Biostar TF710 A2 PLUS - BIOS Manual

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual i bios setup .................................................................................................1 1 main menu...............................................................................................3 2 advanced menu..................

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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 ddr2 sdram (double data rate ii synchronous dram) is supported. Supported cp us this ami bios supp...

  • Page 4: 1 Main Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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, amer...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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 setu p u tility main vxx .Xx (c)copyrigh...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 5 primary ide master/slav e ; sata 1/2/3/4/5/6 dev ice (sata 5/6 device appears only w hen sata m ode is set to ahci) bios setup utility main vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select item change option general hel...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 6 s.M.A.R.T set the smart monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology. Options: auto (default) / disabled / enabled 32bit data transfer enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: enabled (default) / disabled hard disk write protect disable o...

  • Page 8: 2 Advanced Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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 ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 8 secure virtual m achine m ode 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 po...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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 this item allows you to determine acces...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 10 hardware health conf iguration this item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advan ced hardware healt h configuration h/w health fun ction [ena bled] shutdown tempe rature [dis abled] cpu temperatur e cpu fan speed sy...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 11 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]...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 12 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: 1~1...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 13 chipset acpi 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 chipset acpi c onfiguration southbridg...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 15 system time you can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. Note: if you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work. Usb configur...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 16 bios ehci hand-off this item allows you to enable support for op erating systems without an ehci hand-o ff feature. Options: enabled (default) / disabled usb m ass storage dev ice configuration bios setup utility advanced vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 17 audio 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 internal codec is included in chipset it is ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 18 onboard lan this option allows you to control the onboard lan controller. Options: auto (default) / disabled onbaord lan boot rom this item allows you to enable or disable the onboard lan boot rom. Options: disabled (default) / enabled m ac id inf...

  • Page 20: 3 Pcipnp Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 19 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 spec...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 20 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: 32 (d...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 21 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) / ...

  • Page 23: 4 Boot Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 22 4 boot menu this 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 eneral h...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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....

  • Page 25: 5 Chipset Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ 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...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 25 igpu and ext-v ga selection (for tf8200 a2+ s e/tf720 a2+ only) this item determines the working vga device when there are two vga devices installed at the same time. Options: disable igpu if ext-vga exist (default) / both exist and igpu by frame ...

  • Page 27: 6 T-Series Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 26 6 t-series menu this 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 inappro...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 27 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 g o to sub screen g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 f10 esc t-...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 28 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 g o to sub screen g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 29 processor voltage this item allows you to set the cpu voltage options: auto (default) / 0.800v ~ 1.550v (differs by cpu) cpu ov er-voltage this item allows you to select cpu voltage control. Options: startup (default) / +0.02v ~ +0.62v chipset ove...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 30 dram timing configuration bios setu p u tility vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me gatrends, inc. S elect screen s elect item g o to sub screen g eneral help s ave and exit e xit enter f1 f10 esc dram timing co nfiguration memory clk cas l...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 31 enable clock to all dimms this 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 memclk ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 32 2t command options: auto (default) tr cd options: auto (default) trp options: auto (default) tr tp options: auto (default) tr as options: auto (default) tr c options: auto (default) twr options: auto (default) tr rd options: auto (default) trwttd ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 33 twtr options: auto (default) twrwr options: auto (default) trdrd options: auto (default) trfc0 / trfc1 / trfc2 / trfc3 options: auto (default) spread spectrum configuration bios setu p u tility t-series vxx .Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american me ...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 34 sata spread spectrum this item allows you to control the sata spread spectrum. Options: disabled (default) / enabled pci spread spectrum this item allows you to control the pci spread spectrum. Options: disabled (default) / enabled igpu spread spe...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 35 memclock value options: 400mhz (default) / 200 mhz / 266 mhz / 333 mhz / 533 mhz mcp pci- express frequenc y, m hz options: 100 (mhz) (default) / 100 ~ 200

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 36 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 setu p u tility ...

  • Page 38: 7 Exit Menu

    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 37 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...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 38 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. The...

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    Tf8200 a2+ se / tf720 a2+ / tf710 a2+ bios manual 39 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 ...