Biostar A780GE, A760GE, A785GE, A780LE BIOS MANUAL

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

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

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

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................19

5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................21

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

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................39

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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 accessing programs from a disk. T his system controls most of the input and output

devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. B IOS 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 AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1. 0A specifi c ation.

EPA Green PC Support

T his AMI 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 are im pl ement ed via t he S yst em

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 Support

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specifi cation (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power manag ement 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 PCI (Peripheral Component Int erconn ect ) local b u s s p eci fic atio n .

DRAM Sup port

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CP U.

Using Setu p

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 sel ect 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 Exit Menu.

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

T he BIOS information described in this manual is for your re ference only. The actual BIOS i nformat ion 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 i n this 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 Men u

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overview of the basic sys tem information.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

System Overview AMI BIOS

Version :01.01.01 Build Date:01/01/09

System Memory

Size :

System Time [ :00:00]00

System Date [Thu 01/01/2009] Floppy A

> IDE Configuration

AM I BIO S

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

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

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

Select Screen Select Item

Change Field

Select Field

Tab

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Shows s ystem information includi ng BIOS version and buil t date.

System Memory

Shows s ystem m emory 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 t he type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5. 25 i n / 1.2M, 5.25 i n / 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 atical ly detect t h e presen c e o f ID E / SATA d evices . Th ere i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/ SAT A device. Select a d evice and press <Ent er> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confuguration

> Primary IDE Master

> Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Device

> SATA 2 Device > SATA 3 Device > SATA 4 Device

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

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE

devices. This displays the status of auto

detection of IDE devices.

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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

Main

Primary IDE Master

Device :

Type [Auto]

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]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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

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Type

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

LBA/Large Mode

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

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

En able o r d i s ab l e m u l ti -s ect or t ran s fer. 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. Opti ons: Aut o (De faul t) / S WDM A0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5

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 t he time out value for detecting IDE/S AT A devices. Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you t o configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, P ower Management, and other system devices.

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

WARNING: Setti n g wrong values in below sections may c a use system to malfunction.

> CPU Configur a tion

> SuperIO Conf i guration > Smart Fan Co n figuration > Hardware Hea l th Configuration

> Power Config u ration > USB Configur a tion

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Configure CPU.Advanced Setti n gs

Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Configuration

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

Advanced

CPU Configuration

Module Version: AGESA Version:

Physical Count: Logical Count:

AMD CPU Revision: Cache L1:

Cache L2: Cache L3:

Speed : NB Clk: ncHT Speed : WidthI/O :

Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enabled]

PowerNow [Enabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled]

CPU Prefetching [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine

Mode (SVM)

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit Exit

ESC

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Secur e Virtual Machin e Mo d e

Virtualization Technology can virtually separ ate your system resource into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Powe rNow

T his item allows you t o enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI SRAT Tabl e

Th e operat i n g sys tem scans t h e A C PI SRAT at b oot t im e an d u s es the i n fo rmat i 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

CPU Prefetching

T his item allows you t o enable or disable CPU Prefetching function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Probe Filter

T his item allows you t o set ini tialization mode for P robe Fil ter. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / MP Mode

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S uperI O Co nf i g urati o n

Advanc ed

Configure ITE87 18 Super IO Chipse t

Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled]

Serial Port1 Ad dress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port A ddress [378 ] Parallel Port Mode [Nor mal]

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ 7] Keyboard PowerO n [Dis abled] Mouse PowerOn [Dis abled] Restore on AC P ower Loss [Pow er Off]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy

Controller

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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 ins talled another F DC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabl ed in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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 whi ch I/O Address.

Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled

Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and correspondi ng interrupt for the first and second serial ports. Options: 3F8/IR Q4 (Default) / 2F8/ IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Disabled

Parallel Port M ode

T his item allows you t o determ ine how the parallel port should function. Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as Standard P rinter Port.

EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel P ort. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended C apabilities Port. ECP + EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

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ECP Mode DMA Channel

T his item allows you t o select parallel port ECP DMA. Opti ons: DMA3 (Default ) / DM A0 / DMA1

Parallel P ort IRQ

T his item allows you t o select t he IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled

Keyboa rd PowerO n

T his item allows you t o control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key

Specific Key Enter

T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specifi c Key.”

Stroke Keys Selected

T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 /

Mouse PowerOn

C t rl +F 4 / Ct rl +F 5 / Ct rl +F 6

T his item allows you t o control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Restore on AC Power Loss

T his setting specifies how your system should behave a fte r a power fail or interrupt s 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 Confi guration

Advanc ed

Smart Fan Confi guration

CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled]

Smart Fan Calib ration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C ) Fan Ctrl On(C) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensit ive

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin],

please run the calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Sma r t Fa n

This item a llo w s you to control the CPU Sma rt Fan function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / 4Pin / 3P in

Sm art Fan Calibration

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 / P erforman ce / Manual

Fan Ctrl OFF (℃)

If the C PU/System Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃) (W ith the interval of 1℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

CPU/S ystem fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. Options: 0~127 (℃) (W ith the interval of 1℃)

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Fan Ctrl S tart Va l ue

When CPU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan F unction mode. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1)

Fan Ctrl Sensitive

Increasi ng t h e valu e w ill rai s e t he sp eed of C P U / Sy s t em fan. Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1)

Hardware Health Configuration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enabled]

Shutdown Temperature [Disabled]

CPU Temperature CHIP Temperature

SYS Temperature CPU FAN

Sytem1 FAN CPU Vcore

CPUNB Voltage +1.8V

Chip Voltage +3.30V +12.0V DDR Voltage

H/W Health Functio n

If with a m onitoring system, the system will show PC health st atus during POST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring

Device.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Shutdown Te m perature

T his item allows you to set up the CP U shutdown T emperature. This item is only effecti ve under W indows 98 ACPI mode.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / 60℃/140℉ / 65 ℃/149℉ / 70 ℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90 ℃/194℉

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Power Con figuration

Advanced

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1 (POS)]

ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC support [Enabled]

AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled]

RTC Resume [Disabled] RTC Alarm Date(Days)

RTC Alarm USB Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disabled] Power On by LAN [Disabled] Resume On RING [Disabled]

Time

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Suspe nd m ode

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect t he susp en d ty p e un der th e ACPI operati n g s y stem. Opt i ons : S 1 (P OS ) (Defaul t ) Power on Suspen d S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR

ACPI Version Features

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect t he vers i o n of ACPI. Options: ACP I v1.0 (Default) / ACP I v2. 0 / ACPI v3. 0

ACPI AP I C support

This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster int errupt handling. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AMI OEMB table

Set this value to allow the AC PI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root Syst em Descripti on Table (RSDT) table. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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