Biostar

Some of CPU fan will generate much noise, it may interfere with the temperature and voltage signals which is reported to the onboard A/D converter. Under such circumstances the hardware monitoring utility will give incorrect statistics. Fan coming with boxed CPUs usually produce less noise.
Please ensure that the CPU fan is powerful enough to dissipate the CPU's heat, otherwise the CPU temperature will higher than the expected.

Please ensure your graphic card can support 3Dmark2001Benchmark. Based on Madionin given information, some of the graphic card's 3D Accelerators are too old to run the 3DMark2001. In order to run the 3DMark2001 smoothly, the system needs,

1. System Memory Min. Request for 128MB or above. (Unshared system RAM 128MB)
2. Video memory 16MB or above.
3. Direct X 8.0a or above.

Microsoft had announced that Windows Millennium Operating System unable to detect some of joystick which Is designed on Digital Mode. To prevent seeing this problem, please visit Microsoft website In order to download the utility (SideWinder Game Controller Software 3.02) that can help your system to relocate the digital joystick.
http://www.microsoft.com/products/hardware/sidewinder/ downloads/302.htm

1. Click the Motherboard link on left side of main page.

2. Choose CPU type by clicking the pull down menu on top of motherboard page.

3. Click the the pull down menu on left side can also find the motherboard model.

Choose the motherboard model. For example, P4M900 Micro 775.

4. On top of motherboard spec can find the links to driver.

5. You can also download the user manual and BIOS from the link on top too.

1. Download the BIOS file from www.biostar.com.tw for the proper model.

2. Copy the BIOS file into USB device, such like USB pen drive or USB HDD (not NTFS format).

3. Power on motherboard and press F12 key during POST screen.

4. After POST, it will show a menu for BIOS update.

Use the BIOS file on the list from left side to update.

6. It will wait a moment for system to load the BIOS file.

Press Y key to flash the BIOS and erase DMI data, then system will update the BIOS automatically.

After reboot, system will running with new BIOS you just updated.

Note: Do not turn off the system power during BIOS update.

[Note] The below update method unable to support a USB Flash drive. Only supported a Floppy Disk.

1.Download the latest BIOS file from the BIOSTAR website to a floppy disk.
2.Insert the disk that contains the newest BIOS file into the floppy drive.
3.Power ON the computer.
4.Press [DEL] key in POST screen to enter CMOS setup.
5.Select " Upgrade BIOS " item then press Enter, refer to Figure 1.

6.Press " Arrow Up/Down " key to choose BIOS file, refer to Figure 2.

7.Press [Enter] to load the BIOS from the floppy disk, refer to Figure 3.

8.At the prompt "Are you sure to flash (Y/N) ", press [Y] to flash BIOS or [N] to cancel the flashing process, refer to Figure 4.

9.After pressing [Y], the flash starts to process, refer to Figure 5.

10. A message " Flash done, Restart System (Y/N) " will appear if the system was successfully updated the BIOS, refer to Figure 6.

11.Press [Enter], then the flashing is done!

This problem was caused by the DMI data not update properly when update to new BIOS.

Please follow the instruction to update DMI area for system for boot-up properly.

1. Go to CMOS Integrate Flashing Program and choose the BIOS file.

2. Press "Tab" key to go to Update DMI data.

3. Press "Page Down" key to select Yes for Update DMI data.

4. Press "Tab" key again to go back to BIOS file selection area, then press "Enter" key to update the BIOS. Follow the instruction on screen to finish the BIOS update procedure.

5. Reboot the system and it will update the DMI date after POST screen.

New ATI VGA driver does not contain Microsoft .NET Framework.

So system will show warning message when log to Windows start up screen.

When see the warning message on Windows screen, please download the .NET Framework from following links.

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Windows XP (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Windows XP 64 bit (x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B44A0000-ACF8-4FA1-AFFB-40E78D788B00&displaylang=en

Download link for Windows BIOS update utility:

https://download.biostar.com.tw/upload/Driver//Software/T_Software/T_BIOS_Update_1948.zip

How to update BIOS in Windows system:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/manual/bios_update.pdf

Please refer the following pictures for memory slot configuration on TPower X58.

Orange slots will be primary channel for this motherboard.

If install only one module, please insert to first orange color slot (DDR3_A2).

For single channel memory support with two modules. (One orange slot and one white slot)

For dual channel memory support with two modules. (Two orange slots)

Three channel memory support with three modules. (Three orange slots)