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TA870 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................6
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................19
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................21
6 T-S eries Menu........................................................................................27
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................40
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- Page 1 TA870 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................6 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu....................19 5 Chipset Menu..................21 6 T-S eries Menu..................27 7 Exit Menu....................40...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
TA870 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
TA870 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
TA870 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 SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit System Overview Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to... -
Page 5: Ide Configuration
TA870 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 SETUP UTILITY Main IDE Confuguration... - Page 6 TA870 BIOS Manual 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. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Block (Multi- Sector Transfer) Enable or disable multi-sector trans fer. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled PIO Mode...
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Page 7: Advanced Menu
TA870 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 8 TA870 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...
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Page 9: Super Io Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Controller Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] OnBoard CIR Port [Disabled]... - Page 10 TA870 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 OnBoard CIR Port...
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Page 11: Smart Fan Configuration
TA870 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: Hardware Health Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Options: Fan Ctrl On(℃ ) CPU/System f an starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Options: Fan Ctrl Start Value... -
Page 13: Power Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual H/W Health Function If with a monitoring system, the system will show PC health status during POST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Shutdow n Temperature T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. - Page 14 TA870 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).
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Page 15: Usb Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual Power On by LAN T his item allows you control the wake on LAN (WOL) function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Wakeup On Ring T his item allows you control the wakeup on ring f unction. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. - Page 16 TA870 BIOS Manual BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Legacy USB1.1 HC Support T his item allows you to enable to support USB1.1 HC. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration...
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Page 17: Pcipnp Menu
TA870 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 18: Pci Latency Timer
TA870 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 19: Reserved Memory Size
TA870 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 20: Boot Device Priority
TA870 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority >... -
Page 21: Quick Boot
TA870 BIOS Manual 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. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. -
Page 22: Chipset Menu
TA870 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 SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced... -
Page 23: Pci Express Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset PCI Express Configuration > Port #02 Features > Port #04 Features > Port #09 Features > Port #10 Features > NB-SB Port Features Select Screen Select Item Enter Update General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. -
Page 24: Primary Video Controller
TA870 BIOS Manual NB-SB Port Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB-SB Link ASPM [Disabled] Options NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support [Disabled] Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. NB-SB Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L1... -
Page 25: Southbridge Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Options for SB HD Azalia > SB Azalia Audio Configuration > SB USB Configuration > SB SATA Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. -
Page 26: Sb Usb Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual SB USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Onchip USB Configuration Options Disabled Enabled OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 0) [Enabled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 2) [Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn 0) [Enabled] EHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 19 Fn 2) [Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 20 Fn 5) -
Page 27: Onboard Peripherals Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual OnChip SATA Channel T his option allows you to enable the on-chip Serial AT A. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip SATA Type T his option allows you to select the on-chip Serial AT A operation mode. Options: Native IDE (Default) / RAID / AHCI / Legacy IDE / IDE AHCI SATA IDE Combined Mode... -
Page 28: Overclock Navigator
OverClock Navigator OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provid es 3 default overclo ck con figurations that are able to raise the system perfo rmance. - Page 29 TA870 BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit T-Ser ies Settings Options Notic e: Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after over clocking. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...
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Page 30: Spread Spectrum
TA870 BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit T-Ser ies Settings Options Notic e: Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after over clocking. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r... -
Page 31: Over-Voltage Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual Over-Voltage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series Over Voltage Configuration CPU Vcore Control CPU Vcore [Auto] CPU NB Over Voltage [Auto] Memory Over Voltage [Auto] NB Over Voltage [Auto] HT Over Voltage [Auto] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit... - Page 32 TA870 BIOS Manual CPU FID/VID Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series CPU FID/VID Control Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options Custom P-States [Disabled] below this to Core FID [x13.0 2600MHz] configure the Core VID [1.4000 V] P-States, or whether Core DID [Divided by 1] to configure the...
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Page 33: Hyper Transport Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 7000MHz (Di ffered by CPU) Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series... -
Page 34: Dram Timing Configuration
Row Cycle (Trc) Command Rate(CR) Write Recover Time(Twr): Select Screen > Memory Configuration Select Item > ECC Configuration Change Option > BIOSTAR Memory Insight General Help Memory Clock Mode [Auto] Save and Exit Memclock Value [DDR3-800] Exit DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. - Page 35 TA870 BIOS Manual Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: XOR of Address bits [20:16, 6] (Default) / XOR of Address bits [20:16, 9] / Address bits 6 / Address bits 12 / Disabled MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID T his item enables or disables the MemClk T ristate function in C3 Mode.
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Page 36: Ecc Configuration
TA870 BIOS Manual ECC Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series ECC Configuration Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The ECC Mode [Disabled] Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Enable [Disabled] dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT [Disabled] DRAM scrub rate so 4-Bit ECC Mode [Disabled] all of memory is... - Page 37 TA870 BIOS Manual BIOSTAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- A2 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B2 SPD Inform ations...
- Page 38 TA870 BIOS Manual TR CD Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tR TP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TR AS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK TR C Options: Auto (Default) / 11~42 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 CLK TR RD...
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Page 39: Phase Control
TA870 BIOS Manual G.P.U Phase Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series G.P.U Phase Control Options Phase Status Auto CPU Vcore: G.P.U Phase Mode [Auto] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. G.P.U Phase Mode T his item allows you to control G.P.U Phase Mode (power saving technology). - Page 40 TA870 BIOS Manual Integrated Memory Test Integrat ed Memory T est allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or sof tw are. Step 1: T his item is disabled on default; change it to “ Enable” to precede memory test. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...
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Page 41: Save Changes And Exit
TA870 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 T-Series Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the... -
Page 42: Cmos Backup Function
TA870 BIOS Manual CMOS Backup Function It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM and reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. T here are 10 sets o f record address es in total, and users are able to nam e the CMOS data acco rding to personal preference. - Page 43 TA870 BIOS Manual Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. User Access Lev el T his item allows supervisor to set the user level. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password...