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Biostar A780L3B Bios Setup Manual

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A780L3B BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3
2 Advanced Menu...................................................................................... 6
3 PCIPnP Menu....................................................................................... 16
4 Boot Menu............................................................................................. 19
5 Chipset Menu ....................................................................................... 21
6 Performance Menu .............................................................................. 29
7 Exit Menu ............................................................................................. 37
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  • Page 1 A780L3B BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu ..................... 3 2 Advanced Menu..................6 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu..................... 19 5 Chipset Menu ..................21 6 Performance Menu ................29 7 Exit Menu ..................... 37...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 3: Pci Bus Support

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 4: System Memory

    A780L3B 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 information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Main Advanced Chipset Performance Exit System Overview...

  • Page 5: Ide Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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 <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main...

  • Page 6: Lba/Large Mode

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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 transfer.

  • Page 7: Advanced Menu

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 8: Probe Filter

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 9: Super Io Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8728 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Addresses. Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] OnBoard CIR Port...
  • Page 10 A780L3B BIOS Manual 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:...

  • Page 11: Smart Fan Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configuration When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], CPU Smart Fan [Disabled] please run the Smart Fan Calibration calibration to define Control Mode the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control...

  • Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.

  • Page 13: Power Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings When EuP Enabled, System meets EuP EuP Control [Disabled] requirement. Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] All wake up events ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] do not work except ACPI APIC support...

  • Page 14: Headless Mode

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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 Headless mode This is a server-specific feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse.

  • Page 15: Usb Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled: no USB devices are connected.

  • Page 16: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Device 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.

  • Page 17: Pcipnp Menu

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 18: Pci Latency Timer

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.

  • Page 19: Reserved Memory Size

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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...

  • Page 20: Boot Device Priority

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority > Hard Disk Drives >...

  • Page 21: Bootup Num-Lock

    A780L3B BIOS Manual CD/DVD Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

  • Page 22: Chipset Menu

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 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.
  • Page 23 A780L3B BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset HD Audio Azalia Device [Enabled] Options Azalia Clock Gating [Disabled] Auto Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 24: Power Saving Features

    A780L3B BIOS Manual SureBoot Feature This item allows you to control the SureBoot function. SureBoot is a technology that ensures a complete Windows environment will be available disaster recovery situations. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SureBoot Timeout This item allows you to control the SureBoot timeout.

  • Page 25: Northbridge Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual NorthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB Chipset Configuration Internal Graphics Configuration NB CIMx Version : > Internal Graphics > PCI Express Configuration Primary Video Controller [GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI] NB Power Management Features [Auto] Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen...
  • Page 26 A780L3B BIOS Manual Surround View This item allows you to control the Surround View Function. Options: Disabled (Default) FB Location This item allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (Default) / Under 4G PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 27 A780L3B BIOS Manual Port #02 Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Gen2 High Speed Mode [Disabled] Auto - RC only Link ASPM [Disabled] advertize Gen2 Link Width [Auto] capability. Slot Power Limit,W [75 ] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help...

  • Page 28: Primary Video Controller

    A780L3B BIOS Manual NB-SB Port Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB-SB Link ASPM [Disabled] Options NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 29: Onboard Peripherals

    A780L3B BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset MAC ID Information Enable/Disable Realtek PCIE NIC [Enable] Onboard Broadcom Realtek Option ROM [Disabled] PCIE Network Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 30: Performance Menu

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (However, we suggest you use the default 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 31 A780L3B BIOS Manual CPU/HT Reference Clock (MHz) This item allows BIOS to select CPU Over Clock. Options: 200 (Default) / 200~600 CPU Over Voltage This item allows you to change CPU voltage value. Custom P-States This item tells BIOS whether to use the setup options below this to configure the P-States, or whether to configure the P-States automatically.

  • Page 32: Clock Control

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Core Leveling This item allows you to activate Core Leveling function. Options: Auto (Default) / Manual CPU Core0/1 (The number of CPU Core is differed by CPU) This item allows you to activate Core Leveling function. Options:...

  • Page 33: Voltage Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Voltage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Voltage Configuration Change memory voltage value. Memory Over Voltage [1.60V] Chipset Over Voltage [1.20V] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 34 A780L3B BIOS Manual Memory Clock Mode This item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Limit / Manual Memclock Value This item allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: DDR3-800 (Default) / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600...

  • Page 35: Memory Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual TRRD Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tWT R Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns Memory Configuration...
  • Page 36 A780L3B BIOS Manual Enable Clock to All DIMMs This item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID This item enables or disables the MemClk Tristate function in C3 Mode.

  • Page 37: Ecc Configuration

    A780L3B BIOS Manual ECC Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance ECC Configuration Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The ECC Mode [Disabled] Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Enable [Disabled] dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT [Disabled] DRAM scrub rate so...

  • Page 38: Save Changes And Exit

    A780L3B BIOS Manual 7 Exit Menu This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Exit Options Exit system setup...

  • Page 39: Change Supervisor Password

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Security This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password. Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access]...

  • Page 40: Password Check

    A780L3B BIOS Manual Password Check This item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (Default) / Always Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

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