User manual ABIT FATAL1TY-AN8-SLI

[. . . ] Socket 939 System Board User's Manual For more information: www. abit. com. tw 4200-0453-03 Rev. 1. 01 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. [. . . ] Boot Up NumLock Status: This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. [On]: The numeric keypad functions as number keys. [Off]: The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys. Security Option: This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when it enters the BIOS setup. [Setup]: The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup. [System]: The password is required each time the computer boots up. To disable security, select Set Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter the password. Do not type anything and just press the <Enter> key and it will disable security. Once security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But by doing this, you will have to reset all previously set options. MPS Version Ctrl For OS: This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. Delay For HDD (Secs): This item allows the BIOS to support some old or special IDE devices by prolonging this delay time. A larger value will give more delay time to the device for which to initialize and to prepare for activation. Full Screen LOGO Show: This item determines to show the full screen logo when booting. Disable unused PCI Clock: This option disables the clock of PCI slot that is not in use. [Enabled]: The system automatically detects the unused PCI slots, and stop sending clock signal to these unused PCI slots. [Disabled]: The system always sends clock signal to all PCI slots. NOTE: Set this option to [Disabled] setting if there are adapters that cannot be automatically detected by the system and will cause malfunction. Fatal1ty AN8 SLI BIOS Setup 3-15 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix ­ Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features HT Frequency 4X Item Help HT Width 16 16 DRAM Configuration Press Enter SSE/SSE2 Instructions Enable System BIOS Cachable Disable :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults HT Frequency: This item selects the LDT Bus Frequency. HT Width: This item selects the LDT Bus Width. # DRAM Configuration: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Phoenix ­ Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration DRAM Timing Selectable Auto Item Help X - DRAM Clock Auto X - CAS latency Time Auto X - Row Cycle Time Auto X - Row Refresh Cycle Time Auto X - RAS# to CAS# delay Auto X - RAS# to RAS# delay Auto X - Min RAS# Active time Auto X - RAS# Precharge Time Auto X - Write Recovery Time Auto X - Write to Read Delay Auto X - DRAM Command rate Auto X - Burst Length 4 beats X - Bank Interleaving Enabled 32 bit Dram Memory Hole Auto MTRR mapping mode Continuous :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults User's Manual 3-16 Chapter 3 DRAM Timing Selectable: This item selects the DRAM timing mode. [. . . ] They will be more familiar with local conditions and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons, such as the time required for problem reproduction, we will not be able to reply to every email. Please understand that we are selling through distribution channels and while we don't have the resources to serve every end-user, we will do our best to help every customer. Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second language. [. . . ]