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 DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device using the channel. T he option " Available" means the channel is going to assign automatically. 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. 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. 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. 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. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19/20 Fn 0/1/5) Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19 Fn 2) Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip SATA Channel T his option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial AT A. [. . . ] Options: XOR of Address bits [20:16, 6] (Default) / XOR of Address bits [20:16, 9] / Address bits 6 / Address bits 12 / Disabled Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his 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 Tristate C3/ATLVID T his item enables or disables the MemClk T ristate function in C3 Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 39 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Memory Hole Remapping T his item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DC T Unganged Mode T his item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode. [. . . ]