User manual BIOSTAR G41 HD BIOS

[. . . ] G41 HD BIOS Manual BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 PCIPnP Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4 Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 Chipset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6 Performance Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 i G41 HD 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: Disabled (Default) / Enabled High Performance Event Timer T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 15 G41 HD BIOS Manual HPET Memory Address T his item allows you to set the memory address of HPET . Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h Resume On Ring T his item allows you to control the wake on ring f unction. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On PME# When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to enable if applicabl e. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On RTC Alarm When " Enabled", you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up. RTC Alarm Time You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. 16 G41 HD BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration Modul e Version - 2 . 24. 3-13. 4 USB D evices Enable d: Legac y USB Support USB 2 . 0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled] [ HiSpeed] [ Enabled] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit Options Disa bled Enab led Auto > USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration +F1 F1 0 ES C vxx. xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. Legacy USB Support T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e. g. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto USB 2. 0 Controller Mode T his item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2. 0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2. 0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1. 1-12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 17 G41 HD BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Device # Emulation Type [Auto] Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx. xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. USB Mass Storage Reset Delay T his item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Options: 20 Sec (Def ault) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec Emulation Type T his item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM 18 G41 HD BIOS Manual 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 Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Advan ced PCI/PnP S ettings WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions may cause system to m alfunction. Clear NVRAM Plug & Play O/S PCI L atency Timer Alloc ate IRQ to PC I VGA Palet te Snooping PCI I DE BusMaster > PCI Resource [ No] [ No] [ 64] [ Yes] [ Disabled] [ Enabled] Clea r NVRAM duri ng Syst em Boot. +F1 F1 0 ES C S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx. xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. Clear NV RAM T his item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting "Yes". Options: No (Default) / Yes Plug & P lay OS When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequen ce (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like WindowTM 95. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, NetwareTM), this option must set to NO. Options: No (Default) / Yes 19 G41 HD BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus bef another takes ore 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: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High Spread Spectrum Clock T his item allows you to control the spread spectrum clock. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 27 G41 HD BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB 2. 0 Contro ller Audio Controll er Onboard Lan Co ntrol Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion SMBUS Controll er SLP_S4# Min. A ssertion Width [8 USB Ports] [E nabled] [A zalia] [E nabled] [D isabled] [E nabled] [1 to 2 seconds] +F1 F10 ESC S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit Options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports vxx . xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. USB Functions T he item determines the number of functional USB port. Options: 8 USB Ports (Default) / 6 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 2 USB Ports / Disabled USB 2. 0 Controller T his entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. [. . . ]