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GF8100 M2+ TE/G F820 0C M2+ BIOS Manual

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

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

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

3 PC IPnP Menu........................................................................................19

4 Boo t Men u..............................................................................................22

5 Chipse t Menu.........................................................................................2 4

6 Performance Me nu...............................................................................26

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................35

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic

system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. 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 S ystem (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. T his system controls most of the input and output

devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stage 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 fication. Power management fe at ures are im plem ent ed via the S ystem

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

this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Support

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

device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microso ft, Intel and Toshiba.

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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 s peci fic at ion.

DRAM 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 st arting up the com put er, 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 sele ct item 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 per formance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated.

The BIOS information described in this manual is for your refer ence 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

Navigati on Keys

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1 M ain Menu

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

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performanc e

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 UTILITY

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

[ :00:00]

Select Screen Select Item Change Field

Select Field

Tab

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

AM I BIOS

Shows system information including BIOS version, built date, etc.

System Memory

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

System Ti me

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 Configuratio n

T he BIOS will automatically detect the presenc e of ID E/ SAT A devices. There i s a sub-menu for each IDE/SAT A device. Select a devi ce and press <Enter> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confugurat ion

OnChip P-ATA C ontroller [Ena bled]

OnChip S-ATA C ontroller [Ena bled] SATA Mode Sele ct [SAT A Mode] Change the AHC I DID for Linux[Dis abled]

> 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 [Dis abled] IDE Detect Tim e Out (Sec) [35]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE

Controller. ENABLED: enables the integrated IDE Controller.

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

OnChip P-ATA C ontroller

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

OnChip S-ATA C ontroller

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

SATA Mode Selec t

This item allows you to choose the SATA operation mode. Opt ions: SAT A Mode (Default) / RAID Mode/ AHCI Mode

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Cha nge the AHCI DID for Linux

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

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

Main

Primary IDE Master

Device :

Type [Auto]

LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto]

DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T [Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

T he BIOS detects the i nformation and values of resp ective devic es, and these 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 dis able m ulti-sector 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 Wri te Pr otec t

Disable or enable device write protection. T his 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.

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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

> AUDIO Config uration > Onboard LAN Configuration

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

This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

Advan ced

CPU Configurat ion

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

AMD CPU Revision:

Cache L1: Cache L2: Cache L3: Speed : Current FSB Mu ltiplier: Maximum FSB Mu ltiplier: Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Le vel :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Ena bled]

PowerNow [Ena bled] ACPI SRAT Tabl e [Ena bled]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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 Virtual Ma chine Mode

Virtualization Technology can virtually separ ate your system resou rce into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interfa ce 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 Tabl e

T he operati ng system scans the ACPI SRAT 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 uperI O Confi gurati on

Advan ced

Configure ITE8 718 Super IO Chipse t

Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled]

Serial Port1 A ddress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378 ] Parallel Por t Mode [Nor mal]

Parallel Por t IRQ [IRQ 7] Keyboard Power On [Dis abled] Mouse PowerOn [Dis abled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Pow er Off]

BIOS SETU P 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 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 serial ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

T his item al lows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address.

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

Parallel Port Mode

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 P ort IRQ

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

Keyboa rd PowerOn

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 afte r a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choos ing Disabled will leave the comput er i n the power off state.

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 Configuration

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

Advan ced

Hardware Healt h Configuration

H/W Health Fun ction [Ena bled]

Shutdown Tempe rature [Dis abled]

CPU Temperatur e CPU FAN Speed( JCFAN) SYS FAN Speed( JSFAN)

CPU Voltage Chip Voltage

+3.30V +5.00V +12.0V HT Voltage DDR Voltage

5VSB VBAT

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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 stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Te m perature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 6 5℃/149℉ / 70℃/158℉ / 75 ℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90 ℃/194℉

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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] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin],

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

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Sma r t Fan

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

Sm art Fan Ca l i bration

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

Control Mode

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

Fan Ctrl OF F(℃)

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 Star t Value

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 Sen siti ve

Incr easing the value will raise t he speed of CPU/System 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 [ACP I v1.0] ACPI APIC supp ort [Ena bled] AMI OEMB table [Ena bled] Headless mode [Dis abled]

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

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Chipse t ACPI Configuration

Advan ced

Chipset ACPI C onfiguration

SouthBridge AC PI HPET TABLE [Ena bled]

ACPI PM Timer Width [24- bits]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Options

Disabled Enabled

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AC PI PM Timer Wi dt h

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

Suspe nd 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 sume

Options: NO (Default) / YES

ACPI Version Features

T he item all ows you to select the version of ACP I. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACP I v2.0 / ACPI v3.0

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ACPI AP I C support

T his item is used to enable or disable the mot herboard' 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 S erver 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 Ri ng

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 Alar m

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

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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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.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system b oot up until it go es t o the o pera ti ng s y s tem , before thi s functi on wi ll work.

USB Configuration

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 [Ena bled]

USB 2.0 Contro ller [Ena bled] Legacy USB Sup port [Ena bled]

USB 2.0 Contro ller Mode [HiS peed] BIOS EHCI Hand -Off [Ena bled]

> USB Mass Sto rage Device Configu ration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Options

Enabled Disabled

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB 1.1 Controller

This item allows you to control the USB 1.1 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, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful fe ature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.

Microsoft 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-o ff featur e. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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

Advanced

USB Mass Storage Device Configurati on

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Se c]

Device #

Emulation Type [Auto]

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

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. Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 S ec / 40 Sec

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help

Save and Exit Exit

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E m ula ti o n Type

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 [Int ernal codec + E]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Internal codec is included in chipset

it is for HDMI AUDIO function

External codec is a onboard codec

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

AZALI A AUDIO

This item allows you to control the onboard codec and on-chip codec. Options: Internal codec+E (Default) / Internal code c / External codec / Disabled

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Onboa r d LA N Config uration

Advan ced

Onboard LAN Co nfiguration

Onboard LAN [Aut o]

Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [Dis abled]

MAC ID Informa tion :

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Control onboard Lan on/off

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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 Informa tion

This item shows the LAN MAC ID information.

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3 PCIPnP Menu

This section describes con figuring 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 Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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 [32] 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

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

Clear NVRAM

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 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

This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another 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: 32 (Default) / 64 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248

Allocate I RQ to PCI VGA

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

Palette Snooping

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 onbo ard IDE controller to per form DM A (Dir ect Memory Access) trans fers.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Reso urce

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. T he 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 using the channel. T he opti on “ Available” means the channel is

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

Reser ved M emo ry Siz e

This item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain memory size for specific PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / 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 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 Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Boot Settings Configuration

> Boot Device Priority

> Hard Disk Dr ives > Removable Dr ives

> CD/DVD Drive s

Quick Boot [Ena bled] Full Screen LO GO Show [Ena bled]

AddOn ROM Disp lay Mode [For ce BIOS] Bootup Num-Loc k [ON] Interrupt 19 C apture [Ena bled]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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. T he 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 att empt to arrange the hard di sk boot sequence autom atical ly. You can also ch ange the b ooting sequenc e. The number of devi ce items that appears on

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

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will att empt to arrange the removable drive boot s equence automati cally. You can also chang e the booting sequence. The number of devi ce items that

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

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CD/DVD Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also chang e the booting sequence. The number of devi ce items 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 of the Power On Self-T est (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 M ode

This item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: F orce BIOS (De fault) / 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 Chipset Menu

T his submenu allows you to configure the speci fic features of the chipset instal led 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 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.

Hybrid SLI sup port [Dis abled]

Primary Graphi cs Adapter [PCI E VGA Card Firs] iGPU and Ext-V GA Selection [Dis able iGPU if Ex] iGPU Frame Buf fer Detect [Aut o]

iGPU Frame Buf fer Size [256 MB]

PCIE training [Gen 2 if supported]

Iso Flow Contr ol [Dis abled] Hi Priority Ch annel [Ena bled] Display Refres h [Ena bled]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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

Exit

ESC

Hybrid SL I Support

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

Primary Grap hi cs Adapter

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

First

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iG PU and Ext-VGA Selection

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

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

Frame Buffer Det ect

iGPU Frame Buffer Detect

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

iGPU Frame Buffer Size

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

P C I E Trai nin g

Options: Gen2 if supported (Default) / Only Gen1

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 Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

may c ause system to malf unction.

> Over-Voltage Configuration

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

CPU Frequency, MHz [2 00] Processor Freq uency Multiplier [A uto] SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto [E nabled] SB to K8(CPU) LinkWidth [1 6 16 ] Memory Clock M ode [A uto] Memclock Value [2 00MHz]

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

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Exit

Adjust Voltage function.

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10 ESC

Exit

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Ove r-Voltage Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Over-Voltage Co nfiguration

Processor Volt age [A uto]

CPU Over-Volta ge [S tartUp]

Over-V oltage [StartUp]

Chipset HT

Over-Voltag e [S tartUp]

Over-Vo ltage [1 .95V]

Memory

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 Volt ag e

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

CPU Over-Voltage

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

Chipset Over -Vo lta ge

This item allows you to select NB/SB Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +0.050V / +0.100V / +0.150V

HT Ov er-V oltage

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

Memory Ov er -Voltage

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 UTILITY

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) Command Rate (CR)

> Memory Confi guration

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

TRP [Aut o] tRTP [Aut o]

M emory Configur ation

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Memory Configu ration

Bank Interleav ing [Aut o]

Enable Clock t o All DIMMs [Dis abled] MemClk Tristat e C3/ATLVID [Dis abled] Memory Hole Re mapping [Ena bled] Power Down Ena ble [Dis abled] Power Down M ode [Cha nnel]

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

access to more than one pi ece of mem ory. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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En abl e Clock to All DIMMs

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

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

MemClk Tristate C3/ATLV ID

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

Memory Hole R emappin g

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

Power Down Enable

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

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 Latency (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 / tR FC2 / tRFC3

Options: Auto (Default)

Spread Spectru m Configu ratio n

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Spread Spectru m Configuration

CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum [D isabled]

PCIE

Spread Sp ectrum [D isabled]

SATA

Spread Sp ectrum [D isabled]

PCI Spread Spe ctrum [D isabled]

iGPU

Spread Sp ectrum [D isabled]

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 Spect rum

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

iGPU Spre ad Spectrum

This item allows you to control the on-chip GPU spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / 1.00% Tri-Center / 2.00% Tri-Center / 3.00%

AMD Over clo ckin g C onfiguration

Tri-Center / 5.00% Tri-Center

T his item appears only when using AM2+ C P Us.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

AMD Overclocki ng Configuration

Custom P-State s [D isabled]

Core FID [x 12.0 2400MHz] Core VID [1 .2500 V] Core DID [D ivided by 1]

NB FID [2 000 MHz] NB VID [1 .2500 V]

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 (Differs by CPU)

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Core VI D (for AM2+ CPU)

This function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.5500V (differs from CPU).

Core DID (for AM2+ CPU)

Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2 / Divided by 4 / Divided by 8 /

NB FI D (for AM2+ CPU)

This item allows you to select the Frequency of NB chip. Options: 2000MHz (Default) / 800MHz ~ 7000MHz with an interval of 200MHz

NB VID (for AM2+ CP U)

This item allows you to select the voltage of NB chip. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.5500V (differs from CPU)

CPU Fr e que nc y, MHz

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

Divided by 16

Processor Frequen cy Multi plier

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 inkWi dth

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

Memory Clock Mode

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

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MemClock V alue

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

533 MHz (with AM2+ CPU)

MCP PCI -Exp ress Frequen cy, MHz

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

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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.

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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 UTILITY

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 Exit

Save all configuration 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 con figurations are facto ry settings optimized fo r this

system.

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Secur ity

This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor 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 Change

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Change Superv i sor P assword

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. Options: F ull Access (Default) / 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 them.

Cle ar Use r Passw ord

This item is for clearing user password.

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P assw o rd Check

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

Boot Se ctor V i rus Protec tion

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 to the boot sector, B IOS will display a warning mess age on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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