BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Intel® Desktop Boards BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. The BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The following menus are available: Menu Title Maintenance Purpose Clears passwords and displays processor information.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical 0–9 BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose +1.5Vin Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays voltage level of the +1.5V in supply +12Vin Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays voltage level of the +12V in supply +3.3Vin Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays voltage level of the +3.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical 1st Hard Disk Drive Boot > Hard Disk Drives This boot device submenu appears only if at least one boot device of this type is installed. This list will display up to 12 hard disk drives, the maximum number of hard disk drives supported by the BIOS. 1st Removable Device Specifies the boot sequence from the available hard disk drives. To specify boot sequence: 1. Select the boot device with <↑> or <↓>. 2.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical A BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Access Level Maintenance No changeable options Displays the current user's access level. Access Mode Advanced > Drive Configuration • CHS • LBA • Large • Auto Allows you to select the sector addressing mode. CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Ambient Air Temperature This BIOS setting is present only on certain BTX form factor Intel® Desktop Boards. Aperture Size Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays the temperature near the remote thermal diode on BTX form factor boards. Advanced > Video Configuration • 4MB • 8MB • 16MB • 32MB • 128MB • 256MB Amount of system memory available for direct access by the graphics device. Options may vary depending on board model.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays aux fan speed. Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables on the onboard auxiliary power connector. BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Base I/O Address (for the Parallel Port) Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • 378 • 278 Specifies the base I/O address for the parallel port, if Parallel Port is Enabled.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Boot USB Devices First Bound to Server Boot Manageability • Enabled • Disabled • Yes • No If the client is bound to a server, this option will display the server's IP address in this format: Bound to Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Sets USB devices to be first in boot order. This BIOS option is changeable ONLY when the system is bound to a server. Select No to release the client/server binding.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Chassis Outlet Fan Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays rear chassis fan speed Clear All DMI Event Log Advanced > Event Log Configuration • Yes • No Yes - the DMI Event Log will be cleared at next POST stage and then this option automatically resets to No. Clear All Passwords Maintenance Selecting this option clears the passwords. Clears both the user and supervisor passwords.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical CPC Override Advanced > Chipset Configuration • Auto • Enabled • Disabled Controls Command Per Clock/1n rule mode. When enabled, allows DRAM controller to attempt Chip Select assertions in two consecutive common clocks.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Default Frequency Ratio Maintenance • Enabled • Disabled Enabled uses processor default frequency ratio. Disabled allows programming of frequency ratio. Default Gateway Manageability Press to edit the default gateway for the client system. Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration Manageability [X] [ ] Toggle the checkbox (with the Enter key or the Space bar) to enable or disable DHCP.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Drive A Advanced > Floppy Configuration • None • 360, 5.25 in. • 1.2, 5.25 in. • 720, 3.5 in. • 1.44, 3.5 in. Selects the floppy drive type. Drive Installed Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA No changeable options Displays the type of drive installed. • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables dual core processing.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Event Log Advanced > Event Log Configuration No changeable options Indicates if there is space available in the event log. Event Log Capacity Advanced > Event Log Configuration No changeable options Indicates if there is space available in the event log. Event Log Validity Advanced > Event Log Configuration No changeable options Indicates of the event log information is valid.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Maintenance • Enabled • Disabled Forces onboard LAN and all Active Management Technology features to disabled. Fourth SATA Master Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows [None] if no drive is installed. Frame Buffer Size Advanced > Video Configuration • 1 MB • 8 MB • 16 MB Sets the frame buffer size.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical H BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Halt On Boot • All Errors • No Errors • All, But Keyboard Used to configure what types of POST errors will halt the system boot.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode • Default • -2.0% • -1.0% • +1.0% • +2.0% • +3.0% • +4.0% • +5.0% • +6.0% • +7.0% • +8.0% • +9.0% • +10.0% This setting alters host clock frequencies. Host Burn-in Mode Percentage Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode Options are dependent on board and processor models; may be set up to 30%. Allows you to change the speed of the processor in terms of percentage; either positive or negative.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Idle Time Out Intel® ME > Intel® Management Engine Configuration User defined A value between 0 and 65535. Sets the number of minutes of idle time before Intel® ME will sleep. Default value is 0. With this setting, Intel® ME will not sleep, with no power savings. This option is present only if “Turn on Intel® ME in Sleep States” is enabled.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Intel® AMT SOL Operation Advanced > Management Configuration • Automatic • Enabled • Disabled Allows Serial Over LAN (SOL) to be forced enabled or disabled. Rate is set to115200 baud. Intel® ME > Intel® Management Engine Configuration • Power On • Stay Off Determines mode of operation if power loss occurs. This BIOS setting is present only on D945G boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical IP Address Manageability This setting editable only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set to No. or ISA Enable Bit Advanced > Chipset Configuration User defined Press to edit the IP address for the client system. • Enabled • Disabled Some older expansion devices require this to be enabled.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Link Stability Algorithm Advanced > PCI Express Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Used for verifying PCIe Link is up and running for x16 slot for x16 graphics cards and is part of the Intel Chipset BIOS Spec documentation for 915/925. Load Custom Defaults Exit No changeable options Loads the custom defaults for Setup options. Load Optimal Defaults Exit No changeable options Loads optimal defaults.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Maximum Capacity Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA No changeable options Displays the capacity of the drive. MCH Temperature Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays temperature in the MCH zone. Advanced > Chipset Configuration • Default • 1.525V • 1.600V • 1.625V • 1.725V Allows you to set the MCH V_CORE voltage.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Microsoft Away Mode Power • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables Microsoft Away Mode Power Management for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Contact Microsoft for device driver support. If Away mode is enabled, the computer enters Away mode instead of standby. The computer enters Away mode when you press the Power button on the remote control. This behavior also occurs when you press SLEEP on the keyboard.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Onboard Audio This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard audio. Onboard Chip SATA Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables the onboard audio. Advanced > Drive Configuration • IDE Controller • SATA Disabled IDE Controller - both IDE and SATA channels will be detected. SATA Disabled - SATA channels will not be detected.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode • Default • 36.36 MHz • 40.00 MHz Enables the selection of specific PCI clock frequencies. Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode or Performance > Bus Overrides • Default • 101.32 MHz • 102.64 MHz • 103.96 MHz • 105.28 MHz • 106.6 MHz • 107.92 MHz • 109.24 MHz Enables the selection of specific PCI Express clock frequencies.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical PEG Allow > x1 This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots. PEG Negotiated Width Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode • Enabled • Disabled With this option disabled, all devices plugged into the GMCH x16 slot will link train as x1 PCIe devices if the Intel Integrated Graphics (PCIe graphics) controller is enabled.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Processor Fan Speed Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays processor fan speed. Processor Speed Main No changeable options Displays processor speed. Processor Stepping Maintenance No changeable options Lists the stepping of installed processor. Processor Temp Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays processor zone temperature.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical R BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Ratio Actual Value Maintenance No changeable options Displays processor’s Bus Ratio. Rear Audio Optical Output Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • Enabled • Disabled If enabled, sends digital audio from the external TOSLINK to the internal header Rear Fan Speed Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays rear fan speed.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Save and Commit Settings Intel® ME Save and commit changes made to Intel® ME or Intel® AMT. Save Custom Defaults Exit No changeable options Saves the current values as custom defaults. Normally, the BIOS reads the Setup values from flash memory. If this memory is corrupted, the BIOS reads the custom defaults. If no custom defaults are set, the BIOS reads the factory defaults.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Second SATA Master Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows [None] if no drive is installed. Secondary IDE Master Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows [None] if no drive is installed. Secondary IDE Slave Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows [None] if no drive is installed.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Set Supervisor Password Security Password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters. Specifies the Supervisor password. The supervisor password gives unrestricted access to view and change all Setup options. If only the supervisor password is set, pressing at the password prompt of Setup gives the user restricted access to Setup.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical System Bus Speed Main No changeable options Displays the system bus speed. System Date System Fan Control Main Advanced > Boot Configuration Month, day, year • Enabled • Disabled Specifies the current date. Allows the system fans to be controlled in order to optimize acoustics . If disabled, system fans will run at 100%.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Turn on Intel® ME in Sleep States Intel® ME > Intel® Management Engine Configuration • Never/Disabled • Always/Enabled This option determines the ACPI state that Intel® ME is in when in ACPI sleep states. Never disables management in ACPI sleep states. Always enables management in ACPI sleep states. Type Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA • Auto • User Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE devices.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical USB ZIP Emulation Type Advanced > USB Configuration • Floppy • Hard Disk Allows you to set the emulation type for USB Zip drives Use Automatic Mode Advanced > Drive Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Allows you to manually set the bootable devices configuration for legacy operating systems (OS). Legacy OS may only allow 4 devices, which means you must choose to use the IDE controller as one of your 4 devices.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Security • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables Virtualization Technology. For more information refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/virtualization/index.htm BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Wake on LAN from S5 Power > ACPI • Stay Off • Power-On In ACPI soft-off mode only, determines how the system responds to a LAN wake up event when the system is in the ACPI soft-off mode.
