Biostar A740GM2 User guide

A740G M2+ BIOS Manual

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

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

2 Advanced Menu...................................................................................... 6

3 PCIPnP Menu....................................................................................... 16

4 Boot Menu............................................................................................. 19

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

6 Performance Menu .............................................................................. 31

7 Exit Menu ............................................................................................. 33

A740G M2+ BIOS Manual

BIOS Setup

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup

program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic

system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS

RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power

is turned o f f.

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 keybo ard, mous e, 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 thro ugh 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 Vers ion 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 c apabilities 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 s pec ific ation.

DRAM Support

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

Supported CPUs

This 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

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

zThe default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance

of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings,

please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use

Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu.

zFor better sys tem performance, the BIOS firmware is being continuo us ly upd ated.

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.

zThe content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice. We will not be

responsib le for any mistakes found in this user’s manual and any system damage that

may be caused by wrong-settings.

General Help

Navigation Keys

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen

providing an overview of the basic system information.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Field

Select Field

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

Tab

F10

ESC

Use [ENTER], [TAB]

or [SHIFT-TAB] to

select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to

configure system Time.

System Overview

AMI BIOS

[ :00:00]

System Date [Tue 01/01/2008]

Floppy A

> IDE Configuration

Version :01.01.01

Build Date:01/01/08

System Time 00

Exit

AMI BIOS

Shows system information including BIOS version and built date.

System Time

Set the system internal c loc k.

System Date

Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the

date.

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

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IDE Configuration

The BIOS will auto matically detec t the pres ence of IDE/S ATA 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

Select Screen

Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

Enter

F10

ESC

While entering setup,

BIOS auto detects the

presence of IDE

devices. This displays

the status of auto

detection of IDE

devices.

IDE Confuguration

> Primary IDE Slave

> SATA 1 Device

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

> SATA 2 Device

> SATA 3 Device

> SATA 4 Device

> SATA 5 Device

> SATA 6 Device

> Primary IDE Master

Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

F10

ESC

Select the type

of device connected

to the system.

Primary IDE Master

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 respec tive d evices, and these

info rmation and values are sho wn below to the name of the sub-menu.

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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

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 acc essed 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

zBeware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause

system to malfunction.

BIOS SETUP UTILIT

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance

Select Screen

Select Item

Go to Sub Screen

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

Enter

F10

ESC

Configure CPU.Advanced Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

> Hyper Transport Configuration

> CPU FID/VID Control

> SuperIO Configuration

> Smart Fan Configuration

> Hardware Health Configuration

> Power Configuration

> USB Configuration

> CPU Configuration

Exit

CPU Configuration

This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatic ally detects.

BIOS SETUP UTILIT

Advanced

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

F10

ESC

Enable/Disable

Secure Virtual Machine

Mode (SVM)

CPU Configuration

Module Version:

AGESA Version:

Physical Count:

Logical Count:

AMD CPU

Revision:

Cache L1:

Cache L2:

Cache L3:

Speed :

Current FSB Multiplier:

Maximum FSB Multiplier:

Able to Change Freq :

uCode Patch Level :

Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enabled]

PowerNow [Enabled]

ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled]

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Secure Virtual Machine Mode

Virtualization Tec hnology 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

PowerNow

This item allows you to enable or dis able the PowerNow power saving technology.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

ACPI SRAT Table

The operating system sc ans the ACPI SRAT at boot time and uses the information to

better allocate memory and sc hedule software threads for maximu m performance.

This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at

boot up, or not.

Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

Hyper Transport Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

F10

ESC

Hyper Transport Configuration

NODE0:PCI-X2 HT Link

Link Width [Auto]

Link Speed [Auto]

The Hypertransport

link will run at this

speed if it is slower

than or equal to the

system clock and the

board is capable.

Advanced

Link Speed

Options: Auto (Default) / 200MHz / 400MHz / 600MHz / 800MHz / 1GHz

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Link Width

Options: Auto (Default) / 8 Bit / 16 Bit

CPU FID/VID Control

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

F10

ESC

CPU FID/VID Control

Processor Voltage [Auto]

Processor Multiplier [Auto]

Advanced

Options

Processor Multiplier

This item allows you to co ntrol the CPU ratio and frequency.

Options: Auto (Default) / other items differ by CPU

Processor Voltage

This item allows you to control the CPU voltage.

Options: Auto (Default) / other items differ by CPU

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SuperIO Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Select Screen

Select Item

Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

Exit

F10

ESC

Allows BIOS to Enable

or Disable Floppy

Controller

Configure ITE8718 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]

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 serial 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.

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