User manual MSI 880GM-E41

[. . . ] 880GM-E41 series MS-7623 (v2. x) Mainboard G52-76231XA Preface Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. MSI® is registered trademark of Micro-Star Int'l Co. , Ltd. Sound Blaster® is registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. [. . . ] HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. On-Chip ATA Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. 3-11 BIOS Setup OnChip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller. I/O Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: COM Port 1/ 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port. Parallel Port There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options: [Disabled] [3BC] Line Printer port 0 [278] Line Printer port 2 [378] Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Standard Parallel Port [EPP] Enhanced Parallel Port [ECP] Extended Capability Port [ECP + EPP] Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port [Bi-Directional] To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose [Normal]. To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously, choose [EPP]. By choosing [ECP], the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing [ECP + EPP] will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously. 3-12 MS-7623 Power Management Setup Chapter 3 Important S3-related functions described in this section are available only when the BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/ 2000/ ME/ XP, select [Enabled]. ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 2000/ XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system's context. [S3] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs. 3-13 BIOS Setup Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Settings are: [Off] Always leaves the computer in the power off state. [Last State] Restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Wake Up Event Setup Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears. Wake Up Event By Setting to [BIOS] activates the following fields, and use the following fields to set the wake up events. Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state. Resume From S3 By PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power saving modes when input signal of the PS/2 keyboard/ mouse is detected. Resume By PCI Device (PME#) When set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PME (Power Management Event). Resume By PCI-E Device When set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PCIE device. [. . . ] It is best to carefully consider the long-term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy. RAID sets can be created either automatically, or to allow the greatest flexibility, manually. Press the arrow keys to highlight an logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it. 3. On the next screen, use the space key to choose a RAID mode (RAID 0/ 1/ 10) and use the arrow key to move to the "Drives Assignments" window. B-4 MS-7623 Initialize logical drive, zero the disk drives. [. . . ]