User manual ABIT BE7

[. . . ] BE7 Series (BE7-G, BE7-S, BE7-RAID, BE7-B, BE7) Socket 478 System Board User's Manual 4200-0329-02 Rev. 1. 00 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. [. . . ] AGP Data Transfer Rate: You can select the AGP device data transfer rate capability. Differential Current: This option allows you to select the current multiple of CPU clock. The options are: 4x, 6x, 5x, 7x, and Default. User's Manual 3-14 Chapter 3 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-7. Integrated Peripherals Menu Screen OnChip IDE Device(s): Press <Enter> key to enter the OnChip IDE Device(s) menu. OnChip IDE-1 Controller: The OnChip IDE 1 Controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. If you choose Disabled, it will affect the settings of four items not available. For example, if you disabled the OnChip IDE-1 Controller, you will also disable the Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode and Master/Slave Drive Ultra DMA. Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode Six options are available: Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4. The five 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. In Auto mode (default setting), the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. BE7 Series BIOS Setup 3-15 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 100 MB/sec. Ultra DMA/33 or Ultra DMA/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows® 95 OSR2 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). Auto: If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to enable BIOS support. Disabled: If you encounter a problem in using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to disable this item. OnChip IDE-2 Controller: The description is same as the OnChip IDE-1 Controller. OnChip PCI Device(s): Press <Enter> key to enter the OnChip PCI Device(s) menu. OnChip USB Controller: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. This motherboard provides two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, thus supporting USB devices. If you don't want to use USB devices, set it to Disabled, then the item USB Keyboard Support & USB Mouse Support will also be disabled. If you want to use USB keyboard in DOS environment, please set it to BIOS. If you want to use USB mouse in DOS environment, please set it to BIOS. OnChip Audio Controller: This option enables or disables the audio controller. [. . . ] Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could. After all, your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. [. . . ]