User manual BIOSTAR TP43D2-A7 BIOS MANUAL

[. . . ] TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 PCIPnP Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 Chipset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6 O. N. E Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 i TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 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. [. . . ] A headless server is one that operates without a ic keyboard, monitor or mouse. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Intel V T-d Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Options Disabled Enabled Intel VT-d [Disab led] +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. 16 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 BIOS Manual Intel VT-d Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O (VT -d) extends Virtualization T echnology (VT ) roadmap, by providing hardware assists for virtualization solution. VT -d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performan ce of I/O devices in virtualized environment. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 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 17 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 BIOS Manual 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 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 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 BIOS Manual 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. Onboard PCIE PATA Cntlr T his item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller. Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled Onboard PCIE Giga LAN T his item allows you to control the onboard LAN. Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled Onboard LAN Boot Rom T his item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information T his item shows the LAN MAC ID. 19 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 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 Advan ced PCIPnP BIOS SETU P U TILITY Boot Chipset O. N. E Exit Advanced PCI/P nP Settings 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 OffBoard PCI/I SA IDE Card IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 [No] [No] [64] [Yes ] [Dis abled] [Ena bled] [Aut o] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] [Ava ilable] Clear NVRAM during System Boot. +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 WindowTM 95. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, NetwareTM), this option must set to NO. Options: No (Default) / Yes 20 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 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: 64 (Default) / 32 / 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 / 224 / 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA T his item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card. [. . . ] Options: x6. 0 / x7. 0 / x7. 5 / x8. 0 / x8. 5 / x9. 0 / x9. 5 / x10. 0 CPU Frequency Setting T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: Min= 100 MHz; Max= 800 MHz Over Clock Retry Count T his item allows you to set the overclock fail retry times. Options: 3 (Default) / Min= 1; Max= 8 32 TP45D2-A7/TP43D2-A7 BIOS Manual FS B(Bsel) To NorthBridge Latch T his item allows you to select the FSB Frequency. Options: Auto (Default) / FSB 800 / FSB 1066 / FSB 1333 DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. [. . . ]