Biostar TA790GX M2+, TA790GXB M2+ Bios Manual

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

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

2 Adv an ced Me nu...... ............ ............ ............ ........................ ............ .........7

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

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

5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................21

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

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

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BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. T he power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without

accessing programs from a disk. T his system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stage o f the booting process, l oading and executing the operating system. Som e additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS . T he rest of this m anual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup.

Plug and P l ay Support

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

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (AP M) speci fic ati on. Power m anagement fe atures are i mplem ented vi a the S yst em

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monit ors can also be managed by this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Support

AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specifi cation (ACP I). It provides ASL code for power management and device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specific ation, 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 bu s speci fi cat i on .

DRAM Support

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CP U.

Usin g 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 item and change 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 S etup Default under the Exit M enu.

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

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

z T he content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. We will not be

responsible for any mi stakes 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 providi ng an overview of the basic system inform ation.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit

+Tab F1 F10 ESC

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.

System Overview AMI BIOS

System Memory

[ :00:00]

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

Version :01.01.01 Build Date:01/01/08

Size :

System Time 00

Exit

AMI BI OS

Shows system information, including BIOS version and bui lt date.

System M emory

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 Configuration

The BIOS wi ll au t omat i cal l y detect t h e presen c e o f ID E / SAT A devi ces . T h ere i s a su b-menu fo r each IDE/ SAT A devi ce. Select a dev ice and pres s <Ent er> t o ent er the sub-menu of detailed options.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices.

IDE Confuguration

> Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Device

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

> SATA 2 Device > SATA 3 Device > SATA 4 Device > SATA 5 Device > SATA 6 Device

> Primary IDE Master

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

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Main

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Primary IDE Master

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]

Device :

Type [Auto]

The BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below t o the name of t he sub-menu.

Type

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

LBA/Large Mode

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

Block (Multi-S ector Transfer)

En able o r d i s ab l e m u l ti-s ect o r t ransfer. 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 Monit oring, Analysis, and R eporting Technology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled

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32Bit Data Transfer

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

Har d Disk Write Protect

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

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

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

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CP U, Super I/O, P ower Management, and other system devices.

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Options for CPUAdvanced Settings

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

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

> CPU Configuration

Exit

CPU Configuration

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

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine Mode (SVM)

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 [Enabled]

Cool N Quiet [Enabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled]

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Secur e Vi rt ual Ma chin e Mode

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

ACPI SRAT Table

The operat i n g sy s t em scans t h e ACPI S RAT at b oot tim e and u s es th e i nformation 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 uperIO Co nf i g uration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller

Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset

Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled]

Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled] Mouse PowerOn [Disabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]

Onboard Floppy Controlle r

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 dis abled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corr esponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F 8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IR Q4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

Parallel Port Address

Thi s i t em al l ows yo u to det ermine access onboard p arallel port controller with which I/O Address.

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

Parallel Port Mode

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

Paralle l Port IRQ

T his it em allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled

Keyboard PowerO n

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

Mouse PowerOn

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

Res tore on AC Power Loss

T his setting specifies how your system should behave a fter a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off state.

Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs. Options: Power Off (Default) / P ower ON / Last State

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Smart F an Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], please run the calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control

Smart Fan Configuration

CPU Smart Fan [Disabled]

Smart Fan Calibration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF( C)

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

CPU S m art Fan

This ite m a llo w s you to control the CPU Smar t Fan function. Options: Disabled (de fault) / Auto / 4-pin / 3-pin

Sm art Fan Cal i br a tion

Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan functions and s how CPU/S yst em fan speed.

Control Mode

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

Fan Ctrl OFF(℃)

If the CPU/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 CP U/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan F unction mode. Options: 0~127 (℃)

Fan Ctrl Sensitive

Increas i n g t he val ue w ill raise t he sp eed of CP U / Sys t em fan. Options: 1~127

Hardware H ealth Configuration

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

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enabled]

Shutdown Temperature [Disabled]

SYS 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

Temperature

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device.

H/W Health Functio n

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

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdown Te m pe r ature

T his item allows you to set up the CP U shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Wi ndows 98 ACPI m ode. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/ 140℉ / 6 5 ℃/149℉ / 7 0℃/158℉ / 7 5℃/167℉

/ 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉

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Power Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend.

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [S1 (POS)]

ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC support [Enabled] AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled]

RTC Resume [Disabled] RTC Alarm Date(Days)

Time USB Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disabled] Power On by PCIE/Onboard LAN [Disabled] Wake up by PCI [Disabled]

RTC Alarm

Sus pend mode

T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACP I operating system. Opt i ons : S1 (POS) (Defau l t) Po wer on S usp end S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR

ACPI Version Features

The it em all o ws y ou to select t he vers i o n of ACPI. Options: ACP I v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0

ACPI APIC support

This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faste r interrupt handling. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AMI OEMB tabl e

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the R oot System Description Table (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 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) alarm aw aken s th e s ys tem from S u s p en d mo d e. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alarm Da te (Days )

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

RTC Alarm Time

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

USB Wakeup from S3/S4

T his it em allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S 3/S 4 functi on. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Power O n by PCIE/Onboard LAN

T his it em allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Wake Up by PCI

T his it em allows you control the wakeup by PC I function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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USB Configuration

T his it em shows the USB controller and using USB device information.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected.

USB Configuration

USB Devices Enabled:

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

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

> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

Legacy USB Support

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices li ke the key board, mouse, and USB dri ve. T hi s is a useful fe ature 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 it em allows you to select the operation mode of t he USB 2.0 cont roller. Options: HiSpeed (De fault) USB 2. 0-480M bps 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 featur e. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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USB Mass Sto rag e De vi ce Co n f i guration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command.

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Emulation Type [Auto]

Device #

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his it em allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Op t i ons: 20 Sec (Default) / 1 0 S ec / 3 0 Sec / 40 Sec

E m ulati o n T ype

T his it em 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 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 malfuncti on.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

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

may cause system to malfunction.

Plug & Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]

> PCI Resource

Clear NVRAM [No]

Exit

Clear NVRAM

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

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, B IOS 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 P nP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO. Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Ti m er

T his it em controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus be fore anothe r takes over. T he longer the latency, the longer the PC I device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PC I device. Options: 64 (Default) / 0-255

A llocate IRQ to P CI VGA

T his it em allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the P CI VGA card. Opti ons: Yes (De fault) / No

Pale tte Snooping

Som e ol d graphic controllers need to “snoop” on t he VGA palette and then map it to their displ ay as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item

allows s uch snoopi ng to take place. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

PCI IDE BusMaster

T his it em is a toggle for the built-in driver that all ows the onbo ard ID E controller to perform D M A (Di rect Mem o ry Acces s ) trans f ers . Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Resource

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

PCIPnP

vxx.xx (C)Copyright 19 85-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Available: Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices.

PCI Resource

IRQ3 [Avail able]

IRQ4 [Avail able] IRQ5 [Avail able] IRQ7 [Avail able] IRQ9 [Avail able] IRQ10 [Avail able] IRQ11 [Avail able] IRQ14 [Avail able] IRQ15 [Avail able]

DMA Channel 0 [Avail able] DMA Channel 1 [Avail able] DMA Channel 3 [Avail able] DMA Channel 5 [Avail able] DMA Channel 6 [Avail able] DMA Channel 7 [Avail able]

Reserved Memory Size [Disab led]

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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. The option “Available” means the IRQ is going to assign automatically. Options: Available (De fault) / Reserved

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) / Reserved

Reser ved M emo ry Siz e

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

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4 Boot Menu

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

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence.

Boot Settings Configuration

> Hard Disk Drives > Removable Drives > CD/DVD Drives

Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen LOGO Show [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock [ON] Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] Ignore Memory Error Messages [Disabled]

> Boot Device Priority

Exit

Boot Device Priority

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

number of devices installed in the system. Options: Removable / Hard Disk / C DROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attempt t o arrange th e hard d isk boot seq uence au tomatically. Yo u can also ch an ge th e b o oti n g s equen ce. T h e n umb er o f devi ce i t ems t hat app ears o n

the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Op t i ons: P ri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. M as t er / Sec. Sl ave / USB HDD0 /

USB HDD1 / US B HDD2 / Boot able Add-i n C ards

Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will attempt t o arrange th e removable dri ve bo ot sequ ence aut omati cally. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devi c es installed in t he system . Options: Floppy Disks / Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 /

USB-ZIP1 / LS 120

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CD/DV D Drives

T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automati cally. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devi c es installed in t he system . Op t i ons: P ri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. M as t er / Sec. Sl ave / USB CDROM0 /

USB CDROM 1

Quick Boot

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

Full Screen LOGO Show

T his it em allows you to enable/disable Full S creen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

T his item sets the display mode for option ROM. Op t i ons: F orce BI OS (D e faul t) / K eep Cu rren t

Boot up Num- Lock

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

Interrupt 19 Capture

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

I gnore Memory Error Messages

When set to Enabled, BIOS would ignore m emory error messages. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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5 Chipset Menu

Thi s s ub m en u all o w s you to co nfi gu re t he sp eci fi c feat u res of the chip s et i n s tall ed o n your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

resources, s uch as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PC I bus.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Options for NBAdvanced Chipset Settings

> AMD 780 Configuration > OnBoard Peripherals Configuration

> SouthBridge Configuration

Exit

S outhBri dge C o nf i g u ra t io n

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Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

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 Channel [Enabled] OnChip SATA Type [Native IDE] SATA IDE Combined Mode [Enabled] Power Saving Features [Disabled]

> SB Azalia Audio Configuration

SB CIM Version

Options for SB HD Azal

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SB Aza l i a Audio Configuration

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Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

HD Audio Azalia Device [Enabled] Options

Auto Disabled Enabled

H D Au d i o A zal i a Device

T his it em allows you to control the HD audi o 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 Channe l

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 AT A 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 S AT A/PATA combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Power Sa vi ng Feat ur es

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

A M D 780 Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

AMD 780 Configuration

CIMX-RS780 Version : 4.1.0

> PCI Express Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

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

> Internal Graphics Configuration

Internal Graphics Conf

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Internal G raphics Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Internal Graphics Configuration

UMA Frame Buffer Size [Auto] SIDEPORT Clock Speed [400MHz] UMA-SP Interleave Mode [Auto] SP Power Management [Auto] SP NB Termination [Disabled] SP Memory Termination [Disabled] SP CMD Hold [Auto] SP DATA Hold [Auto]

FB Location [Above 4G] AMD 780 HD Audio [Enable]

Internal Graphics Mode [UMA+SIDEPORT]

Surround View [Auto]

Options

Disable UMA SIDEPORT UMA+SIDEPORT

Internal Graphics Mode

T his it em allows you to select the memory mode used for internal graphi cs device. Opti ons: UMA / S IDEPORT / UMA+SIDEPORT (Defaul t) / Di sabl e

UMA Frame Buffer Size

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

SIDEPORT Clock Speed

T his it em allows you to choose the clock speed of the SIDEP ORT memory. Options: 533MHz (Default)

UM A-S P I nterl eave Mo de*

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP Power Man agement*

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP NB Termination*

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

SP Memory Termination*

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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SP CMD H old*

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

SP DATA Hold*

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Surround View

T his it em allows you to control the S urround View Function. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

FB Location

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

AMD 780 HD A u dio

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

* SP=S IDE PORT.

PCI Express Conf ig uration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Update General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

PCI Express Configuration

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

> Port #04 Features > Port #06 Features

> Port #07 Features > Port #09 Features > Port #10 Features > NB-SB Port Features

GFX Dual Slot Configuration [Disabled]

> Port #05 Features

Options

Auto Disabled

Enabled

GFX Dual Slot Configuration

Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / Enabled

GPP Sl ots Pow er Lim it, W

Options: 25 (Default) / 0-255

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BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Gen2 High Speed Mode [Auto]

Link ASPM [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Slot Power Limit, W [75] Compliance Mode [Disabled]

Auto - RC only advertize Gen2 capability.

Gen 2 High Speed Mode

Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Link ASPM

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

Li nk Wi dth

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

Sl ot Power Limit, W

Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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NB-SB Por t Featu r es

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Compliance Mode [Disabled]

NB-SB Link ASPM [L1]

Options

Disabled L1

NB-SB Link ASPM

Options: L1 (Default) / Disabled

NP NB-SB VC 1 T r affic Su ppor t

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Li nk Wi dth

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

Compliance Mode

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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Hyper Transport Configura tion

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Hyper Transport Configuration

UnitID Clumping [Auto] 2x LCLK Mode [Disabled]

HT Link Tristate [Auto]

Auto - CAD/CTL.

HT Lin k Tristate

Options: Auto (Default)

Uni tID Clumping

Options: Auto (Default)

2x LCLK Mode

Options: Disabled (Default)

Pri mary Video Control ler

T his option allows you to select the video controller in charge. Opt i ons : PCI-GF X0 -GPP-IGFX (Default) / G F X0-GP P-IGF X -P CI /

GPP-GF X0-IGFX-PCI / IGFX-GFX0-GPP-PCI

NB Power Ma nageme nt Features

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

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OnBoard Peripherals Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Chipset

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

MAC ID Information

Realtek PCIE NIC [Enable]

Realtek Option ROM [Disabled]

Enable/Disable Onboard RTL8111C PCIE Network Controller

MAC ID Information

Thi s area s ho ws t h e M AC ID .

Realte k PCIE NIC

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

Realtek Option ROM

T his it em 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 subm enu 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 may damage the device.)

Notice

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

system to malfuncti on.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

T-Series Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

=========== Automate OverClock System =========== ============ Manual OverClock System ============

OverClock Navigator [Normal]

Integrated Memory Test [Disabled]

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine] CPU Frequency [200]

> CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Configuration

> Memory Configuration > EC Configuration GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled]

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

Exit

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

OverClock Navigator

OverClock . Navigator is designed for beginne rs 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 perfo rmance. Options: Normal (Default) / Automate OverClock / Manual OverClock

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A uto OverC lock Syst em

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

T-Series Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

=========== Automate OverClock System =========== ============ Manual OverClock System ============

OverClock Navigator [Automate OverClock]

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

Integrated Memory Test [Disabled]

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Configuration

> Memory Configuration > EC Configuration GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled]

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

Exit

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

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

V6 Tech Engine T his engine wil l make a good over-clock perfo rmanc e.

V8 Tech Engine T his engine wil l make a better over-clo ck perfo rmance.

V12 Te c h Engine T his engine wil l make a best over-clock performance.

Cautions:

Not ev ery A MD CPU p erforms th e ab ove overclock setting ideally; the difference may vary wit h the installed CPU model.

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Manual Overclo ck System (M. O. S .)

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

T-Series Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

=========== Automate OverClock System =========== ============ Manual OverClock System ============

OverClock Navigator [Manual OverClock]

CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Configuration

> Memory Configuration > EC Configuration GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled] Integrated Memory Test [Disabled]

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]

Exit

Options

Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock

MOS is designed for expe rienced overclock users. It allows users t o customize personal overclock sett ing.

CPU Fr e que nc y

T his it em allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 200Mhz ~ 600Mhz

CPU FI D/V ID C o ntr ol

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

CPU FID/VID Control

Processor Multiplier [Auto]

Processor Voltage [Auto] Custom P-States [Disabled] Core FID [x13.0 2600MHz] Core DID [Divided by 1] Core VID [1.2500 V] NB FID [2000 Mhz]

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Processor Multiplier (for AM2 CPU)

T his it em allows you to select the R atio/Frequency of the CPU. Options: Auto (Default) / (Di ffe rs by CPU)

Processor Voltage (for AM2 CPU)

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

Custom P-States (for AM2+ CPU)

T his it em allows you to select the P-States controll ing. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Core FID (for AM2+ CPU)

T his it em allows you to select the R atio/Frequency of AM2+ C P U. Options: x8.0 1600MHz ~ x31.5 6300MHz (Diffe rs by CP U)

Core DID (for AM2+ CPU)

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

Divided by 16

Core VI D (for AM2+ CPU)

T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU. Options: 0. 0125V ~ 1.5500V (differs from CP U).

NB FID (for AM2 + CPU)

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

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Vol tag e Con figu ration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Voltage Configuration

CPU Over Voltage [StartUp]

Memory Over Voltage [1.95V] Chipset Over Voltage [1.15V] HT Over Voltage [1.20V]

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Change memory voltage value.

CPU Over Voltage

T his it em allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. Options: S tartUp (Default) / +0.012V ~ +0. 787V

Me mo ry Ov er Voltage

T his it em 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 Over Voltage

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

HT Over Voltage

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

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DRA M Tim i ng Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

DRAM Timing Configuration

Memory Clock Mode [Auto]

Memory CLK :

CAS Latency(Tcl) : RAS/CAS Delay(Trcd) : Row Precharge Time(Trp): Min Active RAS(Tras) : Row Cycle (Trc) : RAS/RAS Delay(Trrd) :

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

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.

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Memory Clock Mode

T his it em allows you to control the M emory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Manual / Limit

Memory CLK

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

D RAM Timing Mode

T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM Timing. Options: Auto (Default) / DCT0 / DCT1(for AM2+ C PU) / Both(for AM2+ CPU)

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Hyper Transport Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Hyper Transport Configuration

NODE0:PCI-X2 HT Link

HT Link Width : [Auto]

HT Link Speed : [Auto]

The Hypertransport link will run at this speed if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and the board is capable.

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HT Link Spee d

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

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

H T Link Width

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

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Memory C onfiguration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

Memory Configuration

Bank Interleaving [Auto]

Channel Interleaving [Auto] Enable Clock to All DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID [Disabled] Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled] DCT Unganged Mode [Enabled] Power Down Enable [Disabled] Power Down Mode [Channel]

> ECC Configuration

Enable Bank Memory Interleaving

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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 em o ry. Options: Auto (Default)

Channel Interleaving

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

Enable Clock to All DIMMs

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 Remapping

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 this function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DC T Unga nged M ode

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 Dow n Enable

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

Power Dow n Mode

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

ECC Configuration

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

ECC Configuration

ECC Mode [Disabled]

DRAM ECC Enable [Disabled] DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT [Disabled] 4-Bit ECC Mode [Disabled] DRAM BG Scrub [Disabled] Data Cache BG Scrub [Disabled] L2 Cache BG Scrub [Disabled] L3 Cache BG Scrub [Disabled]

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.

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ECC M od e

T his it em allows you to select the DRAM EC C Mode. Options: Disabled (De fault) / B asic / Good / S uper / M ax / User

DRAM ECC En a bl ed

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

DR AM Scrub R edirect

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 (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 SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

SureBoot Feature [Enabled]

SureBoot Timeout [4 Seconds] Advanced Clock Calibration [Disabled] Value (All Cores) [- 2%] Value (Core 0) [- 2%] Value (Core 1) [- 2%] Value (Core 2) [- 2%] Value (Core 3) [- 2%]

Options

Disabled Enabled

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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 it em allows you to control the S ureBoot timeout. Options: 4 Seconds (Default) / 1 S econd / 2 Seconds / 3 Seconds

Advanced Clock Calibration

T his it em allows you to control the advanced clock calibrati on. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / Per Core

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

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

GFX Engine Clock Override

T his it em allows you to control the i nternal GFX engi ne clock overri de function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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I ntegrated Memory Test

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

Step 1:

Thi s i t em is disabl ed o n default ; chan g e it t o “En able” t o precede mem o ry t est.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

T-Series Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

=========== Automate OverClock System =========== ============ Manual OverClock System ============

OverClock Navigator [Normal]

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine] CPU Frequency [200]

> CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Configuration

> Memory Configuration > EC Configuration GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled]

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

Integrated Memory Test [Enabled]

Exit

Options

Enabled Disabled

Step 2:

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

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

+F1 F10 ESC

T-Series Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

=========== Automate OverClock System =========== ============ Manual OverClock System ============

OverClock Navigator [Normal]

Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine] CPU Frequency [200]

> CPU FID/VID Control > Voltage Configuration

> Memory Configuration > EC Configuration GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled]

> DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration

Integrated Memory Test [Disabled]

Exit

Options

Enabled Disabled

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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 B IOS items.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Exit system setup after saving the changes.

F10 key can be used for this operation.

Exit Options

Security Settings

Save Changes and Exit

Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal Defaults CMOS Backup Function

> Security

Exit

Save C hanges and Exit

Save all configuration changes to C MOS RAM and exit setup.

D iscard Changes and Exi t

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit s etup.

D iscard Changes

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

Load Optim al 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 CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. There are 10 s et s o f re co rd ad d resses i n to t al , an d us ers are ab l e t o n am e the CM OS dat a acco rd i n g to per s onal p referenc e.

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Main Adva nced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Exit Options

Security Settings

Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal Defaults

> Security

CMOS Backup Function

Exit

CMOS Backup Func CMOS Data

CMOS Data Reload

Save

Security

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

BIOS SETUP U TILITY

Select Screen Select Item Change General Help Save and Exit Exit

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Install or Change the password.

Security Settings

Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

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

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

Exit

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Change Superv isor 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 ccess (Default) / N o Access / View On l y / L imi t ed

Change User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the S upervisor Password. If the Supervisor Pass word 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 User Pa ssword

T his item is for clearing user passwo rd.

P asswor d Check

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

Boot S ector V i rus Protection

T his opti on allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning featur e that i s used to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. I f this fun ction is enabled and an attem pt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and so u nd an al ar m beep . Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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