Biostar TH67, TH67 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

T H 67+ /TH67 UEFI BIOS Man u al

UEFI BIOS Setu p.......................................................................................1

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

2 Adv anced Menu...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........4

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

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................21

5 C hipse t Menu.........................................................................................24

6 O.N.E Menu...........................................................................................25

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................32

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UEFI BIOS Setup

Introduction

T he purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI UEFI BIOS S etup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic

system confi gur ation and save these settings to NVRAM . UEFI BIOS determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard,

mouse, s erial po rts an d disk dri ves. B IOS acti vates at th e first s tage of t he bo oti ng process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such

as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in UEF I BIOS . T he rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in UEFI BIOS S etup.

Plug and Play Support

This A MI UE FI BIOS supports the Plug and Play V e r sion 1.0A spe c ification.

EPA Green PC Support

T his AM I UEF I BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green P C specifi c ation.

ACPI Supp ort

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

management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specific ation, developed by Microsoft , Intel and Toshiba.

PCI Bus Support

This AMI UEFI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) loc al bus specifi cation.

DRA M Support

DDR3 SD R AM (Do uble D ata Rat e III S ynchronous DR AM) is supported.

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Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AM I UEF I BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

Using Setup

When starting up the computer, press

<Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI BIOS setup

utility. In the UEFI BIOS setup utility, you will

see General Help description at the top right corner, and this is providing a brief description of the selected item.

Navigation Keys for that particular menu are at t he bottom right corner, and you can

us e thes e keys to select item and ch ange the settings.

Notice

z The default UEFI BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum

perform ance 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 Defaul t under t he Exit Menu.

z For better system performance, the UEFI BIOS firmware is being continuously

updated. T he UEFI BIOS information described in this manual is for your refe rence only. The actual UEFI BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly

di fferent fro m th i s m anual.

z T he content of this manual is subject to be chang ed without notice. W e 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.

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter AMI UEFI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the scre en providing an overview of the basic syst em inform ation.

Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security O.N.E

BIOS Information

Compliency Mo del Nam e Marketing Name

Bu ild Dat e To tal Mem ory System Language [English]

System Date [Fri 01 /01/2010]

System

Time

Access Level Administrator

BI OS SET UP UTILITY

[00:00:00]

BIOS Information

Shows system information including UEFI BIOS version, model name, marketing name, built date, etc.

Save & Exit

Set the Date. Use Tab to switch between Data elements.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Select

+/-

Change Opt.

G ener al Help

Optimized Defaults

S ave & R eset

ESC

Exit

Total Memory

Shows sys tem memory size, VGA shard memory wil l be excluded.

System Date

Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.

System Time

Set the system internal clock.

Acc ess Lev el

S h o ws th e access l ev el of current u s er.

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2 Advanced Menu

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

Notice

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

system to m alfunction.

Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security O.N.E Save & Exit

> PCI Sub sys tem Setti ngs

> ACPI Settings/WakeUp Event control > CPU Con fig uration > SATA Co nfigurati on > USB Con fig uration

> SMAR T F AN Control > Super IO Configuration > H/W Mon ito r

BI OS SET UP UTILITY

PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express Settings.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Select

+/-

Change Opt.

G ener al Help

Optimized Defaults

S ave & R eset

ESC

Exit

PCI Subsystem Settings

Advanced

PCI Bus Driver Version V x.xx.xx

PCI ROM Priority [Legacy ROM]

PCI Common Settings

PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]

PCI Express Device Settings

No Snoop [Enabled] Maximum Payload [Auto] Maximum Read Request [Auto]

PCI Express Link Settings

ASPM Support [Disabled]

WARNING: Enabling ASPM may cause some PCI-E devices to fail

BI OS SET UP UTILITY

I n case of mul tiple Opiton ROMs (Legacy and EFI

Compatible), specifies what P CI Opti on ROM to launc h.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Select

+/-

Change Opt.

G ener al Help

Optimized Defaults

S ave & Rese t

ESC

Exit

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PCI ROM Priori t y

In case of multiple option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), this item specifies what P C I Option R OM to launch Options: Legacy ROM (De fault) / EFI Compatible ROM

PCI Latency Timer

T his item sets the value to be programmed into PCI Latency Timer Register. Options: 32 PCI Bus Clocks (Default) / 64 PCI Bus C locks / 96 PCI Bus Clocks /

128 PC I Bus C locks / 160 PCI Bus Clocks / 192 PCI Bus Clocks / 224 PCI Bus Clocks / 248 PCI Bus Clocks

VG A Palette S noop

T his i tem enables or disables VGA Palette Registers Snooping. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

No Snoop

T his i tem enables or disables PCI Express Device No Snoop option. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Maximu m Paylo ad

T his item sets Maximum Payload of PCI Express Device or allows System BIOS to sel ect t h e val ue.

Options: Auto (Default) / 128 Bytes / 256 Bytes / 512 Bytes / 1024 Bytes / 2048

Bytes / 4096 Bytes

Maximu m Rea d Requ est

This item sets Maximum Read Request Size of PCI Express Device or allows System BIO S to se lect th e value.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

ASPM Supp ort

This item sets the ASPM Level: Force LO – Force all links to LO State; Auto – B IOS au t o co nfig u res ; Dis ab l ed – Di s ab les A S PM. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Auto / Force LO

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AC P I Set t ings/WakeUp Event control

Advanced

EuP Control [Disabled]

ACPI Sleep State [S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] PME Wake up from S5 [Disabled]

Wake system with Fixed Time [Disabled]

Wake up date [EveryDay] Wake up hour 0 Wake up minute 0 Wake up second 0

Ring-In Wake up from S5 [Disabled] PS2 Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled]

Stroke key [Wake Key] Sp ecif ic key

PS2 Mouse PowerOn [Disabled] USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4 [Disabled]

EuP Control

W h en Eu P is enabl ed , the sys t em w i ll m eet EuP requi rem ent . Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

ACPI Sleep State

BI OS SET UP UTILITY

When EuP Enabled,System meets E uP requ irement.

Select Screen Select Item

Select

Enter +/-

Change Opt.

G ener al Help

Optimized Defaults

S ave & R eset

ESC

Exit

This item selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUS PEND button is pressed.

Options: S1 (CPU Stop Clock) (Default) / Suspend Disabled / S3 (Suspend to

RAM)

PME Wake up from S5

Th e it em enables t h e s yst em t o wak e from S5 u s i ng PM E event . Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

W ak e sy stem wit h Fi xed T i m e

Th i s i t em en ables o r d isab l es t he sy s t em to w ak e o n b y al arm ev ent. Wh en thi s i t em is enabled, the system will wake on the hr::min::sec specified.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

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Wake up date

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

Wake up hour / Wake up minute / Wa ke up second

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

Ring-In Wake up from S5

T his item enables the system to wake from S 5 using Ring-In event. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

PS2 Keyboard PowerOn

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

Stroke Keys Selected

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

C t rl +F 4 / Ct rl + F5 / Ct rl +F 6

Specific Key Enter

This item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.” Press Enter to set Specific key.

PS2 Mou s e PowerO n

T his i tem allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

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

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CPU Configurati on

Advanced

CPU Configuration

EMT64 Processor Speed Processor Stepping Microcode Revision

Processor Cores In tel HT Tec hnology

Active Processor Cores [All]

Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Execute-Disable Bit [Enabled]

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]

In tel Vir tualization Tech nology [Disabled] Power Technology [Energy Efficient] Local x2APIC [Disabled]

Acti ve Pro c essor C ores

Th i s i t em sets nu mb er of cores to en ab l e in each proces s o r packag e. Options: All (De fault) / 1 / 2 / 3

Lim it CPUID Maxi mum

When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Befo re it can do so, it must

first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. T his determines the kind of basic information C PUID can provide the operati ng syst em.

Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

BI OS SET UP UTILITY

Number of cores to enable in each processor package.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Select

+/-

Change Opt.

G ener al Help

Optimized Defaults

S ave & Rese t

ESC

Exit

E xecute-D i sab le B it

XD can prevent certai n cl as s es o f m al ici ous b uffer ov er flow at t ack s when comb i n ed with a supporting OS (Windows S erver 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux

9.2, RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3. ). Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Hardware Prefetcher

Th e proces s o r h as a h ard war e pre fet cher th at au t om at i cal l y anal yzes i t s req u irem ents and pre fet ch es dat a and in s t ru ct ion s fro m t he memo ry i nt o t he L ev el 2 cach e t h at ar e likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with

m emory read s. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Adj acent Cache Line Prefetch

The processor has a hardware adjacent cache line prefet ch mechanism that aut o mat i cal l y fet ch es an ext ra 6 4-by t e cach e l i n e whenev er t he p ro cesso r requests for a 64-byte cach e line. This reduces cache latency by making the next cache line immediately available if the processor requir es it as well.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Intel Virtualization Te ch

Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resou rce into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi

interfa ce systems. Options: Disabled (De fault) / Enabled

Power Technology

Th is i tem enables the po wer ma nagement f eature s. Op t i ons : Energ y Effici en t (D efau l t ) / Dis ab l ed / C u sto m

CPU C3 Re port

Th i s it em en ables/ d is ables CP U C3 (ACPI C2) report to O S. Options: Disabled (Default) / ACPI C -2 / ACP I C-3

CPU C6 Re port

Th i s it em en ables/ d is ables CP U C6 (ACPI C3) report to O S. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Package C State Limit

This item sets Package C State Limit. Options: No Limit (Default) / C0 / C1 / C6 / C7

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