BIOS

ABIT has put considerable extra work into the BIOS.

A feature I have been missing for years, is to create different profiles which can be loaded easily.


On the BIOS main screen, press F6 to save all current BIOS settings into a profile, optionally with a name. Pressing F7 loads the profile again. What is very important to note here, is that a CMOS reset or removed battery does not delete the profiles.

But let's cover the standard things first, before we go into more detail on how ABIT pimped that BIOS.


Standard CMOS Features is like the page in any other AwardBios.


Interesting things in Advanced BIOS Features are CPU Feature, which lets you enable/disable certain functions of your CPU like EIST, C1E and Execution Disable Bit.

Memory Timings

In Advanced Chipset Features you find options to change your memory timings settings between Manual, By SPD and Auto.


You can change CAS Latency (tCL), Active-to-Precharge Delay (tRAS), Rad-to-Cas Delay (tRCD), and RAS Precharge Time (tRP), which are all settings the i925XE chipset offers internally. Game Accelerator is the PAT (Performance Acceleration Technology) Mode found first in the i875 chipset.

Integrated Peripherals

Integrated Peripherals has options to change, how the SATA ports appear to the system and to enable/disable USB, Audio, LAN, Firewire, Floppy and the Serial Port.

Nothing special is to be found under Power Management and PNP/PCI configuration.