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P43D3+ BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................8
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................23
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................26
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................30
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................33
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- Page 1 P43D3+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................8 3 PCIPnP Menu..................19 4 Boot Menu....................23 5 Chipset Menu..................26 6 Performance Menu................30 7 Exit Menu....................33...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
P43D3+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he 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. T he power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. -
Page 3: Pci Bus Support
P43D3+ BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support T his AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconn ect) local bus speci fication. DRAM S upport DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU. - Page 4 P43D3+ BIOS Manual 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 Exit System Overview Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to...
- Page 5 P43D3+ BIOS Manual SATA/IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of SAT A/IDE devices. There is a sub-menu fo r each SAT A/IDE device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main IDE/SATA Confuguration...
- Page 6 P43D3+ BIOS Manual SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main SATA 1 Device Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Aut o] LBA/Large Mode [Aut o] Block (Multi-S ector Transfer)[Aut o] PIO Mode [Aut o] DMA Mode [Aut o] S.M.A.R.T...
- Page 7 P43D3+ BIOS Manual S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AHCI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main AHCI Settings Enables for supporting AHCI BIOS Support...
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Page 8: Ide Detect Time Out (Sec)
P43D3+ BIOS Manual AHCI Port0/Port1/Port2/Port BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main AHCI Port0 Select the type of device connected Device to the system. SATA Port0 [Auto] S.M.A.R.T. [Enable d] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. -
Page 9: Advanced Menu
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings o f 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. - Page 10 P43D3+ BIOS Manual C1E Support C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this f unction helps to save power and decrease heat by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is not working. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hardware Prefetcher T he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future.
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Page 11: Core Multi-Processing
P43D3+ BIOS Manual PECI T his item allows you to control the PECI function for the processor which supports Platform Environment Control Interface for better therm al management. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Core Multi-Processing T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech... - Page 12 P43D3+ BIOS Manual Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled Parallel Port Address T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which I/O Address.
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Page 13: Hardware Health Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual Restore on AC Power Loss T his 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. -
Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configur ation When you choice [Auto] plea se run the CPU S mart Fan [ Disabled] cali bration to d efine Smart Fan Calibrat ion the Fan paramete rs for Contr ol Mode Smar t Fan contro l Fan C trl OFF( C) -
Page 15: Power Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (Interv al: 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1) Power Configuration... - Page 16 P43D3+ BIOS Manual 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 ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller).
- Page 17 P43D3+ BIOS Manual EuP Control T his item is used to enable or disable EuP Control (Energy Using Products). Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On Ring T his 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.
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Page 18: Usb Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Options Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 Disabled Enabled USB Devices Enabled: Auto Legacy USB Support [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled]... - Page 19 P43D3+ BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds POST waits for the USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] USB mass storage device after start Device # unit command.
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Page 20: Pcipnp Menu
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 3 PCIPnP Menu T his section describes con figuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconn ect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed o f 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. - Page 21 P43D3+ BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus bef ore another takes over. T he longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PCI device.
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Page 22: Reserved Memory Size
P43D3+ BIOS Manual PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource Available: Specified IRQ is available to be IRQ3 [Available] used by PCI/PnP IRQ4 [Available] devices. IRQ5 [Available] Reserved: Specified IRQ7 [Available] IRQ is reserved for IRQ9 [Available] use by Legacy ISA IRQ10 [Available] devices. -
Page 23: Pci Express Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and Active State Power-Management[Disabled] L1 link power states. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Active State Power-Management T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. -
Page 24: Boot Device Priority
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority >... -
Page 25: Boot Settings Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual CD/DV D Drives T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also change the booting sequence. T he number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Boot Settings Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Boot... -
Page 26: Interrupt 19 Capture
P43D3+ BIOS Manual Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT SUCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. -
Page 27: Chipset Menu
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu T his submenu allows you to configure the speci fic features of the chipset installed on your system. T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. -
Page 28: North Bridge Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion ENAB LE: Allow rema pping of Memor y Remap Featu re [Enabled] over lapped PCI m emory PCI MMIO Allocat ion: abov e the total Memor y Hole [Disabled] phys ical memory. -
Page 29: South Bridge Configuration
P43D3+ BIOS Manual IGD GTT Graphics memory size Options: No VT mode, 2MB (Default) PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support. Options: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled South Bridge Configuration... - Page 30 P43D3+ BIOS Manual HDA Controller T his item allows you to control the HD Audio support. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnBoard Lan Control T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.
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Page 31: Performance Menu
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, we suggest you to use the def ault setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the device.) Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. - Page 32 P43D3+ BIOS Manual PSI Control T his item allows you to control power supply of CPU for the purpose of saving energy. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled CPU Voltage T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. FS B Voltage T his item allows you to select FSB Voltage Control.
- Page 33 P43D3+ BIOS Manual DRAM tRCD Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 10 DRAM tWR Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRFC Options: 15 (Default) / 15 ~ 78 DRAM tWTR Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRRD Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRTP...
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Page 34: Save Changes And Exit
P43D3+ BIOS Manual 7 Exit Menu T his menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the... -
Page 35: Change Supervisor Password
P43D3+ BIOS Manual Security T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Exit Security Setti ngs Install or Change the password. Supervisor Pas sword :Not Installe d User Password :Not Installe d Change Supervi sor Password User Access Le vel [Ful l Access]... - Page 36 P43D3+ BIOS Manual Passw ord Check T his item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (Default) / Always Boot Sector Virus Protection T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector.