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CONFIGURING THE BIOS SETTING FOR UNICORN MOTHERBOARD

Power up the motherboard and wait for the prompting to press "Del" to enter into the SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION main menu.
Choose Standard CMOS Features from the main menu.
Set the date and time.
Set the primary Hard drive to auto and disable all other drives.

Choose ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES from the main menu.


(CHANGES TO BE MADE WILL BE BOLD

Advanced BIOS Features


Virus Warning :Disabled OS Select For DRAM>64MB :Non-Os2
CPU Internal Cache :Enabled Video BIOS Shadow :Enabled
External Cache :Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow Disabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled CCO00-CFFFF Shadow Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled DO000-D3FFF Shadow :Disabled
First Boot Device HDD-0 D4000-D7FFF Shadow :Disabled
Second Boot Device :Disabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow Disabled
Third Boot Device :Disabled DCO00-DFFFF Shadow :Disabled
Other Boot Device Disabled Small Logo (EPA) Show :Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status :On
Gate A20 Option Normal
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) :30
Typematic Delay (Msec) :250
Security Option :Setup

The table above.shows the standard configured items. Listed below are the
changes that need to be made.

First Boot Device change to HDD-0


Second Boot Device change to Disabled
Third Boot Device change to Disabled
Other Boot Device change to Disabled
Gate A20 Option change to Normal

Return to the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION main menu by pressing HELP


Choose ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES from the main menu.

Advanced Chipset Feature


DRAM Timing By SPD :Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled
DRAM Clock :Host CLK PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled
SDRAM Cycle Length :3 PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled
Bank Interleave :Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled
Memory Hole :Disabled PCI#2 Access#1 Retry Disabled
P2C/C2P Concurrency :Enabled AGP Master 1 WS VWrite Disabled
Fast R-W Turn Around Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled
System BIos Cacheable Enabled
Video BI0S Cacheable :Enabled
Frame Buffer Size :8M
AGP Aperture Size :128M
AGP-4X Mode Enabled
AGP Driving Control Auto
AGP Driving Value DA

The table above lists the standard configured items. Below is a list of the
changes that need to be made.

DRAM Timing by SPD change to Disabled


PCI #2 Access #1 Retry change to Disabled

Return to the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION main menu. (Press HELP)


Choose INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS from the main menu.

IntegratedPeripherals
OnChip IDE Channel 0 Enabled Onboard Parallel Port :378/IRQ7
OnChip IDE Channel 1 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode ECP
Primary Master PIO Auto ECP Mode Use DMAA :3
Primary Slave PIO Auto Parallel Port EPP Type :EPP1.9
Secondary Master PlIO Auto Onboard Serial Port 3 Disabled
Secondary Slave PlO Auto Serial Port 3 Use IRQ : IRO¢
Primary Master UDMA Auto Onboard Serial Port 4 Disabled
Primary Slave UDMA :Disabled Serial Port 4 Use IRQ :IRQ10
Secondary Master UDMA Auto Onboard Parallel Port 2 :278H
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Parallel Port 2 Use IRQ :IRQ9
IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Parallel Port 2 Mode Normal
Onboard FDD Controller :Disabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 :3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 :2F8/IRQ3
UART 2 Mode :Standard
IR Function Duplex :Half
TX,RX Inverting Enable No,Yes

The table above lists the standard configured items. Below is a list of the
changes that need to be made.

OnChip IDE Channel 1 change to Disabled


IDE Prefetch Mode change to Disabled ( if shown)
Primary Slave UDMA change to Disabled
IDE HDD Block Mode change to Disabled
Onboard FDD Controller change to Disabled
Onboard Serial Port 3 change to Disabled
Onboard Serial Port 4 change to Disabled

Return to the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION main menu. (Press HELP)


Choose POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP from the main menu.

Power Management Setup


ACPI Function :Disabled Primary INTR :ON
Power Management Press Enter IRQ Activity Monitoring Press Enter
ACPI Suspend Type :S1(POS) IRQ3 (COM2) Enabled
PM Control by APM :Yes IRQ4 (COM1) Enabled
Video Off Option Suspend OFF IRQ5 (LPT 2) Enabled
Video Off Method :VIH Sync + Blank IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled
MODEM Use IRQ N/A IRQ7 (LPT 1) Enabled
Soft-Off by PWRBTN :Instant-Off IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) :Disabled
State After Power Failure :0ff IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) :Disabled
Wake Up Events: (Press ENTER) IRQ10 (Reserved) :Disabled
VGA :OFF IRQ11 (Reserved) :Disabled
LPT& COM :LPTICOM IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) Enabled
HDD& FDD :ON IRQ13 (Coprocessor) Enabled
PCI Master :OFF IRQ14 (Hard Disk) :Enabled
IRQ15 (Reserved) :Disabled

The table above lists the standard configured items. Below is a list of the
changes that need to be made.

Modem Use IRQ change to N/A


State After Power Failure change to OFF

Return to the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION main menu. (Press HELP)


Chooso PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION from the main menu.

PnP/PCI Configuration
PNP OS Installed No PCI/VGA Palette Snoop :Disabled
Reset Configuration Data Disabled OnChip USB :Enabled
Resources Controlled By Manual USB Keyboard Support :Disabled
IRQ Resources Press Enter Assign IRQ For USB Enabled
IRQ-3 Assigned to Legacy ISSA Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled
IRQ-4 Assigned to Legacy 1SA
IRQ-5 Assigned to Legacy 1SA
IRQ-7 Assigned to Legacy 1SA
IRQ-9 Assigned to :Legacy ISA
IRQ-10 Assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 Assigned to :Legacy SA
IRQ-12 Assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 Assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15 Assigned to :Legacy lISA
DMA Resources Press Enter
DMA-0 Assigned to PCIISA PnP
DMA-1 Assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3 Assigned tob PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-5 Assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 Assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-7 Assigned to :PCIISA PnP

The table above lists the standard configured items. Below is a list of the
changes that need to be made

OnChip USB change to Enabled


Assign IRQ for USB change to Enabled

Select the IRQ Resources menu and press Enter. Make the
IRQ-5 Assigned to change to Legacy ISA
following changes.
IRQ-9 Assigned to change to Legacy ISAA
IRQ-11 Assigned to change to Legacy ISA
IRQ-15 Assigned to change to Legacy 1SA

SAVE & EXIT SETUP to the


save changes that have been made.*

Arrow over to SAVE & EXIT. System will reboot.

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