A740G M2+ BIOS Manual
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1. 5 00V 22 20V DDR Voltage HT Voltage 5VSB VBAT Disabled Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc H W Health Function If you computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage Options Enabled Default Disabled Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode Options Disabled Default 70 C 158 F 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 75 C 158 F 80 C 158 F 85 C 158 F 90 C 158 F 95 C 158 F 12 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Power Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Select the ACPI aS state used for System Suspend ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 ACPI APIC support Enabled AMI OEMB table Enabled Headless mode Disabled RTC Resume Disabled Power On by LAN Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Suspend mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS Default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 amp S3 POS STR ACPI Version Features The item allows you to select the version of ACPI Options ACPI v1 02. Auto Default Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk CDROM 15 A740G M2 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 Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Per formance Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings Clear NVRAM during en a eee System Boot WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections May cause system to malfunction Plug amp Play O S No PCI Latency Timer 64 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled Select Screen gt PCI Resource t Select Item gt PCI Express Configuration Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Clear NVRAM This item allows you to clear the data in the NVRAM CMOS by selecting Yes Options No Default Yes Plug amp Play OS When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS
3. C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Internal Graphics Mode This item allows you to select the memory mode used for internal graphics device Options UMA Default Disable UMA Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to choose the UMA frame buffer size for internal graphics Options Auto Default 16M 32M 64M 128M 256M 512M Disabled 27 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Current UMA Size This item shows the current UMA size Graphics Clock Mode This item allows you to select the graphics clock mode Options Sync Default ASync Multifunction This item allows you to disabled enabled multifunction device Options Disabled Default Enabled Surround View This item allows you to control the Surround View Function Options Disabled Default Enabled Primary Video Controller This item allows you to select the primary video controller Options PCIE IGFX PCI Default PCIE IGFX PCI PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY hipset PCI Express Configuration PCIE GFX Overclocking Disabled NB SB PCIE Link ASEM Disabled GFX PCIE Link ASPM Disabled GPP PCIE Link ASPM Disabled GFX0 Slot Power Limit W GPP Slots Power Limit W Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc PCIE GFX0 Link Width Options Auto Default x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 PCIE GFX Ove
4. Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit Reserved Memory Size Disabled vVxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc 17 A740G M2 BIOS Manual IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 1 1 14 15 These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt The option Available means the IRQ is going to assign automatically Options Available Default DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 These items will allow you to assign each DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the channel The option Available means the channel is going to assign automatically Options Available Default Reserved Memory Size This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device Options Disabled Default Enabled PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCI Express Configuration Enable Disable PCI Express LOs and L1 link power states Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Active State Power Management This item sets the ASPM configuration for the PCI Express devices before the operating system boots This function is for OS which does not support ASPM Options Disabled Default Enabled 18 A740G M2 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options BIOS SETUP UTILITY
5. Disabled scrubbed in 8 hours Data Cache BG Scrub Disabled L2 Cache BG Scrub Disabled L3 Cache BG Scrub Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc ECC Mode This item allows you to select the DRAM ECC Mode Options Disabled Default Basic Good Super Max User DRAM ECC Enabled Options Disabled Default Enabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Options Disabled Default Enabled 23 A740G M2 BIOS Manual 4 bit ECC Mode Options Disabled Default Enabled DRAM BG Scrub Data Cache BG Scrub L2 Cache BG Scrub L3 Cache BG Scrub Options Disabled Default DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY hipse DRAM Timing Configuration Select the DRAM Frequency programming method If Auto DRAM Timing Mode the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs If Limit the DRAM spe will not exceed the specified value If Manual the DRAM speed specified will be programmed regardless Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Memory Clock Mode This item allows you to control the Memory Clock Options Auto Default Manual DRAM Timing Mode This item allows you to choose to manually or automatically regulate the DRAM Timing Options Auto Default MaxMemClk 24
6. Fan Ctrl On Fan Ctrl Start value Fan Ctrl Sensitive f Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc 10 A740G M2 BIOS Manual CPU Smart Fan This item allows you to control the CPU Smart Fan function Options Disabled default Auto 4 pin 3 pin Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will auto test and detect the CPU System fan functions and show CPU System fan speed Control Mode This item provides several operation modes of the fan Options Quiet Performance Manual Fan Ctrl OFF C If the CPU System Temperature is lower than the set value FAN will turn off Options 0 127 C Fan Ctrl On C CPU System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value Options 0 127 C 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 C Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will raise the speed of CPU System fan Options 1 127 11 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature fan speed and voltage information BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hardware Health Configuration Shutdown Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed SYS FAN Speed CPU Core NB Voltage 3 30V
7. A740G M2 BIOS Manual SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Options for SB HD Azal OHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled OHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled EHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled OHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled OHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled EHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled OHCI HC Bus Fn Enabled OnChip SATA Enabled OnChip SATA Type Native IDE SATA IDE Combined Mode Enabled Select Screen Flash Controller Disabled Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen j F1 General Help SB CIM Version F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc SB Azalia Audio Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY HD Onboard PIN Config Enabled Azalia Front Panel Auto SDINO Pin Config Azalia SDIN1 Pin Config Azalia SDIN2 Pin Config Azalia SDIN3 Pin Config Azalia Azalia Snoop Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc HD Audio Azalia Device This item allows you to control the HD audio device Options Enabled Default Disabled HD Onboard PIN Config This item allows you to configure the pin definition of the onboard HD header Options Enabled Default Disabled 25 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Azalia Front Panel This item controls the HD front panel header function Options Auto Default Disabled SDINO 1 23 Pin Config Options Azalia Default AC 97 Aza
8. Main Advanced PCIPnP Chipset Per formance Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the ee Boot Device Priority sequence gt Hard Disk Drives gt Removable Drives gt CD DVD Drives Quick Boot Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Bootup Num Lock ON Interrupt 19 Capture Enabled Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority Items in this sub menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Options Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled Hard Disk Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the hard disk 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 Options Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB HDDO USB HDDI USB HDD2 Bootable Add in Cards 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 Options Floppy Disks Zipl00 USB FDDO USB FDDI USB ZIPO USB ZIP
9. is providing a brief General Help description of the selected item Navigation Keys for that particular menu are at the bottom right corner and youcan Navigation Keys Select Screen use these keys to select item and change t Select ite gt Change Fie the settings Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit Notice The default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance of the motherboard Ifthe system becomes unstable after changing any settings please load the default settings to ensure system s compatibility and stability Use Load Setup Default under the Exit Menu For better system performance the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated The BIOS information described in this manual is for your reference only The actual BIOS information and settings on board may beslightly different from this manual The content of this manual is subject to be changed without notice We will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual and any system damage that may be caused by wrong settings A740G M2 BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overview ofthe basic system information BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Per formance Exit System Overview Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to AMI BIOS select a field Version 20170150
10. the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them 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 Options Disabled Default Enabled 34
11. 1 LS120 19 A740G M2 BIOS Manual CD DVD Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD DVD 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 Options Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB CDROMO USB CDROM I Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer 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 Options ON Default OFF Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19 Options Enabled Default Disabled 20 A740G M2 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Per formance Exit Advanced Chipset Settings Options for NB gt SouthBridge Configuration gt AMD 690G 740 Configuration gt OnBoard Peripherals Configuration Select Screen Se
12. 17 Build Date 01 01 08 Use or to configure system Time 00 55 00 System Date Tue 01 01 2008 Floppy A IDE Configuration Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc AMI BIOS Shows system information including BIOS version and built date System Time Set the system internal clock System Date Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Floppy A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Options 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None A740G M2 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 lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Confuguration While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE Primary IDE Slave devices This displays SATA 1 Device the status of auto SATA Device detection of IDE SATA Device devices SATA SATA Device Device 2 3 SATA 4 Device 5 6 Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled Select Screen IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatren
13. A740G M2 BIOS Manual BIOS S tu p pre 1 DVR in IEGHU c imde tede cosh cece asicaphieihsaceanaudasesuetuaseaceadsndibseaaseessectaascete 3 2 AU vaTiced Mensais usses rosasanensis iasoer ieas asos sore sraa sa 6 3 PCIPNP Moernlisssofosenicseiiudikte sonication sadadaascdestestensauenssanestunusacaduceveane 16 4 Boot MOBIL i ipae tess ctasstcusiaesusspesuarid cess QUEM edeosaonndouaustasbacnssanouaina 19 XX Chipset M CMW eC 21 6 Performance M ellus east novi poss lode ero conaeb seadesehonsitendcashivcctaussersieatens d 31 T EXICM EEG sd incierto debba Ctra be s Ua dvd vn EPOR a aa bed oq ERU 33 A740G M2 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 Basic Input Output System BIOS determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk This system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard mouse serial ports and disk drives BIOS activates at the first stage of the booting process loading and executing the operating system Some additional features such as virus and password protection or chipset fine tuning options are also included in BIOS The rest of this manual
14. Default ACPI v2 0 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 Options Enabled Default Disabled 13 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Headless mode This is a server specific 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 RTC Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode Options Disabled Default Enabled Power On by LAN This item allows you control the wake on LAN WOL function Options Disabled Default Enabled USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB AUTO Module Version 2 24 2 13 4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled no USB devices are connected USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configur
15. Enabled Exit ACPI SRAT Table Enabled vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc A740G M2 BIOS Manual Secure Virtual Machine Mode Virtualization Technology can virtually separate your system resource into several pars thus enhance the performance when running virtual machines or multi interface systems Options Enabled Default Disabled PowerNow This item allows you to enable or disable the PowerNow power saving technology Options Enabled Default Disabled ACPI SRAT Table The operating system scans the ACPI SRAT at boot time and uses the information to better allocate memory and schedule software threads for maximum performance This item controls whether the SRAT is made available to the operating system at boot up or not Options Enabled Default Disabled Hyper Transport Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hyper Transport Configuration The Hypertransport link will run at this speed if it is slower NODEO PCI X2 HT Link than or equal to the system clock and the Link Width board is capable Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Link Speed Options Auto Default 200MHz 400MHz 600MHz 800MHz 1GHz A740G M2 BIOS Manual Link Width Options Auto Default 8 Bit 16 Bit CPU FID VID Control BIOS SETU
16. Netware this option must set to NO Options No Default Yes 16 A740G M2 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 Options 64 Default 0 255 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to assign for the PCI VGA card Options Yes Default No Palette Snooping Some old graphic controllers need to snoop on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility This item allows such snooping to take place Options Disabled Default Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster This item is a toggle for the built in driver that allows the onboard IDE controller to perform DMA Direct Memory Access transfers Options Enabled Default Disabled PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCI Resource Available Specified IRQ is available to be IRQ4 Available used by PCI PnP IRQ5 Available devices ve IRQ7 Available Reserved Specified IRQ9 Available IRQ is reserved for IRQ10 Available use by Legacy ISA IRQ11 Available devices IRQ14 Available IRQ15 Available DMA Channel Available Channel Available Channel Available Channel Available Channel Available Channel Available Select Screen Select Item
17. P UTILITY CPU FID VID Control Processor Voltage Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Processor Multiplier This item allows you to control the CPU ratio and frequency Options Auto Default other items differ by CPU Processor Voltage This item allows you to control the CPU voltage Options Auto Default other items differ by CPU A740G M2 BIOS Manual SuperlO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Enable or ESSET ETE TODDY Controller Serial Portl Address 3F8 IRQ4 Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port Mode Normal Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 Keyboard PowerOn Disabled Mouse PowerOn Disabled Restore on AC Power loss Power Off Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive select disabled in this field Options Enabled Default Disabled Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Options 3F8 IRQ4 Default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2ES IRQ3 Auto Disabled Parallel Port Ad
18. ation Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Legacy USB Support This item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support for USB devices like the keyboard mouse and USB drive This is a useful feature when using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB e g Microsoft DOS or Windows NT Options Enabled Default Disabled 14 A740G M2 BIOS Manual USB 2 0 Controller Mode This item allows you to select the operation mode ofthe USB 2 0 controller Options HiSpeed Default USB 2 0 480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1 1 12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand Off This item allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand off feature Options Enabled Default Disabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start Device unit command Emulation Type Auto Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This item allows you to set the reset delay for USB mass storage device Options 20 Sec Default 10 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec Emulation Type This item allows you to select the emulation type of the USB mass storage device Options
19. d IDE Detect Time Out Sec Select the time out value for detecting IDE S ATA devices Options 35 Default 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 A740G M2 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main lAdvanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Per formance Exit Advanced Settings Configure CPU WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Hyper Transport Configuration CPU FID VID Control SuperIO Configuration Smart Fan Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Power Configuration m Select Screen USB Configuration Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit VVVVVVYV vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration This item shows the CPU information that the BIOS automatically detects BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Enable Di sable Module SOBRE RS Secure Virtual Machine AGESA Version Mode SVM Physical Count Logical Count AMD CPU Revision Cache L1 Cache 12 Cache L3 Speed Current FSB Multiplier Select Screen Maximum FSB Multiplier Select Item Able to Change Freq Change Option uCode Patch Ievel 3 General Help Save and Exit PowerNow
20. dress This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address Options 378 Default 278 3BC Disabled Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function Options Normal Default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode A740G M2 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 Disabled Default Enabled Mouse PowerOn This item allows you to control the mouse power on function Options Disabled Default Enabled Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs By choosing Disabled will leave the computer in the power off state Choosing Enabled will restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs Options Power Off Default Last State Smart Fan Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Smart Fan Configuration When you choice Auto 3Pin or 4Pin please run the Smart Fan Calibration calibration to define Control Mode the Fan parameters for Fan Ctrl OFF C Smart Fan control
21. ds Inc Primary IDE Master Slave SATA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system LBA Large Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto PIO Mode Auto DMA Mode Auto S M A R T Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc 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 A740G M2 BIOS Manual 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 Options Auto Default Disabled Block Multi Sector Transfer Enable or disable multi sector transfer Options Auto Default Disabled 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 Technology Options Auto Default Disabled Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32 bit data transfer Options Enabled Default Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Options Disabled Default Enable
22. for this operation Load Optimal Defaults Security Settings gt Security ftf Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Save Changes and Exit Save all configuration changes to CMOS RAM and exit setup Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Discard Changes Abandon all changes made during the current session and restore the previously saved values Load Optimal Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system 33 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Security This sub menu allows you to provide revise supervisor and user pass word BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Settings Install or Change the SSS ODD password Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Select Screen Select Item EnterChange F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Change Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a pass word Change User Password If
23. lect Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc NorthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset NorthBridge Chipset Configuration gt ECC Configuration gt DRAM Timing Configuration Memory CLK CAS Latency Tcl RAS CAS Delay Tred Row Precharge Time Trp Min Active RAS Tras Select Screen RAS RAS Delay Trrd 4 Select Item Row Cycle Trc EnterGo to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc 21 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Memory Configuration Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Channel Interleaving Auto Enable Clock to All DIMMs Disabled MemClk Tristate C3 ATLVID Disabled Memory Hole Remapping Enabled Unganged Mode support Enabled Power Down Enable Enabled Power Down Mode Channel Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Bank Interleaving Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve memory performance Memory interleaving increases bandwidth by allowing simultaneous access to more than one piece of memory Options Auto Default Channel Interleaving This item allows you to control the DDR2 dual channel function Options Aut
24. lia Snoop This item controls the HD snoop function Options Disabled Default Enabled OHCI HC Bus 0 Dev 18 19 20 Fn 0 1 5 Options Enabled Default Disabled EHCI HC Bus 0 Dev 18 19 Fn 2 Options Enabled Default Disabled OnChip SATA Channel This option allows you to enable the on chip Serial ATA Options Enabled Default Disabled OnChip SATA Type This option allows you to select the on chip Serial ATA operation mode Options Native IDE Default RAID AHCI Legacy IDE IDE AHCI SATA IDE Combined Mode This option controls the SATA PATA combined mode Options Enabled Default Disabled Flash Controller This item allows you to control the flash controller Options Disabled Default Enabled 26 A740G M2 BIOS Manual AMD 690G 740 Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset AMD 690G 740 Configuration Internal Graphics Conf gt PCI Express Configuration NB Azalia m Select Screen Select Item EnterGo to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Internal Graphics Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Internal Graphics Configuration UMA Frame Buffer Size Auto Current UMA Size 128MB Graphics Clock Mode Sync Multifunction Disabled Surround View Disabled Primary Video Controller PCIE IGFX PCI Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx
25. o Default XOR of Address bit Enable Clock to All DIMMs This item determines whether the BIOS should actively reduce EMI Electromagnetic Interference and reduce power consumption by turning off unoccupied or inactive DIMM slots Options Disabled Default Enabled Mem Clk Tristate C3 ATLVID This item enables or disables the MemClk Tristate function inC3 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 Only 64 bit OS supports this function Options Enabled Default Disabled 22 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Unganged Mode Support This item controls the DRAM controller ganged 128bit 1 unganged 64bit 2 dual channel operation mode If two DRAM modules with different size are installed using unganged mode can still make it run in dual channel operation Options Enabled Default Disabled Power Down Enable This item controls the DRAM power down function Options Enabled Default Disabled Power Down Mode This item allows you to select the DRAM power down mode Options Channel Default CS ECC Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset ECC Configuration Set the level of ECC protection Note The Super ECC mode DRAM ECC Enable Disabled dynamically sets the DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT Disabled DRAM scrub rate so 4 Bit ECC Mode Disabled all of memory is DRAM BG Scrub
26. rclocking Options Disabled Default Enabled 28 A740G M2 BIOS Manual NB SB PCIE Link ASPM Options Disabled Default Enabled GFX PCIE Link ASPM Options Disabled Default Enabled GPP PCIE Link ASPM Options Disabled Default Enabled GFX0 Slot Power Limit W Options 75 Default 0 255 GPP Slot Power Limit W Options 25 Default 0 255 NB Azalia This item allows you to control the northbridge HD azalia function Options Enabled Default Disabled OnBoard Peripherals Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chi pse MAC ID Information 00 E0 4C 36 00 04 Enable Disable Onboard Broadcom Realtek Option ROM Disabled PCIE Network Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit MAC ID Information This item shows the MAC ID 29 A740G M2 BIOS Manual Realtek PCIE NIC This option allows you to control the onboard LAN controller Options Enable Default Disable Realtek Option ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM Options Disabled Default Enabled 30 A740G M2 BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu This submenu allows you to change voltage and clock of various devices However we suggest you to 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 cau
27. se system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Exit Performance Settings Change CPU voltage SSS SSS wh WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections May cause system to malfunction Memory Overvoltage 1 95v Chipset Overvoltage E LSV HT Overvoltage 1 20V CPU Frequency 200 Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc CPU Overvoltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control Options StartUp Default Memory Overvoltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control Options 1 95V Default 2 00V 2 05V 2 10V Chipset Overvoltage This item allows you to select NB SB Voltage Control Options 1 15V Default 1 20V 1 25V 1 30V 1 35V 1 40V 31 A740G M2 BIOS Manual HT Overvoltage This item allows you to select HT Voltage Control Options 1 20V Default 1 25V 1 30V 1 35V 1 40V CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency Options 200 MHz Default 200 600 32 A740G M2 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 Per formance Exit Options Exit system setup S E changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used
28. will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup Plug and Play Support This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification EPA Green PC Support This AMI BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support This AMI BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by this AMI BIOS ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 2 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba A740G M2 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 DDR2 SDRAM Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM is supported Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the AMD CPU Using Setup When starting up the computer press lt Del gt during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the BIOS setup utility In the BIOS setup utility you will see General Help description at the top right Use or to A 7 uS j configure system Time corner and this
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