 3. 5"] [None] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 127M 128M +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Save Default Item Help Menu Level} Change the day, month, year <Week> Sun. <Day> 1 to 31 (or maximum allowed in the month) <Year> 1999 to 2098 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults English Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Suport Holt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory higf : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values Date The date form at is <week>, <m onth>, <day>, <year>. boot device priority by Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K, 1. 2M or 1. 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. (Default value) Password Check System Setup The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) - 23 - BIOS Setup English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Disabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported. (Default value) Disables CPU Hyper Threading. Init Display First Select the first initation of m onitor or display from AGP or PCI VGA card. (Default value) PCI Set Init display first to PCI. Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE AC97 Audio Onboard LAN device * USB Controller USB Legacy Support Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 [201] [330] [10] Item Help Menu Level} [Auto] Auto-detect IDE cable type [ATA66/100/133] Set Conductor cable to ATA66/100/133(80 -pins) [ATA33] Set Conductor cable to ATA33(40-pins) higf : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Save Default ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto ATA66/100 ATA33 Will be automatically detected by BIOS. [. . . ] If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. - 33 - BIOS Setup English Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software } } } } } } } Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?Y Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving higf : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software } } } } } } } Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Quit Without Saving Set UserN Password (Y/N)?Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving higf : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CM OS. [. . . ]