UEFI Development PC Setup User Manual
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1. Save As User Defaults To set this feature select Save as User Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt This enables the user to save any changes to the BIOS setup for future use Restore User Defaults To set this feature select Restore User Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Use this feature to retrieve user defined settings that were saved previously Boot Override Set this feature to override a previously defined boot device The available Boot Options will be listed below Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device This feature when initiated will attempt to launch an EFI shell application shellx64 efi from one of the available file system devices Press lt Enter gt to activate Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 25 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual SS gt Megatrends Appendix BIOS Flash Instructions In order to flash the BIOS on the platform you will download an updated BIOS ROM image for your platform from AMI s support website or receive the image from AMI support Before flashing a new image onto the system it is recommended that the current BIOS image be backed up to a file Double click on the AFUWINx64 or any other version of the AFU application AMI Firmware Update Utility v3 00 00 Copyright C gt 2611 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Usage AFUWINx64 EXE lt ROM File Name gt Option 1 Opt2. 1 2 and 3 Power Technology Use this feature to select a power saving scheme for the motherboard The options are Disabled Energy Efficient and Custom If Custom is selected the following options become available EIST EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information The options are Disabled and Enabled P STATE Coordination This feature selects the type of coordination for the P State of the processor P State is a processor operational state that reduces the processor s voltage and frequency This makes the processor more energy efficient resulting in further energy gains The options are HW_ALL SW_ALL and SW ANY CPU C3 Report Select Enabled for the CPU to report C3 ACPI C2 state to the operating system The options are Disabled and Enabled CPU C6 Report Select Enabled for the CPU to report C6 ACPI C3 state to the operating system The options are Disabled and Enabled Package C State limit Select Auto for the AM BIOS to automatically set the limit on the C State package register The options are C0 C1 C6 C7 and No Limit Turbo Boost Technology Available when Intel EIST technology is Enabled This feature allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific conditions Factory Long Duration Power
3. American Megatrends UEFI Development PC Setup User Manual Document Revision 1 03 June 4 2012 Public Document PUB Copyright 2011 American Megatrends Inc 5555 Oakbrook Parkway Suite 200 Norcross Georgia 30093 U S A Public Document A l Rights Reserved PUB Property of American Megatrends Inc UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Legal Disclaimer This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any language or computer language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher American Megatrends Inc American Megatrends Inc retains the right to update change modify this publication at any time without notice For Additional Information Call American Megatrends Inc at 1 800 828 9264 for additional information Limitations of Liability In no event shall American Megatrends be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Limited Warranty No warranties are made either expressed or implied with regard to the contents of this work its merchantability or fitness for a particular use American Megatrend
4. Hot Plug Set this item to Enabled to enable hot plugging The options are Enabled and Disabled IDE Mode The following items are displayed when IDE Mode is selected Serial ATA Controller 0 1 This feature is used to activate deactivate the SATA controller and sets the compatibility mode The options are Enhanced and Compatible The default of Serial ATA Controller 1 is Enhanced SATA Port0 Port5 This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the particular SATA port PCle PCI PnP Configuration This feature allows the user to set the PCI PnP configurations for the following items PCI ROM Priority This feature specifies what PCI option ROM to launch The options are Legacy ROM and EFI Compatible ROM PCI Latency Timer This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI bus clock cycles The options are 32 PCI Bus Clocks 64 PCI Bus Clocks 96 PCI Bus Clocks 128 PCI Bus Clocks 160 PCI Bus Clocks 192 PCI Bus Clocks 224 PCI Bus Clocks and 248 PCI Bus Clocks Active State Power Management Select Enabled to enable Active State Power Management for signal transactions between LO and L1 Links on the PCI Express Bus in order to maximize power saving and transaction speeds The options are Enabled and Disabled PCle Max Read Request Size Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 15 of 28 UEFI Developme
5. 4 are Auto IO 2E8h IRQ 1 1 IO 3F8h IRQ 4 10 11 O 2F8h IRQ 3 10 11 O 3E8h IRQ 4 10 11 and IO 2E8h IRQ 3 10 11 Hardware Health Configuration Fan Speed Control Mode This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase for effective system cooling Select Full Speed to allow the onboard fans to run at full speed of 100 Pulse Width Modulation Duty Cycle for maximum cooling This setting is recommended for special system configuration or debugging Select Standard for the onboard fans to run at 50 of the Initial PWM Cycle in order to balance the needs between system cooling and power saving This setting is recommended for regular systems with normal hardware configurations The options are Full Speed 100 of PWM Cycle and Standard 50 of PWM Cycle Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 16 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends CPU Temperature This feature displays the CPU temperature detected by DTS 1 e 34 C or temperature status in text Low Medium or High The options are Text Mode or DTS If Text Mode is selected the CPU Temperature Display Mode will show the CPU temperature status as follows Low This level is considered as the normal ope
6. Limit This feature displays the value of the processor power consumption limit in Watts set by the manufacturer for a long duration time window Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 10 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Long Duration Power Limit Use this feature to set the processor power consumption limit in Watts value for a long duration time window Factory Long Duration Maintained This feature displays the manufacture preset time value in milliseconds when the Long Duration Power Limit is maintained Long Duration Maintained Use this feature to set the time value when the Long Duration Power Limit is maintained Recommended Short Duration Power Limit The system s power consumption may exceed the processor s default power setting and the Short Duration Power Limit when operating in the turbo mode This feature displays the Short Duration Power Limit value recommended by the manufacturer for turbo mode operation By increasing this value the processor can provide better performance for a short duration operation The default setting is 1 25 Long Duration that means 1 25 times the value of Long Duration Power Limit indicated above Short duration power limit The system s power consumption may exceed the processor s default power setting and the Short Duration Power Limit when operating in the turbo mode By increasing this value the processor can pro
7. al Megatrends The following BIOS items will also be displayed Supermicro C7Q67 Version Build Date Processor The AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of the processor used in the motherboard as shown below Type of Processor Speed Physical Count Logical Count System Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system Size Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 6 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Chapter 2 Advanced Configuration Use the arrow keys to select Boot Setup and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu items Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends gt Network Stack Network Stack Network Stack Use this feature to enable or disable the network stack The options are Enable and Disable Link Boot Feature Quiet Boot Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 7 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Use this feature to select the screen display between POST messages or the OEM logo at bootup Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The options are Enabled and Disabled CSM Support Use this feature to set the compatibility Option ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Disabled is the default option AddOn ROM Display M
8. are Enabled and Disabled Watch Dog Timer Allows AMT to reset or power down the system if the operating system or BIOS hangs or crashes The options are Disabled and Enabled OS WatchDog Timer BIOS WatchDog Timer These options appear if Watch Dog Timer above is enabled This is a timed delay in seconds before a system power down or reset after a BIOS or operating system failure is detected Directly enter the value in seconds Offboard Cards with UEFI option ROM Offboard cards with UEFI option ROM may publish HII setup pages For example Intel R 82579LM Gigabit Network Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 19 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Chapter 3 Security Settings Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Administrator Password e Ifthe Administrator password is defined ONLY this controls access to the BIOS setup ONLY e Ifthe User s password is defined ONLY this password will need to be entered during each system startup or boot and will also have Administrator rights in the setup e Passwords must be at least 3 and up to 20 characters long Administrator Password Press Enter to create a new or change an existing Administrator password User Password Press Enter to create a new or change an existing User password Boot Sector Virus Protection Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Docume
9. atrends Chapter 4 Boot Settings Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Setup Prompt Timeout Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key Enter 65535 OXFFFF to wait indefinitely Fast Boot This feature allows booting with initialization with a minimal set of devices required to launch an active boot option The options are Disabled and Enabled Skip VGA This feature allows the BIOS to skip EFI VGA driver The options are Disabled and Enabled Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 22 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Skip USB If enabled USB devices will not be available until after OS Boot Otherwise USB devices will be available before OS boot The options are Disabled and Enabled Skip PS2 This option allows PS2 devices to be skipped The options are Disabled and Enabled Boot Options Priority This feature allows the user to specify which devices are boot devices and the order of priority from which the systems boots from during startup Boot Option 1 Boot option 2 Boot Option 3 etc The settings are Built in EFI Shell any detected boot device and Disabled Network Devices Boot Option 1 Boot option 2 Boot Option 3 etc Hard Disk Drives Boot Option 1 Boot option 2 Boot Option 3 etc Delete Boot Option This feature allows the removal of a boot device a
10. ems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Capability Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information Intel R AES NI Set to Enabled to enable the processor Advanced Encryption Standard Feature The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel Hyper Threading Technology Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 9 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Select Enabled to enable Hyper_Threading support to increase CPU performance The options are Enabled and Disabled Active Processor Cores Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are All
11. enabled regardless whether it is disabled in the OIS Force Disable Wake up support is always disabled regardless whether it is enabled in the OIS Trusted Computing Configuration TPM Support Select Enabled to activate support for trusted platforms TPM 1 1 1 2 and allow the BIOS to automatically download the drivers needed to provide support for the platforms specified The options are Disable and Enable TPM State This feature changes the TPM State The options are Disable and Enable Note The system will restart to change the TPM State Pending TPM operation Displays any TPM related operation by the system The following are informational status messages that indicate the current TPM State TPM Enabled Status TPM Active Status TPM Owner Status Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 18 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Intel TXT LT Configuration Secure Mode Extensions SMX This feature can be configured if it is supported by the processor Enable this feature to activate Intel TXT below The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel TXT LT Support Intel TXT Trusted Execution Technology helps protect against software based attacks and ensures protection confidentiality and integrity of data stored or created on the system The options are Enabled and Disabled AMT Configuration AMT This option enables Intel AMT support The options
12. enables or disables the detection of a non compliant device that is attached to the PCI Express Graphics PEG port The options are Disabled and Enabled Initiate Graphics Adapter This feature selects which graphics controller to use as a boot device The options are IGD PEG IGD PCI PEG PEG IGD and PEG PCL Note IGD Integrated Graphics Device IGD Memory This feature selects the amount of memory for the Integrated Graphics Device IGD The options are Disabled 32M 64M and 128M Warning Don t Change to Disabled when there is no Off Board Video Card and Secure Boot is enabled Render Standby This feature enables or disables render standby by the Internal Graphics Device IGD The options are Disabled and Enabled IGD Multi Monitor This feature enables or disables multi monitor support by the Internal Graphics Device IGD The options are Disabled and Enabled Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 12 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends South Bridge Configuration This item displays the current South Bridge Revision GbE Controller Select Enabled to enable the onboard gigabit Ethernet controller The settings are Enabled and Disabled Wake on LAN from S5 Select Enabled to enable the capability to wake up the system from the S 5 power state Soft Off State through the Ethernet controller The settings a
13. es of the above voltage monitors ACPI Configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system High Precision Event Timers Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 17 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the de pendency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC instruction embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are Enabled and Disabled Suspend Mode This setting allows you to configure the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power interface sleep state for your system when it is in the Suspend mode The options are Suspend Disabled S1 POS and S3 STR S3 STR is the deepest sleep state in these options PS2 KBIMS Wake up This feature is used to awaken the system from Standby mode by a PS 2 mouse or PS 2 keyboard This must be enabled in the system level and Operating System O S as well if supported S1 OS Control Enables system wake up from S1 default S5 OS Control Enables system wake up from S1 S3 S4 S5 Force Enable Wake up support is always
14. his will launch the batch file and update the BIOS on the system as seen below C windows System32 cmd exe windows system32 gt cd d D BiosUpdateGO5 BiosUpdate 5 gt afuwinx64 BAQIT S CAP p 7b n AMI Firmware Update Utility v3 66 66 Copyright C gt 2611 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Reading flash Secure Flash enabled recalculate ROM size with signature PPS checksums ok Loading capsule to secure memory buffer done Erasing BootBlock done Updating BootBlock done Verifying BootBlock done Erasing Main BIOS done Updating Main BIOS done Verifying Main BIOS done Erasing NURAM Updating NURAM I Verifying NURAM IOS Update finished Please Reboot your system ress any key to continue m Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 27 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Once the batch file has executed restart the system for the BIOS update changes to take effect Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 28 of 28
15. ion 2 or AFUWINx64 EXE lt Input or Output File Name gt lt Command gt or AFUWINx64 ERE lt Command gt Save current ROM image to file Display ROM File s ROMID Refer to Options Verification test of given ROM File without flashing BIOS Refer to Options A Refer to Options OAD CLNEUNLOG Refer to Options CLNEUNLOG Options bar Silent execution R Don t Check ROM ID CAF Compare ROM file s data with Systems is different or not if not then cancel related update Press any key to continue gt Issue the command AFUWINx64 EXE lt ROM_File_Name gt O where ROM_File_Name can be any ROM Die like old rom to backup the existing image on the system Now flash the new BIOS image to the system Select the Setup batch file to begin the BIOS update Name Date modified _ OAQITO0S CAP 1 9 2012 1 06 PM SA AFUWINx64 1 6 2012 11 13 AM AMIFLDRV64 SYS 12 2 2011 2 23 PM 2 Setup 1 11 2012 2 12 PM Right click on the Setup batch file and select Run as administrator from the drop down menu Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 26 of 28 UEFI Development PC Amer ican Setup User Manual eS Megatrends Name Date modified _ OAQITOOS CAP 1 9 2012 1 06 PM SA AFUWINx64 1 6 2012 11 13 AM AMIFLDRV64 SYS 12 2 2011 2 23 PM E Setup 1 11 2012 2 12 PM Open Edit Print Pei Run as administrator Send to gt Cut Copy Create shortcut Delete Rename Properties T
16. nd the order of priority from which the systems boots from during startup Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 23 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Chapter 5 Exit Options Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Select the Exit tab from the BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes Select this option and press lt Enter gt to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility Program Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 24 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Restore Defaults To set this feature select Restore Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt These are factory settings designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance
17. nt PUB Page 20 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends When Enabled the BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled Secure Boot Control When Enabled Secure boot is enabled from the UEFI firmware Secure Boot is possible only if the system runs in User Mode Refer Security Key Database Management Demo Disabled to Turn off the UEFI Secure Boot feature OpROM from Off Board cards are note launch when Secure Boot is enabled Secure Boot Policy The following options set the Image Execution Policy on Security Violation Allows to decide the when secure boot is enabled which kind of Images executed Denied Internal FV The option is Always Execute Option ROM The options are Always Execute Always Deny Allow Execute Defer Execute Deny Execute and Query User Removable Media The options are Always Execute Always Deny Allow Execute Defer Execute Deny Execute and Query User Fixed Media The options are Always Execute Always Deny Allow Execute Defer Execute Deny Execute and Query User If additional information is needed regarding Security Settings please contact AMI to acquire it under Non Disclosure Agreement NDA Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 21 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Meg
18. nt PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends This item manually sets the maximum read request size of the PCI Express device or allows the system BIOS to choose the value Auto The options are Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes and 4096 Bytes PCI E Slot 4 5 6 amp 7 OPROM Use this feature to enable or disable PCI slot Option ROMs The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard LAN1 LAN2 Option ROM This feature enables or disables the onboard ROM option for LAN1 and LAN2 The options are Disabled and Enabled Super IO Device Configuration Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Serial Port 3 Serial Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the onboard serial port The options are Enabled and Disabled Serial Port 1 4 Settings This option specifies the base I O port address and the interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 4 Select Auto to let the BIOS automatically assign the base UO and IRQ address The options for Serial Port 1 are Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 4 10 11 O 2F8h IRQ 3 10 11 IO 3E8h IRQ 4 10 11 and IO 2E8h IRQ 3 10 11 The options for Serial Port 2 are Auto IO 2F8h IRQ 3 IO 3F8h IRQ 4 10 11 O 2F8h IRQ 3 10 11 IO 3E8h IRQ 4 10 11 and IO 2E8h iRQ 3 10 11 The options for Serial Port 3 are Auto IO 3E8h IRQ 10 IO 3F8h IRQ 4 10 11 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 10 11 O 3E8h IRQ 4 10 11 and O 2E8h IRQ 3 10 11 The options for Serial Port
19. nt cee E E E T 24 Appendix Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 3 of 28 UEFI Development PC E Amer ican Setup User Manual Date Rev Description Dec 15 2011 Initial Internal Release Dec 19 2011 Added overview introduction and installation sections Jan 26 2012 Added graphics and appendix Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Megatrends Page 4 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Chapter 1 Main Setup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc System Time System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the lt Tab gt key or the arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00 Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 5 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manu
20. ode Use this feature to set the display mode for Option ROM The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current Bootup Num Lock This feature selects the Power on state for the Numlock key The options are Off and On Wait For F1 if Error This forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs The options are Disabled and Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this item is set to enabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will capture interrupt 19 at bootup and allow the drives that are attached to these host adaptors to function as bootable disks If this item is set to Disabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will not capture Interrupt 19 and the drives attached to these adaptors will not function as bootable devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Configuration Power Button Function This feature controls how the system shuts down when the power button is pressed Select 4_Seconds_Override for the user to power off the system after pressing and holding the power button for 4 seconds or longer Select instant Off to instantly power off the system as soon as the user presses the power button The options are 4 Second Override and Instant Off Restore on AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On fo
21. r legacy audio Deep Sx Select Enabled to enable Deep Sleep State support The settings are Enabled and Disabled On Board Chip Configuration This item displays the current South Bridge Revision USB 3 0 Legacy Support Select Enabled to enable the USB 3 0 ports to support legacy devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled XHCI Hand off Select Enabled for Operating Systems without XHCI hand off support The XHCI ownership change will be claimed by the XHCI driver The settings are Enabled and Disabled IDE SATA Configuration When this submenu is selected the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the IDE Devices and displays the following items SATA Mode This item selects the mode for the installed drives The options are Disabled IDE Mode AHCI Mode and RAID Mode AHCI Mode The following items are displayed when AHCI Mode is selected Aggressive Link Power Management This feature Enables or Disables Aggressive Link Power Management support for Cougar Point BO stepping and later The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA Port0 Port5 This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the particular SATA port Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 14 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Staggered Spin Up Set this item to Enabled to enable Staggered Spin up support The options are Enabled and Disabled
22. r the system power to be turned on after a power loss Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 8 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last power state before a power lost The options are Power On Power Off and Last State Processor amp Clock Options Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect value a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing setting may cause system to become unstable When this occurs revert to the setting to its manufacture default setting Clock Spread Spectrum If set to Auto the system will configure with optimal settings The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instructions from the main memory to the L2 cache to improve CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised Select Disabled for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 64 bytes The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Intel Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating syst
23. rating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the CPU is still within its normal operating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Temperature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intel s Web site at www InteI com System Temperature Peripheral Temperature This feature displays the temperature readings from the system sensor chassis and peripheral devices Fan 1 Fan 4 Reading This feature displays the fan speed readings from fan interfaces Pan through Fan4 and FanA VCORE 12V VDIMM 5VCC VTT_CPU AVCC 3 3VCC VSB VBAI This feature displays the current voltag
24. re Enabled and Disabled USB Functions This feature enables support for USB function parameters The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This feature enables support for legacy USB devices Select Auto to disable legacy support if USB devices are not present Select Disable to have USB devices available only for EFI applications The options are Enabled Disabled and Auto Port 60 64 Emulation This feature enables or disables 1 O port 60h 64h emulation support This should be enabled for complete USB keyboard legacy support for non USB aware Operating Systems The options are Disabled and Enabled BIOS EHCI Hand Off This item is for Operating Systems that does not support Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI hand off When enabled EHCI ownership change will be claimed by the EHCI driver The settings are Enabled and Disabled Azalia HD Audio Select Enabled to enable the Azalia High Definition Audio feature The settings are Enabled and Disabled Azalia internal HDMI Codec Select Enabled to enable the internal HDMI CODEC Coder Decoder for Azalia The settings are Enabled and Disabled Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 13 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Frontside Audio Mode This feature selects the type of audio output on the frontside audio header interface Select HD Audio for High Definition otherwise select AC 97 fo
25. s assumes no responsibility for errors and omissions or for the uses made of the material contained herein or reader decisions based on such use Trademark and Copyright Acknowledgments Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved American Megatrends Inc 5555 Oakbrook Parkway Suite 200 Norcross GA 30093 USA Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 2 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Table of Contents Chapter 1 LF eso o E 5 Chapter 2 Advanced Content ugeet 7 Network TEE 7 Boot GET 7 Power Configuration EE 8 Processor amp Clock e e 9 Turbo Boost Technology Available when Intel EIST technology is Enabled 10 Chipset le E EE 11 CPU Bridge COMIQUrALON vcs sccssassteverereimeensierentreiweenevnwenere recone rs EA EENE EIEE A AEAEE NEEE RARE E A EENE 11 South Bridge ContiguUratiOr EE 13 IDE SATA e e e le E 14 PCle PCI PnP Configuration EE 15 Super IO Device ei e E 16 Hardware Health Configuration EE 16 ACPI C nfig ratiONi EE 17 Trusted Computing Configuration ceeeccceneee cece eeeeeccaee eens eee eeeeeaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaeeeeseeeeeeessaaeeeeeeees 18 Intel TXT LT EELER 19 AMT Configuration EE 19 Chapter SUEY SNS nnmnnn nnmnnn nnana 20 le BOOT PONCY E 21 Chapter 4 Boot e ssassn ee een oe eee eee enna eee PANEER 22 B t Options Priority E 23 Delete Eegeregie eege 23 Chapter 5 EEE UNS ac a ae cst as ae acce
26. vide better performance for a short duration operation Chipset Configuration Warning Setting the wrong values in the following sections may cause the system to malfunction CPU Bridge Configuration This item displays the current CPU Revision Current CPU1 Memory Frequency Memory Type and Memory Reference Code Revision Memory Frequency This feature allows the user to select the memory speed Under normal conditions please set this to Auto The options are Auto Force DDR 800 Force DDR 1066 and Force DDR 1333 System Agent Configuration This item displays the current North Bridge Revision VT d Copyright 2012 American Megatrends Inc e Public Document PUB Page 11 of 28 UEFI Development PC American Setup User Manual Megatrends Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for Direct 1 0 VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled PCI Express Port This feature allows support for PCI Express Ports The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto PEG Force Gen This feature forces Gen1 support on the PCI Express Graphics PEG port The options are Disabled and Enabled Detect Non Compliant Device This feature
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