User manual ABIT BF6

[. . . ] Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners. [. . . ] The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) items let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode (default setting), the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. BF6 Introduction of the BIOS 3-25 Master/Slave Drive Ultra DMA: Two options are available: Auto and Disabled. Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB/sec. Ultra DMA/33 or Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows® 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). Auto: If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support. For Ultra DMA/66 devices, please refer the requirements mentioned in page 2-18. (Default setting) Disabled: If you encounter a problem in using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to disable this item. Onboard IDE-2 Controller: Description is same as the Onboard IDE-1 Controller. USB Keyboard Support: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. If your system contains a USB keyboard, set it to Enabled. Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI slot or AGP slot VGA first. Ultra DMA-66 IDE Controller This item is only for the ABIT's BE6-II motherboard. Please leave it on the default setting. IDE HDD Block Mode: Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The default setting is Enabled. User's Manual 3-26 Chapter3 Power On Function: This item allows you to select which way you want your system to power on. Five items are available: Button Only , Keyboard 98 , Password , Hot Key , Mouse Left , Mouse Right. The power on function has to cooperate with the JP1 setting (see section 2-4). The mouse wake up function can only be used with the PS/2 mouse, not with a mouse that uses the COM port and USB connection. Mouse Left (Mouse Right) means, you need to double click the mouse left (right) button, for the computer to power on. You also need to note the compatibility issue with your PS/2 mouse. Some PS/2 mice cannot wake up the system, because of compatibility problems. Also, if the specs of your keyboard are too old, it may fail to power on. Keyboard 98: If you are using Windows® 98 and you have a keyboard that is designed for the Windows® 98 operating system. You can enable this item, and use your keyboard wake up key to wake up your computer. [. . . ] To fill in this "Technical Support Form", refer to the step-by-step instructions given below: 1*. MODEL: Note the model number given in your user's manual. Motherboard model number (REV): Note the motherboard model number labeled on the motherboard as "REV:*. **". BIOS ID and Part Number: See next page example. * * BF6 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) G-3 4. [. . . ]