A780L3L 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.
A780L3L 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 .
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 inform ation. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit System Overview Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to...
A780L3L 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...
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A780L3L 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. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled PIO Mode...
A780L3L 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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A780L3L 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 PowerNow T his item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled ACPI SRAT Table...
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 [IRQ7] Keyboard PowerOn [Disabled]...
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A780L3L 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. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled Keyboard Pow erOn...
A780L3L 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 the Fan parameters for Fan Ctrl OFF( C) Smart Fan control...
A780L3L 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. Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1) Hardware Health Configuration...
A780L3L 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] AMI O EMB table [ Enabled] Headl ess mode...
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A780L3L 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Resume...
A780L3L 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...
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A780L3L 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.
A780L3L 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.
A780L3L 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.
A780L3L 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 DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 T hese items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device using the channel.
A780L3L BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority >...
A780L3L 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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A780L3L BIOS Manual BOOT S UCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled...
A780L3L 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...
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A780L3L BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et HD Au dio Azalia De vice [ Enabled] Options Azali a Clock Gatin g [ Disabled] Auto Disa bled Enab led S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0...
A780L3L BIOS Manual SureBoot Feature T his 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 T his item allows you to control the SureBoot timeout. Options: 4 Seconds (Default) / 1 Second / 2 Seconds / 3 Seconds OHCI HC(Bus 0 Dev 18/19/20 Fn 0/1/5)
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 Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help...
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A780L3L BIOS Manual UMA Frame Buffer Size T his item allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics. Options: Auto (Default) / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB / 256MB / 512MB Surround View T his item allows you to control the Surround View Function. Options: Disabled (Default) FB Location...
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A780L3L BIOS Manual Port #02 Features BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset Gen2 High Spee d Mode [Dis abled] Auto - RC only Link ASPM [Dis abled] advertize Gen2 Link Width [Aut o] capability. Slot Power Lim it,W [75 ] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
A780L3L BIOS Manual NB-SB Port Features BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset NB-SB Link ASP M [Dis abled] Options NP NB-SB VC1 T raffic Support [Dis abled] Link Width [Aut o] Disabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit...
A780L3L BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et MAC I D Information Enab le/Disable Realt ek PCIE NIC [ Enable] Onbo ard Broadcom Real tek Option RO M [ Disabled] PCIE Network Cont roller S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help...
A780L3L 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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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] HT Link Width [Auto] Advanced Clock Calibration...
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A780L3L BIOS Manual NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 7000MHz (Di ffered by CPU) NB DID T his is the NB Divider.
A780L3L BIOS Manual Clock Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Clock Control ATIG Reference Clo ck (MHZ) [ 100] SB Re ference Clock (MHZ) [ 100] Sprea d Spectrum [ Disabled] GFX E ngine Clock O verride [ Disabled] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
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 DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] be based on SPDs. If Limit, the DRAM spe will not exceed the specified value.
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A780L3L BIOS Manual 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 Options: Auto (Default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 CLK TR RD Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK...
A780L3L BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Memor y Configurati on Enab le Bank Memo ry Inte rleaving Bank Interleaving [ Auto] Chann el Interleavi ng [ XOR of Addre ss bit] Enabl e Clock to Al l DIMMs [ Disabled] MemCl k Tristate C3 /ATLVID [ Disabled]...
A780L3L BIOS Manual Memory Hole Remapping T his 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 DC T Unganged Mode T his item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode.
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A780L3L BIOS Manual ECC Mode T his 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: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 4-bit ECC Mode...
A780L3L 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 Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the...
A780L3L 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]...
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