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TA790GXB3/TA785-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

Summary of Contents for TA785-A3 - BIOS

Page 1: ...TA790GXB3 TA785 A3 BIOS Manual i BIOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu 3 2Advanced Menu 7 3 PCIPnP Menu 16 4 Boot Menu 19 5 Chipset Menu 21 6 T Series Menu 30 7 Exit Menu 44 ...

Page 2: ...password 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 supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification EPA Green PC Support ThisAMI BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support This AMI BIOS supports Version 1 1 1 2 of t...

Page 3: ...and you 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 after changing any settings please load the default settings to ensure system s compatibility and stability Use Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu z For better system performance the BIOS f...

Page 4: ... eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit Ta b F1 F1 0 ES C Use ENTER TA B or SHIFT TAB t o sele ct a field Use or t o conf igure system Time Syste m Overview AMI B IOS Versi on 01 01 0 1 Build Date 01 01 0 9 Syste m Memory Size Syste m Time 00 00 00 Syste m Date Thu 01 01 2009 Flopp y A Har d Drive Confi guration Exit AMI BIOS Shows systeminformation including BIOS version and built date System Memory Sh...

Page 5: ... Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC While entering setup BIOS auto detects th e presence of IDE devices This displa ys the status of auto detection of IDE devices IDE Confuguration Primary IDE Slave SATA 1 Device Hard ...

Page 6: ...uto The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub menu Type Select the type of the IDE SATA 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 transfer Options Auto Default...

Page 7: ...led Default Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection This 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 SATA devices Options 35 Default 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 ...

Page 8: ...sections may cause system to malfunction SuperIO Configuration Smart Fan Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Power Configuration USB Configuration CPU Configuration Exit CPU Configuration Thisitem shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help...

Page 9: ...able The operating system scans the ACPI SRAT at boot time and uses the information to better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum performance This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up or not Options Enabled Default Disabled Probe Filter Thisitem allows you to control the initialization mode for Probe Filter Options Auto Default D...

Page 10: ...ontroller 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 Keyboard PowerOn Thisitem allows you to control the keyboard power on function Options Disabled Default Specific Key Stroke Key Any Key Specific Ke...

Page 11: ...ion BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC When you choice Auto 3Pin or 4Pin please run the calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control Smart Fan Configuration CPU Smart Fan Disabled Smart Fan Calibration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF C o Fan Ctrl On C Fan Ctr...

Page 12: ... Fan Functionmode Options 0 127 Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU System fan Options 1 127 Hardware Health Configuration Thisitem shows the system temperature fan speed and voltage information Advanced Hardware Health Configuration H W Health Function Enabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled SYS CPU Temperature CPU Fan System1 Fan CPU Vcore HT Chip Voltage 3 30V 12 0...

Page 13: ...ect Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend ACPI Settings Suspend mode S1 POS ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 ACPI APIC support Enabled AMI OEMB table Enabled Headless mode Disabled RTC Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Date Days Time USB Wakeup From S3 S4 Disabled Power On by PCIE Onboard LAN Disabled Wake Up by PCI Enabled...

Page 14: ...oard monitor or mouse To run in headless mode both BIOS and operating system e g WindowsServer 2003 must supportheadless operation Options Disabled Default Enabled RTC Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode Options Disabled Default Enabled RTC Alarm Date Days You can choose which date the system will boot up RTC...

Page 15: ...24 3 13 4 Legac y USB Support Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration Legacy USB Support This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices like the keyboard mouse and USB drive This is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB e g Microsoft DOS o...

Page 16: ...ST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay 20 Sec Emulation Type Auto Device USB Mass Storage Reset Delay Thisitem allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device Options 20 Sec Def ault 10 Sec 30Sec 40Sec Emulation Type Thisitem allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage de...

Page 17: ...Save and Exit Exit 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 64 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled PCI Resource Clear NVRAM No Exit Clear NVRAM Thisitem allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM CMOS by selecting Ye...

Page 18: ...abled 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 Disabled PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Available Specified IR...

Page 19: ...ssign automatically Options Available Default Reserved DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 These items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the channel The option Available means the channel is going to assign automatically Options Available Default Reserved Reserved Memory Size Thisitem allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device Option...

Page 20: ...ecify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Options Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled Hard Disk Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically You can also change the booting sequence The number of device items that app...

Page 21: ...Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show Thisitem allows you to enable disable Full Screen LOGO Show function Options Enabled Default Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode Thisitem 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 op...

Page 22: ...nfiguration OnBoard Peripherals Configuration SouthBridge Configuration Exit SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC EC Configuration SB Azalia Audio Configuration OHCI HC Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn o Enabled OHCI HC Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 1 Enabled EHCI HC Bu...

Page 23: ...reBoot Feature Enabled SureBoot Timeout 4 Seconds Options Disabled Enabled SureBoot Feature This item allows you to control the SureBoot function SureBoot is a technology that ensures a complete Windows environment will be available disaster recovery situations Options Enabled Default Disabled SureBoot Timeout Thisitem allows you to control the SureBoot timeout Options 4 Seconds Default 1 Second 2...

Page 24: ...ia Device Thisitem allows you to control the HD audio device Options Enabled Default Auto Disabled Azalia Clock Gating Options Disabled Default Enabled 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 Thisoption allows youto enable the on chip Serial ATA Options Enabled Default Disabled OnChip SAT...

Page 25: ...abled for mobile See AMD SB700 Power Saving document for more details Options Disabled Default Enabled AMD 790GX Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC AMD 790GX Configuration CIMX Version 4 1 0 PCI Express Configuration Hyper Transport Configuration Pr...

Page 26: ...Internal Graphics Mode Thisitem allows you to select the memory mode used for internal graphics device Options UMA Default Disable UMA FrameBuffer Size Thisitem allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics Options Auto Default 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB Surround View Thisitem allows you to control the Surround View Function Options Auto Default Disabled FB Location Thisite...

Page 27: ...Configuration Disabled Port 05 Features Options Auto Disabled Enabled GFX Dual Slot Configuration Options Disabled Default Auto Enabled GPP Slots Power Limit W Options 25 Default 0 255 Port 02 04 05 06 07 09 10 Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Gen2 High Speed M...

Page 28: ...LITY Chipset vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC NP NB SB VC1 Traffic Support Disabled Link Width Auto Compliance Mode Disabled NB SB Link ASPM L1 Options Disabled L1 NB SB Link ASPM Options L1 Default Disabled NP NB SB VC1 Traffic Support Options Disabled Default Enabled Link Width Options Auto Def...

Page 29: ...d HT Link Tristate Auto Auto CAD CTL HT Link Tristate Options Auto Default Disabled CAD CTL CAD CTL CLK UnitID Clumping Options Auto Default Disabled PCIE GFX PCIE GFX 2x LCLK Mode Options Disabled Default Enabled Primary Video Controller Thisoption allows youto 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 Ma...

Page 30: ...t Exit F1 F10 ESC MAC ID Information Realtek PCIE NIC Enable Realtek Option ROM Disabled Enable Disable Onboard RTL8111DL PCIE Network Controller MAC ID Information Thisarea shows the MAC ID Realtek PCIE NIC Thisoption allows youto control the onboard LAN controller Options Enable Default Disable Realtek Option ROM Thisitem allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM Options Disabled ...

Page 31: ...s Automate OverClock System Manual OverClock System WARNING Please Clear CMOS if system no display after overclocking OverClock Navigator Normal G P U Phase Control Integrated Memory Test Disabled Auto OverClock System V6 Tech Engine CPU HT Reference Clock MHz 200 CPU Configuration Auto CPU Tuning Clock Control Voltage Configuation DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Configuration Exit Options Normal...

Page 32: ...t Disabled CPU HT Reference Clock MHz 200 CPU Configuration Auto CPU Tuning Clock Control Voltage Configuation DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Configuration Exit Options Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock The Overclock Navigator provides 3 different engines helping you to overclock your system These engines will boost your system perf ormance to different level Options V6 Tech Engine This...

Page 33: ...or Manual OverClock CPU HT Reference Clock MHz 200 CPU Configuration Auto CPU Tuning Clock Control Voltage Configuation DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Configuration G P U Phase Control Integrated Memory Test Disabled Auto OverClock System V6 Tech Engine Exit Options Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock MOS is designed for experienced overclock users It allows users to customize personal ov...

Page 34: ...uto T Series CPU Vcore Control CPU Vcore Thisitem allows you to select CPU Vcore Control Options Auto Default 0 050V 1 450V Interval 0 05V CPU NB Ov er Voltage Thisitem allows you to select NB Over Voltage Control Options Auto Default 0 050V 1 450V Interval 0 05V Custom P States This item tells BIOS whether to use the setup options below this to configure the P States or whether to configure the P...

Page 35: ...Frequency of NB chip Options 2000MHz Default 800MHz 2000MHz NB DID Options Divided by 1 Default Divided by 2 SVID Override Options Disabled Default 0 800V 1 550V Interval 0 025V 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 8 Bit 16 Bit Advanced Clock Calibration Advanced Clock Calibration ACC is an enhance...

Page 36: ...American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Clock Control ATIG Reference Clock MHZ 100 SB Reference Clock MHZ 100 Spread Spectrum Disabled GFX Engine Clock Override Disabled T Series ATIG SB Reference Clock MHz Thisitem allows you to select ATIG SB Reference Clock Options 100 Default 101 500 Spread Spectrum Thisitem allows you to contr...

Page 37: ...it F1 F10 ESC Voltage Configuration Memory Over Voltage 1 60V 1 25V 1 20V HT SB Chipset Over Voltage Over Voltage T Series Change memory voltage value Memory Over Voltage Thisitem allows you to select DDR Over Voltage Control Options 1 60V Default 1 65V 1 95V Interval 0 1V HT Chipset Over Voltage Thisitem allows you to select chipset Voltage Control Options 1 25V Default 1 35V 1 45V 1 55V SB Ov er...

Page 38: ... CAS Delay Trcd Row Precharge Time Trp Min Active RAS Tras Row Cycle Trc RAS RAS Delay Trrd BIOSTAR Memory Insight T Series BIOSTAR Memory Insight BIOS SETUP UTILITY vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC BIOSTAR Memory Insight DDR3 A1 SPD Informations DDR3 B1 SPD Informations DDR3 A2 SPD Informations ...

Page 39: ...ult DDR3 1066 DDR3 1333 DDR3 1600 Auto DRAM Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DRAM Timing Options Auto Default DCT0 DCT1 Both CAS Latency CL Options Auto Default 3 6 CLK 7CLK DH_Only 2T Command Options Auto Default 1T 2T TRCD Options Auto Default 3 6 CLK TRP Options Auto Default 3 6 CLK tRTP Options Auto Default 2 4 CLK 3 5 CLK TRAS Options Auto D...

Page 40: ...IOS SETUP UTILITY vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Memory Configuration Bank Interleaving Auto Channel Interleaving XOR of Address bit Enable Clock to All DIMMs Disabled MemClk Tristate C3 ATLVID Disabled Memory Hole Remapping Enabled DCT Unganged Mode Always Power Down Enable Disabled Page Smash...

Page 41: ...power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots Options Disabled Default Enabled MemClk Tristate C3 ATLVID Thisitem enables or disables the MemClkTristate function in C3 Mode Options Disabled Default Enabled Memory Hole Remapping This 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 funct...

Page 42: ...crub Disabled L2 Cache BG Scrub Disabled L3 Cache BG Scrub Disabled 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 T Series ECC Mode Thisitem allows you to select the DRAMECC Mode Options Disabled Default Basic Good Super Max User DRAM ECC Enabled Options Disabled Default Enabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Options Disab...

Page 43: ...s Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC G P U Phase Control Phase Status CPU Vcore Current CPU Power Efficiency G P U Phase Mode Auto T Series Options Auto Off G P U Phase Mode Thisitem allows you to control G P U Phase Mode power saving technology Options Auto Default Off ...

Page 44: ...PU Configuration Auto CPU Tuning Clock Control Voltage Configuation DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Configuration Integrated Memory Test Enabled Exit Options Enabled Disabled Step 2 When the process is done change the setting back from Enabled to Disabled to complete the test BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T Series vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select ...

Page 45: ...his operation Exit Options Security Settings Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults CMOS Backup Function Security Exit 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 ses...

Page 46: ...General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC Exit Options Security Settings Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Security CMOS Backup Function Exit CMOS Backup Func CMOS Data CMOS Data Reload Save Security Thissub menu allows you to provide revise supervisor and user password BIOS SETUP UTILITY vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc...

Page 47: ...y as the Supervisor Password Ifthe 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 Password Thisitem is for clearing user password Password Check Thisitem is for setting the timing that checking password Options Setup Default Always Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to choose ...

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