Gigabyte MW21-SE0 Owner's manual

BIOS Setup

User’s Guide

Rev.1.0

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 BIOS Setup ....................................................................................................4

1-1 The Main Menu ................................................................................................ 6

1-2 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................... 8

1-2-1 CPUConguration ....................................................................................................9

1-2-2 SATAConguration.................................................................................................13

1-2-3 S5RTCWakeSettings ...........................................................................................14

1-2-4 PCISubsystemSettings .........................................................................................16

1-2-4-1 SlotConguration ...................................................................................................17

2-2-5 Hardware Monitor ...................................................................................................18

1-2-6 SerialPortConsoleRedirection .............................................................................19

1-2-7 Network Stack ........................................................................................................23

1-2-8 TrustedComputing .................................................................................................24

1-2-9 IntelTXTInformation ..............................................................................................25

1-2-10 CSMConguration .................................................................................................26

1-2-11 Intel (R) Thunderbolt ...............................................................................................28

1-2-12 NVMeConguration ...............................................................................................29

1-2-13 AMTConguration ..................................................................................................30

1-2-14 Intel(R)BIOSGuardTechnology ............................................................................32

1-2-15 Main Board Function ..............................................................................................33

1-2-16 Intel(R)I210GigabitNetworkConnection .............................................................34

1-2-17 Driver Health ...........................................................................................................36

1-3 ChipsetMenu ................................................................................................. 37

1-3-1 SystemAgent(SA)Conguration ............................................................................38

1-3-1-1 GraphicConguration .............................................................................................39

1-3-1-2 PEGPortConguration ..........................................................................................40

1-3-2-3 MemoryConguration ............................................................................................42

1-3-2 PowerPolicy ...........................................................................................................44

1-4 EventLogsMenu ........................................................................................... 46

1-4-1 ChangeSmbiosEventLogSettings .......................................................................47

1-4-2 ViewSmbiosEventLog ..........................................................................................49

1-5 SecurityMenu ................................................................................................ 50

1-5-1 SecureBootmenu .................................................................................................51

1-5-1-1 KeyManagement .................................................................................................52

1-6 Boot Menu ...................................................................................................... 53

1-7 Exit Menu ....................................................................................................... 54

1-8 BIOSBeepCodes .......................................................................................... 55

1-9 BIOSRecoveryInstruction ............................................................................. 56

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BIOS(BasicInputandOutputSystem)recordshardwareparametersofthesystemintheEFIonthe

motherboard.ItsmajorfunctionsincludeconductingthePower-OnSelf-Test(POST)duringsystemstartup,

savingsystemparametersand loading operatingsystem,etc. BIOS includes aBIOSSetup program that

allowstheusertomodifybasicsystemcongurationsettingsortoactivatecertainsystemfeatures.Whenthe

poweristurnedoff,thebatteryonthemotherboardsuppliesthenecessarypowertotheCMOStokeepthe

congurationvaluesintheCMOS.

ToaccesstheBIOSSetupprogram,presstheDEL>keyduringthePOSTwhenthepoweristurnedon.

Chapter 1 BIOS Setup

• BIOSashing is potentiallyrisky, ifyoudo not encounterproblems ofusing the currentBIOS

version,itisrecommendedthatyoudon'tashtheBIOS.ToashtheBIOS,doitwithcaution.

InadequateBIOSashingmayresultinsystemmalfunction.

• Itisrecommendedthatyounotalterthedefaultsettings(unlessyouneedto)topreventsystem

instabilityorotherunexpectedresults.Inadequatelyalteringthesettingsmayresultinsystem's

failuretoboot.Ifthisoccurs,trytocleartheCMOSvaluesandresettheboardtodefaultvalues.

(Refer to the Exitsectioninthischapterorintroductionsofthebattery/clearingCMOSjumperin

Chapter1forhowtocleartheCMOSvalues.)

BIOS Setup Program Function Keys

<f><g>  Movetheselectionbartoselectthescreen

<h><i>   Movetheselectionbartoselectanitem

 <+>   Increasethenumericvalueormakechanges

 <->    Decreasethenumericvalueormakechanges

 <Enter>   Executecommandorenterthesubmenu

 <Esc>   MainMenu:ExittheBIOSSetupprogram

     Submenus:Exitcurrentsubmenu

 <F1>   Showdescriptionsofgeneralhelp

 <F3>   RestorethepreviousBIOSsettingsforthecurrentsubmenus

 <F9>   LoadtheOptimizedBIOSdefaultsettingsforthecurrentsubmenus

 <F10>   SaveallthechangesandexittheBIOSSetupprogram

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 Main

 ThissetuppageincludesalltheitemsinstandardcompatibleBIOS.

 Advanced

 ThissetuppageincludesalltheitemsofAMIBIOSspecialenhancedfeatures.

 (ex:Autodetectfanandtemperaturestatus,automaticallycongureharddiskparameters.)

 Chipset

 ThissetuppageincludesallthesubmenuoptionsforconguringthefunctionofNorthBridgeandSouth

Bridge.

 (ex:Autodetectfanandtemperaturestatus,automaticallycongureharddiskparameters.)

 Security

 Change,set,ordisablesupervisoranduserpassword.Congurationsupervisorpasswordallowsyouto

restrictaccesstothesystemandBIOSSetup.

 AsupervisorpasswordallowsyoutomakechangesinBIOSSetup.

 AuserpasswordonlyallowsyoutoviewtheBIOSsettingsbutnottomakechanges.

 Event Log

 ThissetuppageprovidesprovidesitemstoviewtheBIOSeventlogandtheBMCsystemeventlog.

 Boot

 Thissetuppageprovidesitemsforcongurationofbootsequence.

 Exit

 SaveallthechangesmadeintheBIOSSetupprogramtotheCMOSandexitBIOSSetup.(Pressing

<F10>canalsocarryoutthistask.)

 Abandonallchangesandtheprevioussettingsremainineffect.Pressing<Y>totheconfirmation

messagewillexitBIOSSetup.(Pressing<Esc>canalsocarryoutthistask.)

BIOS Setup - 6 -

1-1 The Main Menu

OnceyouentertheBIOSSetupprogram,theMainMenu(asshownbelow)appearsonthescreen.Use

arrowkeystomoveamongtheitemsandpress<Enter>toacceptorenterothersub-menu.

Main Menu Help

Theon-screendescriptionofahighlightedsetupoptionisdisplayedonthebottomlineoftheMainMenu.

Submenu Help

Whileinasubmenu,press<F1>todisplayahelpscreen(GeneralHelp)offunctionkeysavailableforthe

menu.Press<Esc>toexitthehelpscreen.HelpforeachitemisintheItemHelpblockontherightsideof

thesubmenu.

• Whenthesystemisnotstableasusual,selecttheRestore Defaultsitemtosetyoursystemto

itsdefaults.

• TheBIOSSetupmenusdescribedinthischapterareforreferenceonlyandmaydifferbyBIOS

version.

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BIOS Information

Porject Name (Note)

 Displaytheprojectnameinformation.

Porject Version

 DisplayversionnumberoftheBIOSsetuputility.

BIOS Build Date and Time

 DisplaysthedateandtimewhentheBIOSsetuputilitywascreated.

NVMe Mode(Note)

 DisplaystheNVMemodeinformation

Onboard LAN Information

LAN MAC Address(Note)

 DisplaystheLANMACaddressinformation.

Memory Information

Total Memory

Displaythetotalmemorysizeoftheinstalledmemory.

System Date

Setthedatefollowingtheweekday-month-day-yearformat.

System Time

 Setthesystemtimefollowingthehour-minute-secondformat.

(Note) Thisparameterwillbedifferbaseontheproductwhichyoupurchased.

BIOS Setup - 8 -

1-2 Advanced Menu

TheAdvancedmenudisplaysubmenuoptionsforconguringthefunctionofvarioushardwarecomponents.

Selectasubmenuitem,thenpressEntertoaccesstherelatedsubmenuscreen.

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1-2-1 CPUConguration

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 CPUConguration

CPU Type/Signature/Microcode Patch/Max CPU Speed/ Min CPU Speed/CPU Speed/

Processor Cores/Intel HT Technology/Intel VT-x Technology/Intel SMX Technology

Displaysthetechnicalspecicationsfortheinstalledprocessor.

64-bit

 DisplaythesupportedinformationofinstalledCPU.

EIST Technology

 DisplayIntelEISTTechnologyfunctionsupportinformation.

CPU C3 state

 DisplaythesupportinformationofCPUC3statefeature.

CPU C6 state

 DisplaythesupportinformationofCPUC6statefeature.

CPU C7 state

 DisplaythesupportinformationofCPUC7statefeature.

Cache Information

L1 Data Cache/L1 Code Cache/L2 Cache/L3 Cache/L4 Cache

Displaysthetechnicalspecicationsfortheinstalledprocessor.

Hyper-threading

TheIntelHyperThreadingTechnologyallowsasingleprocessortoexecutetwoormoreseparate

 threadsconcurrently.Whenhyper-threadingisenabled,multi-threadedsoftwareapplicationscan

 executetheirthreads,therebyimprovingperformance.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

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(Note) ThisitemispresentonlyifyouinstallaCPUthatsupportsthisfeature.Formoreinformationabout

  IntelCPUs'uniquefeatures,pleasevisitIntel'swebsite.

Active Processor Cores (Note)

AllowsyoutodeterminewhethertoenableallCPUcores.

 Optionsavailable:All/1/2/3.DefaultsettingisAll.

Overclocking lock

Enable/DisableOverclockinglock.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Intel Virtualization Technology

SelectwhethertoenabletheIntelVirtualizationTechnologyfunction.VTallowsasingleplatformtorun

 multipleoperatingsystemsinindependentpartitions.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Hardware Prefetcher

Selectwhethertoenablethespeculativeprefetchunitoftheprocessor.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Whenenabled,cachelinesarefetchedinpairs.Whendisabled,onlytherequiredcachelineisfetched.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

CPU AES

Enable/DisableCPUAdvancedEncryptionStandardinstructions.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Boot performance mode

ConguretheBootperformancemode.

 Optionsavailable:TurboPerformance/MaxNon-TurboPerformance/Maxbettery/TurboPerformance.

DefaultsettingisTurbo Performance.

Hardware P State

 Enable/DisableHardwarePStatefeature.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology)

 ConventionalIntelSpeedStepTechnologyswitchesbothvoltageandfrequencyintandembetweenhigh

 andlowlevelsinresponsetoprocessorload.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Turbo Mode

 Whenthisitemisenabled,tjeprocessorwillautomaticallyrampuptheclockspeedof1-2ofits

 processingcorestoimproveitsperformance.

 Whenthisitemisdisabled,theprocessorwillnotoverclockanyofitscore.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Package Power Limit MSR Lock

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Power Limit 1 Lock Override

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Power Limit 2 Lock Override

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

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Power Limit 2

 Pressnumerickeystodenethedesiredvalues.

1-Core/2-Core/3-Core/4-Core Ratio Limit Override (Note)

 Pressnumerickeystodenethedesiredvalues.

Platform PL1 Enable

 Enable/DisablePlatformpowerlimit1programming.Ifthisoptionisdisabled,itactivatesthePlatform

 PowerLimit1valuetobeusedbytheprocessortolimittheaveragepowerofgiventimewindow.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Platform PL2 Enable

 Enable/DisablePlatformpowerlimit2programming.Ifthisoptionisdisabled,BIOSwillprogramthe

 defaultvaluesforPlatformPowerLimit2.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

CPU C State

 Enable/DisableCPUCStatefeature.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Enhanced C-state

 Enable/DisableC1EStatefeature.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

C-State Auto Demotion

CongurestatefortheC-Stateautodemotion.

 Optionsavailable:Disabled/C1/C3/C1andC3.DefaultsettingisC1 and C3.

C-State Un-demotion

CongurestatefortheC-Stateundemotion.

 Optionsavailable:Disabled/C1/C3/C1andC3.DefaultsettingisC1 and C3.

Package C state demotion

CongurestatefortheC-Statepackagedemotion.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Package C state undemotion

CongurestatefortheC-Statepackageundemotion.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

CFG lock

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Package C State Limit

CongurestatefortheC-Statepackagelimit.

 Optionsavailable:C0/C1/C3/C6/C7/C7s/C8/C9/C10/Auto.DefaultsettingisAuto.

CFG

Enable/DisableCFGlockfunction.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

(Note) ThisitemispresentonlyifyouinstallaCPUthatsupportsthisfeature.Formoreinformationabout

  IntelCPUs'uniquefeatures,pleasevisitIntel'swebsite.

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1-2-2 SATAConguration

SATA Mode Selection

 RAIDMode:WhensettoRAID,theSATAcontrollerenablesbothitsRAIDandAHCIfunctions.Youwill

beallowsaccesstheRAIDsetuputilityatboottime.

 ACHIMode:WhensettoAHCI,theSATAcontrollerenablesitsAHCIfunctionality.ThentheRAID

functionisdisabledandcannotbeaccesstheRAIDsetuputilityatboottime.

 Optionsavailable:RAID/ACHI/Disabled.DefaultsettingisACHI Mode.

Serial Port/M.2 Port(Note)

Enable/DisableSerialATAPort0/1/2/3/4/5.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Hot Plug (for Serial SATA Port/M.2 Port)(Note)

Enable/DisableHotPlugsupportforSerialATAPort0/1/2/3/4/5.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

(Note) Thisparameterwillbedifferbaseontheproductwhichyoupurchased.

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1-2-3 S5 RTC Wake Settings

Wake system from S5 is set to Fixed time

Wake system from S5 is set to Dynamic time

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Wake system from S5

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

 specied.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Wake up hour(Note1)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeuphour.

Wake up minute(Note1)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupminute.

Wake up second(Note1)

Press<+>and<->todenethewakeupsecond.

Wake up minute(Note2)

Pressthenumerickeytodenethewakeupminute.

(Note1) ThisitemappearswhenWake system from S5issettoFixed time.

(Note2) ThisitemappearswhenWake system from S5issettoDynamic time.

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1-2-4 PCI Subsystem Settings

 Slotconguration

 Press[Enter]forcongurationofadvanceditems.

PCI Device Common Settings:

PCI Latency Timer

 ValuetobeprogrammedintoPCILatencyTimerRegister.

 Optionsavailable:32PCIBusClocks/64PCIBusClocks/96PCIBusClocks/128PCIBusClocks/160

PCIBusClocks/192PCIBusClocks/224PCIBusClocks/248PCIBusClocks/.

 Defaultsettingis32 PCI Bus Clocks.

VGA Palette Snoop

 Enable/DisableVGAPaletteTegistersSnooping.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

Above 4G MMIO

 Enable/DisableAbove4GMemoryMappedInput/Output.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisDisabled.

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PCI Express Slot I/O ROM(Note)

 Whenenabled,ThissettingwillinitializethedeviceexpansionROMfortherelatedPCI-Eslot.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Onboard LAN Controller

 CongureonboardLANdevices.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

Onboard LAN I/O ROM

 Enable/DisableonboardLANdevicesandinitializedeviceexpansionROM.

 Optionsavailable:Enabled/Disabled.DefaultsettingisEnabled.

1-2-4-1SlotConguration

(Note) Thisparameterwillbedifferbaseontheproductwhichyoupurchased.

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2-2-5 Hardware Monitor

PressEntertoviewtheHardwareMonitorscreenwhichdisplaysareal-timerecordoftheCPU/system

temperature,andfanspeed,Itemsonthiswindowarenon-congurable.

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1-2-6 Serial Port Console Redirection

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