Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2PT Manual - Page 29

Advanced Chipset Features, Always Enable, PAVP Mode, PAVP Lite Mode, Paranoid PAVP - no video on boot

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Backup BIOS Image to HDD Allows the system to copy the BIOS image file to the hard drive. If the system BIOS is corrupted, it will be recovered from this image file. (Default: Disabled) 2-6 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features ** VGA Setting ** Onboard VGA Init Display First PAVP Mode PAVP Lite Mode x Paranoid PAVP Mode [Enable If No Ext PEG] [PCI] [PAVP Lite Mode] [32MB] (32+96)128MB Item Help Menu Level  Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Onboard VGA Enables or disables the onboard VGA function. Enable If No Ext PEG Activates the onboard VGA only if no PCI Express VGA card is installed. (Default) Always Enable Always activates the onboard VGA, whether or not a PCI Express card is installed. If you wish to set up a dual view configuration, set this item to Always Enable. Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express graphics card or the onboard VGA. PCI Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) Onboard Sets the onboard VGA as the first display. PEG Sets the PCI Express graphics card as the first display. PAVP Mode Enables or disables PAVP mode. Enable this function if you wish to playback HDCP contents. PAVP mode can support increased content protection and robustness requirements for premium content playback (e.g. Blu-ray disc). Disabled Disables this function. PAVP Lite Mode Specifies the buffer memory size for the encryption of compressed video. (Default) Paranoid PAVP Reserves 96 MB of system memory during boot. This memory is not seen by the operating system and not available to any user application. Aero (DWM) in Windows 7/Vista will always be turned off in this mode. PAVP Lite Mode This item is configurable only if the PAVP Mode option is set to PAVP Lite Mode. Options are: 32MB (default), 48MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB. Paranoid PAVP Mode This item is configurable only if the PAVP Mode option is set to Paranoid PAVP. Options are: (32+96)128MB (default), (48+96) Round to 160MB, (64+96)160MB, (128+96)224MB and (256+96)352MB. The table below shows the supported features of the PAVP Lite and Paranoid modes. Feature Compressed video buffer is encrypted Hardware 128-bit AES decryption Protected memory (96 MB reserved during boot) PAVP Lite Yes Yes No PAVP Paranoid Yes Yes Yes - 29 -

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Backup BIOS Image to HDD
Allows the system to copy the BIOS image file to the hard drive. If the system BIOS is corrupted, it will
be recovered from this image file. (Default: Disabled)
2-6
Advanced Chipset Features
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software
Advanced Chipset Features
**
VGA Setting
**
Onboard VGA
[Enable If No Ext PEG]
Init Display First
[PCI]
PAVP Mode
[PAVP Lite Mode]
PAVP Lite Mode
[32MB]
x
Paranoid PAVP Mode
(32+96)128MB

: Move
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
Onboard VGA
Enables or disables the onboard VGA function.
Enable If No Ext PEG
Activates the onboard VGA only if no PCI Express VGA card is installed. (Default)
Always Enable
Always activates the onboard VGA, whether or not a PCI Express card is installed. If you wish to set up
a dual view configuration, set this item to
Always Enable
.
Init Display First
Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express
graphics card or the onboard VGA.
PCI
Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default)
Onboard
Sets the onboard VGA as the first display.
PEG
Sets the PCI Express graphics card as the first display.
PAVP Mode
Enables or disables PAVP mode. Enable this function if you wish to playback HDCP contents. PAVP
mode can support increased content protection and robustness requirements for premium content play-
back (e.g. Blu-ray disc).
Disabled
Disables this function.
PAVP Lite Mode
Specifies the buffer memory size for the encryption of compressed video. (Default)
Paranoid PAVP
Reserves 96 MB of system memory during boot. This memory is not seen by
the operating system and not available to any user application. Aero (DWM) in
Windows 7/Vista will always be turned off in this mode.
PAVP Lite Mode
This item is configurable only if the
PAVP Mode
option is set to
PAVP Lite Mode
.
Options are: 32MB (default), 48MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB.
Paranoid PAVP Mode
This item is configurable only if the
PAVP Mode
option is set to
Paranoid PAVP
.
Options are: (32+96)128MB (default), (48+96) Round to 160MB, (64+96)160MB, (128+96)224MB and
(256+96)352MB.
The table below shows the supported features of the PAVP Lite and Paranoid modes.
Feature
PAVP Lite
PAVP Paranoid
Compressed video buffer is encrypted
Yes
Yes
Hardware 128-bit AES decryption
Yes
Yes
Protected memory
(96 MB reserved during boot)
No
Yes