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BIOS Setup.................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................18
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................29
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................31

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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 prot ection 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) speci fication. Power management features are implemented via the System
Management Int errupt (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 specifi cation (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 speci fication.
DRAM Support
DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II 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
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.
General Hel p
Navi gati on Keys
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1 Main Menu
Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen
providing an overview of the basic system information.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Field
Select Field
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
Tab
F1
F10
ESC
Use [ENTER], [TAB]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a field.
Use [+] or [-] to
configure system Time.
System Overview
AMI BIOS
System Memory
[ :00:00]
System Date [Tue 01/01/2008]
Floppy A
> IDE Configuration
Version :01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/08
Size :
System Time 00
Exit

AMI BIOS
Shows systeminformation including BIOS version, built date, etc.
System Memory
Shows systemmemory size, VGA shard memory will be excluded..
System Time
Set the systeminternal clock.
System Date
Set the system date. Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the
date.
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Floppy A
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in /
2.88M, 3.5 in / None
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
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Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
IDE Confuguration
Configure SATA Channels [Before PATA]
Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec]
> SATA1 DEVICE
>
>
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
SATA2 DEVICE
SATA3 DEVICE
> SATA4 DEVICE
> IDE Channel 1 Master
> IDE Channel 1 Slave
ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Options
Disabled
Compatible
Enhanced

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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SATA1/2/3/4 Device; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Select the type
of device connected
to the system.
SATA1 Device
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
DMA Mode [Auto]
S.M.A.R.T [Auto]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Device :
Type [Auto]

The BIOS detects the information and values of 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 trans fer.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled

PI O 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. This will be effective only if the device
is accessed through BIOS.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
Select the time out value for detecting IDE/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
Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Configure CPU. Advanced Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
> USB Configuration
> SuperIO Configuration
> Hardware Health Configuration
> Smart Fan Configuration
> Power Configuration
> CPU Configuration
Exit

CPU Configuration
This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Configure advanced CPU settings
Module Version:xx.xx
Manufacturer:Intel
Frequency :
FSB Speed :
Cache L1 :
Cache L2 :
Ratio Actual Value:
C1E Support [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled]
Execute-Disable Bit Capability [Enabled]
PECI [Disabled]
Core Multi-Processing [Enabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech [Enabled]
Options
Disabled
Enabled

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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 dat a 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

Adj acent Cache Line Prefetch
The processor has a hardware adjacent cache line prefet ch 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 Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects
your system from buffer overflow attacks.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
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PECI
This item allows you to control the PECI function for the processor which supports
Platform Environment Control Interface for better thermal management.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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

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

SuperIO Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Allows BIOS to Enable
or Disable Floppy
Controller
Configure ITE8712 Super IO Chipset
Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378]
Parallel Port Mode [Normal]
Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]
Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled]
Mouse PowerOn [Disabled]
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]

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Onboard Floppy Controller
Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses
no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Serial Port1 Address
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second seri al ports.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled

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

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
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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

Hardware Health Configuration
This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
Advanced
Hardware Health Configuration
H/W Health Function [Enabled]
Shutdown Temperature Function[Disabled]
CPU Temperature
CPU FAN Speed
CPU Vcore
Chipset Voltage
+3.30V
+5.00V
+12.0V
FSB Voltage
Memory Voltage
5V(SB)
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Enables Hardware
Health Monitoring
Device.

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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
Smart Fan Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
When you choice [Auto]
, please run the
calibration to define
the Fan parameters for
Smart Fan control
Smart Fan Configuration
CPU Smart Fan [Disabled]
Smart Fan Calibration
Control Mode
Fan Ctrl OFF( C)
o
Fan Ctrl On(C)
Fan Ctrl Start value
Fan Ctrl Sensitive
o

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/Systemfan speed.
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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 ()

Fan Ctrl Start Value
When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will
work under Smart Fan Functionmode.
Options: 0~127 ()

Fan Ctrl Sensitive
Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
Options: 1~127
Power Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
ACPI Settings
Advanced Resume Event Controls
Suspend mode [S1(POS)]
ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
ACPI APIC support [Enabled]
AMI OEMB table [Enabled]
Headless mode [Disabled]
Energy Lake Feature [Disabled]
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled]
USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 [Disabled]
High Performance Event Timer [Disabled]
Resume On PME# [Disabled]
Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]
RTC Alarm Date(Days)
Time
Resume On Ring [Disabled]
RTC Alarm
Options
S1 (POS)
S3 (STR)
Auto

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Suspend mode
The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.
Options: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Suspend
S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
Auto POS+STR

Repost Video on S3 Resume
The item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/STR
resume.
Options: No (Default) / Yes

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

AMI OEMB table
Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS toadd a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root
System Description Table (RSDT) table.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Headless mode
This is a server-speci fic 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
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APIC ACPI SCI IRQ
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4
This item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function.
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 Ring
This item allows you control the wake on ring function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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 i f applicable.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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

Note: This function will be effective only when the operating system finishes all
procedure of booting.
USB Configuration
This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
USB Configuration
USB Devices Enabled:
Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4
Legacy USB Support [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled]
> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration
Options
Disabled
Enabled
Auto

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

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
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USB Mass Storage Device Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Number of seconds
POST waits for the
USB mass storage
device after start
unit command.
USB Mass Storage Device Configuration
USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec]

Emulation Type [Auto]
Device #

USB Mass Storage Reset Delay
This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30Sec / 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 itselfuses when communicating with its own special components.

Notice
Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Clear NVRAM during
System Boot.
Advanced PCI/PnP Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
Plug & Play O/S [No]
PCI Latency Timer [64]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palette Snooping [Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]
> PCI Resource
> PCI Express Configuration
Clear NVRAM [No]
Exit

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 Window95. 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) trans fers.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
PCI Resource
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Available: Specified
IRQ is available to be
used by PCI/PnP
devices.
Reserved: Specified
IRQ is reserved for
use by Legacy ISA
devices.
PCI Resource
IRQ3 [Available]
IRQ4 [Available]
IRQ5 [Available]
IRQ7 [Available]
IRQ9 [Available]
IRQ10 [Available]
IRQ11 [Available]
IRQ14 [Available]
IRQ15 [Available]
DMA Channel 0 [Available]
DMA Channel 1 [Available]
DMA Channel 3 [Available]
DMA Channel 5 [Available]
DMA Channel 6 [Available]
DMA Channel 7 [Available]
Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]

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IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
These items will allowyou 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 cert ain memory size for speci fic PCI device.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K

PCI Express Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Enable/Disable
PCI Express L0s and
L1 link power
states.
PCI Express Configuration
Active State Power-Management[Disabled]
> SB PCIE Ports Configuration

Active State Power-Management
This item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices before the
operating system boots. This function is for OS which does not support ASPM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
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SB PCIE Ports Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
PCIE Ports Configuration
PCIE Port 0 [Auto]
PCIE Port 1 [Auto]
PCIE Port 2 [Auto]
PCIE Port 3 [Auto]
PCIE Port 4 [Auto]
PCIE Port 5 [Auto]
PCIE High Priority Port [Disabled]
PCIE Port 0 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
PCIE Port 1 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
PCIE Port 2 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
PCIE Port 3 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
PCIE Port 4 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
PCIE Port 5 IOxAPIC Enable [Disabled]
Options
Auto
Enabled
Disabled


PCI E Port 0/1/2/3/4/5
Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled

PCI E High Priority Port
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

PCI E Port 0/1/2/3/4/5 I OxAPI C Enable
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
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4 Boot Menu
This menu allows you to setup the system boot options.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Specifies the
Boot Device
Priority sequence.
Boot Settings
> Hard Disk Drives
> Removable Drives
> CD/DVD Drives
> Boot Settings Configuration
> Boot Device Priority
Exit

Boot Device Priority
Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available
devices. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the
number of devi ces 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
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Allows BIOS to skip
certain tests while
booting. This will
decrease the time
needed to boot the
system.
Boot Settings Configuration
AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]
Bootup Num-Lock [ON]
Quick Boot [Enabled]

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

AddOn ROM Display Mode
This item sets the display mode for option ROM.
Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current

Bootup Num-Lock
Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.
Options: ON (Default) / OFF
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5 Chipset Menu
This submenu allows you to configure the speci fic 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 withthe PCI bus.

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

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Advanced Chipset Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
> South Bridge Configuration
> North Bridge Configuration
Exit
Configure North Bridge
features

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North Bridge Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Chipset
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
North Bridge Chipset Configuration
PEG Port Configuration
Memory Hole [Disabled]
Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]
Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enabled,8MB]
PEG Port [Auto]
> Video Function Configuration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
PCI MMIO Allocation:
ENABLE: Allow
remapping of
overlapped PCI memory
above the total
physical memory.
DISABLE: Do not allow
remapping of memory.

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

Memory Hole
You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area
is reserved it cannot be cached. Check the user information of peripherals that need
to use this area of system memory for the memory requirements.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 15MB 16MB

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,8MB (Default) / Enabled,1MB
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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
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Video Function Configuration
DVMT/FIXED Memory [256MB]
Spread Spectrum Clock [Disabled]
DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode]
Options
Fixed Mode
DVMT Mode


DVMT Mode Select
This item allows you to select the DVMT mode.
Options: DVMT Mode (Default) / Fixed Mode

DVMT/FI XED 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

Spread SpectrumClock
This item allows you to control the spread spectrum clock.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
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South Bridge Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Chipset
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
South Bridge Chipset Configuration
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
Audio Controller [Azalia]
Onboard Lan Control [Enabled]
Onboard Lan Boot ROM [Disabled]
SMBUS Controller [Enabled]
SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width [1 to 2 seconds]
USB Functions [8 USB Ports]
MAC ID Information
Options
Disabled
2 USB Ports
4 USB Ports
6 USB Ports
8 USB Ports

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

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Onboard Lan Control
This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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 MACID.

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
Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system to malfunction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Advance Performance Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
CPU Frequency Setting [333]
PCIE Clock By [Auto]
CPU Voltage [Default]
FSB Voltage [Default]
Memory Voltage [Default]
DRAM Frequency [Auto]
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]
DRAM CAS# Latency [5]
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clocks]
DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM Clocks]
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precha [15 DRAM Clocks]
PCIE Frequency Setting [100]
Exit
Allows BIOS to Select
CPU Over Clock.
Note:
MIN = 100 MHZ
MAX = 800 MHZ

CPU Frequency Setting
This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.
Options: 333 (Default) / Min= 100MHz; Max= 800MHz
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
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CPU Voltage
This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control.
Options: Default (Default) / +5% / +10% / +15%
FSB Voltage
This item allows you to select FSB Voltage Control.
Options: Default (Default) / +0.1V / +0.2V / +0.3V
Memory Voltage
This item allows you to select Memory Voltage Control.
Options: Default (Default) / +0.1V / +0.2V / +0.3V / +0.4V / +0.5V / +0.6V /
+0.7V
DRAM Frequency
This item allows you to control the Memory Clock.
Options: Auto (Default) / DDR2 533Mhz / DDR2 667Mhz / DDR2 800Mhz
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
DRAM CAS# Latency
Options: 5 (Default) / 3 / 4 / 6
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay
Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 3 DRAM Clocks / 4 DRAMClocks /
5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Precharge
Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 3 DRAM Clocks / 4 DRAMClocks /
5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge
Options: 15 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 9 DRAM Clocks / 10 DRAM Clocks /
11 DRAM Clocks / 12 DRAM Clocks / 13 DRAM Clocks /
14 DRAM Clocks
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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.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Exit system setup
after saving the
changes.
F10 key can be used
for this operation.
Exit Options
Save Changes and Exit
Discard Changes and Exit
Discard Changes
Load Optimal Defaults
> Security
Exit

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
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
Install or Change the
password.
Security Settings
Supervisor Password :Not Installed
User Password :Not Installed
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
Exit

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