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GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS M anual 

 

BIOS Setup 

Introduction 

The 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. The 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. This 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.   
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS 
Setup. 

Plug and Pla y Support 

This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. 

EPA Green PC Support 

This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. 

APM Support 

This 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 power manag ement and  
device con figuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by 
Microso ft, Intel and Toshiba. 

Summary of Contents for GF8200 M 2G+

Page 1: ...GF8200 M2G BIOS Manual i BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu 3 2Advanced Menu 7 3 PCIPnP Menu 19 4 Boot Menu 22 5 Chipset Menu 24 6 Performance Menu 26 7 Exit Menu 34...

Page 2: ...ord protection or chipset fine tuning options are also included in BIOS The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup Plug and Play Support ThisAMI BIOS supp...

Page 3: ...u can use these keys to select item and change the settings Notice z The default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance of the motherboard If the system becomes unstable...

Page 4: ...t Exit Tab F1 F10 ESC Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to configure system Time System Overview AMI BIOS System Memory 00 00 System Date Tue 01 01 2008 Floppy A IDE Configuration Ve...

Page 5: ...ntegrated IDE Controller ENABLED enables the integrated IDE Controller IDE Confuguration OnChip S ATA Controller Enabled SATA Mode Select SATA Mode Change the AHCI DID for Linux Disabled Primary IDE M...

Page 6: ...ted to the system Primary IDE Master 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 Device Type Auto The BIOS detects the i...

Page 7: ...sabled 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 This will be effective only...

Page 8: ...tion USB Configuration AUDIO Configuration Onboard LAN Configuration CPU Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Smart Fan Configuration Power Configuration Exit CPU Configur...

Page 9: ...ng system at boot up or not Options Enabled Default Disabled SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Opt...

Page 10: ...Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode Parallel Port IRQ Thisitem allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard paralle...

Page 11: ...S peed SUS Fan Warning Disabled CPU T emperature CPU F AN Speed JCFA N SYS F AN Speed JSFA N CPU V oltage Chip Voltage 3 30 V 5 00 V 12 0 V HT Vo ltage DDR V oltage 5VSB BIOS S ETUP UTILITY vxx xx C...

Page 12: ...OFF C o Fan Ctrl On C Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensi tive o CPU Smart Fan Thisitem allows you to control the CPUSmart Fan function Options Disabled default Auto 4 pin 3 pin Smart Fan C alibration...

Page 13: ...Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings Power Configuration...

Page 14: ...mer Width 24 bits Options Disabled Enabled SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE Options Enabled Default Disabled ACPI PM Timer Width Options 24 bits Def ault 32 bits Suspend mode The item allows you to select...

Page 15: ...hat operates without a keyboard monitor or mouse To run in headless mode both BIOS and operating system e g WindowsServer 2003 must supportheadless operation Options Disabled Default Enabled WOL From...

Page 16: ...Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled Module Version 2 24 3 13 4 USB 1 1 Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Legacy USB Support...

Page 17: ...1 1 12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand Off This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand off feature Options Enabled Default Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration BIOS...

Page 18: ...Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Internal codec is included in chipset it is for HDMI AUDIO function Exte...

Page 19: ...F10 ESC Control onboard Lan on off Onboard LAN Configuration Onboard LAN Auto Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled MAC ID Information Onboard LAN Thisoption allows youto control the onboard LAN controller Op...

Page 20: ...t F1 F10 ESC Clear NVRAM during System Boot Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Plug Play O S No PCI Latency Timer 32 Allocate IRQ...

Page 21: ...Disabled Default Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster Thisitem is a toggle for the built in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to perform DMA Direct Memory Access transfers Options Enabled Default Di...

Page 22: ...Available Default Reserved Reserved Memory Size Thisitem allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device Options Disabled Default 16K 32K 64K PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP U...

Page 23: ...tu re Enabled Boo t Device Prio rity Exit Boot Device Priority Items in this sub menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on th...

Page 24: ...uccess with beep Options Enabled Default Disabled Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Options Enabl...

Page 25: ...WARNI NG Setting w rong values in below sec tions may cause system to m alfunction iGPU and Ext VGA S election Disable iGPU if Ex iGPU Frame Buffer Detect Auto PCIE training Gen2 if supp orted Load P...

Page 26: ...d iGPU Frame Buffer Size Thisitem allows you to choose the frame buffer size of on chip VGA Options 256MB Default 32MB 64MB 128MB 512MB Disabled PCIE Training Options Gen2 if supported Default Only Ge...

Page 27: ...xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Me gatrends Inc S elect Screen S elect Item G o to Sub Screen G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit Enter F1 F10 ESC Performance Se ttings WARNING Setti ng wrong values...

Page 28: ...V 1 300V 1 275V 1 250V 1 225V 1 200V 1 175V 1 150V T Processor Voltage Thisitem allows you to set the CPU voltage Options Auto Default 0 80V 1 55V Differed by CPU CPU Ov er Voltage Thisitem allows you...

Page 29: ...Auto Perfo rmance Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY vxx xx C C opyright 198 5 200x Amer ican Megatre nds Inc S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit F1 F1...

Page 30: ...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 Power Down Enable Thisitem contr...

Page 31: ...t 3 6 CLK tRTP Options Auto Default 2 4 CLK 3 5 CLK TRAS Options Auto Default 5 18 CLK TRC Options Auto Default tWR Options Auto Default 3 6 CLK TRRD Options Auto Default 2 5 CLK tRWTTO Options Auto D...

Page 32: ...read Sp ectrum D isabled Spread Sp ectrum D isabled Spread Sp ectrum D isabled PCI Spread Spe ctrum D isabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit F1 F10 ESC O...

Page 33: ...LITY Performance vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Me gatrends Inc AMD Overclocki ng Configuration Custom P State s D isabled Core FID x 12 0 2400MHz S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G e...

Page 34: ...CPU SB to K8 CPU Freq Auto Options Enabled Default Disabled SB to K8 CPU Frequency Options 1000 MHz Default 200 MHz 400 MHz 600 MHz 800 MHz SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth Options 16 16 Default 8 8 4 4 Memory...

Page 35: ...sed for this operation Exit Options Security Setti ngs Save Changes a nd Exit Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s Load Optimal D efaults Security Exit Save Changes and Exit Save all configurati...

Page 36: ...oot Sector Vi rus Protection Dis abled Exit Change SupervisorPassword Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You...

Page 37: ...Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to writ...

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