G41D3C BIOS Manual

BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1

1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3
2 Advanced Menu...................................................................................... 7
3 PCIPnP Menu....................................................................................... 17
4 Boot Menu............................................................................................. 19
5 Chipset Menu ....................................................................................... 22
6 Performance Menu .............................................................................. 27
7 Exit Menu ............................................................................................. 30

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BIOS Setup
Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup
program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic
system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS
RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power
is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output
devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the
first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some
additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning
options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS
Setup.

Plug and Play Support

This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification.

EPA Green PC Support

This 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
(APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System
Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are
supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by
this AMI BIOS.

ACPI Support
AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power
interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and
device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by
Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support
This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support
DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CPUs
This AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU.

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
use these keys to select item and change
the settings.

Notice
z

z
z

General Help
Navigation Keys

The 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 systems compatibility and stability. Use
Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu.
For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated.
The BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference only. The actual
BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual.
The content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. We will not be
responsible for any mistakes found in this users manual and any system damage that
may be caused by wrong-settings.

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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 information.
Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Use [ENTER], [TAB]

or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a field.

System Overview
AMI BIOS
Version
:01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/10
System Time
System Date

Exit

Use [+] or [-] to

configure system Time.
[ 00:00:00]
[Fri 01/01/2010]

> SATA/IDE Configuration

+Tab
F1
F10
ESC

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

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AMI BIOS
Shows system information including BIOS version, built date, etc.

System Memory
Shows system memory 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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SATA/IDE Configuration
The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a
sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter
the sub-menu of detailed options.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main
SATA/IDE Configuration
ATA/IDE Configuration
Configure SATA Channels
Legacy IDE Channels
Port0 SATA AHCI Speed:
>
>
>
>

Options
[Enhanced]
[Before PATA]
[SATA Pri, PATA Sec]

Disabled
Compatible
Enhanced

SATA1 Device
SATA2 Device
IDE Channel 1 Master
IDE Channel 1 Slave

Hard Disk Write Protect

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[Disabled]
[35]

Select Screen
Select Item
EnterGo to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit

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ATA/IDE Configuration
This item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller.
Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled
Configure SATA Channels
This item allows you to control the SATA channel configuration sequence.
Options: Before PATA (Default) / Behind PATA
Legacy IDE Channels
This item appears only when ATA/IDE Configuration is set to Compatible.
Options: SATA Pri, PATA Sec (Default) / SATA Only / PATA Pri, SATA Sec /
PATA Only

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SATA1/2 Device; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave
BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main
SATA1 Device
Device

Select the type

of device connected
to the system.

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]
+F1
F10
ESC

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

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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.
Type
Select the type of the IDE/SATA drive.
Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed
LBA/Large Mode
Enable or disable the LBA mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
Enable or disable multi-sector transfer.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
PIO Mode
Select the PIO mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
DMA Mode
Select the DMA mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

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S.M.A.R.T
Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled
32Bit Data Transfer
Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Hard Disk Write Protect
Disable or enable device write protection.
is accessed through BIOS.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

This will be effective only if the device

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

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

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2 Advanced Menu
The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power
Management, and other system devices.

Notice
z

Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.

Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Advanced Settings

Exit

Configure CPU.

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.
>
>
>
>
>
>

CPU Configuration
SuperIO Configuration
Hardware Health Configuration
Smart Fan Configuration
Power Configuration
USB Configuration
Select Screen
Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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CPU Configuration
This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Configure advanced CPU settings

Module Version:xx.xx

Options
Disabled
Enabled

Manufacturer:Intel
Frequency
:
FSB Speed
:
Cache L1
:
Cache L2
:
Ratio Actual Value:
C1E Support
Hardware Prefetcher
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
Max CPUID Value Limit
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech
Execute-Disable Bit Capability
Core Multi-Processing

[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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C1E Support
C1E is Enhanced Halt State function, this function helps to save power and
decrease heat by lowering CPU frequency while the processor is not working.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher
The processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements
and prefetches data and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are
likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with
memory reads.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
The processor has a hardware adjacent cache line prefetch mechanism that
automatically fetches an extra 64-byte cache line whenever the processor requests for
a 64-byte cache line. This reduces cache latency by making the next cache line
immediately available if the processor requires it as well.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit
When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID
instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Before it can do so, it must
first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. This
determines the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech
Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into several
parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi
interface systems.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Execute-Disable Bit Capability
This item allows you to configure the Execute Disabled Bit function, which protects
your system from buffer overflow attacks.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Core Multi-Processing
This item allows multi-processing function for multi-core processors.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

SuperIO Configuration
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Configure ITE8728 Super IO Chipset

Parallel Port Address
Parallel Port Mode
Parallel Port IRQ
Keyboard PowerOn
Mouse PowerOn
Restore on AC Power Loss

[378]
[Normal]
[IRQ7]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Power Off]

Allows BIOS to Select

Parallel Port Base
Addresses.

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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Parallel Port Address

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which
I/O Address.
Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled
Parallel Port Mode
This item allows you to 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
Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.
ECP Mode DMA Channel
This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA.
Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1

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Parallel Port IRQ
This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled
Keyboard PowerOn
This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key
Specific Key Enter
This item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set Specific Key.
Stroke Keys Selected
This item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set Stroke Key.
Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 /
Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6
Mouse PowerOn
This item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Restore on AC Power Loss
This setting specifies how your system should behave after 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) / Power ON / Last State

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Hardware Health Configuration
This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function
[Enabled]
Shutdown Temperature Function[Disabled]

Enables Hardware
Health Monitoring
Device.

CPU Temperature
SYSTEM Temperature
CPU Fan
System1 Fan
CPU Vcore
DDR Voltage
+12.0V
+5.00V
Chip Voltage
FSB Voltage
SB Voltage
5BSV

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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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
Shutdown Temperature Function
This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item is only
effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 60/140 / 65/149 / 70/158 / 75/167
/ 80/176 / 85/185 / 90/194

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Smart Fan Configuration
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Smart Fan Configuration

CPU Smart Fan
Smart Fan Calibration
Control Mode
Fan Ctrl OFF(oC)
Fan Ctrl On( oC)
Fan Ctrl Start value
Fan Ctrl Sensitive

[Disabled]

When you choice [Auto]

, please run the
calibration to define
the Fan parameters for
Smart Fan control

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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CPU Smart Fan

This item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function.
Options: Disabled (default) / Auto
Smart Fan Calibration
Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan
functions and show CPU/System fan speed.
Control Mode
This item provides several operation modes of the fan.
Options: Quiet / Performance / Manual
Fan Ctrl OFF()
If the CPU/System Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
Options: 0~127 ()
Fan Ctrl On()
CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.
Options: 0~127 ()

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Fan Ctrl Start Value
When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will
work under Smart Fan Function mode.
Options: 0~127 ()
Fan Ctrl Sensitive
Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
Options: 1~127

Power Configuration
Advanced
ACPI Settings
ACPI Version Features
ACPI APIC support
AMI OEMB table
Headless mode
Energy Lake Feature
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ
High Performance Event Timer

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ACPI v1.0]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]

Advanced Resume Event Controls

Resume On PME#
[Disabled]
Resume On RTC Alarm
[Disabled]
RTC Alarm Date(Days)
RTC Alarm Time

Enable RSDP pointers

to 64-bit Fixed System
Description Tables.
Different ACPI verison
has some addition.

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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ACPI Version Features

The item allows you to select the version of ACPI.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0
ACPI APIC support
This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced
Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support,
more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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AMI OEMB table
Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root
System 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 operation.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Energy Lake Feature
This item allows you control the energy lake feature.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ
Options:

Disabled (Default) / Enabled

High Performance Event Timer

This item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
HPET Memory Address
This item allows you to set the memory address of HPET.
Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h
Resume On PME#
When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI 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 (WOL) jumper on motherboard to
enable if applicable.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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Resume On RTC Alarm
When Enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)
alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
RTC Alarm Date (Days)
You can choose which date the system will boot up.
RTC Alarm Time
You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify.

USB Configuration
This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

USB Configuration

Options
Disabled
Enabled
Auto

Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled:
Legacy USB Support
USB 2.0 Controller Mode
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

[Enabled]
[HiSpeed]
[Enabled]

> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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Legacy USB Support

This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices
like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. This is a useful feature when using such
USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.
Microsoft DOS or Windows NT).
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto

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USB 2.0 Controller Mode
This item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller.
Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps
FullSpeed
USB 1.1-12Mbps
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off
This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI
hand-off feature.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
USB Mass Storage Device Configuration
Advanced

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]
Device #
Emulation Type

[Auto]

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

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec
Emulation Type
This item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device.
Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM

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3 PCIPnP Menu
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the
speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.

Notice
z

Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.

Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
T-Series

Advanced PCI/PnP Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
Clear NVRAM
Plug & Play O/S
PCI Latency Timer
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
Palette Snooping
PCI IDE BusMaster

[No]
[No]
[64]
[Yes]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]

IRQ3
IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ7
IRQ9
IRQ11

[Available]
[Available]
[Available]
[Available]
[Available]
[Available]

Exit

Clear NVRAM during

System Boot.

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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Clear NVRAM
This item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting Yes.
Options: No (Default) / Yes

Plug & Play OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence
(VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating
system like Window 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards.
For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware ), this option must set to NO.
Options: No (Default) / Yes

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PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes
over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus
before handing it over to another PCI device.
Options: 64 (Default) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

This item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card.
Options: Yes (Default) / No

Palette Snooping
Some old graphic controllers need to snoop on the VGA palette and then map it to
their display 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

This item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to
perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the
type of device using the interrupt. The option Available means the IRQ is going
to assign automatically.
Options: Available (Default) / Reserved

DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

These 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 (Default) / Reserved

Reserved Memory Size

This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K

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4 Boot Menu
This menu allows you to setup the system boot options.

Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Boot Settings
>
>
>
>

Exit

Specifies the
Boot Device
Priority sequence.

Boot Device Priority

Hard Disk Drives
Removable Drives
CD/DVD Drives

> Boot Settings Configuration

Select Screen
Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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Boot Device Priority

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

Hard Disk Drives

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. You
can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on
the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Removable Drives
The BIOS will attempt to arrange the removable drive boot sequence automatically.
You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that
appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

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CD/DVD Drives
The BIOS 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 screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

Boot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Boot
Boot Settings Configuration
Quick Boot
Full Screen LOGO Show
AddOn ROM Display Mode
Bootup Num-Lock
Interrupt 19 Capture
BOOT SUCCESS BEEP

[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Force BIOS]
[ON]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]

Allows BIOS to skip

certain tests while
booting. This will
decrease the time
needed to boot the
system.

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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Quick Boot
Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test
(POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Full Screen LOGO Show
This item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
AddOn ROM Display Mode
This item sets the display mode for option ROM.
Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current

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Bootup Num-Lock
Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.
Options: ON (Default) / OFF
Interrupt 19 Capture
Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to
Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
BOOT SUCCESS BEEP
When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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5 Chipset Menu
This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on
your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory
resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus.

Notice
z

Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.

Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Advanced Chipset Settings

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

Exit

Configure North Bridge

features

> North Bridge Configuration

> South Bridge Configuration

Select Screen
Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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North Bridge Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Chipset
North Bridge Chipset Configuration
Memory Remap Feature
PCI MMIO Allocation:

[Enabled]

Initiate Graphic Adapter

Internal Graphics Mode Select
IGD GTT Graphics memory size
PAVP Mode

[PEG/PCI]
[Enabled,32MB]
[No VT mode, 2MB]
[Lite]

PEG Port Configuration

PEG Port

[Auto]

ENABLE: Allow
remapping of
overlapped PCI memory
above the total
physical memory.
DISABLE: Do not allow
remapping of memory.

> Video Function Configuration

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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Memory Remap Feature

This item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI
memory above the total physical memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Initiate Graphic Adapter
This item allows you to enable or disable VGA controller.
Options: PEG/PCI (Default) / IGD / PCI/IGD / PCI/PEG / PEG/IGD
Internal Graphics Mode Select
This item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is
decided, this frame buffer size will also be fixed.
Options: Enabled,32MB (Default) / Enabled,64MB / Enabled,128MB / Disabled
PAVP Mode
GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support.
Options: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High

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PEG Port
This BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
Video Function Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Chipset
Video Function Configuration
DVMT Mode Select
DVMT/FIXED Memory

This setting is only

[DVMT Mode]
[256MB]

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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DVMT Mode Select

This item allows you to select the DVMT mode.
Options: DVMT Mode (Default) / Fixed Mode
DVMT/FIXED Memory Size
DVMT stands for Dynamic Video Memory Technology. This is an enhancement
of the unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. DVMT will set the optimum
amount of memory to be allocated for a balance between graphics and system
performance. DVMT dynamically respond to system requirements and applications
demands, by allocating the proper amount of display, texturing and buffer memory
after the operating system has booted.
Options: 256MB (Default) / 128MB / Maximum DVMT

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South Bridge Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Chipset
South Bridge Chipset Configuration

Options

USB Functions
USB 2.0 Controller
Audio Controller

[8 USB Ports]
[Enabled]
[Azalia]

Onboard Lan Control

Onboard Lan Boot ROM
MAC ID Information

[Enabled]
[Disabled]

SMBUS Controller

[Enabled]

SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width

[1 to 2 seconds]

Disabled
2 USB Ports
4 USB Ports
6 USB Ports
8 USB Ports

+F1
F10
ESC

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

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USB Functions
The item determines the number of functional USB port.
Options: 8 USB Ports (Default) / 6 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 2 USB Ports /
Disabled
USB 2.0 Controller
This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This Bios itself may/may not
have high speed USB support. If the Bios has high speed USB support built in,the
support will be automately turn on when high speed device were attached.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Audio Controller
This item allows you to select the Audio support.
Options: Azalia (Default) / All Disabled
Onboard Lan Control
This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Onboard Lan Boot Rom
This item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
MAC ID Information
This item shows the LAN MAC ID.
SMBUS Controller
This BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers for the SMBus.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width
Options:

1 to 2 seconds (Default) / 4 to 5 seconds / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to 3 seconds

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6 Performance Menu
This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices.
(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock
improperly may damage the device.)

Notice
z

Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.

Main

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Advance Performance Settings

WARNING: Please Clear CMOS if system no display
after overclocking.
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech
Ratio CMOS Setting
CPU Frequency Setting
PCIE Clock By
PCIE Frequency Setting
DRAM Frequency

[Enabled]
[ x11.5]
[266]
[Auto]
[100]
[Auto]

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

[Enabled]

Exit

Disabled: Disable GV3

Enabled: Enable GV3

Select Screen
Select Item
EnterGo to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit

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Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech

This item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving.
SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock
speed of the processor to be dynamically changed by software.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Ratio CMOS Setting

This item allows you to set the CPU ratio frequency.
Options: x11.5 / x6.0 ~ x11.0 (Differed by CPU)

CPU Frequency Setting

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.
Options: 266 (Default) / Min= 100MHz; Max= 600MHz

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PCIE Clock By
This item allows you to select the PCIE clock control
Options: Auto (Default) / Manual

PCIE Frequency Setting

This item allows you to select the PCIE clock control
Options: 100 (Default) / Min=100; Max=150

DRAM Frequency
This item allows you to control the Memory Clock.
Options: Auto (Default) /DDR3 800Mhz / DDR3 1066Mhz

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

Options:

Enabled (Default) / Disabled

DRAM tCL
Options:

7 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM tRAS
Options:

20 (Default) / 9 ~ 24

DRAM tRP
Options:

7 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM tRCD
Options:

7 (Default) / 3 ~ 10

DRAM tWR
Options:

8 (Default) / 3 ~ 15

DRAM tRFC
Options:

60 (Default) / 15 ~ 150

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DRAM tWTR
Options:

4 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

DRAM tRRD
Options:

4 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

DRAM tRTP
Options:

4 (Default) / 2 ~ 15

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

Advanced

PCIPnP

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot
Chipset
Performance

Exit Options

Exit

Exit system setup

after saving the
changes.

Save Changes and Exit

Discard Changes and Exit
Discard Changes

F10 key can be used

for this operation.

Load Optimal Defaults

> Security
Select Screen
Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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Save Changes and Exit

Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.

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

Load Optimal Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system
booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized for this
system.

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Security
This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Security Settings

Install or Change the

password.

Supervisor Password :Not Installed

User Password
:Not Installed
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check

Exit

[Full Access]
[Setup]

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

Select Screen
Select Item
Enter Change
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit

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Change Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from
making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a
password.
User Acess Level
This item allows supervisor to set the user level.
Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited
Change User Password
If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the
same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User
Password is set, the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be
able to change them.
Clear User Password
This item is for clearing user password.

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Password Check
This item is for setting the timing that checking password.
Options: Setup (Default) / Always
Boot Sector Virus Protection
This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect
the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function 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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