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

1 Main Me nu...............................................................................................3

2 Adv anc ed Menu...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........7

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................18

4 Boo t Men u..............................................................................................21

5 Chipse t Menu.........................................................................................24

6 Performance Menu...............................................................................29

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................3 2

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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 S etup program allows users to modify the basic

system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the S etup 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 system. S om e additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in B IOS. 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 specific ation.

EPA Green PC Support

T his AM I BIOS supports Version 1. 03 of t he 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 anag ement fe atures a re im plemen ted via t he S ystem

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. Power to the hard di sk drives and video m onitors 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 (ACP I). It provides ASL code for pow er 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 ati on .

DRAM Support

DDR3 SD R AM (Do uble Dat a Rate III Sy nch ron ous D R A M) is suppo rted .

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AM I BIOS supports the Intel CP 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 Exit 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 reference only. The actual BIOS i nformat ion and settings on board may be s li ghtl y differ ent from this manual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. W e 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 M ain Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS S etup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overvi ew of the basic system information.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

System Overview AMI BIOS

Version :01.01.01 Build Date:01/01/10

System Time 00

System Date [Fri 01/01/2010] Floppy A

> IDE Configuration

AM I BIOS

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ :00:00]

Exit

Use [ENTER], [TAB] 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 system information including BIOS version, built date, etc.

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 dri ve installed in your syst em. Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 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 presen c e o f ID E / SATA d evices . T her e i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/ SAT A device. Sel ect a device and press <Ent er> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confuguration

ATA/IDE Configuration [ Enhanced]

Configure SATA Channels [ Before PATA] Legacy IDE Channels [ SATA Pri, PA TA Sec]

> SATA1 Device >

SATA2 Device

> SATA3 Device > SATA4 Device

> IDE Channel 1 Master > IDE Channel 1 Slave

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

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Disabled Compatible

Enhanced

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

ATA/IDE Configura ti on

T his i tem allows you to control t he onboard IDE controller. Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled

Configure SATA Cha nnels

T his i tem allows you to control t he SATA channel configuration sequence. Options: B efo re PATA (Default) / Behind PATA

Legac y IDE Channels

T his item appears only when “ATA/IDE C onfiguration” is set to “ Compatible”. Options: SATA Pri, PATA Sec (Default) / SATA Only / PAT A Pri, SATA Sec /

PAT A Only

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SATA1/2/3/4 Device; IDE Channel 1 M aster/Slave

Main

SATA1 Device

Device :

Type [Aut o]

LBA/Large Mode [Aut o] Block (Multi-S ector Transfer)[Aut o]

PIO Mode [Aut o] DMA Mode [Aut o] S.M.A.R.T [Aut o]

32Bit Data Tra nsfer [Ena bled]

BIOS SETU P 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.

Type

Select the type of the IDE/SAT A drive. Opti ons: Auto (Default) / C D/DVD / ARM D / Not Install ed

LBA/Large Mode

Enabl e or di sable 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 o r 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

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S.M.A.R.T

Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and R eporting Technology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled

32Bit Data Tran sfer

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

Har d Disk Wri te Pr otec t

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

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

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

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of C P U, Super 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 malfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

> CPU Configur ation

> SuperIO Conf iguration > Hardware Hea lth Configuration > Smart Fan Co nfiguration

> Power Config uration > USB Configur ation

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Configure CPU.Advanced Setti ngs

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

Configure advanced CPU settings

Module Version:xx.xx Manufacturer:Intel Frequency :

FSB Speed : Cache L1 :

Cache L2 : Ratio Actual Value:

Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech [Disabled]

Intel(R) C-STATE tech [Disabled] CIE Support [Disabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]

Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Execute-Disable Bit Capability[Enabled] PECI [Enabled]

Core Multi-Processing [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Disable: Disable GV3 Enable: Enable GV3

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help Save and Exit

F10 ESC

Exit

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In tel(R) S p eed Step(tm) Tech

This item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving. SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock sp eed of the proces s o r to b e d y nami cal l y chang ed by s o ftware.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Inte l(R) C-STATE Tec h

This item allows you to control the C-State power management functions of the processor.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

C1E Support

C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this function helps to save power and decr ease heat by lowering CPU frequency while the processor is not working.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Th e proces s o r h as a h ard w ar e p refetch er t h at au t omat i call y anal y zes it s req uirem en t s and pre fet ch es dat a and i ns t r uct io ns fr om t h e m emor y i n t o th e L ev el 2 cach e th at are

likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with m emory read s. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Adj acent Cache Line Prefetch

The processor has a h ardware adjacent cache line prefet ch mechanism that aut o mat i cal l y fet ch es an ext ra 6 4-by t e cach e l i n e whenev er t h e p ro ces s o r req uest s for

a 64-byte cache line. This reduces cache latency by making the next cache line immediately available if the processor requir es it as well.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

M ax CPUI D Va l ue Li m i t

When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Befo re it can do so, it must

first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. T his determines t he kind of basic information C P UID can provide the operating system . Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

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Execute-Disable Bit Capability

T his i tem allows you to configure th e Execute Disabled B it function, which protects your system from buffer over flow attacks. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PECI

T his item allows you to control the PECI function for the processor which supports Platform Environm ent Cont rol Int erface for better thermal m anagement.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Core Multi-Proc e ssing

T his item allows multi-processing function for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperI O Confi gurati on

Advanced

Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset

Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled]

Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378]

Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]

Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled] Mouse PowerOn [Disabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power 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 Controll e r

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 us es

no floppy drive, select dis abled in t his 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 ) / 2F 8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/ IRQ3 / Auto / Di sabled

Parallel Port Address

Th i s i t em al l ows y ou t o deter m ine acces s onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address.

Options: 378 (De fault) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled

Parallel Port Mode

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

ECP Mode DMA Channel

T his i tem allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Opti ons: DMA3 (Defaul t) / DMA0 / DM A1

Parallel P ort IRQ

T his i tem allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (De fault) / IR Q5 / Disabled

Keyboard PowerO n

T his i tem allows you to control t he keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Specifi c Key / S troke Key / Any Key

Specific Key Enter

T his i tem wil l show onl y when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specifi c Key.”

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Stroke Keys Selected

T his i tem wil l show onl y when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: C trl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 /

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

Mouse PowerOn

T his i tem allows you to control t he mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Restore on AC Power 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: P ower O ff (Default) / Power ON / Last State

Hardware Health C onfiguration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enabled]

Shutdown Temperature Function[Disabled]

CPU Temperature SYS Temperature

CPU Fan System1 Fan

+12.0V +5.00V

CPU Voltage Chipset Voltage

FSB Voltage Memory Voltage

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

+F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit Exit

ESC

H/W Health Function

If with a monit oring system, the sys tem will show PC health status during POST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Shutdown Te m pe r ature Function

T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. T his item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI m ode. Options: Disabled (De fault) / 60℃/140℉ / 6 5 ℃/149℉ / 70 ℃/158℉ / 7 5 ℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉

Smart Fan Configuration

Advan ced

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

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

When you choice [Auto] , please run the

calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

CPU Sma r t Fan

This item allows you to control the CPU Smar t Fan functio n. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Auto

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 / Performan ce / Manual

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Fan Ctrl OFF (℃)

If the C PU/System Temperature is lower than the set value, F AN will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃) (Interval: 1℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

CPU/S ystem fan starts to work under smart fan function when ar rive this set value. Options: 0~127 (℃) (Interval: 1℃)

Fan Ctrl Star t Value

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 (Interv al: 1)

Fan Ctrl Sensiti ve

Increas i ng t h e valu e w ill rai s e t he sp eed of C PU / Sys t em fan. Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1)

Power Configuration

Advanced

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1(POS)]

Repost Video on S3 Resume [NO] ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]

ACPI APIC support [Enabled] AMI OEMB table [Enabled]

Headless mode [Disabled] APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled] USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disabled]

High Performance Event Timer [Disabled]

Advanced Resume Event Controls

Resume On Ring [D isabled]

Resume On PME# [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]

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

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Suspe nd m ode

T he item allows you to sel ect the suspend type under the ACPI operating system . Opt i ons : S1 (PO S ) (Defaul t ) P o wer on S usp end S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM

Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S3 Re sume

T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S 3/ST R resume.

Options: No (Default) / Yes

ACPI Version Features

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect t he vers i o n of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (De fault) / 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 tabl e

Set this value to allow the ACP I BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root Syst em Descript ion Table (RSDT ) table. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Headless mode

This is a server-specific feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating

system (e.g. Windows S erver 2003) must support headless operat ion. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

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USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

T his i tem allows you to enable or disabled t he USB resume from S 3/S4 function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

High P erformance Eve nt Timer

T his i tem allows you to enable or disabled t he HPET. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

HPET Memory Address

T his i tem allows you to set the memory address of HPET . Options: F ED00000h (De fault) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h

Resume On Rin g

T his i tem allows you to control t he wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Resume On PME#

W hen you select Enabled, a PME signal from P CI card returns the sys tem to F ull ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set the W ake on LAN (W OL) jumper on motherboard to enabl e i f app l i cab l e.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Resume On RTC Alar m

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and tim e at which the RTC (real-time clock) alar m awakens th e s y s tem from Su s pen d mod e. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

RTC Alar m Date (Days )

You can choose which date the system will boot up.

RTC Al arm Ti m e

You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify.

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USB Configuration

T his i tem shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:

Legacy USB Support [ Enabled]

USB 2.0 Controller Mode [ HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled]

> USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Disabled Enabled

Auto

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Legacy USB Support

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r US B devices li ke the key board, mouse, and USB drive. T hi s is a useful fe ature wh en usin g such

USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. Micros o ft DOS or Windows NT).

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

T his i tem allows you to select the operation mode of t he USB 2.0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480M bps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps

BIO S EHCI Hand-Off

This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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US B Ma ss Sto rag e De vi ce C o n f ig urat i on

Advanced

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Device #

Emulation Type [Auto]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Number of seconds POST waits for the

USB mass storage device after start

unit command.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his i tem allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Op t i ons : 2 0 Sec (Defaul t ) / 10 S ec / 3 0 S ec / 40 S ec

E m ula ti o n T yp e

T his i tem allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3 PCIPnP Menu

T his section describes con figuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconn ect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed o f the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset

Advanced PCI/P nP Settings WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malf unction.

Clear NVRAM [No]

Plug & Play O/ S [No] PCI Latency Ti mer [64] Allocate IRQ t o PCI VGA [Yes ]

Palette Snoopi ng [Dis abled] PCI IDE BusMas ter [Ena bled]

> PCI Resource > PCI Express Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Performance

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

Clear NVRAM

T his i tem allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (C MOS ) by selecting “Yes”. Options: No (Default) / Yes

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating

system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO.

Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer

T his i tem controls how long a PCI device can hold t he PCI bus be for e anothe r takes over. T he longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus

before handing it over to another PCI device. Options: 64 (De fault) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248

Allocate I RQ to P CI VGA

T his i tem allows B IOS to choose a IR Q to assi gn for the PCI VGA card. Opti ons: Yes (Default) / No

Palette Sn ooping

Som e old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their di splay as a way to provide boot i nformation and VGA compati bility. This item

allows such snooping to take place. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

PCI IDE BusMaster

T his i tem is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onbo ard IDE controller to perform DMA (Di r ect Mem o ry Acces s ) tran sfers .

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Reso urce

PCIPnP

PCI Resource

IRQ3 [Avail able]

IRQ4 [Avail able] IRQ5 [Avail able]

IRQ7 [Avail able] IRQ9 [Avail able] IRQ10 [Avail able]

IRQ11 [Avail able] IRQ14 [Avail able] IRQ15 [Avail able]

DMA Channel 0 [Avail able] DMA Channel 1 [Avail able] DMA Channel 3 [Avail able]

DMA Channel 5 [Avail able] DMA Channel 6 [Avail able] DMA Channel 7 [Avail able]

Reserved Memory Size [Disab led]

vxx.xx (C)Copyright 19 85-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Available: Specified IRQ is available to be

used by PCI/PnP devices.

Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA

devices.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11 /14/15

T hese items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. The option “Available” means the IRQ is going to assign automatically.

Options: Available (De fault) / Reserved

DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device using the channel. The option “ Available” means the channel is

going to assign automatically. Options: Available (De fault) / Reserved

Reser ved M emo ry Size

T his item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for spe cific PCI device. Options: Disabled (De fault) / 16K / 32K / 64K

PCI Express Configuration

PCIPnP

PCI Express Configuration

Active State Power-Management[Disabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and

L1 link power states.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

Active State Po wer-Manage ment

This item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices before the operating s ystem boots. T his function is for OS which does not support ASPM.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

T his m enu allows you t o setup the system boot opti ons.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Boot Settings

> Boot Device Priority

> Hard Disk Dr ives > Removable Dr ives

> CD/DVD Drive s > Boot Setting s Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Specifies the Boot Device

Priority sequence.

Enter F1

F10 ESC

Exit

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

General Help Save and Exit Exit

Boot Device Priority

Item s in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attem pt to arrange the h ard dis k boot sequence aut om atically. Yo u can also ch an ge the b o oti n g s equence. Th e n u mber o f devi ce it ems t hat ap p ears o n the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will attem pt to arrange the removab le driv e boot sequ ence aut omati cally. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on t he number of devic es installed in the system .

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CD/DVD Drives

T he B IOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that

appears on the screen depends on t he number of devic es installed in the system .

Boot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

Boot Settings Conf iguration

Quick Boot [Enabled]

Full Screen LOGO Show [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]

Bootup Num-Lock [ON] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [Enabled]

Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will

decrease the time needed to boot the

system.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

+F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

Quick Boot

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Full Screen LO GO Show

T his i tem allows you to enable/di sable Full Screen LOGO Show fun ction. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn RO M Display Mode

T his item sets the display m ode for option ROM. Op t i ons : Force B IO S (Default) / K eep Cu rren t

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Bootup Num-Loc k

Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. Options: ON (De fault) / OFF

Interrupt 19 Capture

Interrupt 19 is the soft ware interrupt t hat handles t he boot disk function. W hen set to Enabled, this item allows the option R OMs to trap interrupt 19.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

BOOT SUCCESS BEEP

W hen this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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5 Chipset Menu

Th i s s ub men u all o ws you to co nfi gu re t he sp eci fic feat u res of th e chips et in s tall ed o n your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

resourc es, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communicat ions wi th the P CI bus.

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Advanced Chips et Settings WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malf unction.

> North Bridge Configuration

> South Bridge Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Configure North Bridge features

Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Nort h Bridge C onfigur ation

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

North Bridge Chipset Configuration

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]

PCI MMIO Allocation:

Memory Hole [Disabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]

IGD Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 3 2MB]

IGD GTT Graphics memory size [No VT mode , 2MB]

PEG Port Configuration

PEG Port [Auto] > Video Function Configuration

Chipset

ENABLE: Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory

above the total physical memory.

DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of memory.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

+F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

M emory Re ma p Feature

This item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Only 64-bit OS supports thi s function.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Memory Hole

You can reserve th is area of s ystem memory for IS A adapter RO M. W hen t his area is reserved it cannot be cached. C heck the u ser i nfo rmation of periphe rals that n eed to u se thi s area of syst em m em ory fo r t he mem ory requi rement s .

Options: Disabled (De fault) / 15MB – 16MB

Initiate G raphic Adapter

T his i tem allows you to enable or disable VGA controller. Options: P EG/PCI (Default) / IGD / P CI/IGD / PCI/PEG / PEG/IGD

IGD Graphi c s Mode Sel ect

This item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided, this frame buffer size will also be fixed.

Options: Enabled,32MB (Defaul t) / Enabled,64MB / Enabled,128MB / Disabled

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PEG Port

T his B IOS feature is a t oggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Vi deo Functi on Configur a tion

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Video Function Configuration

DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode]

DVMT/FIXED Memory [256MB] PAVP Mode [Disabled]

Spread Spectrum Clock [Disabled]

Chipset

Options

DVMT Mode

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

+F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

DVMT Mode Select

T his i tem allows you to select the DVMT m ode. Options: DVMT Mode (Default)

DVMT/F IXED M emory

DVMT stands for “ Dynamic Video Memory T echnology”. This is an enhancem ent of the unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. DVMT will set the optimum

amount of memory to be allocated for a balance between graphics and system perform anc e. DVMT dynamically respond to system requirements and applications

demands, by allocating the proper amount of display, texturing and buffer memory after the operat ing system has booted. Options: 256MB (Default) / 128MB / Maximum DVMT

PAVP Mode

GMCH P rotected Audio Video P ath (PAVP) BIOS support. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Lite / High

Spread Spectrum Clock

T his i tem allows you to control t he spread spectrum clock. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

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South Br idge C onfigura tion

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n

USB Functions [8 USB Ports]

USB 2.0 Contro ller [E nabled] Audio Controll er [A zalia]

Onboard Lan Co ntrol [E nabled] Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [D isabled]

MAC ID Informa tion

SMBUS Controll er [E nabled] SLP_S4# Min. A ssertion Width [1 to 2 seconds]

Chipset

Options

Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports

8 USB Ports

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

USB Functions

T he item determ ines the number of functional US B port. Options: 8 USB Ports (Default) / 6 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 2 USB Ports /

Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

T his entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This Bios itself m ay/may not have high speed US B support. If the BIOS has high speed US B support built in, the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were atta ched.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Audio Control l e r

T his i tem allows you to select the Audio support. Options: Azalia (D e fault) / All Disabled

Onboard Lan Control

T his i tem allows you to enable or disable t he Onboard LAN. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Onboard Lan Boot Rom

T his i tem allows you to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

MAC ID Informa tion

T his item shows the LAN MAC ID.

SMBUS Controller

T h i s BIOS fe at ur e cont ro ls t h e I/ O b uf fe rs fo r t he SM B u s. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SLP_S4# Min. As sertion Width

Options: 1 to 2 seconds (De fault) / 4 to 5 seconds / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to 3 seconds

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6 Performance Menu

T his s ubmenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devi ces. (Howev er, we suggest you use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock

improperly may damage the device.)

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Advance Performance Settings

WARNING:Please Clear CMOS if system no display after overclocking.

PSI Control [Enabled]

CPU Frequency Setting PCIE Clock By [Auto]

PCIE Frequency Setting [100]

CPU Voltage [Default] FSB Voltage [Default]

Memory Voltage [Default] Chipset Voltage [Default]

DRAM Frequency [Auto] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]

[200]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

PSI Control by superio

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

PSI Con tro l

This item allows you to control power supply of CPU for the purpose of saving energy.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

CPU Frequency Setting

T his i tem allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (De fault) / Min= 100MHz; Max= 600MHz

PCIE Clock B y

T his i tem allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: Auto (Default) / Manual

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PCIE Fre que ncy Se t ti ng

T his i tem allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: 100 (De fault) / Min=100; Max= 150

CPU Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select CPU Voltage Control.

FS B Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select FSB Voltage Control.

Memory Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select Mem ory Voltage Control.

Chipset Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control.

DRAM Fr eq ue ncy

T his i tem allows you to control t he Memory Clock. Options: Auto (De fault) / DDR3 800

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DRAM tCL

Options: 6 (De fault) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM t R AS

Options: 15 (De fault) / 9 ~ 24

DRAM tRP

Options: 6 (De fault) / 3 ~ 10

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DRAM t R CD

Options: 6 (De fault) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM tWR

Options: 6 (De fault) / 3 ~ 15

DRAM tRFC

Options: 44 (De fault) / 15 ~ 78

DRAM tWTR

Options: 4 (De fault) / 2 ~ 15

DRAM t R RD

Options: 3 (De fault) / 2 ~ 15

DRAM tRT P

Options: 4 (De fault) / 2 ~ 15

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7 Ex it Menu

This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit

Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Exit system setup after saving the

changes. F10 key can be used

for this operation.

Exit

> Security

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

Save Changes and Exit

Save all configur ation changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.

Discard Chang es and Exit

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.

Discard Chang es

Abandon all changes made during the current session and restore the previously saved values.

Load Optimal Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this

system .

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Secur ity

T his s ub-menu allows you to provide/revis e supervi sor and user password.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Exit

Security Setti ngs

Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installe d User Password :Not Installe d

Change Supervi sor Password

User Access Le vel [Ful l Access] Change User Pa ssword Clear User Pas sword Password Check [Set up]

Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Dis abled]

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Change

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

Change Superv i sor P asswor d

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

User Acess Level

T his item allows supervisor to set the user level. Op t i ons : Full A cces s (Default) / No A cces s / V iew On l y / L imit ed

Cha nge Us er Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor P assword. If the Supervisor Password is set and t he User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be abl e to ch an g e t h em .

Cle ar Use r Passw ord

T his item is for clearing user password.

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P assw o rd Check

T his item is for setting the tim ing that checking password. Options: S etup (Default) / Always

Boot Se ctor V i rus Protec tion

T his option allows you t o choose the VIR US W arning featur e that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. I f this fun ction is enabled and an attempt is made to

write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled