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Biostar TA790GX A3 PLUS - BIOS Bios Manual

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TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................7
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................16
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................19
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................21
6 T-S eries Menu........................................................................................30
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................44
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  • Page 1 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................16 4 Boot Menu....................19 5 Chipset Menu..................21 6 T-S eries Menu..................30 7 Exit Menu....................44...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 3: Pci Bus Support

    TA790GX 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 .

  • Page 4: System Memory

    TA790GX 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset T-Series...

  • Page 5: Hard Drive Configuration

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 6: Lba/Large Mode

    TA790GX 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]...

  • Page 7: Hard Disk Write Protect

    TA790GX 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)

  • Page 8: Advanced Menu

    TA790GX 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.
  • Page 9 TA790GX 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 &...

  • Page 10: Super Io Configuration

    TA790GX 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]...

  • Page 11: Mouse Poweron

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration

    TA790GX 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. Options: 0~127 (℃) Fan Ctrl On(℃...

  • Page 13: Power Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual H/W Health Function If you computer contains a monitoring system, it 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.
  • Page 14 TA790GX 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.

  • Page 15: Usb Configuration

    TA790GX 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...

  • Page 16: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 17: Pcipnp Menu

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 18: Pci Latency Timer

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 19: Dma Channel

    TA790GX 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...

  • Page 20: Boot Device Priority

    TA790GX 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. >...

  • Page 21: Quick Boot

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 22: Chipset Menu

    TA790GX 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...

  • Page 23: Onchip Sata Channel

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset HD Audio Azali a Device [Ena bled] Options Auto Disabled Enabled S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help S ave and Exit E xit vxx .xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Me gatrends, Inc.

  • Page 24: Power Saving Features

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 25: Internal Graphics Configuration

    TA790GX 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] SID EPORT Clock S peed [ 400MHz] SIDE PORT UMA-S P Interleave Mode [ Auto]...

  • Page 26: Surround View

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 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 T his item allows you to select SP Power Managment fun ction. Options: Auto (Default) / Dynamic CKE / Dynamic CMD / Dynamic / CLK / Disabled...

  • Page 27: Pci Express Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset PCI Express Co nfiguration Options GFX Dual Slot Configuration [Dis abled] Auto GPP Slots Powe r Limit, W [25 ] Enabled Disabled > Port #02 Fea tures >...
  • Page 28 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Link ASPM Options: Disabled (Default) / L0s / L1 / L0x & L1 Link Width Options: Auto (Default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 Slot Power Limit, W Options: 75 (Default) / 0-255 Compliance Mode Options: Disabled (Default) / Gen2 / GEN1...

  • Page 29: Primary Video Controller

    TA790GX 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...

  • Page 30: Onboard Peripherals Configuration

    TA790GX 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 RTL8111C Real tek Option RO M [ Disabled] PCIE Network onboa rd FireWire [ Enabled] Cont roller S elect Screen...

  • Page 31: Overclock Navigator

    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.
  • Page 32 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et T-Series Exit T-Ser ies Settings Options WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions Norm al may cause system to m alfunction. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...

  • Page 33: Spread Spectrum

    TA790GX A3+ 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 WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions Norm al may cause system to m alfunction. Auto mate OverClo ck Manu al OverClock OverC lock Navigato r...

  • Page 34: Phase Control

    TA790GX 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...
  • Page 35 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Custom P-States T his item allows you to select the P-States controlling. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Core FID T his item allows you to select the Ratio/Frequency of AM2+ CPU. Options: x8.0 1600MHz ~ x13.0 2600MHz (Differed by CPU) Core VID T his function allows you to adjust the voltage of CPU.

  • Page 36: Voltage Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Voltage Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series Volta ge Configurat ion CPU Vcore Contro l CPU V core [A uto] NB FI D Voltage [1 .200 V] Memor y Over Volt age [A uto] Side Port Over Vol tage [1 .800 V] Chips et Over Volta ge [1 .200 V]...

  • Page 37: Dram Timing Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual HT Ov er Voltage T his item allows you to select HT Over Voltage Control. Options: 1.200V (Default) / 1.220V ~ 2.300V (Interval: 0.020V) DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series DRAM Timing Co nfiguration Select the DRAM Frequency programming Memory Clock M ode...
  • Page 38 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual 2T Command Options: Auto (Default) / 1T / 2T 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) / 12~42 CLK...

  • Page 39: Hyper Transport Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual tWTR Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK tWRWR Options: Auto (Default) / 3~10 CLK tRDRD Options: Auto (Default) / 2~10 CLK tRFC0 / tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFC3 Options: Auto (Default) / 90ns / 110ns / 160ns / 300ns / 350ns Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY T-Series...

  • Page 40: Memory Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY T-Series Memor y Configurati on Enab le Bank Memo ry Inte rleaving Bank Interleaving [ Auto] Chann el Interleavi ng [ XOR of Addre ss bit]] Enabl e Clock to Al l DIMMs [ Disabled] MemCl k Tristate C3 /ATLVID [ Disabled]...

  • Page 41: Ecc Configuration

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual Memory Hole Remapping T his item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DC T Unganged Mode T his item controls the DRAM controller ganged (128bit*1) / unganged (64bit*2) dual-chann el operation mode.
  • Page 42 TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual ECC Mode T his item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Basic / Good / Super / Max / User DRAM ECC Enabled Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 4-bit ECC Mode...

  • Page 43: Gfx Engine Clock Override

    TA790GX A3+ BIOS Manual SureBoot Timeout T his item allows you to control the SureBoot timeout. Options: 4 Seconds (Default) / 1 Second / 2 Seconds / 3 Seconds Advanced Clock Calibration T his item allows you to control the advanced clock calibration. Options: Disabled (Default) / Auto / All Cores / Per Core Value (All Cores/Core 0/Core 1/Core 2/Core 3)
  • Page 44 TA790GX 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...

  • Page 45: Save Changes And Exit

    TA790GX 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...

  • Page 46: Cmos Backup Function

    TA790GX 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.

  • Page 47: Change Supervisor Password

    TA790GX 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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