Biostar GF8100 M2PLUS SE BIOS MANUAL

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GF8 100 M2 + SE BI OS Manual

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

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

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

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................1 9

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22

5 Chi pset Menu.........................................................................................24

6 Performance Menu...............................................................................26

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................3 4

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BIOS Setup

Introducti on

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. The 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. This 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 of the booting process, 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 Play Support

This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification.

EPA Green PC Support

This 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 ficati on. Power management fe atures a re implemented via the System

Management Int errupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. P ower to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by

this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Supp ort

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specifi cation (ACPI). It provides ASL code for pow er management and

device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and T oshiba.

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PCI Bus Support

This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Int erconn ect) local bus speci ficati on.

DRA M Support

DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Su ppor t e d CP Us

This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

Using Setup

W hen start ing up the com puter, 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 use these keys to select i tem and ch ange the settings.

Notice

z The 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 Setup Default under the Exit Menu.

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

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

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

responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s manual and any system damage that may be caused by wrong-settings.

General Help

Navigation 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 information.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

System Overvie w AMI BIOS

Version :01. 01.01 Build Date:01/ 01/08 NVMM ROM Versi on :X.XXX.XX

System Memory

Size :

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to

select a field. Use [+] or [-] to

configure system Time.

System Time 00

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

[ :0 0:00]

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Field

Se lect Field

Tab

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

AM I BI O S

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.

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Floppy A

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 1.44M, 3.5 in (Default) / 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in /

2.88M, 3.5 in / None

IDE Configuration

T he BIOS wi ll autom atical ly detect the presenc e of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a sub-menu for each IDE/SAT A device. S elect a devi ce and press <Enter> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confugurat ion

OnChip P-ATA C ontroller [Enabled]

OnChip S-ATA C ontroller [Enabled] SATA Mode Sele ct [SATA Mode] Change the AHC I DID for Linux[Disabled]

> Primary IDE Master > Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Devic e

> SATA 2 Devic e > SATA 3 Devic e > SATA 4 Devic e

Hard Disk Writ e Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Tim e Out (Sec) [35]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE

Controller. ENABLED: enables the integrated IDE Controller.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

OnChip P-ATA Controller

This item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OnChip S-ATA Controller

This item allows you to control the onboard SAT A controller. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SATA Mode Sele ct

This item allows you to choose the SAT A operation mode. To enable SAT A5/ SATA6 device, please choose RAID or AHCI. Opt ions: SAT A M ode (De fault) / RAID Mode/ AHCI Mode

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Cha nge the AHCI DI D for Linux

This item appears only when SATA mode is set to AHCI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SATA 1/2/3/4 Device (SATA 5/6 w ill be enabled only when SATA Mode is set to RAID/AHCI)

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

T he BIOS det ects t he i nformati on and values of resp ective devic es, and thes e information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu.

Type

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

LBA/Large Mode

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

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

Enable or disable m ulti-sect or trans fer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

PIO Mode

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

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DMA Mode

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

S.M.A.R.T

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

32Bit Data Tran sfer

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

Har d Disk Wr i te P rotect

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

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

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

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2 Advanced Menu

The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power Management, and other system devices.

Notice

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

system to malfunction.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

> CPU Configur ation

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

> Power Config uration > USB Configur ation

> AUDIO Config uration > Onboard LAN Configuration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Configure CPU.Advanced Setti ngs

Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Configurati on

This 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 : Current FSB Multiplier: Maximum FSB Multiplier: Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enab led]

PowerNow [Enab led] ACPI SRAT Table [Enab led]

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine

Mode (SVM)

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Secur e Vi r t ual Ma chin e Mode

Virtualization T echnology can virtually separate your system resource into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PowerNow

This item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI SRAT Ta bl e

T he operating system scans the ACPI S RAT at boot time and uses the information to better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum perform ance. This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up, or not. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperIO Confi gurati on

Advanced

Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset

Onboard Floppy Controller [Enab led]

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

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7 ] Keyboard PowerOn [Disa bled] Mouse PowerOn [Disa bled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Powe r Off]

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

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 to use it. If you installed 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 interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

T his it em allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which I/O Address.

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

Parallel Port M ode

This item 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 Port IRQ

This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled

Keyboard PowerO n

This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Mouse PowerOn

This item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Restore on AC Power Loss

This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. B y choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off st ate.

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

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Hardware Health Confi guration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enab led]

Shutdown Temperature [Disa bled]

CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed(JCFAN) SYS FAN Speed(JSFAN)

CPU Voltage HT Voltage

+3.30V +5.00V +12.0V DDR Voltage Chipset Voltage

5VSB VBAT

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring

Device.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

H/W Health Function

If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST s tage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Te m perature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 6 5 ℃/149℉ / 7 0 ℃/158℉ / 7 5 ℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉

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Smart Fan Configuration

Advanced

Smart Fan Configuration

CPU Smart Fan [Disa bled]

Smart Fan Calibration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C ) Fan Ctrl On(C) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensitive

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

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

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

+F1

F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help Save and Exit Exit

CPU Sm art Fan

This item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function. Options: Disabled (default) / Auto / 4-pin / 3-pin

Sm art Fan Cal ibr ation

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

Control Mode

This item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performance / Manual

Fan Ctrl OFF (℃ )

If the CPU/System Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

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

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Fan Ctrl S tart Val ue

When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (℃)

Fan Ctrl Sensiti ve

Incr easing the val ue will raise t he speed of C P U/Syst em fan. Options: 1~127

Power Configuration

Advan ced

Power Configur ation

> Chipset ACPI Configuration

Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] Repost Video o n S3 Resume [NO] ACPI Version F eatures [ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC supp ort [Enabled] AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled]

WOL From Soft- Off [Disabled] Resume On Ring [Disabled] USB Resume fro m S3/S4 [Disabled] Resume By RTC Alarm [Disabled] RTC Alarm Date (Days) System Time

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Chipset ACPI Configuration

Advan ced

Chipset ACPI C onfiguration

SouthBridge AC PI HPET TABLE [Enabled]

ACPI PM Timer Width [24-bits]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Options

Disabled Enabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AC PI PM Timer Width

Options: 24-bits (Default) / 32-bits

Suspend m ode

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. Opt ions: S1 (POS ) (Default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S3 Re s ume

Options: NO (De fault) / YES

ACPI Version Features

T he item allows you to select the versi on of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACP I v2.0 / ACPI v3.0

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ACPI AP I C support

T his it em is used to enable or disabl e the motherboard' s AP IC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AMI OEMB tabl e

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description 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 Server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

WO L Fro m Soft-O ff

This item allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On Rin g

This item allows you control the wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

USB Resume from S3/S4

This item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume By RTC Alarm

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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RTC Alar m Date (Days)

You can choose which date the system will boot up.

System Time

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

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up un til it go es to th e o pera ti ng s ys t em, befo re thi s function wi ll work.

USB Configurati on

This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

Advan ced

USB Configurat ion

Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4

USB Devices En abled:

USB 1.1 Contro ller [Enabled]

USB 2.0 Contro ller [Enabled] Legacy USB Sup port [Enabled]

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

> USB Mass Sto rage Device Configuration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Options

Enabled Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB 1.0 Controller

This item allows you to control the USB 1.0 mode of the USB controller.. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

This item allows you to control the USB 2.0 mode of the USB controller.. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Legacy USB Support

This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices li ke the keyboard, m ouse, and USB drive. This is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.

Microso ft DOS or Windows NT). Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

This item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps

BIO S EHCI Hand-Off

This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-off feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

US B Mass St or ag e De vi ce Co n f i gurati o n

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.

+F1

F10 ESC

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Opti ons: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help

Save and Exit Exit

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E m ula ti o n T yp e

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

AUDI O Configuratio n

Advan ced

AUDIO Configur ation

AZALIA AUDIO [Internal codec + E]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Internal codec is included in chipset

it is for HDMI AUDIO function

External codec is a onboard codec

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

AZALIA AUDIO

This item allows you to control the onboard codec and on-chip codec. Opti ons: Internal codec+E (Defaul t) / In ternal code c / External codec / Disabl ed

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Onboa r d LA N Configura tion

Advan ced

Onboard LAN Co nfiguration

Onboard LAN [Auto]

Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [Disabled]

MAC ID Informa tion :

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Control onboard Lan on/off

+F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

Onboard LAN

This option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Onbaord Lan Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

MAC ID Information

This item shows the LAN MAC ID information.

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3 PCIPnP Menu

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed of 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 malfunction.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

may c ause system to malfunction.

Clear NVRAM [No]

Plug & Play O/ S [No] PCI Latency Ti mer [32] Allocate IRQ t o PCI VGA [Yes]

Palette Snoopi ng [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMas ter [Enabled]

> PCI Resource > PCI Express Configuration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

Clear NVR AM

This item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) 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 sequen ce (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

This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus

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

Al locat e IRQ to P CI VGA

This item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card. Options: Yes (Default) / No

Palette Sn ooping

Some old graphic controllers need to “ snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item

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

PCI IDE BusMaster

This item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to per form DMA (Dir ect Memory Access) trans fers .

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Resource

PCIPnP

PCI Resource

IRQ3 [Available]

IRQ4 [Available] IRQ5 [Available]

IRQ7 [Available] IRQ9 [Available] IRQ10 [Available]

IRQ11 [Available] IRQ14 [Available] IRQ15 [Available]

DMA Channel 0 [Available] DMA Channel 1 [Available] DMA Channel 3 [Available]

DMA Channel 5 [Available] DMA Channel 6 [Available] DMA Channel 7 [Available]

Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]

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

These 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 (Default) / Reserved

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

These items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device usi ng the channel. T he option “ Avail able” m eans the channel i s

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

Reserved M emo r y Size

This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K

PCI Express Con figuration

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- M anage ment

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

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

This menu allows you to setup the system boot options.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Boot Settings Configuration

> Boot Device Priority

> Hard Disk Dr ives > Removable Dr ives

> CD/DVD Drive s

Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen LO GO Show [Enabled]

AddOn ROM Disp lay Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Loc k [ON] Interrupt 19 C apture [Enabled]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Specifies the Boot Device

Priority sequence.

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Boot Device Priority

Items 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 devi ces installed in the system.

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attem pt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automat ically. You can also ch ange the booting sequence. The number of device it ems t hat appears on

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 removable drive boot sequence automati cally. You can also change the bootin g sequence. The number of device i tems that

appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

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CD/DV D Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also change the bootin g sequence. The number of device i tems that

appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Quick Boot

Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Sel f-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Full Screen LOGO Show

This item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

This item sets the display mode for option ROM. Opti ons: F orce BIOS (Defaul t) / Keep Current

Boot u p Num- Lock

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

Interrupt 19 Capt ure

When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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5 C hipset Menu

T his subm enu allows you to confi gure the speci fic featur es of t he chipset installed on your system. T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus.

Notice

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

system to malfunction.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

may c ause system to malfunction.

Hybrid SLI sup port [Disabled]

Primary Graphi cs Adapter [PCIE VGA Card Firs] iGPU and Ext-V GA Selection [Disable iGPU if Ex] iGPU Frame Buf fer Detect [Auto]

iGPU Frame Buf fer Size [256MB]

PCIE training [Only Gen1]

Iso Flow Contr ol [Disabled] Hi Priority Ch annel [Enabled] Display Refres h [Enabled]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

1 Memory have to over 2G size

2 Primary Graphics Adapter decide by Hybrid-Mode 3 External VGA must support this feature

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10 ESC

Exit

Hybrid SL I Support

This item allows you to control the Hybrid SLI function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Primary Graphics A dapter

This item allows you to choose the primary graphics device. Opt ions: PCIE VGA Card First (Default) / Intern al VGA First / PC I VGA Card

First

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iG PU and E xt-VGA Selection

T his item determines the working VGA device when t here are two VGA devices installed at the same time.

Options: Disable iGPU if Ext-VGA exist (Default) / Both Exist and iGPU by

Fram e Buffer Det ect

iGPU Frame Bu ff er Detect

This item allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

iGPU Frame Bu ffer S ize

This item allows you to choose the frame buffer size of on-chip VGA. Options: 256MB (Default) / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB / Disabled

P C I E Trai nin g

Options: Only Gen1 (Default) / Gen2 if supported

Iso Flow C ontrol

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Hi Priority Channel

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Display Refresh

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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6 Performance Menu

This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (However, we suggest you to 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 malfunction.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Performance Se ttings WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

> Over-Voltage Configuration

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Spread Spect rum Configuration > AMD Overcloc king Configuration

CPU Frequency, MHz [200] Processor Freq uency Multiplier [Auto] SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto [Enabled] SB to K8(CPU) LinkWidth [16 16 ] Memory Clock M ode [Auto] Memclock Value [400MHz]

MCP PCI-Expres s Frequency, MH [1 00]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Adjust Voltage function.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

General Help Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Ove r-Voltage Configuration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Over-Voltage Co nfiguration

Processor Volt age [Auto]

CPU Over-Volta ge [StartUp]

Over-V oltage [StartUp]

Chipset HT

Over-Voltag e [StartUp]

Memory

Over-Vo ltage [1.95V]

Performance

Options

1.350V

1.325V

1.300V

1.275V

1.250V

1.225V

1.200V

1.175V

1.150V

+F1

F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help Save and Exit Exit

Pro c essor V o l t age

This item allows you to set the CPU voltage Options: Auto (Default) / 0.80V ~ 1.55V (differs by CPU)

CPU Ove r-Volta ge

This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +3.3% / +6.6% / +10.0%

Chipset Ov er -Vo l tage

This item allows you to select NB/SB Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +0.030V / +0.060V / +0.090V

HT Ov er-Voltage

This item allows you to select HT Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +0.100V / +0.200V / +0.300V

Memory Ov er -Vo ltage

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control. Options: 1.95V (Default) / 2.00V / 2.05V / 2.10V

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DRA M Timing Co nfiguration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

DRAM Timing Co nfiguration

Memory CLK CAS Latency( Tcl) RAS/CAS Dela y(Trcd) Row Precharg e Time(Trp)

Min Active R AS(Tras) RAS/RAS Dela y(Trrd) Row Cycle (T rc)

> Memory Confi guration

DRAM Timing Mo de [Auto] CAS Latency( CL) [Auto] 2T Command [Auto] TRCD [Auto]

TRP [Auto] tRTP [Auto]

M emory Configur ati on

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Memory Configu ration

Bank Interleav ing [Auto]

Enable Clock t o All DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristat e C3/ATLVID [Disabled] Memory Hole Re mapping [Enabled] DCT Unganged M ode [Always] Power Down Ena ble [Enabled] Power Down M ode [Channel]

Performance

Enter F1

F10 ESC

Performance

Enable Bank Memory Interleaving

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

General Help Save and Exit Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

B a n k Int er l eaving

Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve memory perform ance. Memory interleaving increases bandwidth by allowing simultaneous

access to m ore t han one piece of mem ory. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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En able Clock to All DIMMs

This item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and reduce power consumption by turning off

unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID

This item enables or disables the MemClk Tristate function in C3 Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Memory Hole Remapping

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 this function.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DCT Ungan ged Mode

This item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode. If two DRAM modules with different size a re

installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. Options: Always (Default) / Auto

Power Down Enable

This item controls the DRAM power down function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Power Down Mode

This item allows you to select the DRAM power down mode. Options: Channel (Default) / Chip Select

D RAM Timing M ode

This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM Timing.

Options: Auto (Default) / DCT0 / DCT1(for AM2+ CPU) / Both(for AM2+ CPU)

CAS La te ncy (CL)

Options: Auto (Default)

2T Command

Options: Auto (Default)

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TRCD

Options: Auto (Default)

TRP

Options: Auto (Default)

tRTP

Options: Auto (Default)

TRAS

Options: Auto (Default)

TRC

Options: Auto (Default)

tWR

Options: Auto (Default)

TRRD

Options: Auto (Default)

tRWTTO

Options: Auto (Default)

tWRRD

Options: Auto (Default)

tWTR

Options: Auto (Default)

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tWRWR

Options: Auto (Default)

tRDRD

Options: Auto (Default)

tRFC0 / tRF C1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3

Options: Auto (Default)

Spread Spect rum Configu ratio n

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Spread Spectru m Configuration

CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

PCIE

Spread Sp ectrum [Disabled]

SATA

Spread Sp ectrum [Disabled]

PCI Spread Spe ctrum [Disabled]

iGPU

Spread Sp ectrum [Disabled]

Performance

Options

Disabled Enabled

+F1 F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to control the CPU/LDT spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to control the PCI-Express spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

SATA Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to control the SATA spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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PCI Spr e ad Spectr um

This item allows you to control the PCI spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

iGPU Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to control the on-chip GPU spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AMD Overclocking Con figuration

T his it em appears only when using AM2+ CP Us.

AMD Overclocki ng Configuration

Custom P-State s [Disabled]

Core FID [x12.0 2400MHz]

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Performance

Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options

below this to configure the P-States, or whether to configure the P-States automatically

+F1 F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

Custom P-States

This item allows you to select the P-States controlling. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Core FID

This item allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of AM2+ CPU. Options: x8.0 1600MHz ~ x31.5 6300MHz (Diffe rs by CPU)

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CPU Fr e que nc y, MHz

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 100 ~ 500

Processor Frequen cy Mul t iplier

This item allows you to control the CPU multiplier. Options: Auto (Default) / x4 ~ x25 (differs by CPU)

SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SB to K8(CPU) L inkWidth

Options: 16↓16↑ (Default) / 8↓8↑ / 4↓4↑

Memory Clock Mode

This item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Limit

MemClock V alue

Options: 400MHz (Default) / 200 MHz / 266 MHz / 333 MHz / 533 MHz

MCP P CI-Express Frequency, MHz

Options: 100 (MHz) (Default) / 100 ~ 200

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7 Exit Menu

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

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit

Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults

Security Setti ngs

> Security

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Exit system setup after saving the

changes.

F10 key can be used for this operation.

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Save Changes and E xit

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

Di scard Changes and Exi t

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

Di scard Changes

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. T hese configurations are facto ry settings optimized fo r this

system.

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Security

This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password.

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Security Setti ngs

Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed

Change Supervi sor Password

User Access Le vel [Full Access] Change User Pa ssword Clear User Pas sword Password Check [Setup]

Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Disabled]

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Change

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

Change Supervi sor Password

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

This item allows supervisor to set the user level. Opti ons: F ull Access (De fault) / No Access / View Only / Limit 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 Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change t hem.

Cle ar Use r Pa ssword

This item is for clearing user password.

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P assw or d Check

This item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (Default) / Always

Boot S e ctor Vi rus Protection

This option allows you to choose the VIRUS 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 t o the boot s ector, B IOS will display a warning message on t he screen and sound an alarm beep.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled