Biostar A780L3L Bios Setup Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Biostar Manuals
  4. Motherboard
  5. A780L3L
  6. Bios setup manual

Biostar A780L3L Bios Setup Manual

Bios setup
Hide thumbs Also See for A780L3L:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

See also: Setup Manual
A780L3L BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3
2 Advanced Menu...................................................................................... 6
3 PCIPnP Menu....................................................................................... 16
4 Boot Menu............................................................................................. 19
5 Chipset Menu ....................................................................................... 22
6 Performance Menu .............................................................................. 30
7 Exit Menu ............................................................................................. 39
i

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the A780L3L and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Related Manuals for Biostar A780L3L

Summary of Contents for Biostar A780L3L

  • Page 1 A780L3L BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu ..................... 3 2 Advanced Menu..................6 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu..................... 19 5 Chipset Menu ..................22 6 Performance Menu ................30 7 Exit Menu ..................... 39...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    A780L3L 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

    A780L3L 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 DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

  • Page 4: System Memory

    A780L3L 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: Ide Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual IDE 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: Lba/Large Mode

    A780L3L BIOS Manual Type Select the type of the IDE/SATA 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 transfer.

  • Page 7: Advanced Menu

    A780L3L 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: Probe Filter

    A780L3L 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

    A780L3L BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Controller Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ...
  • Page 10 A780L3L BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port.

  • Page 11: Smart Fan Configuration

    A780L3L 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 Control Mode the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control...

  • Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration

    A780L3L 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

    A780L3L BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Select the ACPI state used for Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] System Suspend. ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] ACPI APIC support [Enabled] AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled] RTC Resume...

  • Page 14: Headless Mode

    A780L3L 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

    A780L3L 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: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Device 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.

  • Page 17: Pcipnp Menu

    A780L3L 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 18: Pci Latency Timer

    A780L3L 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 19: Reserved Memory Size

    A780L3L 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 20: Boot Device Priority

    A780L3L 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 21: Bootup Num-Lock

    A780L3L 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 22 A780L3L BIOS Manual BOOT SUCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled...

  • Page 23: Chipset Menu

    A780L3L 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 24 A780L3L 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 25: Power Saving Features

    A780L3L 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 26: Northbridge Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual NorthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB Chipset Configuration Internal Graphics Conf NB CIMx Version : 4.4.0 > Internal Graphics > PCI Express Configuration Primary Video Controller [PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX] NB Power Management Features [Auto] Select Screen Select Item...
  • Page 27 A780L3L BIOS Manual Surround View This item allows you to control the Surround View Function. Options: Disabled (Default) FB Location This item allows you to set the FB-DIMM location. Options: Above 4G (Default) / Under 4G PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 28 A780L3L BIOS Manual Port #02 Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Gen2 High Speed Mode [Disabled] Auto - RC only Link ASPM [Disabled] advertize Gen2 Link Width [Auto] capability. Slot Power Limit,W [75 ] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help...

  • Page 29: Primary Video Controller

    A780L3L BIOS Manual NB-SB Port Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NB-SB Link ASPM [Disabled] Options NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support [Disabled] Link Width [Auto] Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 30: Onboard Peripherals

    A780L3L 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 31: Performance Menu

    A780L3L 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 32 A780L3L BIOS Manual CPU Tuning BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance CPU Tuning Allows BIOS to Select CPU Over Clock. CPU/HT Reference Clock (MHZ) [200] Custom P-States [Disabled] CPU/HT Reference range 200MHz - 600MHz Hyper Transfer Link Configuration HT Link Speed [Auto]...
  • Page 33 A780L3L BIOS Manual NB VID This function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. NB FID This item allows you to select the Frequency of NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 7000MHz (Differed by CPU) NB DID This is the NB Divider.

  • Page 34: Clock Control

    A780L3L BIOS Manual Clock Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Clock Control ATIG Reference Clock (MHZ) [100] SB Reference Clock (MHZ) [100] GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 35: Dram Timing Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance DRAM Timing Configuration Select the DRAM Frequency programming Memory Clock Mode [Auto] method. If Auto, Memclock Value [DDR3-800] the DRAM speed will Memory CLK be based on SPDs. DRAM Timing Mode...
  • Page 36 A780L3L BIOS Manual Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tRTP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TRAS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 11~42 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 CLK TRRD...

  • Page 37: Memory Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Memory Configuration Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Bank Interleaving [Auto] Channel Interleaving [XOR of Address bit] Enable Clock to All DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID [Disabled] Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled] DCT Unganged Mode...

  • Page 38: Ecc Configuration

    A780L3L BIOS Manual Memory Hole Remapping This item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DCT Unganged Mode This item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-channel operation mode.
  • Page 39 A780L3L BIOS Manual ECC Mode This item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Basic / Good / Super / Max / User DRAM ECC Enabled Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Options:...

  • Page 40: Save Changes And Exit

    A780L3L 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 41: Change Supervisor Password

    A780L3L 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]...

Table of Contents