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Biostar A780L3L Bios Setup Manual

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    A780l3l bios manual i bios setup ................................................................................................ 1 1 main menu ............................................................................................. 3 2 advanced menu................................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A780l3l bios manual 1 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 ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 2 pci bus support this ami bios also supports version 2.3 of the intel pci (peripheral component interconnect) local bus specification. Dram support ddr2 sdram (double data rate ii synchronous dram) is supported. Supported cpus this ami bios supports the amd cpu. Using setup when...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    A780l3l 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 information. Bios setup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chipset performance vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select scr...

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    A780l3l bios manual 4 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 to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Bios setup utility main vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 5 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) / ...

  • Page 7: 2 Advanced Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 6 2 advanced menu the advanced menu allows you to configure 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 setup utility main advanced pci...

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    A780l3l bios manual 7 secure virtual machine mode 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 powernow this item allows you to en...

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    A780l3l bios manual 8 superio 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 allows bios to enable or disable floppy controller configure ite8721 super io chipset...

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    A780l3l bios manual 9 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 y...

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    A780l3l bios manual 10 smart fan 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 when you choice [auto] ,[3pin] or [4pin], please run the calibration to define the...

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    A780l3l bios manual 11 fan ctrl start value when cpu/system temperature arrives 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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    A780l3l bios manual 12 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 select the acpi state used for system suspend. Acpi settings suspend mode [s1 (pos)] a...

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    A780l3l bios manual 13 headless mode this is a server-specific 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) / enabl...

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    A780l3l bios manual 14 usb configuration this 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 esc enables support for...

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    A780l3l bios manual 15 usb mass storage device 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 s...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 16 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 itself uses when communicating with its own special components. Notice z beware o...

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    A780l3l bios manual 17 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) / 0-255 allocate irq t...

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    A780l3l bios manual 18 irq3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15 these items will allow you 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...

  • Page 20: 4 Boot Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 19 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 ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 20 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. Options: pri. Master / pri. Sl...

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    A780l3l bios manual 21 boot success beep when this item is set to enabled, bios will let user know boot success with beep. Options: enabled (default) / disabled.

  • Page 23: 5 Chipset Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 22 5 chipset menu this submenu allows you to configure the specific 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 with the pci bus. Bios setup utility main a...

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    A780l3l bios manual 23 sb azalia audio 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 hd audio azalia device [enabled] azalia clock gating [disabled] options auto ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 24 sureboot feature this item allows you to control the sureboot function. Sureboot is a technology that ensures a complete windows environment will be available disaster recovery situations. Options: enabled (default) / disabled sureboot timeout this item allows you to control t...

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    A780l3l bios manual 25 northbridge configuration bios setup utility chipset 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 nb chipset configuration nb cimx version : 4.4.0 > pci express configuratio...

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    A780l3l bios manual 26 surround view this item allows you to control the surround view function. Options: disabled (default) fb location this item allows you to set the fb-dimm location. Options: above 4g (default) / under 4g pci express configuration bios setup utility chipset vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1...

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    A780l3l bios manual 27 port #02 features 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 gen2 high speed mode [disabled] link aspm [disabled] link width [auto] slot power limit,w...

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    A780l3l bios manual 28 nb-sb port features 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 np nb-sb vc1 traffic support [disabled] link width [auto] nb-sb link aspm [disabled] op...

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    A780l3l bios manual 29 onboard peripherals 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 mac id information : realtek pcie nic [enable] realtek option rom [disabled] enable/dis...

  • Page 31: 6 Performance Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 30 6 performance menu this submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (however, 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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    A780l3l bios manual 31 cpu tuning 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 cpu tuning hyper transfer link configuration cpu/ht reference clock (mhz) [200] custom p-states [disable...

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    A780l3l bios manual 32 nb vid this function allows you to adjust the voltage of nb chip. Nb fid this item allows you to select the frequency of nb chip. Options: 800mhz ~ 7000mhz (differed by cpu) nb did this is the nb divider. Options: divided by 1 (default) / divided by 2 ht link speed the hypertr...

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    A780l3l bios manual 33 clock control 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 clock control atig reference clock (mhz) [100] sb reference clock (mhz) [100] gfx engine clock overri...

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    A780l3l bios manual 34 dram timing configuration 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 dram timing configuration memory clock mode [auto] memclock value [ddr3-800] dram timing ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 35 trp options: auto (default) / 5~12 clk trtp options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk tras options: auto (default) / 15~30 clk trc options: auto (default) / 11~42 clk twr options: auto (default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 clk trrd options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk twtr options: auto (default) / ...

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    A780l3l bios manual 36 memory configuration 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 memory configuration bank interleaving [auto] channel interleaving [xor of address bit] enable...

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    A780l3l bios manual 37 memory hole remapping 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 dct unganged mode this item controls the dram controller gan...

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    A780l3l bios manual 38 ecc mode this 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 40: 7 Exit Menu

    A780l3l bios manual 39 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 s...

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    A780l3l bios manual 40 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. Secur...