Biostar N68S3B Bios Setup
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- Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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 i - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 2
or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS. The rest of this manual 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 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 3
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. Using Setup - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 4
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. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit System Overview AMI BIOS Version :01.01.01 Build Date:01/ - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 5
N68S3B BIOS Manual IDE Configuration The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a IDE Master > Primary IDE Slave > SATA 1 Device > SATA 2 Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [Device 0] Hard Disk Write Protect IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [Disabled] [35] DISABLED: - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 6
N68S3B BIOS Manual nVidia RAID Setup RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function SATA 1 Raid SATA 2 Raid BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset [Disabled] [Disabled] (Default) / Enabled Primary IDE Master/Slave ; SAT A 1/2 Device Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 8
Ad vanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Ex it Advanced Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. > CPU Configuration > SuperIO Configuration > Hardware Health Configuration > Smart Fan Configuration > Power Configuration > USB - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 9
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. Options: Enabled ( - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 10
N68S3B BIOS Manual SuperIO Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Onboard Floppy Controller Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Keyboard PowerOn Mouse PowerOn Restore on AC Power Loss [Enabled] [378] [Normal] [IRQ7] [Disabled] [ - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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: Disabled (Default) / Specific Key / Stroke Key / Any Key - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 12
N68S3B BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hardware Health Configuration H/W Health Function Shutdown Temperature [Enabled] [Disabled] Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device. CPU - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 13
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(℃) If the CPU/System Temperature is lower than the - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 14
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. Options: 1~127 (With the - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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. - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 17
N68S3B BIOS Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Module Version - 2.24.5-13.4 USB Devices Enabled: Legacy USB Support USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Legacy USB1.1 HC Support [ - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 18
N68S3B BIOS Manual USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Device # Emulation Type [Auto] Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. Select - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 19
& 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, Netware - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 20
N68S3B BIOS Manual 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 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 21
N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP American Megatrends, Inc. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15 These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending Size This item allows BIOS to reserve certain memory size for specific PCI device. Options: Disabled (Default) - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 22
N68S3B BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Relaxed Ordering [Auto] Maximum Payload Size [Auto] Extended Tag Field [Auto] No Snoop [Auto] Maximum Read Request Size [Auto] Active State Power-Management[Disabled] Extended Synch [Auto] - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 23
4096 Bytes 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 Extended Synch If this item is enabled, it will allow generation of - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 24
N68S3B BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Boot Settings > Boot Settings Configuration > Boot Device Priority > Hard Disk Drives > Removable Drives > CD/DVD Drives Configure - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 25
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 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 26
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. Options: Floppy Disks / - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 27
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. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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 Options: Disable Onchip VGA if have - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 29
N68S3B BIOS Manual Hyper Transport MCP68 Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Hyper Transport MCP68 Configuration MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)Freq Auto [Enabled] MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)Freqency [800 MHZ] MCP68(SB)to K8(CPU)LinkWidth [16 16 ] MCP68(SB) to K8(CPU) frequency selection by CPU capability - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 30
N68S3B BIOS Manual 6 Performance Menu This submenu allows you to change voltage and to malfunction. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chipset Performance Exit Advance Performance Settings WARNING: Please Clear CMOS if system no display after overclocking CPU Frequency, MHz [200 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 31
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. HT Voltage - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 32
N68S3B BIOS Manual DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Clock Mode Memclock , 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. - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 33
N68S3B BIOS Manual TRP Options: Auto (Default) / 5~12 CLK tRTP Options: Auto (Default) / 4~7 CLK TRAS Options: Auto (Default) / 15~30 CLK TRC Options: Auto (Default) / 12~42 CLK - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 34
N68S3B BIOS Manual Memory Configuration Memory Configuration Bank Interleaving Channel Interleaving Enable Clock to All DIMMs MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID Memory Hole Remapping DCT Unganged Mode Power Down Enable Page Smashing BIOS Bank Interleaving is an advanced chipset technique used to improve - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 35
N68S3B BIOS Manual above the total physical memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled DCT installed, using unganged mode can still make it run in dual-channel operation. Options: Auto (Default) /Always Power Down Enable This item controls the DRAM power - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 36
N68S3B BIOS Manual AMD Overclocking Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Performance AMD Overclocking Configuration Custom P-States Core FID Core DID NB FID NB VID(Core VID) NB DID [Disabled] [x15.5 3100MHz] [Divided by 1] [1600 MHz] [1.3750 V] [Divided by 1] Tells BIOS whether to use the setup - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - 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 36 - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 38
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. Main Advanced PCIPnP Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Chipset - Biostar N68S3B | Bios 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 Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] Install User Password will function in the same - Biostar N68S3B | Bios Setup - Page 40
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
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N68S3B BIOS Manual
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BIOS Setup
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1 Main Menu
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2 Advanced Menu
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3 PCIPnP Menu
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4 Boot Menu
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5 Chipset Menu
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6 Performance Menu
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7 Exit Menu
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