Biostar P43-A7 Manual 

i BIOS Setup.................................................................................................1 1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3 2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................8 3 PCIPnP ...

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 whe ...

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 ...

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 Performance vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General He ...

4 IDE/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 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 ...

5 AHCI Configuration 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 AHCI Settings AHCI CD\DVD Boot Time out [35] > AHCI Port0 > AHCI Port1 > AHCI Port2 > AHCI Port3 > AHCI Port4 > AHCI Port5 AHCI BIOS Support ...

6 Device This area shows the detected connected device. SATA Port0/1/2/3/4/5 This item allows you to select the connected device type. Options: Auto (Default) S.M.A.R.T. This item allows you to control the device S.M.A.R.T function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device; Primary IDE Master/Slave BIOS SETU ...

7 PIO Mode Select the PIO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled 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: E ...

8 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 Performance vxx.xx (C)Copyright 198 ...

9 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: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hardware Prefetcher The processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements and prefetches da ...