Main Menu; Advanced Settings Menu - Supermicro AS-1040C-8 User Manual

AS1040C-T/1040C-8 User's Manual
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Main Menu

When you fi rst enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, you will see the Main Menu screen.
You can always return to the Main Menu by selecting the Main tab on the top of
the screen with the arrow keys.
The Main Menu screen provides you with a system overview, which includes the
version, built date and ID of the AMIBIOS, the type, speed and number of the
processors in the system and the amount of memory installed in the system.
System Time/System Date
You can edit this fi eld to change the system time and date. Highlight System Time
or System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard.
Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fi elds. The date must
be entered in DAY/MM/DD/YYYY format. The time is entered in HH:MM:SS format.
Please note that time is in a 24-hour format. For example, 5:30 A.M. appears as
05:30:00 and 5:30 P.M. as 17:30:00.
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Advanced Settings Menu

CPU Confi guration Sub-Menu
GART Error Reporting
This setting is used for testing only.
MTRR Mapping
This determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4 GB or more
memory is present. The options are Continuous, which makes the PCI hole non-
cacheable, and Discrete, which places the PCI hole below the 4 GB boundary.
IDE Confi guration
Onboard PCI IDE Controller
The following options are available to set the IDE controller status: Disabled will dis-
able the controller. Primary will enable the primary IDE controller only. Secondary
will enable the secondary IDE controller only. Both will enable both the primary and
the secondary IDE controllers. The six controllers listed are for two dual-channel
IDE and eight SATA devices.
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