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    G31-m4 bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu.................................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    G31-m4 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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    G31-m4 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 amd cpu. Using setup...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    G31-m4 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. Select scr...

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    G31-m4 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 setup utility main vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatren...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 5 sata1/2/3/4 dev ice; ide channel 1 m aster/slave bios setu p u tility main 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 select the type of device connected to the system. Sa...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 6 s.M.A.R.T set the smart monitoring, analysis, and reporting t echnology. 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 protecti...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 7 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 advanced pc...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 8 hardware prefetcher t he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into the level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future. T his reduces the latency associated with ...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 9 superio conf iguration 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 allo ws bios to e nable or d isable flopp y cont roller. Confi gure ite8...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 10 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 al...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 11 hardware health conf iguration t his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advanced hardware health configuration h/w health function [enabled] shutdown temperature [disabled] cpu temperature system temperature sys fan speed cpu fan speed +12.0v...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 12 acpi 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 advanced resume event contr...

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    G31-m4 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 without ...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 14 resume on ring t his item allows you control the wake on ring function. Options: disabled (default) / enabled resume on rtc alarm when “ enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the rt c (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from suspend mode. Options: disabled (d...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 15 legacy usb support t his item determines if the bios should provide legacy support fo r usb devices like the keyboard, mouse, and usb drive. T his is a useful feature when using such usb devices with operating systems that do not natively support usb (e.G. Microso ft dos or win...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    G31-m4 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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    G31-m4 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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    G31-m4 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...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 19 sb pcie ports configuration bios setu p u tility pcipnp 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 pcie ports con figuration pcie port 0 [aut o] pcie port 1 [aut o] pcie ...

  • Page 21: 4 Boot Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 20 4 boot menu t his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. 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 g o to sub screen g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 21 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...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 22 bootup num-l ock selects the numlock state after the system switched on. Options: on (default) / off interrupt 19 capture interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to enabled, this item allows the option roms to trap interrupt 19. Opti...

  • Page 24: 5 Chipset Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 23 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 setu p u tility ma...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 24 m emory remap feature 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 m emory hole you can reserve this area of system memory for ...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 25 dvmt mode select t his item allows you to select the dvmt mode. Options: dvmt mode (default) / fixed mode dvmt/fixed memory dvmt stands for “ dynamic video memory t echnology”. T his is an enhancement of the unified memory architecture (uma) concept. Dvmt will set the optimum a...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 26 audio controller t his item allows you to select the audio support. Options: azalia (d efault) / all disabled onboard lan control t his item allows you to enable or disable the onboard lan. Options: enabled (default) / disabled onboard lan boot rom t his item allows you to sele...

  • Page 28: 6 Performance Menu

    G31-m4 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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    G31-m4 bios manual 28 dram frequency t his item allows you to control the memory clock. Options: auto (default) / ddr2 400mhz / ddr2 533mhz / ddr2 667 mhz / ddr2 800 mhz / ddr2 1066mhz / ddr2 1333mhz cpu voltage t his item allows you to select cpu voltage control. Ddr voltage t his item allows you t...

  • Page 30: 7 Exit Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 29 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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    G31-m4 bios manual 30 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...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 31 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 ction is e...