Biostar TA790GX3 A2 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

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B IOS Setup............................ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........1

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

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

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

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................19

5 Chi pset Menu.........................................................................................21

6 T-Series Menu........................................................................................30

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................42

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BIOS Setup

Introducti on

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. B IOS activates at the first stag e o f the booting proc ess, loading and executing the operating s ystem. S om 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 BIOS Setup.

Plug and Play Support

T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Vers ion 1.0A specifi c ati on.

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (AP M) speci fic ation. Power managem ent fe atures a re im pl emented vi a the Sy stem

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. P ower to the hard disk drives and video monit ors can also be m anaged by

this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Supp ort

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

device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microso ft, 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 fic ati o n.

DRA M Support

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports the 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 sel ect item and ch ange the settings.

Notice

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

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 firmwa re is being continuously updated.

T he BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference onl y. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from thi s manual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be chang ed without notice. W e will not be

responsible for any mist akes 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 t he basic system information.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

System Overvie w AMI BIOS

Version :01. 01.01 Build Date:01/ 01/08

System Memory

Size :

System Time 00

System Date [Tue 01/01/2008] Floppy A > Hard Drive C onfiguration

AM I BI O S

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

[ :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

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Shows system information, i ncludi ng BIOS version and bui lt date.

System Memory

Shows system memory si ze.

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 dri ve inst alled in your system. Options: 360K, 5. 25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 i n / 1.44M, 3.5 in /

2.88M, 3.5 in / None

Hard Drive Configuration

Th e BIOS w i ll au t o m ati cal l y d et ect t he pres ence of ID E / SAT A d evices . T h ere i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/S AT A d evice. S elect a dev ice an d pres s < Enter> t o en ter

the sub-menu of detailed opt ions.

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 th e presence of IDE

devices. This displa ys 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 Device

Main

Primary IDE Master

Device :

Type [Auto]

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

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

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

The BIOS detects the information and values of respective 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 / AR MD / Not Installed

LBA/Large Mode

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

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

En able o r d i s abl e mu l ti- s ect or 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. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

S.M.A.R.T

Set the Smart Moni toring, Analys is, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / 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 Protect

Disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS .

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Select the time out value for detecting IDE/ SATA devi ces. 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 C PU, 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 malfunction.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections may c ause system to malfunction.

> CPU Configur ation

> SuperIO Conf iguration > Smart Fan Co nfiguration > Hardware Hea lth Configuration > Power Config uration

> USB Configur ation

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Options for CPUAdvanced Setti ngs

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

CPU Configurati on

T his item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

Advanced

CPU Configuration

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

AMD CPU Revision:

Cache L1: Cache L2: Cache L3: Speed : ncHT Speed : Current FSB Multiplier: Maximum FSB Multiplier: Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enab led]

Cool N Quiet [Enab led] ACPI SRAT Table [Enab led]

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine

Mode (SVM)

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Secur e Vi r t ual Ma chine Mode

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

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Cool N Quiet

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

ACPI SRAT Ta bl e

Th e operat i n g sy s t em scans t h e ACPI SRAT at b oot t ime and u s es the i n formati o n t o better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum perform ance. This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up, or not. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperI O Co nf i gurat io n

Advanced

Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset

Onboard Floppy Controller [Enab led]

Serial Port1 Address [3F8/ IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Norm al]

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7 ] Keyboard PowerOn [Disa bled] Mouse PowerOn [Disa bled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Powe r Off]

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy

Controller

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save 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 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 corr espondi ng interrupt for the fi rst and second serial ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F 8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

Th i s it em al lows yo u to det ermine acces s onboard p arallel port control ler with which I/O Address.

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

Parallel Port Mode

T his item allows you to determine how the parallel port should funct ion. Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as Standard P rinter P ort. EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP +EPP Usi ng Parallel 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) / IR Q5 / Disabled

Keyboard PowerO n

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

Mouse PowerOn

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

Restore on AC Power Loss

T his setting specifi es how your sys tem should behave a fte r 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

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Smart Fan Configuration

Advanced

Smart Fan Configuration

CPU Smart Fan [Disa bled]

Smart Fan Calibration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C) Fan Ctrl On(C) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensitive

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

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

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

+F1

F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help Save and Exit Exit

CPU Sm art Fan

This item allows you to control the CPU Smar t Fa n f unc tion. Options: Disabl ed (de fault) / Auto / 4-pin / 3-pin

Sm art Fan Cali bration

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

Control Mode

T his item provides several operation modes 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 (℃)

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

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

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Fan Ctrl S tart Val ue

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

Fan Ctrl Sensiti ve

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

Hardware Health Confi guration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enab led]

Shutdown Temperature [Disa bled]

SYS

Temperature

CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed(JCFAN1) CHIP FAN Speed(JNFAN1)

SYS FAN Speed(JSFAN1)

CPU VCore NB Voltage

+3.30V +5.00V

+12.0V DDR Voltage

HT Voltage 5VSB

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring

Device.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

H/W Health Function

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

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Te m perature

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

Options: Disabled (De fault) / 60℃/140℉ / 6 5℃/149℉ / 7 0℃/158℉ / 7 5℃/167℉

/ 80℃/ 176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90 ℃/194℉

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Power Configuration

Advanced

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1 ( POS)]

ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC support [Enab led] AMI OEMB table [Enab led]

Headless mode [Disa bled]

RTC Resume [Disa bled] RTC Alarm Date(Days)

RTC Alarm USB Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disa bled] Power On by LAN [Disa bled]

Time

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

Select the ACPI state used for

System Suspend.

+F1

F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help Save and Exit Exit

Suspend m ode

T he item allows you to select the s uspend type under the ACP I operating system. Opt i ons : S 1 (PO S ) (Defaul t ) P o wer on S uspen d S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR

ACPI Version Features

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect the vers i o n of ACPI. 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 tabl e

Set this value to allow the ACPI B IOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root Syst em Descri ption Tabl e (RSDT) 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 Server 2003) must support headless operat ion.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Resume

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alar m awakens t he s y s tem fro m S u s p en d mo d e.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alar m Date (Days)

You can choose which date the syst em will boot up.

RTC Ala r m Ti m e

You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minut e and second t o specify.

USB Wakeup from S3/S4

T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Powe r On by LAN

T his item allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) funct ion. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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