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P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................8
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................20
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................23
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................26
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................30
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................34
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- Page 1 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................8 3 PCIPnP Menu..................20 4 Boot Menu....................23 5 Chipset Menu..................26 6 Performance Menu................30 7 Exit Menu....................34...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 3: Pci Bus Support
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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 Intel CPU. -
Page 4: Main Menu
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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 Performance... -
Page 5: Ide/S Ata Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual IDE/S ATA 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/SATA Confu guration... -
Page 6: Ahci Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual AHCI Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main AHCI Settings Enables for supporting AHCI BIOS Supp ort [Ena bled] AHCI CD\DVD Bo ot Time out [35] > AHCI Port0 > AHCI Port1 > AHCI Port2 > AHCI Port3 >... - Page 7 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Device This area shows the detected connected device. SATA Port0/1/2/3/4/5 This item allows you to select the connected device type. Options: Auto (Default) S.M.A.R.T. This item allows you to control the device S.M.A.R.T function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device;...
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Page 8: Hard Disk Write Protect
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual PIO Mode Select the PIO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer... -
Page 9: Advanced Menu
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. - Page 10 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual C1E Support C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this f unction helps to save power and decrease heat by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is not working. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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.
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Page 11: Super Io Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Execute-Disable Bit Capability T his item allows you to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects your system from buffer overflow attacks. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Core Multi-Processing T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech... - Page 12 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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.
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Page 13: Hardware Health Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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) -
Page 15: Apic Acpi Sci Irq
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 PM/ACPI Configuration... - Page 16 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Resume On PME# When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to enable i f applicable.
- Page 17 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Suspend mode T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. Options: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Suspend S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM Auto POS+STR 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...
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Page 18: Usb Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced USB Configurat ion Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices En abled: no USB devices are... - Page 19 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual 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 20: Onboard Lan Boot Rom
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Onboard PCIE PATA Cntlr T his item allows you to control the onboard PAT A controller. Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled Onboard PCIE Giga LAN T his item allows you to control the onboard LAN. Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled Onboard LAN Boot Rom... -
Page 21: Pcipnp Menu
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 22: Pci Latency Timer
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 23: Reserved Memory Size
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Reserved Memory Size T his item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain memory size for speci fic PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K... -
Page 24: Boot Settings Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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 Configure Settings during System Boot. > Boot Setting s Configuration >... - Page 25 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Full Screen LOGO Display T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode T his item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-L ock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.
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Page 26: Boot Device Priority
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Boot De vice Priority Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. T he number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devi ces installed in the system. Hard Disk Drives T he BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. -
Page 27: Chipset Menu
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 28: North Bridge Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset North Bridge C hipset Configuratio n ENABLE: Allow remapping of Memory Remap F eature [En abled] overlapped PCI memory PCI MMIO All ocation: above the total Memory Hole [Disabled] phisical memory. -
Page 29: South Bridge Configuration
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n Options USB Functions [1 2 USB Ports] Disabled USB Port Confi gure [6 X6 USB Ports] 2 USB Ports USB 2.0 Contro ller [E nabled] 4 USB Ports HDA Controller... -
Page 30: Smbus Controller
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width Options: 4 to 5 seconds (Default) / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to 3 seconds / 1 to 2 seconds... -
Page 31: Performance Menu
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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. -
Page 32: Dram Frequency
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual Over Clock Retry Count T his item allows you to set the overclock fail retry times. Options: 3 (Default) / Min= 1; Max= 8 DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / DDR2 667Mhz / DDR2 800Mhz DRAM Timing Configuration... - Page 33 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual DRAM tRCD Options: 5 (Default) DRAM tRAS Options: 15 (Default) DRAM tWR Options: 6 (Default) DRAM tRFC Options: 42 (Default) DRAM tWTR Options: 3 (Default) DRAM tRRD Options: 3 (Default) DRAM tRTP Options: 3 (Default)
- Page 34 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 BIOS M anual ALL Voltage Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance Voltage Config uration Change CPU voltage value. CPU Overvoltag e [A uto] Memory Overvol tage [Auto] Chipset Overvo ltage [A uto] Vtt Overvoltag e [A uto] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help...
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Page 35: Save Changes And Exit
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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 Exit system setup... -
Page 36: Change Supervisor Password
P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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]... - Page 37 P43-A7/P45D2-A7 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.