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945GC-M4 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................20
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................23
6 Exit Menu...............................................................................................28
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- Page 1 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu....................20 5 Chipset Menu..................23 6 Exit Menu....................28...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
945GC-M4 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. -
Page 3: Pci Bus Support
945GC-M4 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 DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CP Us T his AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU . -
Page 4: System Memory
945GC-M4 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et E xit Syste m Overview Use [ENTER], [TA B] or [ SHIFT-TAB] t o... -
Page 5: Ata/Ide Configuration
945GC-M4 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. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main IDE C onfuguration... - Page 6 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4 Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T [Auto]...
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Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
945GC-M4 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. -
Page 9: Super Io Configuration
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Hardware Prefetcher T he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future. T his reduces the latency associated with memory reads. - Page 10 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Serial Port1 Address...
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Page 11: Hardware Health Configuration
945GC-M4 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. -
Page 12: Shutdow N Temperature
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Shutdow n Temperature 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) / 70℃/158℉ / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 75℃/158℉ / 80℃/158℉... - Page 13 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Energy Lake Feature T his item allows you to enable or disable the Energy Lake technology feature. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ T his item is used to set APIC ACPI SCI by IRQ. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4...
- Page 14 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual AMI OEMB table Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description T able (RSD T ) table. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Headless mode T his is a server-speci f ic feature.
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Page 15: Usb Configuration
945GC-M4 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 lega cy support i f USB D evices Enable d: no U SB devices a re... -
Page 16: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration
945GC-M4 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. -
Page 17: Pcipnp Menu
945GC-M4 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. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. - Page 18 945GC-M4 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.
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Page 19: Reserved Memory Size
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource Available: Specified IRQ is available to be IRQ3 [Available] used by PCI/PnP IRQ4 [Available] devices. IRQ5 [Available] Reserved: Specified IRQ7 [Available] IRQ is reserved for IRQ9 [Available] use by Legacy ISA IRQ10 [Available] devices. -
Page 20: Pci Express Configuration
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI E xpress Config uration Enab le/Disable PCI Express L0s and Activ e State Power -Management[ Disabled] L1 l ink power stat es. S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0... -
Page 21: Boot Device Priority
945GC-M4 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 E xit Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e. >... - Page 22 945GC-M4 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. Options: Pri.
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Page 23: Interrupt 19 Capture
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled BOOT S UCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled... -
Page 24: Chipset Menu
945GC-M4 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. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced... - Page 25 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to set the f requ ency o f DRAM.. Options: Auto (Default) / 400MHz / 533MHz Configure DRAM timing by SPD T his item allows you .to determine DRAM timing by SPD Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DRAM CAS# Latency...
- Page 26 945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Mode Select T his item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided, this f rame bu ffer size will also be fixed. Options: Enabled, 8MB (Default) / Enabled,1MB PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port.
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Page 27: South Bridge Configuration
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options USB F unctions [8 USB Port s] Disa bled USB 2 .0 Controller [Enabled] 2 US B Ports Audio Controller [Auto] 4 USB Po rts SMBUS Controller [Enabled]... -
Page 28: Onboard Lan
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual Onboard LAN T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Onboard LAN ROM T his item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled... -
Page 29: Save Changes And Exit
945GC-M4 BIOS Manual 6 Exit Menu T his menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et E xit Exit Options Exit system setu p afte r saving the Save Changes and E xit... -
Page 30: Change Supervisor Password
945GC-M4 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 Change Supervi sor Password Change User Pa ssword Boot Sector Vi rus Protection [Dis abled]...