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Page 1 TH55 HD BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................8 3 PCIPnP Menu..................22 4 Boot Menu....................25 5 Chipset Menu..................28 6 O.N.E Menu...................33 7 Exit Menu....................45...
Page 2: Bios Setup
TH55 HD 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
TH55 HD 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: System Memory
TH55 HD 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 O.N.E Exit System Overview Use [ENTER], [TAB]...
Page 5: Ide/S Ata Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual IDE/S ATA 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 SETUP UTILITY Main IDE/SATA Configuration...
Page 6: Ahci Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual AHCI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main AHCI Settings Enables for supporting AHCI BIOS Support [Enabled] > AHCI Port0 > AHCI Port1 > AHCI Port2 > AHCI Port3 > AHCI Port4 > AHCI Port5 Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit...
Page 7 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Device This area shows the detected connected device. SATA Port0/1/2/3/4/5 This item allows you to select the connected device type. Options: Auto (Default) / Not Installed S.M.A.R.T. This item allows you to control the device S.M.A.R.T function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 Device;...
Page 8: Hard Disk Write Protect
TH55 HD BIOS Manual PIO Mode Select the PIO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 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.
Page 9: Advanced Menu
TH55 HD 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 10 TH55 HD BIOS Manual C1E Support C1E is “Enhanced Halt State” function, this f unction helps to save power and decrease heat by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is not working. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hardware Prefetcher T he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future.
Page 11: Execute-Disable Bit Capability
TH55 HD BIOS Manual Execute-Disable Bit Capability T his item allows you to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which protects your system from buffer overflow attacks. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel (R) HT Technology Hyper T hreading T echnology can improve p erfo rmance by splitting instructions into multiple streams.
Page 12 TH55 HD 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 13: Hardware Health Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.” Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function.
Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual 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. ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ 70 /158 ℃ ℉ / 75 / ℃...
Page 15: Acpi Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl On(℃ ) CPU/System f an starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. 0~127 (℃) (Interval: 1℃) Options: 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.
Page 16 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Suspend mode T he item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. Options: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Suspend S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM Auto POS+STR Repost Video on S3 Resume T he item allows you to determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/ST R resume.
Page 17 TH55 HD BIOS Manual USB Dev ice Wakeup from S3/S4 T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled High Performance Event Timer T his item allows you to enable or disabled the HPET. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On PME#...
Page 18 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Onboard PCI/PCI-E Devices Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboa rd PCI/PCI-E Devices Conf iguration Sele ct ATA Contr oller Oper ate Mode JMicr on 36x ATA Co ntroller [Enabled] Onboa rd IEEE1394 C ontroller [Enabled] Onboa rd PCIE Giga LAN [Auto] Onb oard LAN Boot ROM...
Page 19: Intel V T-D Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual Intel V T-d Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Options Intel VT-d [ Disabled] 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 vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc.
Page 20: Mps Rev Ision
TH55 HD BIOS Manual MPS Rev ision T he BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor speci fication. Select version supported by the operating system running on this computer. Option: 1.4 (Default) / 1.1 MPS and ACPI MADT ordering Modern ordering is for Windows XP or later OSes.
Page 21: Smbios Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual Smbios Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Smbio s Configurati on SMBI OS SMI Wrapp er supp ort for PnP Func Smbio s Smi Support [Enabled] 50h- 54h S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit...
Page 22 TH55 HD 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 23: Pcipnp Menu
TH55 HD 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 o f that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.
Page 24 TH55 HD 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 25: Dma Channel
TH55 HD BIOS Manual 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. T he option “ Available” means the channel is going to assign automatically. Options: Available (Default) / Reserved Reserved Memory Size...
Page 26: Boot Settings Configuration
TH55 HD 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 O.N.E Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot. > Boot Setting s Configuration >...
Page 27 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an ab ridged version o f the Power On Sel f-T est (POST ) to execute after you power up the computer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Full Screen LOGO Display T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
Page 28: Boot Device Priority
TH55 HD BIOS Manual 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 When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will let user know boot success with beep.
Page 29: Chipset Menu
TH55 HD 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 30: North Bridge Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion ENAB LE: Allow rema pping of Memor y Remap Featu re [Enabled] over lapped PCI m emory Fast MRC [Disabled] abov e the total PCI MMIO Allocat ion: phys ical memory.
Page 31 TH55 HD BIOS Manual IGD Graphics Mode Select T his item will be different as your memory modules. When the memory size is decided, this f rame bu ffer size will also be fixed. Options: Enabled,32MB (Default) / Enabled,64MB / Enabled,128MB / Disabled PEG Port T his BIOS feature is a toggle that enables or disables the PCI Express port.
Page 32: South Bridge Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual DVMT/FIXED Memory Size DVMT stands for “ Dynamic Video Memory T echnology”. T his is an enhancement of the unified memory architecture (UMA) concept. DVMT will set the optimum amount of memory to be allocated for a balance between graphics and system perform ance.
Page 33: Hda Controller
TH55 HD BIOS Manual HDA Controller T his item allows you to control the HD Audio support. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Internal HDMI T his item allows you to control enable or disable Internal HDMI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus.
Page 34: 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 35 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator Setting Options Notice:Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Over-Clocking Navigator [Automate OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Manual OverClock Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]...
Page 36 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator Setting Options Notice:Please Clear CMOS if system no display Normal after overclocking. Automate OverClock Over-Clocking Navigator [Manual OverClock] =========== Automate OverClock System =========== Manual OverClock Auto OverClock System [V6-Tech Engine]...
Page 37: Dram Frequency
TH55 HD BIOS Manual QPI Frequenc y T his item allows you to control the QPI Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / 1600MHz / 1867MHz / 2133MHz / 2400MHz / 2666MHz / 2933MHz / 3200MHz DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. Options: Auto (Default) / 800MHz / 1067MHz / 1333MHz DRAM Timing Configuration...
Page 38 TH55 HD BIOS Manual DRAM tCL Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRCD Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRP Options: 9 (Default) / 3 ~ 15 DRAM tRAS Options: 24 (Default) / 9 ~ 63 DRAM tRRD Options: 4 (Default) / 5 ~ 15...
Page 39: Clock Gen Configuration
TH55 HD BIOS Manual DRAM Command Rate T his item allows you to select command rate of DDR3. Options: Auto (Default) / 1T / 2T DRAM Read/Write Latency Options: Auto (Default) / 1 ~ 32 Clock Gen Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Clock Gen Configur ation Options...
Page 40: Voltage Control
TH55 HD BIOS Manual (G)MCH Clock delay T his item allows you to select MCH Clock delay. Options: No delay (Default) / 50ps / 100ps / 150ps / 200ps / 250ps / 300ps / 350ps / 400ps / 450ps / 500ps Voltage Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY O.N.E...
Page 41: Pch Voltage
TH55 HD BIOS Manual PCH PLL Voltage T his item allows you to select PCH PLL Voltage control. Options: Auto (Default) / 1.100V ~ 2.030V (Interval: 0.015V) PCH Voltage T his item allows you to select PCH Voltage control. Options: 1.10 V (Default) / 1.15 V / 1.20 V / 1.25 V IGD Voltage T his item allows you to select Onboard Voltage control.
Page 42 TH55 HD BIOS Manual Intel(R) Turbo Mode tech T urbo mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speci fic condition. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) C-STA TE Tech T his item allows you to control the C-State power management functions of the processor.
Page 43: Phase Control
TH55 HD BIOS Manual BIOS TAR Memory Insight BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E BIOST AR Memory Ins ight DDR3 -A1 SPD Info rmatio DDR3- A1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- A2 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B1 SPD Inform ations DDR3- B2 SPD Inform ations S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
Page 44: Pwm Frequency
> Clock Gen Configuration Go to Sub Screen > Voltage Control Enter > Intel PPM Configuration General Help Save and Exit > BIOSTAR Memory Insight Exit > G.P.U Phase Control Integrated Memory Test [Enabled] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Page 45 Select Item > Clock Gen Configuration Go to Sub Screen > Voltage Control Enter > Intel PPM Configuration General Help Save and Exit > BIOSTAR Memory Insight Exit > G.P.U Phase Control Memory Test [Disabled] vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
Page 46: Save Changes And Exit
TH55 HD 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 O.N.E Exit Exit Options Exit system setup...
Page 47: Change Supervisor Password
TH55 HD 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 48: Password Check
TH55 HD 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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