Intel V09 User Manual

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Intel® Desktop Boards BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. The BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the <F2> key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The following menus are available:

Menu Title Purpose

Maintenance Clears passwords and displays processor information.

The maintenance menu is displayed only when the Desktop Board is in configure mode.

Manageability Configure options associated with Intel® Platform Administration Technology. Main Displays processor and memory configuration. Advanced Configures advanced features available through the chipset. Security Sets passwords and security features. Power Configures power management features and power supply controls. Boot Selects boot options. Intel® ME Configures options for the Intel® Management Engine and Intel® Active

Management Technology.

Exit Saves or discards changes to Setup program options.

The presence of menus and BIOS settings are dependent on your board model, hardware components installed, and the BIOS version. BIOS menu titles may differ.

If any problems occur after making BIOS settings changes (poor performance, intermittent issues, etc.), reset the desktop board to default values:

1. During boot, enter the BIOS setup by pressing F2.

2. Press F9 to set defaults.

3. Press F10 to Save and Exit.

If the system locks or won’t boot after making BIOS settings changes, perform a BIOS recovery as described at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-023360.htm.

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0 – 9

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

+1.5Vin Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

+12Vin

12V Voltage

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

Options Description / Purpose

No changeable options

Displays voltage level of the +1.5V in supply

Displays voltage level of the +12V in supply

+3.3Vin Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

+5Vin

5V Voltage

1394

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include IEEE 1394.

1st ATAPI CD-ROM Drive

This boot device submenu is present only if at least one boot device of this type is installed. This list will display up to four ATAPI CDROM drives, the maximum number of ATAPI CD-ROM drives supported by the BIOS.

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Boot > ATAPI CDROM Drives

No changeable options

• Enabled

• Disabled

Dependent on installed ATAPI CD-ROM drives

Displays voltage level of the +3.3V in supply

Displays voltage level of the +5V in supply

Disables or enables IEEE 1394 support

Specifies the boot sequence from the available ATAPI CDROM drives. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

↑> or <↓>.

1st Boot Device Boot > Boot

Device Priority

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• Removable Device

• Hard Drive

• ATAPI CD-ROM

• Network

• Disabled

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

The operating system assigns a drive letter

↑> or <↓>.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Hard Disk Drive

Boot > Hard Disk Drives

This boot device submenu appears only if at least one boot device of this type is installed. This list will display up to 12 hard disk drives, the maximum number of hard disk drives supported by the BIOS.

Dependent on installed hard drives

Specifies the boot sequence from the available hard disk drives. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

↑> or <↓>.

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

1st Removable Device

Boot > Removable Devices

This boot device submenu is present only if at least one boot device of this type is installed. This list will display up to four removable devices, the maximum number of removable devices supported by the BIOS.

2nd Boot Device Boot > Boot

Device Priority

3rd Boot Device Boot > Boot

Device Priority

Dependent on installed removable devices

• Removable Device

• Hard Drive

• ATAPI CD-ROM

• Network

• Disabled

• Removable Device

• Hard Drive

• ATAPI CD-ROM

• Network

• Disabled

Specifies the boot sequence from the available removable devices. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

↑> or <↓>.

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

↑> or <↓>.

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

The operating system assigns a drive letter

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

↑> or <↓>.

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

4th Boot Device Boot > Boot

Device Priority

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• Removable Device

• Hard Drive

• ATAPI CD-ROM

• Network

• Disabled

The operating system assigns a drive letter

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. To specify boot sequence:

1. Select the boot device with <

↑> or <↓>.

2. Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot device.

The operating system assigns a drive letter

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BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Access Level Maintenance No changeable

Access Mode Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

options

• CHS

• LBA

• Large

• Auto

Displays the current user's access level.

Allows you to select the sector addressing mode.

CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB hard disks.

LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size.

Large mode supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not support LBA mode.

ACPI Power No changeable

options

ACPI Suspend Mode (or ACPI Suspend State)

Additional System Information

AddOn ROM Display Mode

After Power Failure Power • Stay Off

Agent Manageability • Enable

AGP/PCI Burn-in Mode

Power > ACPI • S1 State

• S3 State

Main No changeable

options

Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

• Last State

• Power On

• Disable

Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode

• Default

• 63.88/31.94 MHz

• 68.05/34.02 MHz

• 69.44/34.72 MHz

• 70.83/35.41 MHz

• 72.22/36.11 MHz

• 73.60/36.80 MHz

Opens the sub-menu for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface).

Specifies the ACPI sleep state.

Displays information such as System Information, Desktop Board Information, Chassis Information, etc.

Enabled: the logo screen will be followed by the “AddOn ROM” initial screen (the screen showing the add-on card BIOS message).

Disabled: no “Add-On ROM” screen is followed.

Determines the mode of operation if a power loss occurs.

Stay Off keeps the power off until the power button is pressed.

Last State restores the previous power state before power loss occurs.

Power On restores power to the computer.

By default, Intel® Platform Administrator Agent is disabled. To enable the agent, select

Enables the selection of specific AGP/PCI clock frequencies. The host clock (system bus speed) is not changed.

If this option is set to anything other than Default, the Host and I/O Burn-In Mode is automatically set to Default.

Enable.

Alternate DNS Address

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Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.

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Ambient Air Temperature

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

This BIOS setting is present only on certain BTX form factor Intel® Desktop Boards.

Aperture Size Advanced > Video

Configuration

No changeable options

• 4MB

• 8MB

• 16MB

• 32MB

• 128MB

• 256MB

Options may vary depending on board model.

Displays the temperature near the remote thermal diode on BTX form factor boards.

Amount of system memory available for direct access by the graphics device.

APM Power > APM • Enabled

• Disabled

ASF Support Advanced >

Peripheral

• Enabled

• Disabled Configuration or

or Advanced > Boot Configuration or Advanced > Management

• Automatic

• Manual - User

Defined

• Disabled

Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration

Advanced > Drive Configuration

• Disabled

• Legacy

• Enhanced (or

Native)

ATAPI CD-ROM Drives

Audio

This BIOS setting is

Boot No changeable

options

Advanced > Peripheral

• Enabled

• Disabled

Configuration

present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard audio.

Disables or enables APM (Advanced Power Management).

Disables or enables Alert Standard Format (ASF). For more information, refer to http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-

010502.htm

Specifies the integrated IDE controller.

Disabled disables the integrated IDE controller.

Legacy enables up to two IDE channels for OS requiring

legacy IDE operation.

Enhanced (or Native) enables all SATA and PATA resources.

Opens the ATAPI CD-ROM Drive sub-menu where you may specify the boot sequence from the available ATAPI CD-ROM drives.

Enables or disables onboard audio.

Automatic Fan Detection

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Advanced > Fan Control

• Next Boot

• Disable

• Always

Next Boot: Will detect fan(s) added to the motherboard upon next boot only.

Disabled: Will NOT detect fan(s) added to the motherboard, new fans may perform erratically.

Always: Will detect fan(s) added to the motherboard, may cause a slight delay and increased noise during startup.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Aux Fan Speed

Auxiliary Fan

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

No changeable

options

Displays aux fan speed.

Auxiliary Power

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include an onboard auxiliary power connector.

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Base I/O Address (for the Parallel Port)

This BIOS setting is present only when Parallel Port is set to Enabled

Base I/O Address (for the Serial Port)

This BIOS setting is present only when Serial Port A is set to Enabled

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

Options Description / Purpose

• 378

• 278

• 3F8

• 2F8

• 3E8

• 2E8

Enables or disables on the onboard auxiliary power connector.

Specifies the base I/O address for the parallel port, if Parallel Port is Enabled.

Specifies the base I/O address for serial port A if serial port A is enabled.

BIOS Version Main No changeable

options

Block Mode Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

Board ID Maintenance No changeable

Boot Device Priority Boot No changeable

Boot Drive Order Boot Dependent on

Boot Menu Type Boot • Normal

Boot to Network Boot • Enabled

Boot to Optical Devices

Boot to Removable Devices

Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

• Auto

options

installed bootable

devices

• Advance

• Disabled

Displays the version of the BIOS currently installed on the PC.

Check the hard disk drive’s specifications for optimum setting.

Value that uniquely identifies the SKU of the board.

Opens the Boot Device Priority sub-menu where you may specify the boot sequence from the available types of boot devices.

Allows you to specify the boot sequence from the available types of boot devices.

Normal allows you to set boot priority based on type of device.

Advanced allows you to set boot priority for each device regardless of category

Disables or enables booting from the network.

Disables or enables booting from optical devices (CD/DVD).

Disables or enables booting from removable devices.

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Boot USB Devices First Boot Bound to Server

If the client is bound to a server, this option will display the server's IP address in this format:

Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Bound to

Manageability • Yes

• Enabled

• Disabled

• No

Sets USB devices to be first in boot order. This BIOS option is changeable ONLY when the system is bound to a server. Select binding.

When the binding is no longer applicable, for example if the system has crashed or the server has been changed, you need to release the client/server binding, otherwise the client will be unable to be managed by another server.

No to release the client/server

Burn-In Mode Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

• Default

• -2.0%

• -1.0%

• +1.0%

• +2.0%

• +3.0%

• +4.0%

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

C1E Maintenance • Enabled

Cable Detected

This BIOS setting is present only if an IDE device is installed.

CD/DVD Drive Order Boot Lists all installed

CD-ROM Boot Priority Boot Lists all installed

Change Intel® Management Engine Password

Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA

Intel® ME User defined Intel® ME password must be changed from the default

Options Description / Purpose

• Disabled

No changeable

options

CD/DVD devices

CD-ROM devices

Alters host and I/O clock frequencies.

Warning: This setting is intended for validation and test purposes only. Altering clock frequencies may reduce system stability and/or the useful life of the system and processor. Operation at settings beyond component specification is not covered by Intel component warranties. If any problems occur during operation at non-default settings, reset the board to default values.

Allows the system to change voltage level (lower) of processor when no work is being done.

Displays the type of cable connected to the IDE interface: 40-conductor or 80-conductor (for ATA-66/100 devices) or Serial ATA.

Allows you to set the boot order of CD/DVD drives (used when Boot Menu type is set to normal)

Allows you to set the boot order of CDROM drives

password prior to gaining access to other ME options. Intel® ME passwords must be between 8 and 32 characters long, have at least one upper case character, one lower case character, one number, and a special character (for example: !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *).

Chassis Fan Speed Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

Chassis Inlet Fan Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

Chassis Intrusion Security • Enabled

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No changeable

options

No changeable

options

• Disabled

The system owner should document the new Intel ME password, store it in a secured location (a vault, safe deposit box, or off-site storage), and have it available for future use. This document should be updated after any password change is made.

Displays chassis fan speed

Displays front chassis fan speed

Enables or disables the chassis intrusion feature.

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Chassis Outlet Fan Advanced >

Hardware

No changeable

options Monitoring

Clear All DMI Event Log

Advanced > Event Log Configuration

• Yes

• No

Clear All Passwords Maintenance Selecting this

option clears the

passwords.

Clear Event Log Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Clear Trusted

Maintenance • OK

Platform Module

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Cancel

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

Displays rear chassis fan speed

Yes - the DMI Event Log will be cleared at next POST stage and then this option automatically resets to No.

Clears both the user and supervisor passwords.

Enable discards all events in the event log and will reset the option to

disable upon exiting BIOS.

Used to clear the TPM if you are transferring ownership of the platform to a new owner. For more information, refer to your Trusted Platform Module Quick Reference Guide.

Clear User Password

Security Selecting this

This BIOS setting is present only if a user password has been set.

Compatibility Mode Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration

Compliance Test Pattern

Advanced > PCI Express Configuration

Computer Name Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management Technology Configuration

Configure SATA as… Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Clears the user password. option clears the password.

• Intel® AMT Generation 2.0

• Intel® AMT Generation 1.0

• Enabled

• Disabled

Depending on the 3rd party management software that is

chosen to be used with this system (if any), set the

Compatibility Mode appropriate to the management

software.

Used for making sure a PCI Express slot remains

functional and enabled per PCI Express specification for

Compliance test card testing of PCI Express cards. User defined Sets the computer name. The computer name must be

between 1 and 32 characters long, may contain upper case

characters, lower case characters numbers, however

spaces, dashes, and any other special characters (for

example: !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *) are not allowed.

• IDE

IDE is default

• RAID

• AHCI

RAID: enables RAID which may require you to install the

RAID Driver during OS installation

Core Multiplexing Technology

This BIOS setting is present only when a dual core processor is installed.

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Main • Enabled

• Disabled

AHCI: allows you to take advantage of Advanced Host

Controller Interface features such as Native command

Queuing , Hot plug, etc., without the option to use RAID.

Requires a hard drive that supports AHCI.

When disabled, turns off all but one processor core. You

may need to disable this for legacy operating systems that

do not support multiple cores. The remaining core may

have access to more cache. The amount of cache available

to the remaining core will depend on the particular

processor. The increase in available cache can result in

better performance under certain applications.

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CPC Override Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

Advanced > Memory Configuration

CPU Cooling Fan Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

CPU Die/Package Temperature

CPU Fan Control Advanced > Boot

CPU Fan Speed Advanced >

CPU Frequency Multiplier

This BIOS setting is present only when Default Frequency Ratio is disabled.

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

Configuration

Hardware Monitoring

Maintenance User Defined Sets the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the Front Side

• Auto

• Enabled

• Disabled

No changeable options

• Enabled

• Disabled No changeable

options

Controls Command Per Clock/1n rule mode. When

enabled, allows DRAM controller to attempt Chip Select

assertions in two consecutive common clocks.

Displays fan speed of the CPU fan

Displays processor's temperature.

Allows the CPU fan to be controlled in order to optimize

acoustics. If disabled, the CPU fan will run at 100%.

Displays processor fan speed

Bus (FSB)

CPU Microcode Update Revision

CPU Stepping Signature

CPU Temperature Advanced >

CPU Thermal Module Fan

CPU Voltage Offset Performance >

CSA Device Advanced >

Maintenance No changeable

Hardware Monitoring

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

Processor Overrides

Chipset Configuration

options

options No changeable

options

No changeable options

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Auto

• Disable

Displays processor’s Microcode Update Revision.

Displays processor’s Stepping Signature.

Displays processor's temperature.

Displays fan speed of the CPU fan

When enabled, will provide 300 mV additional voltage to

CPU above selected CPU Voltage Override

Enables or disables Communication Streaming

Architecture interface.

Auto leaves the CSA device enabled if a device is found

on the bus, else the device is disabled.

For more information, refer to

http://www.intel.com/design/network/papers/25245102.pdf

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

DDR2 Voltage Advanced >

Chipset Configuration > Memory Configuration

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Options Description / Purpose

• Automatic

• 1.8

• 1.9

Memory voltage will be adjusted according to the memory

detected. Memory voltage can also be manually set to

allow memory to function or achieve higher performance.

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Default Frequency

Maintenance • Enabled

Ratio

Default Gateway

Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to edit the default gateway for the client

This setting editable only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set to No.

Enabled uses processor default frequency ratio.

• Disabled

Disabled allows programming of frequency ratio.

system.

DHCP Enabled Intel® ME > Intel®

Active

[X] [ ]

Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

Disable Disk

Manageability <Enter>

Protection Discard Changes Exit No changeable

options

Disk Protection is <enabled or disabled

Manageability No changeable

options

Diskette Controller Advanced >

Diskette

• Enabled

• Disabled

Configuration

Diskette Write Protect Advanced >

Diskette

• Enabled

• Disabled

Configuration

Display Setup Prompt Advanced > Boot

Configuration

DMA Mode Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

• On

• Off

• Auto

• SWDMA 0

• SWDMA 1

• SWDMA 2

• MWDMA 0

• MWDMA 1

• MWDMA 2

• UDMA 0

• UDMA 1

• UDMA 2

• UDMA 3

• UDMA 4

• UDMA 5

Toggle the checkbox (with the Enter key or the Space bar)

to enable or disable DHCP.

Only allowed if disk protection is enabled.

Discards changes without exiting Setup. The option values

present when the computer was turned on are used.

Displays whether disk protection is enabled or disabled.

Hard Disk Protection is enabled by default after installing

Intel® Platform Administrator Client.

With Hard Disk Protection enabled, the client computer can

save a copy of the current OS image for recovery purpose.

This copy enables recovering a crashed client to a

previously saved state.

Configures the integrated floppy controller.

Disables or enables diskette drive write protection.

Displays the "F2 to enter BIOS setup" message during

boot.

Specifies the Ultra DMA mode for the drive.

DMI Event Log Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Domain Name Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

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• Enabled

• Disabled

Enable or disable the storing of POST error messages to

the DMI Event Log. User defined Sets the domain name.

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Drive A Advanced >

Floppy Configuration

• None

• 360, 5.25 in.

• 1.2, 5.25 in.

• 720, 3.5 in.

• 1.44, 3.5 in.

Selects the floppy drive type.

Drive Installed Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

Dual Core • Enabled

DVMT Mode Advanced > Video

Configuration

No changeable options

• Disabled

• DVMT

• Fixed

• Both

Displays the type of drive installed.

Enables or disables dual core processing.

Dynamic Video Memory Technology

DVMT mode is memory that is dynamically allocated based

on memory requests made by application and are released

back to the system once the requesting application has

been terminated.

Fixed mode is non-contiguous page locked memory

allocated during driver initialization to provide a static

amount of memory.

Both allows the combination of both Fixed and DVMT type

driver allocation methods, used to guarantee a minimum

amount of memory but give the flexibility of DVMT

allocation scheme and performance enhancement. These

mode options will ensure that a certain minimum amount of

memory will always be dedicated to graphics.

For additional information, refer to the Intel® Graphics

Media Accelerator 900 White Paper at

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/applnots/30262403.pdf.

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

ECC Event Logging Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

ECP Mode Use DMA Advanced >

Peripheral Configuration

EIST Power • Enabled

Energy Lake Power • Enabled

Enhanced Consumer IR

Enter AMT BX Setup Advanced >

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Management Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

• Enabled

• Disabled No changeable

options

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables or disables event logging of ECC events.

By default, Channel 3 is used.

Speedstep technology: Advanced Power management

which includes Frequency and voltage

Disables or enables Energy Lake power

management technology.

Energy Lake technology introduces two main end-

user features: the “Consumer Electronics” (CE)-like

device power behavior, and maintaining system state

and data integrity during power loss events).

Enables or disables consumer infrared communication

feature.

Allows AMT BIOS Extensions Setup to be entered on

next boot up.

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Event Log Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Event Log Capacity Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Event Log Validity Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Event Logging Advanced > Event

Log Configuration

Exit Discarding Changes

Exit Saving Changes Exit No changeable

Expansion Card Text Security • Enabled

Extended Burn-in Mode

Exit No changeable

Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode

No changeable options

• Enabled

• Disabled

options

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

Indicates if there is space available in the event log.

Indicates of the event log information is valid.

Enables or disables tracking occurrences during system

boot.

Exits without saving any changes made in the BIOS Setup

program.

Exits and saves the changes in CMOS SRAM.

Displays add in Option ROM text

Enabling this option allows the user to select additional

values for system performance margining.

Warning: This setting is intended for validation and test

purposes only. Altering clock frequencies may reduce

system stability and/or the useful life of the system and

processor. Operation at settings beyond component

specification is not covered by Intel component warranties.

If any problems occur during operation at non-default

settings, reset the board to default values.

Extended Configuration

Extended IDE Drive Advanced > Drive

Advanced > Chipset Configuration

Configuration

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Fan Control Advanced > Fan

Control Configuration

First SATA Master Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Fixed Disk Boot Sector

Floppy A Advanced >

Maintenance • Normal

Diskette Configuration

• Default

• User Defined

• None

• Auto

Chooses the default or user defined settings for the

extended configuration options.

Auto: automatically detects a SATA hard disk drive.

If automatic detection is successful, values for the

drive specifications are automatically filled in.

Options Description / Purpose

• Enabled

• Disabled

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows

• Write Protect

• Enable

• Disable

• Disabled

• 360 KB 5¼”

• 1.2 MB 5¼”

• 720 KB 3½”

• 1.44 MB 3½”

• 2.88 MB 3½”

Disables or enables system fan control.

[None] if no drive is installed.

Boot sector VIRUS protection

Selects the floppy drive type.

Floppy Type Advanced >

Floppy Configuration

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• 1.44MB

• 2.88MB

Selects the floppy drive type.

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Force On-board LAN Disable

This BIOS setting is present only on boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology.

Maintenance • Enabled

• Disabled

Forces onboard LAN and all Active Management

Technology features to disabled.

Fourth SATA Master Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Frame Buffer Size Advanced > Video

Configuration

Front Fan Speed Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

Front Panel 1394 Port 1

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include front panel IEEE 1394 capability.

Front Panel 1394 Port 2

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include front panel IEEE 1394 capability.

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows

[None] if no drive is installed.

• 1 MB

• 8 MB

• 16 MB

Options may vary depending on board model.

No changeable options

• 1394A

• 1394B

• 1394A

• 1394B

Sets the frame buffer size.

Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory

locked by the BIOS for video. A larger frame buffer size

should result in higher video performance.

Displays front fan speed.

Sets the IEEE 1394 mode for the front panel 1394 Port.

Front Side Bus (FSB) Frequency

Main No changeable

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Gateway Address Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

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Displays the Front Side Bus (FSB) Frequency options

Options Description / Purpose

User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Halt On Boot • All Errors

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Hard Disk Drives Boot No changeable

Hard Disk Pre-Delay Advanced > Drive

Boot Lists all installed

Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

• No Errors

• All, But Keyboard

hard drive devices

options

• Disabled

• 3 Seconds

• 6 Seconds

• 9 Seconds

• 12 Seconds

• 15 Seconds

• 21 Seconds

• 30 Seconds

Used to configure what types of POST errors will halt

the system boot.

Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives

Opens the Hard Disk Drives sub-menu where you may

specify the boot sequence from the available hard

disk drives.

Causes the BIOS to insert a delay before attempting to

detect IDE drives in the system.

Hard Drive Power > APM • Enabled

• Disabled

Hard Drive Order Boot Lists all installed

hard drive devices

HD Audio Link and BP/FP Audio out

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

HDD Self Diagnostic Advanced > Boot

High Definition Front Panel Audio

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include High Definition Audio.

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Advanced > Drive Configuration

Configuration Advanced >

Peripheral Configuration

• Enable Both

• Disable Both

• Disable Only BP/FP Audio

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables power management for hard disks during APM

standby mode.

Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives (used when

Boot Menu type is set to normal)

Enable Both: Allow audio output to both the Back

Panel/Front Panel and HD Audio Link

Disable Both: Dsiable both audio out streams

Disable Only BP/FP Audio: Only HD audio content through

the HD Audio Link

Enable or Disable support for the hard disk's S.M.A.R.T.

(Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology)

capability. S.M.A.R.T. is supported by all current hard disks

and allows the early prediction and warning of impending

hard disk failures.

You should enable it if you want to use S.M.A.R.T.-aware

utilities to monitor the hard disk's condition.

Enables or disables Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting

Technology (SMART).

Enables or disables High Definition Front Panel Audio

High Precision Timer Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

High Speed USB Advanced > USB

Configuration

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• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables or disables HPET (High Precision Event Timer)

support. For more information, refer to

http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture/hpetspec.htm.

Disable this option when a USB 2.0 driver is not available.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Host Burn-in Mode Advanced >

Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode

• Default

• -2.0%

• -1.0%

• +1.0%

• +2.0%

• +3.0%

• +4.0%

• +5.0%

• +6.0%

• +7.0%

• +8.0%

• +9.0%

• +10.0%

This setting alters host clock frequencies.

Warning: This setting is intended for validation and test

purposes only. Altering clock frequencies may reduce

system stability and/or the useful life of the system and

processor. Operation at settings beyond component

specification is not covered by Intel component warranties.

If any problems occur during operation at non-default

settings, reset the board to default values.

Host Burn-in Mode Percentage

Host Burn-in Mode Type

Host Spread Spectrum

HPET Advanced >

Hyper-Threading Technology

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that support HyperThreading Technology if a processor supporting HyperThreading Technology is installed.

Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode

Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode Advanced > Chipset Configuration

Chipset Configuration

Performance > Bus Overrides

Main • Enabled

Options are dependent on board and processor models; may be set up to 30%.

• Positive

• Negative

• Down

• Center

• Enabled

• Disabled

Allows you to change the speed of the processor in terms

of percentage; either positive or negative.

Reads the percentage set in Host Burn-in Mode

Percentage as either a positive number (increases speed)

or a negative number (decreases speed).

Adjust the mean frequencies for core system clocks.

Requires additional POST time.

Enables or disables HPET (High Precision Event Timer)

support. For more information, refer to

http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture/hpetspec.htm.

Enables or disables Hyper-Threading Technology.

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

ICH Temperature Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

IDE Auto-Detection Advanced > Drive

Configuration

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Options Description / Purpose

No changeable options

Displays temperature in the ICH zone.

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the exact location of this sensor.

Pressing Enter auto-detects the specs of the drive (size, cylinders, heads, etc.)

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Idle Time Out Intel® ME > Intel®

Management Engine Configuration

User defined A value between

idle time before Intel® ME will sleep.

Default value is 0. With this setting, Intel® ME will not sleep, with no power savings.

This option is present only if “Turn on Intel® ME in Sleep States” is enabled.

0 and 65535. Sets the number of minutes of

IGD Aperture Size Advanced > Video

Configuration

• 4MB

• 8MB

• 16MB

• 32MB

• 128MB

• 256MB

Options may vary depending on board model.

IGD DVMT Memory Advanced > Video

Configuration

• 32MB

• 64 MB

• 128 MB

• Maximum DVMT

Inactivity Timer Power > APM • Off

• 1 Minute

• 5 Minutes

• 10 Minutes

• 20 Minutes

• 30 Minutes

• 60 Minutes

• 120 Minutes

Establishes the maximum amount of system memory that the Operating System can use for video memory. This is primarily used for buffering textures for the AGP video device.

Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 (DVMT 3.0) allows additional memory to be allocated for graphics usage based on application need. Once the application is closed, the memory that was allocated for graphics usage is then released and made available for system use.

Maximum DVMT allows up to 224 MB of memory to be allocated for graphics.

Specifies the amount of time before the computer enters APM standby mode.

Intel Enhanced Debug

Intel Rapid BIOS Boot

Intel® AMT IDER Operation

This BIOS setting is present only on D945G boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology.

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Maintenance • Enabled

• Disabled

Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

Advanced > Management

• Enabled

• Disabled

Configuration

Processor option RECOMMENDED by the Netburst BIOS writer's guide for allowing operating system level debug of system issues that may be processor related.

Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting.

Enables or disables IDE Redirect (IDER).

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Intel® AMT SOL Operation

Advanced > Management Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only on D945G boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology.

• Automatic

• Enabled

• Disabled

Allows Serial Over LAN (SOL) to be forced enabled or disabled. Rate is set to115200 baud.

Intel® ME After Power Failure

Intel® Quick Resume Technology

This BIOS setting is present only on boards supporting Intel® Viiv˜ Technology.

Intel® RAID Technology

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include support for RAID.

Intel® VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel® ME > Intel® Management

• Power On

• Stay Off Engine Configuration

Power • Enabled

• Disabled

Advanced > Drive Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

Security • Enabled

• Disabled

Determines mode of operation if power loss occurs.

Stay Off: Intel® ME will remain off once power is restored.

Power On: Restores ME to the power on state.

Enables or disables Intel® Quick Resume Technology. For more information, refer to http://support.intel.com/support/entertainment/viiv/qrt.htm.

Enables or disables Intel® RAID technology. If you plan on configuring your system for Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, enable this setting before installing your operating system. For additional information, refer to http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-

012075.htm.

Enables or disables Intel® VT for Directed I/O.

For more information, refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/magazine/45nm/vtd-

0507.htm

Internal Temp Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

Interrupt (for the

Parallel Port)

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only when Parallel Port is set to Enabled

Interrupt (for the Serial Port)

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only when Serial Port A is set to Enabled

IOAPIC Enable Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

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No changeable options

• IRQ 5

• IRQ 7

• IRQ 3

• IRQ 4

• Enabled

• Disabled

Reads the thermal sensor in the Heceta chip itself

Specifies the interrupt for the parallel port, if Parallel Port is Enabled.

Specifies the interrupt for serial port A if serial port A is enabled.

Enables or disables I/O Programmable Interrupt Controller.

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IP Address

Manageability

User defined Press <Enter> to edit the IP address for the client system.

This setting editable only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set to

No.

ISA Enable Bit Advanced >

Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

Chipset Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Keyboard Select Power • Disable

Options Description / Purpose

• Keyboard 1

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

L2 Cache RAM Main No changeable

Language Main • English

LBA Mode Control

This BIOS setting is present only if an IDE device is installed.

Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA

Options Description / Purpose

options

• French No changeable

options

Some older expansion devices require this to be enabled.

Select Keyboard 1 to allow a PS/2 keyboard to wake the system from the S5 state.

Displays the size of second-level processor cache.

Selects the current default language used by the BIOS.

Specifies LBA mode control.

Legacy Front Panel Audio

Legacy IDE Channels Advanced > Drive

Legacy USB Support Advanced > USB

Limit CPUID MaxVal Advanced > Boot

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

• PATA Pri only

• PATA Sec only

• PATA PRI and Sec

• SATA P0/P1 only

• SATA P0/P1, PATA Sec

• SATA P0/P1, PATA Pri

Options may vary depending on board model.

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

When enabled, the system assumes that a High Definition audio connector is not present in the system (Legacy audio is present)

When disabled, the system assumes that a High Definition audio connector is present in the system.

Configures PATA and SATA resources for OS requiring legacy IDE operation.

PATA = Parallel ATA SATA = Serial ATA

Enables support for legacy USB.

Enable for legacy operating systems to boot processors with extended CPUID functions.

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Link Stability Algorithm

Load Custom Defaults Exit No changeable

Load Optimal Defaults Exit No changeable

Location Info Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to edit the location information for the client

Advanced > PCI Express Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

options

Used for verifying PCIe Link is up and running for x16 slot for x16 graphics cards and is part of the Intel Chipset BIOS Spec documentation for 915/925.

Loads the custom defaults for Setup options.

Loads optimal defaults.

system.

Location information is used to identify specific client computers in the server management console during client management, image/package management, and abnormal alerts processes. It is recommended that client information allow the administrator to easily identify the physical location of the computer.

Lowest Fan Speed Advanced > Fan

Control Configuration

Advanced > Boot Configuration

Lowest System Fan Speed

Advanced > Fan Control Configuration

Advanced > Boot Configuration

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Manageability Feature Intel® ME > Intel®

Management Engine Configuration

• Slow

• Off

• Slow

• Off

Options Description / Purpose

• None

• Intel® AMT

• ASF

This option defines the fan speed at the lowest system temperature.

Slow allows the system fans to continue to run at a reduced speed at low system temperatures.

Off turns off the fans at low system temperatures.

This option defines the system fan speed at the lowest system temperature.

Slow allows the fans to continue to run at a reduced speed at low system temperatures.

Off turns off the system fans at low system temperatures.

Intel® AMT enables Intel® Active Management

Technology - for more information, refer to http://www.intel.com/go/amt/.

ASF enables ASF Support - For more information, refer to http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-

010502.htm.

Mark DMI Events As Read

Mark Events As Read Advanced > Event

Max CPUID Value Limit

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Advanced > Event Log Configuration

Log Configuration Advanced > Boot

Configuration

Default value is to enable/disable onboard LAN.

[Enter] Marks all DMI events in the event log as read.

[Enter] Clears all event logs and makes them accessible via

software only.

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enable for legacy operating systems to boot processors with extended CPUID functions.

None. With this setting, you are allowed

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Maximum Capacity Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

MCH Temperature Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

No changeable options

Displays the capacity of the drive.

Displays temperature in the MCH zone.

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the exact location of this sensor.

MCH Voltage Override

Memory Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only on Desktop Boards that support ECC memory when ECC DIMMs are installed.

Memory Correction

This BIOS setting is present only on Desktop Boards that support ECC memory when ECC DIMMs are installed.

Advanced > Chipset Configuration

• Default

• 1.525V

• 1.600V

• 1.625V

• 1.725V

Main • Non-ECC

• ECC

Advanced > Memory

• Non-ECC

• ECC Configuration or Performance > Memory Overrides

Allows you to set the MCH V_CORE voltage.

Allows you to turn error reporting on or off if the system and all the memory installed supports ECC (Error Correction Code).

Memory Frequency Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

Options depend on board model (can be from 333MHz to 800MHz)

Advanced > Memory Configuration

Memory Mode Main

No changeable options

Advanced > Memory Configuration

Memory Voltage Performance >

Memory Overrides

Multiple options ranging from 1.80 to 2.80

Microcode Revision Maintenance No changeable

options

Allows you to manually set the speed of your memory

Displays single or dual channel operation. See support.intel.com for dual channel memory configurations

Allows you to override the memory voltage.

Lists the processor microcode revision installed on the desktop board.

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Microsoft Away Mode Power • Enabled

• Disabled

Enables or disables Microsoft Away Mode Power Management for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Contact Microsoft for device driver support.

If Away mode is enabled, the computer enters Away mode instead of standby. The computer enters Away mode when you press the Power button on the remote control. This behavior also occurs when you press SLEEP on the keyboard. After the computer enters Away mode, the computer appears to be turned off. However, the computer is still running. For example, it can still perform functions such as record TV shows or serve Windows Media Extender sessions.

Mode Advanced >

Peripheral Configuration

Motherboard Temperature

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

• Output only

• Bi-directional

• EPP

• ECP

No changeable options

BIOS Setting Appears on

BIOS Screen…

Numlock Advanced > Boot

Configuration

NX Technology Security • Enabled

Options Description / Purpose

• Off

• On

• Disabled

Selects the mode for the parallel port. Not available if the parallel port is disabled.

Output Only operates in AT*-compatible mode.

Bi-directional operates in PS/2-compatible mode.

EPP is Enhanced Parallel Port mode, a high-speed bidirectional mode for non-printer peripherals.

ECP is Enhanced Capability Port mode, a high-speed bidirectional mode for printers and scanners.

Displays temperature in the remote thermal sensor zone.

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the exact location of this sensor.

Specifies the power-on state of the Numlock feature on the numeric keypad of the keyboard.

Enables or disables "No Execute" memory protection. For more information refer to http://www.intel.com/business/bss/infrastructure/security/xdbit.htm

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Obtain an IP Automatically

Onboard 1394

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard IEEE

1394.

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Manageability • No

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

Select Yes to enable DHCP

• Yes

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables or disables the onboard IEEE 1394.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Onboard Audio

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard audio.

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables or disables the onboard audio.

Onboard Chip SATA Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Onboard FDC Controller

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

Onboard LAN

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard LAN.

Onboard Video Memory Size

Advanced > Floppy Configuration Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Advanced > Video Configuration

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Parallel Port Advanced >

Peripheral Configuration

• IDE Controller

• SATA Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• 32MB

• 64MB

• 128MB

• 256MB

Options Description / Purpose

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Auto

IDE Controller - both IDE and SATA channels will be detected.

SATA Disabled - SATA channels will not be detected.

Enables or disables the floppy drive controller

Disables or enables booting from the network.

Enables or disables the onboard LAN.

Amount of system memory available for direct access by the graphics device.

Configures the parallel port.

Auto assigns LPT1 the address 378h and the interrupt IRQ7.

Partial Intel® AMT Reset

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Intel® ME > Intel® Management Engine Configuration

No changeable options

An * (asterisk) displayed next to an address indicates a conflict with another device.

Resets Intel® AMT to defaults, except PSKs (PPS/PID keys) Intel® ME admin password, domain name, host name and provisioning server details.

This option is only present if the system is Enterprise provisioned.

If this option is chosen, no other changes to Intel® ME configuration will be allowed. You must save and exit before more changes can be made to Intel® ME.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

PCI Burn-in Mode Advanced >

Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode

• Default

• 36.36 MHz

• 40.00 MHz

Enables the selection of specific PCI clock frequencies.

PCI Express Burn-in Mode

Advanced > Chipset Configuration >

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express

Burn-in Mode or Performance > Bus Overrides

slots.

PCI IDE Bus Master Advanced > Drive

Configuration

PCI Latency Timer Advanced >

Chipset Configuration or Performance > Bus Overrides or Advanced > Memory Configuration

PCI Slot x IRQ Priority Advanced > PCI

Configuration

• Default

• 101.32 MHz

• 102.64 MHz

• 103.96 MHz

• 105.28 MHz

• 106.6 MHz

• 107.92 MHz

• 109.24 MHz

• Disabled

• Enabled

• 32

• 64

• 96

• 128

• 160

• 192

• 224

• 248

• Auto

• 3

• 5

• 9

• 10

• 11

Enables the selection of specific PCI Express clock frequencies.

Allows a PCI device to initiate a transaction as a master.

Sets PCI latency time.

Allows selection of IRQ priority.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

PCIE x16 Link Retrain

This BIOS setting may be present on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots.

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Advanced > Video Configuration

Advanced > PCI Express Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

• GFX Card

• Disabled

• Enabled

Some special VGA cards, high-end hardware MPEG decoders etc. need to be able to look at the video card's VGA palette to determine what colors are currently in use. Enabling this feature turns on this palette "snoop".

This option is only very rarely needed. It should be left at Disabled unless a video device specifically requires the setting enabled upon installation.

Used to adjust configuration for devices such as PCIe graphics cards which may need accommodations to function properly when link training. Some PCI Express cards may not be detected properly. Link retraining allows the system to keep trying to train or detect and configure the card. This setting will increase boot time.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

PEG Allow > x1

Advanced > Chipset

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel®

Configuration > Burn-in Mode

Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots.

• Enabled

• Disabled

Enabling this option allows the system to link train PCI express devices of width x4, x8, and x16 in the GMCH x16 slot while leaving the Intel Integrated Graphics (PCIe graphics) enabled as well.

With this option disabled, all devices plugged into the GMCH x16 slot will link train as x1 PCIe devices if the Intel Integrated Graphics (PCIe graphics) controller is enabled.

PEG Negotiated Width

Advanced > PCI Express

No changeable options

Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots.

PIO Mode

This BIOS setting is present only if an IDE device is installed.

Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA

• Auto

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Plug & Play O/S Advanced > Boot

Configuration

• No

• Yes

Power Management Power > APM • Enabled

• Disabled

Preferred DNS Address

Intel® ME > Intel® Active

User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.

Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

Primary Display Adapter

Advanced > Video Configuration

• PCI

• Onboard

• PCI-E

Primary IDE Master Advanced > Drive

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows

Configuration

Primary IDE Slave Advanced > Drive

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows

Configuration

Primary Video Adapter

Advanced > Video Configuration

• Ext PCI Express

Graphics

• Ext PCI

• Auto

This option is read only and provides the link train width (x1, x4, x8, x16) of the PCIe device connected in the x16 PCIe slot.

This information is provided for determining performance issues with x4, x8, and x16 PCIe cards if they are inserted into the x16 PCI slot while the Intel Integrated video (PCIe graphics) is enabled and the "PEG Allow > 1" option is disabled.

Specifies the PIO mode.

Specifies if manual configuration is desired.

No lets the BIOS configure all devices in the system. This setting is appropriate when using a Plug and Play operating system.

Yes lets the operating system configure Plug & Play (PnP) devices not require

Enables or disables the APM feature.

Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display device that will be active when the system boots.

[None] if no drive is installed.

[None] if no drive is installed. Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display

device that will be active when the system boots.

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Options may vary depending on your configuration.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Processor Fan Speed Advanced >

Hardware

No changeable options

Monitoring

Processor Speed Main No changeable

options

Processor Stepping Maintenance No changeable

options

Processor Temp Advanced >

Hardware

No changeable options

Monitoring

Processor Thermal Margin

Advanced > Hardware

No changeable options

Monitoring

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards with certain processors installed.

Displays processor fan speed.

Displays processor speed.

Lists the stepping of installed processor.

Displays processor zone temperature.

Displays the processor's thermal specification minus its current temperature, giving you a general indication of how much hotter it can get before it is running hotter than what it is designed to handle.

Example:

Processor Thermal Margin = 10°C

This processor can get about 10°C hotter than it is currently running before it will exceed its thermal specification.

Processor Type Main No changeable

options

Processor Zone Damping

Processor Zone Response

Advanced > Fan Control

• High

• Normal

• Aggressive

• Normal

• Slow

Processor Zone Temperature

Advanced > Hardware

No changeable options

Monitoring

Provisioning Mode Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management

• Enterprise

• Small-Medium

Business Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration

Provisioning Server Address

Intel® ME > Intel® Active

User defined Enter the address of the Provisioning Server in dot-decimal

Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration

Provisioning Server Port

Intel® ME > Intel® Active

User defined Enter the port of the Provisioning Server. Port number

Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration

PXE Boot to LAN Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

Displays processor type.

To adjust acoustics for non-Intel® fan heatsink solutions. For more efficient fan heatsink solutions set the CPU Zone damping to

High.

To adjust acoustics for non-Intel® fan heatsink solutions.

For less efficient fan heatsink solutions, set CPU Zone Response to

Aggressive.

For more efficient fan heatsink solutions, set the CPU Zone Response to

Slow.

Displays processor zone temperature.

Configures the Intel® AMT provisioning mode.

Enterprise mode supports both HTTP Digest and TLS security, however this mode requires a provisioning server to function.

Small-Medium Business mode supports HTTP Digest only (no TLS support).

notation.

range 0 - 65535.

Disables or enables PXE boot to LAN.

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BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Ratio Actual Value Maintenance No changeable

Rear Audio Optical Output

Rear Fan Speed Advanced >

Recover to Checkpoint

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

Hardware Monitoring

Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to display available checkpoints. Select the

Options Description / Purpose

options

• Enabled

• Disabled

No changeable

options

Displays processor’s Bus Ratio.

If enabled, sends digital audio from the external TOSLINK to the internal header

Displays rear fan speed.

checkpoint to restore, and then press F10 to save and exit.

Allows you to reverse any changes made since the creation of any of the checkpoints currently on the computer. A Checkpoint is a saved status of the client hard disk. When the Intel® Platform Administrator Client is enabled, the user can create a checkpoint to save the current status for future recovery.

Remote Temp Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

Removable Device Priority

Removable Devices Boot No changeable

Removable Drive Order

Reset Intel® AMT to default factory settings

Boot Lists all installed

Maintenance No changeable

No changeable

options

removable devices

options

removable devices

options

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

S.M.A.R.T. Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

Options Description / Purpose

• Auto

• Disable

• Enable

Displays the temperature of the onboard remote thermal diode.

Allows you to set the boot order of removable devices (floppy drives, USB thumb drives, etc)

Opens the Removable Devices sub-menu where you may specify the boot sequence from the available removable devices.

Allows you to set the boot order of removable devices (floppy drives, USB thumb drives, etc) - used when Boot Menu type is set to normal.

Resets Intel® AMT to the default factory settings.

Enable or Disable support for the hard disk's S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology) capability. S.M.A.R.T. is supported by all current hard disks and allows the early prediction and warning of impending hard disk failures.

You should enable it if you want to use S.M.A.R.T.-aware utilities to monitor the hard disk's condition.

SATA AHCI Mode Advanced > Drive

Configuration

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• Enabled

• Disabled

Enables the SATA controllers in an "Advanced Host Controller Interface" mode that improves system performance if the drives attached support AHCI.

This setting will be auto enabled if the onboard RAID controller is enabled. NOTE: This changes the device class of the SATA controllers and can cause driver reload in the OS.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Save and Commit

Intel® ME Save and commit changes made to Intel® ME or Intel®

Settings Save Custom Defaults Exit No changeable

options

AMT. Saves the current values as custom defaults. Normally, the

BIOS reads the Setup values from flash memory. If this memory is corrupted, the BIOS reads the custom defaults. If no custom defaults are set, the BIOS reads the factory defaults.

Scan User Flash Area Boot • Disabled

• Enabled

SDRAM CAS# Latency

Advanced > Chipset Configuration

• 2.0

• 2.5

• 3.0

Advanced > Memory Configuration

SDRAM Frequency Advanced >

Chipset Configuration

• Auto

• 266 MHz

• 333 MHz

• 400 MHz

Advanced > Memory Configuration

SDRAM RAS Act. To Pre.

Advanced > Chipset Configuration

• 8

• 7

• 6

• 5

Advanced > Memory Configuration

SDRAM RAS# Precharge

Advanced > Chipset Configuration

• 4

• 3

• 2

Enables the BIOS to scan the flash ROM for user binary files that are executed at boot time.

Selects the number of clock cycles required to address a column in memory. Corresponds to CL.

Allows override of detected memory frequency value.

Selects length of time from read to pre-change. Corresponds to tRAS, min.

Selects the length of time required before accessing a new row.

SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay

SDRAM Timing Control

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Advanced > Memory Configuration Advanced > Chipset Configuration

Advanced > Memory Configuration

• 4

• 3

• 2

• Auto

• Manual –

Aggressive

• Manual – User

Defined

Selects the number of clock cycles between addressing a row and addressing a column. Corresponds to tRCD.

Auto allows timings to be programmed according to the memory detected.

Manual – Aggressive selects the most aggressive user defined timings.

Manual – User Defined allows manual override of detected SDRAM settings.

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

Second SATA Master Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Secondary IDE Master

Advanced > Drive Configuration

Secondary IDE Slave Advanced > Drive

Configuration

Secondary SATA Controller Mode

Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include a secondary SATA controller.

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows

[None] if no drive is installed.

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows

[None] if no drive is installed.

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows

[None] if no drive is installed.

• IDE

• RAID

Sets the mode for the secondary SATA controller. If RAID is selected, the Marvell* RAID driver must be installed

Secondary SATA Controller

Advanced > Peripheral

• Enabled

• Disabled

Configuration

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include a secondary SATA controller.

Secondary Video Adapter

Advanced > Video Configuration

• Ext PCI Express

Graphics

• Ext PCI

• Auto

Options may vary

depending on your

configuration.

Security Option Security • Setup

• System

Serial Port A Advanced >

Peripheral Configuration

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Auto

Enables or disables the secondary SATA controller.

Allows selecting a specific video controller as the secondary display device.

If you set a Supervisor or User password, selects whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter Setup

Configures serial port A.

Auto assigns the first free COM port, normally COM1, the address 3F8h, and the interrupt IRQ4.

An * (asterisk) displayed next to an address indicates a conflict with another device.

Set PRTC Intel® ME > Intel®

Active Management Technology Configuration > PRTC Configuration

Set Supervisor

Security Password can be

Password

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User defined Sets the Intel® AMT PRTC (Protected Real Time Clock).

Enter PRTC in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) format.

Specifies the supervisor password. up to seven alphanumeric characters.

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Set Supervisor

Security Password can be

Password

up to seven alphanumeric characters.

Specifies the Supervisor password.

The supervisor password gives unrestricted access to view

and change all Setup options. If only the supervisor

password is set, pressing <Enter> at the password prompt

of Setup gives the user restricted access to Setup. If both

the supervisor and user passwords are set, you must enter

either the supervisor password or the user password to

access Setup. Setup options are then available for viewing

and changing depending on whether the supervisor or user

password was entered.

Set User Password Security Password can be

up to seven alphanumeric characters.

Set User Password Security Password can be

up to seven alphanumeric characters.

Silent Boot Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

SOL/IDER Authentication Mode

Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management

• Kerberos only

• User Name and Password

Technology Configuration > SOL/IDER Configuration

Subnet Mask Intel® ME > Intel®

User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.

Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration

Subnet Mask

Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to edit the subnet mask for the client

This setting editable only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set to No.

Specifies the user password.

Specifies the User password.

Setting a user password restricts who can boot the

computer. The password prompt is displayed before the

computer is booted. If only the supervisor

password is set, the computer boots without asking for a

password. If both passwords are set, you can enter either

password to boot the computer.

Disabled displays normal POST messages.

Enabled displays OEM logo instead of POST messages.

Selects how IDER and SOL operation verify and secure

interfaces on LAN

system.

Supervisor Password Security No changeable

options

SW Single Processor Mode

Main • Enabled

• Disabled

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include support for dual core processors when a dual core processor is installed.

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Reports if there is a Supervisor password set.

Sets the processor mode for dual core processors.

Disabled: Dual Core processor will run in Dual Core mode.

Enabled: Dual Core processor will NOT run in Dual Core

mode.

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System Bus Speed Main No changeable

options

System Date Main Month, day, year Specifies the current date. System Fan Control Advanced > Boot

Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

Displays the system bus speed.

Allows the system fans to be controlled in order to optimize

acoustics . If disabled, system fans will run at 100%.

System Fan Speed Advanced >

Hardware Monitoring

System Memory Speed

System Time Main Hour, minute, and

System Zone 1 Temperature

System Zone 2 Temperature

Main No changeable

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

No changeable options

options

second No changeable

options

No changeable options

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Third SATA Master Advanced > Drive

Configuration

TLS Pre-Shared Key (PSK) PID

TLS Pre-Shared Key (PSK) PPS

Total Memory Main

Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

[drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows

User defined The PID is an 8 character alpha-numeric string in dash-

User defined The PPS is a 32 character alpha-numeric string in dash-

No changeable options

Displays system fan speed

Displays the system memory speed.

Specifies the current time.

Displays system zone 1 temperature.

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the

exact location of this sensor.

Displays system zone 2 temperature.

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the

exact location of this sensor.

[None] if no drive is installed.

separated format, e.g. ABCD-123K. Both PID and PPS

must be set to provide the ability to establish a secure TLS-

PSK session.

separated format, e.g. EGET-GZFF-C6A6-ORRR-HQXP-

C9JI-RJGB-KBS8. Both PID and PPS must be set to

provide the ability to establish a secure TLS-PSK session.

Displays the total amount of RAM.

Trusted Platform Module

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

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Advanced > Memory Configuration Advanced > Peripheral Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

Disables or enables Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

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Turn on Intel® ME in Sleep States

Intel® ME > Intel® Management Engine Configuration

• Never/Disabled

• Always/Enabled

This option determines the ACPI state that Intel® ME is in

when in ACPI sleep states.

Never disables management in ACPI sleep states.

Always enables management in ACPI sleep states.

Type Advanced > Drive

Configuration > SATA/PATA

• Auto

• User

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

UEFI boot Boot • Enabled

Unlock Intel(R) QST

USB 2.0 Advanced > USB

USB 2.0 Legacy Support

USB Boot Boot • Enabled

USB Controller Advanced > USB

Advanced > Fan Control Configuration

Configuration Advanced > USB

Configuration

Options Description / Purpose

• Disabled

• No

• Yes

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Full-Speed

• Hi-Speed

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE devices.

Auto fills-in capabilities from ATA/ATAPI device.

User allows capabilities to be changed.

Enables or disables Unified Extended Firmware Interface

(UEFI) Boot.

For more information, refer to: http://www.uefi.org/home

Yes option allows the fan control settings to be

changed using software.

Disabled will turn off all USB functionality. This feature

can be used for security purposes.

Configures the USB 2.0 legacy support to Full-Speed (12

Mbps) or Hi-Speed (480 Mbps).

Disables or enables booting from USB boot devices.

Disables or enables USB functionality.

USB Device Bootable Boot • Enabled

• Disabled

USB EHCI Controller Advanced > USB

Configuration

USB Function

This BIOS setting is present only when the BIOS configuration jumper is set to Maintenance mode.

USB Legacy Advanced > USB

USB Mass Storage Emulation Type

USB Ports Advanced > USB

Advanced > USB Configuration

Configuration Boot • Auto

Configuration

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Disabled

• All Removable

• All Fixed Disc

• Size

• Enabled

• Disabled

Disables or enables booting from USB boot devices.

Enables or disables high-speed USB transfers (USB 2.0)

Disables or enables USB functionality.

If Disabled, the Advanced > USB Configuration menu will

NOT include any changeable options. The menu will

appear blank.

USB Legacy support allows the BIOS to interact with a

USB keyboard, and in limited cases, a USB mouse.

Allows you to set the emulation type for USB drives.

Auto - relies on USB device design and media format to

set emulation type.

All Removable - set USB mass devices to emulate

removable drives. Master Boot Record format needed for

USB mass device.

All Fixed Disc - sets USB mass devices to emulate fixed

discs.

Size - sets emulation type based on media size.

Enables or disables all USB ports.

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USB ZIP Emulation Type

Use Automatic Mode Advanced > Drive

Advanced > USB Configuration

Configuration

• Floppy

• Hard Disk

• Enabled

• Disabled

Allows you to set the emulation type for USB Zip drives

Allows you to manually set the bootable devices

configuration for legacy operating systems (OS). Legacy

OS may only allow 4 devices, which means you must

choose to use the IDE controller as one of your 4 devices.

Use Maximum Multiplier

User access Level

This BIOS setting is present only if a supervisor password has been set.

User confirmation required

User Password Security No changeable

Maintenance • Automatic

• Disabled

Security • Limited

• No Access

• View Only

• Full

Security • No

• Yes

options

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

VA Configuration Interface

Security • Lock

Options Description / Purpose

• Unlock

Only for unlocked processors: either sets CPU speed to

minimum rated multiplier or rated multiplier (Speed)

Sets BIOS Setup Utility access rights for user level.

Select whether user confirmation is required to perform

changes using VA Configuration Interface. Valid for VA 3.0

only.

For more information, refer to:

http://www.intel.com/technology/magazine/computing/vPro-

security-0906.htm

Reports if there is a user password set.

Lock or unlock VA Configuration Interface. If locked, all

interface functions will return error. Valid for VA 3.0 only.

VA Operation Security • Enabled

• Disabled

Vccp

VCC

VCORE Voltage Advanced >

Video Repost

This BIOS setting is present only when ACPI Suspend State is set to S3.

View Event Log Advanced > Event

Advanced > Hardware Monitoring

Hardware Monitoring

Power > ACPI • Enabled

Log Configuration

No changeable options

• Disabled

[Enter] Press Enter to show all DMI Event logs.

For more information, refer to:

http://www.intel.com/technology/magazine/computing/vPro-

security-0906.htm

Enable or disable Virtual Appliance (VA) operation. Valid

for VA 3.0 only.

For more information, refer to:

http://www.intel.com/technology/magazine/computing/vPro-

security-0906.htm

Displays voltage level of the VCCP in supply

Displays the operating voltage of the processor.

Allows the video BIOS to be initialized coming out of the S3

state. Some video controllers require this option to be

enabled.

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VT Technology Security • Enabled

• Disabled

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

Wake on LAN from S5

This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard LAN.

Power > ACPI • Stay Off

Options Description / Purpose

• Power-On

Enables or disables Virtualization Technology. For more

information refer to

http://www.intel.com/technology/virtualization/index.htm

In ACPI soft-off mode only, determines how the system

responds to a LAN wake up event when the system is in

the ACPI soft-off mode.

Wake on Modem Ring Power • Stay Off

• Power-On

Wake on PCI PME Power • Stay Off

• Power-On

Wake on PS/2 Mouse from S3

Wake system from S5 Power • Enabled

Watchdog Timer Advanced >

Power • Stay Off

• Power-On

• Disabled

• Enabled

Chipset Configuration

• Disabled

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

XD Technology Security • Enabled

Options Description / Purpose

• Disabled

BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS

Screen…

ZIP Emulation Type Boot • Floppy

Options Description / Purpose

• Hard Disk

Specifies how the computer responds to an incoming call

on an installed modem when the power is off.

Determines how the system responds to a PCI PME wake

up event.

Determines how the system responds to a PS/2 mouse

wake up event.

Enable or disable System wake on alarm event. When

enabled, system will wake on the day/hour/minute/second

specified.

Enables or disables Watchdog timer.

Enables or disables "No Execute" memory protection. For

more information refer to

http://www.intel.com/business/bss/infrastructure/security/xdbit.htm

Allows you to set the emulation type for USB Zip drives

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