User manual ABIT NF7-M

[. . . ] NF7/NF7-M/NF7-S Socket 462 System Board User's Manual 4200-0316-06 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 Floppy Seek: When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not. When this item is set to Disabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. NF7/NF7-M/NF7-S BIOS Setup 3-9 Boot Up NumLock Status: This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. Security Option: This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when enters the BIOS setup. To disable security, select Set Supervisor 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. MPS Version Ctrl For OS: This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. If you use an older OS for dual processor executing, please set this option to 1. 1. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: This item allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2. Leave this item to its default [Non-OS2] setting for operating system other than OS/2. Report No FDD For OS: When set to [Enabled], this item allows you to run some older operating system without floppy disk drive. Delay IDE Initial: 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. User's Manual 3-10 Chapter 3 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Memory Timings: Five options are available: Optimal Aggressive Turbo By SPD Expert. Choose Optimal for better memory compatibility; choose Aggressive/Turbo for better memory performance; choose Expert for user-define. When set to By SPD, the BIOS will read the DRAM module SPD data and automatically set to the values stored in it. This is the minimum number of cycles between an activate command and a precharge command to the same bank. This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM. You can select SDRAM CAS (Column Address Strobe) latency time according your SDRAM specification. System BIOS Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. [. . . ] 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. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you. [. . . ]