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A960D+V3 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu ................................................................................... 3
2 Advanced Menu .......................................................................... 6
3 PCIPnP Menu ............................................................................ 14
4 Boot Menu ................................................................................. 17
5 Chipset Menu ............................................................................ 19
6 Performance Menu ................................................................... 26
7 Exit Menu .................................................................................. 31
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  • Page 1 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ..................1 1 Main Menu ................... 3 2 Advanced Menu ................6 3 PCIPnP Menu ................14 4 Boot Menu ................. 17 5 Chipset Menu ................19 6 Performance Menu ..............26 7 Exit Menu .................. 31...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction The 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. The 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

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
  • Page 4 A960D+V3 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 information. AMI BIOS Shows system information including BIOS version and built date.

  • Page 5: Sata Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual SATA Configuration The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Primary IDE Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4 Device The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu.
  • Page 6 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Type Select the type of the type of device connected to the system. (This item is for Primary IDE Master/ Slave.) Options: Auto (Default) / CDDVD / ARMD / Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode.

  • Page 7: Advanced Menu

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu allows you to configure 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 8 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Secure Virtual Machine Mode Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into several parts, thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PowerNow This item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology.

  • Page 9: Super Io Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration Parallel Port Address This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address. Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function.

  • Page 10: Smart Fan Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / 4Pin / 3Pin Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU/System fan functions and show CPU/System fan speed.

  • Page 11: Hardware Health Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Sensitive The numeral is bigger the fan speed-up faster. Options: 20 (Default) Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. PWM Processor Hot This item allows you to set the PWM Processor Hot.

  • Page 12: Power Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Power Configuration EuP Control When Eup Enabled. System meets Eup requirment. All wake up events do not work except Power Button after power down system (S5). Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Suspend mode This item allows you to select the ACPI state used for System suspend.
  • Page 13 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Headless mode This is a server-specific 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.

  • Page 14: Usb Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. Legacy USB Support This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. This is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g.

  • Page 15: Pcipnp Menu

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 3 PCIPnP Menu This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.
  • Page 16 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PCI device.

  • Page 17: Pci Express Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15 These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. The option “Available” means the IRQ is going to assign automatically. Options: Available (Default) / Reserved...

  • Page 18: Quick Boot

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
  • Page 19 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual AddOn ROM Display Mode This item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. Options: ON (Default) / OFF Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.

  • Page 20: Chipset Menu

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus.
  • Page 21 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration HD Audio Azalia Device This item allows you to control the HD audio device. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled Azalia Clock Gating Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled EC Configuration...

  • Page 22: Northbridge Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual SureBoot Feature This item allows you to control the SureBoot function. SureBoot is a technology that ensures a complete Windows environment will be available disaster recovery situations. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SureBoot Timeout This item allows you to control the SureBoot timeout.
  • Page 23 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Internal Graphics Mode This item allows you to select the memory mode used for internal graphics device. Options: UMA (Default) / Disable UMA Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics.
  • Page 24 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration GPP Slots Power Limit, W Define the GPP Slots Power Limit. Options: 25 (Default) Port #02 Features Gen2 High Speed Mode Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Software Initiated / Advertised RC Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0s &...
  • Page 25 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W Options: 75 (Default) NB-SB Port Features NB-SB Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L1 NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled...

  • Page 26: Onboard Peripherals

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals Realtek PCIE NIC This option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller. Options: Enable (Default) / Disable Realtek Option ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled...

  • Page 27: Performance Menu

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (However, we suggest you use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the device.) Notice  Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.
  • Page 28 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual CPU/HT Reference Clock (MHz) This item allows BIOS to select CPU Over Clock. Options: 200 (Default) / 200~600 Custom P-States This item tells BIOS whether to use the setup options below this to configure the P-States, or whether to configure the P-States automatically.

  • Page 29: Clock Control

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Compute Unit0/1/2/3 Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Clock Control GFX Engine Clock Override This item allows you to control the internal GFX engine clock override function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Voltage Configuration Memory Over Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Over Voltage Control.

  • Page 30: Dram Timing Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Clock Mode This item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Manual Memory Clock Speed This item allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: DDR3-800 (Default) / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 /...

  • Page 31: Memory Configuration

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual TRRD Options: Auto (Default) / 1~8 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 10~17 CLK Memory Configuration Bank Interleaving Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve memory performance. Memory interleaving increases bandwidth by allowing simultaneous access to more than one piece of memory.

  • Page 32: Load Optimal Defaults

    A960D+V3 BIOS Manual 7 Exit Menu This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. Save Changes and Exit Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup.
  • Page 33 A960D+V3 BIOS Manual Security This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. Change Supervisor Password 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.

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