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 Boot > Removable Devices Dependent on installed removable devices Specifies the boot sequence from the available removable devices. To specify boot sequence: 1.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical 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. Large mode supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not support LBA mode. ACPI Power No changeable options Opens the sub-menu for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface).
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Ambient Air Temperature This BIOS setting is present only on certain BTX form factor Intel® Desktop Boards. Aperture Size APM 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 Allows you to set the amount of system memory available for direct access by the graphics device.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Aux Fan Speed or Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays aux fan speed. Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables on the onboard auxiliary power connector. Auxiliary Fan Auxiliary Power This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include an onboard auxiliary power connector.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Boot to Network Boot • Enabled • Disabled Disables or enables booting from the network. Boot to Optical Devices Boot • Enabled • Disabled Disables or enables booting from optical devices (CD/DVD). Boot to Removable Devices Boot • Enabled • Disabled Disables or enables booting from removable devices. • Enabled • Disabled Sets USB devices to be first in boot order. • Yes • No This BIOS option is changeable ONLY when the system is bound to a server.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Chassis Inlet Fan Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays front chassis fan speed Chassis Intrusion Security • Disable • Enable Enables or disables the chassis intrusion feature.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Configure SATA as… Advanced > Drive Configuration • IDE • RAID • AHCI IDE is default RAID: enables RAID which may require you to install the RAID Driver during OS installation AHCI: allows you to take advantage of Advanced Host Controller Interface features such as Native command Queuing, Hot plug, etc., without the option to use RAID. Requires a hard drive that supports AHCI.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical CPU Thermal Module Fan Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays fan speed of the CPU fan CPU Voltage Offset Performance > Processor Overrides • Disable • Enable When enabled, will provide 300 mV additional voltage to CPU above selected CPU Voltage Override CSA Device Advanced > Chipset Configuration • Auto • Disable Enables or disables Communication Streaming Architecture interface.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Diskette Write Protect Advanced > Diskette Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Disables or enables diskette drive write protection. Display function key prompts during POST Advanced > Boot Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Displays whatever function keys are selected to display during POST. Display F2 to Enter Setup Advanced > Boot Configuration • Enabled • Disabled When enabled, system displays the F2 key prompt string during POST.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical DVMT Mode Advanced > Video Configuration • DVMT • Fixed • Both Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT mode is memory that is dynamically allocated based on memory requests made by application and are released back to the system once the requesting application has been terminated. Fixed mode is non-contiguous page locked memory allocated during driver initialization to provide a static amount of memory.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical eSATA Port Advanced > Drive Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Enable or disable the external SATA (eSATA) controller. For information on eSATA, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esata#External_SATA 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.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Fixed Disk Boot Sector Maintenance • Normal • Write Protect Boot sector VIRUS protection or • Enable • Disable Floppy A Advanced > Diskette Configuration • Disabled • 360 KB 5¼” • 1.2 MB 5¼” • 720 KB 3½” • 1.44 MB 3½” • 2.88 MB 3½” Selects the floppy drive type. Floppy Type Advanced > Floppy Configuration Maintenance • 1.44MB • 2.88MB Selects the floppy drive type.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical G BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Gateway Address Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation. 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 HDD Self Diagnostic Advanced > Boot Configuration • Disable • Enable Enables or disables Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART). For information on S.M.A.R.T., refer to http://en.wikipedia.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Hyper-Threading Technology Main • Disable • Enable Enables or disables Hyper-Threading Technology. For information on Hyper-Threading, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthreading This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that support HyperThreading Technology if a processor supporting HyperThreading Technology is installed.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Inactivity Timer Power > APM • Off • 1 Minute • 5 Minutes • 10 Minutes • 20 Minutes • 30 Minutes • 60 Minutes • 120 Minutes Specifies the amount of time before the computer enters APM standby mode. Intel Enhanced Debug Maintenance • Disable • Enable Processor option RECOMMENDED by the Netburst BIOS writer's guide for allowing operating system level debug of system issues that may be processor related.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Intel Trusted Execution Technology Security Intel® Virtualization Technology Security • Disable • Enable Enables or disables Intel Trusted Execution Technology. For information on Trusted Execution Technology, refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/security/ • Disable • Enable Enables or disables Virtualization Technology. Takes affect only after power cycling. For more information refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/virtualization/index.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Keyboard Not Found Message Advanced > Boot Configuration • Disable • Enable When enabled, the system pauses during POST if keyboard, mouse or monitor is not found during POST (boot). BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose L2 Cache RAM Main No changeable options Displays the size of second-level processor cache. Language Main • English • French Selects the current default language used by the BIOS.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Lowest Fan Speed Advanced > Fan Control Configuration • Slow • Off Slow allows the system fans to continue to run at a reduced speed at low system temperatures. or Off turns off the fans at low system temperatures. Advanced > Boot Configuration Lowest System Fan Speed Advanced > Fan Control Configuration This option defines the fan speed at the lowest system temperature. • Slow • Off This option defines the system fan speed at the lowest system temperature.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical MCH Voltage Override Memory Configuration This BIOS setting is present only on Desktop Boards that support ECC memory when ECC DIMMs are installed. Memory Correction This BIOS setting is present only on Desktop Boards that support ECC memory when ECC DIMMs are installed. Memory Frequency 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 • Disable • Enable 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 1394 This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include onboard IEEE 1394. 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 IEEE 1394. Advanced > Peripheral Configuration • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables the onboard audio.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical PATA Master Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows [Not installed] if no drive is installed. PATA Slave Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows [Not installed] if no drive is installed. PCI Burn-in Mode Advanced > Chipset Configuration > Burn-in Mode • Default • 36.36 MHz • 40.00 MHz Enables the selection of specific PCI clock frequencies.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical PCIE x16 Link Retrain This BIOS setting may be present on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots. PEG Allow > x1 This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include PCI Express slots. PEG Negotiated Width Advanced > PCI Express Configuration • GFX Card • Disabled • Enabled Used to adjust configuration for devices such as PCIe graphics cards which may need accommodations to function properly when link training.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Primary Video Adapter Advanced > Video Configuration • Ext PCI Express Graphics • Ext PCI • Auto Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display device that will be active when the system boots. Options may vary depending on your configuration. Processor Fan Speed Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Displays processor fan speed.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Provisioning Server Address Provisioning Server Port PXE Boot to LAN Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration Intel® ME > Intel® Active Management Technology Configuration > Provisioning Configuration Boot User defined Enter the address of the Provisioning Server in dot-decimal notation. User defined Enter the port of the Provisioning Server. Port number range 0 - 65535.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical S BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose S1 State Indicator Power • Off • Blink • On Sets the action for the front panel power LED when the system is in S1 sleep mode.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical SDRAM RAS Act. To Pre. Advanced > Chipset Configuration •8 •7 •6 •5 Selects length of time from read to pre-change. Corresponds to tRAS, min. •4 •3 •2 Selects the length of time required before accessing a new row. •4 •3 •2 Selects the number of clock cycles between addressing a row and addressing a column. Corresponds to tRCD. • Auto • Manual – Aggressive • Manual – User Defined Auto allows timings to be programmed according to the memory detected.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Secondary Video Adapter Advanced > Video Configuration • Ext PCI Express Graphics • Ext PCI • Auto Allows selecting a specific video controller as the secondary display device. Options may vary depending on your configuration.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical S.M.A.R.T. Advanced > Drive Configuration > SATA/PATA • Auto • Disable • Enable Enable or Disable support for the hard disk's S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology) capability. S.M.A.R.T. is supported by all current hard disks and allows the early prediction and warning of impending hard disk failures. You should enable it if you want to use S.M.A.R.T.-aware utilities to monitor the hard disk's condition. For information on S.M.A.R.T.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical System Zone 1 Temperature Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options Advanced > Hardware Monitoring No changeable options BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose Third SATA Master Advanced > Drive Configuration [drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows [None] if no drive is installed.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical U BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Screen… Options Description / Purpose UEFI boot Boot • Enabled • Disabled Enables or disables Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot. For information on UEFI, refer to http://www.uefi.org/home Unlock Intel(R) QST Advanced > Fan Control Configuration • No • Yes Yes option allows the fan control settings to be changed using software. USB 2.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Use Maximum Multiplier Maintenance • Automatic • Disabled Only for unlocked processors: either sets CPU speed to minimum rated multiplier or rated multiplier (Speed) User access Level Security • Limited • No Access • View Only • Full Sets BIOS Setup Utility access rights for user level. User confirmation required Security • No • Yes Select whether user confirmation is required to perform changes using VA Configuration Interface. Valid for VA 3.0 only.
BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Wake on PCI PME Power • Stay Off • Power-On Determines how the system responds to a PCI PME wake up event. Wake on PS/2 Keyboard from S3 Power • Stay Off • Power-On Determines how the system responds to a PS/2 keyboard wake up event. Wake on PS/2 Mouse from S3 Power • Stay Off • Power-On Determines how the system responds to a PS/2 mouse wake up event. Wake system from S5 Power • Enabled • Disabled Enable or disable System wake on alarm event.