User manual GIGABYTE GA-5SMM

[. . . ] 5SMM 4. BIOS CONFIGURATION Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. 4. 1. ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer, when the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> Key or simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys. YPress DEL to enter SETUP. If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the "RESET" bottom on the system case. [. . . ] Disabled Read Prefetch Memory RD. · CPU to PCI Burst Mem. WR. 4-15 BIOS Configuration · CPU to PCI Post Write The default value is Enabled Enabled Disabled Enabled CPU to PCI Post Write Function. Disabled CPU to PCI Post Write Function. · AGP Aperture Size The default value is 64MB. Set AGP Aperture Size to 256MB. · System BIOS Cacheable The default value is Enabled. Disabled System BIOS cacheable. · Video BIOS Cacheable The default value is Enabled. Disabled video BIOS cacheable. · Memory Hole at 15M-16M The default value is Disabled. Normal Setting. 4-16 5SMM · Linear Mode SRAM Support The default value is Disabled. Disabled Linear Mode SRAM Support. · PCI Post Write Buffer The default value is Disabled. Disabled PCI Post Write Buffer. · PCI Delayed Transaction The default value is Enabled. Disabled PCI Delayed Transaction. · Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk The default value is Enabled. Enabled Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Function. · Spread Spectrum The default value is Disabled. Enabled Spread Spectrum function. 4-17 BIOS Configuration 4. 8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP * * * * * Figure 4. 5: Power Management Setup * These five items will show up when Power Up by Alarm is Enabled. · Power Management The default value is Enable. Disable Green function. · Video off Method The default value is DPMS Supported. V/H SYNC+Blank Blank Screen DPMS Supported BIOS will turn off V/H-SYNC when gets into Green mode for Green monitor power saving. (The Green type VGA card will turn off V/H-SYNC automatically. ) 4-18 5SMM · MODEM use IRQ The default value is 3. Assign Available IRQ# for Modem. · HDD Off After The default value is Disable. Set HDD timer to get into power down mode. · Suspend Mode The default value is Disable. Setup the timer to enter Suspend Mode. · HDD Ports Activity The default value is Enabled. Enabled HDD Ports Activity. · COM Ports Activity The default value is Enabled. Enabled COM Ports Activity. · LPT Ports Activity The default value is Enabled. Enabled LPT Ports Activity. 4-19 BIOS Configuration · VGA Activity The default value is Enabled. [. . . ] You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. PASSWORD DISABLED If you select System at Security Option of 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. [. . . ]