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GF8200E BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................26
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................35
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- Page 1 GF8200E BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................19 4 Boot Menu....................22 5 Chipset Menu..................24 6 Performance Menu................26 7 Exit Menu....................35...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
GF8200E 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
GF8200E 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 AMD CPU . -
Page 4: System Memory
GF8200E 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: Ide Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 1.44M, 3.5 in (Default) / 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / Disabled IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. - Page 6 GF8200E BIOS Manual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4 Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T [Auto]...
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Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
GF8200E 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: Super Io Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled ACPI SRAT Table... - Page 10 GF8200E 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 11: Hardware Health Configuration
GF8200E 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 12: Smart Fan Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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) Smart Fan control... -
Page 13: Power Configuration
GF8200E 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 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1) Power Configuration... - Page 14 GF8200E BIOS Manual 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 E xit...
- Page 15 GF8200E BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The 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.
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Page 16: Usb Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up. RTC Alarm Time You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration... -
Page 17: Usb 2.0 Controller Mode
GF8200E BIOS Manual USB 2.0 Controller Mode T his item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. -
Page 18: Audio Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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... -
Page 19: Onboard Lan Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual Onboard LAN Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Onboard LAN Co nfiguration Control onboard Lan on/off Onboard LAN [Aut o] Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [Dis abled] MAC ID Informa tion : S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help... -
Page 20: Pcipnp Menu
GF8200E 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: Pci Latency Timer
GF8200E 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 22: Reserved Memory Size
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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 T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device using the channel. -
Page 23: Boot Device Priority
GF8200E BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e. >... - Page 24 GF8200E 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. 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.
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Page 25: Chipset Menu
GF8200E 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 26 GF8200E BIOS Manual iGPU and Ext-V GA Selection T his item determines the working VGA device when there are two VGA devices installed at the same time. Options: Disable iGPU if Ext-V GA exist (Default) / Both Exist and iGPU by Frame Buffer Det ect iGPU Frame Buffer Detect T his item allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer.
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Page 27: Performance Menu
GF8200E 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 28: Over-Voltage Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual Over-Voltage Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Over- Voltage Confi guration CPU Vcore Contro l CPU Vcore [Auto] CPU NB Over Voltage [Auto] Proce ssor Voltage [Auto] Chips et Over-Vol tage [StartUp] HT Over- Voltage [StartUp] Memor y Over-Vol tage [1.95V] S elect Screen... -
Page 29: Dram Timing Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual 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) Command Rate (CR) >... - Page 30 GF8200E BIOS Manual Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce (Electromagn etic Interference) and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID T his item enables or disables the MemClk T ristate function in C3 Mode.
- Page 31 GF8200E BIOS Manual Options: Auto (Default) tR TP Options: Auto (Default) TR AS Options: Auto (Default) TR C Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) TR RD Options: Auto (Default) tRWTTO Options: Auto (Default) tWRRD Options: Auto (Default) tWTR Options: Auto (Default)
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Page 32: Spread Spectrum Configuration
GF8200E BIOS Manual tWRWR Options: Auto (Default) tRDRD Options: Auto (Default) 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... - Page 33 GF8200E BIOS Manual PCI Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the PCI spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled iGPU Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the on-chip GPU spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / 1.00% T ri-Center / 2.00% T ri-Center / 3.00% T ri-Center / 5.00% Tri-Center AMD Overclocking Configuration T his item appears only when using AM2+ CPUs.
- Page 34 GF8200E BIOS Manual Core DID (for AM2+ CPU) Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2 / Divided by 4 / Divided by 8 / Divided by 16 NB FID (for AM2+ CPU) T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 2000MHz (Default) / 800MHz ~ 7000MHz with an interval of 200MHz NB VID (for AM2+ CPU)
- Page 35 GF8200E BIOS Manual MemClock Value Options: DDR2-400 (Default) / DDR2-533 / DDR2-667 / DDR2-800 / DDR2-1066 (with AM2+/AM3 CPU) MCP PCI-Express Frequenc y, M Hz Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 100 ~ 200...
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Page 36: Save Changes And Exit
GF8200E 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 37 GF8200E 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 38 GF8200E 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.