Ai945c-I4 I945c-I4a Bios 081230

945GC-230/945GC-330 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................17
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................21
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................28
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................30
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BIOS Setup
Introduction
T he purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup
program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic
system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. T he power of CMOS
RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power
is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. T his system controls most of the input and output
devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the
first stag e o f 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.
T he rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS
Setup.
Plug and Pla y Support

T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification.
EPA Green PC Support

T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
APM Support
T his 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 man agement 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 pow er manag ement and
device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by
Microso ft, Intel and T oshiba.
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PCI Bus Support

T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconn ect) local bus speci fication.
DRAM S upport
DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
Supported CP Us
T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD 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 General Help
description of the selected item.
Navigation Keys for that particular menu Navigation Keys
are at the bottom right corner, and you can
use these keys to select item and ch ange
the settings.
Notice
z T he default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performan ce
of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings,
please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use
Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu.
z For better system perform ance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated.
T he BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference only. The actual
BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual.
z T he content of this manual is subject to be chang ed without notice. We will not be
responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s manual and any system damage that
may be caused by wrong-settings.
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1 Main Menu
Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen
providing an overview of the basic system inform ation.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit
Syste m Overview Use [ENTER], [TA B]

or [ SHIFT-TAB] t o
AMI B IOS sele ct a field.
Versi on :01.01.0 1
Build Date:01/01/0 8 Use [+] or [-] t o
conf igure system Time.
Syste m Memory
Size :
Syste m Time [ 00:00:00 ]
Syste m Date [ Tue 01/01/20 08]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
> IDE Configuratio n +- C hange Field
Ta b S elect Field
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
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AMI BIOS
Shows system information including BIOS version and built date.
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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IDE Configuration
T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a
sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter
the sub-menu of detailed options.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Main
IDE C onfuguration Options
ATA/I DE Configurat ion [Enabled] Disa bled

Enab led
> Pri mary IDE Mast er
> Primary IDE Slave
> SAT A 1 Device
> SAT A 2 Device
Hard Disk Write Pr otect [ Disabled]

IDE D etect Time Ou t (Sec) [ 35]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
En terG o to Sub Scr een
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
ATA/IDE Configuration
T his item allows you to activate AT A/IDE function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
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Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2 Device

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
Primary IDE Master Select the type

of device connected
Device : 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]
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these
information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu.
Type
Select the type of the IDE/SAT A 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
PIO Mode
Select the PIO mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
DMA Mode
Select the DMA mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5
S.M.A.R.T
Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled
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32Bit Data Transfer

Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer.
Hard Disk Write Protect

Disable or enable device write protection. T his 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/SAT A devices.
Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0
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2 Advanced Menu
T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re 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.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advan ced Settings Conf igure CPU.

WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions
may cause system to m alfunction.
> CPU Configuratio n

> Sup erIO Configur ation
> Har dware Health Configuratio n
> Sma rt Fan Config uration
> ACP I Configurati on
> USB Configuratio n
S elect Screen
S elect Item
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
CPU Configuration
T his item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.
B IOS SETUP U TILITY
Advanced
Conf igure advan ced CPU se ttings Disable d for Wind owsXP
Modu le Version: 3F.12
Manu facturer:In tel
Freq uency :
FSB Speed :
Cach e L1 :
Cach e L2 :
Rati o Actual Va lue:
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disab led]

Exec ute-Disable Bit Capab ility[Enabl ed] Sel ect Screen
Hype r Threading Technolog y [Enabl ed] Sel ect Item
+- Cha nge Option
F1 Gen eral Help
F10 Sav e and Exit
ESC Exi t
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Max CPUID Value Limit

When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID
instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Befo re it can do so, it must
first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. T his
determines the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.
Execute-Disable Bit Capability

T his item allows you to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects
your system from buffer overflow attacks.
Hyper Threading Technology

Enabled for Windows XP and Linux4 (OS optimized for Hyp er T hreading
T echnology) and disabled fo r other OS (OS not optimized fo r Hyper T hreading
T echnology).
SuperIO Configuration
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Confi gure ITE8718 Super IO Chi pset Allo ws BIOS to S elect

Seri al Port1 Bas e
Seria l Port1 Addre ss [ 3F8/IRQ4] Addr esses.
Paral lel Port Addr ess [ 378]
Par allel Port Mo de [ Normal]
Par allel Port IR Q [ IRQ7]
Keybo ard PowerOn [ Disabled]
Mouse PowerOn [ Disabled]
Resto re on AC Powe r Loss [ Power Off]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
Serial Port1 Address

Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 /Disabled
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Parallel Port Address

T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which
I/O Address.
Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled
Parallel Port Mode

T his 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

T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA.
Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1
Parallel Port IRQ

T his item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled
Keyboard Pow erOn

T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key
Specific Key Enter

T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.”
Stroke Keys Selected

T his 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
T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
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Restore on AC Power Loss

T his 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 O ff (Default) / Power ON / Last State
Hardware Health Configuration

T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Hardw are Health Co nfiguration Enab les Hardware

Heal th Monitorin g
H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Devi ce.
Shutd own Temperatu re [ Disabled]
CPU T emperature
SYSte m Temperature
SYSTE M Fan1 Speed

SYSTE M Fan2 Speed
CPU C ore
Chip Voltage S elect Screen
+3.30 V S elect Item
+5.00 V +- C hange Option
+12.0 V F1 G eneral Help
VTT V oltage F1 0 S ave and Exit
Memor y Voltage ES C E xit
5VSB
H/W Health Function

If with a monitoring system, the system will show PC health status during POST
stage.
Shutdow n Temperature
T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. This item is only
effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 70℃/158℉ / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 75℃/158℉
/ 80℃/158℉ / 85℃/158℉ / 90℃/158℉ / 95℃/158℉
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Smart Fan Configuration

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Smart Fan Configur ation When you choice [3Pin]

plea se run the
CPU S mart Fan [ Disabled] Smar t Fan Calibr ation
Smart Fan Calibrat ion to d efine the Fa n
Contr ol Mode o para meters for
Fan C trl OFF( C) Smar t Fan contro l
Fan C trl On(o C)
Fan C trl Start val ue
Fan C trl Sensitive
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
CPU Smart Fan

T his item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 3Pin
Smart Fan Calibration
Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan
fun ctions and show CPU/System fan speed.
Control Mode
T his item provides several operation modes of the fan.
Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual
Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ )
If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃)
Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.
Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃)
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Fan Ctrl Start Value

When CPU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/System fan will
work under Smart Fan Function mode.
Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1)
Fan Ctrl Sensitive

Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1)
ACPI Configuration
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
ACPI Configuration Chip set ACPI rel ated

Conf iguration se ttings
> Chi pset ACPI Con figuration
Suspe nd mode [ S1(POS)]
ACPI Version Featu res [ ACPI v1.0]
ACPI APIC support [ Enabled]
AMI O EMB table [ Enabled]
Headl ess mode [ Disabled]
Res ume On PME# [ Disabled]
Resume On LAN [Dis abled]
Res ume On Ring [ Disabled]
Res ume By RTC Al arm [ Disabled] S elect Screen
R TC Alarm Date (Days) [ 15] S elect Item
R TC Alarm Time [ 12:30:30] En terG o to Sub Scr een
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
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Chipset ACPI Configuration

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Chips et ACPI Confi guration Options
Energ y Lake Featur e [ Disabled] Enab led

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [ Disabled] Disa bled
USB D evice Wakeup From S3/S4 [ Disabled]
High Performance E vent Timer [ Disabled]
HPET Memory Addres s [ FED00000h]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
Energy Lake Feature

T his item allows you to enable or disable the Energy Lake technology feature.
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

T his item is used to set APIC ACPI SCI by IRQ.
USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function.
High Performance Event Timer

T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET.
HPET Memory Address

Options: Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h
Suspend mode
T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.
Options: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Suspend
S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM
Auto POS+STR
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Repost Video on S3 Resume

T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/ST R
resume.
Options: No (Default) / Yes
ACPI Version Features

T he item allows you to select the version of ACPI.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0
ACPI APIC support

T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced
Programmable Interrupt Controller). T he APIC provides multiprocessor support,
more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.
AMI OEMB table

Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root
System Description T able (RSDT ) table.
Headless mode
T his 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.
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.
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Resume On LAN
When “ Enabled”, LAN signal can awaken the system from Suspend mode.
Resume On Ring
T his item allows you control the wake on ring function.
Resume On RTC Alarm

When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock)
alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode.
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
T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
USB C onfiguration Enab les support for

lega cy USB. AUTO
Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 opti on disables
lega cy support i f
USB D evices Enable d: no U SB devices a re
conn ected.
Legac y USB Support [ Enabled]
USB 2 .0 Controller Mode [ HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled]
> USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration S elect Screen

S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
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Legacy USB Support

T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices
like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using such
USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.
Microso ft DOS or Windows NT).
USB 2.0 Controller Mode

T his 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

T his item allows you to enable support for op erating systems without an EHCI
hand-o ff feature.
USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds

POST waits for the
USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] USB mass storage
device after start
Device # unit command.
Emulation Type [Auto]
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
USB Mass Storage Reset Delay

T his item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec
Emulation Type
T his 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
T his section describes con figuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconn ect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the
speed o f the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.
Notice
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advan ced PCI/PnP S ettings Clea r NVRAM duri ng

Syst em Boot.
WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions
Clear NVRAM [ No]
Plug & Play O/S [ No]
PCI L atency Timer [ 64]
Alloc ate IRQ to PC I VGA [ Yes]
Palet te Snooping [ Disabled]
PCI I DE BusMaster [ Enabled]
OffBo ard PCI/ISA I DE Card [ Auto] S elect Screen
S elect Item
> PCI Resource +- C hange Option
> PCI Express Conf iguration F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
Clear NV RAM
T his item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting “Yes”.
Plug & P lay OS

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequen ce
(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.
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PCI Latency Timer

T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes
over. T he 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) / 0-255
Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA

T his 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.
PCI IDE BusMaster

T his item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onbo ard ID E controller to
perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers.
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding
the card.
Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6
OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ

T his item allows you to set IRQ of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter.
Options: Disabled (Default) / INT A / INTB / INT C / INTD / Hardwired
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PCI Resource
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
PCI Resource
Available: Specified
IRQ3 [Available] IRQ is available to be
IRQ4 [Available] used by PCI/PnP
IRQ5 [Available] devices.
IRQ7 [Available] Reserved: Specified
IRQ9 [Available] IRQ is reserved for
IRQ10 [Available] use by Legacy ISA
IRQ11 [Available] devices.
IRQ14 [Available]
IRQ15 [Available]
DMA Channel 0 [Available] Select Screen
DMA Channel 1 [Available] Select Item
DMA Channel 3 [Available] +- Change Option
DMA Channel 5 [Available] F1 General Help
DMA Channel 6 [Available] F10 Save and Exit
DMA Channel 7 [Available] ESC Exit
Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]
IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
T hese items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the
type of device using the interrupt. T he option “Available” means the IRQ is going
to assign automatically.
Options: Available (Default) / Reserved
DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the
type of device using the channel. T he option “ Available” means the channel is
going to assign automatically.
Options: Available (Default) / Reserved
Reserved Memory Size

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

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
PCIPnP
PCI E xpress Config uration Enab le/Disable

PCI Express L0s and
Activ e State Power -Management[ Disabled] L1 l ink power
stat es.
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
Active State Power-Management

T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the
operating system boots. T his function is for OS which does not support ASPM.
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4 Boot Menu
T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the

Boot Device
Prio rity sequenc e.
> Boo t Device Prio rity
> Har d Disk Drives
> Rem ovable Drives
> CD/ DVD Drives
Quick Boot [ Enabled]

Quiet Boot [ Disabled]
Full Screen LOGO S how [ Enabled]
AddOn ROM Display Mode [ Force BIOS] S elect Screen
Bootu p Num-Lock [ ON] S elect Item
PS/2 Mouse Support [ Auto] En terG o to Sub Scr een
Wait For ’ F1’ If Error [Enabled] F1 G eneral Help
Hit ’ DEL’ Message Display [ Enabled] F1 0 S ave and Exit
Inter rupt 19 Captu re [ Disabled] ES C E xit
BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [ Enabled]
Boot De vice Priority

Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available
devices. T he number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the
number of devi ces installed in the system.
Options: Removable / Hard Disk / CDROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled
Hard Disk Drives

T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. You
can also ch ange the booting sequence. T he number of device items that appears on
the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.
Options: Pri. Master / Pri. Slave / Sec. Master / Sec. Slave / USB HDD0 /
USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-in Cards
Removable Drives
T he 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.
Options: Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 / USB-ZIP1 / LS120
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CD/DV D Drives
T he 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.
Options: Pri. Master / Pri. Slave / Sec. Master / Sec. Slave / USB CDROM0 /
USB CDROM 1
Quick Boot
Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Sel f-T est
(POST ) to execute after you power up the computer.
Quiet Boot
Disabled: Displays normal POST messages. Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of
POST messages.
Full Screen LOGO Show

T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
AddOn ROM Display Mode

T his 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
PS/2 Mouse Support

T his BIOS featu re det ermines if the BIOS should reserv e IRQ12 for the PS/2 mouse
or allow other devices to make use of this IRQ.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled
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Wait for ‘F1 ’ If Error

T his BIOS feature controls the system's response when an error is detected during
the boot sequence.
Hit ‘DEL’ Message Displa y

T his BIOS feature allows you to control the display o f the Hit “ DEL” to enter Setup
message during memory initialization.
Interrupt 19 Capture
When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
BOOT S UCCESS BEEP

When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep.
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5 Chipset Menu
T his submenu allows you to configure the speci fic features of the chipset installed on
your system. T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory
resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus.
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Advan ced Chipset S ettings Conf igure North Bridge

feat ures.
WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec itons
> Nou th Bridge Con figuration

> Sou th Bridge Con figuration
Onboa rd LAN [Enabled]
Onboa rd LAN ROM [Disabled]
MAC I D Information :
S elect Screen
S elect Item
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
North Bridge Configuration

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Chips et
North Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options
DRAM Frequency [Auto] Auto

Confi gure DRAM Tim ing by SPD [Enabled] 400 Mhz
DRA M CAS# Latenc y [5] 533 Mhz
DRA M RAS# to CAS # Delay [6 DRAM Clo cks]
DRA M RAS# Precar ge [6 DRAM Clo cks]
DRA M RAS# Activa te to Precha [15 DRAM Cl ocks]
Memor y Hole [Disabled]
Initi ate Graphic A dapter [PCI/IGD]
Inter nal Graphics Mode Select [Enabled,8M B] S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
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DRAM Frequency
T his item allows you to set the frequ ency o f DRAM..
Options: Auto (Default) / 400MHz / 533MHz
Configure DRAM timing by SPD

T his item allows you .to determine DRAM timing by SPD
DRAM CAS# Latency

Options: 5 (Default) / 3 / 4 /6
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 2 ~ 5DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Precharge

Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 2 ~ 5DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge

Options: 15 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 4 ~ 14 DRAM Clocks
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 o f system memory for the memory requirements.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 15MB-16MB
Initiate Graphic Adapter

T his item allows you to enable or disable VGA controller.
Options: PCI/IGD (Default) / IGD
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Internal Graphics Mode Select

T his item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is
decided, this frame bu ffer size will also be fixed.
Options: Enabled, 8MB (Default) / Enabled,1MB / Disabled
South Bridge Configuration

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Chips et
South Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options

USB F unctions [8 USB Port s] Disa bled
USB 2 .0 Controller [Enabled] 2 US B Ports
Audio Controller [Auto] 4 USB Po rts
SMBUS Controller [Enabled] 6 US B Ports
8 US B Ports
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
USB Functions
T he item determines the activation of USB port.
Options: 8 USB Ports (Default) / 2 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 6 USB Ports /
Disabled
USB 2.0 Controller

T his 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, the
support will be automatically turned on when high speed devices were attached.
Audio Controller
T his item allows you to control the Audio support.
Options: Auto (Default) / Always Disabled
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SMBUS Controller
T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus.
Onboard LAN
T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.
Onboard LAN ROM

T his item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
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6 Performance Menu
T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices.
(Howev er, we suggest you use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock
improperly may damage the device.)
Notice
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Perfo rmance Settin gs Adju st CPU & Mem ory

> Vol tage Configur ation
CPU F requency [ 133]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
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Voltage Configuration
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Perfo rmance
Volta ge Configurat ion Chan ge CPU volta ge

valu e.
CPU O vervoltage [ 100%]
Memor y Overvoltage [ 1.95V]
Chips et Overvoltag e [ 100%]
Vtt O vervoltage [ 100%]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
+- C hange Option
F1 G eneral Help
F1 0 S ave and Exit
ES C E xit
CPU Ov ervoltage
T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control.
Options: 100% (Default) /102% / 104% / 106%
Memory Overv oltage

T his item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control.
Options: 1.90V (Default) / 1.95V
Chipset Overv oltage

T his item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control.
Options: 100% (Default) /102% / 104% / 106%
Vtt Ov erv oltage

T his item allows you to select Vtt Voltage Control.
Options: 100% (Default) /102% / 104% / 106%
CPU Frequency
T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.
Options: 133 (MHz) (Default) / 133-600
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7 Exit Menu
T his menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the
changes to the BIOS items.
BIOS SETU P U TILITY
Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit
Exit Options Exit system setup

after saving the
Save Changes a nd Exit changes.
Discard Change s and Exit
Discard Change s F10 key can be used
for this operation.
Load Optimal D efaults
Security Setti ngs

> Security S elect Screen
S elect Item
EnterG o to Sub Screen
F1 G eneral Help
F10 S ave and Exit
ESC E xit
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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

T his selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system
booting sequence. T hese con figurations are facto ry settings optimized fo r this
system.
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Security
T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password.
BIOS SETU P U TILITY
Exit
Security Setti ngs Install or Change the

password.
Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installe d
User Password :Not Installe d
Change Supervi sor Password

Change User Pa ssword
Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Dis abled]
S elect Screen
S elect Item
EnterC hange
F1 G eneral Help
F10 S ave and Exit
ESC E xit
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Change Supervisor Passw ord

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.
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.
Boot Sector Virus Protection

T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect
the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. If this fun ction is enabled and an attempt is made to
write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and
sound an alarm beep.
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BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1

Plug and Pla y Support

EPA Green PC Support

PCI Bus Support

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

Syste m Overview Use [ENTER], [TA B]

BIOS S ETUP UTILITY

IDE C onfuguration Options

ATA/I DE Configurat ion [Enabled] Disa bled

Hard Disk Write Pr otect [ Disabled]

Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2 Device

Primary IDE Master Select the type

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Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

32Bit Data Transfer

Hard Disk Write Protect

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Advan ced Settings Conf igure CPU.

> CPU Configuratio n

Max CPUID Value Limit [Disab led]

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Max CPUID Value Limit

Execute-Disable Bit Capability

Hyper Threading Technology

Confi gure ITE8718 Super IO Chi pset Allo ws BIOS to S elect

Serial Port1 Address

Parallel Port Address

Parallel Port Mode

ECP Mode DMA Channel

Parallel Port IRQ

Keyboard Pow erOn

Specific Key Enter

Stroke Keys Selected

Restore on AC Power Loss

Hardware Health Configuration

Hardw are Health Co nfiguration Enab les Hardware

SYSTE M Fan1 Speed

H/W Health Function

Smart Fan Configuration

Smart Fan Configur ation When you choice [3Pin]

CPU Smart Fan

Fan Ctrl On(℃ )

Fan Ctrl Start Value

Fan Ctrl Sensitive

ACPI Configuration Chip set ACPI rel ated

Chipset ACPI Configuration

Chips et ACPI Confi guration Options

Energ y Lake Featur e [ Disabled] Enab led

Energy Lake Feature

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4

High Performance Event Timer

HPET Memory Address

Repost Video on S3 Resume

ACPI Version Features

ACPI APIC support

AMI OEMB table

Resume On RTC Alarm

RTC Alarm Date (Days)

RTC Alarm Time

USB C onfiguration Enab les support for