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TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1
1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3
2 Advanced Menu.......................................................................................8
3 PCIPnP Menu........................................................................................20
4 Boot Menu..............................................................................................24
5 Chipset Menu.........................................................................................27
6 O.N.E Menu...........................................................................................30
7 Exit Menu...............................................................................................41
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- Page 1 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu....................3 2 Advanced Menu..................8 3 PCIPnP Menu..................20 4 Boot Menu....................24 5 Chipset Menu..................27 6 O.N.E Menu...................30 7 Exit Menu....................41...
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Page 2: Bios Setup
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 Intel CPU. - Page 4 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 O.N.E Exit...
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Page 5: Ide/S Ata Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 Confugura tion... -
Page 6: Ahci Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual 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 >... - Page 7 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 ;...
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Page 8: Hard Disk Write Protect
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual 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. T his reduces the latency associated with memory reads.
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Page 11: Active Processor Cores
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Intel (R) HT Technology Hyper T hreading T echnology can improve p erfo rmance by splitting instructions into multiple streams. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Active Processor Cores T his item allows you to set the number of cores to enable in each processor pack age. Options: All (Default) / 1 / 2 A20M... - Page 12 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key Specific Key Enter T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Specific Key.” Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set “Stroke Key.”...
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Page 13: Hardware Health Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardw are Health Co nfiguration Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Devi ce. -
Page 14: Smart Fan Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configur ation When you choice [Auto] , pl ease run the CPU S mart Fan [ Disabled] cali bration to d efine Smart Fan Calibrat ion the Fan paramete rs for Contr ol Mode Smar t Fan contro l... - Page 15 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value of slope PWM will raise the speed of CPU fan. Options: 1~127 (With the interval of 1) JSFAN1, 2 Smart Fan...
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Page 16: Usb Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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:... - Page 17 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 18 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 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.
- Page 19 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Note: This function will be effective only when the operating system finishes all procedure of booting. Active State Power-Management T his item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. T his f unction is for OS which does not support ASPM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Suspend mode...
- Page 20 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 Onboard PCI/PCI-E Devices Configuration...
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Page 21: Intel V T-D Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Onboard PCIE Giga LAN (TPower X58 Only) T his item allows you to control the onboard LAN. Options: Auto (Default) / Enabled / Disabled Onboard LAN Boot Rom (TPow er X58 Only) T his item allows you to select the Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Port 1 MAC ID Information... -
Page 22: Pcipnp Menu
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 23 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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.
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Page 24: Dma Channel
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 25: Boot Settings Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 26 TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 Disaply T his item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function.
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Page 27: Boot Device Priority
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 Boots Graphic Adapter Priority Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. -
Page 28: Chipset Menu
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 29: South Bridge Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et South Bridge Chips et Configura tion Options USB F unctions [12 USB Por ts] Disa bled USB P ort Configura tion [6X6 USB Po rts] 2 US B Ports USB 2 .0 Controller [Enabled] 4 US B Ports... -
Page 30: Smbus Controller
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual 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) / 3 to 4 seconds /24 to 3 seconds / 1 to 2 seconds... -
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 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Auto OverClock S ystem BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Over- Clocking Navi gator Settin g Options Over- Clocking Navi gator [Automate O verClock] Norm al ===== ====== Automa te OverClock System ==== ======= Auto mate OverClo ck Auto OverClock Sys tem [V6-Tech En gine]...
- Page 33 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Over- Clocking Navi gator Settin g Options Over- Clocking Navi gator [Manual Ove rClock] Norm al ===== ====== Automa te OverClock System ==== ======= Auto mate OverClo ck Auto OverClock Sys tem [V6-Tech En gine]...
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Page 34: Dram Frequency
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual QPI Frequenc y T his item allows you to select the QPI Frequency. Options: Auto (Default) / 4.800GT / 6.400GT Uncore Frequency T his item allows you to select Uncore Frequency. Options: Auto (Default) / 1600MHz / 1867MHz / 2133MHz / 2400MHz / 2666MHz/ 2933MHz / 3200MHz / 3466MHz / 3733MHz / 4000MHz DRAM Frequency T his item allows you to control the Memory Clock. -
Page 35: Intel(R) Turbo Mode Tech
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech T his item allows you to enable SpeedStep technology for better power saving. SpeedStep is a technology built into some Intel processors that allows the clock speed o f the processor to be dynamically changed by software. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Intel(R) Turbo Mode tech... -
Page 36: Dram Timing Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual C State package limit setting T he selected option will program into C State package limit register. Options: Auto (Default) / C1 / C3 / C6 / C7 C1/C3 Auto Demotion Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E... - Page 37 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Ch-A/B/C DRAM tCL Options: Min= 3, Max= 18 Ch-A/B/C DRAM tRCD Options: Min= 3, Max= 15 Ch-A/B/C DRAM tRP Options: Min= 3, Max= 15 Ch-A/B/C DRAM tRAS Options: Min= 9, Max= 30 Ch-A/B/C DRAM tRRD Options: Min= 2, Max= 15 Ch-A/B/C DRAM tWR...
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Page 38: Clock Gen Configuration
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Clock Gen Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Clock Gen Configur ation Options PCIE Clock By [Auto] Auto PCIE Frequency Set ting [100] Manu al CPU C lock delay [No delay] (G)MC H Clock delay [No delay] S elect Screen S elect Item... -
Page 39: Voltage Control
TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Voltage Control BIOS S ETUP UTILITY O.N.E Volta ge Configurat ion CPU Vcore Contro l CPU V core [Au to] CPU V TT [Au to] SB VC C [Au to] DRAM Voltage [Au to] NB VC C [Au to] QPI/P CIE PLL [Au to]... - Page 40 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual QPI/PCIE PLL T his item allows you to select QPI.PCIE PLL Control. Options: Auto (Default) / 1.100V ~ 1.500V (Interval: 0.25V) Integrated Memory Test Integrat ed Memory T est allows users to test memory module compatibilities without additional device or sof tw are.
- Page 41 TPower X58/TPower X58A BIOS Manual Step 2: When the process is done, change the setting back from “Enabled” to “Disabled” to complete the test. BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chips et O.N.E Exit ===== ====== Automa te OverClock System ==== ======= Options Auto OverClock Sys tem [V6-Tech En gine]...
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Page 42: Save Changes And Exit
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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... -
Page 43: Change Supervisor Password
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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 44: Password Check
TPower X58/TPower X58A 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.