TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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] or [SHIFT-TAB] to...
TH55XE 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 S ETUP UTILITY Main IDE/S ATA Configura tion...
TH55XE BIOS Manual AHCI Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main AHCI Settings Enab les for supp orting AHCI BIOS Support [ Enabled] > AHC I Port0 > AHC I Port1 > AHC I Port2 > AHC I Port3 > AHC I Port4 S elect Screen S elect Item C hange Option...
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TH55XE BIOS Manual Device This area shows the detected connected device. SATA Port0/1/2/3/4 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 1/3/2/4/5 Device;...
TH55XE 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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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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 / ℃...
TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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#...
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TH55XE 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 [Disabled]...
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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...
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TH55XE 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).
TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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...
TH55XE 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 >...
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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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.
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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TH55XE 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]...
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TH55XE 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]...
TH55XE 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...
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TH55XE 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 DRAM tWR...
TH55XE 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...
TH55XE 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.
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TH55XE 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.
TH55XE 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...
TH55XE BIOS Manual CPU Load Line T his item allows you to control CPU Load Line. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled PWM Frequency T his item allows you to Select PWM Frequency. Options: 200 KHz (Default) / 180 KHz / 220 KHz / 240 KHz Integrated Memory Test Integrat ed Memory T est allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or sof tw are.
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TH55XE BIOS Manual Step 2: When the process is done, change the setting back from “ Enabled” to “ HotKey F11” or “ Disabled” to complete the test. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Exit Auto OverClock Sys tem [V6-Tech En gine] Options...
TH55XE 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 after saving the...
TH55XE 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]...
TH55XE 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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