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  • Page 1

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu..........................................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Ta790gxe 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 suppli...

  • Page 3

    Ta790gxe 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 cpu. Usin...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Ta790gxe 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, american me gatrends, inc. S...

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    Ta790gxe 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/sat a devices. There is a...

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    Ta790gxe 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 system. P...

  • Page 7

    Ta790gxe 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) / enabled ...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    Ta790gxe 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 main ad...

  • Page 9

    Ta790gxe 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 item a...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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 gur...

  • Page 11

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 10 m ouse poweron t his item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: disabled (default) / enabled 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 ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 11 control m ode t his item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: quiet / performan ce / manual fan ctrl off(℃ ) if the cpu/system t emperature is lower than the set value, fan will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃) fan ctrl on(℃ ) cpu/system fan starts to work u...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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 t his item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown t emperature. This item is only effective under...

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    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 13 acpi apic support t his 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 t...

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    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 14 wake up by pci enable / disable pci to generate a wake ev ent. Options: disabled (default) / enabled 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 nd...

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    Ta790gxe 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 device...

  • Page 17: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    Ta790gxe 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 special components. Notice ...

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    Ta790gxe 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: 64 (default) / 0-255 alloca...

  • Page 19

    Ta790gxe 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) / reserved dm a channel ...

  • Page 20: 4 Boot Menu

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 19 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 exit e ...

  • Page 21

    Ta790gxe 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 system. Options: pri. Master /...

  • Page 22: 5 Chipset Menu

    Ta790gxe 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 pci bus. Bios s etup util...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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 enab...

  • Page 24

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 23 option rom post delay options: disabled (default) / 1 ~ 7 seconds 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 features in sb. As general rule, this ...

  • Page 25

    Ta790gxe 128m 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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    Ta790gxe 128m 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 t his item allows you to select sp power managment fun ction. Options: auto (default) / dynamic cke / dynamic cmd / dynamic / clk / disabled sp nb/memo...

  • Page 27

    Ta790gxe 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 limit, w [25 ] > port #02...

  • Page 28

    Ta790gxe 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) / gen2 / gen1 nb-sb port features bios setu p u tility c...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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] 2...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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 ...

  • Page 31: 6 T-Series Menu

    Ta790gxe 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 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 ...

  • Page 32

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 31 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 warni ng: ...

  • Page 33

    Ta790gxe 128m 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 ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 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...

  • Page 35

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 34 chipset over voltage t his item allows you to select nb/sb over voltage control. Options: startup (default) / 1.20v ~ 2.20v (interval: 0.02v) custom p-states t his item allows you to select the p-states controlling. Options: disabled (default) / enabled core fid t his it...

  • Page 36

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 35 svid override options: disabled (default) ht link speed options: auto (default) / 200mhz / 400mhz / 600mhz / 800mhz / 1ghz ht link width options: auto (default) / 8 bit / 16 bit advanced clock calibration options: disabled (default) core leveling options: auto (default) ...

  • Page 37

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 36 spread spectrum t his item allows you to control spread spectrum fun ction. Options: disabled (default) / enabled gfx engine clock override t his item allows you to control the internal gfx engine clock override function. Options: disabled (default) / enabled gfx engine ...

  • Page 38

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 37 ht ov er voltage t his item allows you to select ht over voltage control. Options: 1.20v (default) / 1.20v ~ 1.60v (interval: 0.05v) 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 ha...

  • Page 39

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 38 2t command options: auto (default) / 1t / 2t tr cd options: auto (default) / 5~12 clk trp options: auto (default) / 5~12 clk tr tp options: auto (default) / 4~7 clk tr as options: auto (default) / 15~30 clk tr c options: auto (default) / 12~42 clk twr options: auto (defa...

  • Page 40

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 39 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 memory configuration bios s etup utility vxx.Xx (c)c opyr...

  • Page 41

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 40 enable clock to all dimm s t his item determines whether the bios should actively reduce emi (electromagn etic interference) and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive dimm slots. Options: disabled (default) / enabled m emclk tristate c3/atlvid t ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 41 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 scrub r...

  • Page 43

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 42 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 pcipnp b...

  • Page 44: 7 Exit Menu

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 43 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 elect i...

  • Page 45

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 44 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 f reco...

  • Page 46

    Ta790gxe 128m bios manual 45 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 level. ...