Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] GA-8STXC P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard
USER'S MANUAL
Pentium® 4 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1001 12ME-8STXC-1001
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WARNING!
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. [. . . ] The Main 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) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving :Select Item F10:Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type. . . Figure 1: Main Menu
Standard CMOS Features
This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.
Advanced BIOS Features
This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.
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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 Configurations
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/Voltage Control
This setup page is control CPU's clock and frequency ratio.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters 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 limit access to the system.
Save & Exit Setup
Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.
Exit Without Saving
Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.
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Standard CMOS Features
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory : Move Enter:Select Fri, May 3 2002 17:56:23 None None None None 1. 44M, 3. 5 in. None Disabled <Day> All, But Keyboard 640K 130048K 131072K +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit <Year> 1999 to 2098 F1:General Help 1 to 31 (or maximum allowed in the month) <Week> Sun. Item Help Menu Level Change the day, month, year
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 2: Standard CMOS Features
Date
The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.
Week Month Day Year The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only The month, Jan. The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) The year, from 1999 through 2098
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Time
The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. is 13:00:00.
IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave
The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. Manual type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If you select User Type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
CYLS. HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE Number of cylinders Number of heads Write precomp Landing zone
SECTORSNumber of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.
Drive A / Drive B
The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.
None 360K, 5. 25 in. No floppy drive installed 5. 25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity. 5. 25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1. 2M byte capacity (3. 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled). 3. 5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity 3. 5 inch double-sided drive; 1. 44M byte capacity. 3. 5 inch double-sided drive; 2. 88M byte capacity.
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Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)
Disabled Drive A Drive B Both Normal Floppy Drive. Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives.
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Halt on
The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.
NO Errors All Errors All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted. Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped. [. . . ] (Default Value)
Resume by Alarm
You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system. (Default Value) Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.
If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled. Month Alarm : Day (of Month) : Time ( hh: mm: ss) : NA, 1~12 1~31 (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)
Power LED in S1 state
Blinking Dual/Off In standby mode(S1), power LED will blink. If use dual color LED, power LED will turn to another color.
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PnP/PCI Configurations
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 4 IRQ Assignment PCI 1/5 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto Auto Auto Item Help Menu Level
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Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
ESC:Exit
F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values
F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations
PCI 4 IRQ Assignment
Auto 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4. [. . . ]