G41D3C 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.
G41D3C 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.
G41D3C 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...
G41D3C BIOS Manual SATA/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 SETUP UTILITY Main SATA/IDE Configuration...
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G41D3C BIOS Manual SATA1/2 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] PIO Mode [Aut o] DMA Mode...
G41D3C 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.
G41D3C 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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G41D3C BIOS Manual C1E Support C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this f unction helps to save power and decrease heat by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is not working. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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.
G41D3C BIOS Manual Core Multi-Processing T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8728 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Select Parallel Port Base Parallel Port Address [378] Addresses.
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G41D3C BIOS Manual 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 T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key Specific Key Enter...
G41D3C BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Configuration Enables Hardware Health Monitoring H/W Health Function [Enabled] Device. Shutdown Temperature Function[Disabled] CPU Temperature SYSTEM Temperature CPU Fan System1 Fan CPU Vcore...
G41D3C BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Smart Fan Conf iguration When you choice [Auto] , please run the CPU Smart Fan [Dis abled] calibration to define Smart Fan Cali bration the Fan parameters for Control Mode Smart Fan control Fan Ctrl OFF( C)
G41D3C 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. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 Power Configuration...
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G41D3C 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.
G41D3C BIOS Manual Resume On RTC Alarm When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up.
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G41D3C BIOS Manual USB 2.0 Controller Mode T his item allows you to select the operation mode of the USB 2.0 controller. Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to enable support for op erating systems without an EHCI hand-o ff feature.
G41D3C 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.
G41D3C 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.
G41D3C 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 >...
G41D3C 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. Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot...
G41D3C 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT SUCCESS BEEP...
G41D3C 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. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.
G41D3C 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 phys ical memory.
G41D3C 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 This setting is only DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] DVMT/FI XED Memory...
G41D3C BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset South Bridge Chipset Configuration Options USB Functions [8 USB Ports] Disabled USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] 2 USB Ports Audio Controller [Azalia] 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports Onboard Lan Control [Enabled] 8 USB Ports Onboard Lan Boot ROM...
G41D3C BIOS Manual Onboard Lan Boot Rom T his item allows you to select the 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. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min.
G41D3C BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu T his submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (Howev er, we suggest you to use the def ault 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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G41D3C BIOS Manual PCIE Clock By T his item allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: Auto (Default) / Manual PCIE Frequency Setting T his item allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: 100 (Default) / Min=100; Max=150 DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock.
G41D3C 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...
G41D3C 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 User Access Le vel [Ful l Access]...
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G41D3C 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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