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Biostar TPOWER I55 - BIOS Bios Manual

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TPower I55 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...........................................................................................32
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................45
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  • Page 1 TPower I55 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...................32 7 Exit Menu....................45...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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: Main Menu

    TPower I55 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Exit...

  • Page 5: Ide/S Ata Configuration

    TPower I55 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main IDE/S ATA Configura tion...

  • Page 6: Ahci Configuration

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual AHCI Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main AHCI Settings Enab les for supp orting AHCI BIOS Support [ Enabled] > AHC I Port0 > AHC I Port1 > AHC I Port2 > AHC I Port3 >...
  • Page 7 TPower I55 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;...

  • Page 8: Hard Disk Write Protect

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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 TPower I55 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.

  • Page 11: Execute-Disable Bit Capability

    TPower I55 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 TPower I55 BIOS M anual Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Floppy Driv e Swap...

  • Page 13: Hardware Health Configuration

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardw are Health Co nfiguration Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Devi ce.

  • Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration

    TPower I55 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: Acpi Configuration

    TPower I55 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 16 TPower I55 BIOS M anual 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).
  • Page 17 TPower I55 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.
  • Page 18 TPower I55 BIOS M anual JMicron 36x ATA Controller T his item allows you to select AT A controller operate mode. Options: IDE Mode (Default) / RAID+IDE Mode / AHCI+IDE Mode / Disabled Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller T his item allows you to activate IEEE 1394 Controller. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled GbE Controller...

  • Page 19: Intel V T-D Configuration

    TPower I55 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 20: Mps Rev Ision

    TPower I55 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 21: Smbios Configuration

    TPower I55 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 22 TPower I55 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).
  • Page 23 TPower I55 BIOS M anual USB Mass Storage Reset Delay T his item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device. Options: 20 Sec (Def ault) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec Emulation Type T his item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device.

  • Page 24: Pcipnp Menu

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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 TPower I55 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 Disaply T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.

  • Page 29: Boot Device Priority

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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

    TPower I55 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: South Bridge Configuration

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual South Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options HDA C ontroller [Enabled] Enab led SMBUS Controller [Enabled] Disa bled SLP_S 4# Min. Asser tion Width [4 to 5 sec onds] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...

  • Page 33: 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 34 TPower I55 BIOS M anual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Over- Clocking Navi gator Settin g Options WARNI NG:Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after ove rclocking Auto mate OverClo ck Over- Clocking Navi gator...

  • Page 35: Cpu Frequency Setting

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Over- Clocking Navi gator Settin g Options WARNI NG:Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after ove rclocking Auto mate OverClo ck Over- Clocking Navi gator...

  • Page 36: Dram Frequency

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / 800MHz / 1067MHz / 1333MHz DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E DRAM Timing Config uration Curre nt Memory Fre quency DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Timing Contro l By...
  • Page 37 TPower I55 BIOS M anual DRAM tRP Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRAS Options: 24 (Default) / 9 ~ 63 DRAM tRRD Options: 4 (Default) / 5 ~ 15 DRAM tWR Options: 10 (Default) / 3 ~ 31 DRAM tWTR Options: 5 (Default) / 4 ~ 31...
  • Page 38 TPower I55 BIOS M anual DRAM ChA/ChB Round Trip Latency Options: 1 (Default) / 2 ~ 255 DRAM R-R delay same Rank Options: Auto (Default) / 4 / 6 DRAM R-R delay diff Rank Options: Auto (Default) / 2 ~ 9 DRAM R-W delay same Rank Options: Auto (Default) / 2 ~ 17...

  • Page 39: Clock Gen Configuration

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual Clock Gen Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Clock Gen Configur ation Options PCIE Clock By [Auto] Auto PCIE Frequency Set ting [100] Manu al CPU C lock delay [No delay] (G)MC H Clock delay [No delay] S elect Screen S elect Item...

  • Page 40: Voltage Control

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual Voltage Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Volta ge Configurat ion Over CPU Voltage CPU V core PCH V oltage CPU V TT ME Vo ltage DRAM Voltage CPU P LL Voltage CPU T emperature Syste m Temperature CPU V oltage [Au to]...
  • Page 41 TPower I55 BIOS M anual DRAM Voltage T his item allows you to select DRAM Voltage Control. Options: Auto (Default) / 1.600V ~ 2.530V (Interval: 0.015V) DRAM Channel-A/B CMD/ADD VREF T his item allows you to select DRAM Channel-A/B CMD/ADD VREF Control. Options: Default (Default) / 38% ~ 62% DRAM Channel-A/B DQS VREF...

  • Page 42: Intel(R) Turbo Mode Tech

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual Intel PPM Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Intel PPM Configur ation Disa bled: Disabl e GV3 Enab le: Enable GV3 Intel (R)SpeedStep( tm) tech [Enabled] Intel (R)Turbo Mo de tech [Enabled] Facto ry default T DC limit val ue : Factory default TDP l imit value : Intel C-S TATE tech...
  • Page 43 TPower I55 BIOS M anual C3 State T his item allows you to select Nehalem C state action. Options: ACPI C2 (Default) / ACPI C3 / Disabled C6 State T his item allows you to select Nehalem C state action. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled C1 Auto Demotion...

  • Page 44: Phase Control

    TPower I55 BIOS M anual G.P.U Phase Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series G.P.U Phase Contro l Options Phase Status Auto CPU V core: PSI On Input CPU Power Curre nt CPU Power : Effic iency G.P.U Phase Mode [ Auto] CPU V TT Phase Mode [ Full on] S elect Screen...
  • Page 45 TPower I55 BIOS M anual 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 HotKey F11 on default; change it to “Enable” to precede memory test. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...

  • Page 46: Save Changes And Exit

    TPower I55 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 47: Change Supervisor Password

    TPower I55 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 48: Password Check

    TPower I55 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.

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