6. BIOS Setup Utility¶

6.1. Entering the BIOS Setup Utility¶

Power on the computer and press Delete during the beginning of the boot sequence to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. If the entry point has passed, restart the system and try again.

6.2. Control Keys¶

Key	Function
Up	Move up one row
Down	Move down one row
Left	Move to the left in the navigation bar
Right	Move to the right in the navigation bar
Enter	Access the highlighted item / Select the item
Esc	Jumps to the Exit screen or returns to the previous screen
+ [1]	Increase the numeric value
- [1]	Decrease the numeric value
F1	General help [2]
F2	Previous value
F3	Load optimized defaults
F4	Save all the changes and exit

Footnotes

[1]	(1, 2) Must be pressed using the 10-key pad.

[2]	The General help contents are only for the Status Page and Option Page setup menus.

6.3. Getting Help¶

The BIOS Setup Utility provides a General Help screen. This screen can be accessed at any time by pressing F1. The help screen displays the keys for using and navigating the BIOS Setup Utility. Press Esc to exit the help screen.

6.4. System Overview¶

The System Overview screen is the default screen that is shown when the BIOS Setup Utility is launched. This screen can be accessed by traversing the navigation bar to the “Main” label.

Figure 1: Illustration of the Main menu screen

6.4.1. BIOS Information¶

The content in this section of the screen shows the information about the vendor, the Core version, UEFI specification version, the project version and date & time of the project build.

6.4.2. Memory Information¶

This section shows the amount of memory that is installed on the hardware platform.

6.4.3. System Language¶

This option allows the user to configure the language that the user wants to use.

6.4.4. System Date¶

This section shows the current system date. Press Tab to traverse right and Shift+Tab to traverse left through the month, day, and year segments. The + and - keys on the number pad can be used to change the values. The weekday name is automatically updated when the date is altered. The date format is [Weekday, Month, Day, Year].

6.4.5. System Time¶

This section shows the current system time. Press Tab to traverse right and Shift+Tab to traverse left through the hour, minute, and second segments. The + and - keys on the number pad can be used to change the values. The time format is [Hour : Minute : Second].

6.5. Advanced Settings¶

The Advanced Settings screen shows a list of categories that can provide access to a sub-screen. Sub-screen links can be identified by the preceding right-facing arrowhead.

Figure 2: Illustration of the Advanced Settings screen

The Advanced Settings screen contains the following links:

ACPI Settings
S5 RTC Wake Settings
CPU Configuration
SATA Configuration
F81801 H/W Monitor
Clock Generator Configuration
Onboard Configuration

6.5.1. ACPI Settings¶

ACPI grants the operating system direct control over system power management. The ACPI Configuration screen can be used to set a number of power management related functions.

Figure 3: Illustration of the ACPI Settings screen

6.5.1.1. Enable Hibernation¶

Enable/disable system ability to Hibernate.

6.5.1.2. ACPI Sleep State¶

Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUSPEND button is selected. Available options are:

Suspend Disabled

S1(CPU Stop Clock)

S3 (Suspend to RAM)

Both S1 and S3 available for OS to choose.

6.5.2. S5 RTC Wake Settings¶

Figure 4: Illustration of the S5 RTC Wake Settings screen

6.5.2.1. Wake system with Fixed Time¶

Enable or disable system wake on alarm event. When enabled, system will wake on the hr:min:sec specified.

6.5.2.2. Wake system with Dynamic Time¶

Enable or disable Wake system with Dynamic Time.

6.5.3. CPU Configuration¶

The CPU Configuration screen shows detailed information about the built-in processor. In addition to the processor information, the thermal controls can be set.

Figure 5: Illustration of CPU Configuration screen

6.5.3.1. TM3¶

The TM3 Function has two settings: Disabled and Enabled. When the setting is changed to “Disabled”, the CPU’s built-in thermal sensor will not function. When the setting is changed to “Enabled”, the thermal sensor will automatically adjust the CPU ratio and V CORE to prevent the CPU from overheating.

6.5.4. SATA Configuration¶

The SATA Configuration screen allows the user to view and configure the settings of the SATA configuration settings.

Figure 6: Illustration of SATA Configuration screen

6.5.4.1. SATA Mode¶

This option allows the user to manually configure SATA controller for a particular mode.

IDE Mode: Set this value to change the SATA to IDE mode.
AHCI Mode: Set this value to change the SATA to AHCI mode.

6.5.5. PC Health Status¶

The PC Health Status screen has no editable fields. The system temperature is taken from an optional sensor that is connected to the J5 pin header.

Figure 7: Illustration of PC Health Status screen

6.5.5.1. Fan Turbo Mode¶

This option allows the user to Enable or Disable Fan Turbo Mode.

6.5.6. Clock Generator Configuration¶

The Clock Generator Configuration screen enables access to the Spread Spectrum Setting feature.

Figure 8: Illustration of Clock Generator Configuration screen

6.5.6.1. CPU Spread Spectrum¶

The Spread Spectrum Setting feature enables the BIOS to modulate the clock frequencies originating from the mainboard. The settings are in percentages of modulation. Higher percentages result in greater modulation of clock frequencies. This feature has 3 options: Disable, +-0.25% and -0.5%.

6.5.6.2. PCIe Spread Spectrum¶

Select PCIe Spread Spectrum. This feature has 2 options: Disable and -0.5%.

6.5.7. OnBoard Device Configuration¶

The OnBoard Device Configuration screen has the following features.

Figure 9: Illustration of OnBoard Device Configuration screen

6.5.7.1. OnBoard LAN Enable¶

The OnBoard LAN Enable feature determines whether the onboard LAN controller will be used or not.

6.5.7.2. EuP/ErP Lot6 support¶

The EuP/ErP Lot6 Support feature enables the BIOS to reduce the power draw to less than 1W when the system is in standby mode. This feature has two options: enabled and disabled.

6.5.7.3. S5 Wakeup On LAN¶

The S5 Wakeup On LAN feature enables the BIOS to allow remote wake-up from the S5 power off state through the PCI bus.

6.5.7.4. 1CH LVDS Backlight Control¶

Backlight Control

The Backlight Control feature control by VX11H enables the user to control the brightness of the 1CH LVDS backlight. This feature has six options.

Level 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%.

6.5.7.5. 2CH LVDS Backlight Control¶

Backlight Control

The Backlight Control feature control by VX11H enables the user to control the brightness of the 2CH LVDS backlight. This feature has six options.

Level

0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%.

6.6. Chipset Settings¶

The Chipset Settings screen shows a list of categories that can provide access to a sub-screen. Sub-screen links can be identified by the preceding right- facing arrowhead.

Figure 10: Illustration of Chipset Settings screen

The Chipset Settings screen contains the following links:

DRAM Configuration
Video Configuration
PMU-ACPI Configuration
SDIO_CR Configuration
Others Configuration

6.6.1. DRAM Configuration¶

The DRAM Configuration screen has two features for controlling the system DRAM. All other DRAM features are automated and cannot be accessed.

Figure 11: Illustration of DRAM Configuration screen

6.6.1.1. DRAM Clock¶

The DRAM Clock option enables the user to determine how the BIOS handles the memory clock frequency. The memory clock can either be dynamic or static. This feature has eleven options.

By SPD

By SPD option enables the BIOS to select a compatible clock frequency for the installed memory.

400 MHz

The 400 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 800 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

533 MHz

The 533 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1066 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

566 MHz

The 566 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1132 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

600 MHz

The 600 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1200 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

633 MHz

The 633 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1266 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

667 MHz

The 667 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1334 MHz for DDR3 memory modules.

6.6.2. Video Configuration¶

The Video Configuration screen has features for controlling the integrated graphics controller in the VX11H chipset.

Figure 12: Illustration of Video Configuration screen

6.6.2.1. Select Display Device Control¶

Available selections are: Auto and Manual.

6.6.2.2. Select Display Device 1 and 2¶

The Select Display Device feature enables the user to choose a specific display interface. This feature has four options: CRT, LCD, LCD2 and HDMI. If both Select Display Device 1 and Select Display Device 2 are set to the same interface, then any display device connected to the other interface will not function. For example, if both Select Display 1 and 2 are set to CRT, then no data will be sent to the HDMI, LCD and LCD2 port.

6.6.2.3. Panel Type¶

The Panel Type feature enables the user to specify the resolution of the display being used with the system. The panel types are predefined in the VGA VBIOS.

Panel Type	Resolution	Panel Type	Resolution
00	640 x 480	08	800 x 480
01	800 x 600	09	1024 x 600
02	1024 x 768	10	1366 x 768
03	1280 x 768	11	1600 x 1200
04	1280 x 1024	12	1680 x 1050
05	1400 x 1050	13	1920 x 1200
06	1440 x 900	14	1920 x 1080
07	1280 x 800	15	1024 x 576

6.6.2.4. Panel Type2¶

The Panel Type feature enables the user to specify the resolution of display 2 being used with the system. The panel types are predefined in the VGA VBIOS.

Panel Type	Resolution	Panel Type	Resolution
00	640 x 480	08	800 x 480
01	800 x 600	09	1024 x 600
02	1024 x 768	10	1366 x 768
03	1280 x 768	11	1600 x 1200
04	1280 x 1024	12	1680 x 1050
05	1400 x 1050	13	1920 x 1200
06	1440 x 900	14	1920 x 1080
07	1280 x 800	15	1024 x 576

6.6.3. PMU_ACPI Configuration¶

The PMU_ACPI Configuration screen can be used to set a number of power management related functions.

Figure 13: Illustration of PMU_ACPI Configuration screen

6.6.3.1. Other Control¶

Figure 14: Illustration of Other Control screen

AC Loss Auto-restart

AC Loss Auto-restart defines how the system will respond after AC power has been interrupted while the system is on. There are three options.

Power Off

The Power Off option keeps the system in an off state until the power button is pressed again.

Power On

The Power On option restarts the system when the power has returned.

Last State

The Last State option restores the system to its previous state when the power was interrupted.

USB S4 WakeUp

The USB S4 WakeUp enables the system to resume through the USB device port from S4 state. There are two options: “Enabled” or “Disabled”.

6.6.4. SDIO_CR Configuration¶

The SDIO_CR Configuration screen can be used to set SDIO_CR configuration parameters.