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Biostar N68S3B Bios Manual

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N68S3B BIOS Manual
BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 1
1 Main Menu ............................................................................................. 3
2 Advanced Menu...................................................................................... 7
3 PCIPnP Menu....................................................................................... 18
4 Boot Menu............................................................................................. 23
5 Chipset Menu ....................................................................................... 26
6 Performance Menu .............................................................................. 29
7 Exit Menu ............................................................................................. 37
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  • Page 1 N68S3B BIOS Manual BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu ..................... 3 2 Advanced Menu..................7 3 PCIPnP Menu..................18 4 Boot Menu..................... 23 5 Chipset Menu ..................26 6 Performance Menu ................29 7 Exit Menu ..................... 37...

  • Page 2: Bios Setup

    N68S3B BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction The 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. The 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

    N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate III Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

  • Page 4: System Memory

    N68S3B 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 information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Main Advanced Chipset Performance Exit System Overview...

  • Page 5: Ide Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual IDE Configuration The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main...
  • Page 6 N68S3B BIOS Manual nVidia RAID Setup BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset RAID Setup Options nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] abled SATA 1 Raid [Disabled] Enabled SATA 2 Raid [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Enter Update General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 7 N68S3B BIOS Manual The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub-menu. Type Select the type of the IDE/SATA drive. Options: Auto (Default) / CDROM / ARMD / Not Installed LBA/Large Mode Enable or disable the LBA mode.

  • Page 8: Advanced Menu

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu allows you to configure 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: Gart Error Reporting

    N68S3B BIOS Manual GART Error Reporting This option should remain disabled for the normal operation. The driver eveloper may enable it for testing purpose. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Microcode Update This item allows you to enable or disable Microcode Update function.

  • Page 10: Super Io Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Controller Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Keyboard PowerOn...
  • Page 11 N68S3B BIOS Manual Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled Keyboard PowerOn This item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options:...

  • Page 12: Hardware Health Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Configuration Enables Hardware Health Monitoring H/W Health Function [Enabled] Device. Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] CPU Temperature SYS Temperature...

  • Page 13: Smart Fan Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Smart Fan Configuration When you choice [Auto] ,[3Pin] or [4Pin], CPU Smart Fan [Disabled] please run the Smart Fan Calibration calibration to define Control Mode the Fan parameters for Smart Fan control...

  • Page 14: Power Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU/System fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU/System fan.
  • Page 15 N68S3B BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced 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 Table (RSDT) table.
  • Page 16 N68S3B BIOS Manual Resume On PCI PME# When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to enable if applicable.

  • Page 17: Usb Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.5-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled: no USB devices are connected.

  • Page 18: Usb Mass Storage Device Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Device 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 19: Pcipnp Menu

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 3 PCIPnP Menu This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.

  • Page 20: Pci Latency Timer

    N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PCI device.

  • Page 21: Reserved Memory Size

    N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource Available: Specified IRQ is available to be IRQ3 [Available] used by PCI/PnP IRQ4 [Available] devices. IRQ5 [Available] Reserved: Specified IRQ7 [Available] IRQ is reserved for IRQ9 [Available] use by Legacy ISA...

  • Page 22: Pci Express Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Enable/Disable Pci Express Device Relaxed Ordering [Auto] Relaxed Ordering. Maximum Payload Size [Auto] Extended Tag Field [Auto] No Snoop [Auto] Maximum Read Request Size [Auto] Active State Power-Management[Disabled]...

  • Page 23: Active State Power-Management

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Maximum Read Request Size This item sets Maximum Read Request Size of Pci Express Device or allows System BIOS to select the value. Options: Auto (Default) / 128 Bytes / 256 Bytes / 512 Bytes / 1024 Bytes / 2048...

  • Page 24: Boot Settings Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Main Advanced Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot. > Boot Settings Configuration > Boot Device Priority >...

  • Page 25: Bootup Num-Lock

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Full Screen LOGO Show This item allows you to enable/disable Full Screen LOGO Show function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This item sets the display mode for option ROM. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on.

  • Page 26: Removable Drives

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Removable Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the removable 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.

  • Page 27: Chipset Menu

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus.
  • Page 28 N68S3B BIOS Manual Primary Graphics Adapter This item allows you to select Primary Graphics Adapter Options: PCI Express → PCI -→ IGP (Default) / IGP → PCI → PCI Express OnChip and PCIe VGA selection This item allows you to select OnChip or PCIe VGA to display...
  • Page 29 N68S3B BIOS Manual Hyper Transport MCP68 Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Hyper Transport MCP68 Configuration MCP68(SB) to K8(CPU) frequency selection MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)Freq Auto [Enabled] by CPU capability MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)Freqency [800 MHZ] MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)LinkWidth [16 Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen...

  • Page 30: Performance Menu

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices. (However, we suggest you use the default setting. Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the device.) Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.

  • Page 31: Chipset Voltage

    N68S3B BIOS Manual PCIE/SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to control PCIE/SATA Spread Spectrum function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control. Chipset Voltage This item allows you to select Chipset Voltage Control.

  • Page 32: Dram Timing Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance DRAM Timing Configuration Select the DRAM Frequency programming Memory Clock Mode [Auto] method. If Auto, Memclock Value [Auto] the DRAM speed will DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] be based on SPDs.
  • Page 33 N68S3B BIOS Manual Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tRTP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TRAS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 12~42 CLK Options: Auto (Default) / 5~8 / 10 / 12 CLK TRRD...

  • Page 34: Memory Configuration

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance Memory Configuration Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Bank Interleaving [Auto] Channel Interleaving [XOR of Address bit] Enable Clock to All DIMMs [Disabled] MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID [Disabled] Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled] DCT Unganged Mode...
  • Page 35 N68S3B BIOS Manual MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID This item enables or disables the MemClk Tristate function in C3 Mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Memory Hole Remapping This item allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory.
  • Page 36 N68S3B BIOS Manual AMD Overclocking Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance AMD Overclocking Configuration Tells BIOS whether to use the setup options Custom P-States [Disabled] below this to Core FID [x15.5 3100MHz] configure the Core DID [Divided by 1] P-States, or whether...
  • Page 37 N68S3B BIOS Manual NB VID This function allows you to adjust the voltage of NB chip. NB DID This is the NB Divider. Options: Divided by 1 (Default) / Divided by 2...

  • Page 38: Save Changes And Exit

    N68S3B BIOS Manual 7 Exit Menu This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Exit Options Exit system setup...
  • Page 39 N68S3B BIOS Manual Security This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password. Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access]...

  • Page 40: Boot Sector Virus Protection

    N68S3B BIOS Manual Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

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