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... RESET and POWER Button 32 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators 33 Post Port Debug LED 33 LED Status Indicators 33 Configuring the BIOS 34 Enter BIOS Setup 35 Main Menu...35 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Date and Time...39 SATA Channel...39 Halt On ...42 Memory ...42 Advanced...
... RESET and POWER Button 32 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators 33 Post Port Debug LED 33 LED Status Indicators 33 Configuring the BIOS 34 Enter BIOS Setup 35 Main Menu...35 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Date and Time...39 SATA Channel...39 Halt On ...42 Memory ...42 Advanced...
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... 3. Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 10. Figure 6. Figure 9. Figure 4. Figure 11. Figure 14. Figure 2. Figure 13. EVGA X58 SLI LE Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Backpanel Connectors 15 PWR1 Motherboard Connector 22 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 36 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 44 Power Management Setup Menu 49 PnP/PCI Configuration...
... 3. Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 10. Figure 6. Figure 9. Figure 4. Figure 11. Figure 14. Figure 2. Figure 13. EVGA X58 SLI LE Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Backpanel Connectors 15 PWR1 Motherboard Connector 22 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 36 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 44 Power Management Setup Menu 49 PnP/PCI Configuration...
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This section includes the following information: Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control 34 Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
This section includes the following information: Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control 34 Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
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... is for information only, data in yellow is changeable, data in blue is non-changeable, and data in the option you to the Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. Main Menu The main menu allows you choose. Press the Del key when the following procedure to position the selector in a red... Note: that you to select from the list of the screen during the Power On Self Test (POST). Pressing Del takes you do not change BIOS settings. 3. Press F1 to continue, DEL to display the associated submenu. Note: It is strongly recommended that on the computer. 4. Use the Page Up ...
... is for information only, data in yellow is changeable, data in blue is non-changeable, and data in the option you to the Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. Main Menu The main menu allows you choose. Press the Del key when the following procedure to position the selector in a red... Note: that you to select from the list of the screen during the Power On Self Test (POST). Pressing Del takes you do not change BIOS settings. 3. Press F1 to continue, DEL to display the associated submenu. Note: It is strongly recommended that on the computer. 4. Use the Page Up ...
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...Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Select Item Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.., Figure 4. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration. Advanced... BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to set up onboard ...
...Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Select Item Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.., Figure 4. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration. Advanced... BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to set up onboard ...
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Configuring the BIOS Frequency/Voltage Control Use this command to optimize system performance and configure clocks, voltages, memory timings, and more. The following items on the CMOS ... Optimized defaults system settings. Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu. Save & Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Use this menu to abandon...
Configuring the BIOS Frequency/Voltage Control Use this command to optimize system performance and configure clocks, voltages, memory timings, and more. The following items on the CMOS ... Optimized defaults system settings. Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu. Save & Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Use this menu to abandon...
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... ENTER to scroll through Sat) cannot be changed. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to display SATA Channel sub-menu 39 Configuring the BIOS Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
... ENTER to scroll through Sat) cannot be changed. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to display SATA Channel sub-menu 39 Configuring the BIOS Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
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...LBA. Large For HDD greater than 528 MB and :Move ENTER:Accept supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing). ESC:Abort 41 Configuring the BIOS Press Enter to [CHS], you can then enter the number of cylinders, heads, Precomp, landing zone, and sector. IDE HDD Auto-Detect ...0 MB .....0 [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] Press ENTER to display a window that tells you can press Enter to display sub-menu or enter number manually Cylinder The BIOS supports the following HDD Min= 0 Max=65535 Access Modes: CHS For HDD less than 528 MB. Key in the system. You can manually enter the...
...LBA. Large For HDD greater than 528 MB and :Move ENTER:Accept supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing). ESC:Abort 41 Configuring the BIOS Press Enter to [CHS], you can then enter the number of cylinders, heads, Precomp, landing zone, and sector. IDE HDD Auto-Detect ...0 MB .....0 [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] Press ENTER to display a window that tells you can press Enter to display sub-menu or enter number manually Cylinder The BIOS supports the following HDD Min= 0 Max=65535 Access Modes: CHS For HDD less than 528 MB. Key in the system. You can manually enter the...
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... you choose. Halt On [All , But Keyboard] Press ENTER to display the Halt On sub-menu. Base Memory 640K Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Extended Memory Total Memory 1047552K 1048576K amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the option you . No Errors ...stop for any detected errors. Press Enter to accept the changes and return to position the selector in the system. Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is detected during the POST. Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system. 42...
... you choose. Halt On [All , But Keyboard] Press ENTER to display the Halt On sub-menu. Base Memory 640K Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Extended Memory Total Memory 1047552K 1048576K amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the option you . No Errors ...stop for any detected errors. Press Enter to accept the changes and return to position the selector in the system. Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is detected during the POST. Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system. 42...
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... options that have associated sub-menus are designated by a , which precedes the option. Configuring the BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority CD-ROM Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot...; Select Removable Boot Device Priority Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 6. Advanced BIOS Features Menu 43
... options that have associated sub-menus are designated by a , which precedes the option. Configuring the BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority CD-ROM Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot...; Select Removable Boot Device Priority Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 6. Advanced BIOS Features Menu 43
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First Boot Device Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort Configuring the BIOS Boot Other Device With the option set to the CMOS Setup screen. Select Setup to require a password to gain access to Enable, the system boots ...
First Boot Device Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort Configuring the BIOS Boot Other Device With the option set to the CMOS Setup screen. Select Setup to require a password to gain access to Enable, the system boots ...
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IDE: Use the Serial ATA hard disk drivers as Parallel ATA storage devices. Configuring the BIOS OnChip PATA/SATA Device Press Enter to operate in LEGACY mode. RAID: Create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 configuration AHCI: Use the AHCI (Advanced ...
IDE: Use the Serial ATA hard disk drivers as Parallel ATA storage devices. Configuring the BIOS OnChip PATA/SATA Device Press Enter to operate in LEGACY mode. RAID: Create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 configuration AHCI: Use the AHCI (Advanced ...
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Configuring the BIOS USB Device Settings Press Enter to enable the USB 2.0 (EHCI) controller. USB Operation Mode Select the USB Operation Mode for USB mouse under DOS ...
Configuring the BIOS USB Device Settings Press Enter to enable the USB 2.0 (EHCI) controller. USB Operation Mode Select the USB Operation Mode for USB mouse under DOS ...
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... the Power Management Setup menu allows PCI Card to enable or disable the Power-on by alarm function. Resume by PBNT to run the VGA BIOS when resuming from S3(STR) or S1&S3. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to set... KB Wake-Up From S3 This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows a USB keyboard device to select an ACPI Suspend Type. Configuring the BIOS ACPI Suspend Type This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to wake-up the system from S3 state.
... the Power Management Setup menu allows PCI Card to enable or disable the Power-on by alarm function. Resume by PBNT to run the VGA BIOS when resuming from S3(STR) or S1&S3. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to set... KB Wake-Up From S3 This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows a USB keyboard device to select an ACPI Suspend Type. Configuring the BIOS ACPI Suspend Type This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to wake-up the system from S3 state.
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...on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you want the BIOS to automatically populate these fields. Resources Controlled By This function on and the system reconfiguration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from... fields. Set this to see options. 54 The default setting is enabled for input, set Resources Controlled By to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug-and-play compatible devices or if you can assign the resources, IRQ Resources is [Disabled].
...on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you want the BIOS to automatically populate these fields. Resources Controlled By This function on and the system reconfiguration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from... fields. Set this to see options. 54 The default setting is enabled for input, set Resources Controlled By to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug-and-play compatible devices or if you can assign the resources, IRQ Resources is [Disabled].
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... use the + and - Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards.. Configuring the BIOS IRQ-5 assigned to IRQ-9 assigned to IRQ-10 assigned to IRQ-11 assigned to IRQ-12 assigned to IRQ-14 assigned to IRQ-15 assigned...
... use the + and - Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards.. Configuring the BIOS IRQ-5 assigned to IRQ-9 assigned to IRQ-10 assigned to IRQ-11 assigned to IRQ-12 assigned to IRQ-14 assigned to IRQ-15 assigned...
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... fan speed to a constant rate, select [Manual] and then enter the speed from 0% to control the speed of the fans automatically controlled based on the motherboard. Set CPU fan speed to 100%. The system defaults to display the SmartFan Function menu. Set the desired speed for the Power and Chassis fans...
... fan speed to a constant rate, select [Manual] and then enter the speed from 0% to control the speed of the fans automatically controlled based on the motherboard. Set CPU fan speed to 100%. The system defaults to display the SmartFan Function menu. Set the desired speed for the Power and Chassis fans...
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... are Auto, 800Mhz, 1067Mhz, 1333Mhz, and 1600Mhz, 1867Mhz. Channel Interleave Setting This function is allows you to display the Memory Feature menu. Configuring the BIOS Memory Feature Select Memory Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to select the Channel Interleave Setting.
... are Auto, 800Mhz, 1067Mhz, 1333Mhz, and 1600Mhz, 1867Mhz. Channel Interleave Setting This function is allows you to display the Memory Feature menu. Configuring the BIOS Memory Feature Select Memory Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to select the Channel Interleave Setting.
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... F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 13. Configuring the BIOS Voltage Control Select Voltage Control from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to automatically set the... voltage level for the CPU VTT Voltage. 61 Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Control EVGA VDroop control CPU VCore CPU VTT Voltage CPU PLL Vcore QPI PLL Vcore DIMM Voltage DIMM DQ Vref... to display the Voltage Control menu. Voltage Control EVGA VDroop Control EVGA VDroop control is a safety measure by motherboards to protect the CPU.
... F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 13. Configuring the BIOS Voltage Control Select Voltage Control from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to automatically set the... voltage level for the CPU VTT Voltage. 61 Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Control EVGA VDroop control CPU VCore CPU VTT Voltage CPU PLL Vcore QPI PLL Vcore DIMM Voltage DIMM DQ Vref... to display the Voltage Control menu. Voltage Control EVGA VDroop Control EVGA VDroop control is a safety measure by motherboards to protect the CPU.
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... Frequency Selection [Auto] Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 14. Configuring the BIOS Phoenix -
... Frequency Selection [Auto] Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7: Defaults Figure 14. Configuring the BIOS Phoenix -