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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USB Configurati on

T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:

Legacy USB Support [Enab led]

USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSp eed] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enab led]

> USB Mass Storage Device Configur ation

BIOS SETUP UT ILITY

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 Suppor t

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r US B devices li ke the key board, mouse, and USB drive. T h is is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.

Microsoft DOS or Windows NT). Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

T his item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (De fault) 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-o ff feature.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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US B Mass St or ag e Devi ce Co n f i gurat io n

Advanced

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Device #

Emulation Type [Auto]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Number of seconds POST waits for the

USB mass storage device after start

unit command.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Op t i ons : 20 Sec (D e fau l t ) / 1 0 Sec / 3 0 Sec / 40 S ec

E m ula ti o n T yp e

T his item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / 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 Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.

Notice

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

system to malfunction.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

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

may c ause system to malfunction.

Clear NVRAM [No]

Plug & Play O/ S [No] PCI Latency Ti mer [64] Allocate IRQ t o PCI VGA [Yes]

Palette Snoopi ng [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMas ter [Enabled]

> PCI Resource

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

Clear NVR AM

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

Plug & Play OS

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

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

Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer

T his item cont rols how l ong a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before anothe r takes over. T he longer the latency, the longer the P CI device can retain control of the bus

before handing i t over to another PCI device. Options: 64 (Default) / 0-255

Al locate I RQ to P CI 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 provi de boot i nformation and VGA compatibility. This item

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

PCI IDE BusMaster

T his item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onbo ard ID E controller to perform DM A (Di rect Mem o ry Access ) tran sfers .

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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IRQ3/4/5/7/9/1 0/11/14/15

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 em or y Siz e

T his item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for speci fic PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

T his menu allows you to set up the system boot options.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Boot Settings Configuration

> Boot Device Priority

> Hard Disk Dr ives > Removable Dr ives

> CD/DVD Drive s Quick Boot [Enabled]

Full Screen LO GO Show [Enabled] AddOn ROM Disp lay Mode [Force BIOS]

Bootup Num-Loc k [ON] Interrupt 19 C apture [Enabled] Ignore Memory Error Messages [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 Device Prio rity

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 installed in the syst em. Options: R emovable / Hard Disk / CDROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will att empt to arran ge t he hard di sk bo ot sequence automati cally. Yo u can also ch an ge th e b ootin g s equence. T h e n umb er o f devi ce i t ems t h at appear s o n

the screen depends on the num ber of devices instal led in the system. Op t i ons : P ri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Mast er / Sec. Sl ave / US B HDD 0 /

USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-in C ards

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will att empt to arrange the removable drive boot sequence auto matical ly. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that

appears on the screen depends on the number of devic es installed in the syst em. Options: Floppy Disks / Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 /

USB-ZIP1 / LS 120

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CD/DVD Drives

T he BIOS will att empt 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 the number of devic es installed in the syst em. Op t i ons : P ri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Mast er / Sec. Sl ave / US B CD R O M0 /

USB CDROM 1

Quick Boot

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

Full Screen LOGO Show

T his item allows you to enable/di sable Ful l S creen LOGO Show f unction. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Displ ay M ode

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

Boot u p Num- Lock

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

Interrupt 19 Capt ure

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

I gnore Memory Erro r Messages

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

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5 C hipset Menu

Th i s s u b m en u all o w s you to co nfi g u re t he sp eci fic feat u res of th e chip s et i n s tall ed o n your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

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

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

> SouthBridge Configuration

> AMD 780 Conf iguration > OnBoard Peri pherals Configuration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Options for NBAdvanced Chips et 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 dg e C o nf i g u ra tion

> SB Azalia Au dio Configuration

OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 0) [Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 1) [Enabled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 2) [Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn 0) [Enabled]

OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn 1) [Enabled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn 2) [Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 20 Fn 5) [Enabled] OnChip SATA Ch annel [Enabled]

OnChip SATA Ty pe [Native IDE] SATA IDE Combi ned Mode [Enabled] Power Saving F eatures [Disabled]

SB CIM Version

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Chipset

Options for SB HD Azal

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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SB Aza l i a Audi o Configura tion

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

HD Audio Azali a Device [Enabled] 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 item allows you to control the 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 S ATA Type

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

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SATA IDE Combined M ode

T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A com bined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Power Sa ving Featu res

T his option controls the power saving feat ur es. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AMD 780 Configurat ion

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

AMD 780 Config uration

CIMX-RS780 Ver sion : 4.1.0

> Internal Gra phics Configuration

> PCI Express Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration

Primary Video Controller [PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX] NB Power Manag ement Features [Auto]

Chipset

Internal Graphics Conf

Enter F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Go to Sub Screen

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

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Internal G raphics Configuration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Internal Graph ics Configuration

Internal Graph ics Mode [UMA+SIDEPORT]

UMA Frame Bu ffer Size [Auto] SIDEPORT Clo ck Speed [533MHz] UMA-SP Interle ave Mode [Auto]

SP Power Manag ement [Auto] SP NB Terminat ion [Disabled] SP Memory Term ination [Disabled] SP CMD Hold [Auto]

SP DATA Hold [Auto]

Surround View [Auto]

FB Location [Above 4G] AMD 780 HD Aud io [Enable]

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 ern al Graphi cs Mode

T his item allows you to select the memory m ode used for internal graphi cs device. Opti ons: UMA / SIDEPORT / UMA+SIDEP ORT (Default) / Dis abl e

UMA Frame Buffer Size

T his item allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphi cs. Options: Auto (Default) / 16M / 32M / 64M / 128M / 256M / 512M / Disabled

SIDEPORT Cl ock Speed

T his item allows you to choose the clock speed of the SIDEPOR T mem ory. Options: 533MHz (Default)

UM A-S P I nt erlea ve Mod e

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP Power Management

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP NB Termination

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

SP Mem ory Termination

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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SP CMD Hold

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP DATA Hold

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Surro und Vi ew

T his item allows you to control the S urround View F unction. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

FB Location

T his item allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (De fault) / Under 4G

AMD 780 HD Au dio

T his item allows you to control the northbridge HD azalia (HDMI audio) function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Expr ess Config uration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

PCI Express Co nfiguration

GFX Dual Slot Configuration [Disabled]

GPP Slots Powe r Limit, W [25 ] > Port #02 Fea tures

> Port #04 Fea tures > Port #05 Fea tures > Port #06 Fea tures

> Port #07 Fea tures > Port #09 Fea tures > Port #10 Fea tures > NB-SB Port F eatures

GFX Dual Slot Configuration

Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / Enabled

GPP S l ots Pow er Lim it, W

Options: 25 (Default) / 0-255

Chipset

Options

Auto Enabled Disabled

Se lect Screen Se lect Item

Up date

Enter

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Port #02/04/05/06/07/09/10 Features

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Gen2 High Spee d Mode [Auto]

Link ASPM [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Slot Power Lim it, W [75] Compliance Mod e [Disabled]

Chipset

Gen2 H igh S peed Mode

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Link AS PM

Opti ons: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0x & L1

Li nk Wi dt h

Opti ons: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16

Sl ot Power Lim it, W

Opti ons: 75 (Default) / 0-255

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Auto - RC only advertize Gen2

capability.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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NB-SB Po rt Featu res

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

NB-SB Link ASP M [L1]

NP NB-SB VC1 T raffic Support [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Compliance Mod e [Disabled]

Chipset

NB-SB Link ASPM

Options: L1 (Default) / Disabled

NP NB-SB V C 1 Tr affic Su p port

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Li nk Wi dt h

Opti ons: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Options

Disabled L1

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Hyper Transport Configura tion

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Hyper Transpor t Configuration

HT Link Trista te [Auto]

UnitID Clumpin g [Auto] 2x LCLK Mode [Disabled]

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 Cl u mpin g

Options: Auto (Default)

2x LCLK Mode

Options: Disabled (Default)

Pri mary Vide o Controll er

T his option allows you to select the video controller in charge. Opt i ons : P CI-GF X 0-GPP-IG FX (Defaul t ) / GFX0-GP P-IGFX -P CI /

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

NB Power Ma na gement Features

T his option controls the NB power management function. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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OnBoard Peripherals Configuration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

MAC ID Informa tion

Realtek PCIE N IC [Enable]

Realtek Optio n ROM [Disabled]

Chipset

Enable/Disable Onboard RTL8111C

PCIE Network Controller

+F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

MAC ID Informa tion

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

Realtek PCIE NIC

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

Realtek Option ROM

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

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6 T-Series Menu

T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devi ces. (Howev er, 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 malfunction.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Setti ngs WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

OverClock Navi gator [Normal]

=========== Au tomate OverClock System ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

============ M anual OverClock System ============

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control

> Voltage Conf iguration > DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration

> Memory Confi guration > EC Configura tion GFX Engine Clo ck Override [Disabled]

Integrated Mem ory Test [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 beginne rs in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provid es 3 default overclock con figurations that are able to raise the system performance.

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

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Auto OverClock System

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Setti ngs WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

OverClock Navi gator [Automate OverClock]

=========== Au tomate OverClock System ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

============ M anual OverClock System ============

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Conf iguration

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration > Memory Confi guration

> EC Configura tion GFX Engine Clo ck Override [Disabled]

Integrated Mem ory Test [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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

T he Overclock Navig ator provides 3 differ ent engines helping you to overclock your system . T hese engines will boost your s ystem performance to di ffer ent level.

Options: V6 Tech Engine

T his engine wi ll make a good over-clock per formanc e. V8 Tech Engine

T his engine wi ll make a better over-clock per formance. V12 Tec h Engine

T his engine wi ll make a best over-clock performance.

Cautions:

Not ev ery AMD CPU p erforms th e ab ove overclock s etting ideally; the difference may vary with the in stalled CPU model.

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

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Setti ngs WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

OverClock Navi gator [Manual OverClock]

=========== Au tomate OverClock System ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

============ M anual OverClock System ============

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Conf iguration

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration > Memory Confi guration

> EC Configura tion GFX Engine Clo ck Override [Disabled]

Integrated Mem ory Test [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

MOS is designed for expe rienced overclock users. It allows users to custom ize personal overclock sett ing.

CPU Fr e que nc y

T his item allows you to select the CP U Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 200M hz ~ 600Mhz

CPU FI D/V ID C ontr o l

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

CPU FID/VID Co ntrol

T-Series

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

Options

Processor Mult iplier [Auto]

Processor Volt age [Auto] Custom P-State s [Disabled]

Core FID [x13.0 2600MHz] Core DID [Divided by 1] Core VID [1.2500 V] NB FID [2000 Mhz]

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Proc e ssor Mult iplier

T his item allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of the CPU. Options: Auto (Default) / (Di ffe rs by CPU)

Pro c essor V o ltage

T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU. Options: Auto (Default) / (differs from CPU).

Custom P-States

T his item allows you to select the P -States controlli ng. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Core FID

T his item allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of AM2+ CPU. 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 /

Divi ded 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).

NB FID

T his item allows you to select the F requency o f NB chip. Options: 2000MHz (De fault) / 800M Hz ~ 7000MHz

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Volt age Configu ration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Voltage Config uration

CPU Over Volta ge [StartUp]

Memory Over Vo ltage [1.95V] Chipset Over V oltage [1.15V] HT Over Voltag e [1.20V]

T-Series

Change memory voltage value.

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help

Sa ve and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Over Voltage

T his item allows you to select CP U Voltage Control. Options: S tartUp (Default) / +0.012V ~ +0.787V

Memo ry Over Vol t ag e

T his item allows you to select DDR Voltage C ontrol. Options: 1. 95V (Default ) / 2.05V / 2.15V / 2.25V / 2. 35V / 2.45V / 2.55V / 2. 65V

Chipset Over Voltage

T his item allows you to select NB /SB Voltage Control. Options: 1. 15V (Default ) / 1.25V / 1.35V / 1.45V

HT Ov er Voltage

T his item allows you to select HT Voltage Control. Options: 1. 20V (Default ) / 1.30V / 1.40V / 1.50V

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DRA M Timing Co nfiguration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

DRAM Timing Co nfiguration

Memory Clock M ode [Auto]

Memory CLK :

DRAM Timing Mo de [Auto]

CAS Latency( Tcl) : RAS/CAS Dela y(Trcd) : Row Precharg e Time(Trp): Min Active R AS(Tras) : Row Cycle (T rc) :

RAS/RAS Dela y(Trrd) :

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 item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Manual / Limit

Memory CLK

T his item allows you to set the Mem ory Clock. Options: 200MHz (De fault) / 266M Hz / 333MHz / 400MHz / 533MHz

D RAM Timing M ode

T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM Timing.

Options: Auto (Default) / DCT0 / DCT1(for AM2+ CP U) / B oth(for AM2+ CPU)

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Hyper Transport Configuration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Hyper Transpor t Configuration

NODE0:PCI-X2 HT Link

HT Link Speed : [Auto]

HT Link Width : [Auto]

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

HT Link S peed

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

1. 2GHz / 1.4GHz / 1. 6GHz / 1. 8GHz / 2. 0GHz

H T Link Widt h

Options: Auto (Default) / 4 Bit / 8 Bit / 16 Bit

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Memory Configu ration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Memory Configu ration

Bank Interleav ing [Auto]

Channel Interl eaving [Auto] Enable Clock t o All DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristat e C3/ATLVID [Disabled]

Memory Hole Re mapping [Enabled] DCT Unganged M ode [Enabled] Power Down Ena ble [Disabled] Power Down M ode [Channel]

> ECC Configur ation

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 Interleaving

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 memo ry. Options: Auto (Default)

Channel Interleaving

T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: Auto (Default)

Enable Cl ock to Al l DI MMs

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 T ristate function in C3 Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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M emory Hole Re m apping

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

DC T Unganged 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: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Power Dow n Mode

T his item allows you to select the DRAM power down mode. Options: C hannel (Default) / CS

ECC Configuration

ECC Configurat ion

ECC Mode [Disabled]

DRAM ECC Ena ble [Disabled] DRAM SCRUB R EDIRECT [Disabled] 4-Bit ECC Mo de [Disabled]

DRAM BG Scru b [Disabled] Data Cache B G Scrub [Disabled] L2 Cache BG Scrub [Disabled] L3 Cache BG Scrub [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. Options: Disabl ed (De fault) / B asic / Good / Super / M ax / User

DRAM ECC En a bl ed

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

DR AM Scru b R edi r ect

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

4-bit E CC Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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

Options: Disabl ed (De fault) / 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

EC Configuration

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

SureBoot Featu re [Enabled]

SureBoot Timeo ut [4 Seconds] Advanced Clock Calibration [Disabled] Value (All C ores) [- 2%] Value (Core 0) [- 2%] Value (Core 1) [- 2%]

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

T-Series

Options

Disabled Enabled

+F1

F10 ESC

Se lect Screen Se lect Item Ch ange Option

Ge neral Help Sa ve and Exit Exit

SureBoot Fea ture

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

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SureBoot Timeout

T his item allows you to control the S ureBoot timeout. Options: 4 Seconds (Default) / 1 S econd / 2 S econds / 3 Seconds

Advanced Clock Calibration

T his item allows you to control the advanced clock calibration. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / P er Core

Value (All Cores/Core 0/Core 1 / Core 2/Cor e 3)

Options: + 2% (Default) / -12% ~ +12& with an interval of 2%.

GFX Engine Clock Over ride

T his item allows you to control the int ernal GFX engine clock override function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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I nte grated Memory Test

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

Step 1:

Th i s it em is dis abl ed o n default ; chan g e it t o “E n ab l e” t o precede mem o ry t est.

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Setti ngs WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

OverClock Navi gator [Normal]

=========== Au tomate OverClock System ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

============ M anual OverClock System ============

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control

> Voltage Conf iguration > DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration

> Memory Confi guration > EC Configura tion GFX Engine Clo ck Override [Disabled]

Integrated Mem ory Test [Enabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

T-Series Setti ngs WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections

may c ause system to malfunction.

OverClock Navi gator [Normal]

=========== Au tomate OverClock System ===========

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

============ M anual OverClock System ============

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control

> Voltage Conf iguration > DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transp ort Configuration

> Memory Confi guration > EC Configura tion GFX Engine Clo ck Override [Disabled]

Integrated Mem ory Test [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit

Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults CMOS Backup Fu nction

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

Exit

Exit system setup after saving the

changes. F10 key can be used

for this operation.

Security Setti ngs

> 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 E xit

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

Di scard Changes an d Exi t

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 Func tion

It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM and reload any saved C MOS 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 ad d resses i n tot al, an d us ers are ab l e t o nam e th e C M O S

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

Main Advanc ed PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults

CMOS Backup Fu nction

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

CMOS Backup Func

CMOS Data Reload

CMOS Data

Save

Exit

Security Setti ngs

> 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 sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervi sor and user password.

Security Setti ngs

Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed

Change Supervi sor Password

User Access Le vel [Full Access] Change User Pa ssword Clear User Pas sword Password Check [Setup]

Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Disabled]

BIOS SETU P UT ILITY

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 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 : F ull A cces s (De faul t) / N o A cces s / View O nl y / Lim i t ed

Cha nge Us er Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User P assword will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be abl e to ch an g e t hem.

Cle ar Use r Pa ssword

T his item is for clearing user passwo rd.

P asswo rd Check

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

Boot S e ctor Vi rus Protection

T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. I f this fun ction 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

Biostar TA790GX3 A2 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual