Gigabyte GA-M85M-US2H Manual - Page 43

Password Check, HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability, Away Mode, Hybrid SLI, Display Detection, Init Display

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Password Check Specifies whether a password is required every time the system boots, or only when you enter BIOS Setup. After configuring this item, set the password(s) under the Set Supervisor/User Password item in the BIOS Main Menu. Setup A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. (Default) System A password is required for booting the system and for entering the BIOS Setup program. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your hard drive. This feature allows your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low-power mode that appears off (Default: Disabled) Hybrid SLI Enables or disables the Hybrid SLI function. This item is automatically set to Enabled when a Hybrid SLI-supported graphics card is installed. Display Detection This item is configuable when Hybrid SLI is enabled. Enabled allows the BIOS to automatically detect whether the current display is from the onboard VGA or a PCI Express graphics card and to change the current display if it is different from the Init Diplay First setting. 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. (Only Onboard VGA and PEG are available for selection when Hybrid SLI is enabled.) PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. Onboard VGA Sets the onboard VGA as the first display. PEG Sets the PCI Express graphics card oas the first display. (Default) iGPU Frame Buffer Control Determines whether to manually set the Frame Buffer Size. Auto lets the BIOS automatically set the Frame Buffer Size as required. Manual allows the Frame Buffer Size item below to be configurable. (Default: Auto. This item is automatically set to Manual when Hybrid SLI is enabled.) Frame Buffer Size Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller. MS-DOS, for example, will use only this memory for display. This item is configurable only if the iGPU Frame Buffer Control option is set to Manual. Options are: 128M (default), 256M, 512M. (Only 256M and 512M are available for selection when Hybrid SLI is enabled.) - 43 - BIOS Setup

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BIOS Setup
Password Check
Specifies whether a password is required every time the system boots, or only when you enter
BIOS Setup. After configuring this item, set the password(s) under the
Set Supervisor/User
Password
item in the BIOS Main Menu.
Setup
A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. (Default)
System
A password is required for booting the system and for entering the BIOS Setup
program.
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your
hard drive. This feature allows your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to
issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is installed. (Default: Disabled)
Away Mode
Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode
allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low-power mode that appears off
(Default: Disabled)
Hybrid SLI
Enables or disables the Hybrid SLI function. This item is automatically set to
Enabled
when a
Hybrid SLI-supported graphics card is installed.
Display Detection
This item is configuable when
Hybrid SLI
is enabled.
Enabled
allows the BIOS to automatically
detect whether the current display is from the onboard VGA or a PCI Express graphics card and
to change the current display if it is different from the
Init Diplay First
setting.
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. (Only
Onboard VGA
and
PEG
are available for selection when
Hybrid SLI
is enabled.)
PCI Slot
Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display.
Onboard VGA
Sets the onboard VGA as the first display.
PEG
Sets the PCI Express graphics card oas the first display. (Default)
iGPU Frame Buffer Control
Determines whether to manually set the Frame Buffer Size.
Auto
lets the BIOS automatically set
the Frame Buffer Size as required.
Manual
allows the Frame Buffer Size item below to be
configurable. (Default:
Auto. This item is automatically set to
Manual
when
Hybrid SLI
is enabled.)
Frame Buffer Size
Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics
controller. MS-DOS, for example, will use only this memory for display. This item is configurable
only if the
iGPU Frame Buffer Control
option is set to
Manual
.
Options are: 128M (default), 256M, 512M. (Only
256M
and
512M
are available for selection when
Hybrid SLI
is enabled.)