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A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1 1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3 2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................6 3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................17 4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................21 5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24 6 Performance Menu...............................................................................30 7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................38 i A880G+/A785G3+ 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. T his system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stag e o f the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password prot ection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS. T he rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup. Plug and Pla y Support T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. EPA Green PC Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. APM Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) speci fication. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Int errupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power man agement modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by this AMI BIOS. ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specifi cation (ACPI). It provides ASL code for pow er manag ement and device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microso ft, Intel and T oshiba. 1 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconn ect) local bus speci fication. DRAM S upport DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU. Using Setup When starting up the computer, press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS setup utility. In the BIOS setup utility, you will see General Help description at the top right corner, and this is providing a brief description of the selected item. Navigation Keys for that particular menu are at the bottom right corner, and you can use these keys to select item and ch ange the settings. General Help Navigation Keys Notice z z z T he default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performan ce of the motherboard. If the system becomes unstable after changing any settings, please load the default settings to ensure system’s compatibility and stability. Use Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu. For better system perform ance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated. T he BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference only. The actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual. T he content of this manual is subject to be chang ed without notice. We will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s manual and any system damage that may be caused by wrong-settings. 2 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overview of the basic system inform ation. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Chipset Performance System Overview Exit Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. AMI BIOS Version :01.01.01 Build Date:01/01/10 Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. System Memory Size : System Time System Date [00 :00:00] [Fri 01/01/2010] Floppy A +Tab F1 F10 ESC > IDE/SATA Configuration Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. AMI BIOS Shows system information including BIOS version and built date. System Memory Shows system memory size, VGA shard memory will be excluded.. System Time Set the system internal clock. System Date Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date. Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / None 3 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual IDE/S ATA Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main IDE/SATA Configuration > > > > > > While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices. Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave SATA 1 Device SATA 2 Device SATA 3 Device SATA 4 Device Hard Disk Write Protect IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [Disabled] [35] Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4 Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Select the type of device connected to the system. Primary IDE Master Device : Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu. 4 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Type Select the type of the IDE/SAT A drive. Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Enable or disable multi-sector trans fer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled PIO Mode Select the PIO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5 S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) Select the time out value for detecting IDE/SAT A devices. Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0 5 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power Management, and other system devices. Notice z 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 Advan ced Settings Exit Conf igure CPU. WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions may cause system to m alfunction. > > > > > > > > CPU Configuratio n Sup erIO Configur ation Sma rt Fan Config uration Har dware Health Configuratio n Pow er Configurat ion USB Configuratio n AUD IO Configurat ion Onb oard LAN Conf iguration 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. CPU Configuration T his item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Module Version: AGESA Version: Physical Count: Logical Count: Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine Mode (SVM) AMD CPU Revision: Cache L1: Cache L2: Cache L3: Speed : NB Clk: ncHT Speed : WidthI/O : Able to Change Freq : uCode Patch Level : Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enabled] PowerNow [Enabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled] Probe Filter [Enabled] +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 6 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Secure Virtual Machine Mode Virtualization T echnology can virtually separate your system resou rce into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PowerNow T his item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled ACPI SRAT Table T he operating system scans the ACPI SRAT at boot time and uses the information to better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum perform ance. T his item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up, or not. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Probe Filter T his item allows you to set initialization mode for Probe Filter. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / MP Mode Core Performance Boost If this item is enabled, Revision E CPU automatically transition to pop-down p-state Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Advanced Clock Calibration Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC) is an enhanced technology fo r overclocking, needing support from both chipset and CPU. When enabled, it will improve the stability of advanced overclocking greatly. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / Per Core Core Leveling T his item allows you to activate Core Leveling function. Options: Auto(Default) / Force Single Core / Force Dual Core / Force Tri Core / Enable all Cores 7 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset Onboard Floppy Controller Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address OnBoard CIR Port Keyboard PowerOn Mouse PowerOn Restore on AC Power Loss [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Power Off] Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Disabled Parallel Port Address T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which I/O Address. Options: Disabled (Default) / 378 / 278 / 3BC Parallel Port Mode T his item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. Options: Normal (Default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port. EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. 8 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ T his item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled OnBoard CIR Port T his item allows you to select consumer IR port. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled CIR Port IRQ T his item allows you to select consumer IR port IRQ. Options: IRQ10 (Default) /IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ11 Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key Specific Key Enter T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.” Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 9 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Restore on AC Power Loss T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off state. Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs. Options: Power O ff (Default) / Last State Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Smart Fan Conf iguration CPU Smart Fan Smart Fan Cali bration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF(o C) Fan Ctrl On(oC ) Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensi tive [Dis abled] When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], please run the calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control +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. CPU Smart Fan T his item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / 4Pin / 3Pin Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan fun ctions and show CPU/System fan speed. Control Mode T his item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual 10 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Fan Ctrl On(℃ ) CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1) Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hardware Health Configuration H/W Health Function Shutdown Temperature [Enabled] [Disabled] Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device. CPU Temperature NB Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Fan Sytem1 Fan +12.0V Chip Voltage +5.00V CPU Vcore DDR Voltage HT Voltage +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. H/W Health Function If with a monitoring system, the system will show PC health status duringPOST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 11 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Shutdow n Temperature T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 70℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉ / 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉ Power Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspe nd mode ACPI Version Featu res ACPI APIC support AMI O EMB table Headl ess mode [ S1 (POS)] [ ACPI v1.0] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Disabled] RTC R esume [ Disabled] RTC A larm Date(Day s) RTC A larm T ime USB W akeup From S3 /S4 [ Disabled] Power ON by PCIE/O nboard LAN [ Disabled] Wake Up by PCI [ Disabled] Wakeu p on Ring [ Disabled] Sele ct the ACPI stat e used for Syst em Suspend. +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. 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 S1 & S3 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 12 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 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 (RSDT ) table. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Headless mode T his is a server-speci fic feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating system (e.g. Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Resume 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. USB Wakeup from S3/S4 T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Power On by PCIE/Onboard LAN T his item allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Wake Up by PCI Enable / Disable PCI to generate a wake ev ent. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Wakeup on Ring T his item allows you control the wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 13 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. Module Version - 2.24.5-13.4 USB Devices Enabled: Legacy USB Support USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Legacy USB1.1 HC Support [Enabled] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] [Enabled] > USB Mass Storage Device Configuration +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, 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. Microso ft DOS or Windows NT). 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 Legacy USB1.1 HC Support T his item allows you to enable to support USB1.1 HC. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 14 A880G+/A785G3+ 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 Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. [Auto] +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 (Default) / 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 AUDIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset AUDIO Configuration AMD 880 HD Audio HD Audio Azalia Device Options [Enabled] [Enabled] Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item EnterUpdate F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 15 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual AMD 880 HD Audio T his item allows you to control AMD 880 HD audio function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled HD Audio Azalia Device T his item allows you to control the HD audio device. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled Onboard LAN Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboa rd LAN Config uration Enab le/Disable Onbo ard Realtek PCIE Network Cont roller MAC I D Information : Realt ek PCIE NIC Real tek Option RO M [ Enabled] [ Disabled] +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. MAC ID Information T his area shows the MAC ID. Realtek PCIE NIC T his option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Enable (Default) / Disable Realtek Option ROM T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 16 A880G+/A785G3+ 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 z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. Main Advan ced PCIPnP BIOS SETU P U TILITY Boot Chipset Performance Advanced PCI/P nP Settings Exit Clear NVRAM during System Boot. WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections may c ause system to malf unction. Clear NVRAM Plug & Play O/ S PCI Latency Ti mer Allocate IRQ t o PCI VGA Palette Snoopi ng PCI IDE BusMas ter [No] [No] [64] [Yes ] [Dis abled] [Ena bled] > PCI Resource > PCI Express Configuration +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. 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 Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO. Options: No (Default) / Yes 17 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes 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: 64 (Default) / 0-255 Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA T his item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card. Options: Yes (Default) / No Palette Snooping Some old graphic controllers need to “ snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster T his item is a toggle for the built-in driver that allows the onbo ard ID E controller to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 DMA DMA DMA DMA DMA DMA [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 Reserved Memory Size [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] [Available] Available: Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit [Disabled] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 18 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15 T hese items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. T he option “Available” means the IRQ is going to assign automatically. 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) / 16K / 32K / 64K PCI Express Configuration PCIPnP BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCI Express Configuration Relaxed Ordering [Auto] Maximum Payload Size [Auto] Extended Tag Field [Auto] No Snoop [Auto] Maximum Read Request Size [Auto] Active State Power-Management[Disabled] Extended Synch [Auto] Enable/Disable Pci Express Device Relaxed Ordering. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Relaxed Ordering T his item enables/disables PCI Express Device Relaxed Ordering. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 19 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Maximum Payload Size T his item sets Maximum Payload of Pci Express Device or allows System BIOS to select the value. Options: Auto (Default) / 128 Bytes / 256 Bytes / 512 Bytes / 1024 Bytes / 2048 Bytes / 4096 Bytes Extended Tag Field If this item is enabled, it will allow the system to use 8-bit TAG filed as a requester. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled No Snoop T his item enables/disables Pci Express Device No Snoop option. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled Maximum Read Request Size T his item sets Maximum Read Request Size of Pci Express Devi ce or allows System BIOS to select the value. Options: Auto (Default) / 128 Bytes / 256 Bytes / 512 Bytes / 1024 Bytes / 2048 Bytes / 4096 Bytes Active State Power-Management T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. T his function is for OS which does not support ASPM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Extended Synch If this item is enabled, it will allow generation o f Extended Synchronization patterns. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 20 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Chipset Performance Boot Settings Configuration > > > > Exit Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives Quick Boot Full Screen LOGO Show AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootup Num-Lock Interrupt 19 Capture Ignore Memory Error Messages Smart Multi-Core BOOT SUCCESS BEEP [Enabled] [Enabled] [Force BIOS] [ON] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, 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 appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Options: Pri. Master / Pri. Slave / Sec. Master / Sec. 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 21 A880G+/A785G3+ 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. Options: Pri. Master / Pri. Slave / Sec. Master / Sec. 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: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Ignore Memory Error Messages When set to Enabled, the POST will ignore memory error messages. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Smart Multi-Core Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled 22 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual BOOT S UCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 23 A880G+/A785G3+ 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 Perfo rmance Advan ced Chipset S ettings Exit Opti ons for NB WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions ma y cause syst em to malfun ction. > Nor thBridge Conf iguration > Sou thBridge Conf iguration 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. NorthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NorthBridge Chipset Configuration RS880 CIMx Version : 5.9.1 > Internal Graphics Configuration > PCI Express Configuration Primary Video Controller [PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX] NB Power Management Features [Auto] Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 24 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Inter nal Graphics Configuratio n Options Inter nal Graphics Mode UMA Frame Buffer Size GFX E ngine Clock O verride [ UMA] [ Auto] [ Disable] Surro und View FB Lo cation [ Disabled] [ Above 4G] Disa ble UMA S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option +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. Internal Graphics Mode T his item allows you to select the memory mode used for internal graphi cs device. Options: UMA (Default) / Disable UMA Frame Buffer Size T his item allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics. Options: Auto (Default) / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB / 256MB / 512MB GFX Engine Clock Override T his item allows you to control the internal GFX engine clock override function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled GFX Engine Clock T his item allows you to set the internal GFX engine clock. Options: 500 (Default) / Min: 150, Max: 1200 Surround View T his item allows you to control the Surround View Function. Options: Disabled / Enabled / Auto (Default) FB Location T his item allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (Default) / Under 4G 25 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset PCI Express Configuration > Port #02 Features > Port #07 Features > NB-SB Port Features Select Screen Select Item EnterUpdate F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Port #02/07 Features BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset Gen2 Link Link Slot High Spee d Mode ASPM Width Power Lim it,W [Dis abled] [Dis abled] [Aut o] [75 ] Auto - RC only advertize Gen2 capability. +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. Gen2 High Speed Mode Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0x & L1 26 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Link Width (Only for Port #02) Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W (Only for Port #02) Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 NB-SB Port Features BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et NB-SB Link ASPM [ L1] NP NB -SB VC1 Traff ic Support [ Disabled] Link Width [ Auto] Options Disa bled L1 S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option +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. NB-SB Link ASPM Options: L1(Default) / Disabled NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Link Width Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 Primary Video Controller T his option allows you to select the video controller in charge. Options: PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX (Default) / GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI / GPP-GFX0-IGFX-PCI / IGFX-GFX0-GPP-PCI NB Power Management Features T his option controls the NB power management function. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled 27 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual SouthBridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chipse t Configurat ion Options SB710 CIMx Verison : 4.7.0 OHCI OHCI EHCI OHCI OHCI EHCI OHCI HC(Bus HC(Bus HC(Bus HC(Bus HC(Bus HC(Bus HC(Bus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dev Dev Dev Dev Dev Dev Dev 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 Fn Fn Fn Fn Fn Fn Fn o) 1) 2) 0) 1) 2) 5) Disa bled Enab led [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] [ Enabled] OnChi p SATA Channe l OnChi p SATA Type Optio n ROM POST De lay [ Enabled] [ Native IDE] [ Disabled] Power Saving Featu res [ Disabled] 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. OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19/20 Fn 0/1/5) T his item allows you to control OHCI host controller. (USB 1.1 Device) Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19 Fn 2) T his item allows you to control EHCI host controller. (USB 2.0 Device) Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip SATA Channel T his option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial AT A. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip SATA Type T his option allows you to select the on-chip Serial AT A operation mode. Options: Native IDE (Default) / RAID / AHCI / Legacy IDE / IDEÆAHCI Option ROM POST Delay Options: Disabled (Default) / 1 Second / 2 ~ 7 Seconds 28 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual SATA IDE Combined Mode T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Power Saving Features T his item allows you to enable or disable power saving features in SB. As general rule, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabled fo r mobile. See AMD SB710 Power Saving document for more details. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 29 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, we suggest you use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the device.) Notice z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. Main Advanced PCIPnP BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Chipset Performance Performance Settings Exit CPU Vcore Control Notice: Please Clear CMOS if system no display after overclocking CPU Vcore CPU NB Over Voltage Chipset Over Voltage HT Over Voltage Memory Over Voltage [StartUp] [StartUp] [1.23V] [1.22V] [1.60V] CPU Frequency [200] > CPU FID/VID Control > DRAM Timing Configuration > Hyper Transport Configuration > Memory Configuration +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Vcore T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. CPU NB Over Voltage T his item allows you to select CPU NB Voltage Control. Chipset Over Voltage T his item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control. HT Over Voltage T his item allows you to select HT Voltage Control. 30 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Memory Over Voltage T his item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control. CPU Frequency T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 200-600 CPU FID/VID Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance CPU FID/VID Control Custom P-States Core VID Core FID Core DID NB VID NB FID [Disabled] [1.2250 V] [x14.0 2800MHz] [Divided by 1] [1.1500 V] [2000 MHZ] Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options below this to configure the P-States, or whether to configure the P-States automatically +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Custom P-States T his item allows you to select the P-States controlling. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Core VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU. Core FID T his item allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of CPU. Options: x8.0 1600MHz ~ x16.5 3300MHz 31 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Core DID T his is the Core Divider. Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2 / Divided by 4 / Divided by 8 / Divided by 16 NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 2000MHz (Di ffered by CPU) DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance DRAM Timing Config uration Memor y Clock Mode Mem clock Value DRAM Timing Mode [ Auto] [ DDR3-800] [ Auto] Mem ory CLK : CAS Latency(Tcl) : RAS /CAS Delay(Tr cd) : Row Precharge Ti me(Trp): Min Active RAS(T ras) : RAS /RAS Delay(Tr rd) : Row Cycle (Trc) : Com mand Rate(CR) : Sele ct the DRAM Freq uency progra mming meth od. If Auto, the DRAM speed w ill be b ased on SPDs . If L imit, the DR AM spe will not exceed the spec ified value. If Manu al, the DRAM speed spec ified will b e prog rammed regar dless. S elect Screen S elect Item +C hange Option 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. Memory Clock Mode T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Limit / Manual Memclock Value T his item allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: DDR3-800 (Default) / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 32 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Mode T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM T iming. Options: Auto (Default) / DCT0 / DCT 1 / Both CAS Latency (CL) Options: Auto (Default) / 4~12 CLK 2T Command Options: Auto (Default) / 1T / 2T TR CD Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK TRP Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tR TP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TR AS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK TR C Options: Auto (Default) / 11~42 CLK tWR Options: Auto (Default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 CLK TR RD Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tWTR Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns 33 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance Hyper Transpor t Configuration NODE0:PCI-X2 H T Link HT Link Speed HT Link Width [ Auto] [ Auto] The Hypertransport link will run at this speed if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and the board is capable. +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. HT Link Speed Options: Auto (Default) / 200MHz / 400MHz / 600MHz / 800MHz / 1GHz / 1.2GHz / 1.4GHz / 1.6GHz / 1.8GHz / 2.0GHz HT Link Width Options: Auto (Default) / 4 Bit / 8 Bit / 16 Bit 34 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Memor y Configurati on Bank Interleaving Chann el Interleavi ng Enabl e Clock to Al l DIMMs MemCl k Tristate C3 /ATLVID Memor y Hole Remapp ing DCT U nganged Mode Power Down Enable Pag e Smashing Enab le Bank Memo ry Inte rleaving [ Auto] [ XOR of Addre ss bit] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Enabled] [ Always] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] > ECC Configuratio n S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option +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. Bank Interleaving Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve memory perform ance. Memory interleaving increases bandwidth by allowing simultaneous access to more than one piece of memory. Options: Auto (Default) Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. 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 35 A880G+/A785G3+ 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. Only 64-bit OS supports this function. 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. 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 Page 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 Performance 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] 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. 36 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual ECC Mode T his item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Basic / Good / Super / Max / User DRAM ECC Enabled Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 4-bit ECC Mode Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM BG Scrub/Data Cache BG Scrub/L2 Cache BG Scrub/L3 Cache BG Scrub Options: Disabled (Default) / 40ns / 80ns / 160ns / 320ns / 640ns / 1.28us / 2.56us / 5.12us / 10.2us / 20.5us / 41.0us / 81.9us / 163.8us / 327.7us / 655.4us / 1.31ms / 2.62ms / 5.24ms / 10.49ms / 20.97ms / 42.00ms / 84.00ms 37 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual 7 Exit Menu T his menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. Main Advan ced PCIPnP BIOS SETU P U TILITY Boot Chipset Performance Exit Options Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes a nd Exit Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s F10 key can be used for this operation. Load Optimal D efaults Security Setti ngs > Security S elect Screen S elect Item EnterG o to Sub Screen F1 G eneral Help F10 S ave and Exit ESC E xit vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. Save Changes and Exit Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup. Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Discard Changes Abandon all changes made during the current session and restore the previously saved values. Load Optimal Defaults T his selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting sequence. T hese con figurations are facto ry settings optimized fo r this system. 38 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Security T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Exit Security Setti ngs Install or Change the password. Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installe d User Password :Not Installe d Change Supervi sor Password User Access Le vel Change User Pa ssword Clear User Pas sword Password Check [Ful l Access] [Set up] Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Dis abled] S elect Screen S elect Item EnterC hange F1 G eneral Help F10 S ave and Exit ESC E xit vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. User Access Lev el T his item allows supervisor to set the user level. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them. Clear User Passw ord T his item is for clearing user passwo rd. 39 A880G+/A785G3+ BIOS Manual Passw ord Check T his item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (Default) / Always Boot Sector Virus Protection T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. If this fun ction is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 40