Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
PCI IDE Bus Master
Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to use the PCI bus master to read from and write to the onboard IDE drives. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
PCI Slot 5, PCIE X8 Slot6, PCIE X4 Slot7
Select Yes to enable OPROM for a PCI slot as specified. The options are Yes (to enable OPROM for the slot specified) and No.
Load Onboard LAN 1 Option ROM/ Load Onboard LAN 2 Option ROM
Select Enabled to load the onboard LAN Option ROM for the LAN port as specified. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Super IO Configuration
Serial Port1 Address/ Serial Port2 Address
This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2. Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources. When this option is set to 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 the interrupt address. The options for Serial Port1 are Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, and 2E8/IRQ3.
Serial Port 2 Mode
Use this feature to configure Serial Port 2 mode. The options are Normal, IrDA and ASK IR.
Hardware Health Configuration
This feature allows the user to monitor Hardware Health of the system and review the status of each item when displayed.
CPU Temperature
This feature displays the processor's absolute temperature (i.e., 34oC).
System Temperature
This feature displays the system's absolute temperature (i.e., 34oC).
Fan Speed Control Modes
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
