TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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 Intel CPU.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual SATA 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 SETU P U TILITY Main SATA Confugura tion...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual AHCI Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main AHCI Settings Enables for supporting AHCI BIOS Supp ort [Ena bled] AHCI CD\DVD Bo ot Time out [35] > AHCI Port0 > AHCI Port1 > AHCI Port2 >...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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) 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual PIO Mode Select the PIO mode. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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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TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Core Multi-Processing T his item allows multi-processing fun ction for multi-core processors. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) C-State Tech T his item allows you to control the C-State power management functions of the processor. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Configuration...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to control the mouse power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Restore on AC Power Loss by IO T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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. Options: Disabled (Default) / 60℃/140℉ / 65℃/149℉ / 70℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉ / 80℃/176℉...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the System T emperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl On(℃ ) System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. 0~127 (℃) Options: Fan Ctrl Full On(℃...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual PM/ACPI Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced PM/ACPI Config uration Enable/Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ. APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Dis abled] USB Device Wak eup From S3/S4 [Dis abled] High Performan ce Event Timer [Dis abled] Resume On PME# [Dis abled] Resume On RTC Alarm...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Resume On RTC Alarm When “ Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which date the system will boot up.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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).
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Emulation Type T his item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM Config Onboard PCI/P CI-E Devices BIOS SETU P U TILITY Advan ced Onboard PCI/PC I-E Devices Configu ration...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Reserved Memory Size T his item allows BIOS to reserve cert ain memory size for speci fic PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) / 16K / 32K / 64K...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Full Screen LOGO Disaply T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode T his item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-L ock...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Initiate Graphic Adapter T his item allows you to set the initiate graphic adapter. Options: Auto (Default) Boot De vice Priority Items in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. T he number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devi ces installed in the system.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset North Bridge C hipset Configuratio n ENABLE: Allow remapping of Memory Remap F eature [En abled] overlapped PCI memory PCI MMIO All ocation: above the total Memory Hole [Disabled] phisical memory.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n Options USB Functions [1 2 USB Ports] Disabled USB Port Confi guration [6 X6 USB Ports] 2 USB Ports USB 2.0 Contro ller [E nabled] 4 USB Ports HDA Controller...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual SMBUS Controller T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width Options: 4 to 5 seconds (Default)
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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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator setting Options Over-Clocking Navigator [A utomate OverClock] Normal =========== Au tomate OverClock Sy stem =========== Automate OverClock Auto OverClock System [V 6-Tech Engine] Manual OverClock...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced PCIPnP Boot Chipset O.N.E Exit Over-Clocking Navigator setting Options Over-Clocking Navigator [M anual OverClock] Normal =========== Au tomate OverClock Sy stem =========== Automate OverClock Auto OverClock System [V 6-Tech Engine] Manual OverClock...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual FS B(Bsel) To NorthBridge Latch T his item allows you to select the FSB Frequency. Options: Auto (Default) / FSB 800 / FSB 1066 / FSB 1333 FS B Compensation FineTune T his item allows you to control the FSB compensation finetune function. Options: DIsabled (Default) / Enabled DRAM Frequency...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual Static tREAD Value T his item allows you to select the tREAD control. Options: Auto (Default) / 1T -15T Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DRAM tCL Options: 5 (Default) DRAM tRP Options: 5 (Default) DRAM tRCD...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual DRAM tRTP Options: 3 (Default) Write to Precharge Delay Options: 14 (Default) Read to Precharge Delay Options: 5 (Default) PrechargeAll to Act Delay Options: 5 (Default) PrechargeAll->Refresh Delay Options: 5 (Default) R-to-W Delay Options: 8 (Default) R-to-R Delay (Same Rank) Options: 4 (Default)
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Clock Gen Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY O.N.E Clock Gen Conf iguration Allows BIOS to Select PCI-E Over Clock. PCIE Frequency Setting [1 00] Note: CPU Clock Skew Control [A uto] MIN = 100 Mhz (G)MCH Clock S kew Control [A uto] MAX = 150 Mhz...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual CPU Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY O.N.E C1E Support [E nabled] This should be enabled CPU TM functio n [E nabled] in order to enable or Intel(R) C-STA TE tech [E nabled] disable the Enhanced Core Multi-Pro cessing [E nabled] Halt State.
TPower I45 BIOS M anual Voltage Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY O.N.E Voltage Config uration CPU Voltage Control CPU Voltage [A uto] DDR Voltage [Auto] Chipset Voltag e [A uto] FSB Voltage [A uto] CPU Core1 GTL Ref voltage [0 .63*VTT] CPU Core2 GTL Ref voltage [0 .67*VTT]...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual CPU Core2 GTL Ref Voltage Options: 0.67*VTT (Default) / 0.69*VTT / 0.63*VT T / 0.61*VTT MCH GTL Ref Voltage Options: Auto (Default) / 0.61*VTT / 0.64*VT T / 0.59*VTT / 0.56*VTT CPU PLL Voltage Options: 1.5V (Default) / 1.6V / 1.7V / 1.8V...
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TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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 SETU P U TILITY Main Advan ced...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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]...
TPower I45 BIOS M anual 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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