User manual SAPPHIRE PGS A320M

[. . . ]       User’s Manual Sapphire PGS A3 M series Mainboard                   TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered  trademarks of their respective holders.   These specifications are subject to change without notice.     Manual Revision 1. 0  July 19,  2012    Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement  This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio and television communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] STANDBY LED (LED3, Blue): When the System is in Standby Mode: This LED is on. This LED will remain on as long as the motherboard is receiving constant power. DIMM LED Power LED  Standby LED ~ 19 ~       2‐10 Dual BIOS Switch  Recover BIOS: This mainboard includes dual onboard BIOS, (Primary and Secondary BIOS), When the primary BIOS is corrupted or has failed, the system will automatically switch to secondary BIOS to boot to ensure normal system operation. The system can detect and automatically switch to secondary BIOS to boot when the primary BIOS is failed, no matter BIOS switch position. Follow the instructions below to update the Primary BIOS.             System boot from secondary BIOS. The Primary BIOS may have been damaged.   Would you want to recover primary BIOS from secondary BIOS (Y/N) ? Y    Press ‘S’ to start recovery primary BIOS.   Press ‘N’ to cancel.   S    ROM SIZE: 8 Mbytes  Step 1:    Erasing Flash ROM…  Step 2:    Reflash Progress 22%  Note: It is recommended that select ‘S’ to recovery primary BOIS, Otherwise, system will repeat the above steps on the next boot.     LED indicator of Secondary BIOS (LED7,  Yellow)  (When the Secondary BIOS is in operation,  the LED  indicator is on. ) LED indicator of Primary BIOS (LED8,  Green)          Primary BIOS Secondary BIOS   (When the Primary BIOS is in operation,  the LED  indicator is on. ) BIOS Select Switch (The default is “P”)  ~ 20 ~       Flash BIOS: If the primary (secondary) BIOS is corrupted or outdated, you can use the USB pen drive or AMI Windows flash utility to do flashing BIOS process to recover the primary (secondary) BIOS. Flash primary BIOS: Make sure the BIOS select switch is at “P” position and power on. Flash the BIOS using either USB pen drive under DOS or AMI Windows flash utility under Windows. Flash secondary BIOS: Make sure the BIOS select switch is at “S” position and power on. Flash the BIOS using either USB pen drive under DOS or AMI Windows flash utility under Windows.  Flash BIOS from within BIOS: S_BIOS Flash Utility The BIOS update tool, S_BIOS, allows you to update the system BIOS without having to enter MS-DOS or Windows environment. Please refer to “4-2 S_BIOS Flash Utility” section for details. Flash Primary BIOS This item allows you to copy the Secondary BIOS to Primary BIOS. Flash Secondary BIOS This item allows you to copy the Primary BIOS to Secondary BIOS. ~ 21 ~       Chapter 3 Configuring the BIOS This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. 3‐1 Select Boot Device Select Boot Device Menu allows you to set the first boot device without entering BIOS Setup. During Power On Self Test (POST), you can press the <F7> key to enter select boot device menu. The system will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu.           Please Select boot device: P1: DVDRW STA 24X24X12X  P0: WDC WD3200AAKS‐00VV3A0  Enter Setup       and  to move selection  ENTER to select boot device  ESC to boot using defaults 3‐2 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Use the following procedure to change BIOS settings. Press the <Del> or <F2> key when the following message briefly shows upon the bottom of the display during Power On Self Test (POST). Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter Setup. Pressing Del takes you to the BIOS Aptio Setup Utility. Note1: Note2:   It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings. Changing some settings could damage your computer. [. . . ] Options: Do not launch, Legacy only, UEFI only. Other PCI device ROM priority Options: For PCI devices other than Network, mass storage or video defines which OpROM to launch. Options: UEFI OpROM, Legacy OpROM. ~ 42 ~      3‐7 Security Menu The Security menu allows you to change the system security settings. Aptio Setup Utility ‐ Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit Set setup Administrator Password.     Password Description  If ONLY the Administrator’s password is set,  then this only  limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering  Setup.   If ONLY the User’s password is set,  then this is a power on  password and must be entered to boot or enter setup.  In  Setup the user will have Administrator rights.   The password must be  in the following range:  Minimum length  3  Maximum length  20  Administrator Password  User Password            :  Select Screen  : Select Item  Enter: Select  +/‐:  Change Opt.   F1:  General Help  F2:  Previous Values  F3:    Optimized Defaults  F4:  Save and Exit  ESC: Exit   Version 2. 14. 1219.   Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Administrator Password This function is used to set, change or delete the Administrator password. If there is already a password installed, the system asks for this first. [. . . ]