Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu...........................................
Mcp6p3/n68s3 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 ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 2 pci bus support this 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 this ami bios supports the amd cpu. Using ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 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 s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et perfo rmance vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, in...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 4 ide configuration the bios will automatically detect the presence of ide/sata devices. There is a sub-menu fo r each ide/sata device. Select a device and press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Bios s etup utility main vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican me...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 5 nvidia raid setup bios s etup utility chips et vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item u pdate g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en ter f1 f1 0 es c raid setup sata 1 raid [ disabled] nvidi a raid functi on [ disabled] sata...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 6 the bios detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu. Type select the type of the ide/sata drive. Options: auto (default) / cdrom / armd / not installed lba/large mode enable or dis...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 7 2 advanced menu the 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 s etup utility main advan...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 8 gart error reporting this option should remain disabled for the normal operation. The driver eveloper may enable it for testing purpose. Options: disabled (default) / enabled m icrocode update this item allows you to enable or disable microcode update function. Options: en...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 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...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 10 ecp m ode dm a 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 pow eron this item...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 11 hardware health conf iguration this item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advanced hardw are health co nfiguration h/w h ealth functio n [ enabled] shutd own temperatu re [ disabled] cpu t emperature cpu f an sytem 1 fan cpu v core chips e...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 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] ,[3pin] or [4pin], please run the calibrat...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 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 (with the interval of 1) fan ctrl sensitive increasing the value will raise the speed of cpu/system fan. Options: 1~127 (...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 14 acpi apic support this item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's apic (advan ced programmable interrupt controller). The apic provides multiprocessor support, more irqs and faster interrupt handling. Options: enabled (default) / disabled am i oem b table set thi...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 15 resume pcie wake# enable / disable pcie to generate a wake ev ent. Options: disabled (default) / enabled resume on lan (mac) enable / disable lan (mac) to generate a wake ev ent. Options: disabled (default) / enabled resume on ring this item allows you control the wake on...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 16 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 suppor...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 17 usb 1.1/2.0 controller this item allows you to enable or disable usb 1.1/2.2 controller. Options: enabled (default) / disabled usb m ass storage dev ice configuration bios setup utility advanced vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 18 3 pcipnp menu this 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 ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 19 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 ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 20 pci resource 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 available: specified irq is available to be used by pci/pnp devices. Reserved: specified i...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 21 pci express 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 enable/disable pci express l0s and l1 link power states. Pci express configur...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 22 4 boot menu this menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et perfo rmance vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub scr een g eneral help s ave and exit ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 23 cd/dv d 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 / p...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 24 5 chipset menu this submenu allows you to configure the speci fic 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 s etup utility...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 25 m emory 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 [ x...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 26 dct unganged mode this item controls the dram controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode. If two dram modules with different size are installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. Options: always (defau...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 27 primary graphics adapter this item allows you to select primary graphics adapter options: pci express → pci -→ igp (default) / igp → pci → pci express onchip and pcie vga selection this item allows you to select onchip or pcie vga to display options: disable onchip vga if...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 28 hyper transport m cp61 configuration bios s etup utility chips et vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub scr een g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en ter f1 f1 0 es c hyper transport mc p61 configur ation mcp61...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 29 6 performance menu this 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...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 30 pcie/s ata spread spectrum this item allows you to control pcie/sata spread spectrum fun ction. Options: enabled (default) / disabled cpu voltage this item allows you to select cpu voltage control. Options: default (default) / +3.3% / +6.6% / +10% chipset voltage this ite...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 31 m emory clock m ode this item allows you to control the memory clock. Options: auto (default) / limit / manual m emclock value this item allows you to set the memory clock. Options: auto (default) / ddr3-800 / ddr3-1066 / ddr3-1333 / ddr3-1600 dram timing m ode this item ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 32 tr rd options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk twtr options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk trfc0 / trfc1 / trfc2 / trfc3 options: auto (default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns amd overclocking conf iguration bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megat...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 33 nb fid this item allows you to select the frequency o f nb chip. Options: 800mhz ~ 2000mhz (di ffered by cpu) nb vid this function allows you to adjust the voltage of nb chip. Options: 0.0125v ~ 1.3250v nb did this is the nb divider. Options: divided by 1 (default) / divi...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 34 7 exit menu this 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 ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 35 security this 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 ...
Mcp6p3/n68s3 bios manual 36 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 fun ction is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, bios will display a warning message on the scree...
