modded BIOS for 7VRX/7VRXP

[dinozauru]

BIOS MODS for 7VRX/7VRXP

All the mods have enabled all the features (settings) in BIOS which by default were not shown (hidden by Gigabyte)


F8b original (7VRXP) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2 (this is a beta version of F8)

F9 modded (7VRXP) ------ mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F8 modded (7VRXP) ------ mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F8b modded (7VRXP) ---- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F7 modded (7VRXP) ------ mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F7e modded (7VRXP) ---- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F6 modded (7VRXP) ------ mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F4 modded (7VRXP) ------ mirror 1 ----- mirror 2

F5 modded (7VRX) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F4 modded (7VRX) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F3 modded (7VRX) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F2 modded (7VRX) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2
F1 modded (7VRX) ----- mirror 1 ----- mirror 2

[dinozauru]

STANDARD CMOS SETUP DEFAULTS
----------------------------


LBA Block 32Bit PIO
Hard Disks Type Cyl Hd WPcom Sec Size Mode Mode Mode Mode
Primary Master : AUTO On On On Auto ¼ñ
Primary Slave : AUTO On On On Auto ¼ñ
Secondary Master : AUTO On On On Auto ¼ñ
Secondary Slave : AUTO On On On Auto ¼ñ
Floppy Drive A : 1.44 MB 3½
Floppy Drive B : Not Installe
Virus Protection : Disabled
Language Setting : English
Base Memory Size : 640 Kb
Ext. Memory Size : 0 Kb


ADVANCED CMOS SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

Quick Boot Both Enabled Enabled 13h 80h
BIOS Flash Protection Both Auto Auto 6Fh 02h
Pri Master ARMD Emulated as Both Auto Auto 53h 18h
Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as Both Auto Auto 53h 60h
Sec Master ARMD Emulated as Both Auto Auto 54h 03h
Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as Both Auto Auto 54h 0Ch
USB ARMD Emulated as Both Auto Auto 54h 30h
1st Boot Device Both Floppy Floppy 55h 1Fh
2nd Boot Device Both IDE-0 IDE-0 56h 1Fh
3rd Boot Device Both CDROM CDROM 57h 1Fh
4th Boot Device Both Disabled Disabled 58h 1Fh
Try Other Boot Devices Both Yes Yes 52h 80h
Show Full Screen Logo Both Enabled Enabled 53h 80h
Display when PCI ROM Init Both Force BIOS Force BIOS 54h 40h
Floppy Access Control Both Read-Write Read-Write 54h 80h
Hard Disk Access Control Both Read-Write Read-Write 55h 20h
BootUp CPU Speed Both High High 11h 80h
Turbo Switch Both Disabled Disabled 13h 20h
Floppy Drive Swap Both Disabled Disabled 11h 20h
Floppy Drive Seek Both Disabled Disabled 11h 10h
BootUp Num-Lock Both On On 11h 01h
PS/2 Mouse Support Both Enabled Enabled 29h 40h
Typematic Rate Both Fast Fast 11h 04h
System Keyboard Both Absent Absent 14h 04h
Primary Display Both VGA/EGA VGA/EGA 14h 38h
Password Check Both Setup Setup 29h 10h
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Both Disabled Disabled 55h 40h
Interrupt Mode Both APIC APIC 6Fh 08h
MPS Version for OS Both 1.4 1.4 6Fh 04h
Parity Check Both Disabled Disabled 29h 08h
Boot To OS/2 Both No No 29h 80h
Wait For 'F1' If Error Both Enabled Enabled 11h 02h
Hit 'DEL' Message Display Both Enabled Enabled 11h 08h
CPU Selection Both Auto Auto 37h F0h
L1 Cache Both Enabled Enabled 56h 60h
L2 Cache Both Enabled Disabled 53h 03h
System BIOS Cacheable Both Disabled Disabled 55h 80h
VGA BIOS Shadow Both Cached Cached 57h 60h
C800,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 58h 60h
CC00,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 59h 03h
D000,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 59h 0Ch
D400,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 59h 30h
D800,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 59h C0h
DC00,16k Shadow Both Disabled Disabled 5Ah 03h


ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

Top Performance Both Disabled Disabled 57h 80h
Fast Command Both Normal Normal 5Ah 0Ch
Configure SDRAM by SPD Both Enabled Enabled 52h 01h
SDRAM Frequency Both Auto Auto 52h 06h
SDRAM CAS# Latency Both 2.5 2.5 52h 08h
Precharge to Active CMD Both 3T 3T 56h 80h
Active CMD to Precharge Both 7T 7T 58h 80h
Active to CMD Both 3T 3T 5Ah 10h
SDRAM Bank Interleave Both 4-Way 4-Way 52h 60h
SDRAM Burst Length Both 4 QW 4 QW 53h 04h
SDRAM Command Rate Both 2T Command 2T Command 52h 10h
AGP Mode Both 4x 2x 5Ah 60h
AGP Comp. Driving Both Auto Auto 5Ah 80h
Manual AGP Comp. Driving Both DA DA 5Ch FFh
AGP Fast Write Both Enabled Enabled 5Bh 02h
AGP Aperture Size Both 128MB 128MB 5Bh 1Ch
AGP Read Synchronization Both Disabled Disabled 5Bh 20h
PCI Delay Transaction Both Enabled Enabled 5Bh 40h
USB Controller Both All USB Port Disabled 5Dh 07h
USB Legacy Support Both Disabled Disabled 5Dh 18h
USB Port 64/60 Emulation Both Disabled Disabled 5Bh 80h
ClkGen for DDR/PCI Slots Both Enabled Disabled 5Dh 20h
ClkGen Spread Spectrum Both Enabled Enabled 5Dh 40h
SB Uplink CMD(4C) Both 82 82 5Eh FFh
Write Recovery TIME(55b0) Both 3T 3T 5Dh 80h
Dram Access Time(66b6) Both 3T 3T 5Fh 01h
Page Active(6bb6) Both Enabled Enabled 5Fh 02h
Burst Refresh(6bb5) Both Disabled Disabled 5Fh 04h
PCI MASTER Read Buf(70b2) Both Disabled Disabled 5Fh 08h
Probe Next Tag State(94b6) Both Disabled Disabled 5Fh 10h
P2C Pipeline(9Eb0) Both Disabled Disabled 5Fh 20h
MD HD 1T(9Fb7) Both Enabled Disabled 5Fh 40h
AGP Performance(ADb7) Both Enabled Disabled 5Fh 80h
MAA/MAB selsetion(RxBF) Both 8Eh 8Eh 5Bh 01h
DRAM Drive Strength Both Auto Auto 60h 01h
Reg(F0) Both 00 00 61h FFh
(Rx6C 7:6) Both 01 01 60h 06h
(Rx6C 5:4) Both 00 00 60h 18h

[dinozauru]

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

ACPI Aware O/S Both Yes Yes 60h 20h
ACPI Standby State Both S1/POS S1/POS 60h C0h
USB Device Wakeup From S3 Both Disabled Disabled 62h 01h
Re-Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming Both Enabled Enabled 62h 02h
Power Management/APM Both Enabled Disabled 62h 04h
Video Power Down Mode Both Suspend Disabled 62h 18h
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Both Stand By Disabled 62h 60h
Suspend Time Out (Minute) Both Disabled Disabled 63h 0Fh
Display Activity Both Ignore Ignore 62h 80h
IRQ3 Both Monitor Ignore 63h 10h
IRQ4 Both Monitor Ignore 63h 20h
IRQ5 Both Ignore Ignore 63h 40h
IRQ7 Both Monitor Ignore 63h 80h
IRQ9 Both Ignore Ignore 64h 01h
IRQ10 Both Ignore Ignore 64h 02h
IRQ11 Both Ignore Ignore 64h 04h
IRQ13 Both Ignore Ignore 64h 08h
IRQ14 Both Monitor Ignore 64h 10h
IRQ15 Both Ignore Ignore 64h 20h
Soft-Off by Power Button Both Instant Off Instant Off 64h 40h
AC Back Function Both Soft-Off Soft-Off 65h 03h
Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan Both Enabled Disabled 64h 80h
Resume On LAN Both Disabled Disabled 65h 04h
PME Event Wake Up Both Enabled Disabled 65h 08h
Keyboard Wakeup From Both S1(Suspend) S1(Suspend) 65h 30h
Wake-Up Key Both Any Key Any Key 66h 07h
Wake-Up Password Both N/A N/A 65h 40h
PS/2 Mouse Wakeup From Both S1(Suspend) S1(Suspend) 66h 18h
Resume On RTC Alarm Both Disabled Disabled 65h 80h
RTC Alarm Date Both 15 15 67h 1Fh
RTC Alarm Hour Both 12 12 68h 1Fh
RTC Alarm Minute Both 30 30 69h 3Fh
RTC Alarm Second Both 30 30 6Ah 3Fh


PCI/PnP SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

Reset Configuration Data Both Disabled Disabled 66h 20h
PCI Latency Timer Both 32 32 67h E0h
VGA Boot From Both AGP AGP 66h 40h
PCI VGA Palette Snoop Both Disabled Disabled 66h 80h
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Both Yes Yes 68h 20h
PCI IDE BusMaster Both Enabled Enabled 68h 40h
PCI Slot1/5 IRQ Priority Both Auto Auto 6Bh 0Fh
PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority Both Auto Auto 6Bh F0h
PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority Both Auto Auto 6Ch 0Fh
PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority Both Auto Auto 6Ch F0h


PERIPHERAL SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

OnBoard IDE Both Both Both 6Dh 07h
IDE1 Conductor Cable Both Auto Auto 69h C0h
IDE2 Conductor Cable Both Auto Auto 6Ah C0h
IDE Boot Delay(Sec.) Both Disabled Disabled 6Dh 78h
OnBoard FDC Both Auto Auto 6Eh 03h
OnBoard Serial Port1 Both Auto Auto 6Eh 1Ch
OnBoard Serial Port2 Both Auto Auto 6Eh E0h
Serial Port2 Mode Both Normal Normal 6Fh 30h
OnBoard CIR Port Both Disabled Disabled 6Fh C0h
CIR Port IRQ Both N/A N/A 70h 0Fh
OnBoard Parallel Port Both Auto Auto 70h 70h
Parallel Port Mode Both ECP ECP 71h 03h
Parallel Port IRQ Both Auto Auto 68h 80h
Parallel Port DMA Both Auto Auto 71h 0Ch
OnBoard MIDI Port Both 300 300 71h 70h
MIDI Port IRQ Both 5 5 72h 0Fh
OnBoard Game Port Both 200 200 72h 30h
*OnBoard LAN Both Disabled Disabled 6Dh 80h
* OnBoard LAN P.M.E Both Disabled Disabled 6Fh 01h
OnBoard AC'97 Audio Both Auto Auto 70h 80h
*OnBoard MC'97 Modem Both Auto Disabled 72h C0h
Codec Variable Rate Both Enabled Enabled 71h 80h
OnBoard Sound Chip Both Enabled Enabled 73h 01h
*OnBoard Lan Chip Both Enabled Enabled 73h 02h
OnBoard USB2.0 Chip Both Enabled Enabled 73h 04h
*OnBoard PROMISE Chip Both ATA ATA 73h 18h


HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP DEFAULTS
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(those marked '*' are not active)

Option Name Rights Optimal Failsafe CMOS Mask
Default Default Reg. Val.

Reset Case Open Status Both No No 73h 20h
Case Status Both Closed Closed 73h 40h
AGP Voltage Both 1.5 V 1.5 V 74h 03h
DDR Voltage Both 2.5 V 2.5 V 74h 0Ch
VCore Voltage Both Normal Normal 74h 30h
CPU Host Clock (Mhz) Both 133 By Hw 75h FFh
CPU Temp. Both 59°C/138°F 59°C/138°F 73h 80h
System Temp. Both 43°C/109°F 43°C/109°F 74h 40h
CPU Fan Speed Both 5273 RPM 5273 RPM 74h 80h
System Fan Speed Both 0 RPM 0 RPM 76h 01h
Vcore Both +1.856 V +1.856 V 76h 02h
Vtt Both +1.248 V +1.248 V 76h 04h
+ 3.300V Both +3.232 V +3.232 V 76h 08h
+ 5.000V Both +4.838 V +4.838 V 76h 10h
+12.000V Both +12.352 V +12.352 V 76h 20h
-12.000V Both -9.036 V -9.036 V 76h 40h
- 5.000V Both -2.790 V -2.790 V 76h 80h
5VSB Both +4.919 V +4.919 V 77h 01h

[dinozauru]

this is an interesting setting:
PCI latency timer (under PCI/PnP SETUP DEFAULTS)

increasing this setting to 64 will improve stability for Audigy owners

[GBR]

Running your modded F6 BIOS right now.....seems to run exactly the same as the F6...... PLUS, it has a few extra features !

Great job! Thanks

[dinozauru]

here is another nice feature:

in power management under 'Keyboard Wakeup From', set
Wake-Up Key=Specific key and then set 'Wake-Up Password' (max 5 characters)

if you remove the Power Button wires from mainboard, you'll have a very nice 'power-on' feature.
The system will power-on only if you type the password you've entered in the 'Wake-Up Password' field

[kostas]

How did you unhide the Bios settings?

Did you used amipcp?

Have you any suggestions about settings for 7vrx?
Thanks

[NOGO]

Thank's


will give it a try!!

[htwild1]

does your modded f6 work for ver 1.0?

thanks.

[eger]

thats pretty kickass, is there any type of modded bios for the GA-7VTX?

[dinozauru]

1. yes I used Amibcp v7.51.03
2. it should work on rev 1.0 too (Gigabyte didn't made different BIOS-es for diff. revisions)

[dinozauru]

Originally posted by eger
thats pretty kickass, is there any type of modded bios for the GA-7VTX?

send me your latest BIOS and I'll see what can I do

[dinozauru]

here is the F4 BIOS modded for 7VRXP users since some of them have experienced trouble booting/crashes ... while using F6

[link removed - go to the first post]

[RoadWarrior]

dinozauru, you are now officially my hero

Thanks very much for doing this, I was wanting more options in the BIOS to play with. I'm running F1 at the moment I think. I have been wanting 4 way interleave since I got the board.

I don't see anything to turn on AGP sideband addressing, is it in there? Is it possible?

I don't know if I'll be able to improve my performance and stability much at the moment though I think I have power issues
This is a great forum, just signed up, lots of VRX and VRXP users here.

Road Warrior

[sixgunzx2]

works like a champ....now only if we can have it shut down on high temps.........
i heard the next rev. will have this option....not sure if it can be done on a bios update...mod..??