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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu............................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Ta790gx a3+ 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 b...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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 support ddr2 sdram (double data rate ii synchronous dram) is supported. Supported cpus this ami bios supports the amd cpu. Using setu...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ 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, american me gatrends, inc. S e...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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 the bios will automatically detect the presence of ide/sata devices. There is a sub-...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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 system. Pri...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through bios. Options: disabled (default) / enabled ide...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ 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 setu p u tility main advan...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 8 secure virtual machine mode virtualization technology 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 this item allows ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 9 superio 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 allo ws bios to e nable or d isable flopp y cont roller confi gure i...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 10 mouse poweron this item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: disabled (default) / enabled restore on ac power loss this setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing disabled will leave the compu...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 11 control mode this item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: quiet / performan ce / manual fan ctrl off(℃ ) if the cpu/system temperature is lower than the set value, fan will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃) fan ctrl on(℃ ) cpu/system fan starts to work under ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 12 h/w health function if you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show pc health status during post stage. Options: enabled (default) / disabled shutdow n temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item is only effective under win...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 13 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 ami oemb table set this v...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 14 wake up by pci enable / disable pci to generate a wake ev ent. Options: enabled (default) / disabled usb configuration this 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, ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 15 usb mass 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 af...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 16 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 b...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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 i...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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...

  • Page 20: 4 Boot Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 19 4 boot menu this 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 exit e xit...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 20 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...

  • Page 22: 5 Chipset Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 21 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 ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 22 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] options auto disabled enable...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 23 option rom post delay options: disabled (default) / 1 ~ 7 seconds sata ide combined mode this option controls the sata/pata combined mode. Options: enabled (default) / disabled power saving features disable / enable power saving features in sb. As general rule, this featur...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 24 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 buffer size [...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 25 interleave ratio (sp:uma) options: auto (default) / 1:1 / 1:3 / 1:7 / 1:15 / 3:5 / 3:13 / 5:11 / 7:9 sp power managment this item allows you to select sp power managment fun ction. Options: auto (default) / dynamic cke / dynamic cmd / dynamic / clk / disabled sp nb/memory ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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 limit, w [25 ] > port #02 f...

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    Ta790gx a3+ 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) / gen2 / gen1 nb-sb port features bios setu p u tility chi...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 28 hyper transport 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 hyper transport co nfiguration uniti d clumping [ auto] 2x ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 29 onboard peripherals 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 mac i d information realt ek pcie nic [ enable] real te...

  • Page 31: 6 T-Series Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 30 6 t-series 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 thi...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 31 auto overclock system 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 warni ng: set...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 32 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 settings wa...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 33 g.P.U phase control 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 g.P.U phase contro l phase status : cpu v core: : curre nt cpu power : effic i...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 34 custom p-states this item allows you to select the p-states controlling. Options: disabled (default) / enabled core fid this item allows you to select the ratio/frequency of am2+ cpu. Options: x8.0 1600mhz ~ x13.0 2600mhz (differed by cpu) core vid this function allows you...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 35 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 volta ge configurat ion cpu v core nb fi d voltage memor y chips et over vol...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 36 ht ov er voltage this item allows you to select ht over voltage control. Options: 1.200v (default) / 1.220v ~ 2.300v (interval: 0.020v) dram timing configuration bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item c h...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 37 2t command options: auto (default) / 1t / 2t trcd options: auto (default) / 5~12 clk trp options: auto (default) / 5~12 clk trtp options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk tras options: auto (default) / 15~30 clk trc options: auto (default) / 12~42 clk twr options: auto (default) /...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 38 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 hyper transport configuration bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 39 memory 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 [ xor...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 40 memory hole remapping 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 dct unganged mode this item controls the dram controller...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 41 ecc mode this 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 ecc mode options: disabled (def...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 42 sureboot timeout this item allows you to control the sureboot timeout. Options: 4 seconds (default) / 1 second / 2 seconds / 3 seconds advanced clock calibration this item allows you to control the advanced clock calibration. Options: disabled (default) / auto / all cores ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 43 integrated memory test integrat ed memory test allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or software. Step 1: this item is disabled on default; change it to “ enable” to precede memory test. Bios s etup utility main advanced pcipnp boot c...

  • Page 45: 7 Exit Menu

    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 44 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 t-series vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 45 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. There are 10 sets o f record ...

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    Ta790gx a3+ bios manual 46 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 this item allows supervisor to set the user level. Opt...