AMIBIOS 3.31a

Salutare. Am placa de baza MSI 845E Max (MS-6566E) cu BIOS-ul AMIBIOS 3.31a, acusi se fac 4 ani decand e instalat bios-ul respectiv pe placa. Vreau sa stiu daca e nevoie sa ii fac un up-grade, sau mai bine las versiunea care o are acum?

In afara de asta, sunt unele chestii prin bios care nu stiu exact care le sunt functiile...
1) On Board FDC
   2) Serial Port A
   3) Serial Port B
   4) Serial Port B Mode
5) Parallel Port
6) Parallel Port Mode
7) Midi Port
8) Game Port
9) IDE (Disabled/Primary/Secundary/Both)
10) S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Discks
11) Bot UP Num-Lock Swap
12) Floppy Drive Swap
13) Floppy Drive Seek
14) Boot to OS/2
15) CPU L1 & L2 Cache
16) USB Device
17) Legacy Support
18) USB Controller

...daca imi puteti spune fiecare pentru ce e, si la ce ajuta, si ce e recomandat :) majoritatea din acestea avand ca optiune Disable/Enable. Imi spusese cineva ca e bine ca unele sa aiba disabled intrucat nu le folosesc, insa mi-e sa nu umblu in bios si pe urma sa am probleme cu sistemul...

am si eu aceeasi versiune de bios
am gasit pe net setarile recomandate, e in engleza


Introduction:
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PLEASE NOTE: These settings are not the only way to set up your system. The goal of this guide is to get you up running fast and stable. Most people visiting this website will be quite satisfied with these settings. However, if you have additional needs or if you are a serious overclocker you may find these settings lacking. If thats the case, please come into the forum and ask members for additional setting options.

Warning about Overclocking BIOS settings:
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The default settings listed in this guide are NOT overclocked settings. So most users will be fine. If you decide to overclock your settings beyond the Guide on your own, please be aware of the risks involved.

Overclocking can damage components and shorthen their lifespan if not careful. You can lose data if you overclock and are not careful. Remember that cooling is very important. Extremely high FSB can corrupt harddrive data and damage parts.
Please always use caution when overclocking!!
Ask for help in the forum if needed.

Disclaimer: The images used in this setup guide are pictures of my BIOS and settings. These are not default settings and are not recommended for getting your system up and running for the first time.


Standard CMOS Features:
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Date and Time will need to be set properly on first POST and after each BIOS Flash

Primary IDE Master - Auto
Primary IDE Slave - Auto
Secondary IDE Master - Auto
Secondary IDE Slave - Auto

Drive A - Set Appropriately

Drive B - None
(unless you use a second floppy, then, set apporpiately)

Boot Sector Virus Protection - Disabled
(This option is to set the Virus Warning featurefor IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. It is recommended to leave this option disabled at least during partitioning, formatting, and loading of the Operating System.)

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Advanced BIOS Features
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Quick Boot – Enabled
(This is a user preference setting. Set to enabled for faster boot time.)

Full Screen Logo Show – Disabled
(This is a user preference setting. Set to disabled for faster boot time.)

Boot Sequence:
Boot Sequence Options

1st Boot Device - Floppy
2nd Boot Device - CD-ROM
3rd Boot Device - HDD-0
*The boot order is really a user preference with no "correct" way to set it up as long as the drive containing the OS is specified somewhere in the order.*

Try Other Boot Devices - Yes

S.M.A.R.T. For Hard Disks – Disabled
(SMART is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict HDD failure. Setting this to enabled often causes a performance hit and is recommended to set to disabled.)

Floppy Drive Swap – Disabled

Floppy Drive Seek – Enabled (Setting to disabled will result in some people not being able to boot from a floppy)

Primary Display – VGA/EGA

Password Check – Setup
*This can be a useful option if you have nosy people trying to get into your system or system setup. I personaly dont use this setting, but if you wish too, you can refer to the motherboard manual on how to set this up.*

Boot To OS/2 – No

Internal Cache – Enabled

System Bios Cacheable – Disabled

C000,32k Shadow – Disabled

APIC Function - Enabled
*Quoted from Mr Steveos KT3 Bios Guide and holds true for this board as well..*

Quote:
"("Enabled" functions well on this board under Windows 2000 and XP and with most newer hardware PCI cards and drivers.
If you are using Windows 9x/Me or TV tuner cards or winmodems or extremely old PCI cards/drivers set to "Disabled"
If you change this setting after Windows has been loaded you may need to reinstall the OS)"  

MPS Table Version - 1.4


DRAM Timing Control
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System Performance – Fast
*Options, as displayed in image, are fast, turbo, and ultra. It is recommended that this setting be left at fast until a running, stable system is established.*

Current Host Clock – Displays current FSB frequency

Configure SDRAM Timing By – SPD
*This setting can be changed to manual later for tweaking purposes but is best left set to SPD until a running, stable system is established. Please note that changing this setting will open the individual ram timing settings. Changing these settings can result in instability. The lower the numbers will result in better performance but possible instabilities.*

SDRAM Frequency – Auto
*Changing this option allows you to specify the desired frequency of your ram. It is recommended that this setting be left at auto until a running, stable system is established.*

NOTE: The following settings (SDRAM Cas Latency, Row Precharge Time, RAS Pulse Width, RAS To CAS Delay, Write Recovery Cycle, and Bank Interleave) are grayed out when “Configure SDRAM Timing By” is set to SPD. Changing this setting to Manual will open these timings for user adjustment. This is not recommended until a stable running system is established. Changing these settings will increase performance but also increase the possibility for system instability. These settings should not be changed unless quality RAM is used and you are familiar with these settings.

SDRAM Burst Length – 4QW
*Options for this setting are 4QW and 8QW. 8QW will yield better performance, but could result in system instability. It is recommended that this setting be left at default (4QW) until a running, stable system is established.*

SDRAM 1T Command – Disabled
*Options for this setting are Disabled and Enabled. Setting this to enabled will yield better performance, but could result in system instability. It is recommended that this setting be left at default (Disabled) until a running, stable system is established.*

Fast Command – Normal
*Options for this setting are Normal, Fast, and Ultra. Setting this to anything but normal will yield better performance, but could result in system instability. It is recommended that this setting be left at default (Normal) until a running, stable system is established.*

Fast R-2-R Turnaround – Disabled
*Options for this setting are Disabled and Enabled. Setting this to enabled will yield better performance, but could result in system instability. It is recommended that this setting be left at default (Disabled) until a running, stable system is established.*

AGP Timing Control:
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AGP Mode – Auto

AGP Fastwrites – Disabled

NOTE: Only enable this feature if your AGP Card supports it. Please refer to your specific AGP card manufacturer's documentation to see if your card supports this feature.

AGP Aperture Size – 128
*If you experience stability problems, try dropping down to 64.*

AGP Master 1 W/S Write - Disabled
(Enabled theoretically should be faster but is not on many MSI motherboards)

AGP Master 1 W/S Read - Disabled
(Enabled theoretically should be faster but is not on many MSI motherboards)

AGP Read Synchronization - Disabled



Power Management Features
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ACPI Standby State - S1/POS
NOTE: This may be changed to S3/STR if you would like information to be stored to memory when your computer goes into sleep mode. Theoretically, when your computer resumes from sleep all of your information will be retained.

Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming - Disabled
NOTE: Older VGA Cards (pre Geforce) will need to set this to enabled.

USB Wakeup From S3 - Enabled

Power Management/APM - Disabled
Note: Enabling this can cause your bios to shut down your CPU's internal clock if the board senses it should go to sleep. For stability this is set to disabled.

Suspend Time Out - Disabled

Display Activity - Ignore
NOTE: This feature will wake up your computer from standby if there is any activity from internal components.

CPU Critical Temperature - Disabled
NOTE: CPU Critical temperature receives a reading from the internal diode of the XP chip. If the chip approches a minimum of 70c an alarm will go off and your system will automatically shut down.

CPU Halt Command Detection - Disabled
Note: Enabling this will let you use Halt Command utilities in your OS.

Power Button Function - On/Off

After AC Power Loss - Power Off

Set PME WakeUp Events
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NOTE:If you are running S3/STR standby state you will probably want to enable the following options:

Wake Up On PME - Disabled

Resume On KBC - Disabled

Wake Up Key - Any Key

Wake Up Password - N/A

Resume On PS/2 Mouse - Disabled

Resume By Alarm - Disabled

Alarm Date - **

Alarm Hour - **

Alarm Minute - **

Alarm Second - **
NOTE: ** denotes setting a numerical value of your choice for the alarm.



PnP/PCI Configurations
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Plug and Play O/S - Yes
NOTE: Setting to Yes is the best option for operating systems 98SE and later. Basically the board will only initialize video and then your OS will handle the initialization of the other hardware. Your system will work in either Yes or No but Yes offers the most stability and lets your OS keep track of the hardware making scalibility much easier.

Clear NVRAM - No
NOTE: When you change hardware or move a device to a different slot boot into the bios and set this to Yes. Once when you reboot it will reset to No. This clears out a HAL that your mainboard uses to keep track of your hardware.

PCI Latency Timer - 32
NOTE: If you experience popping in sound or some data corruption with an add-on PCI card try setting it to 64.

PCI IDE Busmastering - Enabled
NOTE: If you are using an external PCI storage card or using the onboard SATA Raid set this to Disabled.

Primary Graphics Adapter - AGP
NOTE: Set to PCI if you are using a PCI graphics card.

PCI Slot 1 IRQ - Auto

PCI Slot 2/5 IRQ - Auto

PCI Slot 3 IRQ - Auto

PCI Slot 4 IRQ - Auto
NOTE: I highly recommend that you keep the IRQ settings to auto. Changing these can result in your system not working. I see now way in which manually setting these would be beneficial. Let the O/S determine IRQ's and make IRQ tables



Integrated Periphials
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Onboard PCI Controller
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Lan Controller - Enabled
NOTE: Set to disabled if using PCI Nic. (LSR, FISR, and FIS2R only)

P20378 SATA Controller - Disabled
NOTE: Set this option to SATA for single drive use, or RAID for creating a RAID array. This option uses the Onboard Promise SATA controller. (FIS2R only)

1394 Controller - Disabled
NOTE: Set this option to enabled only if using onboard FireWire. (FISR and FIS2R only)

AC'97 Audio - Enabled
NOTE: Set to disabled if using PCI Sound Card.
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VT8237 PATA-IDE Controller - Enabled

VT8237 SATA-IDE Controller - Disabled
NOTE: Set to enable if using onboard SATA.

V-Link Data 2x Support - Enabled

Floppy Disk Controller - Auto
NOTE: Set to disabled if you do not have a floppy installed.

Serial Port 1 - Auto
NOTE: Set to disabled if you do not have any serial devices.

Serail Port 2 - Auto
NOTE: Set to disabled if you do not have any serial devices.

Port 2 Mode - Normal

Parallel Port - Auto
Note: Set to disabled if you do not have any parallel devices.

IR Pin Select - IRRX/IRTX

Port Mode - Normal
NOTE: If you are using an old printer such as a dot matrix, or older laser try ECP first and if that doesn't work set this to EPP.

EPP Version - N/A
NOTE: Only set a value if you know your EPP Version

Port IRQ - Auto

Port DMA - Auto

USB Controller - 8 USB Ports

USB Device Legacy Support - All Device
NOTE: This setting must be enabled for older USB devices that are not PnP compatible.

Port 64/60 Emulation - Disabled



Frequency/Voltage Control
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Spread Spectrum – Disabled
NOTE: This setting is used in conjunction with EMI problems. If you are experiencing EMI problems...setting this to one of the available options could help. If you are overclocking, then LEAVE THIS SET TO DISABLED! Enabling this option while overclocking could result in instability. Please refer to your KT6 Mainboard manual (page 3-27) for details.

CPU FSB Clock – If your system correctly auto detects your processor, then leave this setting as it is. If your system does NOT detect your processor correctly, then you will need to set this manually. Set this option according to the specifications of your processor. Only change this setting above your processors specs if you are an experienced overclocker.

CPU Ratio – Auto
*This option allows the user to change the multiplier of the CPU. It is recommended that this be left set to auto until a running, stable system is established. Changing the multiplier is only recommended for experienced overclockers.*
Available settings are as follows:
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CPU Vcore (V) – Auto
(Increasing this setting may be necessary if you are overclocking the CPU. Caution should be taken when increasing this setting as too much voltage could damage your CPU.)

Vlink Voltage (V) – Auto
(Increasing this setting may be necessary if you are overclocking the CPU. Caution should be taken when increasing this setting as too much voltage could damage your chipset.)

DDR Voltage (V) – Auto
(Increasing this setting may be necessary if you are overclocking the CPU. Caution should be taken when increasing this setting as too much voltage could damage your RAM.)

AGP Voltage (V) – Auto
(Increasing this setting may be necessary if you are overclocking the CPU. Caution should be taken when increasing this setting as too much voltage could damage your AGP card.)



F.A.Q.
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Single SATA Disk on the Via Controller
Well I tested this for myself and was not able to create a single drive array. However, some people are able to create a single drive array using the same bios that I am using. This leads me to believe that there are variations in the Via bios that are hitting the v5.2 bios for the KT600. For now I will say assume that you cannot run a single SATA disk on the KT600-LSR. MSI might release a bios fix to enable single drive support in the future.

Edited by dan33, 20 December 2006 - 14:04.