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 stage of the booting process, 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 Support
This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(AP M) speci ficat ion. Power m anagement fe atures a re i mplemented via t he S yst em
Management Int errupt (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 ACP I BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power
interface specifi cation (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and
device con figuration 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 .
DRAM Sup port
DDR3 S DRAM (Double Data Rate III 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 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 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 performance, 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
Navigation Keys
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1 Main 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.
MainAdvancedPCIPnPBootChipsetPerformance
System Overview
AMI BIOS
Version :01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/09
System Memory
Size :
System Time [ :00:00]00
System Date [Thu 01/01/2009]
Floppy A
> IDE Configuration
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AM I BI O S
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Exit
Use [ENTER], [TA B]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a field.
Use [+] or [-] to
configure system Time.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Field
+-
Select Field
Tab
General Help
F1
Save and Exit
F10
Exit
ESC
Shows system information including BIOS version and built date.
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.
Floppy A
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in /
2.88M, 3.5 in / None
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IDE Configuratio n
T he BIOS will automat ically detect the presence of IDE/SAT A devices. There i s a
sub-menu for each IDE/S AT A devi ce. S elect a device and press <Enter> to enter
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This option should
remain disabled for
the normal opera tion.
The driver devel oper
may enable it for
testing purpose.
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Option
F1
General Help
F10
Save and Exit
Exit
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GART Error Reporting
This option should remain disabled for the normal operation. The driver eveloper
may enable it for testing purpose.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
M i crocode Update
This item allows you to enable or disable Microcode Update function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Secur e Vi rtu al Ma chine 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 b l e
T he operati ng syst em scans t he ACPI S RAT at boot t ime 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
Probe Filter
This item allows you to control the initialization mode for Probe Filter.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / MP Mode
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S uperI O Confi gurati on
Advanced
Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset
Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378]
Parallel Port Mode [Normal]
Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]
Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled]
Mouse PowerOn [Disabled]
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Allows BIOS to Enable
or Disable Floppy
Controller
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
+-
General Help
F1
Save and Exit
F10
Exit
ESC
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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
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 / Disabled
Parallel Port Address
T his item all ows you to determine access onboard parallel 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.
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ECP Mode DMA Channel
This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA.
Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1
Paralle l Port IRQ
This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled
Keyboard 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 Enter
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+F5 / Ctrl+F6
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 choosi ng Disabled will leave the com puter in the power off state.
Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or
interrupt occurs.
Options: Power Off (Default) / Last State
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Hardware Health Configuration
This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
Advanced
Hardware Health Configuration
H/W Health Function [Enabled]
Shutdown Temperature [Disabled]
CPU Temperature
CPU FAN
Sytem1 FAN
CPU Vcore
Chipset Voltage
+3.30V
+5.00V
+12.0V
HT Voltage
Memory Voltage
5V(SB)
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Enables Hardware
Health Monitoring
Device.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
+-
General Help
F1
Save and Exit
F10
Exit
ESC
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H/W Health Function
If with a monitoring system, the 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 T emperature. This item is only
effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.