User manual BIOSTAR TA790GX A3 PLUS BIOS MANUAL

[. . . ] TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 PCIPnP Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5 Chipset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6 T-S eries Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 i TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 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 supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. [. . . ] Options: Available (Default) / Reserved Reserved Memory Size T his item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain memory size for speci fic PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 18 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Boot Chips et T-Series Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration > > > > Boo t Device Prio rity Har d Disk Drives Rem ovable Drives CD/ DVD Drives [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Force BIOS] [ ON] [ Enabled] [ Disabled] [ Enabled] Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e. Quick Boot Full Screen LOGO S how AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootu p Num-Lock Inter rupt 19 Captu re Ignor e Memory Erro r Messages BOOT SUCCESS BEEP S elect Screen S elect Item En terG o to Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx. xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. Boot De vice Priority Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. T he number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devi ces installed in the system. Options: Removable / Hard Disk / CDROM / Legacy LAN / Disabled Hard Disk Drives T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. You can also ch ange the booting sequence. T he number of device items that app ears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Slave / USB HDD0 / USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-in Cards Removable Drives T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the removable 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: Floppy Disks / Zip100 / USB-FDD0 / USB-FDD1 / USB-ZIP0 / USB-ZIP1 / LS120 19 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 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. Slave / USB CDROM0 / USB CDROM 1 Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Sel f-T est (POST ) to execute after you power up the computer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode T his item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. Options: ON (Default) / OFF Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Ignore Memory Error Messages When set to Enabled, BIOS would ignore memory error messages. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT S UCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 20 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 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. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Boot Chips et T-Series Exit Advan ced Chipset S ettings > Sou thBridge Conf iguration > AMD 790GX Config uration > OnB oard Peripher als Configur ation Opti ons for NB S elect Screen S elect Item En terG o to Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx. xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. SouthBridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et > SB Azalia Audio Configuratio n OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 20 Fn OnChi p SATA Channe l OnChi p SATA Type SATA IDE Combined Mode Power Saving Featu res SB CI M Version o) 1) 2) 0) 1) 2) 5) [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Native IDE] [ Enabled] [ Disabled] Opti ons for SB H D Azal S elect Screen S elect Item En terG o to Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx. xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. 21 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset HD Audio Azali a Device [Ena bled] Options Auto Disabled Enabled +F1 F10 ESC S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx . xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. HD Audio Azalia Device T his item allows you to control the HD audio device. [. . . ] If two DRAM modules with different size are installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. Options: Always (Default) / Auto Power Dow n Enable T his item controls the DRAM power down function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Power Smashing T his item is S/W Control of Page Smashing mechanism Options: Disabled (Default) / IC / DC / Both ECC Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY ECC Configurat ion ECC Mode DRAM ECC Ena ble DRAM SCRUB R EDIRECT 4-Bit ECC Mo de DRAM BG Scru b Data Cache B G Scrub L2 Cache BG Scrub L3 Cache BG Scrub [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Dis abled] T-Series Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The Super ECC mode dynamically sets the DRAM scrub rate so all of memory is scrubbed in 8 hours. +F1 F10 ESC S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx . xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. 40 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual ECC Mode T his item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. [. . . ]