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TA960 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................... 1
1 Main Menu................................................................................... 3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................... 6
3 PCI/PnP Menu ........................................................................... 15
4 Boot Menu................................................................................. 18
5 Chipset Menu............................................................................ 20
6 Performance Menu ................................................................... 27
7 Exit Menu .................................................................................. 33
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  • Page 1 TA960 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ..................1 1 Main Menu................... 3 2 Advanced Menu................6 3 PCI/PnP Menu ................15 4 Boot Menu................. 18 5 Chipset Menu................20 6 Performance Menu ..............27 7 Exit Menu .................. 33...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    TA960 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

    TA960 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: System Memory

    TA960 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Main Advanced Chipset Performance Exit System Overview...

  • Page 5: Sata Configuration

    TA960 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main...
  • Page 6 TA960 BIOS Manual Type Select the type of device connected to the system. (The setting is for IDE.) Options: Auto (Default) / Not Installed / CD/DVD/ ARMD LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Enable or disable multi-sector transfer.

  • Page 7: Advanced Menu

    TA960 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 TA960 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

    TA960 BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8728 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Select Parallel Port1 Base Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Addresses. Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Keyboard Poweron...
  • Page 10 TA960 BIOS Manual Keyboard PowerOn This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Any Key / Stroke Key / Specific Key Stroke Keys Selected This item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.”...

  • Page 11: Smart Fan Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configuration When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], CPU Smart Fan [Disabled] please run the Smart Fan Calibration calibration to define the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control...

  • Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.

  • Page 13: Power Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings When EuP Enabled, System meets EuP EuP Control [Disabled] requirement. Suspend mode [S1(POS)] All wake up events ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] do not work except ACPI APIC support...
  • Page 14 TA960 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 15: Usb Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled: no USB devices are connected.

  • Page 16: Pci/Pnp Menu

    TA960 BIOS Manual 3 PCI/PnP 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 17: Pci Latency Timer

    TA960 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 18: Pci Express Configuration

    TA960 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 19: Boot Device Priority

    TA960 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Main Advanced Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority > Hard Disk Drives >...

  • Page 20: Bootup Num-Lock

    TA960 BIOS Manual CD/DVD Drives The 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 21: Chipset Menu

    TA960 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 22 TA960 BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset HD Audio Azalia Device [Enabled] Options Azalia Clock Gating [Disabled] Auto Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 23 TA960 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 24: Northbridge Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual NorthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB Chipset Configuration Internal Graphics Configuration NB CIMx Version : > Internal Graphics > PCI Express Configuration Primary Video Controller [GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI] NB Power Management Features [Auto] Select Screen Select Item Enter...
  • Page 25 TA960 BIOS Manual FB Location This item allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (Default) / Under 4G PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset PCI Express Configuration GPP Slots Power Limit, W [25 ] > Port #02 Features >...
  • Page 26 TA960 BIOS Manual Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0x & L1 Link Width Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255...

  • Page 27: Onboard Peripherals

    TA960 BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset MAC ID Information Enable/Disable Realtek PCIE NIC [Enable] Onboard Broadcom Realtek Option ROM [Disabled] PCIE Network Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 28: Performance Menu

    TA960 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 29: Link Speed

    TA960 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 30: Clock Control

    TA960 BIOS Manual Advanced Clock Calibration This item allows you select advanced clock calibration. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / Per Core Core Leveling Change the number of compute unit in the system Options: Auto (Default) / Manual...

  • Page 31: Voltage Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual GFX Engine Clock This item allows you to set the internal GFX engine clock. Options: 350 (Default) / Min: 150, Max: 1000 Voltage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Voltage Configuration Change memory voltage value. CPU Over Voltage...

  • Page 32: Dram Timing Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance DRAM Timing Configuration Options DRAM Timing Config [Auto] Auto Memory CLK Manual CAS Latency(Tcl) RAS/CAS Delay(Trcd) Row Precharge Time(Trp): Min Active RAS(Tras) RAS/RAS Delay(Trrd) Row Cycle (Trc) Select Screen Select Item...

  • Page 33: Memory Configuration

    TA960 BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Memory Configuration Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Bank Interleaving [Auto] Node Interleaving [Disabled] Channel Interleaving [Auto] CS Sparing Enable [Disabled] Bank Swizzle Mode [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help...

  • Page 34: Save Changes And Exit

    TA960 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Exit Options Exit system setup...

  • Page 35: Change Supervisor Password

    TA960 BIOS Manual Security This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password. Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]...

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