User manual BIOSTAR P31-A7 BIOS MANUAL

[. . . ] G31-M7/P31-A7 BIOS Manual Table of Contents BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Standard CMOS Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. On-Chip Serial AT A This item allows you to choose: Disabled: disabled SATA Controller Combined Mode: PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers in each channel. Enhanced Mode: enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers are supported. SATA Only: SATA is operating in legacy mode. 18 G31-M7/P31-A7 The Choices: Disabled, Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode (default), and SATA only. SATA PORT Speed Settings The Choices: Disabled (default), Force GEN I, Force GEN II. PATA IDE Mode The Choices: Primary (default), Secondary. Onboard Device If you highlight the literal "Press Enter" next to the "Onboard Device" label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: Azalia/AC97 Audio Select This item allows you to select the Azalia/AC97 Audio support. The Choices: Auto (default), Azalia, AC97 Audio and Modem, AC97 Audio only, AC97 Modem only, All Disabled. . Onboard PCIE LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard PCIE LAN. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 19 G31-M7/P31-A7 Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. The Choices: Disabled Rom (default), Int 18h, Int 19h, PnP/BEV. Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. 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. 20 G31-M7/P31-A7 Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. ECP+EPP 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 USB 1. 0/2. 0 Controller This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. If the Bios has high speed USB support built in, the support will be automately turn on when high speed device were attached. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 21 G31-M7/P31-A7 USB Operation Mode Auto decide USB device operation mode. [High speed]: if USB device was high speed device, then it operated on high speed mode. If USB device was full/low speed device, then it operated on full/low speed mode. The Choices: High speed (default), Full/Low Speed. USB Keyboard/Mouse/Storage Function This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard/ Mouse/ USB Storage Legacy Support. Disabled Disable USB Keyboard / Mouse/ USB Storage Support. USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting [Auto Mode]: According to contents of USB MSD decide boot up type. The Choices: Auto mode (default), FDD mode, HDD mode. 22 G31-M7/P31-A7 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. [. . . ] The Choices: Min=0, . Max=127, Key in a DEC number. Smart Fan Calibration PWM Duty Off<> PWM Duty Start<> CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. The Choices: Min=0, . Max=127, 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 Choices: Min=1, . Max=127, Key in a DEC number. Smart Fan Slope Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. The Choices: Disabled , 60/ 140, 65/ 149, 70/ 158, 75/ 167, 80/ 176(default), 85/ 185, 90/ 167. Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. [. . . ]