Biostar A960D+V3 User manual

A960D+V3 BIOS Manual
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BIOS Setup ....................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu..........................................................................6
3 PCIPnP Menu............................................................................14
4 Boot Menu.................................................................................17
5 Chipset Menu............................................................................19
6 Performance Menu...................................................................26
7 Exit Menu ..................................................................................31

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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 stage of the booting process, loading and
executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as virus 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
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) specification. Power management features are
implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and
Suspend power management 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 specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power
management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI
specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Support
This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral
Component Interconnect) local bus specification.
DRAM Support
DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
Supported CPUs
This 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 change the settings.
Notice
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.
For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously
updated. The 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.
The content of this manual is subject to be changed 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.
General Help
Navigation Keys

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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 information.
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.

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SATA Configuration
The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices.
There is a sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press
<Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.
Primary IDE Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4 Device
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.

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Type
Select the type of the type of device connected to the system.
(This item is for Primary IDE Master/ Slave.)
Options: Auto (Default) / CDDVD / 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) / Disabled
PIO Mode
Select the PIO mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
DMA Mode
Select the DMA mode.
Options: Auto (Default)
S.M.A.R.T
Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled
32Bit Data Transfer
Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
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

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2 Advanced Menu
The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O,
Power Management, and other system devices.
Notice
Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may
cause system to malfunction.
CPU Configuration
This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.

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Secure Virtual Machine Mode
Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into
several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines
or multi interface systems.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
PowerNow
This item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving
technology.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
CState Mode
This item allows you to specifies the method of C-State enablement.
Options: User (Default) / 00 MHz
CPB Mode
This item allows you to specifies the method of core performance boost
enablement.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
ACPI SRAT Table
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
C1E Support
C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this function helps to save power and
decrease heat by lowering CPU frequency while the processor is not working.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / Message-Triggered / Hardware
HTC temperature limit
This item allows you to set HTC temperature limit. Range: 70℃- 95℃
Options: 70 (Default)℃

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SuperIO Configuration
Parallel Port Address
This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with
which I/O Address.
Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled
Parallel Port Mode
This 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
ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.
Parallel Port IRQ
This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5
Keyboard PowerOn
Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Kye / Stroke Key / Any Key
Mouse PowerOn
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Restore on AC Power Loss
This 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 Off (Default) / Power On / Last State

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Smart Fan Configuration
CPU Smart Fan
This 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 functions and show CPU/System fan speed.
Control Mode
This item provides several operation modes of the fan.
Options: Manual (Default) / Quiet / Performance
Fan Ctrl OFF(℃)
When CPU/System temperature is lower than this value, the Fan will keep
lowest rpm without PWM control.
Options: 10 (Default)
Fan Ctrl On(℃)
When CPU/System temperature is higher than this value, the Fan controller
will turn on.
Options: 20 (Default)
Fan Ctrl Start Value
When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan
will work under Smart Fan Function mode.
Options: 30 (Default)

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Fan Ctrl Sensitive
The numeral is bigger the fan speed-up faster.
Options: 20 (Default)
Hardware Health Configuration
This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
PWM Processor Hot
This item allows you to set the PWM Processor Hot.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
H/W Health Function
Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Shutdown Temperature
This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. 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℉

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Power Configuration
EuP Control
When Eup Enabled. System meets Eup requirment. All wake up events do
not work except Power Button after power down system (S5).
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Suspend mode
This item allows you to select the ACPI state used for System suspend.
Options: S1 (POS) (Default) / S3 (STR) / Auto
ACPI Version Features
This item allows you to enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit Fixedsystem
description tables. Different ACPI version has some addition.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 / ACPI v4.0
ACPI APIC support
This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced
Programmable Interrupt Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor
support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
AMI OEMB table
Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in
the Root System Description Table (RSDT) table.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Headless mode
This is a server-specific 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 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 Alarm Time
You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to
specify.
USB Wakeup From S3/S4
This item enables or disables USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Power On by PCIE/Onboard LAN
This 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 event.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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USB Configuration
This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.
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 or Windows NT).
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto
USB 2.0 Controller Mode
This 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
This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI
hand-off feature.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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3 PCIPnP Menu
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at
speeds nearing the speed of 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.
Clear NVRAM
This item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by selecting
“Yes”.
Options: No (Default) / Yes
Plug & Play OS
When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot
sequence (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

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PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another
takes over. The 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 VGA
This 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
This item 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

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IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending
on the type of device using the interrupt. The option “Available” means the
IRQ is going to assign 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
This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K
PCI Express Configuration
Active State Power-Management
This item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices before the
operating system boots. This function is for OS which does not support
ASPM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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4 Boot Menu
This menu allows you to setup the system boot options.
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: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Full Screen LOGO Show
This item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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AddOn ROM Display Mode
This 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
BOOT SUCCESS BEEP
When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with
beep.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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5 Chipset Menu
This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset
installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to
system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates
communications with the PCI bus.
SouthBridge Configuration