Biostar TG31-A7 Bios Manual

i BIOS Setup.................................................................................................1 1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3 2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7 3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................18 4 Boot Menu.. ...

1 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 access ...

2 PCI Bus Support This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU. Using Setup When starting up the computer, press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS setup utility. In the BIOS setup utility, you will see General H ...

3 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 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 ...

4 IDE 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 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 IDE Confuguration Configure SATA Channels [Befor ...

5 Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/Slave BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 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 ...

6 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: 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 ...

7 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power Management, and other system devices. Notice z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit En ...

8 Hardware Prefetcher The processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements and prefetches data and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with memory reads. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled C1E Support This item allows you to configure the Enhanced Halt State (C1E) function, which may reduce the power ...

9 Single Logical Processor Mode This item controls multi-processing function for multi-core processors. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech This item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving. SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock speed of the processor to be dynamically changed by software. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Co ...

10 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 Port. ...

11 Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advanced Hardware Health Configuration H/W Health Function [Enabled] Shutdown Temperature Function[Disabled] CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed SYS FAN Speed NB FAN Speed CPU Vcore Chipset Voltage +3.30V +5.00V +12.0V FSB Voltage Memory Voltage 5V(SB) Voltage Battery BIOS SETUP UTILITY vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American ...

12 Smart Fan 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 When you choice [Auto] , 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 Ct ...

13 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: 0~127 (℃) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 Power 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 F ...

14 ACPI Version Features The item allows you to select the version of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 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 ...

15 High Performance Event Timer This item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On Ring This item allows you control the wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On PME# When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set ...

16 USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. 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 Enables support for 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 ...

17 USB Mass Storage Dev ice 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 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 Re ...

18 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 z Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series vxx ...

19 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 S ...