User manual BIOSTAR P43-A7 BIOS MANUAL

[. . . ] P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 PCIPnP Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 Chipset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6 Performance Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 i P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual 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. [. . . ] Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to enable i f applicable. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On Ring T his item allows you control the wake on ring function. 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. 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. Active State Power-Management T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 15 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Suspend mode T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. Options: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Suspend S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM Auto POS+STR ACPI Version Features T he item allows you to select the version of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1. 0 (Default) / ACPI v2. 0 / ACPI v3. 0 ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). T he APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AMI OEMB table Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description T able (RSD ) table. T Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Headless mode T his is a server-speci f feature. A headless server is one that operates without a ic keyboard, monitor or mouse. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 16 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced USB Configurat ion Module Version - 2. 24. 2-13. 4 USB Devices En abled: Legacy USB Sup port USB 2. 0 Contro ller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand -Off [Ena bled] [HiS peed] [Ena bled] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. > USB Mass Sto rage Device Configu ration +F1 F10 ESC vxx . xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, 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 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 op erating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 17 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual 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 Config Onboard PCI/P CI-E Devices BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Onboard PCI/PC I-E Devices Configu ration Onboard PCIE P ATA Cntlr Onboard PCIE G iga LAN Onboard LAN Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion [A uto] [A uto] [D isabled] Options Auto Enabled Disabled +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. 18 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Onboard PCIE PATA Cntlr T his item allows you to control the onboard PAT A controller. [. . . ] Options: Disabled (Default) / 15M-16M PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled 27 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB Port Confi gure USB 2. 0 Contro ller HDA Controller SMBUS Controll er SLP_S4# Min. A ssertion Width [1 2 USB Ports] [6 X6 USB Ports] [E nabled] [E nabled] [E nabled] [4 to 5 seconds] Options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports 10 USB Ports 12 USB Ports +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. USB Functions T he item determines the number of functional USB port. Options: 12 USB Ports (Default) / 10 USB Ports / 8 USB Ports / 6 USB Ports / 4 USB Ports / 2 USB Ports / Disabled USB Port Configuration Options: 6X6 USB Ports (Default) / 8X4 USB Ports USB 2. 0 Controller T his entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. [. . . ]