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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu...................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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 cp...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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 t-series vxx.Xx (c)c opyright 198 5-200x, amer ican megatre nds...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 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 / disabled hard drive configuration t he bios will automatically detect the presence of id e/sat a devices....

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 5 primary ide master/slav e ; sata 1/2/3/4/5/6 dev ice 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 sy...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 6 32bit data transfer enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: enabled (default) / disabled hard disk write protect disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through bios. Options: disabled (default) / e...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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 setu p u tility ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 8 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 cool n quiet t his...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 9 serial port1 address select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3f8/irq4 (default) / 2f8/irq3 / 3e8/irq4 / 2e8/irq3 / disabled keyboard pow eron t his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Op...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 10 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 ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 11 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 hardware health co...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 12 power configuration 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 sele ct the acpi stat e used for syst em suspend. Acpi setti...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 13 headless mode t his is a server-speci fic feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both bios and operating system (e.G. Windows server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: disabled (d...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 14 usb configuration t his item shows the usb controller and using usb device information. 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...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 16 am d 880 hd audio t his item allows you to control the northbridge hd azalia (hdmi audio) fun ction. Options: enable (default) / disabled hd audio azalia device t his item allows you to control the onboard codec. Options: enabled (default) / disabled / audo onboar...

  • Page 18: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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. ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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 c...

  • Page 21: 4 Boot Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 20 4 boot menu t his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et t-series 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 ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m 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. M...

  • Page 23: 5 Chipset Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 22 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 et...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 23 internal graphics 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 c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f1 0 es c inter nal graphics configuratio n uma frame buff...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 24 pci express 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 u pdate g eneral help s ave and exit e xit en ter f1 f1 0 es c pci e xpress config uration > por t #07 feature s > nb- s...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 25 link width options: auto (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 slot power limit, w 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 screen s elect item c hange option ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 26 southbridge 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 ohci hc(bus 0 dev 18 fn o) [ enabled] south br...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 27 sata ide combined m ode t his option controls the sat a/pat a combined mode. Options: enabled (default) / disabled power saving features disable / enable power saving featu res in sb. Generally, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabl ed fo r mobile....

  • Page 29: 6 T-Series Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 28 6 t-series 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 it...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 29 auto overclock s ystem bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et t-series 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 t-ser ies settings ===...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 30 manual overclock system (m.O.S.) bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chips et t-series 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 t-ser ies se...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 31 over-voltage 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 cpu t uning cpu v core [auto] [auto] cpu n b over voltag e mem...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 32 cpu fid/vid control (for am2 cp u) 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 cpu f id/vid contro l proce ssor multipli er [ auto] p...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 33 cpu fid/vid control (for am2+ cp u) 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 cpu f id/vid contro l custo m p-states [ disabled] co...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 34 nb vid t his function allows you to adjust the voltage of nb chip. Options: 0.0125v ~ 1.5500v nb fid t his item allows you to select the frequency o f nb chip. Options: 800mhz ~ 7000mhz (di ffered by cpu) hyper transport conf iguration bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 35 dram timing configuration bios s etup utility 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 dram timing config uration mem ory clk cas latency(tcl)...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 36 channel interleaving t his item allows you to control the ddr2 dual-channel function. Options: xor of address bits [20:16, 6] (default) / xor of address bits [20:16, 9] / address bits 6 / address bits 12 / disabled m emory clock m ode t his item allows you to cont...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 37 ecc configuration 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 ecc configurat ion ecc mode [dis abled] dram ecc ena ble [dis abled] dram ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 38 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 (with am2+ cpu) / both (with am2+ cpu) cas latency (cl) options: auto (default) / 4~12 clk 2t command options: auto (d...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 39 twrrd options: auto (default) / 2~10 clk twtr options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk twrwr options: auto (default) / 3~10 clk trdrd options: auto (default) / 2~10 clk trfc0 / trfc1 / trfc2 / trfc3 options: auto (default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns g.P.U pha...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 40 integrated memory test integrat ed memory t est allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or softw are. Step 1: t his item is disabled on default; change it to “ enable” to precede memory test. Bios s etup utility main advanced p...

  • Page 42: 7 Exit Menu

    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 41 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 t-series vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s ...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 42 cmos backup function it allows users to save different cmos settings into bios-rom and reload any saved cmos setting for customizing system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. T here are 10 sets o...

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    Ta785ge/ta785ge 128m bios manual 43 change supervisor passw ord setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the cmos setup utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. User acess level t his item allows supervisor to set the user ...