Programm ta' Setup tal-BIOS
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Programm ta' Setup tal-BIOS
The system configuration information and chipset register information is stored in the CMOS RAM. This information is retained by a battery when the power is off. Enter the BIOS setup (if needed) to modify this information.
The following pages will describe how to enter BIOS setup, and all about options.
Daħħal il-BIOS Setup
Enter the AMI ® setup Program’s Main Menu as follows:
- Turn on or reboot the system. The following screen appears with a series of diagnostic check.
- When the “Hit <DEL>” message appears, press <DEL> key to enter the BIOS setup screen.
- After pressing <DEL> key, the BIOS setup screen will appear.
Nota: If you don’t want to modify CMOS original setting, then don’t press any key during the system boot.
- Use the <Up> and <Down> key to move the highlight scroll up or down.
- Use the <ENTER> key to select the option.
- To exit, press <ESC>. To save and exit, press <F10>.
Setup CMOS standard
- Press <ENTER> on “Standard CMOS Setup” of the main menu screen .
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the Standard CMOS Setup, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Setup tal-Karatteristiċi tal-BIOS
- Press <ENTER> on “BIOS Features Setup” of the main menu screen.
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the BIOS Features Setup, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
Ibbutja malajr
Set this option to Enabled to permit AMI® BIOS to boot within 5 seconds. This option replaces the old ABOVE 1 MB Memory Test option.
1st Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device
This option sets the sequence of boot drives.
Is-settings huma:
| IDE0 | The system will boot from the first HDD. |
| IDE1 | The system will boot from the Second HDD. |
| IDE2 | The system will boot from the Third HDD. |
| IDE3 | The system will boot from the Fourth HDD. |
| Floppy | The system will boot from Floppy. |
| SCSI | The system will boot from the SCSI. |
| Netwerk | The system will boot from the Network drive. |
| CD-ROM | The system will boot from the CD-ROM. |
| ZIP A:/LS120 | The system will boot from ZIP/LS120. |
| ATAPI ZIP C: | The system will boot from ZIP. |
| Itfi | Disable this sequence. |
Try other Boot Devices
This option sets the device boot, if all the Four Boot Devices failed.
Boot up Num Lock
When this option is set to Off, AMI
BIOS turns off the Num Lock
key when the system is powered on. The end user can then use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are On or Off. The setup default and BIOS settings are On.
Floppy Drive Swap
Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drives A: and B: are swapped. The setting are Enabled and Disabled. The setup and BIOS default settings are Disabled.
Floppy Drive Seek
When this option is set to Enabled, AMI® BIOS performs a Seek command on floppy drive A: before booting the system. The settings are Enabled and Disabled. The setup and BIOS default settings are Disabled.
Iċċekkja l-Password
This option specifies the type of AMI BIOS password protection that is implemented. The default settings is Setup. L1 Cache® Choosing Write Back allows it to write back the level 1 cache memory. The settings are Write Back or Write through or Disabled.
Cache Bus ECC
This option is for Pentium
4 processor. During Enabled, this will affect the system performance. Disabled this option if you don’t want to affect the system performance.
Video BIOS Cacheable
Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are Enabled and Disabled.
Setup tal-Karatteristiċi taċ-Chipset
- Press <ENTER> on “Chipset Features Setup” of the main menu screen.
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the Chipset Features Setup, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
Proporzjon ta' Frekwenza tas-CPU
This option enables you to set the CPU ratio.
Funzjoni USB
Set this option to Enabled or Disabled the on-chip USB controller.
Appoġġ tat-Tastiera USB
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.
Memory Hole
This option allows the end user to specify the location of a memory hole. The cycle matching the selected memory hole will be passed to the ISA bus. If Enabled, the selected hole is not remapped.
Graphics Aperture Size
This option determines the effective size of the graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration. The AGP aperture is memory mapped, while graphics data structure can reside in a graphics aperture. The aperture range should be programmed as not cacheable in the processor cache, accesses with the aperture range are forwarded to the main memory, then PAC will translate the original issued address via a translation table which is maintained on the main memory.
The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB.
ICH Decode Select
This option allows you to select the PCI decode timing of ICH.
CPU BIST Enable
This option allows you Enable or Disable the CPU Built-In Self Test.
ICH Delayed Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.
ICH DCB Enable
This option allows you to Enable or Disable the ICH DMA Collection Buffer for LPC I/F.
VGA Frame Buffer USWC
This option allows you to Enable or Disable the VGA frame buffer.
PCI Frame Buffer USWC
This option allows you to Enable or Disable the PCI frame buffer.
Setup tal-Ġestjoni tal-Enerġija
- Press <ENTER> on “Power Management Setup” of the main menu screen.
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the Power Management Setup, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
IPCA Function
This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The settings are Enabled and Disabled.
Stat ta' Sleep
This option allows you to set which Sleep State will be used.
S1/POS – Power on Suspend.
The S1 sleeping state is a low wake-up latency sleeping state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context.
S3/STR – Suspend to RAM.
The S3 state is a low wake-up latency sleeping state where all system context is lost except the system memory. CPU,cache, and chipset context are lost in this state. Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context.
Sleep State LED
This option determines which state the Power LED will use. The settings are Blinking, Dual and Single. During Blinking, the power LED will blink when the system enters the suspend mode. When the mode is in Dual, the power LED will change its color. In Single mode, the power LED will always remain lit.
Standby Time Out (Minute)
This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Standby state. When this length of time expires, the computer enters Suspend power state. The settings are Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 50 min or 60 min.
Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse/
FDC/LPT/COM Ports/
SB & MSS Audio Ports/
MIDI Ports/
ADLIB Ports/
Primary Master IDE/Primary Slave IDE/Secondary Master IDE/Secondary Slave IDE/System Thermal
When set to Monitor, these options enabled event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line. If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state, AMI BIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line. The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs.
AMI BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend time out timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line.
Funzjoni tal-Buttuna tal-Enerġija
During Suspend, if you push the switch once, the system goes into suspend mode and if you push it more than 4 seconds, the system will be turned off. During On/Off, the system will turn off once you push the switch.
Irrestawra fuq AC / Power Loss
The settings are power on, power off or last state. During power on, after every AC power loss, the system will be turned on. During last status, after every AC power loss, whatever the system status, it will be the same when the AC power returns. During power off, after every AC power loss, the system will be turned off.
Wake Up On Ring/Wake Up On LAN
During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem/LAN. During Enabled, the system will boot up if there’s an incoming call from the modem/LAN.
Nota: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system. Then, power off the system. This function will work the next time you power on.
Wake Up On PME
This option enables the system to comply with PCI specification version 2.2. PCI card should be present to enable power on or resume from the PME signal.
Resume By Alarm
This function is for setting the Date, Hour, Minute, and Second for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function.
During Enabled, Choose the Date, Hour, Minute, and Second:
Alarm Date Select which day the system will boot up.
Alarm Hour Select the hours for the system to boot up.
Alarm Minute Select the minutes for the system to boot up.
Alarm Second Select the seconds for the system to boot up.
Nota: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system. Then, power off the system. This function will work the next time you power on.
Konfigurazzjoni PNP/PCI
- Press <ENTER> on “PNP/PCI Configuration” of the main menu screen.
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the PNP/PCI Configuration, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
Clear ESCD
During Yes, this will clear ESCD data on every boot.
PCI VGA Palette Snoop
When this option is set to Enabled, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled). For example, if there are two VGA devices in the computer (one PCI and ISA) and the Bit settings are:
Disabled-Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device’s palette registers.
Enabled – Data read and written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device’s palette registers and the ISA VGA device palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both devices to be identical.
This option must be set to Enabled if an ISA adapter card requires VGA palette snooping. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.
DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7
These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel is used. These options allow you to reserve DMAs for legacy ISA adapter cards.
These options determine if AMI
BIOS should remove a DMA from
the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS. The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more DMAs must be removed from the pool, the end user can use these options to reserve the DMA by assigning an ISA/EISA setting to it.
IRQ3/IRQ4/IRQ5/RQ7/IRQ9/IRQ10/IRQ11/IRQ14/IRQ15
These options specify the bus that the specified IRQ line is used on.
These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards.
These options determine if AMI® BIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS. The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more IRQs must be removed from the pool, the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA/EISA setting to it.
Onboard I/O is configured by AMI® BIOS. All IRQs used by onboard I/O are configured as PCI/PnP. If all IRQs are set to ISA/EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE, IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices, because at least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices. The settings are ISA/EISA or PCI/PnP. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are IRQ3 through 7 are ISA/EISA. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings PCI/PnP.
Periferali Integrati
- Press <ENTER> on “Integrated Peripherals” of the main menu screen.
- Use <up> and <down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the Integrated Peripherals, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
Floppy Controller
Set this option to Auto for the BIOS to automatically detect the device
Serial Port A/Serial Port B
Choose Auto, for the BIOS to automatically detect the device.
Nota: If the onboard serial port interrupt and ISA add-on card interrupt are in conflict, the serial port will not work properly. Please disable one of the devices.
Serial Port B Mode
Choosing Normal will set the Serial Port B for normal use, not for IR device. Choosing IrDA or Ask IR will set it for use with IR device using these protocols.
IR Duplex Mode
Can be set as either Half or Full duplex.
IR Pin Select
Set this option to IRRX/IRTX when using an internal IR device which is connected to J5 connector.
Onboard CIR Port
Setting Enabled, the system support consumer IR and your device have to be connected to J5 connector.
CIR IRQ Select
Select IRQ 3, 4, 9, 10 or 11 to support CIR Interrupt.
Abbord Port Parallel
Choose Auto, the BIOS automatically assigned onboard parallel port to the available parallel port or disabled.
Nota: If the onboard parallel port interrupt and ISA add-on card interrupt are in conflict, the parallel port will not work properly. Please disable one of the devices.
Modalità tal-Port
This option allows user to choose the operating mode of the on board parallel port. The settings are Normal, SPP/EPP or ECP mode.
EPP Version
This option is for setting which EPP version will be used. The settings are 1.7 and 1.9.
Port IRQ
If the onboard parallel mode is not on auto mode, the user can select the interrupt line for onboard parallel port. We suggest that the user select the interrupt for the onboard parallel port as shown below:
| Onboard parallel port set at | Parallel Port IRQ |
| LPT1(378H) | 7 |
| LPT2(278H) | 5 |
| LPT3(3BCH) | 5 |
Port DMA Channel
This option allows user to choose port DMA channel 1 to 3 for the onboard parallel port on ECP mode.
OnBoard MIDI Port
Choose 290H, 292H, 300H, 330H to support MIDI devices.
MIDI IRQ Select
Choose 5, 7, 9, 10 to support MIDI device interrupt.
OnBoard Game Port
Choose 200H, 208H to support Joystick device.
Note: If Hardware Audio is onboard, the three items above in the peripheral setup will not be shown.
On-Chip IDE
Set this option to enable or disable on-chip IDE controller.
AC97 Audio/AC’97 Modem Controller
Set this option to Auto for the BIOS to automatically detect the AC97 audio and modem controller.
Setup tal-Monitor tal-Hardware
The Hardware Monitor Setup is used to set the CPU speed and monitor the current CPU Temperature, CPU Fan speed, Chassis Fan Speed, Power fan speed, Vcore, etc. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.
- Press <ENTER> on “Hardware Monitor Setup” of the main menu screen.
- Use <Up> and <Down> to choose the item and <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to modify the highlighted item.
- After you have finished with the Hardware Monitor Setup, press <ESC> to go back to the main menu.
Description of the item on screen follows:
Intrużjoni tax-Chassis
Set this option to Enabled, Reset, or Disabled the chassis intrusion detector. During Enabled, any intrusion on the system chassis will be recorded. The next time you turn on the system, it will show a warning message. To be able to clear those warning, choose reset. Afte clearing the message it will go back to Enabled.
CPU Temperature/System Temperature/CPU Fan Speed/ System Fan Speed/Power Fan Speed/CPU VID/Vcore/1.8V/Vio/ +5V/+12V/-12V/-5V/Battery/5VSB
This will show the CPU/Fan/System voltage chart and Fan speed.
Superviżur/Utent Password
This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required each time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program. Supervisor Password allows you to change all CMOS settings but the User Password setting doesn’t have this function. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follow:
- Choose “Supervisor/User Password” in the Main Menu and press <Enter>. The following message appears:
“Enter New Supervisor/User Password:” - The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 6 characters only and press <Enter>. The screen will not display the entered characters.
For no password, just press <Enter>. - After you enter the password, the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password:
“Retype New Supervisor/User Password:” - Enter exactly the same password you just typed in to confirm the password and press <Enter>.
- Move the cursor to Save and Exit Setup to save the password.
- If you need to delete the password you entered before, choose the Supervisor/User Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you had before.
- Move the cursor to Save and Exit Setup to save the option you did. Otherwise, the old password will still be there when you turn on your machine next time.
IDE HDD Auto Detection
Tista 'tuża din l-utilità biex tiskopri awtomatikament il-karatteristiċi tal-biċċa l-kbira tal-hard drives.
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