GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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 AMD CPU .
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. There is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main IDE Confugurat ion...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Dev ice (SATA 5/6 Device appears only w hen SATA Mode is set to AHCI) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Secure Virtual Machine Mode Virtualization T echnology can virtually separate your system resou rce into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interf ace systems. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PowerNow T his item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology.
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Hardware Healt h Configuration Enables Hardware Health Monitoring H/W Health Fun ction [Ena bled] Device.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Smart Fan Conf iguration When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled] please run the Smart Fan Cali bration calibration to define Control Mode the Fan parameters for Fan Ctrl OFF( C)
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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 (℃) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 Power Configuration...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Chipset ACPI Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Chipset ACPI C onfiguration Options SouthBridge AC PI HPET TABLE [Ena bled] Disabled ACPI PM Timer Width [24- bits] Enabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). T he 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 pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description T able (RSD T ) table.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up. System Time You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for op erating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual AUDIO Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced AUDIO Configur ation Internal codec is included in chipset AZALIA AUDIO [Int ernal codec + E] it is for HDMI AUDIO function External codec is a onboard codec S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Onboard LAN T his option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Onbaord Lan Boot ROM T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15 T hese items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. T he option “Available” means the IRQ is going to assign automatically. Options: Available (Default) / Reserved DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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 Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. >...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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. Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Sel f-T est (POST ) to execute after you power up the computer.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual iGPU Frame Buffer Detect T his item allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled iGPU Frame Buffer Size T his item allows you to choose the frame bu ffer size o f on-chip VGA. Options: 64MB (Default) / 16MB / 32MB / 128MB / 256MB / Disabled PCIE Training...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance DRAM Timing Co nfiguration Memory CLK CAS Latency( Tcl) RAS/CAS Dela y(Trcd) Row Precharg e Time(Trp) Min Active R AS(Tras) RAS/RAS Dela y(Trrd) Row Cycle (T rc) >...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: XOR of Address bit[20:16.6] (Default) / Address bits 6 / Address bits 12 / XOR of Address bit[20:16.9] Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual CAS Latency (CL) Options: Auto (Default) 2T Command Options: Auto (Default) TR CD Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) tR TP Options: Auto (Default) TR AS Options: Auto (Default) TR C Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) TR RD Options:...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) Spread Spectrum Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance Spread Spectru m Configuration Options CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum [D isabled] Disabled PCIE Spread Sp ectrum [D isabled] Enabled SATA Spread Sp ectrum...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual CPU Frequency, M Hz T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 100 ~ 500 Processor Frequency Multiplier T his item allows you to control the CPU multiplier. Options: Auto (Default) / x4 ~ x25 (differs by CPU) SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto...
GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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]...
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GF8200 M2+ BIOS M anual 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.