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Biostar TA790GX A2 Manual

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 p...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 ...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 setu p u tility main advan ced pcipnp boot chipset t-series vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, am...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 / none hard drive configuration t he bios will automatically detect the presence of id e...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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: dis...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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. Bi...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 / auto / disabled parallel port address t his item allows you to determine ac...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 [4pi...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 12 power configuration 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 select the acpi state used for system suspe...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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. O...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 14 usb configuration t his 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 ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 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 t...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m 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 s...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m 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: 6...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m 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...

  • Page 20: 4 Boot Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 19 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 t-series vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub screen g enera...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 20 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 syst...

  • Page 22: 5 Chipset Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 21 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...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 22 ec 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 sureboot featu re [ena bled] sureboot timeo ut [...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 23 sb azalia audio 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 hd audio azali a device [ena bled] ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 24 sata ide combined m ode t his option controls the sat a/pat a combined mode. Options: enabled (default) / disabled power saving features t his option controls the power saving features. Options: disabled (default) / enabled amd 780 conf iguratio...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 25 internal graphics 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 internal graph ics configuration ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 26 pci express configuration bios setu p u tility chipset vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item u pdate g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 f10 esc pci express co nfiguration gpp slots powe r...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 27 link aspm options: disabled (default) / l0s / l1 / l0x & l1 link width options: auto (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 slot power limit, w options: 75 (default) / 0-255 compliance mode options: disabled (default) / enabled nb-sb port features ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 28 hyper transport 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 hyper transpor t configuration unit...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 29 onboard peripherals 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 mac id informa tion realtek pci...

  • Page 31: 6 T-Series Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 30 6 t-series 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 inap...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 31 auto overclock s ystem 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 elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 esc t-seri...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 32 manual overclock system (m.O.S.) 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 elect item c hange option g eneral help s ave and exit e xit +- f1 f10 ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 33 cpu frequency t his item allows you to select the cpu frequency. Options: 200 (mhz) (default) / 200mhz ~ 600mhz cpu fid/vid control bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c han...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 34 nb fid t his item allows you to select the frequency o f nb chip. Options: 2000mhz (default) / 800mhz ~ 7000mhz dram timing configuration bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 35 hyper transport conf iguration 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 hyper transpor t configuration node0:pci-x...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 36 memory 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 memory configu ration bank interleav ing [aut o] cha...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 37 m emory hole remapping 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 dc t unganged m ode t his ...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 38 ecc mode t his item allows you to select the dram ecc mode. Options: disabled (default) / basic / good / super / max / user dram ecc enabled options: disabled (default) / enabled dram scrub redirect options: disabled (default) / enabled 4-bit ec...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 39 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 setu p u ti...

  • Page 41: 7 Exit Menu

    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 40 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...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 41 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...

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    Ta790gx a2+/ta790gx a2+ se/ta790gx 128m bios manual 42 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 supervis...