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MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................18
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................29
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................34
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- Page 1 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................18 4 Boot Menu....................22 5 Chipset Menu..................24 6 Performance Menu................29 7 Exit Menu....................34...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
MCP6P3/N68S3 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
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU . -
Page 4: Main Menu
MCP6P3/N68S3 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
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main IDE C onfiguration... - Page 6 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual nVidia RAID Setup BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et RAID Setup Options nVidi a RAID Functi on [ Disabled] abled SATA 1 Raid [ Disabled] Enab led SATA 2 Raid [ Disabled] SATA 3 Raid [ Disabled] SATA 4 Raid [ Disabled] S elect Screen...
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Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu. Type Select the type of the IDE/SAT A drive. Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode. -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual GART Error Reporting T his option should remain disabled for the normal operation. T he driver eveloper may enable it for testing purpose. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Microcode Update T his item allows you to enable or disable Microcode Update function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Secure Virtual Machine Mode...
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Page 10: Super Io Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Confi gure ITE8718 Super IO Chi pset Allo ws BIOS to E nable or D isable Flopp y Onboa rd Floppy Con troller [ Enabled] Cont roller Seria l Port1 Addre ss [ 3F8/IRQ4] Paral lel Port Addr ess [ 378]... - Page 11 MCP6P3/N68S3 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
MCP6P3/N68S3 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
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 14: Power Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 15 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 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.
- Page 16 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Resume PCIE Wake# Enable / Disable PCIE to generate a wake ev ent. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On LAN (MAC) Enable / Disable LAN (MAC) to generate a wake ev ent. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume on Ring T his item allows you control the wake on ring function.
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Page 17: Usb Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.5-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled: no USB devices are connected. -
Page 18: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB 1.1/2.0 Controller T his item allows you to enable or disable USB 1.1/2.2 Controller. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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... -
Page 19: Pcipnp Menu
MCP6P3/N68S3 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
MCP6P3/N68S3 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: Reserved Memory Size
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 22: Pci Express Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 23: Boot Device Priority
MCP6P3/N68S3 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: Quick Boot
MCP6P3/N68S3 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. Options: Pri. -
Page 25: Chipset Menu
MCP6P3/N68S3 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. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced... -
Page 26: Memory Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Memor y Configurati on Enab le Bank Memo ry Inte rleaving Bank Interleaving [ Auto] Chann el Interleavi ng [ XOR of Addre ss bit] Enabl e Clock to Al l DIMMs [ Disabled] MemCl k Tristate C3 /ATLVID [ Disabled]... -
Page 27: Southbridge M Cp61 Configuration
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual DCT Unganged Mode T his item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode. If two DRAM modules with different size are installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. Options: Always (Default) / Auto Power Down Enable... - Page 28 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Primary Graphics Adapter T his item allows you to select Primary Graphics Adapter Options: PCI Express → PCI -→ IGP (Default) / IGP → PCI → PCI Express OnChip and PCIe VGA selection T his item allows you to select OnChip or PCIe VGA to display Options: Disable Onchip VGA if have PCIe VGA (Default) / Both exist and OnChip VGA by frame bu ffer select...
- Page 29 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Hyper Transport M CP61 Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Hyper Transport MC P61 Configur ation MCP6 1(SB) to K8( CPU) freq uency select ion MCP61 (SB)to K8(CPU )Freq Auto [ Enabled] by C PU capabilit y MCP61 (SB)to K8(CPU )Freqency [ 800 MHZ] MCP61 (SB)to K8(CPU )LinkWidth [ 16...
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Page 30: Performance Menu
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 31: Cpu Voltage
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCIE/S ATA Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control PCIE/SA T A Spread Spectrum fun ction. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled CPU Voltage T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. Options: Default (Default) / +3.3% / +6.6% / +10% Chipset Voltage T his item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control. - Page 32 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Memory Clock Mode T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Limit / Manual Memclock Value T his item allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / DDR3-800 / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 DRAM Timing Mode T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM T iming.
- Page 33 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual TR RD Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tWTR Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns AMD Overclocking Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance AMD O verclocking C onfiguration...
- Page 34 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 2000MHz (Di ffered by CPU) NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.3250V NB DID...
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Page 35: Save Changes And Exit
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 36: Change Supervisor Password
MCP6P3/N68S3 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 37 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 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. If this fun ction 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.