Biostar GF7025-M2 TE, GF7050-M2 SE User Manual

GF7050-M2 SE/GF7025-M2 TE BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1

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

2 Standard CMOS Features..................................................................... 7

3 Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 9

4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................. 16

5 Integrated Peripherals......................................................................... 18

6 Power Management Setup................................................................... 25

7 PnP/PCI Configurations ...................................................................... 29

8 PC Health Status .................................................................................. 31

9 Performance Booster Zone.................................................................. 34

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-Award™
BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to
mod ify t he basic sys tem configuration and save these s ett ings to CMOS RAM.
The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup
info rmation when the power is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and
outp ut devices suc h as keyboard, mous e, s erial po rts and d is k drives. BIOS
activat es at the first stage of the booting p roc ess, loading and executing the
operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in
BIOS Setup.

Plug and Pla y Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A
specification.

EPA Green PC Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Vers ion 1.03 of the EPA Green PC
specification.

APM Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced
Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are
implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend
power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and
video monito rs can also be managed by this PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS.

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ACPI Support

Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration
and Po wer interface specification (ACPI). It pro vides ASL code for power
management and devic e configuration capabilit ies as defined in the ACPI
specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

PCI Bus Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Vers ion 2.3 of the Intel PCI
(Peripheral Component Interco nnect) loc al bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR2 S DRAM (Double Data Rate Sync hronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

Using Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter> to
select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help
and press <Esc> to quit. The fo llowing table provides more detail abo ut how to
navigate in the Setup program b y us ing the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to p revio us item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arro w Move to the item on the left (menu bar )
Right arrow Move to t he item o n the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make c hanges
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Status Page Setup Me nu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
Current page and re turn to Main Menu

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Pho enix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
will appear o n the screen. T he Main Menu allows you to select from several
setup f unct ions. Us e the arro w keys to select among the items and pr ess <Enter>
to accept and enter the sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being
continuous ly updat ed. T he BIOS information descr ibed in
this manual (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is for your
reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on
board may be slightly different from this manual.

 Figure 1: Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

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Advanced BIOS Features

This submenu allows you to co nfigur e advanc ed features o f the BIOS.

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chips et featur es.

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and
Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor t he hardware of yo ur syste m.

Performance Booster Zone

This submenu allo ws you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock.
(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and
cloc k improp e rly may damag e the CP U or M/B!)

Load Optimized Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occ urs during
system booting sequenc e. These configurations are factory settings optimized
for this system. A confirmation message will b e displayed befo re d efaults are
set.

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Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will p rohibit everyone except the sup ervisor
from making c hanges using the CMOS Setup Util ity. You will be prompted with
to ent er a password.

Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the Us er Pass word will function in
the same way as the S upervisor Pass word. If the S uperviso r Password is set and
the Us er Pass word is set, the “User” will only be ab le to view co nfigurations b ut
will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation
message will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.
Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

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Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories.
Each cate gor y inc ludes no, one or more than one setup items. Us e the arrow
keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the
value you want in each item.

 Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

Main Menu Selections

This table sho ws the items and the available optio ns on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date mm : dd : yy

Time hh : mm : ss

IDE Channel 0

Master

IDE Channel 0

Slave

Options are in its sub

Options are in its sub

menu.

menu.

Set the system date. Note
that the ‘Day’ automatically

changes when you set the
date.

Set the system internal
clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

options.

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Item Options Description

SATA Channel 1~4

Drive A

Video

Halt On

Base Memory N/A

Extended Memory N/A

Total Memory N/A

Options are in its sub

menu.

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

EGA/ VG A

CGA 40

CGA 80

MONO

All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Select the type of floppy
disk drive installed in your

system.

Select the default video
device.

Select the situation in which
you want the BIOS to stop
the POST process and
notify you.

Displays the amount of
conventional memory
detected during boot up.

Displays the amount of
extended memory detected
during boot up.

Displays the total memory
available in the system.

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3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

CPU Feature

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Virtualiza tion

The item allows you control the Virtualization function.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

AMD K8 Coo l&Quiet control

The item allows you select K8 Cool’n’Quiet control.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

Virus Warning

This option allows you to choose the VIR US Warning feature that is used to
protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt
is made to write to the boot secto r, BIOS will disp lay a warning message on the
screen and sound an alarm beep.
Disabled (default) Virus protectio n is disabled.
Enabled Virus protection is activated.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test
(POS T) to execut e after you power up the computer.
Disabled Normal POST.
Ena bled (default) Enable quic k POST.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selec ts t he NumLock State after the system switch ed on.
The Choices:
On (def ault) Nump ad is number keys.
Off Numpad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.
Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls G ateA20.
Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

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Typematic Rate Setting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the
keyboard controller. When enab led, the typematic rate and typematic delay can
be configured.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the rate at whic h a keyst roke is r epea ted when yo u hold the ke y down.
The Choices: 6 (default), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it b egins to rep eat the
keystroke.
The Choices: 250 (default), 500, 750, 1000.

Security Option

This option will enable only individuals with pass words to bring the sys tem
online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.
System: A pass word is required for the system to boot and is also
required to access the Setup Utility.
Setup (def ault): A pass word is required to access the S etup Utility only.
This will only apply if passwords are set from the S etup main menu.

APIC MODE

Selecting Enab led enab les APIC device mode reporting fro m t he BIOS to the
operating system.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.
Selec t vers ion supported by the operation syste m r unning on this computer.
The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

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OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory
exceeding 64MB.
The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2.

Small Logo(EPA) Show

This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. Enabled
(default) “Small Logo” shows when system boots up. Disabled No “Small
Logo” shows when system boots
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enab le/disable the summary sc reen. Summary screen
means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

Cache Setup

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CPU Internal Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory
ac ces s tim e with this opt ion.

Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

External Cache

This option enables or disables “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU, which
may improve performance.

Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Disable cache.

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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Removable Device Prior ity

Select Removable Boot Device Priority.

The Choices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0,
USB-ZIP1, LS 120.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.
You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.

The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. S lave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB HDD0, USB
HDD1, US B HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

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CD-ROM Boot Priority

The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0,

USB CDROM 1.

First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.

The Choices: Removable, Hard Disk, CDROM, Legacy LAN, Disabled.

Boot Other Device

When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device
when it failed to load from the three devices above.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40
or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to

boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

This sub menu allows you to configure the specific features o f the chipset
installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system
memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the
PCI bus. The d efault settings that came with yo ur system have been optimized
and t her efore s hou ld no t be changed unle ss you are s usp icious that t he settings
have been changed incorrectly.

 Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup

iGPU Frame Buffer Control

This item allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer.
The Choices: AUTO (d efault), Manual.

Frame Buffer Size

This item allows you to choose the frame buffer size of on-chip VGA.
The Choices: 64M (default), 16M, 32M, 128M, 256M, Dis abled.

K8<->NB HT Speed

The Choices: AUTO (default), 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x.

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K8<->NB HT Width

The Choices: AUTO (d efault), ↓8↑8, ↓16↑16.

CPU Spread Spectru m

This item allows you to select the CPU Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: 0.50% H. Kiss Cntr, 0.50% H.Kiss Down, 0.75% H.Kiss Cntr,

0.75% H. Kiss Do wn, Disabled (default).

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select t he PCIE Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Linear Do wn.

SATA Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the S ATA Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Linear Do wn.

iGPU Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the iGPU Spread Spectrum function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1%, 2%, 3%.

SSE/SSE2 instructions

This item allows you to enable/disable SSE/SSE2 instruction.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “Enab led” option allows cac hing of the s ystem BIOS ROM at
F0000h-FFFFFh, which is able to improve the system performance. However,
any p rograms that attempts to write to this memory block wi ll caus e conflicts
and result in s ystem errors.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE Function Setup

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and
press enter key will take you a s ubmenu with the following options:

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MCP Storage Config

SATA Operation Mode

This option allows you to choose SATA function.

The Choices: IDE (default), RAID, AHCI, Linux AHCI.

SATA Pr i-/Sec - Master/Slave RAID

This option allows you to enable or disable SATA Primary/Secondary RAID.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

On-chip IDE Channel 0

The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two
IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface.

Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary
and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Primary Master/Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (P rogrammed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)
for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0
to 4 will inc rea se per for ma nce pro gre ssiv e ly. In Auto mode, t he s yst em
automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4.

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Primary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard
drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA
driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If

your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto
to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Serial-AT A Controller

This item allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA function.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetch function for faster
drive access. If the interface on your drive does not support prefetching, or if
you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to
“Disabled”.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Bloc k mode is also called block transfer, mult ip le c omm ands, or mult ip le
sectors read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new
drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of
block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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Onboard Device

Highlight the “Press Enter” lab el next to the “Onboard Device” label and press
the enter key will take you a submenu with the fo llowing options:

HD Audio

This option allows you to control the onboard HD audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC LAN

This option allows you to control the onboard LAN.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC Media Interface

T his o ptio n allow s you to select the MAC media interface..

The Choices: Pin Strap (default), MII, RGMII.

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Onboard SuperIO Device

Press Enter to configure the Super I/O device.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) insta lled on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the

system uses no floppy drive, select disab led in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial
ports.

The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
Auto.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with
which I/O Address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

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Parallel Port Mode

This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The
default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP (def au lt) U sin g Parallel port as Sta ndard Printer P ort.

EPP Usin g P ar alle l P ort as Enh anced P ar alle l P ort .

ECP U sin g Para llel p ort as Extended Capabilit ies Port.

ECP+ EPP Usin g P aralle l port a s ECP & EPP mod e.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

Onboard GPU

This item allows you to control the onboard GPU.

The Choices: Auto (default), Always Enable.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.

The Choices: PCIEx (default), PCI Slot, Onboard.

OnChip USB

This option sho uld be enab led if your system has a US B installed on the system
board. You may need to dis able this feature if you add a higher performance
controller.

The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1

USB Memory Type

This option allows you to choose the US B memory type.

The Choices: SHADOW (default), Base Memory(640K).

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USB Keyboard/Storage Su pport

This item allows yo u to enable or dis able the USB Keyboard / stora ge Legacy
Support.

Enabled (default) Enable USB Keyboard / storage Support.

Disabled Disable USB Keyboard/ storage Support.

USB Mouse Support

This item allows yo u to enable or dis able the USB mo us e Legacy Support.

Enabled (default) Enable USB mouse Support.

Disabled Disable USB mouse Support.

HDMI Audio

This item allows you to control the audio function of HDMI.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

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6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to
utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features.

 Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Se tup

ACPI Function

This it em displays the s tatus of the Ad vanced Co nfiguration and Po wer
Management (ACPI).
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

ACPI Suspend Type

The item allo ws yo u to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating
system.
The Choices: S1 (POS) (default ) Power on Suspend
S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
S1 & S3 POS+STR

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Power Management

This category allows you to select the power s aving method and is d irectly
related to the fo llo w ing mod es :

1. HDD P o wer Do wn.

2. Suspend Mode.
There are three options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mod e
settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Suspend Mode = 1 hr.
HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Suspend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

Use r De fi ne (d efault)
Allow yo u to set each optio n individually.
When you choose user define, you can adjust each of the item from 1 min. to 1
hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.

Video Off Method

This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank.

V/H SYNC+Blank
This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizo ntal
synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen
This option o nly writes blanks to the video b uffer.

DPM S Suppo rt (default)
Initial display power management s ignaling.

HDD Power Down

Whe n enab led, the hard -disk dr ives will power down after a set time of system
inactivity. All other devices remain active.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7
Min, 8 Min, 9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

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HDD Down In Suspend

This option allows you to enabled or disabled the HDD power down function in
susp end mode.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled

Soft-Off by PBTN

This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off
the po wer i mmed iately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to pres s and ho ld the
power button for 4 s econds to cut off the sys tem po wer.
The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

WOL(PME#)/ From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enab le o r dis able Wake On LAN from Soft-Off
function.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

WOR(RI#) Fro m Soft-O ff

This item allows you to enab le o r dis able Wake On Ring fro m Soft-Off function.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

USB Resume From S3/S4

This item allows yo u to enable or dis abled the US B res ume f rom S 3/S4
function.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

Power-On by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. When
enabled, you can choose the date and time to boot up t he s ystem.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

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Date (of Month) Alarm
You c an c hoose which mo nth the system will boot up.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm
You c an c hoose t he s yst em boot up time, input ho ur, minute and seco nd to
specify.

Note : If yo u have c hange the setting, yo u must le t the system boo t up unt il it
goes to the o perating syste m, before this function will work.

HPET Support

This option allows you to disab led or enab les the High Precisio n Event Timer.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

POWER ON Function`

This item allows you to choose the power on method.
The Choices: Button Only(d ef ault), Pass word, Hot Ke y, Mous e Mo ve, Mo use
Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98.

KB Power ON Password

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.

Hot Key Power ON

Choos e the Hot Key co mbinatio n to boot up the s ystem.
The Choices: Ctrl-F1(default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6,
Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

This setting specifies ho w your s ystem should behave after a power fail or
interrupts occurs. By choos ing off wil l leave the co mputer in the power o ff state.
Choos ing On will reboot the computer. Former-S ts will restore the system to the
status befo re po wer failure or interrupt occ urs.
The Choices: Off (default), On, Former-Sts.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Int erconnect, is a s yst em whic h allows I/O d evices to op erate at
speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when c ommunicat ing with its
own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is
strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to
the default settings.

 Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations

Reset Configuration Data

The s ystem BIOS suppo rts the P nP feature which requires the syst em to record
whic h resources ar e ass igned a nd pro t ects reso urc es from c onflict.
Every periph eral device has a nod e, whic h is cal led ESCD. This node records
whic h reso urc es ar e ass igned to it. T he s ys tem needs to reco rd and up date ESCD
to the memory locations. These locations are reserved in the system BIOS. If the
Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s ESCD will update only when
the ne w configur ation varies fro m the last one. If the Enable d opt ion is c hos en,
the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to t he
“Disabled” mode.

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The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for
the resourc es contro lled by functio n.
Legac y is the term, whic h s ignifies that a resource is ass igned to the ISA Bus
and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource
is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and
peripherals.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled.

Resources Controlled By

By Choos ing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system
resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each
perip heral. By Choosing “Manual”, the us er will need to ass ign IRQ & DMA for
add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.
The Choices: Auto (ESCD) (default), Manual.

IRQ Resources

This sub menu will allow yo u to assign each system interrupt a type, d epending
on the type of devic e us ing the inter rupt. When you press the “Press Ente r” tag,
you will be direc ted to a sub menu that will allow you to configure the syst em
interrupts. This is only co nfigurable when “Resources Co ntro lled By” is set to
“Manual”.
IRQ-5 ass igned to PCI Devic e
IRQ-7 ass igned to PCI Devic e
IRQ-9 ass igned to PCI Devic e
IRQ-10 ass igned to PCI Devic e
IRQ-11 ass igned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 ass igned to PCI Device

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Some old graphic controllers need to “s noop” on the VGA palette and then map
it to their disp lay as a way to provide boot info rmat ion and VGA compatibility.
This item allows such snooping to take p lace.
The Choices: Disabled (d efault ), Enabled

Ma xi mu m Pa ylo a d Size

Set t he maximum p ayload s ize for Transac tio n pac kets (TLP).
The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8: PC Health Status

Smart Fan Option

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CPU Smart Fan

Smar t Fan Calibration

PWM Duty Off<℃>

PWM Duty Start<℃>

Start PWM Value

Smart Fan Slope

T his it em a llows you to control the CPU Fan .
The Choices: Disabled (default), Auto, 4-pin, 3-pin..

Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU fan
functions and show CPU fan speed.

If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
The Choices: Min=0,.Max=127, Key in a DEC number.

CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set
value.
The Choices: Min=0,.Max=127, Key in a DEC number.

Whe n CPU temperature arrives to t he set value, the CPU f an will work
under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0~127, with an
interval of 1.
The Choices: Min=0,.Max=127, Key in a DEC number.

Increasing the value of s lope PW M will raise the speed of CPU fan.
The Choices: Min=1,.Max=127, Key in a DEC number.

Shutdown Temperature

This item allows you to set up the CPU s hutdown Temp erature. This item is
only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

The Choices: Disabled , 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉ , 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉,
80℃/ 176℉ (default), 85℃/ 185℉, 90℃/ 167℉.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contains a monitoring s ystem, it will show PC health status
during POST stage. The item offers several different delay times.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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CPU Vcore, Chipset Volt, +3.3V, +5.0V, +12.0V, DDR Voltage,
HT Voltage, Voltage Battery

Detect the sys tem’s voltage status automat ically.

CPU Temp

This field disp lays the c urrent te mperature of CPU.

Current CPU FAN Speed

This field disp lays the c urrent s peed of CP U fan.

Current SYS FAN Speed

This field disp lays the c urrent speed S YSTEM fan.

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9 Performance Booster Zone

VCore Voltage

This item allows you to adjust the CPU Vcore voltage.
The Choices: Default (default), +3.3%, +6.6%, +10%

Memory Voltage

This item allows you to adjust the memory voltage.
The Choices: Default (default), 2.000V, 2.045V, 2.100V

CPU Frequency

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.
The Choices: 200 (default); Min=200, Max=450, Key in a DEC number.

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DRAM Configuration

Timing Mode

T his it em a llows you to choose to ma nua lly or aut omatically r egula te t he DDR
Timing.

The Choices: Auto ( default), MaxMemClk.

Memory Clock Value OR Limi

The Choices: DDR 400 (default), DDR 533, DDR 667, DDR 800.

DQS Training Control

The Choices: Perform DQS, Skip DQS (default).

CKE base power down mode

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

CKE based power down

The Choices: Per Channel (default), Per CS.

Memclock tri-stating

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Memory Hole Remapping

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Auto Optimize Bottom IO

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Bottom of [31:24] IO space

The Choices: E0 (default); Min=0000, Max=00FF, key in a HEX number.

Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24]

The Choices: FC (default); Min=0000, Max=00FC, key in a HEX number.

CAS Latency

The CAS Latency (tCL) is the time (in number of clock cycles) that elapses
after the memory controller sends a request to read a memory location and
before the data is sent to the module's output pins.

The Choices: Auto ( default), 2.0, 3.0, 4 .0, 5.0, 6.0.

DRAM Command Mode

This item allows you to choose the DRAM command mode.

The Choices: Auto ( default), 1T, 2T .

DDRII Timing Item

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

TwTr Command De lay

The Choices: 3 bus clocks (default), 1 bus clocks, 2 bus clocks.

Trfc0 for DIMM0

The Choices: 75ns (default), 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns.

Trfc1 for DIMM1

The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns.

Trfc2 for DIMM2

The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns.

Trfc3 for DIMM3

The Choices: 75ns (default) , 105ns, 127.5ns, 195ns, 327.5ns.

<Twr> Write Recovery Time

The Choices: 6 bus clocks (default), 3 bus clocks, 4 bus clocks, 5 bus clocks.

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<Trtp> Precharge Time

The Choices: 3 clocks (default), 2 clocks.

<Trc> Row Cycle T ime

The Choices: 26 bus clocks (default), 11-25 bus clocks.

<Trc d> RAS to C AS R/W Delay

The Choices: 6 clocks (default), 3 clocks, 4 clocks, 5 clocks.

<Trrd> RAS to RAS Delay

The Choices: 5 clocks (default), 2 clocks, 3 clocks, 4 clocks.

<Trp> Row Precharge Time

The Choices: 6 clocks (default), 3 clocks, 4 clocks, 5 clocks.

<Tras> Minimum RAS Active T

The Choices: 18 bus clocks (default), 5-17 bus clocks.

PCIE Clock

This item allows you to select the PCIE clock.
The Choices: 100Mhz (default), 101Mhz~150Mhz.

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