TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 .
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Addresses. OnBoard CIR Port [Disabled] CIR Port IRQ [IRQ10] Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled] Mouse PowerOn [Disabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Smart Fan C alibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan fun ctions and show CPU/System fan speed. Control Mode T his item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Configuration Enables Hardware Health Monitoring H/W Health Function [Enabled] Device. Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] CPU Temperature CHIP Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Fan...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Select the ACPI state used for Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] System Suspend. ACPI Version Features [ACPI v3.0] ACPI APIC support [Enabled] AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled] RTC Resume [Disabled]...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Headless mode T his is a server-speci f ic feature. A headless server is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. To run in headless mode, both BIOS and operating system (e.g. Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Resume...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 >...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset PCI Express Configuration > Port #02 Features > Port #04 Features > Port #05 Features > Port #06 Features > Port #07 Features > NB-SB Port Features Select Screen Select Item Enter Update...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Slot Power Limit, W (Only for Port #02) Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 NB-SB Port Features BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et NB-SB Link ASPM [ L1] Options NP NB -SB VC1 Traff ic Support [ Disabled] Link Width [ Auto] Disa bled...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Options for SB Azalia > SB Azalia Audio Configuration > SB USB Configuration > SB SATA Configuration SB CIMx Verison: 1.0.0.1 Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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]...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 / AHCI as ID 0x4394 / IDE AHCI as ID 0x4394...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Onboard Peripherals Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset MAC ID Information : Enable/Disable Realtek PCIE NIC [Enabled] Onboard Realtek Realtek Option ROM [Disabled] PCIE Network VT6330 1394/IDE [Enabled] Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
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.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit T-Series Settings Options Notice: Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Manual OverClock OverClock Navigator [Automate OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit T-Series Settings Options Notice: Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Manual OverClock OverClock Navigator [Manual OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual CPU Tuning BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series CPU Tuning Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options CPU Voltage below this to CPU-NB Voltage configure the Custom P-States [Disabled] P-States, or whether Core FID [x8.0 1600 MHZ] to configure the Core VID [1.3500 V]...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 DID Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2 SVID Override T his item allows you to select SVID Override.
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual Voltage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series Voltage Configuration Memory Over Voltage DDR Voltage HT Voltage Chip Voltage NB 1.8V NB 1.1V SB Voltage Side Port Memory Voltage Memory Over Voltage [Auto] HT Over Voltage [Auto] Select Screen Chipset Over Voltage [Auto]...
T his item allows you to change Side Port voltage value. DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY T-Series DRAM Timing Configuration BIOSTAR Memory Insight > BIOSTAR Memory Insight Memory Clock Mode [Auto] Memclock Value [DDR3-800] Memory CLK DRAM Timing Mode...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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: DDR3-800 (Default) / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 / Auto DRAM Timing Mode T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM T iming.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his item determines whether...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE BIOS Manual ECC Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance ECC Configurat ion Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The ECC Mode [Dis abled] Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Ena ble [Dis abled] dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB R EDIRECT [Dis abled] DRAM scrub rate so...
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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 SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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...
TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.
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TA890GXE / TA880GXE 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.