Table of Contents
Advertisement
Quick Links
P41D3 BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................19
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................22
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................26
6 Performance Menu...............................................................................30
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................33
i
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Related Manuals for Biostar P41D3 - BIOS
Summary of Contents for Biostar P41D3 - BIOS
- Page 1 P41D3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................19 4 Boot Menu....................22 5 Chipset Menu..................26 6 Performance Menu................30 7 Exit Menu....................33...
-
Page 2: Bios Setup
P41D3 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
P41D3 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. -
Page 4: Main Menu
P41D3 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... -
Page 5: Ata/Ide Configuration
P41D3 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 P41D3 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] PIO Mode [Aut o] DMA Mode...
-
Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect
P41D3 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. -
Page 8: Advanced Menu
P41D3 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 P41D3 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Ratio CMOS Setting...
- Page 10 P41D3 BIOS Manual Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Befo re it can do so, it must first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. T his determines the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.
-
Page 11: Super Io Configuration
P41D3 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]... - Page 12 P41D3 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...
-
Page 13: Hardware Health Configuration
P41D3 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 SYS Temperature CPU Fan System1 Fan +12.0V... -
Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration
P41D3 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) -
Page 15: Power Configuration
P41D3 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 (Interv al: 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1) Power Configuration... - Page 16 P41D3 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).
- Page 17 P41D3 BIOS Manual HPET Memory Address T his item allows you to set the memory address of HPET . Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h EuP Control T his item is used to enable or disable EuP Control ((Energy Using Products). Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On Ring...
-
Page 18: Usb Configuration
P41D3 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: Auto Legac y USB Support [ Enabled]... - Page 19 P41D3 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 20: Pcipnp Menu
P41D3 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
P41D3 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
P41D3 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 23: Pci Express Configuration
P41D3 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and Active State Power-Management[Disabled] L1 link power states. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Active State Power-Management T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. -
Page 24: Boot Device Priority
P41D3 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 >... -
Page 25: Cd/Dvd Drives
P41D3 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 S ETUP UTILITY Boot... -
Page 26: Bootup Num-Lock
P41D3 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... -
Page 27: Chipset Menu
P41D3 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 28: North Bridge Configuration
P41D3 BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset North Bridge Chipset Configuration ENABLE: Allow remapping of Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] overlapped PCI memory PCI MMIO Allocation: above the total Memory Hole [Disabled] physical memory. Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of memory. -
Page 29: South Bridge Configuration
P41D3 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 6 USB Ports Onboard Lan Co ntrol [E nabled]... -
Page 30: Onboard Lan Boot Rom
P41D3 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. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min. -
Page 31: Performance Menu
P41D3 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 32 P41D3 BIOS Manual PCIE Frequency Setting T his item allows you to select the PCIE clock control Options: 100 (Default) / Min=100; Max=150 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.
- Page 33 P41D3 BIOS Manual DRAM tRCD Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 10 DRAM tWR Options: 3 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRFC Options: 15 (Default) / 15 ~ 78 DRAM tWTR Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRRD Options: 2 (Default) / 2 ~ 15 DRAM tRTP...
-
Page 34: Save Changes And Exit
P41D3 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... -
Page 35: Change User Password
P41D3 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 36 P41D3 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.