A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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 DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU .
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual IDE 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.
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Type Select the type of the IDE/SAT A drive. Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Block (Multi- Sector Transfer) Enable or disable multi-sector trans fer.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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 Cool N Quiet T his item allows you to enable or disable the Cool &...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Configure ITE8 718 Super IO Chipse t Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled] Controller Serial Port1 A ddress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port Address...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ T his item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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 Control Mode...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Sele ct the ACPI stat e used for Suspe nd mode [ S1 (POS)] Syst em Suspend. ACPI Version Featu res [ ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC support [ Enabled]...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration Enab les support for lega cy USB. AUTO Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 opti on disables...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual 785G HD Audio T his item allows you to control 785G HD audio function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled HD Audio Azalia Device T his item allows you to control the HD audio device. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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. Options: Available (Default) / Reserved...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Inter nal Graphics Configuratio n Options Inter nal Graphics Mode [ UMA] Disa ble UMA Frame Buffer Size [ Auto] GFX E ngine Clock O verride [ Disable]...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et PCI E xpress Config uration > Por t #02 Feature s > Por t #07 Feature s > NB- SB Port Featu res S elect Screen S elect Item...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Link Width (Only for Port #02) Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W (Only for Port #02) Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 NB-SB Port Features BIOS S ETUP UTILITY...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual SouthBridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chipse t Configurat ion Options SB710 CIMx Verison : 4.7.0 Disa bled Enab led OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn o) [ Enabled] OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18 Fn 1)
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual SATA IDE Combined Mode T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Power Saving Features T his item allows you to enable or disable power saving f eatures in SB. As general rule, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabled fo r mobile.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, 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.
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Over-Voltage Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Over- Voltage Confi guration Chan ge CPU volta ge valu e. CPU-O ver Voltage [ StartUp] CPU N B Over-Voltag e [ StartUp] Memor y Over-Voltag e [ 1.60V] Chips et Over-Volta ge [ 1.14V]...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual CPU FID/VID Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance CPU F ID/VID Contro l Tell s BIOS wheth er to use the setup op tions Custo m P-States [ Disabled] belo w this to Core FID [ x14.0 2800MH z]...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.5500V NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 7000MHz (Di ffered by CPU)
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance DRAM Timing Config uration Mem ory CLK CAS Latency(Tcl) RAS /CAS Delay(Tr cd) Row Precharge Ti me(Trp): Min Active RAS(T ras) RAS /RAS Delay(Tr rd) Row Cycle (Trc)
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: XOR of Address bits [20:16, 6] (Default) / XOR of Address bits [20:16, 9] / Address bits 6 / Address bits 12 / Disabled...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual ECC Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance ECC Configurat ion Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The ECC Mode [Dis abled] Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Ena ble [Dis abled] dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB R EDIRECT...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual BIOSTAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B1 SPD Inform ations S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual TR CD Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tR TP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TR AS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK TR C Options: Auto (Default) / 11~42 CLK...
A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G 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 Performance Exit...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual 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...
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A785G3/A780L3/A780L3G BIOS Manual 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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