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Biostar G31-M7G DVI Bios Setup Manual

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu..........................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 suppli...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 intel cpu. Us...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 setu p u tility main advan ced pcipnp boot chipset performance vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 4 floppy a select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360k, 5.25 in / 1.2m, 5.25 in / 720k, 3.5 in / 1.44m, 3.5 in / 2.88m, 3.5 in / none ide configuration t he bios will automatically detect the presence of id e/sat a devices. There is a sub-me...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 sys...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 p...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 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 setu p u tility main ad...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 8 c1e support c1e is “enhanced halt state” function, this function helps to save power and decrease heat by lowering cpu frequen cy while the processor is not working. Options: enabled (default) / disabled hardware prefetcher t he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that ...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 9 peci t his item allows you to control the peci function for the processor which supports platform environment control interface for better therm al management. Options: disabled (default) / enabled core m ulti-processing t his item allows multi-processing fun ction for mu...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 10 onboard floppy controller select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (fdc) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another fdc or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: enabled (default) / d...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 11 restore on ac power loss t his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing disabled will leave the computer in the power off state. Choosing enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or int...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 12 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] , please run the calibration to define th...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 13 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 (℃) fan ctrl sensitive increasing the value will raise the speed of cpu/system fan. Options: 1~127 power configuration b...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 14 acpi apic support t his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's apic (advan ced programmable interrupt controller). T he apic provides multiprocessor support, more irqs and faster interrupt handling. Options: enabled (default) / disabled am i oem b table set ...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 15 resume on ring t his item allows you control the wake on ring function. Options: disabled (default) / enabled resume on pm e# 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 car...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 16 usb configuration t his item shows the usb controller and using usb device information. 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 e...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 17 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...

  • Page 19: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 18 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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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 19 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) / 32 / 96 / 12...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 20 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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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 21 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...

  • Page 23: 4 Boot Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 22 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...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 23 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. Boot settings configur...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 24 bootup num-l ock selects the numlock state after the system switched on. Options: on (default) / off.

  • Page 26: 5 Chipset Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 25 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. Notice z beware ...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 26 north bridge configuration bios setu p u tility chipset 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 north bridge c hipset configuratio n peg port confi guration mem...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 27 peg port t his bios feature is a toggle that enables or disables the pci express port. Options: auto (default) / disabled video function configuration bios setu p u tility chipset vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c ha...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 28 south bridge configuration bios setu p u tility chipset 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 south bridge c hipset configuratio n usb 2.0 contro ller [e nabl...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 29 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 select the onboard lan boot rom. Options: disabled (default) / enabled m ac id information t his item shows...

  • Page 31: 6 Performance Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 30 6 performance menu t his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (howev er, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the device.) notice z beware of that setting inappropriate values in ite...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 31 cpu voltage t his item allows you to select cpu voltage control. Options: default (default) / +5% / +10% / +15% dram frequency t his item allows you to control the memory clock. Options: auto (default) / ddr2 533mhz / ddr2 667mhz / ddr2 800mhz conf igure dram timing by s...

  • Page 33: 7 Exit Menu

    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 32 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 elec...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 33 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 th...

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    G31-m 7g dvi bios m anual 34 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 cti...