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TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................19
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................21
6 T-S eries Menu........................................................................................27
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................38
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- Page 1 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu....................19 5 Chipset Menu..................21 6 T-S eries Menu..................27 7 Exit Menu....................38...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
TA770 A2+ SE 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
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 4: System Memory
TA770 A2+ SE 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... -
Page 5: Ide Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / None IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices. - Page 6 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Dev ice BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode...
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Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
TA770 A2+ SE 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 9: Super Io Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE 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. - Page 10 TA770 A2+ SE 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.
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Page 11: Smart Fan Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE 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... -
Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE 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. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. -
Page 13: Power Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced ACPI Settings Select the ACPI state used for Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] System Suspend. ACPI Version F eatures [ACP I v1.0] ACPI APIC supp ort [Ena bled]... - Page 14 TA770 A2+ SE 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.
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Page 15: Usb Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE 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 - 2.24.2-13.4 option disables legacy support if... - Page 16 TA770 A2+ SE 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.
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Page 17: Pcipnp Menu
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 18: Pci Latency Timer
TA770 A2+ SE 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
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 20: Boot Device Priority
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 21: Quick Boot
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 22: Chipset Menu
TA770 A2+ SE 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. -
Page 23: Onchip Sata Channel
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset HD Audio Azali a Device [Ena bled] Options Auto Disabled Enabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc. - Page 24 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual SATA IDE Combined Mode T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled RD790 Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset RD790 Configur ation PCI Express Configurat > PCI Express Configuration...
- Page 25 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Peer-to-P eer Among GFX/GFX2 Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled GPP Slots Power Limit, W Options: 25 (Default) / 0-255 GFX Core Deemphasis Options: -3.5dB (Default) GFX2 Core Deemphasis Level Options: -3.5dB (Default) GPP Core Deemphasis Level Options: -3.5dB (Default)
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Page 26: Primary Video Controller
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Slot Power Limit, W Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 NB-SB Port Features BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset NB-SB Link ASP M [Dis abled] Options NP NB-SB VC1 T raffic Support [Dis abled] Disabled S elect Screen... -
Page 27: Onboard Peripherals Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset MAC ID Informa tion Enable/Disable Realtek PCIE N IC [Ena ble] Onboard Broadcom Realtek Optio n ROM [Dis abled] PCIE Network Controller S elect Screen S elect Item... -
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 TA770 A2+ SE 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.
- Page 30 TA770 A2+ SE 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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Page 31: Cpu Frequency
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual CPU Frequency T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 200-600 CPU FID/VID Control BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series CPU FID/VID Co ntrol Options Processor Mult iplier... -
Page 32: Dram Timing Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series DRAM Timing Co nfiguration Select the DRAM Frequency programming Memory Clock M ode [Aut o] method. If Auto, Memclock Val ue [200 MHz] the DRAM speed will... - Page 33 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Options: Auto (Default) tR TP Options: Auto (Default) TR AS Options: Auto (Default) TR C Options: Auto (Default) Options: Auto (Default) TR RD Options: Auto (Default) tRWTTO Options: Auto (Default) tWRRD Options: Auto (Default) tWTR...
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Page 34: Hyper Transport Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual tRDRD Options: Auto (Default) tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series Hyper Transpor t Configuration The Hypertransport link will run at this speed if it is slower... -
Page 35: Memory Configuration
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series Memory Configu ration Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Bank Interleav ing [Aut o] Enable Clock t o All DIMMs [Dis abled] MemClk Tristat e C3/ATLVID [Dis abled] Memory Hole Re mapping... -
Page 36: Power Down Mode
TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual DC T Unganged Mode T his item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode. If two DRAM modules with different size are installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. - Page 37 TA770 A2+ SE BIOS Manual DRAM Scrub Redirect Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 4-bit ECC Mode Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM BG Scrub/Data Cache BG Scrub/L2 Cache BG Scrub/L3 Cache BG Scrub Options: Disabled (Default) / 40ns / 80ns / 160ns / 320ns / 640ns / 1.28us / 2.56us /...
- Page 38 TA770 A2+ SE 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.
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Page 39: Save Changes And Exit
TA770 A2+ SE 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... -
Page 40: Cmos Backup Function
TA770 A2+ SE 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. - Page 41 TA770 A2+ SE 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 Acess Level T his item allows supervisor to set the user level.