User manual BIOSTAR P4M800-M7 A

[. . . ] P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose. [. . . ] Set the jumper to "Pin 1-2 close". Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data. 16 P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A JCI1: Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up. JCI1 Pin 1 2 Assignment Case open signal Ground JPANEL1: Front Panel Header This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case's front panel switch functions. SLP PWR_LED On/Off +++SPK RST HLED IR IR 2 1 24 23 JPANEL1 Assignment Sleep control Ground N/A Power LED (+) Power LED (+) Power LED (-) Power button Ground Key Key Ground IRRX Pin 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 Assignment +5V N/A N/A Speaker HDD LED (+) HDD LED (-) Ground Reset control N/A N/A +5V IRTX Function Speaker Connector Hard drive LED Reset button IrDA Connector Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Function Sleep button N/A Power LED Power-on button IrDA Connector 17 P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4. 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by two short beeps High-low siren sound Meaning Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4. 2 EXTRA INFORMATION After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted. A. BIOS Update In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Download the Flash Utility "AWDFLASH. exe" from the Biostar website: www. biostar. com. tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. Copy "AWDFLASH. exe" and respectively BIOS into floppy disk. Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter. Type "Awdflash xxxx. bf/sn/py/r" in DOS prompt. System will update BIOS automatically and restart. The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly. 18 P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface. CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed. After confirmed, please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function. Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds. Plug in the power cord and boot up the system. (See "Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1" section) 2. Power on the system again. 19 P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A 4. 3 1. TROUBLESHOOTING 1. [. . . ] In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. If you want to get the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the option "Yes". 25 P4M800-M7 & P4M800-M7 A 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. "­3MHz button", "-1MHz button", "+1MHz button", and "+3MHz button": provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 %. [. . . ]