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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup ............ .............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. .............1 1 Main Menu .............................................................................................................. ..... .......... 3 2 Standard C MOS Features ...........................[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 1 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. Th e Setup program allows user s to modify the basic system configuration. This special inform ation is then stored in b attery-backed RAM so th at it retains the Setup information when th e power is turned off. The Award BIOS[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 2 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2. 1 of the Intel PC I (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Sy nchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU. Using Setup In general, you use the arro w keys to hig[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter A ward BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, th e Main Menu will appear on t he screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select am ong the items and press <Enter> to accept and e nter the sub-menu.  Figur e 1: Main Men u Standard CM OS Feat[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 4 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 conf igure certain “Plug and Play” an d PCI o[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 5 Set User Password If the Supervisor P assword 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 se t, the “User” will only be a ble to view configur ations but will not be able to change them. Save & E xit Setu[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 6 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than o ne setup item s. Use the arrow keys to highlight the it em and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> key s to select the value you w ant in each ite m.  Figure 2: Standard [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 7 Main Menu Selections This table show s the selections that you can make on the M ain Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. No te that the ‘Day’ automatically chan ges wh en you s et the date. Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal clock. IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub m[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the situation in w hich you want the BIOS to s top the POST process and not ify yo u. Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up. Extended Memory N/A Displays the a[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3: Advanced BIO S Setup[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 10 Boot Seq & Floppy Setu p This item allows you to s etup boot seq & Floppy.  Figure 3.1: Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priorit y These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence autom atically. This will dep end on which H ard Disk is installed.  Figur e 3.1. 1: Har d Disk Boot P rio[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 11 First/ Second/ Third/ Boot O ther Device These BIOS attem pt to load the operating system from the devices in the seque nce selec ted in th ese ite ms. The Choices: Floppy (default), LS120, Hard Disk, SCSI, CDROM, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive For systems wit h two floppy drives, this op tion allows y ou to[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 12 Cache Setup  Figure 3.3: Ca che Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you m ay be able to increase mem ory access time w ith this op tion. Enabled (default) Enable cach e. Disabled Disable cache. External Cache This option ena bles or disables “Level 2” secondary cach e on the CPU, which[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 13 CPU Feature  Figur e 3.4 : CPU Feat ure NPT Fid control This function allows you to adjust the frequency ratio of CPU. The Choices: Auto (def ault), x4: 800Mhz ~ x25: 5000Mh z (differs from CPU) NPT Vid control This function allows you to adjust the CPU voltage. The Choices: Auto (default), 0.375V ~ 1.550V (differs[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 14 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose th e VIRUS W arning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an at tempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the sc reen and sound an alarm beep. Disabled (default) Virus protect[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 15 APIC Mode Selecting Enabled enables APIC mode reporting from the B IOS to the operating system . The Choices: Enabled (d efault), Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS suppo rts version 1.1 a nd 1.4 of the In tel multipr ocessor specifica tion. Select version supported by the operation sy stem running on this c[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 16 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows y ou to configure the specif ic features of the chipset in stalled on y our system . This chipset manage bu s speeds and acce ss to system mem ory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The de fault settings that c ame with your sys[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 17 AGP & P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the liter al “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and then press the enter k ey, it will take you a subm enu with the fol lowing options:  Figure 4.1: AGP & P2P Bridge C ontrol AGP Aperture S ize Select the size of the Accelerated G[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 18 AGP Driving V alue While AGP driving control i tem set t o “Manual”, it a llows user to set AGP driving. The Choices: DA (default). AGP Fast W r ite This item allows y ou to disabled o r enabled AGP Fast W rite. The Choices: Disabled (default), En abled. AGP Master 1 WS W rite When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Acce[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 19 DRAM Configuration  Figur e 4.2: DRAM Conf igur ation Timing Mode This item allows you to choose t o manually or automatically r egulate the D DR T iming. The Choices: Auto (default), Manual. DQS Training Control The Choices: Ski p DQ S (default), Perform DQS. CKE base power down mode The Choices: Enabled (def ault[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 20 DDRII Timing Item The Choices: Disabled (def ault), Enabled. TwTr Command Delay The Choices: 3 bus clocks ( default). TrTfc0 for DIMM0 The Choices: 75ns (default). TrTfc1 for DIMM1 The Choices: 75ns (default) <Twr> Write Recovery Time The Choices: 6 bus clocks ( default). <Trtp> Precharge Time The Choices:[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 21 LDT & PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal “Pre ss Enter” next to the “LDT & PCI Bus Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a subm enu with the following options  : Figure 4.3: LDT & PCI Bus Co ntrol Upstream LDT Bus Width The Choices: 8 bit, 16 bit (def ault). Dow[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 22 PCI1 Post Write When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are ex ecuted with zero-wa it states. The Choices: Enable d (default), Disabled. PCI2 Post Write When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are ex ecuted with zero-wa it states. The Choices: Enable d (default), Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 23 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripheral[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 24 VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight t he literal “Pre ss Enter” nex t to the “VIA On Chip IDE D evice” label and then press the enter key , it will take y ou a submenu with t he following options:  Figure 5.1: VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA. The C[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 25 IDE Prefetch Mode The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports ID E prefetching for faster drive access. If the interface does not support pr efetching. If y ou install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interf ace, set this option to “Disabled”. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Primary / Secondary [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 26 VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight t he literal “Press Enter” next to th e “VIA OnChip PCI Device” label and th en press the enter key , it will take y ou a submenu with t he following options:  Figure 5.2: VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA-3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard A C97 aud[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 27 OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB ins talled on the system board. You will need to disable this f eature if you add a higher perform ance controller. The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled, 1&2 US B Port, 2&3 US B Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB P ort, 2 US B [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 28 Super IO Device Press Enter to conf igure the Super I/O Devi ce.  Figure 5.3: 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 install and F DC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this f[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 29 Parallel Port Mode The default value i s SPP. The Choices: SPP (default) Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Paralle l Port. ECP Using Par allel Port as Extended Capabil ities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP & EP P mode. ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you t[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 30 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup M enu allows you to config ure your system to uti lize energy conservation and power u p/power down features.  Figure 6: Power Management Setup ACPI function This ite m dis plays the sta tus of t he Adv a nced Configuration and Power Man agement (ACPI). The Choice[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 31 Power Management Option This category allows you to select th e type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following m odes: 1.HDD Power Down. 2.Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Managem ent, three of which have fixed mode settings Min. Power Saving Minimum power m anagement. Suspend M[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 32 Video Off Method This option determines the m anner in which the monitor is goes blank. V/H SYNC+Blank (default) This selection will cause the system to turn of f the vertical a nd horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buff er. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buf fer. [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 33 For example: If set to “For mer-Sts” and AC power is lost when system is live, th en after AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when system is not live, syst em will remain powere d off. IRQ/Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to th[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 34 USB Resume from S3 This item allow s you to enable or disabled US B resum e from S3. The C hoic es: D isab led (d efault), Enabled. VGA When set to On , any event occurri ng at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down. The Choices: Off (default), On. LPT & COM When this option is set to On , any[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 35 IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub m enu used to configure the d ifferent wake up events (i.e. wake on LPT & COMM activit y).  Figure 6.1.1: IRQs Activity Mon itoring Primary INTR On IRQ3 (COM2) Enabled IRQ4 (COM1) Enabled IRQ5 (LPT2) Enabled IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled IRQ7 (LPT1) Enable[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 36 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes conf iguring the PCI bus system . PCI, or Personal C omputer Interconnect, is a sy stem which allows I/O devic es to operate at sp eeds nearing the sp eed of the CPU itself use s when comm unicating with its own special components. Th is section covers some very technica[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 37 Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS support s the PnP feature which requires the syst em to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node r ecords which resources are assigned to it. Th e system needs to record and upd[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 38 PCI / V GA Pa lette S noo p Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphi c controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their displa y as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. However, the color information co ming from the VGA controller is drawn fro m the[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 39 8 PC Health Status  Figure 8: PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to s et up the CPU shutdown Temperature. The Choices: 70 ℃ / 158 ℉ , 75 ℃ / 167 ℉ , 80 ℃ / 176 ℉ , 85 ℃ / 185 ℉ (default) CPU Vcore/ 3.3V/ +5.0V/ +12V/DDR Voltage/ LDT Voltage/Vo ltage Battery Detect the system?[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 40 SYS FAN Spee d This field displa ys the speed of the SYSTEM fan. Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a m onitoring system, it will show PC health status durin g POST stage. The item offers several delay time to select y ou want The Choices: Enabled (def ault), Disabled. Chassis Open Warning This item allo[...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 41 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control  Figure 9: Frequency/ Voltage Control CPU Vcore The Choices: Default (default), +0.15V, +0.10V, +0.05V. DDR Voltage This item allow s you to select DDR Voltage . The Choices: 1.95V (default), 2.05V, 2.15V, 2 .25V. AutoDetect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable / disable auto D etect [...]

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    K8M800 Micro AM2 BIOS Setup 42 CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CP U over clocking The Choices: 200Mhz (default ), Disabled. Min= 200 Max= 232 Key in a DEC number. Special Notice: If unfortunately, the system ’s frequency that you are selected is n ot functioning, there are two m ethods of booting-up the system. Method 1: C[...]