G41D3B 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.
G41D3B 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 Intel CPU.
G41D3B 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 SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit...
G41D3B 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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G41D3B BIOS Manual SATA1/2/3/4 Dev ice; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main SATA1 Device Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Aut o] LBA/Large Mode [Aut o] Block (Multi-S ector Transfer)[Aut o]...
G41D3B BIOS Manual S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. T his will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS.
G41D3B 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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G41D3B BIOS Manual Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech T his item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving. SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock speed o f the processor to be dynamically changed by software.
G41D3B BIOS Manual Intel(R) Virtualization Tech 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 Execute-Disable Bit Capability T his item allows you to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects your system from buffer overflow attacks.
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G41D3B BIOS Manual Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. Options: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto / Disabled Parallel Port Address T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which I/O Address.
G41D3B BIOS Manual Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
G41D3B BIOS Manual Shutdow n Temperature Function T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 70℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉...
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G41D3B BIOS Manual ACPI Version Features T he item allows you to select the version of ACPI. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller).
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G41D3B BIOS Manual HPET Memory Address T his item allows you to set the memory address of HPET . Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h Resume On Ring T his item allows you to control the wake on ring f unction.
G41D3B BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration Options Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 Disa bled Enab led USB D evices Enable d:...
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G41D3B 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.
G41D3B 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.
G41D3B 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.
G41D3B 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...
G41D3B BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority >...
G41D3B 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.
G41D3B BIOS Manual Bootup Num-L ock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. Options: ON (Default) / OFF Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
G41D3B 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.
G41D3B BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion ENAB LE: Allow rema pping of Memor y Remap Featu re [Enabled] over lapped PCI m emory PCI MMIO Allocat ion: abov e the total...
G41D3B BIOS Manual PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Video Function Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Video Function Con figuration Options DVMT Mode Select...
G41D3B BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n Options USB Functions [8 USB Ports] Disabled USB 2.0 Contro ller [E nabled] 2 USB Ports Audio Controll er [A zalia] 4 USB Ports...
G41D3B BIOS Manual Onboard Lan Boot Rom T his item allows you to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information T his item shows the LAN MAC ID. SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus.
G41D3B 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.
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G41D3B BIOS Manual CPU Voltage T his item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. FS B Voltage T his item allows you to select FSB Voltage Control. Memory Voltage T his item allows you to select Memory Voltage Control.
G41D3B 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...
G41D3B 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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G41D3B 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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