Biostar GF8100 M2G PLUS - BIOS User manual

GF8100 M2G+ BIOS Manual
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BIOS Setup.................................................................................................1
1Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19
4Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6Performance Menu...............................................................................26
7Exit Menu...............................................................................................35

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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 theSetup 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.
Plugand 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) speci fication. Power management fe atures are implemented via the S ystem
Management Int errupt (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
Interconn ect) local bus speci fic ation.
DRAM Support
DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
Supported CPUs
This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
Using Setup
W hen 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 ch ange
the settings.
Notice
zThe 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.
zFor 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.
zThe 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 inform ation.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Field
Select Field
General Help
Save and Exit
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
Version :01.01.01
Build Date:01/01/08
NVMM ROM Version :X.XXX.XX
Size :
System Time 00
Exit
AMI BIOS
Shows system information including BIOS version, built date, etc.
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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Floppy A
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Options: 1.44M, 3.5in (Default) / 360K, 5.25 in/ 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in /
2.88M, 3.5in / None
IDE Configuration
T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a
sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter
the sub-menu of detailed options.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
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Select Screen
Select Item
Go to Sub Screen
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
Enter
F1
F10
ESC
DISABLED: disables the
integrated IDE
Controller.
ENABLED: enables the
integrated IDE
Controller.
IDE Confuguration
OnChip S-ATA C ontroller [Enabled]
SATA Mode Select [SATA Mode]
Change the AHCI DID for Linux[Disabled]
> Primary IDE Master
> Primary IDE Slave
> SATA 1 Device
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
> SATA 2 Device
> SATA 3 Device
> SATA 4 Device
OnChip P-ATA C ontroller [Enabled]
OnChip P-ATA Controller
This item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
OnChip S-ATA Controller
This item allows you to control the onboard SATAcontroller.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
SATAMode Select
This item allows you to choose the SATA operation mode.
Options: SAT A Mode (Default) / RAID Mode/ AHCI Mode

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Change the AHCI DID for Linux
Thisitem appears only when SATA mode is set toAHCI.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Primary IDEMaster/Slave ;SATA 1/2/3/4 Device
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Select the type
of device connected
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]
T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective 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 trans fer.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
PIOMode
Select the PIO mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1/ 2 / 3 / 4

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DMA Mode
Select the DMA mode.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
S.M.A.R.T
Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and ReportingTechnology.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / 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 if the device
is accessed through BIOS.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
IDEDetect Time Out (Sec)
Select the time out value for detecting IDE/SATA devices.
Options: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25/ 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0

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2Advanced Menu
The Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power
Management, and other system devices.
Notice
zBeware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system tomalfunction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
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
Configure CPU.Advanced Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may c ause system to malfunction.
> USB Configuration
> AUDIO Configuration
> Onboard LAN Configuration
> CPU Configuration
> SuperIO Configuration
> Hardware Health Configuration
> Smart Fan Configuration
> Power Configuration
Exit
CPU Configuration
Thisitem shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Enable/Disable
Secure Virtual Machine
Mode (SVM)
CPU Configuration
Module Version:
AGESA Version:
Physical Count:
Logical Count:
AMD CPU
Revision:
Cache L1:
Cache L2:
Cache L3:
Speed :
Current FSB Multiplier:
Maximum FSB Multiplier:
Able to Change Freq :
uCode Patch Level :
Secure Virtual Machine Mode [Enabled]
PowerNow [Enabled]
ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled]

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Secure VirtualMachine Mode
Virtualization T echnology 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
ACPI SRAT Table
T he operating system scans the ACPI S RAT at boot time and uses the information to
better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum perform ance.
This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at
boot up, or not.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
SuperIO Conf iguration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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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 [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378]
Parallel Port Mode [Normal]
Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]
Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled]
Mouse PowerOn [Disabled]
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
Onboard Floppy Controller
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

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Serial Port1Address
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3/ Auto / Disabled
ParallelPort Address
T his item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which
I/O Address.
Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled
ParallelPortMode
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 Port.
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 / Disabled
Keyboard PowerOn
This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
MousePowerOn
This item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
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 / LastState

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Hardware HealthConfiguration
This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information.
Advanced
Hardware Health Configuration
H/W Health Function [Enabled]
Shutdown Temperature [Disabled]
CPU Temperature
CPU FAN Speed(JCFAN)
SYS FAN Speed(JSFAN)
CPU Voltage
Chip Voltage
+3.30V
+5.00V
+12.0V
HT Voltage
DDR Voltage
5VSB
VBAT
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 allows you to set up the CPU shutdownT emperature.
Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉/ 65℃/149℉/ 70℃/158℉/ 75℃/167℉
/ 80℃/176℉/ 85℃/185℉/ 90℃/194℉

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Smart Fan Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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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 Ctrl Start value
Fan Ctrl Sensitive
o
CPU SmartFan
This item allows you to control the CPUSmart Fan function.
Options: Disabled (default) / Auto / 4-pin / 3-pin
Smart Fan Calibration
Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan
fun ctions and show CPU/System fan speed.
Control Mode
Thisitem provides several operation modes of the fan.
Options: Quiet / Performance / Manual
Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ )
If the CPU/System Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
Options: 0~127 (℃)
Fan Ctrl On(℃ )
CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.
Options: 0~127 (℃)

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Fan Ctrl Start Value
When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will
work under Smart Fan Functionmode.
Options: 0~127 (℃)
Fan Ctrl Sensitive
Incr easing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
Options: 1~127
Power Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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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)]
Repost Video on S3 Resume [NO]
ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
ACPI APIC support [Enabled]
AMI OEMB table [Enabled]
Headless mode [Disabled]
WOL From Soft-Off [Disabled]
Resume On Ring [Disabled]
Resume By RTC Alarm [Dis abled]
RTC Alarm Date(Days)
RTC Alarm Time
USB Resume from S3/S4 [Disabled]

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Chipset ACPI Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
Chipset ACPI Configuration
SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Enabled]
ACPI PM Timer Width [24- bits]
Options
Disabled
Enabled
SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
ACPI PM Timer Width
Options: 24-bits (Default) / 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 Features
T he item allows you to select the version of ACPI.
Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0

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ACPI APIC support
T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced
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 allowthe ACPIBIOS toadd a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root
System Description Table (RSDT ) table.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
Headless mode
This is a server-speci fic 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. WindowsServer 2003) must support headless operation.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
WOL From Soft-Off
This item allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Resume OnRing
This item allows you control the wake on ring function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
USBResume from S3/S4
This item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
Resume ByRTC Alarm
When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)
alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled

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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.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it
goes to the operating system, before this function will work.
USB Configuration
This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
Save and Exit
Exit
+-
F1
F10
ESC
USB Configuration
USB Devices Enabled:
Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4
USB 1.1 Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
Legacy USB Support [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled]
> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration
Options
Enabled
Disabled
USB1.1 Controller
This item allows you to control the USB 1.1 mode of the USB controller..
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
USB2.0 Controller
This item allows you to control the USB 2.0 mode of the USB controller..
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled

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Legacy USB Support
This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for 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.
Microsoft DOS or Windows NT).
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
USB2.0 ControllerMode
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-o ff feature.
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled
USBMass Storage Device Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
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Select Screen
Select Item
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
This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device.
Options: 20 S ec (De fault) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec

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Emulation Type
This item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device.
Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM
AUDIO 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
Internal codec is
included in chipset
it is for HDMI
AUDIO function
External codec is
a onboard codec
AUDIO Configuration
AZALIA AUDIO [Internal codec + E]
AZALIA AUDIO
This item allows you to control the onboard codec and on-chip codec.
Options: Internal codec+E (Default) / Internal codec / External codec / Disabled

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Onboard LAN 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
Control onboard Lan
on/off
Onboard LAN Configuration
Onboard LAN [Auto]
Onboard Lan Boot ROM [Disabled]
MAC ID Information :
Onboard LAN
This option allows youto control the onboard LAN controller.
Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled
Onbaord Lan Boot ROM
This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled
MACID Information
Thisitem shows the LAN MACID information.

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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 itselfuses when communicating with itsown special components.
Notice
zBeware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause
system tomalfunction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance
vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Select Screen
Select Item
Change Option
General Help
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 [32]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palette Snooping [Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]
> PCI Resource
> PCI Express Configuration
Clear NVRAM [No]
Exit
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