TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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 .
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit Syste m Overview...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Options: 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2M, 5.25 in / 720K, 3.5 in / 1.44M, 3.5 in / 2.88M, 3.5 in / None Hard Drive Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices.
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Primary IDE Master/Slav e ; SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Dev ice 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...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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)
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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 Cool N Quiet T his item allows you to enable or disable the Cool &...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Confi gure ITE8718 Super IO Chi pset Allo ws BIOS to E nable or D isable Flopp y Onboa rd Floppy Con troller [ Enabled] Cont roller Keybo ard PowerOn [ Disabled] Mouse PowerOn [ Disabled]...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Restore on AC Power Loss T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Control Mode T his item provides several operation modes of the fan. Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl On(℃...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual H/W Health Function If with a monitoring system, the system will show PC health status during POST stage. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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.
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). The 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Wake Up by PCI Enable / Disable PCI to generate a wake ev ent. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 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...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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 T-Series Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration Spec ifies the Boot Device Prio rity sequenc e. >...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual EC Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et SureB oot Feature [ Enabled] Options SureB oot Timeout [ 4 Seconds] Disa bled Enab led S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Option ROM POST Delay Options: Disabled (Default) / 1 ~ 7 Seconds SATA IDE Combined Mode T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Power Saving Features Disable / Enable power saving features in SB. As general rule, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabled fo r mobile.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Inter nal Graphics Configuratio n Options Inter nal Graphics Mode [ UMA] Disa ble UMA Frame Buffer Size [ Auto] Surro und View [ Auto] FB Lo cation [ Above 4G] AMD 7 90GX HD Audio [ Enable]...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Hyper Transport Co nfiguration Auto - CAD/CTL. HT Li nk Tristate [ Auto] UnitI D Clumping [ Auto] 2x LC LK Mode [ Disabled] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual OnBoard Peripherals Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et MAC I D Information Enab le/Disable Realt ek PCIE NIC [ Enable] Onbo ard RTL8111D L Real tek Option RO M [ Disabled] PCIE Network Cont roller S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help...
OverClock Navigator OverClock .Navigator is designed for beginners in overclock field. Based on many test and experiments from Biostar Engineer Team, OverClock Navigator provid es 3 default overclo ck con figurations that are able to raise the system perfo rmance.
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series T-Ser ies Settings Options WARNI NG: Pl ease Clear C MOS if syste m no display Norm al af ter overcloc king. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series T-Ser ies Settings Options WARNI NG: Pl ease Clear C MOS if syste m no display Norm al af ter overcloc king. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual CPU Tuning BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series CPU T uning CPU Vcore Contro l CPU V core [Auto] CPU N B Over Voltag e [Auto] Custo m P-States [ Disabled] SVID Override [ Disabled] NODE0 :PCI-X2 HT Li nk HT Li nk Speed [ Auto] HT Li nk Width...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Core VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.3500V (Differed by CPU). Core DID Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2 / Divided by 4 / Divided by 8 / Divided by 16 NB VID Set the voltage to use for NB PState selected Value is saved in the _PSS object..
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual GFX Engine Clock T his item allows BIOS to select onboard GPU Over Clock. Options: 700 (Default) / 150 ~ 1500 Voltage Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series Volta ge Configurat ion Chan ge memory vo ltage valu e.
F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. BIOSTAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Memory Clock Mode T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / Manual / Limit Memclock Value T his item allows you to set the Memory Clock. Options: DDR3-800 (Default) / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 / Auto DRAM Timing Mode T his item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regul ate the DRAM T iming.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual TR C Options: Auto (Default) / 11~26 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 3~6 CLK TR RD Options: Auto (Default) / 2~5 CLK tWTR Options: Auto (Default) / 1~3 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 75ns / 105ns / 127.5ns / 195ns / 327.5ns Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Bank Interleaving Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve memory perform ance. Memory interleaving increases bandwidth by allowing simultaneous access to more than one piece of memory. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Page Smashing T his item is S/W Control of Page Smashing Mechanism. Options: Disabled (Default) / IC / DC / Both ECC Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series ECC Configurat ion Set the level of ECC protection.
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual G.P.U Phase Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series G.P.U Phase Contro l Options Phase Status Auto CPU V core: Curre nt CPU Power : Effic iency G.P.U Phase Mode [ Auto] S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Integrated Memory Test Integrat ed Memory T est allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or sof tw are. Step 1: T his item is disabled on default; change it to “ Enable” to precede memory test. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...
TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 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 T-Series Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the...
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual CMOS Backup Function It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM and reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. T here are 10 sets o f record address es in total, and users are able to nam e the CMOS data acco rding to personal preference.
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TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 BIOS Manual Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password. User Acess Level T his item allows supervisor to set the user level. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password...
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