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Biostar GF8200 M2G PLUS - BIOS Manual

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GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................24
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................26
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................34
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  • Page 1 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................19 4 Boot Menu....................22 5 Chipset Menu..................24 6 Performance Menu................26 7 Exit Menu....................34...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset...

  • Page 5: Ide Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 1.44M, 3.5 in (Default) / 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / None IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices.
  • Page 6 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Change the AHCI DID for Linux T his item appears only when SA T A mode is set to AHCI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4 Device (SATA 5/6 will be enabled only w hen SATA Mode is set to RAID/AHCI) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master...

  • Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5 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.

  • Page 8: Advanced Menu

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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.
  • Page 10 GF8200 M 2G+ 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.

  • Page 11: Hardware Health Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Restore on AC Power Loss T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off state. Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs.

  • Page 12: Smart Fan Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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)

  • Page 13: Power Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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 (℃) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 Power Configuration...
  • Page 14 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Chipset ACPI Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Chipset ACPI C onfiguration Options SouthBridge AC PI HPET TABLE [Ena bled] Disabled ACPI PM Timer Width [24- bits] Enabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit...
  • Page 15 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). T he APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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.

  • Page 16: Usb Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up. System Time You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to specify. USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced USB C onfiguration...

  • Page 17: Legacy Usb Support

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Legacy USB Support T his item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. Microso ft DOS or Windows NT).

  • Page 18: Audio Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Emulation Type T his item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM AUDIO Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced AUDIO Configur ation Internal codec is...

  • Page 19: Onboard Lan Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Onboard LAN Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Onboard LAN Co nfiguration Control onboard Lan on/off Onboard LAN [Aut o] Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM [Dis abled] MAC ID Informa tion : S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help...

  • Page 20: Pcipnp Menu

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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 21: Pci Latency Timer

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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.

  • Page 22: Reserved Memory Size

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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...

  • Page 23: Boot Device Priority

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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 Perfo rmance Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e.
  • Page 24 GF8200 M 2G+ 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 S UCCESS BEEP When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep.

  • Page 25: Chipset Menu

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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.
  • Page 26 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual iGPU and Ext-V GA Selection T his item determines the working VGA device when there are two VGA devices installed at the same time. Options: Disable iGPU if Ext-VGA Exist (Default) / Both Exist and iGPU by Frame Buffer Det ect iGPU Frame Buffer Detect T his item allows you to control the iGPU frame buffer.

  • Page 27: Performance Menu

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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.

  • Page 28: Over-Voltage Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Over-Voltage Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance Over-Voltage C onfiguration Options Processor Volt age [A uto] 1.350V CPU Over-Volta ge [S tartUp] 1.325V Chipset Over-V oltage [StartUp] 1.300V Over-Voltag e [S tartUp] 1.275V Memory Over-Vo ltage [1 .95V] 1.250V...

  • Page 29: Dram Timing Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance DRAM Timing Config uration Mem ory CLK CAS Latency(Tcl) RAS /CAS Delay(Tr cd) Row Precharge Ti me(Trp) Min Active RAS(T ras) RAS /RAS Delay(Tr rd) Row Cycle (Trc) Com mand Rate(CR) S elect Screen >...
  • Page 30 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce (Electromagn etic Interference) and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID T his item enables or disables the MemClk T ri-Stating during C3 and Alt VID.
  • Page 31 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual TR CD Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK tR TP Options: Auto (Default) / 2-4 CLK / 3-5 CLK TR AS Options: Auto (Default) / 5~18 CLK TR C Options: Auto (Default) Options:...

  • Page 32: Spread Spectrum Configuration

    GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual tWRWR Options: Auto (Default) / 1~3 CLK tRDRD Options: Auto (Default) / 2~5 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 75ns / 105ns / 127.5ns / 195ns / 327.5ns Spread Spectrum Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance Spread Spectru m Configuration...
  • Page 33 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual PCI Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the PCI spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / Linear Down iGPU Spread Spectrum T his item allows you to control the on-chip GPU spread spectrum. Options: Disabled (Default) / 1.00% T ri-Center / 2.00% T ri-Center / 3.00% T ri-Center / 5.00% Tri-Center...
  • Page 34 GF8200 M 2G+ BIOS Manual CPU Frequency, M Hz T his item allows you to select the CPU Frequency. Options: 200 (MHz) (Default) / 100 ~ 500 Processor Frequency Multiplier T his item allows you to control the CPU multiplier. Options: Auto (Default) / x4 800MHz ~ x13.5 2700MHz (Differed by CPU) SB to K8(CPU) Freq Auto...

  • Page 35: Save Changes And Exit

    GF8200 M 2G+ 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...
  • Page 36 GF8200 M 2G+ 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]...
  • Page 37 GF8200 M 2G+ 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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