Biostar G31-M4 Manual - Bios Setup

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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 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 b...

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    G31-m4 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

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

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    G31-m4 bios manual 4 ide/sata 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 megatren...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 5 sata1/2/3/4 device; ide channel 1 master/slave bios setup utility main 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 type of device connected to the system. Sata1 device l...

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

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 7 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 pcip...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 8 hardware prefetcher the processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements and prefetches data and instructions from the memory into the level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with memory...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 9 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 ite8718 super io chipset...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 10 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 restore on ac power loss this setti...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 11 shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item is only effective under windows 98 acpi mode. Options: disabled (default) / 70℃/158℉ / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 75℃/158℉ / 80℃/158℉ / 85℃/158℉ / 90℃/158℉ / 95℃/158℉ acpi configuration bios ...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 12 acpi apic support this item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's apic (advanced programmable interrupt controller). The apic provides multiprocessor support, more irqs and faster interrupt handling. Options: enabled (default) / disabled ami oemb table set this value t...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 13 resume on pme# when you select enabled, a pme signal from pci card returns the system to full on state. For this function to work, you may need a lan add-on card which supports the wake on lan function. Set the wake on lan (wol) jumper on motherboard to enable if applicable. Op...

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    G31-m4 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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    G31-m4 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 st...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    G31-m4 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 of...

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    G31-m4 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 to...

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    G31-m4 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/...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 19 sb pcie ports configuration bios setup utility pcipnp vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select item change option general help save and exit exit +- f1 f10 esc pcie ports configuration pcie port 0 [auto] pcie port 1 [auto] pcie port 2 [auto]...

  • Page 21: 4 Boot Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 20 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 e...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 21 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. Sla...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 22 bootup num-lock 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. Optio...

  • Page 24: 5 Chipset Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 23 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 ad...

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

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

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

  • Page 28: 6 Performance Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 27 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 m...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 28 configure dram timing by spd options: enabled (default) / disabled dram cas# latency options: 5 (default) / 3 / 4 /6 dram ras# to cas# delay options: 6 dram clocks (default) / 3 ~ 5dram clocks dram ras# precharge options: 6 dram clocks (default) / 3 ~ 5dram clocks dram ras# act...

  • Page 30: 7 Exit Menu

    G31-m4 bios manual 29 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 su...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 30 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. Securi...

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    G31-m4 bios manual 31 password check this item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: setup (default) / always boot sector virus protection this option allows you to choose the virus warning feature that is used to protect the ide hard disk boot sector. If this function is enable...