User manual BIOSTAR K8M800 MICRO AM2
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[. . . ] K8M800 Micro AM2 Setup Manual
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The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respec t to the contents here and s pecially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose. [. . . ] The Award BIOSTM installed in your computer system's ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports. Adding important has customized the Award BIOSTM, but nonstandard, features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system. The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup.
Plug and Play Support
These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1. 0A specification. ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.
EPA Green PC Support
This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1. 03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
APM Support
These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1. 1&1. 2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.
ACPI Support
Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1. 0 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.
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PCI Bus Support
This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2. 1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification.
DRAM Support
DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported.
Supported CPUs
This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
Using Setup
In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, 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 using the keyboard.
Keystroke
Up arrow Down arrow Left arrow Right arrow Move Enter PgUp key PgDn key + Key - Key Esc key F1 key F5 key F7 key F10 key
Function
Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item on the left (menu bar) Move to the item on the right (menu bar) Move to the item you desired Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes 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 General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the optimized defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit
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1 Main Menu
Once you enter Award BIOSTM CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS installed on board, for update information.
Figure 1: Main Menu
Standard CMOS Features
This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.
Advanced BIOS Features
This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS.
Advanced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.
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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 you to monitor the hardware of your system.
Frequency/ Voltage Control
This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M/B damage!)
Load Optimized Defaults
This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence. 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.
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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 Saving
Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation
Upgrade BIOS
This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.
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2 Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. 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
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Main Menu Selections
This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.
Item
Date
Options
mm : dd : yy
Description
Set the system date. system internal
Time IDE Primary Master
hh : mm : ss Options are in its sub menu. Options are in its sub menu.
Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of detailed options. Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu. [. . . ] 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 IRQ-4 IRQ-5 IRQ-7 IRQ-9 IRQ-10 IRQ-11 IRQ-12 IRQ-14 IRQ-15 assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device
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PCI / VGA Palette Snoop
Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. [. . . ]
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