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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+

BIOS Manual

BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1

1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3

2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7

3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19

4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22

5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24

6 T-S eries Menu........................................................................................26

7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................37

Summary of Contents for TF710 A2 PLUS - BIOS

Page 1: ...TF8200 A2 SE TF720 A2 TF710 A2 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 T Series Menu 26 7 Exit Menu 37 ...

Page 2: ...s and 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 ...

Page 3: ...rner 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 perf ormance the ...

Page 4: ...ESC Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to configure system Time System Overview AMI BIOS 00 00 System Date Tue 01 01 2008 Floppy A IDE Configuration Version 01 01 01 Build Date 01 01 08 NVMM ROM Version X XXX XX System Time 00 Exit AMI BIOS Shows systeminformation including BIOS version built date etc System Time Set the systeminternal clock System Date Set the system date Note th...

Page 5: ...ct SATA Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave SATA 1 Device Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 Change the AHCI DID for Linux Disabled SATA 2 Device SATA 3 Device SATA 4 Device OnChip P ATA Controller Enabled SATA 5 Device SATA 6 Device OnChip P ATA Controller Thisitem allows you to control the onboard IDE controller Options Enabled Default Disabled OnChip S ATA Control...

Page 6: ...ransfer Auto PIO Mode Auto DMA Mode Auto S M A R T Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Device Type Auto 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 ...

Page 7: ...ransfer 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 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: ... to malfunction USB Configuration AUDIO Configuration Onboard LAN Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Smart Fan Configuration Power 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 Chang...

Page 9: ...the operating 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 Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Onboard Floppy Controller Enabled Serial Port1 Address 3...

Page 10: ...llel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended CapabilitiesPort ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode Parallel Port IRQ Thisitem allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port Options IRQ7 Default IRQ5 Disabled Keyboard PowerOn Thisitem allows you to control the keyboard power on function Options Disabled Default Enabled Mouse PowerOn Thisitem allows you to control the mouse power...

Page 11: ... 5V SB Voltage Battery 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 Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device H W Health Function If you computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage Options Enabled Default Disabled Shutdown Temperature This item all...

Page 12: ...Ctrl OFF C o Fan Ctrl On C Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensitive 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 Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU System fan functions and show CPU Systemfan speed Control Mode Thisitem provides several operation modes of the fan Options Qu...

Page 13: ...LITY Advanced 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 Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings Power Configuration Chipset ACPI Configuration Suspend mode S1 POS ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 ACPI APIC support Enabled AMI OEMB table Enabled Headless mode Disabled WOL From Soft Off Disabled...

Page 14: ... ACPI PM Timer 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 the suspend type under the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS Default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM Auto POS STR Repost Video on S3 Resume Options NO Default YES ACPI Version Fea...

Page 15: ... 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 WindowsServer 2003 must supportheadless operation Options Disabled Default Enabled WOL From Soft Off Thisitem allows you control the wake on LAN WOL function Options Disabled Default Enabled USB Resume from S3 S4 Thisitem allows you to enable or disabled the USB re...

Page 16: ...r legacy USB AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled Module Version 2 24 2 13 4 Legacy USB Support Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Legacy USB Support This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices like the keyboard mouse and USB ...

Page 17: ...m Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Number of seconds POST 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 T...

Page 18: ...d codec AUDIO Configur ation AZALIA AUDIO Int ernal codec E AZALIA AUDIO Thisitem allows you to control the onboard codec and on chip codec Options Internal codec E Default Internal codec External codec Disabled Onboard LAN Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Me gatrends Inc S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit...

Page 19: ...ption allows youto control the onboard LAN controller Options Auto Default Disabled Onbaord Lan Boot ROM Thisitem allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM Options Disabled Default Enabled MAC ID Information Thisitem shows the LAN MAC ID information ...

Page 20: ... Exit E xit F1 F10 ESC Clear NVRAM during System Boot Advanced PCI P nP Settings WARNING Setti ng wrong values in below sections may c ause system to malf unction Plug Play O S No PCI Latency Ti mer 32 Allocate IRQ t o PCI VGA Yes Palette Snoopi ng Dis abled PCI IDE BusMas ter Ena bled PCI Resource PCI Express Configuration Clear NVRAM No Exit Clear NVRAM Thisitem allows you to clear the data in t...

Page 21: ...ace Options 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 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 Availab...

Page 22: ...lly Options 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 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 Enable Disable PCI Express L0s and L1 l...

Page 23: ...pt 19 C apture Ena bled Boot Device Priority 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 the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Hard Disk Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically You can also change the booting se...

Page 24: ...the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Options Enabled Default 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 swit...

Page 25: ... malf unction Primary Graphi cs Adapter PCI E VGA Card Firs iGPU and Ext V GA Selection Dis able iGPU if Ex iGPU Frame Buf fer Detect Aut o PCIE training Onl y Gen1 Iso Flow Contr ol Dis abled Hi Priority Ch annel Ena bled Display Refres h Ena bled Hybrid SLI sup port Dis abled iGPU Frame Buf fer Size 128 MB Exit 1 Memory have to over 1G size 2 Disaply from IGPU first 3 External VGA must support t...

Page 26: ...uffer Detect for TF8200 A2 SE TF720 A2 Only Thisitem allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer Options Auto Default Disabled iGPU Frame Buffer Size for TF8200 A2 SE TF720 A2 Only Thisitem allows you to choose the frame buffer size of on chip VGA Options 128MB Default 16MB 32MB 64MB 256MB Disabled PCIE Training Options Only Gen1 Default Gen2 ifsupported Iso Flow Control Options Disabled Default E...

Page 27: ...ions may c ause system to malf unction Au tomate OverClock Sy stem M anual OverClock Sys tem OverClock Navi gator N ormal Integrated Mem ory Test D isabled Auto OverClock System V 6 Tech Engine CPU Frequency MHz 2 00 z Over Voltage Configuration DRAM Timing Configuration Spread Spect rum Configuration Processor Freq uency Multiplier A uto SB to K8 CPU Freq Auto E nabled SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth 1 6 ...

Page 28: ...figuration Processor Freq uency Multiplier A uto SB to K8 CPU Freq Auto E nabled SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth 1 6 16 Memory Clock M ode A uto MCP PCI Expres s Frequency MH 1 00 CPU Frequency MHz 2 00 z 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 diffe...

Page 29: ... uency Multiplier A uto SB to K8 CPU Freq Auto E nabled SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth 1 6 16 Memory Clock M ode A uto MCP PCI Expres s Frequency MH 1 00 Integrated Mem ory Test D isabled Auto OverClock System V 6 Tech Engine Exit Options Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock MOS is designed for experienced overclock users It allows users to customize personal overclock setting Over Voltage Configura...

Page 30: ... select CPU Voltage Control Options StartUp Default 0 02V 0 62V Chipset Over Voltage Thisitem allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control Options StartUp Default 0 05V 0 10V 0 15V HT Ov er Voltage Thisitem allows you to select HT Voltage Control Options StartUp Default 0 09V 0 27V Memory Over Voltage Thisitem allows you to select DDR Voltage Control Options 1 95V Default 1 95V 2 65V interval 0 1V...

Page 31: ...ut o T Series Memory Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Me gatrends Inc S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit F1 F10 ESC Memory Configu ration Bank Interleav ing Aut o Enable Clock t o All DIMMs Dis abled MemClk Tristat e C3 ATLVID Dis abled Memory Hole Re mapping Ena bled DCT Unganged M ode Alw ays Power Down Ena ble En...

Page 32: ...y Only 64 bit OS supports this function Options Enabled Default Disabled DCT Unganged Mode This item controls the DRAM controller ganged 128bit 1 unganged 64bit 2 dual channel operation mode If two DRAM modules with different size are installed using unganged mode can stillmake it run in dual channel operation Options Always Default Auto Power Down Enable Thisitem controls the DRAM power down func...

Page 33: ...d Options Auto Default TRCD Options Auto Default TRP Options Auto Default tRTP Options Auto Default TRAS Options Auto Default TRC Options Auto Default tWR Options Auto Default TRRD Options Auto Default tRWTTD Options Auto Default tWRRD Options Auto Default ...

Page 34: ...ation CPU LDT Spread Spectrum D isabled PCIE SATA iGPU Spread 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 Options Disabled Enabled CPU LDT Spread Spectrum Thisitem allows you to control the CPU LDT spread spectrum Options Disabled Default Enabled PCI...

Page 35: ...U spread spectrum Options Disabled Default Enabled CPU Frequency MHz Thisitem allows you to select the CPU Frequency Options 200 MHz Default 100 500 Processor Frequency Multiplier Thisitem allows you to control the CPUmultiplier Options Auto Default x4 x25 differs by CPU SB to K8 CPU Freq Auto Options Enabled Default Disabled SB to K8 CPU Frequency Options 1000MHz Default 200 2600MHz SB to K8 CPU ...

Page 36: ...TF8200 A2 SE TF720 A2 TF710 A2 BIOS Manual 35 MemClock Value Options 400MHz Default 200 MHz 266 MHz 333 MHz 533 MHz MCP PCI Express Frequency MHz Options 100 MHz Default 100 200 ...

Page 37: ...ed SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth 1 6 16 Memory Clock M ode A uto MCP PCI Expres s Frequency MH 1 00 Integrated Mem ory Test E nabled Exit Options Normal Automate OverClock Manual OverClock Step 2 When the process is done change the setting back from Enabled to Disabled to complete the test BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T Series vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Me gatrends I...

Page 38: ... operation Exit Options ReloadCMOS Set tings Security Setti ngs Save Changes a nd Exit Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s Load Optimal D efaults CMOS Backup Fu nction 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 mad...

Page 39: ...ave and Exit E xit Enter F1 F10 ESC Exit Options ReloadCMOS Set tings Security Setti ngs Save Changes a nd Exit Discard Change s and Exit Discard Change s Load Optimal D efaults Security CMOS Backup Fu nction Exit CMOS Backup Func CMOS Data CMOS Data Reload Save Security Thissub menu allows you to provide revise supervisor and user password BIOS SETU P U TILITY vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x America...

Page 40: ...ame way 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 c...

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