TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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 AMD CPU .
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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 IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of ID E/SAT A devices.
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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]...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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)
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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 &...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Configure ITE8 718 Super IO Chipse t Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Onboard Floppy Controller [Ena bled] Controller Serial Port1 A ddress [3F8 /IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378 ] Parallel Por t Mode...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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)
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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]...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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:...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual 785G HD Audio T his item allows you to control 785G HD audio function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled HD Audio Azalia Device T his item allows you to control the HD audio device. Options: Enabled (Default) / Auto / Disabled Onboard LAN Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Internal Graphics Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Inter nal Graphics Configuratio n Options Inter nal Graphics Mode [ UMA+SIDEPORT ] Disa ble UMA Frame Buffer Size [ Auto] SID EPORT Clock S peed [533MHz] UMA+ SIDEPORT GFX E ngine clock O verride...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Interleave Size Interleave size out of SP memory. Interleave size for UMA calculate bas e on interleave ratio. Options: Auto (Default) / 4MB / 8MB / 16MB / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB Interleave Ratio (SP:UMA) Options: Auto (Default) / 1:1 / 1:3 / 1:7 / 1:15 / 3:5 / 3:13 / 5:11 / 7:9 SP Power Managment...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et PCI E xpress Config uration > Por t #02 Feature s > Por t #04 Feature s > Por t #07 Feature s > NB- SB Port Featu res S elect Screen S elect Item U pdate...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Link Width (Only for Port #02) Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W (Only for Port #02) Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 NB-SB Port Features BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et NB-SB Link ASPM...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual SATA IDE Combined Mode T his option controls the SAT A/PAT A combined mode. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Power Saving Features T his item allows you to enable or disable power saving f eatures in SB. As general rule, this feature should be disabled for desktop and enabled fo r mobile.
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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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit T-Ser ies Settings Options Notic e: Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after over clocking. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit T-Ser ies Settings Options Notic e: Please Clea r CMOS if sys tem no displ ay Norm al after over clocking. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Over-Voltage Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance Over- Voltage Confi guration CPU Vcore Contro l CPU V core [Auto] CPU N B Over Voltag e [Auto] Memor y Over-Voltag e [ 1.61V] Chips et Over-Volta ge [ 1.25V] HT Ov er-Voltage [ 1.22V]...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Side Port Over-Voltage T his item allows you to select Side Port Voltage Control. Options: 1.54V (Default) / 1.59V / 1.64V / 1.69V CPU FID/VID Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Perfo rmance CPU F ID/VID Contro l Tell s BIOS wheth er to use the setup op tions Custo m P-States...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual NB VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. Options: 0.0125V ~ 1.5500V NB FID T his item allows you to select the Frequency o f NB chip. Options: 800MHz ~ 7000MHz (Di ffered by CPU) Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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) Wri te Recover Ti me(Twr): S elect Screen...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual Channel Interleaving T his item allows you to control the DDR2 dual-channel function. Options: XOR of Address bits [20:16, 6] (Default) / XOR of Address bits [20:16, 9] / Address bits 6 / Address bits 12 / Disabled Enable Clock to All DIMMs T his item determines whether...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual ECC Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Performance ECC Configurat ion Set the level of ECC protection. Note: The ECC Mode [Dis abled] Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Ena ble [Dis abled] dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB R EDIRECT [Dis abled] DRAM scrub rate so...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual BIOSTAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- A2 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B2 SPD Inform ations...
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ BIOS Manual TR CD Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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...
TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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.
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TA785G3 HD/ TA880G+ 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 Access Lev el T his item allows supervisor to set the user level.
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