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G41-M 7 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................18
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................20
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................23
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................28
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................32
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- Page 1 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................18 4 Boot Menu....................20 5 Chipset Menu..................23 6 Performance Menu................28 7 Exit Menu....................32...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
G41-M 7 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
G41-M 7 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: System Memory
G41-M 7 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Syste m Overview... -
Page 5: Ata/Ide Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / None IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. - Page 6 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual SATA1/2 Dev ice; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main SATA1 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...
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Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
G41-M 7 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 Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re 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 9 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual 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. T his reduces the latency associated with memory reads.
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Page 10: Super Io Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Core Multi-Processing T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Confi gure ITE8712 Super IO Chi pset Allo ws BIOS to E nable or D isable Flopp y Onboa rd Floppy Con troller [ Enabled]... - Page 11 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ T his item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled Keyboard Pow erOn...
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Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardw are Health Co nfiguration Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Devi ce. -
Page 13: Smart Fan Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Smart Fan Conf iguration When you choice [Auto] , please run the CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled] calibration to define Smart Fan Cali bration the Fan parameters for Control Mode Smart Fan control Fan Ctrl OFF( C) -
Page 14: Power Configuration
G41-M 7 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 15 G41-M 7 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 16 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual High Performance Event Timer T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled HPET Memory Address T his item allows you to set the memory address of HPET . Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h PSI Control...
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Page 17: Usb Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration Options Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 Disa bled Enab led USB D evices Enable d: Auto Legac y USB Support [ Enabled]... - Page 18 G41-M 7 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 19: Pcipnp Menu
G41-M 7 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 20: Pci Latency Timer
G41-M 7 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. -
Page 21: Boot Device Priority
G41-M 7 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 22: Cd/Dvd Drives
G41-M 7 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. The 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 23: Bootup Num-Lock
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Bootup Num-L ock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. Options: ON (Default) / OFF 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... -
Page 24: Chipset Menu
G41-M 7 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 25: North Bridge Configuration
G41-M 7 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 phys ical memory. -
Page 26: Video Function Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Video Function Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Video Function Con figuration This setting is only DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] DVMT/FI XED Memory... -
Page 27: South Bridge Configuration
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options USB F unctions [8 USB Port s] Disa bled USB 2 .0 Controller [Enabled] 2 US B Ports Audio Controller [Azalia] 4 US B Ports 6 US B Ports... -
Page 28: Onboard Lan Boot Rom
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual Onboard Lan Boot Rom T his item allows you to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Onboard Lan Order Boot Rom Options: PnP/BEV(BBS) (Default) / INT 18 / IN T 19 MAC ID Information T his item shows the LAN MAC ID. -
Page 29: Performance Menu
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, 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 30: Dram Frequency
G41-M 7 BIOS Manual PCIE Clock By T his item allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: Auto (Default) / Manual PCIE Frequency Setting T his item allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: 100 (Default) / Min=100; Max=150 DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. - Page 31 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual FSB Voltage T his item allows you to select FSB Voltage Control. Options: Default (Default) / +0.1V / +0.2V / +0.3V Chipset Voltage T his item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control. Options: Default (Default) / +0.1V / +0.2V / 0.3V MCH GTL Ref Voltage T his item allows you to select MCH GT L Ref Voltage Control.
- Page 32 G41-M 7 BIOS Manual DRAM tRFC Options: 15 (Default) / 15 ~ 78 DRAM tWTR Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRRD Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRTP Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15...
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Page 33: Save Changes And Exit
G41-M 7 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... -
Page 34: Change Supervisor Password
G41-M 7 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 35 G41-M 7 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.