Biostar P43D3 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

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

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

2 Adv anc ed Menu...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........8

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................23

5 Ch ipse t Menu.........................................................................................26

6 Performance Menu...............................................................................30

7 Ex it Menu...............................................................................................33

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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. T he 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. 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 stag e o f the booting process, loading and execut ing the operating system. Som e
additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning
options are also included in BIOS .
T he rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in B IOS
Setup.

Plug and Play Support

T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specific ation.

EPA Green PC Support

T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1. 03 of the EPA Green PC specification.

ACPI Supp ort

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

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

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PCI Bus Support

T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Int erconn ect ) local b u s sp eci ficat i o n .

DRA M Support

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports the Intel CP U.

Using Setup

When starting up the computer, press

<Del> during the Power-On Self-Test
(POST) to enter the B IOS 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 t he bottom right corner, and you can
us e these keys to s ele ct it em and change
the settings.

Notice

z T he default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance

of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings,
please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use

Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu.

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

T he BIOS i nformation described in t his manual is for your reference only. T he actual
BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from t his manual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. W e 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 Men u

Once you enter AMI BIOS S etup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen
providing an overview of the basic system inform ati on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

System Overview
AMI BIOS

Version :01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/10

System Memory

Size :

System Time 00

System Date [Fri 01/01/2010]

> SATA/IDE Configuration

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AM I BI OS

Shows system information includi ng BIOS version, built date, etc.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ :00:00]

Exit

Use [ENTER], [TAB]
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

System Memory

Shows system memory si ze, 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.

Floppy A

Select the type of floppy disk drive inst all ed in your system.
Options: 360K, 5 1/4 in / 1. 2M, 5 1/4 in / 720K, 3 1/2 in / 1.44M, 3 1/2 in /

2.88M, 3 1/2 in / Disabled

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SA T A/IDE Configuratio n

Th e BIOS w i ll au t o m ati cal l y d etect t h e presen ce o f SAT A/IDE d evices . T h ere i s a
su b-menu fo r each SAT A/IDE devi ce. Select a devi ce and press < Enter> to ent er

the sub-menu of detailed opt ions.

Main

IDE/SATA Confuguration

SATA#1 Configuration [Compatible]

Configure SATA#1 as [IDE]
SATA#2 Configuration [Enhanced]

> SATA1 Device
> SATA2 Device
> SATA3 Device
> SATA4 Device

> SATA5 Device
> SATA6 Device

> AHCI Configuration
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Disabled
Compatible

Enhanced

Se lect Scree n
Se lect Item
Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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SATA#1 Configuration

T his item allows you to control the onboard SAT A controller.
Options: C om patible (Default) / Disabled / Enhanced

Configur e SATA#1 as

T his item allows you to choose the S AT A operat ion mode.
Opt i ons : IDE (De fau lt) / AHCI

SATA#2 Configuration

T his item allows you to control the onboard SAT A controller.
Options: Enhanced (Default) / Disabled

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SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device

Main

SATA 1 Device

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]

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BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select the type
of device connected

to the system.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

The BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these
information and values are shown below to the name of the s ub-menu.

Type

Select the type of the IDE/SAT A 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)

En able o r d i s abl e m u l ti -s ect o r t rans fer.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

PIO Mode

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

DMA Mode

Select the DMA mode.
Opti ons: Auto (Default) / S WDMA0 ~ 2 / MW DMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5

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S.M.A.R.T

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

32Bit Data Transfer

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

AHCI Configuration

Main

AHCI Settings

AHCI BIOS Support [Enabled]

AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time Out [35]

> AHCI Port0
> AHCI Port1

> AHCI Port2
> AHCI Port3
> AHCI Port4

> AHCI Port5

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables for supporting

Select Screen
Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

AHC I BIOS Support

T his B IOS feature controls the AHCI function of the SAT A controller.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AHC I CD / D VD Bo ot T ime Out

T his B IOS feature allows you to set the AHCI C D/DVD boot t i me out.
Options: 35 (Default) / 0 / 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30

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AH CI Port0/Port1/Port 2/Port

Main

AHCI Port0

Device :

SATA Port0 [Auto]

S.M.A.R.T. [Enabled]

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BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select the type
of device connected

to the system.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

D evice

This area shows the detected conne cted device.

SATA Port 0/1/2/3

This item allows you to select the connected device type.
Options: Auto (Default)

S.M.A.R.T.

This item allows you to control the device S.M.A.R.T function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Har d Disk Write P r otect

Disable or enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device
is accessed through BIOS .
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

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

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced M enu all ows you to configu re the settings of CP U, Super I/O, P ower
Management, and other system devices.

Notice

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

system to m alfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sec tions
may cause system to m alfunction.

> CPU Configuration

> SuperIO Configuration
> Hardware Health Configuratio n

> Smart Fan Configuration
> Power Configuration

> USB Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Configure CPU.Advanced Settings

Exit

Select Screen
Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit
Exit

ESC

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CPU Configurati on

T his item shows the C PU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

Advanced

Configure advanced CPU settings

Module Version:3F.12
Manufacturer:Intel

Frequency :
FSB Speed :

Cache L1 :
Cache L2 :

Ratio Status:
Ratio Actual Value:

CIE Support [Enabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]

Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled]
Execute-Disable Bit Capability[Enabled]

PECI [Enabled]
Core Multi-Processing [Enabled]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

8

This should be enabled
in order to enable or
disable the “Enhanced
Halt State”.

Select Screen
Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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C1E Support

C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this function helps to save power and
decrease heat by lowering C P U frequency while the processor is not working.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Th e proces s o r has a h ardw ar e p refet ch er that au t omat ical l y anal y zes it s req u iremen t s
and pre fet ch es dat a and in s t ru ct ion s fro m t h e m emory i n t o th e L ev el 2 cach e th at ar e

likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with
m emory read s.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

The processor has a hardware adjacent cache line prefetch mech anism that
aut o mat i cal l y fetch es an ext ra 6 4-by t e cach e l i n e whenev er th e p ro cess o r req uest s for

a 64-byte cache line. This reduces cache latency by making the next cache line
immediately available if the processor requires it as well.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

M ax CPUI D Val ue Lim i t

When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID
instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Befo re it can do so, it must
first query the processor to find out the highest input value CP UID recognizes. This

determi nes the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Intel(R) Virtualization Te c h

Virtualization T echnology can virtually separate your system resou rce into several
parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi
interfa ce systems.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Execute-Disable Bit Capability

T his item allows you to confi gure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects
your system from buffer over fl ow attacks.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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PECI

T his item allows you to control the PECI function for the processor which supports
Platform Environment C ontrol Interface for better therm al management.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Core Multi-Proce ssing

T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

In tel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech

This item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving.
SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock

sp eed of the proces s o r to b e d y nami cal l y chang ed by s o ftware.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperI O Conf i guratio n

Advanced

Configure ITE8721 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

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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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 t o 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 i nterrupt for the first and second s eri al ports.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F 8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

Th i s it em al l ows y ou t o deter m ine acces s onboard parallel port controller with which
I/O Address.

Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3B C / Disabled

Parallel Port M ode

T his item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function.
Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as S tandard Printer Port.
EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+ EPP Us ing P arallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

Paralle l Port IRQ

T his item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard paral lel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled

Keyboard Powe rOn

T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function.
Options: Disabled (De fault) / S pecifi c Key / Stroke Key / Any Key

Specific Key Enter

T his item will show only when Keyboard P owerOn i s set “Specific Key.”

Stroke Keys Selected

T his item will show only when Keyboard P owerOn i s set “Stroke Key.”
Options: C trl+F 1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 /

C t rl +F 4 / Ct rl + F 5 / Ctrl +F 6

Mouse PowerOn

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

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Restor e on AC Power Loss

T his setting specifies how your system should behave a fter a power fail or interrupts
occurs. By 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: P ower Off (Default) / Power ON / Last State

Hardware Health C onfiguration

T his item shows the system temperat ure, fan speed, and volt age information.

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enabled]

Shutdown Temperature [Disabled]

CPU Temperature
System Temperature

CPU Fan
System1 Fan

+12.0V
+5.00V
CPU Voltage

Chipset Voltage
FSB Voltage
Memory

Voltage

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 s tage.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Tem perature

T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item is only
effect ive under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

Options: Disabled (Default) / 60 /140 / 65 / 149 / ℃℉℃℉70 /158℃℉ / 7 5 /℃ 167 ℉

/ 80 /℃ 176 / 85 /℉℃185 / 90 /℉℃194℉

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Smart Fan Configuration

Advanced

Smart Fan Configuration

CPU Smart Fan [ Disabled]

Smart Fan Calibration
Control Mode

Fan Ctrl OFF( C)
Fan Ctrl On( C)
Fan Ctrl Start value
Fan Ctrl Sensitive

o

o

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

When you choice [Auto]
please run the
calibration to define

the Fan parameters for
Smart Fan control

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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CPU Sm art Fan

This item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan f unc tion.
Options: Disabled (default) / Auto

Sm art Fan Cal 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

T his item provides several operat ion m odes of the fan.
Options: Quiet / Performance / Manual

Fan Ctrl OFF (℃ )

If the C PU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
Options: 0~127 (℃) (Interval: 1℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.
Options: 0~127 (℃) (Interval: 1℃)

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Fan Ctrl S tart Value

When CPU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/System fan will
work under Smart Fan F unction mode.
Options: 0~127 (Interv al: 1)

Fan Ctrl Sensitive

Increas i n g t h e val u e wil l rai s e t he sp eed of CPU / Sys t em fan.
Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1)

Power Configuration

Advanced

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1(POS)]

ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
ACPI APIC support [Enabled]

AMI OEMB table [Enabled]
Headless mode [Disabled]

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled]
USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disabled]

High Performance Event Timer [Disabled]
EUP Control [Disabled]

Resume On Ring [Disabled]
Resume On PME# [Disabled]

Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]
RTC Alarm Date(Days)
Time

RTC Alarm

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the ACPI
state used for
System Suspend.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Suspend mode

T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACP I operating system.
Opt i ons : S 1 (P OS) (Defaul t ) P ower on Susp end

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S3 Re sume

T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S 3/ST R
resume.
Options: No (Default) / Yes

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ACPI Version Features

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect the vers i o n of AC PI.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACP I v2. 0 / ACPI v3.0

ACPI API C support

This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced
Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support,

more IRQs and faste r int errupt 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
Syst em Description Table (RS DT) table.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Headless mode

This is a server-specific feature. A headless server is one that operates without a
keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating

system (e.g. Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S 3/S4 function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

High Pe r formance Ev ent Time r

T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

HPET Memory Address

T his item allows you to set the memory address of HPET .
Options: F ED00000h (Default) / F ED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h

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EuP Control

T his item is used to enabl e or disable EuP Control (Energy Using P roducts).
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On Rin g

T his item allows you control t he wake on ring function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On P ME#

W hen you select Enabled, a PME signal from P C I card returns the sys tem to Full ON
state.
For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the

Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to
enab le if ap p l icabl e.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On RTC Al arm

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)
alar m awakens th e s y s tem from S u s pen d mod e.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alar m Date (Days)

You can choose which date the sys tem will boot up.

RTC Ala rm Time

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

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USB Configurati on

T his item shows the USB controller and using USB devi ce information.

Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

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

> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

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Options

Disabled
Enabled

Auto

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

Gene ral Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Legacy USB Suppor t

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices
li ke the key board, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a us eful fe ature when using s uch

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

T his item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2. 0 controller.
Options: HiSpeed (Default) US B 2.0-480Mbps

FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps

BIO S EHCI Hand-Off

This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI
hand-off feature.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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US B Mass Sto r ag e De vi ce C o n f ig urati o n

Advanced

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Device #

Emulation Type [Auto]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Number of seconds
POST waits for the

USB mass storage
device after start

unit command.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB Mass Storage Reset Del ay

T his item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Op t i ons : 2 0 S ec (Defau l t ) / 1 0 S ec / 3 0 Sec / 40 Sec

E m ula ti o n T ype

T his item allows you to select the em ulation type of t he USB mass st orage device.
Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3 PCIPnP Menu

T his section describes con figuring the PC I 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 m alfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance

Advanced PCI/PnP Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sec tions

may cause system to m alfunction.

Clear NVRAM [ No]

Plug & Play O/S [ No]
PCI Latency Timer [ 64]

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [ Yes]
Palette Snooping [ Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster [ Enabled]
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [ Auto]

> PCI Resource
> PCI Express Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Clear NVRAM during
System Boot.

Exit

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Clear NVRAM

T his item allows you to clear the data in t he 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 m ust set to NO.

Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer

T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus befor e anothe r takes
over. The longer the latency, the longer the P CI device can retain control of the bus

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

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

T his item allows BIOS t o choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card.
Opti ons: Yes (Default) / No

Palette Sn ooping

Som e old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to
their display as a way to provide boot i nformation and VGA compati bility. This item

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

PCI IDE BusMaster

T his item is a toggl e for the buil t-in driver that all ows the onboard ID E controller to
perform DM A (Di rect Mem o ry Acc es s ) tran sfers.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

T his item is for any ot her non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controll er adapt er.
Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1~6

OffB oard PCI IDE Primary/Seocndary IRQ

Disabled: Use if this channel on card does not need an IRQ. INTx: Use these settings
to assi gn an IRQ to the IntPin used by this channel. Hardwired: T he card hardwires a
fix ed INTx into IntPin.
Options: Disabled (Default) / INT A / INTB /INT C / INT D / Hardwired

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PCI Resource

PCIPnP

PCI Resource

IRQ3 [Available]

IRQ4 [Available]
IRQ5 [Available]

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

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

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

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

Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]

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IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15

T hese 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 (De fault) / R eserved

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

T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the
type of device using the channel. The option “ Available” means the channel is
going to assign automatically.
Options: Available (De fault) / R eserved

Reser ved M emo r y Size

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

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

T his item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for speci fic PCI device.
Options: Disabled (De fault) / 16K / 32K / 64K

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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

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Active State Po wer- M anagement

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

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

T his menu allows you to setup the system boot opt ions.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Boot Settings

> Boot Device Priority

> Hard Disk Dr ives
> Removable Dr ives

> CD/DVD Drive s
> Boot Setting s Configuration

BIOS SETU P U TILITY

Exit

Specifies the
Boot Device

Priority sequence.

Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Boot Device Priority

Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available
devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the

number of devices install ed in the system.

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attem pt t o arrange the hard dis k boo t sequence au tomatical ly. You
can also ch ange t he b o oti n g s equence. T he n u mber of devi ce i t ems t hat appears o n

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

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will attem pt t o arrange the removabl e dri ve bo ot sequence automati cally .
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that

appears on the screen depends on t he number of devic es installed in the system.

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CD/DV D Drives

T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically.
You can also change the booting sequence. T he number of device items that

appears on the screen depends on t he number of devic es installed in the system.

Boot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

Boot Settings Conf iguration

Quick Boot [ Enabled]

AddOn ROM Display Mode [ Force BIOS]
Bootup Num-Lock [ ON]

Interrupt 19 Capture [ Disabled]
BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [ Enabled]

Allows BIOS to skip
certain tests while
booting. This will

decrease the time
needed to boot the

system.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Quick Boot

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test
(POST) t o execute after you power up the computer.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Dis play Mode

T his item sets the display mode for option ROM.
Op t i ons : Force B IOS (D efault) / Keep Cu rren t

Bootup Num-L ock

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

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Interrupt 19 Capture

Interrupt 19 is the software i nterrupt that handles the boot disk function. W hen s et to
Enabled, this item allows the option R OMs to trap interrupt 19.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

BOOT SUCCESS BEEP

W hen thi s item is set t o Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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5 Chipset Menu

Th i s sub men u all o ws you to co nfi g u re t he sp eci fic featu res of the chi ps et i n stall ed o n
your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates comm unications wit h the P CI bus.

Notice

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

system to m alfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Advanced Chipset Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

> North Bridge Configuration

> South Bridge Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Exit

Configure North Bridge
features.

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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North Bridge C onf i gur ation

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

North Bridge Chipset Configuration

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]

PCI MMIO Allocation:

Memory Hole [Disabled]
Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]

IGD Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 3 2MB]

IGD GTT Graphics memory size [No VT mode , 2MB]
PAVP Mode [Lite]

PEG Port Configuration

PEG Port [Auto]

Chipset

ENABLE: Allow
remapping of
overlapped PCI memory

above the total
physical memory.

DISABLE: Do not allow
remapping of memory.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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M emory Rema p Feature

This item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI
memory above the total physical m emory. Only 64-bit OS supports this functi on.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Memory Hole

You can res erve th is area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. W hen this area
is reserved it cannot be cached. C heck the user info rmat ion of periphe rals that need

to u se thi s area of sys t em mem ory for t he mem ory requ irement s .
Options: Disabled (De fault) / 15M-16M

Initiate Gra phic Adapter

T his item allows you to enable or disable VGA controll er.
Options: P EG/PC I (Default) / IGD / PCI/IGD / PCI/P EG / PEG/IGD

IGD Graphi c s Mode Select

This item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is
decided, this frame bu ffer size will also be fixed.
Options: Enabl ed,32MB (Default) / Enabled,64MB / Enabled,128MB / Disabled

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IGD GTT Graphics memory size

Opti ons: No VT mode, 2 MB (Default)

PAVP Mode

GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support.
Options: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High

PEG Port

T his B IOS feature is a toggle that enables or disabl es the PCI Express port.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

South Bridge Confi guration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

South Bridge Chipset Configuration

USB Functions [8 USB Port s]

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

HDA Controller [Enabled]
SMBUS Controller [Enabled]

OnBoard Lan Control [Enabled]
Onboard Lan Boot Rom [Disabled]

MAC ID Information

SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width [4 to 5 sec onds]

Chipset

Options

Disabled
2 USB Ports
4 USB Ports

6 USB Ports
8 USB Ports

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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USB Functions

T he item determines the number of functional USB port.
Options: 8 USB Ports (Default) / 6 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 2 USB Ports /

Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

T his entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This Bios itself may/may not
have high speed USB support. If the Bios has high speed USB support built in, the

support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were atta ched.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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HDA Controlle r

T his item allows you to control the HD Audio support.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SMBUS Controller

T h is B IO S fe at ur e co ntro ls t he I/O b uf fe rs fo r t he SMBu s .
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OnBoar d Lan Control

T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Onboard Lan Boot Rom

T his item allows you to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

MAC ID Informa tion

T his item shows the LAN MAC ID.

SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width

Options: 4 to 5 seconds (Defaul t) / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to 3 seconds / 1 t o 2 seconds

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6 Performance Menu

T his subm enu allows you t o change voltage and clock of various devices.
(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. C hanging 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 m alfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Advance Performance Settings

Notice:Please Clear CMOS if system no display
after overclocking.

CPU Frequency Setting [333]

PCIE Clock By [Auto]

PCIE Frequency Setting [100]

PSI Control [Enabled]
CPU Voltage [Default ]

FSB Voltage [Default ]
Chipset Voltage [Default ]
Memory Voltage [Default ]

DRAM Frequency [Auto]
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Allows BIOS to Select
CPU Over Clock.

Note:
MIN = 100 MHZ

MAX = 600 MHZ

Exit

Select Screen
Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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CPU Frequency Setting

T his item allows you to select the CP U Frequency.
Options: 333 (Default) / Min= 100MHz; Max= 600MHz

PCIE Clock By

T his item allows you to select the PC IE clock control
Options: Auto (Default) / Manual

PCIE Fre que ncy Se tt i ng

T his item allows you to select the PC IE clock control
Options: 100 (Default) / Min=100; M ax= 150

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PSI Con tro l

This item allows you to control power supply of CPU for the purpose of saving
energy.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

CPU Voltage

T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control.

FS B Voltage

T his item allows you to select FSB Voltage Control.

Ch ipset Voltage

T his item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control.

Memory Voltage

T his item allows you to select Memory Voltage Control.

DRAM Freq ue ncy

T his item allows you to control the Memory Cl ock.
Options: Auto (Default) / DDR3 800 / DDR3 1066 / DDR3 1333

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DRA M tCL

Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM t RAS

Options: 9 (Default) / 9 ~ 24

DRA M tRP

Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

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DRAM t RCD

Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

DRA M tWR

Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 15

DRA M tRF C

Options: 15 (Default) / 15 ~ 78

DRA M tWTR

Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

DRAM t RRD

Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

DRA M tRT P

Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

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7 Exit Menu

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

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Exit Options

Save Changes and Exit

Discard Changes and Exit
Discard Changes

Load Optimal Defaults

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Exit

Exit system setup
after saving the

changes.
F10 key can be used

for this operation.

> Security

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Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Save Changes and E xit

Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all changes made during the current sessi on and exit setup.

Discard Changes

Abandon all changes made during the current session and restore the previously
saved values.

Load Optimal Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system
booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this

system.

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Security

T his sub-menu allows you to provi de/revis e supervisor and user password.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Exit

Security Settings

Supervisor Password :Not Installed
User Password :Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

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Install or Change the
password.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Change Supervisor Passwor d

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supe rvisor from
making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a
password.

User Acess Level

T his item allows supervisor to set the user level.
Op t i ons : Full A cces s (De faul t ) / N o Access / V iew On l y / Lim i t 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 t he Supervisor Password is set and the User
Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be
abl e to ch an g e th em .

Cle ar Use r Password

T his item is for clearing user passwo rd.

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P assw or d Check

T his item is for setting the timing that checking password.
Options: S etup (Default) / Always

Boot S ec tor Vir us Protection

T his option allows you to choose the VIR US W arning feature that is used to protect
the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is m ade to

write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and
sound an alarm beep.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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