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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 Purpose
Maintenance Clears passwords and displays processor information.
The maintenance menu is
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical 0 – 9 BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Options Description / Purpose Screen… +1.5Vin Advanced > No changeable Displays voltage level of the +1.5V in supply Hardware options Monitoring +12Vin Advanced > No changeable Displays voltage level of the +12V in supply Hardware options or Monitoring 12V Voltage +3.3Vin Advanced > No changeable Displays voltage level of the +3.3V in supply Hardware options Monitoring +5Vin Advanced > No changeable Displays voltage level
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical st 1 Hard Disk Drive Boot > Hard Disk Dependent on Specifies the boot sequence from the available hard disk Drives installed hard drives. To specify boot sequence: This boot device drives submenu appears 1. Select the boot device with <↑> or <↓>. only if at least one 2. Press to set the selection as the intended boot device of this boot device. type is installed. This list will display up to 12 hard disk drives, the maximum num
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical A BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Options Description / Purpose Screen… Access Level Maintenance No changeable Displays the current user's access level. options Access Mode Advanced > Drive • CHS Allows you to select the sector addressing mode. Configuration • LBA • Large CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB • Auto hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode supports hard disks a
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Ambient Air Advanced > No changeable Displays the temperature near the remote thermal diode on Temperature Hardware options BTX form factor boards. Monitoring This BIOS setting is present only on certain BTX form factor Intel® Desktop Boards. Aperture Size Advanced > Video • 4MB Amount of system memory available for direct access by Configuration • 8MB the graphics device. • 16MB • 32MB • 128MB • 256MB Options may vary depending on board model. AP
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Aux Fan Speed Advanced > No changeable Displays aux fan speed. Hardware options or Monitoring Auxiliary Fan Auxiliary Power Advanced > • Enabled Enables or disables on the onboard auxiliary power Peripheral • Disabled connector. This BIOS setting is Configuration present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include an onboard auxiliary power connector. B BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Options Description / Purpose Screen… Base I/O Address (for Advanced >
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical • Enabled Boot USB Devices • Disabled First Boot Sets USB devices to be first in boot order. Bound to Server Manageability • Yes This BIOS option is changeable ONLY when the system is • No bound to a server. Select No to release the client/server If the client is bound to binding. a server, this option will display the When the binding is no longer applicable, for example if the server's IP address in system has crashed or the server has been change
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Chassis Outlet Fan Advanced > No changeable Displays rear chassis fan speed Hardware options Monitoring Clear All DMI Event Advanced > Event • Yes Yes - the DMI Event Log will be cleared at next POST Log Log Configuration • No stage and then this option automatically resets to No. Clear All Passwords Maintenance Selecting this Clears both the user and supervisor passwords. option clears the passwords. Clear Event Log Advanced > Event • Enabled Enable d
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical CPC Override Advanced > • Auto Controls Command Per Clock/1n rule mode. When Chipset • Enabled enabled, allows DRAM controller to attempt Chip Select Configuration • Disabled assertions in two consecutive common clocks. or Advanced > Memory Configuration CPU Cooling Fan Advanced > No changeable Displays fan speed of the CPU fan Hardware options Monitoring CPU Die/Package Advanced > No changeable Displays processor's temperature. Temperature Hardware o
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Default Frequency Maintenance • Enabled Enabled uses processor default frequency ratio. Ratio • Disabled Disabled allows programming of frequency ratio. Default Gateway Manageability Press to edit the default gateway for the client system. This setting editable only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set to No. DHCP Enabled Intel® ME > Intel® [X] Toggle the checkbox (with the Enter key or the Space bar) Active [ ] to enable or disable
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Drive A Advanced > • None Selects the floppy drive type. Floppy • 360, 5.25 in. Configuration • 1.2, 5.25 in. • 720, 3.5 in. • 1.44, 3.5 in. Drive Installed Advanced > Drive No changeable Displays the type of drive installed. Configuration > options SATA/PATA Dual Core • Enabled Enables or disables dual core processing. • Disabled DVMT Mode Advanced > Video • DVMT Dynamic Video Memory Technology Configuration • Fixed • Both DVMT mode is memory that is dyn
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Event Log Advanced > Event No changeable Indicates if there is space available in the event log. Log Configuration options Event Log Capacity Advanced > Event No changeable Indicates if there is space available in the event log. Log Configuration options Event Log Validity Advanced > Event No changeable Indicates of the event log information is valid. Log Configuration options Event Logging Advanced > Event • Enabled Enables or disables tracking occurrence
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Force On-board LAN Maintenance • Enabled Forces onboard LAN and all Active Management Disable • Disabled Technology features to disabled. This BIOS setting is present only on boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology. Fourth SATA Master Advanced > Drive [drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows Configuration [None] if no drive is installed. Frame Buffer Size Advanced > Video • 1 MB Sets the frame buffer size. Conf
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical H BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Options Description / Purpose Screen… Halt On Boot • All Errors Used to configure what types of POST errors will halt • No Errors the system boot. • All, But Keyboard Hard Disk Boot Boot Lists all installed Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives Priority hard drive devices Hard Disk Drives Boot No changeable Opens the Hard Disk Drives sub-menu where you may options specify the boot sequence from the available hard
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Host Burn-in Mode Advanced > • Default This setting alters host clock frequencies. Chipset • -2.0% Configuration > • -1.0% Warning: This setting is intended for validation and test Burn-in Mode • +1.0% purposes only. Altering clock frequencies may reduce • +2.0% system stability and/or the useful life of the system and • +3.0% processor. Operation at settings beyond component • +4.0% specification is not covered by Intel component warranties. • +5.
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Idle Time Out Intel® ME > Intel® User defined A value between 0 and 65535. Sets the number of minutes of Management idle time before Intel® ME will sleep. Engine Configuration 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. IGD Aperture Size Advanced > Video • 4MB Establishes the maximum amount of system memory that the Configurati
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Intel® AMT SOL Advanced > • Automatic Allows Serial Over LAN (SOL) to be forced enabled or Operation Management • Enabled disabled. Rate is set to115200 baud. Configuration • Disabled This BIOS setting is present only on D945G boards supporting Intel® Active Management Technology. Intel® ME After Intel® ME > Intel® • Power On Determines mode of operation if power loss occurs. Power Failure Management • Stay Off Engine Stay Off: Intel® ME will remain
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical IP Address Manageability User defined Press to edit the IP address for the client system. This setting editable or only if Obtain an IP Automatically is set Intel® ME > Intel® to No. Active Management Technology Configuration > TCP/IP Configuration ISA Enable Bit Advanced > • Enabled Some older expansion devices require this to be enabled. Chipset • Disabled Configuration K BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS Options Description / Purpose Screen… K
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Link Stability Advanced > PCI • Enabled Used for verifying PCIe Link is up and running for x16 slot Algorithm Express • Disabled for x16 graphics cards and is part of the Intel Chipset BIOS Configuration Spec documentation for 915/925. Load Custom Defaults Exit No changeable Loads the custom defaults for Setup options. options Load Optimal Defaults Exit No changeable Loads optimal defaults. options Location Info Manageability Press to edi
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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical Maximum Capacity Advanced > Drive No changeable Displays the capacity of the drive. Configuration > options SATA/PATA MCH Temperature Advanced > No changeable Displays temperature in the MCH zone. Hardware options Monitoring Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the exact location of this sensor. MCH Voltage Advanced > • Default Allows you to set the MCH V_CORE voltage. Override Chipset • 1.525V Configuration • 1.600V Warning: This set
