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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu.........................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A880gu3/a880gb 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 suppl...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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. Us...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb 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 setup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chipset performance vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Se...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 setup utility main vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, am...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 (de...

  • Page 7: 2 Advanced Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb 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 setup utility main adv...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 allo...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 8 superio conf iguration 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 ite8718 super io...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 onboard cir port t his i...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 10 restore on ac power loss t his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. Choosing disabled will leave the computer in the power off state. Choosing enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or inter...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 11 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 i...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 12 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) / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 70℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉ / 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉ power configuration bios...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 13 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 headless mode t his is a server-speci fic feature. A headless server is one that operates ...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 esc enables sup...

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    A880gu3/a880gb 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 devic...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 16 am d 880 hd audio t his item allows you to control amd 880 hd audio function. Options: enabled (default) / disabled hd audio azalia device t his item allows you to control the hd audio device. Options: enabled (default) / auto / disabled onboard peripherals configuratio...

  • Page 18: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 17 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...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 18 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 alloc...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 19 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...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 20 m aximum payload size t his item sets maximum payload of pci express device or allows system bios to select the value. Options: auto (default) / 128 bytes / 256 bytes / 512 bytes / 1024 bytes / 2048 bytes / 4096 bytes extended tag field if this item is enabled, it will ...

  • Page 22: 4 Boot Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 21 4 boot menu t his 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...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 22 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 ...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 23 boot s uccess beep when this item is set to enabled, bios will let user know boot success with beep. Options: enabled (default) / disabled.

  • Page 25: 5 Chipset Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 24 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 uti...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 25 internal graphics 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 internal graphics configuration internal graphics mode [uma] uma fra...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 26 pci express configuration bios setup utility chipset vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select item update general help save and exit exit enter f1 f10 esc pci express configuration > port #04 features > port #07 features > nb-sb port...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 27 link width (only for port #02) options: auto (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 slot power limit, w (only for port #02) 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, inc. S elect s...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 28 southbridge 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 ohci hc(bus 0 dev 18 fn o) [enabled] southbridge chipset configurati...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 29 power saving features t his item allows you to enable or disable power saving features in sb. As general rule, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabled fo r mobile. See amd sb710 power saving document for more details. Options: disabled (default) / enable...

  • Page 31: 6 Performance Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 30 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...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 31 memory over voltage t his item allows you to select ddr voltage control. Cpu frequency t his item allows you to select the cpu frequency. Options: 200 (mhz) (default) / 200-600 cpu fid/vid control bios setup utility vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, in...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 32 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 adjust the voltage of nb chip. Nb fid t his item allows you to select the frequency o f nb chip. Options:...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 33 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 / both cas latency (cl) options: auto (default) / 4~12 clk 2t command options: auto (default) / 1t / 2t tr cd options: auto ...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 34 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 ht link speed ...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 35 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 [ ...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 36 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 co...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 37 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 ...

  • Page 39: 7 Exit Menu

    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 38 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 ele...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 39 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 t...

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    A880gu3/a880gb bios manual 40 passw ord check t his item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: setup (default) / always 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 ct...