User manual MSI 880GMA-E53 4.1

[. . . ] Realtek® is registered trademark of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation. JMicron® is registered trademark of JMicron Technology Corporation. Netware® is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Revision History Revision V2. 0 V2. 1 Revision History First release. For 760GM-P31/ 760GM-P35/ 785GM-P35/ 785GM-P45 For 880GMA-E53 Date December 2009 April 2010 Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. [. . . ] Primary Graphic's Adapter This setting specifies which graphic card is your primary graphics adapter. PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. When set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. HPET The HPET (High Precision Event Timers) is a component that is part of the chipset. You can to enable it, and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods. UMA Location This function is used to select the location of UMA to avoid overlaping with the other data blocks in system memory. TCG/TPM SUPPORT Setting the option to [Yes] enables TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to the system. 3-10 MS-7623 Integrated Peripherals Chapter 3 USB Controller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB 1. 1/ 2. 0 controller. USB Device Legacy Support Select [Enabled] if you need to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system. Onboard LAN Controller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller. LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the onboard LAN. HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. The setting of the field will automatically return to [Enabled] later. CPU Smart FAN Target The mainboard provides the Smart Fan function which can control the CPU fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range. If the current CPU fan temperature reaches to the target value, the smart fan function will be activated. It provides several sections to speed up for cooling down automatically. PC Health Status CPU/ System Temperature, CPU FAN/ SYS FAN 1 Speed, CPU Vcore, 3. 3V, 5V, 12V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/components such as CPU voltage, temperatures and all fans' speeds. 3-15 BIOS Setup Green Power CPU Phase Control When set to [Enabled], the hardware will auto adjust the CPU power phase according to the loading of CPU to reach the best power saving function. Motherboard LED Control This item is used to control the power phase LEDs of the motherboard. 3-16 MS-7623 BIOS SettIng PaSSwOrd Chapter 3 U-Key This item is used to enable/ disable USB driver device as a key. Make U-Key at This item is used to specify the USB driver device as a key. Change Supervisor Password This item is used to set the supervisor password. Change User Password This item is used to set the user password. 3-17 BIOS Setup Important Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. [. . . ] It needs at least four drives to form a RAID 10. AMD RAID RAID Configuration Creating and deleting RAID set and performing other RAID setting up operations are done in the RAID BIOS. During bootup, a screen similar to the one below will appear for about few seconds. Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild utility. Important Be sure to enable the RAID function for SATA device in BIOS before configuring the Fastbuild Utility. The FastBuild menu screen will appear. The Main Menu is used to choose the operation to be performed. B-2 MS-7623 View Drives Assignments This window displays the model number, capacities and assignment of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter. Appendix B Appendix B B-3 AMD RAID Define LD (Creating RAID) The selection of the RAID configuration should be based upon factors including performance, data security, and the number of drives available. [. . . ]