Biostar TA790GX 128M, TA790GX A2 PLUS SE, TA790GX A2 SE, TA790GX A2 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

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

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

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

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16

4 Boot Men u..............................................................................................19

5 Chipse t Menu.........................................................................................21

6 T-Se ries Menu........................................................................................30

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................40

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BIOS Se tup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The S etup 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. This system controls most of the input and output

devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the fi rst stag e o f the booting process, loading and executing t he operating system. S ome 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 BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

T his AMI BIOS supports t he 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.

APM Support

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (AP M) speci fic ation . Power m an agement fe atures a re im plement ed vi a the Sy stem

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

this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Supp ort

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

T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2. 3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Int erconn ect ) local b u s s p ecifi c ati o n.

DRA M Support

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports t he AMD C P U.

Using Setup

When 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 us e thes e keys to sele ct i tem and ch an ge 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 S etup Default under the Exit Menu.

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

T he BIOS information described in thi s manual is for your refer ence only. The actual BIOS informat ion and settings on board may be slightly differ ent from t his manual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be chang ed 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 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 Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

System Overview AMI BIOS

Version :01.0 1.01 Build Date:01/0 1/08

System Memory

Size :

System Time 00

System Date [Tue 01/01/2008] Floppy A > Hard Drive Co nfiguration

AM I BI O S

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ :0 0:00]

Exit

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

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

configure system Time.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Field

Se lect Field

Tab

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Shows syst em information, including BIOS version and built date.

System Memory

Shows system memory size.

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: 360K, 5. 25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3. 5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in /

2.88M, 3.5 in / None

Hard Drive Configurati on

Th e BIO S w i ll au t o m ati cal l y d etect t h e presence of ID E/SA TA devices . T her e i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/S AT A dev ice. Select a devi ce an d pres s <Enter> to ent er

the sub-menu of detailed options.

Main

IDE Confuguration

> Primary IDE Master

> Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Device

> SATA 2 Device > SATA 3 Device > SATA 4 Device

> SATA 5 Device > SATA 6 Device

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE

devices. This displays the status of auto

detection of IDE devices.

Select Screen Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Dev ice

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

The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices, and these information and values are shown below t o the nam e of the sub-menu.

Type

Select the type of the IDE/SAT A drive. Options: Auto (De fault) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed

LBA/Large Mode

Enable or disabl e the LB A mode. Options: Auto (De fault) / Disabled

Block (Multi-S ector Tran sfer)

En able o r d i s able mu l ti- s ect or t ran sfer. Options: Auto (De fault) / Disabled

PIO Mode

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

DMA Mode

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

S.M.A.R.T

Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (De fault) / Disabled / Enabled

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32Bit Data Transfer

Enable or disabl e 32-bit data transfer. 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 ATA devices. Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings of CP U, 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 Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malf unction.

> CPU Configuration

> SuperIO Configuration > Smart Fan Configuration > Hardware Health Configuration > Power Configuration

> USB Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Options for CPUAdvanced Settings

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

CPU Configuration

T his item shows the CPU information that the B IOS automatically detects.

Advanc ed

CPU Configurati on

Module Version: AGESA Version:

Physical Count: Logical Count:

AMD CPU Revision:

Cache L1: Cache L2:

Cache L3: Speed : ncHT Speed :

Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Lev el :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Ena bled]

Cool N Quiet [Ena bled] ACPI SRAT Table [Ena bled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine

Mode (SVM)

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Secur e Virtual Ma chin e Mo d e

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

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Cool N Qui et

T his i tem allows you to enable or disable the Cool & Quiet power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI SRAT Tabl e

Th e operat i n g sy s t em scans t h e ACPI S RAT at b oot tim e and u s es the i n for mati o n 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 uper IO Co n f i g urat ion

Advanc ed

Configure ITE87 18 Super IO Chipse t

Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled]

Serial Port1 Ad dress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port A ddress [378 ] Parallel Port Mode [Nor mal]

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ 7] Keyboard PowerO n [Dis abled] Mouse PowerOn [Dis abled] Restore on AC P ower Loss [Pow er Off]

BIOS SETUP 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 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 syst em uses no fl oppy drive, select disabled i n this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second serial ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Di sabled

Parallel Port Address

Th i s i t em al l ows yo u to det ermine acces s onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address.

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

Parallel Port Mode

T his i tem allows you to determine how the parallel port should funct ion. 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

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

Keyboard PowerO n

T his i tem allows you to control t he keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Mouse PowerOn

T his i tem allows you to control t he mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Restore on AC Powe r Loss

T his s etting specifies how your system should behave a fte r a powe r 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: Power Off (Default) / Power ON / Last State

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Smart Fan Confi guration

Advanc ed

Smart Fan Confi guration

CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled]

Smart Fan Calib ration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C ) Fan Ctrl On(C) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensit ive

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

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

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

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU S m art Fan

This ite m allo ws you to control the CPU Smart Fan func tio n. Options: Disabled (default) / Aut o / 4-pin / 3-pin

Sm art Fan Ca l i bration

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

Contr ol Mode

T his item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual

Fan Ctrl OFF (℃ )

If the CP U/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 Value

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

Fan Ctrl Sensiti ve

Increasi n g t h e valu e w ill rai s e t he sp eed of CPU/ Sys t em fan. Options: 1~127

Hardware H ealth C onfiguration

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

Advanc ed

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Func tion [Ena bled]

Shutdown Temper ature [Dis abled]

SYS

Temperature

CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed(J CFAN1) CHIP FAN Speed( JNFAN1)

SYS FAN Speed(J SFAN1)

CPU VCore NB Voltage

+3.30V +5.00V

+12.0V DDR Voltage

HT Voltage 5VSB

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring

Device.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

H/W Health Function

If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show P C health status during P OST s t ag e.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Tem pe r ature

T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Wi ndows 98 ACPI m ode.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 70 ℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉

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Power Configuration

Advanc ed

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1 (POS)]

ACPI Version Fe atures [ACP I v1.0] ACPI APIC suppo rt [Ena bled] AMI OEMB table [Ena bled]

Headless mode [Dis abled]

RTC Resume [Dis abled] RTC Alarm Date( Days)

RTC Alarm USB Wakeup From S3/S4 [Dis abled] Power On by LAN [Dis abled]

Time

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the ACPI state used for

System Suspend.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Suspe nd m ode

T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACP I operating system. Opt i ons : S 1 (P OS) (Default ) Po wer on S uspen d S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR

ACPI Version Features

Th e it em all o ws y ou t o sel ect t he vers i o n of AC PI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0

ACPI AP I C support

This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faste r 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 R oot Syst em Descri ption Table (R SDT) table. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Headless mode

This is a server-specific feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating system (e. g. Windows S erver 2003) must support headless operation.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Re sume

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 Su s pen d mod e.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alarm Date (Days)

You can choose which date the system will boot up.

RTC Alarm Time

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

USB Wakeup from S3/S4

T his i tem allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 functi on. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Powe r On by LAN

T his i tem allows you cont rol the wake on LAN (WOL) function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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USB Configuration

T his i tem shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

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

> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO option disables

legacy support if no USB devices are

connected.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Legacy USB Support

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices li ke the key board, mouse, and USB dri ve. T his is a useful fe ature when u sin g su ch

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 i tem 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

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US B Ma ss S t o r age De vi ce C on f i guration

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.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his i tem allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Op t i ons : 2 0 S ec (D efau l t ) / 10 S ec / 3 0 S ec / 40 Sec

E m ula ti o n T ype

T his i tem allows you to select the emulati on type of t he USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (De fault) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3 PCIPnP Menu

T his section describes con figuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconn ect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed o f the CP U 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 Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Advanced PCI/Pn P Settings WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

Clear NVRAM [No]

Plug & Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Tim er [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes ]

Palette Snoopin g [Dis abled] PCI IDE BusMast er [Ena bled]

> PCI Resource

BIOS SETUP 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 NVRAM

T his i tem allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting “Yes”. Options: No (Default) / Yes

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequen ce (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating

system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO.

Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Tim er

T his i tem controls how l ong 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 t o another PC I device. Options: 64 (Default) / 0-255

Al locate IRQ to P CI VGA

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

Palette Snooping

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

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

PCI IDE Bu sMaster

T his i tem is a toggle for the built-in driver that all ows the onbo ard ID E controller to perform DM A (Di rect Mem o ry Access ) trans fers .

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Resource

PCIPnP

PCI Resource

IRQ3 [Available]

IRQ4 [Available] IRQ5 [Available]

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

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

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

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

Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Available: Specified IRQ is available to be

used by PCI/PnP devices.

Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA

devices.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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

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 ry Siz e

T his item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain m emory size for speci fic PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

T his m enu allows you to setup the system boot options.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Boot Settings C onfiguration

> Boot Device P riority

> Hard Disk Dri ves > Removable Dri ves

> CD/DVD Drives Quick Boot [Ena bled]

Full Screen LOG O Show [Ena bled] AddOn ROM Displ ay Mode [For ce BIOS]

Bootup Num-Lock [ON] Interrupt 19 Ca pture [Ena bled] Ignore Memory E rror Messages [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Specifies the Boot Device

Priority sequence.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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 install ed in the system. Options: Removable / Hard Disk / CDROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will att empt to arrange the hard d isk boot seq uence automatical ly. You can also ch an ge the b o oti n g s equence. Th e n u mber o f devi ce i t ems t hat appears o n

the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Op t i ons : Pri. M as ter / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Mas t er / Sec. Slave / US B HDD 0 /

USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-i n C ards

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will att empt to arrange the removabl e d rive b oot seq uence auto matical ly. 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. Options: Floppy Disks / Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 /

USB -ZIP 1 / LS 120

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CD/DVD Drives

T he B IOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. 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. Op t i ons : Pri. M as ter / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Mas t er / Sec. Slave / US B C DRO M0 /

USB CDROM 1

Quick Boot

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute aft er you power up the computer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Full Screen LOGO Show

T his i tem allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show f un c tion. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

T his item sets the display mode for option ROM. Op t i ons : Force B IO S (Defaul t) / K eep Curr ent

Boot u p Num- Lock

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

Interrupt 19 Capture

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

I gn ore Memo ry Error Messages

W hen set to Enabled, BIOS would i gnore memory error messages. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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5 Chipset Menu

Th i s su b m en u all o w s you to co nfig u re t he sp eci fic feat u res o f t h e chip s et i ns tal l ed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

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

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

> SouthBridge C onfiguration

> AMD 780 Confi guration > OnBoard Perip herals Configurati on

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options for NBAdvanced Chipse t Settings

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

S out h B ri dge Co nf i g u rati o n

> EC Configurat ion

> SB Azalia Aud io Configuration OHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 18 Fn o) [Ena bled]

OHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 18 Fn 1) [Ena bled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 18 Fn 2) [Ena bled]

OHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 19 Fn 0) [Ena bled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 19 Fn 1) [Ena bled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 19 Fn 2) [Ena bled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 D ev 20 Fn 5) [Ena bled]

OnChip SATA Cha nnel [Ena bled] OnChip SATA Typ e [Nat ive IDE] SATA IDE Combin ed Mode [Ena bled] Power Saving Fe atures [Dis abled]

SB CIM Version

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

SB EC Related Options are grouped under

this menu

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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EC Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

SureBoot Featur e [Ena bled]

SureBoot Timeou t [4 S econds] Advanced Clock Calibration [Dis abled] Value (All Co res) [- 2 %] Value (Core 0 ) [- 2 %] Value (Core 1 ) [- 2 %]

Value (Core 2 ) [- 2 %] Value (Core 3 ) [- 2 %]

Chipset

Options

Disabled Enabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

SureBoot Feature

T his item allows you to control the SureBoot function. SureBoot is a technology that ensures a complete Windows environment will be available disaster recovery

situations. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Su reBoot Timeout

T his i tem allows you to control t he SureBoot timeout. Options: 4 Seconds (Default) / 1 Second / 2 Seconds / 3 Seconds

Advanced Clock Calibration

T his i tem allows you to control t he advanced clock c alibration function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / P er Core

Value (All Cores/Core0/Core1/Core2/Core3)

This item shows only when “ Advanced Clock Calibration” is set to “ All Cores” or “Per Core”. Options: -2 % (Default)

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SB Aza l i a Audio Configura tion

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

HD Audio Azalia Device [Ena bled] Options

Chipset

Auto Disabled Enabled

+F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

H D Au d i o A zal i a Device

T his i tem allows you to control t he HD audio device. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled

OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19/20 Fn 0/1/5)

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19 Fn 2)

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OnChip SATA Channel

T his option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial AT A. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OnChip SATA Type

T his option allows you to select the on-chip Serial ATA operation mode. Options: Native IDE (Default) / RAID / AHCI / Legacy IDE / IDEÆAHCI

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SATA IDE Combined Mode

T his option controls the SATA/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Power Sa vi ng Feat ures

T his opt ion controls the power saving featur es. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AMD 780 Configu ration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

AMD 780 Configu ration

CIMX-RS780 Vers ion : 4.1.0

> Internal Grap hics Configuration

> PCI Express C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

Primary Video C ontroller [PCI -GFX0-GPP-IGFX] NB Power Manage ment Features [Aut o]

Chipset

Internal Graphics Conf

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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Internal G raphics Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Internal Graphi cs Configuration

Internal Graphi cs Mode [UMA ]

UMA Frame Buf fer Size [Aut o] GFX Engine Cloc k Override [Dis able]

Surround View [Aut o]

FB Location [Abo ve 4G] AMD 780 HD Audi o [Ena ble]

Chipset

Options

Disable UMA SIDEPORT UMA+SIDEPORT

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Int ernal Graph ics Mode

T his i tem allows you to select the memory m ode used for internal graphics device. Opti ons: UMA (Default ) / S IDEP ORT / UM A+SIDEP ORT / Dis able

UMA Frame Buffer Size

T his i tem allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics. Options: Auto (Default) / 16M / 32M / 64M / 128M / 256M / 512M / Dis abled

GFX Engin e Clock Override

T his i tem allows you to control t he internal GFX engine clock override function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Surround V iew

T his i tem allows you to control t he Surround View Function. Options: Auto (De fault) / Disabled

FB Location

T his i tem allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (Default) / Under 4G

AMD 780 HD A u dio

T his i tem allows you to control t he northbridge HD azalia (HDMI audio) function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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PCI Expr ess Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

PCI Express Con figuration

GFX Dual Slot C onfiguration [Dis abled]

GPP Slots Power Limit, W [25 ] > Port #02 Feat ures

> Port #04 Feat ures > Port #05 Feat ures > Port #06 Feat ures > Port #07 Feat ures

> Port #09 Feat ures > Port #10 Feat ures > NB-SB Port Fe atures

Chipset

GFX Dual Slot Configuration

Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / Enabled

GPP Sl ots Power Limit, W

Options: 25 (Default) / 0-255

Port #02/04/05/06/07/0 9/10 Fea tures

Gen2 High Speed Mode [Aut o]

Link ASPM [Dis abled] Link Width [Aut o] Slot Power Limi t, W [75] Compliance Mode [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

Options

Auto Enabled Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Up date

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Auto - RC only advertize Gen2

capability.

Gen 2 Hi gh S peed Mode

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Link AS PM

Options: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0x & L1

Li nk Widt h

Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16

Sl ot Power Limit, W

Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

NB-SB Po rt Featu r es

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

NB-SB Link ASPM [L1]

NP NB-SB VC1 Tr affic Support [Dis abled] Link Width [Aut o] Compliance Mode [Dis abled]

Chipset

Options

Disabled L1

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

NB-SB Link ASPM

Options: L1 (Default) / Disabled

NP NB-SB V C1 Tr affic Su p port

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Li nk Widt h

Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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Hyper Tra nsport Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Hyper Transport Configuration

HT Link Tristat e [Aut o]

UnitID Clumping [Aut o] 2x LCLK Mode [Dis abled]

Chipset

Auto - CAD/CTL.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

HT Link Tristate

Options: Auto (Default)

Uni t ID Clu mpin g

Options: Auto (Default)

2x LCLK Mode

Options: Disabled (Default)

Pri mary Video Controller

T his option allows you to select the video controller in charge. Opt i ons : P CI-GFX 0 -GP P-IGFX (De fault ) / GFX0-GPP-IGFX -P CI /

GPP-GFX0-IGFX-PCI / IGFX-GFX0-GPP-PCI

NB Pow e r Ma nage ment Features

T his opt ion controls the NB power management function. Options: Auto (De fault) / Disabled

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OnBoard Peripherals C onfiguration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

MAC ID Informat ion

Realtek PCIE NI C [Ena ble]

Realtek Option ROM [Dis abled]

Chipset

Enable/Disable Onboard RTL8111C

PCIE Network Controller

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

MAC ID Informa tion

Th i s area s ho ws t h e M AC ID .

Realtek PCIE NIC

T his opt ion allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Enable (Default) / Disable

Realtek Option ROM

T his i tem allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN B oot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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6 T-Series Menu

T his s ubmenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock

improperly m ay damage the device.)

Notice

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

system to malfunction.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Settin gs WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

OverClock Navig ator [Nor mal]

=========== Aut omate OverClock Sy stem ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6- Tech Engine]

============ Ma nual OverClock Sys tem ============

CPU Over Voltag e [Sta rtUp] Memory Over Vol tage [1.9 5V]

Chipset Over Vo ltage [1.1 5V] HT Over Voltage [1.2 0V] CPU Frequency [200 ]

> CPU FID/VID C ontrol > DRAM Timing C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

> Memory Config uration

Integrated Memo ry Test [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

OverClock Navigator

OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provides 3 default overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance.

Options: Normal (Default) / Automate OverClock / Manual OverClock

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Auto OverClock System

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Settin gs WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

OverClock Navig ator [Aut omate OverClock]

=========== Aut omate OverClock Sy stem ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6- Tech Engine]

============ Ma nual OverClock Sys tem ============

CPU Over Voltag e [Sta rtUp] Memory Over Vol tage [1.9 5V] Chipset Over Vo ltage [1.1 5V]

HT Over Voltage [1.2 0V] CPU Frequency [200 ] > CPU FID/VID C ontrol

> DRAM Timing C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

> Memory Config uration

Integrated Memo ry Test [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

T he Overclock Navig ator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system. These engines will boost your system performance to different level.

Options: V6 Tech Engine

T his engine will make a good over-clock perfo rmance. V8 Tech Engine

T his engine will make a better over-clock perfo rmance. V12 Tec h Engine

T his engine will make a best over-clock performance.

Cautions:

Not ev ery AMD CPU p erforms th e ab ove overclock setting ideally; the differen ce may vary with t he installed CPU m odel.

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Manual Overclock Syst em ( M.O. S. )

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Settin gs WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

OverClock Navig ator [Man ual OverClock]

=========== Aut omate OverClock Sy stem ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6- Tech Engine]

============ Ma nual OverClock Sys tem ============

CPU Over Voltag e [Sta rtUp] Memory Over Vol tage [1.9 5V] Chipset Over Vo ltage [1.1 5V]

HT Over Voltage [1.2 0V] CPU Frequency [200 ] > CPU FID/VID C ontrol

> DRAM Timing C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

> Memory Config uration Integrated Memo ry Test [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to custom ize personal overclock setting.

CPU Over Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select CP U Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +0.012V ~ +0.787V

Memory Ov er Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select DDR Voltage Control. Options: 1.95V (Default ) / 2.05V / 2.15V / 2.25V / 2. 35V / 2.45V / 2. 55V / 2. 65V

Chipset O ver V oltage

T his i tem allows you to select NB/SB Voltage Control. Options: 1.15V (Default ) / 1.25V / 1.35V / 1.45V

HT Over Voltage

T his i tem allows you to select HT Voltage Cont rol. Options: 1.20V (Default ) / 1.30V / 1.40V / 1.50V

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CPU Fr e que nc y

T his i tem allows you to select the CP U Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (De fault) / 200M hz ~ 600Mhz

CPU FI D/V ID C ontr o l

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

CPU FID/VID Con trol

Custom P-States [Dis abled]

Core FID [x13 .0 2600MHz] Core DID [Div ided by 1] Core VID [1.2 500 V] NB FID [200 0 Mhz]

T-Series

Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options

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

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Custom P-States

T his i tem allows you to select the P-States controlling. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Core FID

T his i tem allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of AM 2+ C P U. Options: x8.0 1600MHz ~ x31. 5 6300MHz (Differs by CPU)

Core DID

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

Divided by 16

Core VI D

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

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NB FID

T his i tem allows you to select the Frequency of NB chip. Options: 2000MHz (Default) / 800MHz ~ 7000MHz

DRA M Timing Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

DRAM Timing Con figuration

Memory Clock Mo de [Aut o]

Memclock Valu e [200 MHz] DRAM Timing Mod e [Aut o] CAS Latency(T cl) :

RAS/CAS Delay (Trcd) : Row Precharge Time(Trp):

Min Active RA S(Tras) : Row Cycle (Tr c) : RAS/RAS Delay (Trrd) :

Memory CLK :

CAS Latency(T cl) :

RAS/CAS Delay (Trcd) : Row Precharge Time(Trp): Min Active RA S(Tras) : RAS/RAS Delay (Trrd) : Row Cycle (Tr c) :

T-Series

Select the DRAM Frequency programming

method. If Auto, the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs. If Limit, the DRAM spe will not exceed the specified value. If Manual, the DRAM speed

specified will be programmed regardless.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Memory Clock Mode

T his i tem allows you to control t he Memory Clock. Options: Auto (De fault) / Manual / Limit

Me mclock Va lue

T his i tem allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: 200MHz (Default) / 266MHz / 333MHz / 400MHz / 533MHz

D RAM Timing Mo de

T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM Timing. Options: Auto (De fault) / DCT0 / DCT1(for AM2+ CP U) / B oth(for AM2+ CPU)

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Hyper Transport Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Hyper Transport Configuration

NODE0:PCI-X2 HT Link

HT Link Speed [Aut o]

HT Link Width [Aut o]

T-Series

The Hypertransport link will run at this

speed if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and the board is capable.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Link Speed

Options: Auto (Default) / 200MHz / 400MHz / 600MHz / 800MHz / 1GHz /

1. 2GHz / 1.4GHz / 1.6GHz / 1.8GHz / 2. 0GHz

Link Width

Options: Auto (De fault) / 4 Bit / 8 Bit / 16 Bit

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Memory Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Memory Configur ation

Bank Interleavi ng [Aut o]

Channel Interle aving [Aut o] Enable Clock to All DIMMs [Dis abled] MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID [Dis abled]

Memory Hole Rem apping [Ena bled] DCT Unganged Mo de [Ena bled] Power Down Enab le [Ena bled] Power Down Mo de [Cha nnel]

> ECC Configura tion

T-Series

Enable Bank Memory Interleaving

+F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

Bank Interleavi ng

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

acc ess t o m o re than o ne pi ece o f m emo ry. Options: Auto (Default)

Channel Interleaving

T his i tem allows you to control t he DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: Auto (Default)

Enable Cl ock to Al l DIMM s

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

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

Me mClk Tristate C3/ATLVID

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

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M emory Hole Rem apping

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

DC T Ungange d Mode

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

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

Power Down Enable

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

Power Dow n Mode

T his i tem allows you to select the DRAM power down mode. Options: Channel (Default) / CS

ECC Configura tion

ECC Configurati on

ECC Mode [Dis abled]

DRAM ECC Enab le [Dis abled] DRAM SCRUB RE DIRECT [Dis abled] 4-Bit ECC Mod e [Dis abled]

DRAM BG Scrub [Dis abled] Data Cache BG Scrub [Dis abled] L2 Cache BG S crub [Dis abled] L3 Cache BG S crub [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

T-Series

Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The

Super ECC mode dynamically sets the DRAM scrub rate so all of memory is

scrubbed in 8 hours.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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ECC M o de

T his i tem allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / B asic / Good / Super / Max / User

DRAM ECC En a bl ed

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

DR AM Scru b R ed i r ect

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

4-bit ECC Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

DRAM BG Scrub/Data Cache BG Scrub/L2 Cache BG Scrub/L3 Cache BG Scrub

Options: Disabled (Default) / 40ns / 80ns / 160ns / 320ns / 640ns / 1. 28us / 2. 56us /

5.12us / 10.2us / 20.5us / 41.0us / 81.9us / 163. 8us / 327.7us / 655.4us

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I ntegrated Memory Test

Integrated Memory Test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or softw are.

Step 1:

Th i s i t em is disabl ed o n default ; chan g e it t o “Enable” to precede mem o ry t est.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Settin gs WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

OverClock Navig ator [Nor mal]

=========== Aut omate OverClock Sy stem ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6- Tech Engine]

============ Ma nual OverClock Sys tem ============

CPU Over Voltag e [Sta rtUp] Memory Over Vol tage [1.9 5V]

Chipset Over Vo ltage [1.1 5V] HT Over Voltage [1.2 0V] CPU Frequency [200 ]

> CPU FID/VID C ontrol > DRAM Timing C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

> Memory Config uration

Integrated Memo ry Test [Ena bled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Enabled Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

Step 2:

When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enabled” to “Disabled” to complete the test.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Settin gs WARNING: Settin g wrong values in below sections

may ca use system to malf unction.

OverClock Navig ator [Nor mal]

=========== Aut omate OverClock Sy stem ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6- Tech Engine]

============ Ma nual OverClock Sys tem ============

CPU Over Voltag e [Sta rtUp] Memory Over Vol tage [1.9 5V]

Chipset Over Vo ltage [1.1 5V] HT Over Voltage [1.2 0V] CPU Frequency [200 ]

> CPU FID/VID C ontrol > DRAM Timing C onfiguration > Hyper Transpo rt Configuration

> Memory Config uration

Integrated Memo ry Test [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Enabled Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

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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 T-Series

Exit Options

Save Changes an d Exit

Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal De faults CMOS Backup Fun ction

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Exit system setup after saving the

changes. F10 key can be used

for this operation.

Security Settin gs

> Security

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Save Changes and Exit

Save all confi gur ation changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.

Di scard Changes and Exit

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

Di scard Changes

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

Load Optimal Defaults

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

system .

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CMOS Ba ckup Function

It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM and reload any saved CM OS setting for customizing system configurations.

Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. Th ere are 10 s et s o f record address es i n tot al, an d us ers are ab l e t o name th e CM OS

dat a acco rd i n g to p ers onal preference.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Exit Options

Save Changes an d Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal De faults

CMOS Backup Fun ction

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

CMOS Backup Func

CMOS Data Reload

CMOS Data

Save

Exit

Security Settin gs

> Security

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Security

T his s ub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password.

Security Settin gs

Supervisor Pass word :Not Installe d User Password :Not Installe d

Change Supervis or Password

User Access Lev el [Ful l Access] Change User Pas sword Clear User Pass word Password Check [Set up]

Boot Sector Vir us Protection [Dis abled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Install or Change the password.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Change Supervi sor Password

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

User Acess Level

T his item allows supervisor to set the user level. Op t i ons : Full A cces s (De fault) / N o A cces s / View O nly / 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 the Supervisor Pas sword 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 t h em .

Cle ar Use r Pa ssword

T his item is for clearing user passwo rd.

P assword Check

T his item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (De fault) / Always

Boot Se ctor Vi r us Protection

T his option all ows you to choose the VIRUS W arning feature that is used to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. I f this function is enabled and an attempt is made 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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