Biostar GF8200 M2G PLUS BIOS MANUAL

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B IOS S et up.... ............ ............ ............ ............ ........................ ............ .........1

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

2 Adv anced Menu.................. ........................ ............ ............ ............ .........7

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

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

5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24

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

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................34

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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 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 proc ess, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password prot ection 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 Supp ort

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (AP M) speci fic at ion. Power management feat ures are implemented via t he 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 Supp ort

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and

device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microso ft, 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 fi c ation.

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 starting up the computer, press

<Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS setup utility.

In the BIOS setup utility, you will see

General Help description at the top right

corner, and this is providing a brief description of the selected item.

Navigation Keys for that particular menu

are at the bottom right corner, and you can use these keys to select it em 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 performance, 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 chang ed 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 inform ation.

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 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

[ :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 BIOS

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 au tomat ically detect t he presenc e of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/S ATA devi ce. S elect a devi ce and press <Ent er> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confugurat ion

OnChip P-ATA C ontroller [Enab led]

OnChip S-ATA C ontroller [Enab led] SATA Mode Sele ct [SATA Mode] Change the AHC I DID for Linux[Disa bled]

> 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 [Disa bled] IDE Detect Tim e Out (Sec) [35]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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 Select

This item allows you to choose the SAT A operation mode. To enable SAT A5/ SATA6 device, please choose RAID or AHCI. Opt ions: SATA Mode (Default) / R AID M ode/ AHC I 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 (SATA 5/6 will be e na bled 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 detect s the information and val ues of res p ective devic es , and t hese 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 di sable multi-sector t rans 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) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5

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 P r 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.

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 UTILITY

Configure CPU.Advanced Setti ngs

Exit

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Configuration

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 : NB Clk: ncHT Speed : Current FSB Multip lier: Maximum FSB Multip lier: Able to Change Fre q : uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Mac hine Mode [ Enabled]

PowerNow [ Enabled]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

WidthI/O :

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual M achine Mode (SVM)

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Secur e Vi r t ual Machine 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 Tabl e

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

S upe rI O Co n f i g urat i on

Advan ced

Configure ITE8 718 Super IO Chipset

Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled]

Serial Port1 A ddress [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Por t Mode [Normal]

Parallel Por t IRQ [IRQ7] Keyboard Power On [Disabled] Mouse PowerOn [Disabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy

Controller

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Onboard Floppy Controll er

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 for the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

T his item allows you to det erm ine acces s 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 Port IRQ

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

Keyboa rd Powe rO n

This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key

Specific Key Ente r

This item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.”

Stroke Keys Selected

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

Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+ F 5 / Ct rl+F6

Mouse PowerOn

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

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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 state. Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or

interrupt occurs. Options: Power Off (Default) / Power ON / Last State

Hardware Health C onfiguration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Co nfiguration

H/W Health Functio n [Enabled]

Shutdown Temperatu re [Disabled] Low Speed CPU Fan Warning [Enabled] Low Speed SUS Fan Warning [Disabled]

CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed(JCFA N)

SYS FAN Speed(JSFA N) CPU Voltage

Chip Voltage +3.30V

+5.00V +12.0V HT Voltage DDR Voltage 5VSB

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H/W Health Functio n

If with a monitoring system, system will show PC health status during POST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Tem perature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 65 ℃/149℉ / 7 0 ℃/158℉ / 75 ℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉

Low Spee d CPU/S YS Fan Warni ng

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitorin g

Device.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

This item allows you to enable or disable low speed CPU/SYS fan waning. Options: Enabled / Disabled

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Smart F an Configuration

Advan ced

Smart Fan Conf iguration

CPU Smart Fan [Disabled]

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 Sm a 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 Cali br a tion

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 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 Start Va l 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 Sensitive

Incr easing t he value will rai se the speed of C P U/System fan. Options: 1~127

Power Con figuration

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 [Enab led] AMI OEMB table [Enab led] Headless mode [Disa bled]

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

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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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Chips e t ACPI Configuration

Advan ced

Chipset ACPI C onfiguration

SouthBridge AC PI HPET TABLE [Enab led]

ACPI PM Timer Width [24-b its]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Options

Disabled Enabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Sout hBridge ACPI HPET TABLE

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AC PI PM Timer Widt h

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 S uspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S 3 Re sume

Options: NO (Default) / YES

ACPI Version Features

T he item allows you to select the vers ion of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0

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ACPI AP I C support

T his i tem is used to en able or dis able t he m otherboard' s APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). T he APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AMI OEMB t able

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description T able (RSDT ) table.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Headless mode

This is a server-speci fic 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-Off

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

Resume On R i 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 Alarm

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from S uspend m ode.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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RTC Alarm Date (D ays )

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.

USB Configuration

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

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2 .24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enable d:

USB 1.1 Controller [ Enabled]

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

> USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration

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BIOS SETUP 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, m ouse, and USB dri ve. T his is a useful feature 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 feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

US B Ma ss St o rag e Devi ce C o nf i g urati 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. Options: 20 S ec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 S ec / 40 S ec

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help

Save and Exit Exit

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E m ula ti o n T ype

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 [Inte rnal codec + E]

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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

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 [Auto ]

Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [Disa bled]

MAC ID Informa tion :

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Control onboard Lan on/off

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve 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 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 Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

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

may c ause system to malfu nction.

Clear NVRAM [No]

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

Palette Snoopi ng [Disa bled] PCI IDE BusMas ter [Enab led]

> PCI Resource > PCI Express Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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 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 Tim er

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 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 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. 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 d evice usin g the channel. The option “ Avai l able” m eans t he channel is

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

Reser ved M em or y Size

This item allows BIOS to reserve certain 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 Power- 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 Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Performance

Boot Settings Conf iguration

> Boot Device Prio rity

> Hard Disk Drives > Removable Drives

> CD/DVD Drives BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [Enabled]

Quick Boot [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock [On] Interrupt 19 Captu re [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequenc e.

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Scr een

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Boot De vice 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 attempt to arrange the hard di sk boot sequence automatically. You can also ch ange the booting sequence. The number of device items 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 attempt to arrange the removable drive boot sequence automatical l y. You can als o change the booti ng sequence. The number of device items that

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

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CD/DV D Drives

The B IOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can als o change the booti ng sequence. The number of device items that

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

BOOT S UCCESS BEEP

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

Quick Boot

Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Self-T est (POST) to execute after you power up the computer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

This item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force 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 Capture

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 featur es of the chips et installed on your system. T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

resourc es, 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 Chips et Performance

Advanced Chipset S ettings WARNING: Setting w rong values in below sec tions

may cause system to malfunction.

Hybrid SLI support [Disabled]

Primary Graphics A dapter [PCIE VGA Car d Firs]

iGPU and Ext-VGA S election [Disable iGPU if Ex] iGPU Frame Buffer Detect [Auto]

iGPU Frame Buffer Size [256MB]

PCIE training [Gen2 if supp orted] Load PMU by SW [Enabled] Chipset Thermal li mit [Normal]

PMU ROM Verison :

Hi Priority Channe l [Enabled] Display Refresh [Enabled]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

If Hybrid SLI is enabled.

GeForce Boost: Internal VGA f irst or

PCIE VGA Card first HybridPower:

Only Internal VGA f irst

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Hybrid SLI Support

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

Primary Graphi cs Adapter

This item allows you to choose the primary graphics device. Opt ions: P CIE VGA Card F irst (Default) / Intern al VGA First / PC I VGA C ard

First

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iGPU and Ext-VGA Selection

T his item determines t he 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

Frame Buffer Det ect

iGPU Fram e Bu ffer Detect

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

iGPU Fram e Bu ffer Size

This item allows you to choose the frame buffer size of on-chip VGA. Options: 256MB (Default) / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB / 512MB / Disabled

P C I E Trainin g

Options: Gen2 if supported (Default) / Only Gen1

Load PMU by SW

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Chipset Thermal limit

Options: Normal (Default) / Minimum / Maximum

Hi Priority Chann el

Enable or disable High Priority virtual Channel. It is only applied to Rev B Griffin CPU.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Display Refresh

Enable or disable display refresh virtual channel 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 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 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 UTILITY

Exit

Adjust Voltage function.

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Ove r-Voltage Configuration

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Over-Voltage Co nfiguration

Processor Volt age [Auto]

CPU Over-Volta ge [StartUp]

Over-V oltage [StartUp]

Chipset HT

Over-Voltag e [StartUp]

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 Select Screen

Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Pro c essor V o l t ag e

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

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

HT Ov er -Voltage

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

Memor y Ov er -Voltage

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

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DRA M Timing Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

DRAM Timing Config uration

Memory CLK CAS Latency(Tcl)

RAS/CAS Delay(Tr cd) Row Precharge Ti me(Trp)

Min Active RAS(T ras) RAS/RAS Delay(Tr rd) Row Cycle (Trc)

Command Rate(CR)

> Memory Configuratio n

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] CAS Latency(CL) [Auto] 2T Command [Auto]

TRCD [Auto] TRP [Auto]

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M emory Configura tion

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Memory Configurati on

Bank Interleaving [Auto]

Enable Clock to Al l DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristate C3 /ATLVID [Disabled]

Memory Hole Remapp ing [Enabled] Power Down Enable [Enabled]

Power Down Mode [Channel]

Performance

Enter F1

F10 ESC

Performance

Enable Bank Memo ry Interleaving

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Scr een General Help Save and Exit Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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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 more than one piece of memory. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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En abl e Clock t o A ll DIMMs

This item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce EMI (Electromagn etic 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 Tri-Stating during C3 and Alt VID. 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 regulate the DRAM Timing.

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

CAS Late ncy (CL)

Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK / 7 CLK DH_Only

2T Command

Options: Auto (Default) / 1T / 2T

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TRCD

Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK

TRP

Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK

tRTP

Options: Auto (Default) / 2-4 CLK / 3-5 CLK

TRAS

Options: Auto (Default) / 5~18 CLK

TRC

Options: Auto (Default)

tWR

Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK

TRRD

Options: Auto (Default) / 2~5 CLK

tRWTTO

Options: Auto (Default) / 2~9 CLK

tWRRD

Options: Auto (Default) / 0~3 CLK

tWTR

Options: Auto (Default) / 1~3 CLK

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tWRWR

Options: Auto (Default) / 1~3 CLK

tRDRD

Options: Auto (Default) / 2~5 CLK

tRFC0 / tRF C1 / tR FC2 / tRFC3

Options: Auto (Default) / 75ns / 105ns / 127.5ns / 195ns / 327.5ns

Spread Spectrum Configuratio n

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

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 Sprea d Spectrum

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

SATA Spre ad Spectrum

This item allows you to control the SAT A spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Linear Down

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PCI Spr e ad Spect rum

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

iGPU Spread 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 clockin g Config urati on

Tri-Center / 5.00% Tri-Center

T his item appears only when using AM2+ CP Us.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

AMD Overclocki ng Configuration

Custom P-State s [Disabled]

Core FID [x12.0 2400MHz]

Performance

Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options

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

P-States automatically

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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 (Differed 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 Frequency Multipli er

This item allows you to control the CPU multiplier. Options: Auto (Default) / x4 800MHz ~ x13.5 2700MHz (Differed by CPU)

SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SB to K8(CPU) Frequency

Options: 1000 MHz (Default) / 200 MHz / 400 MHz / 600 MHz / 800 MHz

SB to K8(CPU) LinkWidth

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

MemClock Value

Options: DDR2-400MHz (Default) / DDR2-533 MHz / DDR2-667 MHz /

DDR2-800 MHz / DDR2-1066 (with AM2+ CPU)

MCP PCI -Express Frequ ency, 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.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit

Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults

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 Changes an d Exit

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

Discard Changes

Abandon all changes made during the curr ent 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 configur ations are factory 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 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 Change

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Change Supervisor 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. Options: Full Access (De fault) / No Access / View Only / Limited

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 chang e them .

Cle ar Use r Password

This item is for clearing user passwo rd.

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P asswor d Check

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

Boot Se ctor Virus Protection

This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning featur e 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, BIOS will display a warning message on t he screen and sound an alarm beep.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled