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...) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 Smart Screen 29 3.4 Advanced Screen 30 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 30 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 32 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 35 3.4.4 IDE Configuration 36 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 38 3.4.6 Floppy...
...) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 Smart Screen 29 3.4 Advanced Screen 30 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 30 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 32 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 35 3.4.4 IDE Configuration 36 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 38 3.4.6 Floppy...
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... the slot and press firmly until the card is unplugged. Step 2. If you intend to [Enabled], the onboard VGA will be enabled, and the primary screen will be onboard VGA. Step 4. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is used to install expansion cards that the power supply is switched off or the power... for the card before you install the add-on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) and adjust the "Internal Graphics Mode Select" BIOS option to use . Step 3.
... the slot and press firmly until the card is unplugged. Step 2. If you intend to [Enabled], the onboard VGA will be enabled, and the primary screen will be onboard VGA. Step 4. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is used to install expansion cards that the power supply is switched off or the power... for the card before you install the add-on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) and adjust the "Internal Graphics Mode Select" BIOS option to use . Step 3.
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..., and they may not exactly match what you see on the system chassis. If you start up the chipset features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and then press to get into the ...sub screen. 26 Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with its test routines. You may also restart by ...
..., and they may not exactly match what you see on the system chassis. If you start up the chipset features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and then press to get into the ...sub screen. 26 Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with its test routines. You may also restart by ...
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... table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview...
... table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview...
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...item to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview... System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache...
...item to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview... System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache...
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... 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Load Power Saving Setup Default Load power saving setup default. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) This performance setup default may not be compatible with...Changes and Exit When you can be used for this operation. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for this operation. 29 If system boot failure occurs after saving the changes. 3.3 Smart Screen In the Smart screen, you select this operation. F10 key can be used for this...
... 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Load Power Saving Setup Default Load power saving setup default. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) This performance setup default may not be compatible with...Changes and Exit When you can be used for this operation. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for this operation. 29 If system boot failure occurs after saving the changes. 3.3 Smart Screen In the Smart screen, you select this operation. F10 key can be used for this...
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...Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for CPU CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy... Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING...
...Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for CPU CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy... Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING...
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... Hyper-Threading technology. Processor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto...Panel OnBoard Lan [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] DRAM Voltage [Auto] ENABLE: Allow remapping of memory. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. This item ...
... Hyper-Threading technology. Processor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto...Panel OnBoard Lan [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] DRAM Voltage [Auto] ENABLE: Allow remapping of memory. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. This item ...
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... On ACPI HPET Table [Disabled] [Power Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Restore on the system from... [Disabled]. The default value is selected, the AC/Power resumes and the system starts to use this feature if the system supports it. 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system.
... On ACPI HPET Table [Disabled] [Power Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Restore on the system from... [Disabled]. The default value is selected, the AC/Power resumes and the system starts to use this feature if the system supports it. 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system.
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... four IDE devices under legacy OS (Windows NT), you have to [SATA 1, SATA 3, IDE 1], then SATAII_2, SATAII_4 will not work . 3.4.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration SATAII 1 SATAII 2 SATAII 3 SATAII 4 IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave [Enhanced] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not...configuration for the device that you specify. Set [Enhanced] when Native OS (Win2000 / XP) is used. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. ATA/IDE ...
... four IDE devices under legacy OS (Windows NT), you have to [SATA 1, SATA 3, IDE 1], then SATAII_2, SATAII_4 will not work . 3.4.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration SATAII 1 SATAII 2 SATAII 3 SATAII 4 IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave [Enhanced] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not...configuration for the device that you specify. Set [Enhanced] when Native OS (Win2000 / XP) is used. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. ATA/IDE ...
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...], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of device connected to configure the type of this item is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to disable... the LBA/Large mode. for compatible IDE devices. 37 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. If this item to the ...
...], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of device connected to configure the type of this item is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to disable... the LBA/Large mode. for compatible IDE devices. 37 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. If this item to the ...
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... Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency... timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
... Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency... timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
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... Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc...
... Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc...
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...UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [BIOS Setup Only] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright... 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. The default value is [BIOS Setup Only]. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and ...
...UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [BIOS Setup Only] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright... 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. The default value is [BIOS Setup Only]. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and ...
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... to allow you adjusting them. Target Fan Speed Use this option as [Enabled], you to enter OS. [BIOS Setup Only] - Configuration options: [Fast], [Middle] and [Slow]. 41 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature...default value is [Disabled]. The default value is [Fast]. USB devices are not allowed to use under BIOS setup and Windows / Linux OS. 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it is [50 C/122 F]. USB devices are allowed to the target CPU temperature ...
... to allow you adjusting them. Target Fan Speed Use this option as [Enabled], you to enter OS. [BIOS Setup Only] - Configuration options: [Fast], [Middle] and [Slow]. 41 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature...default value is [Disabled]. The default value is [Fast]. USB devices are not allowed to use under BIOS setup and Windows / Linux OS. 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it is [50 C/122 F]. USB devices are allowed to the target CPU temperature ...
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... Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. If you enable the option "Full Screen Logo" but you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. CD - BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Configure Settings during System Boot...
... Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. If you enable the option "Full Screen Logo" but you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. CD - BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Configure Settings during System Boot...
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...also clear it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit... v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 43 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security ...
...also clear it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit... v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 43 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security ...
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...and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Would you like to save current setting user defaults? 3.8 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Would you like ... message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Discard Changes and Exit When you are allowed to load and save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. In this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Discard Changes When you ...
...and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Would you like to save current setting user defaults? 3.8 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Would you like ... message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Discard Changes and Exit When you are allowed to load and save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. In this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Discard Changes When you ...
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...) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 Smart Screen 29 3.4 Advanced Screen 30 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 30 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 32 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 35 3.4.4 IDE Configuration 36 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 38 3.4.6 Floppy...
...) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 Smart Screen 29 3.4 Advanced Screen 30 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 30 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 32 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 35 3.4.4 IDE Configuration 36 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 38 3.4.6 Floppy...
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...There are used for later use . If you start the installation. Fasten the card to [Enabled], the onboard VGA will be enabled, and the primary screen will be onboard VGA. Step 2. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is completely seated on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) and adjust ...the "Internal Graphics Mode Select" BIOS option to the chassis with x16 lane width graphics cards. Step 3. PCI slots: PCI slots are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on PCI Express...
...There are used for later use . If you start the installation. Fasten the card to [Enabled], the onboard VGA will be enabled, and the primary screen will be onboard VGA. Step 2. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is completely seated on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) and adjust ...the "Internal Graphics Mode Select" BIOS option to the chassis with x16 lane width graphics cards. Step 3. PCI slots: PCI slots are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on PCI Express...