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The same as AMI Bios, and then boot screen when you press the "Del" key to enter the Bios settings menu (some of which is to press the F1 key), as shown:
After you enter the following menu, you will see, there may be some differences, but basically it's almost the same, and count the name of the different, but basically the role is the same! The name is different, but basically the role is the same!
You can use the arrow keys to move the cursor, Enter to confirm, ESC to return, PageUp, PageDown and numeric keys to adjust the settings, you can press the F10 key to exit and save the settings in any of the setup menus, which are almost the same as the AMI Bios settings! Then it's exactly into the settings!
I. SoftMenu Setup
In fact, this Soft Menu Setup is a technology unique to the Ascend Technology motherboards, which provides a wealth of CPU external frequency, multiplier adjustments (requires CPU support), AGP/PCI bus frequency, and the frequency of CPU/memory/AGP voltage adjustments, etc. This program is equivalent to some of the motherboards in the AMI Bios Settings.
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1. CPU Operating Speed:
This item displays the operating speed of the processor based on the type and speed of the processor you are using, and you can manually enter the operating speed by selecting the [User Define] option.
Well, I'm going to put down the BIOS setup guide here, and explain what overclocking means and how it works before I teach you to overclock, so you can get to the next step of the BIOS setup to overclock better!
CPU overclocking, its main purpose is to increase the operating frequency of the CPU, that is, the main frequency of the CPU. The main frequency of the CPU is the product of the external frequency (FSB) and the multiplier frequency (Multiplier Factor). For example, if a CPU's FSB is 200MHz and its multiplier factor is 10, you can calculate its main frequency = FSB × multiplier factor = 200MHz × 10 = 2000MHz, i.e., 2.0GHz.
Boosting the CPU's main frequency can be accomplished by changing the multiplier factor of the CPU or the FSB. But if you are using an Intel CPU, you can ignore the multiplier as much as you want, because Intel CPUs use a special manufacturing process to prevent modifying the multiplier. However, some Intel engineering samples do not lock the multiplier, and AMD CPUs can modify the multiplier. Although raising the CPU's external frequency or multiplier frequency can make the CPU reach the same frequency, for example, a 2.0GHz CPU, which uses 200*10 = 2.0, we can raise the multiplier frequency to 20 and lower the FSB to 100MHz, or we can raise the FSB to 250 and lower the multiplier frequency to 8. Both methods can make the main frequency reach 2.0G, but the performance they get is not the same. get different performance. Because the external frequency (FSB) is the channel the system uses to communicate with the processor, it should be made as high as possible. So if you drop the FSB to 100MHz and raise the multiplier to 20, you'll still have a 2.0GHz clock, but the rest of the system will be communicating with the processor much slower than it was before, resulting in a loss of system performance, so if the user has a CPU that can be lowered in multiplier, it might be a good idea to give it a try!
The speed of the external frequency is usually closely related to the speed of the front-side bus and memory. So when you increase the CPU's external frequency, the performance of the CPU, the system and the memory improves at the same time, which is why DIYers love overclocking.
Okay, back to business, let's move on to the BIOS settings. After you select the "Use Defined" option in the "CPU Operating Speed" section, you'll see the CPU options that were previously unavailable. Now you can set it!
1. Ext. Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI)
This is the Ext. Clock setting option, manually enter the value of the CPU Ext. Clock you want to set to, this allows you to enter a value in the range of 100-412, which allows you to linearly overclock every 1MHz to maximize the potential of your CPU. Generally speaking, the CPU's external frequency in the 100 to 250 or so is more normal, generally not more than 300MHz, so users must not be a one-time external frequency to the highest, in principle, the first time to overclock the CPU because it is not clear how high the CPU can actually work under the external frequency, so set the value of the external frequency can be three to five megahertz as a step to increase to slowly test, here for demonstration purposes, direct To demonstrate this, I set the external frequency to 133MHz, the standard external frequency, and then pressed enter to confirm after setting the correct external frequency number.
If the CPU's multiplier frequency is not locked, there will be a Multiplier Factor option to select the CPU's multiplier frequency under the Ext.
2. Estimated New CPU clock:
This item displays the sum of the frequencies of the first two [Ext. Clock] and [Multiplier Factor].
3. N/B Strap CPU As:
This section allows you to set the front side bus assigned to the MCH (Memory Controller). The options are [PSB400], [PSB533], [PSB800], and [By CPU]. The default is [By CPU].
To set this section manually:
Select [PSB400] if the CPU frequency is 100MHz FSB.
Select [PSB533] if the CPU frequency is 133MHz FSB.
If the CPU frequency is 200MHz FSB, then [PSB800] can be selected.
4. DRAM Ratio (CPU:DRAM):
This section determines the frequency ratio between the CPU and DRAM.
When it comes to this, it's time to explain the relationship between CPU and DRAM again. The operating frequency of DRAM is determined by the external frequency (FSB), so when we overclock the CPU, we are increasing the operating frequency of DRAM as well, by setting the ratio of the external frequency to the frequency of the DRAM bus. If you are using DDR333 memory, its standard operating frequency can be up to 166MHz. Since we have already set the external frequency to 133MHz, you can choose "4:5" to make the memory run at the highest frequency.
5. Fixed AGP/PCI Frequency:
This item can be used to determine the frequency of the AGP/PCI bus, this option allows you to maintain your AGP/PCI frequency at some fixed frequency to improve system stability.
6. CPU Power Supply:
This option allows users to switch between the processor's preset voltage values and the user-defined voltage values, please do not change this preset voltage value unless you have some experience in regulating them. Voltage" allows you to select the voltage used by the CPU core, allowing you to manually select the core voltage of the processor.
Here is an introduction to the CPU core voltage, the P4 CPU's rated core operating voltage of 1.5V, usually no more than 1.65V voltage is safe, of course, overclocking to increase the voltage to ensure stable operation under the premise of as little as possible to increase the voltage, which is from the thermal aspect of the consideration in order to the CPU temperature as much as possible under the control of the low level. Voltage can also be a little bit of a gradual attempt to improve, do not have to rush to one step, here we first choose 1.55V to try. Please note that voltages above 1.70V are dangerous for the Northwoods core P4, and may burn out the CPU, so the voltage should not be increased too high!
7. DDR SDRAM Voltage:
This section allows you to select the operating voltage for your DRAM slots.
This is to increase the power supply voltage to the DDR memory, the default voltage of DIMM module is 2.5V, if the memory quality is not good, or overclocking the memory, then you can increase the memory voltage a little bit, and try not to exceed the voltage range of 0.5V, or then there may be damage to the memory!
Finally, you can also see the option to increase the operating voltage for AGP cards, if you are overclocking to a standard external frequency, and also overclocking the graphics card, then you can consider increasing the AGP voltage appropriately, the default AGP voltage is 1.5 V. As shown in the figure below:
Well, after saying so much about the overclocking BIOS settings, I'd like to continue to explain the other options. Bios settings, of course, in the following content, there are also instructions on optimizing the overclocking!
Standard CMOS Features
There's no need to go into the details here! I'm sure everyone can read it! The following is the "IDE Device Settings" inside the option explanation, generally do not need to set the user, keep the default on it!
3. Advanced BIOS Features
1. Quick Power On Self Test:
When set to [Enabled] (Startup), this program accelerates the POST (Power On Self Test) process when the system is powered on. When set to [Enabled], this feature accelerates the POST process when the system is powered on, allowing the BIOS to shorten or skip some of the checkpoints during the POST process, thus speeding up the boot wait time!
2. Hard Disk Boot Priority:
This item allows you to select the boot priority for your hard disk. By pressing the <Enter> button, you will be able to access its submenu, which will show you the hard disks that have been detected and are available in the boot priority that you want to use to boot your system. Of course, this option is only available if you have two or more systems installed!
3. HDD Change Message:
When set to [Enabled], a message will appear on the screen during the boot process of POST if there is a change in the hard disk installed in your system.
4. First Boot Device / Second Boot Device / Third Boot Device / Boot Other Device:
On the [First Boot Device], [Second Boot Device], and [Third Boot Device] items, you will see a message on the screen.
Data Ready
Data Ready is a video ready to run when your PC is asleep! The devices that can be selected depend on what you have installed!
1. DRAM Timing Selectable:
This item sets the optimal timing for the next four items, depending on the memory module. The default value is "By SPD". This default value reads the contents of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device and sets the four projects based on the SPD contents. The EEPROM (read-only memory) on the memory module stores important parameter information about the module, such as memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module storage area.
2. CAS Latency Time:
This item controls the latency time between when DRAM reads a command and when the data becomes actually available. A lower CAS latency time reduces the latency cycle of the memory to increase the efficiency of the memory. Therefore, as long as the operating system can run stably, we should try to set the CAS parameter as low as possible, so as to increase the speed of memory operation. On the other hand, if the memory is unstable, you can set this parameter to a higher value to improve memory stability.
3. Act to Precharge Delay:
This item controls the value of the DRAM frequency used for the DRAM parameter. Similarly, smaller values give higher performance, but also require stringent memory quality!
4. DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay:
This item controls the delay time between DRAM actuation commands and read/write commands, with 2, 3, and 4 options. The smaller the value, the better the performance.
5. DRAM RAS# Precharge:
This item controls the wait time for the frequency to start after the precharge instruction is sent to the DRAM. The smaller the precharge parameter, the faster the memory read/write speed.
The above memory parameter settings can generally be left alone! Let the defaults be enough, but overclocking players are certainly not going to let go of anything that can improve performance, so if you want to get a little bit of a performance boost here, you have to take your time experimenting and choosing an appropriate parameter in order to get your computer to reach the optimal state of performance and stability!
6. Video BIOS Cacheable:
Like the system BIOS cache, enabling the video BIOS cache will allow access to the video BIOS cache from C0000H to C7FFFH if the cache controller is enabled. The larger the cache size, the faster the graphics performance will be.
7. Memory Hole At 15M-16M:
When set to [Enabled], there will be 15M-16M of memory space reserved for ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This can leave more than 15 MB of memory unused by the system, use the system default for this item.
8. Delay Prior to Thermal:
This item can be used to select a delay time before the thermal device is activated.
9. AGP Aperture Size:
This item specifies the amount of system memory to be used by the AGP unit, which is a portion of the PCI memory address range that can be allocated to graphics memory.
10. Init Display First:
This item allows you to select whether the AGP or PCI slots will be initialized when the system is powered on.
[AGP]: When the system is powered on, it will initialize the AGP slot first.
[PCI Slot]: When the system is powered on, it will initialize the PCI slot first.
11. AGP Data Transfer Rate:
This item allows you to select the data transfer rate for your AGP device. Higher data transfer rates provide faster and better graphics performance for your system. Please make sure your graphics card can support the mode you have selected. The vast majority of graphics cards you buy today are 8X, so you can usually just use the default.
Integrated Peripherals (Integrated Device Settings)
This is the option to manage the computer's motherboard integrated devices and ports, the specific project because the motherboard is different, so the settings will be different, not explained in detail here, but only translated to the readers to understand the user in the case of necessity please follow the motherboard The user should follow the motherboard's instructions to set up the settings, but in general these settings do not need to be adjusted!
1. OnChip IDE Device:
2. OnChip PCI Device
1. OnChip USB Controller:
This option turns the USB port on or off.
2. USB 2.0 Controller:
This option enables or disables the USB 2. port transfer mode.
3. USB Keyboard Support Via:
This item allows you to go to [BIOS] to allow you to use the USB keyboard in a DOS environment or [OS] to use it in an OS environment.
4. USB Mouse Support Via:
This item allows you to select [BIOS] to allow you to use a USB mouse under DOS, or [OS] to use it under OS.
5. OnChip Audio Controller:
This option turns the integrated sound card device on or off.
3. SuperIO Device:
4. Onboard Parallel Port:
5. power Management Features
However, there is no need to say much here! It's easy to understand! You can set these power management options to your liking! Just a quick note on "CPI Suspend Type"
VI. PnP/PCI Configurations (PNP/PCI Configuration Settings)
1. Resources Controlled By:
This item allows you to configure the behavior of all power-on and plug-and-play compatible devices.
[Auto]: The system will automatically detect all settings.
[Manual]: Select a specific IRQ resource in the IRQ Resources menu.
2. IRQ Resources:
This item allows you to set the interrupt for each system to be either [PCI Device] or [Reserved].
3. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:
This item determines which MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can (or can't) work with PCI/VGA.
[Enabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA.
[Disabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards do not function with PCI/VGA.
VII. PC Health Status (Computer Health Status Setting)
There are no more specific settings here! The previous article on AMI Bios setup has already explained it in detail! There are also some other COMS settings that I won't repeat here, they are very simple settings that you can understand by reading my Chinese explanations.
Attachment 1: BIOS self-test ringing meaning
Award BIOS self-test ringing meaning:
1 short: the system starts normally. Congratulations, your machine does not have any problems.
2 short: General error, please enter CMOS Setup to reset incorrect options.
1 long and 1 short: RAM or motherboard error. Try another RAM, if it still doesn't work, you have to replace the motherboard.
1 long 2 short: Display or graphics card error.
1 long 3 short: Keyboard controller error. Check the motherboard.
1 long 9 short: motherboard Flash RAM or EPROM error, BIOS corruption. Try changing the Flash RAM.
Continuous ringing (long sound): Memory sticks are not inserted tightly or damaged. Re-insert the memory stick, and if it still doesn't work, replace it with a new one.
Continuous ringing: The power supply, monitor and graphics card are not connected properly. Check all the plugs.
Repeated short beeps: There is a problem with the power supply.
No sound, no display: power supply problem.
Two, AMI BIOS self-test ringing meaning:
1 short: memory refresh failure. Replace the memory stick.
2 short: memory ECC check error. In CMOS Setup will memory about ECC checksum option set to Disabled can be solved, but the most fundamental solution is still to replace a memory.
3Short: System base memory (1st 64kB) check failed. Replace the memory.
4Short: System clock error.
5Short: Central processing unit (CPU) error.
6 short: Keyboard controller error.
7 short: system real mode error, can not switch to protected mode.
8 short: Display memory error. Display memory problem, try replacing the video card.
9 short: ROM BIOS check and error.
1 long 3 short: Memory error. Memory is damaged, replace it.
1 long 8 short: Display test error. Display cable is not plugged in or display card is not plugged in securely.
Three, Phoenix BIOS self-test ringing meaning:
Self-test ringing Self-test ringing meaning
1 short System boot up normally
1 short 1 short 2 short Motherboard error
1 short 1 short 4 short ROM BIOS checksum error
1 short 2 short 2 short DMA initialization failure
1 short 3 short 1 short RAM refresh error
1 short 3 short 3 short Base memory error
1 short 4 short 2 short Base memory checksum error
1 short 4 short 4 short EISA NMI port error
3 short 1 short 1 short Slave DMA register error
3 short 1 short 3 short Master interrupt handling register error
3 short 2 short 4 short Keyboard controller error
3 short 4 short 2 short Display error
4 short 2 short 2 short Shutdown error
4 short 2 short 4 short Protected mode interrupt error
4 short 3 short 3 short Clock 2 error
4 short 4 short 1 short Serial port error
4 short 4 short 3 short Digital coprocessor error
1 short 1 short 1 short System power-up initialization failure
1 short 1 short 3 short CMOS or battery failure
1 short 2 short 1 short System clock error
1 short 2 short 3 short DMA page register error
1 short 3 short 2 short Base memory error
1 short 4 short 1 short Base memory address line error
1 short 4 short 3 short EISA sequencer error
2 short 1 short 1 short First 64K base memory error
3 short 1 short 2 short Master DMA register error
3 short 1 short 4 short Slave interrupt handler register error
3 short 3 short 4 short Screen memory test failure
3 short 4 short 3 short Clock error
4 short 2 short 3 short A20 Gate Error
4 Short 3 Short 1 Short Memory Error
4 Short 3 Short 4 Short Clock Error
4 Short 4 Short 2 Short Parallel Port Error
Attachment 2: BIOS Restore
Friends who have overclocked their computers often fail to set up the correct settings, or fail to adjust the settings, which can result in the system not being able to enter correctly, or even boot up. Not, this time we have to carry out COMS clear processing, a method of machine motherboard comes with the function, some motherboards in the overclocking failed to cut off the power supply and wait a little while, and then boot, this is the motherboard's security protection function will automatically load the security Bios settings information, but this method can only be used for part of the motherboard, if you try this does not work, there is an almighty! The clear Bios method, dismantle the chassis, remove the motherboard above a button battery, and find a button battery next to a three-pin jump pin from one or two pins to two or three pins, and then jump back to one or two pins, and then install the button battery! At this point the Bios settings have been cleared and restored to their original state!
Good luck!
BIOS common error messages and solutions
1. CMOS battery failed
Reason: CMOS battery power has been insufficient, please replace the new battery.
2. CMOS check sum error-Defaults loaded
Reason: Usually this happens because the battery is not powerful enough, so you may want to change the battery first. If the problem persists, the CMOS RAM may be faulty, and it's best to send it back to the factory.
3. Display switch is set incorrectly
Reason: Older motherboards have jumpers to set the display to monochrome or color, and this error message indicates that the settings on the motherboard are inconsistent with the settings in the BIOS.
4. Press ESC to skip memory test
Reason: If there is no Quick Power On Self Test set in BIOS, then the memory test will be performed on boot up, if you don't want to wait, you can press ESC to skip it or go to BIOS to turn on Quick Power On Self Test.
5. Secondary Slave hard fail
Reason: 1 CMOS is not set properly (e.g., there is no slave disk, but there is a slave disk in CMOS) 2 hard disk cable, data cable may not be connected or hard disk jumper is not set properly.
6. Override enable-Defaults loaded (the current CMOS settings can not boot the system, load the BIOS preset to boot the system)
Reason: It is possible that your settings in the BIOS are not suitable for your computer (such as your RAM can only run 100MHz, but you let it run 133MH). This can be done by going into the BIOS settings and readjusting them.
7. Press TAB to show POST screen (press TAB to toggle screen display)
Reason: Some OEMs will replace the BIOS preset POST screen with their own designed POST screen, and this tip is to tell the user that they can press TAB to toggle between the manufacturer's customized POST screen and the BIOS preset POST screen.
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8. Resuming from disk, press TAB to show POST screen.
Reason: Some motherboards' BIOS provides a Suspend to disk function, so when the user shuts down the computer by means of Suspend to disk, this message will be displayed during the next boot.