Chapter 6: BIOS
Table 6-6. SuperIO Configuration Sub-menu
Menu Option
Serial Port1 Address
Serial Port2 Address
Serial Port2 Mode
Description
This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1. Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources. When this option is Disabled, the serial port physically becomes unavailable. Select 3F8/IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I/O port address and IRQ 4 for its interrupt address. Options are DISABLED, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4 and 2E8/IRQ3.
Same as above, but options are DISABLED, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4 and 2E8/IRQ3.
This setting allows the BIOS to select the mode for Serial Port 2. Options are Normal, IrDA and ASK IR.
Table 6-7. Chipset Configuration Sub-menu
Menu Option
CPU Bridge Configuration
QPI Links Speed
QPI Frequency
QPI L0s and L1
Memory
Frequency
Memory Mode
Demand
Scrubbing
Patrol Scrubbing
NUMA Support
DIMM CE Event Log
Description
This
This option allows you to transition QPI links to
This option selects the desired QPI frequency. Option include Auto, 4.800 GT, 5.866 GT and 6.400 GT.
This option enables the QPI power state to low power with L0s and L1 automatically selected by the mainboard. The options are Disabled and
ENABLED.
This feature forces a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected. The available options are Auto,
This option sets the system memory mode. Options are the following:
•Independent (default) – All DIMMs are available to the operating system.
•CHANNEL MIRROR – The mainboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy.
•LOCKSTEP – The mainboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel.
•SPARING – A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger
This feature is a memory
This feature is a memory
This feature allows you to enable NUMA support for your system. Options are Enabled or DISABLED.
This feature enables/disables a NUMA Correctable Error Event Log.The options are ENABLED or Disabled.