User manual GIGABYTE GA-7VM

[. . . ] FCC Compliance Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for 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 residential installations. 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space. This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM. Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU's memory address map. 38 7VM Motherboard BIOS Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP ­ BIOS FEATURES SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device IDE-0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S. M. A. R. T. for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num-Lock On Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Password Check Setup ESC : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load SETUP Defaults Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup · 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Floppy ZIP A:/LS120 CDROM SCSI NETWORK IDE-0~IDE-3 Disabled ATAPI ZIP C: USB FDD Boot Device by Floppy. Boot Device by ZIP A:/LS120 Boot Device by CDROM. Boot Device by USB FDD. 39 BIOS Setup · S. M. A. R. T. for Hard Disks Enabled Disabled Enabled HDD S. M. A. R. T. ( Default value ) · Boot Up Num-Lock On Off Keypad is number keys. (Default Value) Keypad is arrow keys. · Floppy Drive Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 type is 40 tracks while 720 , 1. 2 and 1. 44 are all 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720, 1. 2 or 1. 44 drive type as they are all 80 tracks. BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360. (Default Value) Disabled · Password Check This category allows you to limit access to the Always and Setup, or just to Setup. Always Setup The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default Value) 40 7VM Motherboard Chipset Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP ­ CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved *********DRAM Timing*** Memory Address Drive Top Performance Disabled CAS# Drive DRAM Frequency 100MHz RAS# Drive SDRAM CAS# Latency 3 DRAM Integrity Mode AGP Mode AGP Comp. [. . . ] A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. If you select System at Security Option in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu. If you select Setup at Security Option in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. 57 BIOS Setup IDE HDD Auto Detection AMIBIOS SETUP ­ STANDARD CMOS SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. [. . . ]