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Biostar A770E3 Bios Setup Manual

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    A770e3 bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu.................................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A770e3 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 ram is supplied by a...

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    A770e3 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 ddr3 sdram (double data rate iii synchronous dram) is supported. Supported cp us t his ami bios supports the amd cpu. Using setu...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    A770e3 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 megatre nds, inc. S e...

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    A770e3 bios manual 4 ide/s ata conf iguration 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 5-200x, amer ic...

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    A770e3 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. Options: auto (default) /...

  • Page 7: 2 Advanced Menu

    A770e3 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 tility main advan ced...

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    A770e3 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 his item allows you t...

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    A770e3 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 configure ite8 718 supe...

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    A770e3 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 pow eron t his item all...

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    A770e3 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 run the calibration to...

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    A770e3 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. Options: 1~127 (with t...

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    A770e3 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. Acpi settings suspe nd m...

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    A770e3 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: disabled (default) / enab...

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    A770e3 bios manual 14 usb configuration t his item shows the usb controller and using usb device information. 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 enab l...

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    A770e3 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 storage device after ...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    A770e3 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 components. Notice z bewar...

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    A770e3 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) / 0-255 allocate irq ...

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    A770e3 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 dm a channel 0/1/3/5...

  • Page 20: 4 Boot Menu

    A770e3 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 s ave and exit e xit...

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    A770e3 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: pri. Master / pri. S...

  • Page 22: 5 Chipset Menu

    A770e3 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. Bios s etup utility mai...

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    A770e3 bios manual 22 sb azalia audio 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 hd au dio azalia de vice [ enabled] azali a clock gatin g [ disa...

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    A770e3 bios manual 23 option rom post delay options: disabled (default) / 1 second / 2 ~ 7 seconds sata ide combined m ode t his option controls the sat a/pat a combined mode. Options: enabled (default) / disabled power saving features t his item allows you to enable or disable power saving features...

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    A770e3 bios manual 24 pci express 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 u pdate g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en ter f1 f1 0 es c pci e xpress config uration gpp s lots power li mit, w [ 25 ] > por t #...

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    A770e3 bios manual 25 link aspm options: disabled (default) / l0s / l1 / l0x & l1 link width options: auto (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 slot power limit, w options: 75 (default) / 0-255 nb-sb port features bios s etup utility chips et vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, in...

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    A770e3 bios manual 26 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 mac i d information : realt ek pcie nic [ enable] real tek o...

  • Page 28: 6 Performance Menu

    A770e3 bios manual 27 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 values in items of this...

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    A770e3 bios manual 28 chipset over voltage t his item allows you to select chipset voltage control. Options: 1.14v (default) / 1.18v / 1.23v / 1.27v ht overvoltage t his item allows you to select ht voltage control. Options: startup (default) / +0.1v / +0.2v / 0.3v cpu frequency t his item allows yo...

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    A770e3 bios manual 29 core fid t his item allows you to select the ratio/frequency of am3 cpu. Options: x8.0 1600mhz ~ x14 2800mhz core did t his is the core divider. Options: divided by 1 (default) / divided by 2 / divided by 4 / divided by 8 / divided by 16 nb vid t his function allows you to adju...

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    A770e3 bios manual 30 m emclock value t his item allows you to set the memory clock. Options: ddr3-800 (default) / ddr3-1066 / ddr3-1333 / ddr3-1600 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 / bot...

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    A770e3 bios manual 31 twtr options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk trfc0 / trfc1 / trfc2 / trfc3 options: auto (default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns 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...

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    A770e3 bios manual 32 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 interleavi ng [ xor of a...

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    A770e3 bios manual 33 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 controls the dram controller...

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    A770e3 bios manual 34 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 options: disabled (default...

  • Page 36: 7 Exit Menu

    A770e3 bios manual 35 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 screen s elect item ...

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    A770e3 bios manual 36 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 install or change the passw...