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TH55B HD BIOS M anual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................8
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................23
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................26
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................29
6 O.N.E Menu...........................................................................................34
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................46
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- Page 1 TH55B HD BIOS M anual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................8 3 PCIPnP Menu..................23 4 Boot Menu....................26 5 Chipset Menu..................29 6 O.N.E Menu...................34 7 Exit Menu....................46...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
TH55B HD 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
TH55B HD 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 DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU. -
Page 4: System Memory
TH55B HD 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 SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit System Overview... -
Page 5: Ide/S Ata Configuration
TH55B HD 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 SETUP UTILITY Main IDE/SATA Configuration... -
Page 6: Ahci Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual AHCI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main AHCI Settings Enables for supporting AHCI BIOS Support [Enabled] > AHCI Port0 > AHCI Port1 > AHCI Port2 > AHCI Port3 > AHCI Port4 > AHCI Port5 Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help... - Page 7 TH55B HD 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) / Not Installed 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
TH55B HD 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) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5 S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. -
Page 9: Advanced Menu
TH55B HD 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 TH55B HD 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: Execute-Disable Bit Capability
TH55B HD 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 Intel (R) HT Technology Hyper T hreading T echnology can improve p erfo rmance by splitting instructions into multiple streams. - Page 12 TH55B HD 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.
- Page 13 TH55B HD BIOS M anual Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key Specific Key Enter T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.” Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.”...
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Page 14: Hardware Health Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual 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 Temperature System Temperature... -
Page 15: Smart Fan Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configur ation When you choice [Auto] plea se run the CPU S mart Fan [ Disabled] cali bration to d efine Smart Fan Calibrat ion the Fan paramete rs for Contr ol Mode Smar t Fan contro l... -
Page 16: Acpi Configuration
TH55B HD 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. Options: 0~127 (Interv al: 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1) ACPI Configuration... - Page 17 TH55B HD BIOS M anual Repost Video on S3 Resume T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/ST R resume. Options: No (Default) / Yes 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...
- Page 18 TH55B HD BIOS M anual High Performance Event Timer T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On PME# When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state.
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Page 19: Onboard Lan Boot Rom
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Onboard PCI/PCI-E Devices Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboa rd PCI/PCI-E Devices Conf iguration Sele ct ATA Contr oller Oper ate Mode JMicr on 36x ATA Co ntroller [Enabled] Onboa rd IEEE1394 C ontroller [Enabled] Onboa rd PCIE Giga LAN [Auto]... -
Page 20: Intel V T-D Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Intel V T-d Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Options Intel VT-d [ Disabled] Disa bled Enab led S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. -
Page 21: Mps Rev Ision
TH55B HD BIOS M anual MPS Rev ision T he BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor speci fication. Select version supported by the operating system running on this computer. Option: 1.4 (Default) / 1.1 MPS and ACPI MADT ordering Modern ordering is for Windows XP or later OSes. -
Page 22: Smbios Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Smbios Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Smbio s Configurati on SMBI OS SMI Wrapp er supp ort for PnP Func Smbio s Smi Support [Enabled] 50h- 54h S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit... - Page 23 TH55B HD BIOS M anual Legacy USB Support T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. Microso ft DOS or Windows NT).
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Page 24: Pcipnp Menu
TH55B HD 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 o f that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. -
Page 25: Pci Latency Timer
TH55B HD 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 26: Dma Channel
TH55B HD BIOS M anual 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. T he option “ Available” means the channel is going to assign automatically. Options: Available (Default) / Reserved Reserved Memory Size... -
Page 27: Boot Settings Configuration
TH55B HD 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 O.N.E Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot. > Boot Setting s Configuration >... - Page 28 TH55B HD BIOS M anual 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 Display T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
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Page 29: Boot Device Priority
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT SUCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. -
Page 30: Chipset Menu
TH55B HD 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 31: North Bridge Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion ENAB LE: Allow rema pping of Memor y Remap Featu re [Enabled] over lapped PCI m emory Fast MRC [Disabled] abov e the total PCI MMIO Allocat ion: phys ical memory. - Page 32 TH55B HD BIOS M anual IGD Graphics Mode Select T his item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided, this f rame bu ffer size will also be fixed. Options: Enabled,32MB (Default) / Enabled,64MB / Enabled,128MB / Disabled PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port.
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Page 33: South Bridge Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual DVMT/FIXED Memory Size DVMT stands for “ Dynamic Video Memory T echnology”. T his is an enhancement of the unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. DVMT will set the optimum amount of memory to be allocated for a balance between graphics and system perform ance. -
Page 34: Hda Controller
TH55B HD BIOS M anual HDA Controller T his item allows you to control the HD Audio support. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Internal HDMI T his item allows you to control enable or disable Internal HDMI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. -
Page 35: 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 36 TH55B HD BIOS M anual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator Setting Options Notice:Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Over-Clocking Navigator [Automate OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Manual OverClock Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]...
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Page 37: Cpu Ratio Setting
TH55B HD BIOS M anual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator Setting Options Notice:Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Over-Clocking Navigator [Manual OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Manual OverClock Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]... -
Page 38: Dram Frequency
TH55B HD BIOS M anual QPI Frequenc y T his item allows you to control the QPI Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / 1600MHz / 1867MHz / 2133MHz / 2400MHz / 2666MHz / 2933MHz / 3200MHz DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / 800MHz / 1067MHz / 1333MHz DRAM Timing Configuration... - Page 39 TH55B HD BIOS M anual DRAM tCL Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRCD Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRP Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRAS Options: 24 (Default) / 9 ~ 63 DRAM tRRD Options: 4 (Default) / 5 ~ 15...
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Page 40: Clock Gen Configuration
TH55B HD BIOS M anual DRAM Command Rate T his item allows you to select command rate of DDR3. Options: Auto (Default) / 1T / 2T DRAM Read/Write Latency Options: Auto (Default) / 1 ~ 32 Clock Gen Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Clock Gen Configur ation Options... -
Page 41: Voltage Control
TH55B HD BIOS M anual (G)MCH Clock delay T his item allows you to select MCH Clock delay. Options: No delay (Default) / 50ps / 100ps / 150ps / 200ps / 250ps / 300ps / 350ps / 400ps / 450ps / 500ps Voltage Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY O.N.E... -
Page 42: Pch Voltage
TH55B HD BIOS M anual PCH PLL Voltage T his item allows you to select PCH PLL Voltage control. Options: Auto (Default) / 1.100V ~ 2.030V (Interval: 0.015V) PCH Voltage T his item allows you to select PCH Voltage control. Options: 1.10 V (Default) / 1.15 V / 1.20 V / 1.25 V IGD Voltage... - Page 43 TH55B HD BIOS M anual Intel(R) Turbo Mode tech T urbo mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speci fic condition. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) C-STA TE Tech T his item allows you to control the C-State power management functions of the processor.
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Page 44: Phase Control
TH55B HD BIOS M anual BIOS TAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- A2 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B2 SPD Inform ations S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option... -
Page 45: Pwm Frequency
> Clock Gen Configuration Go to Sub Screen > Voltage Control Enter > Intel PPM Configuration General Help Save and Exit > BIOSTAR Memory Insight Exit > G.P.U Phase Control Integrated Memory Test [Enabled] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. - Page 46 Select Item > Clock Gen Configuration Go to Sub Screen > Voltage Control Enter > Intel PPM Configuration General Help Save and Exit > BIOSTAR Memory Insight Exit > G.P.U Phase Control Memory Test [Disabled] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
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Page 47: Save Changes And Exit
TH55B HD 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 O.N.E Exit Exit Options... -
Page 48: Change Supervisor Password
TH55B HD 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 49: Password Check
TH55B HD 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.