User manual AOPEN MX59P-AWD

[. . . ] Chapter 4 Award BIOS This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters. You may update your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility. Important: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design, the BIOS information contained in this chapter (especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be a little different compared to the actual BIOS that came with your mainboard. 3-1 AWARD BIOS 4. 1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS Flash ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or directly in the main chipset). To enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). [. . . ] The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals. 3-18 AWARD BIOS Power Management à Suspend Mode Suspend Mode Disabled 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Suspend mode. The Suspend mode can be Power On Suspend or Suspend to Hard Drive, selected by "Suspend Mode Option". Power Management à HDD Power Down HDD Power Down Disabled 1 Min . . . . . 15 Min This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down state. This item is independent from the power states previously described in this section (Standby and Suspend). Power Management à Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Soft-Off by PWRBTTN Delay 4 sec. Instant-Off This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware. is selected, the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On, Suspend and Off. If the switch is pressed less than 4 sec during power On, the system will go into Suspend mode. If the switch is pressed longer than 4 sec, the system will be turned Off. The default setting is Instant-Off, soft power switch is only used to control On and Off, there is no need to press 4 sec, and there is no Suspend. 3-19 AWARD BIOS Power Management à VGA Power Management à LPT & COM Power Management à HDD & FDD Power Management à DMA/Master COM Ports Activity ON OFF To enable or disable the detection of COM port, LPT, HDD, VGA, and DMA activities for power down state transition. Power Management à Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Enabled Disabled This option lets you specify enable or disable Wake On LAN function. Power Management à 0V Wake On Modem 0V Wake On Modem Disabled Enabled This motherboard implements AOpen special circuit to detect modem ring signal and wakeup from soft power off. The most possible applications are automatic answering machine and fax send/receive. It does not like traditional green PC suspend mode, the system can be true power off, (identified by the fan of your power supply is off). You can use external box modem or AOpen MP56/F56 internal modem card for modem ring-on, but MP56/F56 is recommended, since MP56/F56 has special circuit to cooperate with this mainboard and the modem power and system power can be off together. Power Management à Wake On RTC Timer Wake On RTC Timer Disabled Enabled This option lets you enable or disable the Wake on RTC Timer function. 3-20 AWARD BIOS Power Management à Date (of Month) Date (of Month) 0 1 . . . . . 31 This item is displayed when you enable Wake on RTC Timer option. Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month. Note: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the system on the specified time (which can be set in the next item) every day. Power Management à Timer (hh:mm:ss) Timer (hh:mm:ss) hh:mm:ss This item is displayed when you enable Wake on RTC Timer option. Here you can specify what time you want to wake up the system. Power Management à Primary INTR Primary ON OFF This item is used to enable or disable the detection of IRQ3-15 or NMI interrupt events for power down state transition. Normally, this is applied to network card. Power Management à IRQ [3-15] IRQ [3-15], NMI Primary Secondary Disabled Select Primary or Disabled option to enable or disable the detection of specified IRQ. If the Secondary option was selected, the system will wake up for 2ms after detecting the interrupt, and then return to power down status. 3-21 AWARD BIOS 4. 6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. PNP/PCI Configuration à PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Yes No Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you are using a PnP operating system (such as Windows 95), set this item to Yes to inform BIOS to configure only the resources needed for booting (VGA/IDE or SCSI). The rest of system resources will be allocated by PnP operating system. 3-22 AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration à Resources Controlled By Resources Controlled by Auto Manual Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually assign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI devices. Set this to Auto to enable the autoconfiguration function. PNP/PCI Configuration à Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data Enabled Disabled In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function, allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs. PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ3 (COM2) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ4 (COM1) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ5 (Network/Sound or Others) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ7 (Printer or Others) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ9 (Video or Others) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ10 (SCSI or Others) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ11 (SCSI or Others) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ14 (IDE1) PNP/PCI Configuration à IRQ15 (IDE2) IRQ 3 Legacy ISA PCI/ISA PnP If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function, set the selected IRQ to Legacy ISA. [. . . ] At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the new password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen. 2. 3. To disable the password, press when prompted to enter the password. The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled. 4. 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the "Standard CMOS Setup" automatically. [. . . ]