Biostar A780G-M2-SE, A740G M2+ SE, A780V M2+ SE Bios Setup Manual

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B IOS Set up.... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........1

1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3

2 Adv anc ed Menu...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........6

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................15

4 Boot Men u..............................................................................................18

5 Chipse t Menu.........................................................................................20

6 Performance Menu...............................................................................27

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................33

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. T he power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without

acc essing programs from a disk. T his system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stag e o f the booting proc ess, loading and executing the operating syst em. Som e additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS . T he rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

T his AM I BIOS supports the P lug and Play Version 1.0A specification.

EPA Green PC Support

T his AM I BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.

APM Support

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (AP M) speci fic ati on. Power m anagement fe atures a re implem ent ed vi a the Sy stem

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be m anaged by this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Supp ort

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specifi cation (ACP I). It provides ASL code for pow er management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specific ation, developed by Microso ft, Intel and T oshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel P CI (Peripheral Component Int erconn ect ) local b u s s p eci fic atio n .

DRA M Support

DDR2 S DRAM (Double Data Rate II S ynchronous DRAM) is supported.

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AM I BIOS supports the AMD C P U.

Using Setup

When starting up the computer, press

<Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS setup utility.

In the BIOS setup utility, you will see General Help description at the top right corner, and this is providing a brief description of the selected item. Navigation Keys for that particular menu are at the bottom right corner, and you can us e these keys to sele ct it em and ch ange the settings.

Notice

z T he default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance

of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings, please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use Load S etup Default under the Exi t Menu.

z For better system per form ance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated.

T he BIOS information described in this manual is for your re ference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. We will not be

responsible for any mistakes found in t his user’s manual and any system damage that may be caused by wrong-settings.

General Help

Navigati on Keys

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS S etup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overview of the basic system inform ati on.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit

+Tab F1 F10 ESC

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.

System Overvie w AMI BIOS

System Memory

[ :00:00]

System Date [Tue 01/01/2008] Floppy A > IDE Configur ation

Version :01. 01.01 Build Date:01/ 01/08

Size :

System Time 00

Exit

AMI BI OS

Shows system information including B IOS version and built date.

System Memory

Shows system memory size, VGA shard memory will be excluded. .

System Time

Set the system internal clock.

System Date

Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.

Floppy A

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5.25 i n / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3. 5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in /

2.88M, 3.5 in / None

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IDE Configuratio n

Th e BIOS w i ll au t o m ati cal l y detect t h e presence of ID E / SAT A d evices . Th ere i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/ SAT A dev ice. Select a d evice and p ress <En ter> to ent er the sub-menu of detailed opt ions.

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Main

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

While entering setup , BIOS auto detects th e presence of IDE devices. This displa ys the status of auto detection of IDE devices.

IDE Confuguration

> Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Device

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

> SATA 2 Device > SATA 3 Device > SATA 4 Device > SATA 5 Device > SATA 6 Device

> Primary IDE Master

Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device

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Main

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Primary IDE Master

LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Device :

Type [Auto]

The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the nam e of the sub-menu.

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Type

Select the type of the IDE/SATA drive. Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / AR MD / Not Installed

LBA/Large Mode

Enabl e or disable the LB A mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Block (Multi-S ector Transfer)

En able o r d i s ab l e m u l ti- s ect or t ransfer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

PIO Mode

Select the P IO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

DMA Mode

Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

S.M.A.R.T

Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technol ogy. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled

32Bit Data Trans fer

Enabl e or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Har d Disk Wri te Protec t

Disable or enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through B IOS.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Select the time out value for detecting IDE/S ATA devices. Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you to configure the setti ngs of CP U, S uper I/O, Power Management, and other sys tem devices.

Notice

z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause

system to m alfunction.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Configure CPU.Advanced Setti ngs

WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections may c ause system to malf unction.

> SuperIO Conf iguration > Smart Fan Co nfiguration > Hardware Hea lth Configuration > Power Config uration > USB Configur ation

> CPU Configur ation

Exit

CPU Configurati on

T his item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

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Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machi ne Mode (SVM)

CPU Configuration

Module Version: AGESA Version: Physical Count: Logical Count:

AMD CPU Revision: Cache L1: Cache L2: Cache L3: Speed : Current FSB Multiplier: Maximum FSB Multiplier: Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enabled]

PowerNow [Enabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled]

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Secur e Virtual Ma chine Mode

Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interfa ce systems. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PowerNow

T his i tem allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI SRAT Tabl e

Th e operat i n g sy stem scans t h e ACPI SRAT at b oot tim e and us es the in formati o n t o better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum performance. This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up, or not. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperI O Confi gurati on

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Advan ced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller

Configure ITE8 718 Super IO Chipse t

Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled]

Serial Port1 A ddress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378 ] Parallel Por t Mode [Nor mal] Parallel Por t IRQ [IRQ 7] Keyboard Power On [Dis abled] Mouse PowerOn [Dis abled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Pow er Off]

Onboard Floppy Controller

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish t o use it. If you inst alled another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corresponding int errupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IR Q4 / 2E8/IR Q3 / Auto / Di sabled

Parallel Port Address

Th i s i t em al l ows yo u to det ermine acces s onboard parall el port controller with which I/O Address.

Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3B C / Disabled

Parallel Port Mode

T his i tem allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

Parallel P ort IRQ

T his i tem allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parall el port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled

Keyboard PowerO n

T his i tem allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Mouse PowerOn

T his i tem allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Res tore on AC Powe r Loss

T his s etting specifies how your system should behave a fte r a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off state.

Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs. Options: Power O ff (Default) / Last State

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Smart Fan Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Advan ced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], please run the calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control

Smart Fan Conf iguration

CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled]

Smart Fan Cali bration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C )

Fan Ctrl On(C) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensi tive

CPU S m art Fa n

This item allows you to control the CPU Smar t Fan function. Options: Disabled (de fault) / Aut o / 4-pin / 3-pin

Sm art Fan Ca l i bration

Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan fun ctions and show CPU/S ystem fan speed.

Control Mode

T his item provides several oper ation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performance / Manual

Fan Ctrl OFF (℃)

If the C PU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

CPU/S ystem fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. Options: 0~127 (℃)

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Fan Ctrl S tart Va l ue

When C PU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/S ystem fan will work under Smart Fan F unction mode. Options: 0~127 (℃)

Fan Ctrl Sen siti ve

Increasi n g t h e valu e w ill rai s e t he sp eed of C PU/Sy stem fan. Options: 1~127

Hardware Health C onfiguration

T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.

Advan ced

Hardware Healt h Configuration

H/W Health Fun ction [Ena bled]

Shutdown Tempe rature [Dis abled]

CPU Temperatur e CPU FAN Speed( JCFAN1)

SYS FAN Speed( JSFAN1) CPU Voltage

Chip Voltage +3.30V +5.00V +12.0V DDR Voltage HT Voltage 5VSB VBAT

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device.

H/W Health Function

If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during P OST s t ag e.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Te m pe r ature

T his item allows you to set up the CP U shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. Options: Disabled (De fault) / 70℃/158℉ / 60℃/140℉ / 6 5℃/149℉ / 75℃/158℉

/ 80℃/158℉ / 85℃/158℉ / 90 ℃/158℉ / 95℃/158℉

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