Biostar A760GE - BIOS Manual - page 13
A780GE/A760GE/A780LE/A785GE BIOS Manual
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Power Configuration
BIOS S ETUP UTILITY
Advanced
vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc.
S elect Screen
S elect Item
C hange Option
G eneral Help
S ave and Exit
E xit
+-
F1
F1 0
ES C
Sele ct the ACPI
stat e used for
Syst em Suspend.
ACPI Settings
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]
RTC R esume [ Disabled]
RTC A larm Date(Day s)
T ime
USB W akeup From S3 /S4 [ Disabled]
Power On by LAN [ Disabled]
Resum e On RING [ Disabled]
RTC A larm
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
S1 & S3
POS+STR
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.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
AM I OEM B 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.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Summary of A760GE - BIOS
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu............................
Page 2: Bios Setup
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 1 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...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 2 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...
Page 4: 1 Main Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 3 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 vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 4 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 to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Bios s etup utility main vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 5 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. Opti...
Page 7: 2 Advanced Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 6 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 setu p u ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 7 secure virtual m achine m ode virtualization t echnology can virtually separate your system resou rce into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems. Options: enabled (default) / disabled powernow t ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 8 superio conf iguration bios setu p u tility advan ced vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 esc allows bios to enable or disable floppy controller co...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 9 ecp m ode dm a 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 po...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 10 smart fan conf iguration bios setu p u tility advan ced vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 esc when you choice [auto] ,[3pin] or [4pin], please r...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 11 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. O...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 12 power configuration bios s etup utility advanced vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c sele ct the acpi stat e used for syst em suspend. Acp...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 13 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. Options: disa...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 14 usb configuration t his item shows the usb controller and using usb device information. 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 es...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 15 usb m ass storage dev ice 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 number of seconds post waits for the usb mass ...
Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 16 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 compo...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 17 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) ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 18 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...
Page 20: 4 Boot Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 19 4 boot menu t his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et perfo rmance vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub scr een g eneral help...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 20 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:...
Page 22: 5 Chipset Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 21 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. Bi...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 22 internal graphics configuration bios setu p u tility chipset vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 esc internal graph ics configuration uma frame bu...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 23 pci express configuration bios setu p u tility chipset vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item u pdate g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 f10 esc pci express co nfiguration > port #02 fea tures > nb-sb...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 24 link width options: auto (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 slot power limit, w options: 75 (default) / 0-255 nb-sb port features bios setu p u tility chipset vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange op...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 25 southbridge configuration bios s etup utility chips et vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub scr een g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en ter f1 f1 0 es c > sb azalia audio configuratio n sb700 ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 26 hd audio azalia device t his item allows you to control the hd audio device. Options: enabled (default) / auto / disabled azalia clock gating options: disabled (default) / enabled ohci hc(bus 0 dev 18/19/20 fn 0/1/5) t his item allows you to control ohci ho...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 27 onboard peripherals configuration bios s etup utility chips et vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c onboa rd device con figuration realt ek...
Page 29: 6 Performance Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 28 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 z beware of that setting inappropriate va...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 29 cpu over voltage t his item allows you to select cpu voltage control. Options: startup (default) / -0.85v ~ +0.85v cpunb over voltage t his item allows you to select cpu nb voltage control. Options: startup (default) / +0.10v / +0.20v / +0.30v memory overvo...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 30 dram timing configuration bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c dram timing config uration memor y clock mode [ auto] me...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 31 dram timing m ode t his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the dram t iming. Options: auto (default) / dct0 / dct 1 (with am2+ cpu) / both (with am2+ cpu) cas latency (cl) options: auto (default) / 3~6 clk / 7clk dh_only 2t com...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 32 hyper transport conf iguration bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 esc hyper transpor t configuration node0:pci-x2 h t link h...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 33 memory configuration bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c memor y configurati on bank interleaving [ auto] chann el int...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 34 m emory hole remapping t his 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 dc t unganged m ode t his item control...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 35 ecc mode t his item allows you to select the dram ecc mode. Options: disabled (default) / basic / good / super / max / user dram ecc enabled options: disabled (default) / enabled dram scrub redirect options: disabled (default) / enabled 4-bit ecc mode optio...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 36 cpu fid/vid control (for am2 cp u) bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c cpu f id/vid contro l proce ssor multipli er [ ...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 37 cpu fid/vid control (for am2+ cp u) bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c cpu f id/vid contro l custo m p-states [ disab...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 38 nb vid t his function allows you to adjust the voltage of nb chip. Options: 0.0125v ~ 1.5500v nb fid t his item allows you to select the frequency o f nb chip. Options: 800mhz ~ 7000mhz (di ffered by cpu) core did t his is the nb divider. Options: divided b...
Page 40: 7 Exit Menu
A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 39 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 vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect...
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A780ge/a760ge/a780le/a785ge bios manual 40 security t his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. Bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c hange g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 f10 esc instal...