Biostar VIOTECH 3100 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

Viotech 3100+ BIOS Manual

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

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

2 Adv anc ed Menu...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ .........6

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................14

4 B o o t Men u..............................................................................................18

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

6 Performance Menu...............................................................................27

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................31

Viotech 3100+ BIOS Manual

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
acc essing 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 st ag e o f the booti ng proc ess, loading and executing the operating system. S ome
additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning
options are al so i ncluded i n 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 Pl ay Version 1. 0A specific ation.

EPA Green PC Support

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

APM Support

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(AP M) speci fic ation. Power m anag ement fe atures are implem ented via t he S ystem

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

this AM I BIOS.

ACPI Support

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

device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by
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 atio n .

DRAM Support

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

Su ppor t e d CP Us

T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD C PU.

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 th ese keys to s ele ct it em an d ch ange
the settings.

Notice

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

of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings,
please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use

Load S etup Default under t he Exit Menu.

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

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

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

res ponsi ble for any m istakes found in this user’s manual and any s ystem damage that
may be caused by wrong-settings.

General Help

Navigation Keys

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen
providing an overview of the basic system inform ation.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

System Overview
AMI BIOS

Version :01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/09

System Memory

Size :

System Time 00

System Date [ Thu 01/01/20 09]

Floppy A
> IDE Configuration

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AM I BIOS

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ :00:00]

Exit

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

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

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Field

+-

Select Field

Tab

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Shows system information including B IOS version and built date.

System Memory

Shows system m emory size, VGA shard memory will be excluded..

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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IDE Configuratio n

Th e BIOS w i ll au t o m ati cal l y detect t h e presen c e o f ID E / SATA d evices . T her e i s a
su b-menu fo r each ID E/SAT A device. Sel ect a devi ce an d pres s < Ent er> to enter

the sub-menu of detailed opt ions.

Main

IDE Confuguration
Parallel ATAPI IDE devices

> Primary IDE Master

>

Primary IDE Slave

Serial ATAPI IDE devices

> SATA 1 Device
> SATA 2 Device

SATA Controller [ IDE]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

While entering setup,
BIOS auto detects the
presence of IDE

devices. This displays
the status of auto

detection of IDE
devices.

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SATA 1/2 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]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the type
of device connected
to the system.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

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 sub-menu.

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Type

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

LBA/Large Mode

Enabl e or disable the LBA mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

En able o r d i s ab l e mu 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.
Opti ons: Auto (Default) / S WDM A0 ~ 2 / M W DMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5

S.M.A.R.T

Set the Sm art Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled

32Bit Data Tran sfer

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

SATA Controller

T his item allows you t o choose the S AT A operation mode.
Opt i ons : ID E (Defau lt) / R A ID

SATA Option ROM

T his item will appear only if S AT A C ontroller is set “ RAID. ”.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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2 Advanced Menu

T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the set tings 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

syst em to malfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sec tions
may cause system to m alfunction.

> CPU Configuration

> SuperIO Configuration
> Hardware Health Configuratio n

> Power Configuration
> USB Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Configure CPU.Advanced Settings

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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CPU Configuration

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

Advanced

Configure advanced CPU setting s

Module Version:01.03
Manufacturer:VIA

VIA C7-D Processor 1800MHz
Frequency :1.80GHz
FSB Speed :800MHz
Cache L1 :128 KB

Cache L2 :128 KB
Ratio Actual Value:9

CMPXCHG8B instruction support [Enabled]

VIA Processor Power Management [Enabled]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

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If you want to install
WindowsNT 4.0 you must
disable it.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

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CMP XCHG8B instru ction support

If you want to i nstall Windows NT 4.0 you must disable it.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

VIA Pro c es sor Po wer Manag emen t

Enabled: CPU speed is set to maximum; Disabled: CPU speed is set to minimum.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

S uperI O Confi gurati on

Advanced

Configure ITE8712 Super IO Chi pset

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]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Allows BIOS to Enable
or Disable Floppy
Controller.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Onboard Floppy Control ler

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the
system board and you wish to use i t. If you i nstall ed another FDC or the system uses

no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the fi rst and second seri al ports.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IR Q3 /Disabled

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Parallel Port Address

Th i s i t em all ows y o u to det ermine acces s onboard parallel port controller with which
I/O Address.
Options : 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled

Parallel Port Mode

T his item allows you t o determine how the parallel port should function.
Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+ EPP Us ing P arallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP Mode DMA Channel

T his item allows you t o s elect parallel port ECP DMA.
Opti ons: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DM A1

Parallel Port IRQ

T his item allows you t o s elect t he IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IR Q5 / Disabled

Keyboa rd PowerO n

T his item allows you t o control t he keyboard power on functi on.
Options : Disabled (De fault) / Specifi c Key / Stroke Key / Any Key

Specific Key Enter

T his item wil l show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.”

Stroke Keys Selected

T his item wil l show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.”
Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / C trl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 /

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

Mouse PowerOn

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

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Restore on AC Power Loss

T his setting specifies how your system should behave a ft e 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: Power Off (Default) / P ower ON / Last S tate

Hardware Health C onfiguration

T his item s hows t he system temperat ure, fan speed, and volt age information.

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [ Enabled]

Shutdown Temperature [ Disabled]

CPU Temperature
CPU FAN

System1 FAN
CPU Vcore

Chipset Voltage
+3.30V
+12.0V
FSB Voltage
Memory Voltage

5V(SB)

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware
Health Monitoring
Device.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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H/W Health Function

If with a monitoring system, the system will show PC health status during POST
stage.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Shutdow n Tempe r ature

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

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

/ 80 /176 / 85 / 185 / 90 /194℃℉℃℉℃℉

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ACPI Configura tion

Advanced

ACPI Settings

Suspend mode [ S1(POS)]

ACPI Version Features [ ACPI v1.0]
ACPI APIC support [ Enabled]

AMI OEMB table [ Enabled]
Headless mode [ Disabled]

USB Wakeup From S3/S4 [ Disabled]
Power Management/APM [ Enabled]

Advanced Resume Events Control s

Resume On RING [Di sabled]
Resume On LAN [Di sabled]

Resume On PME# [Di sabled]
Resume By RTC Alarm [Di sabled]

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Suspend mode

T he it em allows you to select the suspend type under the ACP I operating syst em.
Opt i ons : S1 (PO S ) (Defaul t ) P ower on Suspen d

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S 3 Re sume

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select the ACPI
state used for
System Suspend.

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/STR
resume.
Options: No (De fault) / Yes

ACPI Version Features

Th e item al l o ws yo u to sel ect t he vers i o n of ACPI.
Options : ACP I v1.0 (De fault) / ACP I v2.0 / ACPI v3. 0

ACPI API C 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 int errupt handl ing.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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AMI OEMB tabl e

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the R oot
Syst em Description Table (RSDT) table.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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 operati on.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

T his item allows you t o enable or disabled the USB resume from S 3/S4 function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Power Man a gement /APM

T his item allows you t o enable or disabled Power Management fun ct ion.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Resume On RING

T his item allows you control t he wake on ri ng function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On LAN

T his item allows you control t he wake onLAN function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

Resume On P ME#

W hen you select Enabled, a PME signal from PC I card returns the system to Full ON
state.

For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the
Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (W OL) jumper on motherboard to

enab le if applicabl e.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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Resume On RTC Ala r m

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)
alar m awakens th e s y s tem from Su s pen d mod e.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

RTC Alar m Date (Days )

You can choose which date the system will boot up.

System Time

You can choose the system boot up tim e, i nput hour, m inute and second to specify.

USB Configuration

T his item s hows t he USB controller and usi ng USB device i nformation.

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enabled 1.1 USB
host controllers.

USB 1.1 Ports Configuration [ USB 8 Ports]

USB 2.0 Ports Enable [ Enabled]
Legacy USB Support [ Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [ HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled]

> USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration

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+­F1
F10
ESC

USB 1.1 Ports Configuration

T his item allows you t o control t he USB 1. 1 m ode of the US B control ler..
Opti ons: USB 8 Ports(Defaul t)

USB 2.0 Ports Enable

T his item allows you t o control t he USB 2. 0 m ode of the US B control ler..
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Select Item

Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
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Legacy USB Support

T his item determ ines if the BI OS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices
li ke the key board, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a us eful fe atu re when using such

USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.
Microso ft DOS or Windows NT).

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

T his item allows you t o s elect t he operation mode of the USB 2.0 cont roller.
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

US B Ma ss S tor ag e Devi ce C on f i gurat i on

Advanced

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Device #

Emulation Type [Auto]

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Number of seconds
POST waits for the
USB mass storage

device after start
unit command.

Select Screen
Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his item allows you t o s et the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Op t i ons : 2 0 S ec (D e faul t ) / 10 S ec / 3 0 S ec / 4 0 S ec

E m ula ti o n T yp e

T his item allows you t o s elect t he emulation type of the USB mass storage device.
Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / F orced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3 PCIPnP Menu

T his section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PC I, 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 com ponents.

Notice

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

syst em to malfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance

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

may cause system to m alfunction.

Clear NVRAM [ No]

Plug & Play O/S [ No]
PCI Latency Timer [ 64]

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [ Yes]
Palette Snooping [ Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster [ Enabled]
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [ Auto]

> PCI Resource
> PCI Express Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Clear NVRAM during
System Boot.

Exit

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Clear NVRAM

T his item allows you t o clear t he data in the NVRAM (CMOS ) by sel ect ing “Yes”.
Options: No (De fault) / Yes

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence
(VGA, IDE, SCS I). 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 (De fault) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer

T his item controls how l ong a PC I device can hold the PCI bus be for e anothe r takes
over. T he longer the latency, the longer the PC I device can retain control of the bus

before handing i t over to another PC I devi ce.
Options : 64 (Default) / 0-255

Allocate IRQ to PC I VGA

T his item allows BIOS t o choose a IR Q to assign for the PCI VGA card.
Opti ons: Yes (De fault ) / No

Palette Sn ooping

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

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

PCI IDE BusMaster

T his item is a toggl e for t he built -in driver that allows the onboard ID E controller to
perfor m DMA (Direct Mem o ry Acces s ) trans fers .

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE C ard

Som e PC I IDE cards may require this t o be set to the PCI sl ot number that is holding
th e card.

Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6

OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ

T his item allows you t o s et IRQ of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controll er adapte r.
Opt i ons : D isabl ed (De faul t ) / INT A / IN TB / INT C / INTD / Hardwi red

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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]

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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) / 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 em o ry Size

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

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

T his item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain memory size for speci fic PCI device.
Options : Disabled (De fault) / 16K / 32K / 64K

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PCI Express Configuration

PCIPnP

PCI Express Configuration

Active State Power-Management[Disabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable
PCI Express L0s and
L1 link power

states.

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+­F1

General Help
Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Active State Po wer-Management

This item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices before the
operat ing system boots. T his function is for OS which does not support ASPM .

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu

T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Boot Settings

> Boot Settings Configuration

> Boot Device Priority
> Hard Disk Drives

> Removable Drives
> CD/DVD Drives

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Configure Settings
during System Boot.

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter
F1

General Help
Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Boot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

Boot Settings Conf iguration

Quick Boot [Enabled]

Full Screen LOGO Show [Enabled]
AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]

Bootup Num-Lock [ON]
Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled]

BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [Enabled]

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Quick Boot

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

Allows BIOS to skip
certain tests while

booting. This will
decrease the time
needed to boot the

system.

Select Screen
Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Full Screen LO GO Show

T his item allows you t o enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show f un c tion.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AddOn ROM Dis play Mode

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

Bootup Num-L oc k

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

Interrupt 19 Capture

Interrupt 19 i s the soft ware interrupt that handles the boot di sk function. W hen set to
Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.

Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

BOOT SUCCESS BEEP

W hen this item i s set to Enabl ed, BIOS will let user know boot s uccess with beep.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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 devi ces install ed in the syst em.

Options: Removable / Hard Disk / C DROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled

Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attem pt to arrange the h ard dis k boot sequence automati cally. You
can also ch an ge the b o oti n g s equence. Th e n u mber o f device i t ems t h at ap p ears on

the screen depends on the number of devices instal led in the system.
Op t i ons : Pri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Master / Sec. S l ave / US B HDD0 /

USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bo otabl e Add -in C ards

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Re mo va ble Dr ives

T he BIOS will attem pt to arrange th e removable driv e boot sequence auto mat ically .
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that

appears on the s creen depends on the number of devic es instal led in the s ystem.
Options : Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 / USB-ZIP1 / LS120

CD/DV D Drives

T he B IOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically.
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that

appears on the s creen depends on the number of devic es instal led in the s ystem.
Op t i ons : Pri. M as t er / P ri. Sl ave / Sec. Master / Sec. S l ave / US B CDR O M0 /

USB CDROM 1

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5 Chipset Menu

Th i s s u b m en u all o ws you to co nfi gu re t he sp eci fic featu res of th e chip s et i ns tal l ed on
your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory

res ourc es, such as DRAM . It also coordinates communications with t he PC I bus.

Main Advanced

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

> NouthBridge VIA CN896 Configuration

> SouthBridge VIA VT8237S Configuration

PCIPnP Boot

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset Performance

Options for Cn896Advanced Chipset Settings

Select Screen
Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

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Nor thBridge VIA CN896 Configurati on

NorthBridge VIA CN 896 Configur ation

Top Performance [Disabled]

GFX & PCIE VGA Co- Exist [Disabled]
DBI function [Enabled]

> AGP & P2P Bridge Configurati on
> OnChip IGP/VGA C onfiguration

> V-Link & PCI Bus Configurati on

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

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Options

Disabled
Enabled

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+­F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

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T op Perform ance

This item allows you to activate Top Perfo rmance fo r your system. It the system is
not steady, this item should s et Disabled.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

GFX & PCIE VGA Co-Ex is t

T his item allows you . to act ivate GFX & PC IE VGA C o-Exist functi on.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

DBI Function

T his item allows you . to act ivate DBI function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

AGP & P2P Bri dge Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

AGP & P2P Bridge C onfiguration

Primary Graphics A dapter [PCIE -> AG P -> PCI]

AGP Aperture Size [128MB]
AGP 3.0 Mode [8X]

AGP Fast Write [Disabled]
AGP Master 1 WS Re ad [Enabled]
AGP Master 1 WS Wr ite [Enabled]

Chipset

Options

PCI -> PCIE -> A GP
AGP -> PCIE -> PCI

PCIE -> AGP -> P CI

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+­F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Primary Graphic Adapter

T his item allows you t o s et the priority of VGA cont roll er.
Opt ions: P CIE -> AGP -> PCI (De fault) / AGP ->P CIE -> P CI / P CIE -> AGP

->PCI

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AGP Aperture Size

T his item allows you t o s et Aperture Size of AGP.
Options : 32MB (Default) / 64MB / 128MB / 256M B / 512MB / 1GB

AGP 3.0 Mode

T his item allows you t o s et AGP 3.0 Mode.
Options: 8X (De fault) / 4X

AGP Fast Write

T his item allows you t o activate AGP F ast Write function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AGP Master 1 WS Read

T his item allows you t o activate AGP M aster 1 WS Read function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

AGP Master 1 WS Write

T his item allows you t o activate AGP M aster 1 WS Write function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

OnChip IG P/VGA Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

OnChip IGP/VGA Con figuration

VGA Share Memory(F rame Buffer) [256MB]

Chipset

Options

64MB
128MB

256MB

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VGA Share Memory (Frame Buffer)

T his item allows you t o s et S hare Memory of VGA.
Options: 256MB (Default) / 64MB / 128MB

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Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+­F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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V-Link & PCI Bus Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

V-Link & PCI Bus C onfiguration

V-Link mode select ion [Auto]

V-Link 8X Supporte d [Enabled]
PCI Master Wait St ate Read [0WS]

PCI Master Wait St ate Write [0WS]

Chipset

Options

Auto
Mode 0
Mode 1

Mode 2
Mode 3

Mode 4

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+-

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

V-Link mode selection

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T his item allows you t o s elect V-Link m ode.
Options : Auto (Defaul t) / Mode 0 / Mode 1 / Mode 2 / Mode 3 / Mode 4

V-Link 8X Supported

T his item allows you t o activate V-Link 8X S upported.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

PCI Maste r Wait Stated Read/Write

Options: 0WS (Default) / 1WS

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SouthBridge VI A VT8237S Conf ig ur atio n

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

SouthBridge VIA VT 8237S Config uration

PCI Delay Transact ion [Enabled]

LAN Controller [Enabled]
LAN Option ROM [Disabled]

MAC ID Information :

Patch S4 burn-in I ssue [Disabled]
HPET Support [Enabled]

HDAC Audio Control ler [Auto]

Chipset

Options

Disabled
Enabled

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option

+­F1

General Help
Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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PC I D elay Transaction

T his item allows you t o enable or disable PCI Delay Transaction.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

LAN Controlle r

T his option allows you t o control t he onboard LAN controller.
Options: Enable (Default) / Disable

LAN O ption ROM

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

MAC ID Information

T his item shows the MAC ID.

Patch S4 burn-in I ssue

T his item allows you t o enable or disable Patch S 4 burn-i n.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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HPET S upport

T his item allows you t o enable or disable High P recision Event Ti mer.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

HDAC Audi o Con trolle r

T his item allows you t o control t he HDAC Audio support.
Options: Auto (Default) / Always Disabled

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6 Performance Menu

T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of vari ous devices.
(Howev er, we suggest you 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

syst em to malfuncti on.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance

Advance Performanc e Settings

WARNING:Please Clea r CMOS if system no display

after over clocking.

CPU Frequency Sett ing [200]

PCIE Clock By [Auto]

PCIE Frequency Set ting [100]

CPU Voltage [Default ]
FSB Voltage [Default ]
Chipset Voltage [Default ]
Memory Voltage [Default ]

> DRAM Clock & Tim ing Configur ation

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Allows BIOS to S elect
CPU Over Clock.

Note:
MIN = 100 MHz
MAX = 800 MHz

Select Screen
Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Scr een

F1

General Help
Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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CPU Frequency Setting

T his item allows you t o s elect t he CPU Frequency.
Options : 200 (Default) / Min= 100MHz; Max= 800MHz

PCIE Cl ock By

T his item allows you t o s elect t he P C IE cl ock control
Options: Auto (Default) / Manual

PCIE Fr e que ncy S e tti ng

T his item allows you t o s elect t he P C IE cl ock control
Options : 100 (Default) / Min=100; Max= 150

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CPU Voltage

T his item allows you t o s elect CP U Voltage Control.
Options : Default (Default) / +0. 10V / +0.20V / + 0.30V

FS B Voltage

T his item allows you t o s elect FS B Volt age Control.
Options : Default (Default) / +0. 05V / +0.10V / + 0.15V

Chipset Voltage

T his item allows you t o s elect Chipset Vol tage Control.
Options : Default (Default) / +0. 05V / +0.10V / + 0.15V

Memory Voltage

T his item allows you t o s elect Memory Voltage Control.
Options: Default (Default) / +0. 1V / +0. 2V / +0.3V / + 0. 4V / +0.5V / +0. 6V

DRA M Clock & Timing Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

DRAM Clock & Timin g Configurat ion

DRAM Frequency [ Auto]

DRAM Timing [ Auto]
RDSAIT/RDSBIT mode [ Auto]

1T CMD Support [ Disabled]
Memory Chip Drivin g [ Normal]
DDR2 Memory Chip O DT [ Auto]
BA0 Select [ A13]

BA1 Select [ A14]
BA2 Select [ A15]
BA Scramble [ Enabled]

DRDY Timing [ Slowest]

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DRAM Fre quency

T his item allows you t o control t he Memory Clock.
Options: Auto (Default) / 533 MHz / 667 MHz

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Performance

Options

Auto
533 MHz

667 MHz

+­F1

F10
ESC

Select Screen
Select Item

Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
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D RAM Timing

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

Options: Auto (Default) / Manual / T urbo / Ultra

DRAM CAS# Late ncy [DDR/ DDR2]

Options : 2.5/4 (Default) / 1.5/2 / 2. 0/3 / 3.0/5

DRAM Bank Interle ave

Options : 4-Way (De fault) / Disabled / 2-Way / 8-W ay

Precharge to Active (Trp)

Options: 4T (Default) / 2T / 3T / 5T

Active to Precharge (Tras)

Options: 7T (Default) / 5T ~ 20T

Active to CMD (Trc d)

Options: 4T (Default) / 2T / 3T / 5T

REF to ACT/RE F to REF ( Trfc )

Options : 21T (Default ) / 8T ~ 71T

ACT (0) to AC T (1 ) (Trrd )

Options: 3T (Default) / 2T / 4T / 5T

Read to Precharge (Trtp)

Options: 2T (Default) / 3T

Write to Read CM D (Tr tr)

Options: 1T/2T (Default) / 2T/3T

Wr ite R ec over y Time (Tw r )

Options: 4T (Default) / 2T / 3T / 5T

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RDSAIT/ RDSBIT mode

T his item allows you t o s et the mode of RDSAIT/RDS BIT.
Options: Auto (Default) / Manual

RDSAIT/ RDSBIT selection

Options : 03 (Default) / 0A ~ 0F / 10 ~ 19 / 1A ~ 1F / 20 ~ 29 / 2A ~ 2F / 30 / 3A ~

3F / 00 ~ 02

1T CMD S upport

T his item allows you t o activate 1T C MD S upport.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto

M emory Chip Dr ivi ng

T his item allows you t o s et Memory C hip Driving function.
Op t i ons : N ormal (D efau l t ) / W eak

DDR2 Me m ory Chip O DT

Options : Auto (Defaul t) / Disabled / 75 ohm / 150 ohm

BA0 Se lect

Options : A13 (Default ) / A15 / A17 / A19

BA1 Se lect

Options : A14 (Default ) / A12 / A16 / A18

BA2 Se lect

Options : A15 (Default ) / A14 / A18 / A19

BA Scramble

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

D RDY Timing

T his item allows you t o s elect DRDY Timi ng function.
Options: Slowest (Default) / De fault / Optimize

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7 E x it Menu

This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the
changes to the BIOS items.

Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Exit Options

Save Changes a nd Exit

Discard Change s and Exit
Discard Change s

Load Optimal D efaults

Security Setti ngs

> Security

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Exit

Exit system setup
after saving the

changes.
F10 key can be used

for this operation.

Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

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Save Changes and Exit

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

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all changes made duri ng t he current session and exit setup.

Discard Changes

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

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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Security

T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervi sor and us er password.

BIOS SETU P UTILITY

Security Setti ngs

Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installed
User Password :Not Installed

Change Supervi sor Password

Change User Pa ssword
Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Disabled]

Install or Change the
password.

Select Screen
Select Item
Change

Enter

General Help

F1

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Exit

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Change Supervis or P assword

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.

Cha nge Us er Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the
same way as the Supervi sor Password. If t he 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 th em .

Boot Sec tor Vir us Protection

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

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