TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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 .
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Dev ice (SATA 5/6 Device appears only w hen SATA Mode is set to AHCI) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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 (℃) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual System Time You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for op erating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Mass Storage Device Configuration...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual Onboard LAN T his option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Onbaord Lan Boot ROM T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual 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 T-Series Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual iGPU and Ext-V GA Selection (for TF8200 A2+ S E/TF720 A2+ Only) 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...
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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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit T-Series Setti ngs Options WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections Normal may c ause system to malf unction.
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series Exit T-Series Setti ngs Options WARNING: Setti ng wrong values in below sections Normal may c ause system to malf unction.
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual Processor Voltage T his item allows you to set the CPU voltage Options: Auto (Default) / 0.800V ~ 1.550V (diff ers by CPU) CPU Ov er-Voltage T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. Options: StartUp (Default) / +0.02V ~ +0.62V Chipset Over-Voltage...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series 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) >...
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual 2T Command Options: Auto (Default) TR CD Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) tR TP Options: Auto (Default) TR AS Options: Auto (Default) TR C Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) TR RD Options:...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ BIOS Manual SATA Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the SAT A spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled PCI Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the PCI spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled iGPU Spread Spectrum...
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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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...
TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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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TF8200 A2+ SE / TF720 A2+ / TF710 A2+ 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.