User manual MSI 890FXA-GD70

[. . . ] 890FXA-GD70 seres MS-7640 (v1. x) Manboard G52-76401X4 Preface Copyrght Notce The materal n ths document s the ntellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care n the preparaton of ths document, but no guarantee s gven as to the correctness of ts contents. Our products are under contnual mprovement and we reserve the rght to make changes wthout notce. Trademarks All trademarks are the propertes of ther respectve owners. MSI® s regstered trademark of Mcro-Star Int'l Co. , Ltd. Realtek® s regstered trademark of Realtek Semconductor Corporaton. [. . . ] You want to change the default settngs for customzed features. BIOS Setup Enterng Setup Power on the computer and the system wll start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message dsappears before you respond and you stll wsh to enter Setup, restart the system by turnng t OFF and On or pressng the RESET button. You may also restart the system by smultaneously pressng <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. Important · The tems under each BIOS category descrbed n ths chapter are under contnuous update for better system performance. Therefore, the descrpton may be slghtly dfferent from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only. · Upon boot-up, the 1st lne appearng after the memory count s the BIOS verson. It s usually n the format: A7640AMS V1. X 040110 where: 1st dgt refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P = PHOENIX. 6th dgt refers to the chpset as I = Intel, N = NVIDIA, A = AMD and V = VIA. 040110 refers to the date ths BIOS was released. 3-2 MS-7640 Control Keys <> <> <> <> <Enter> <Esc> <+/PU> <-/PD> <F1> <F6> <F8> <F10> Move to the prevous tem Move to the next tem Move to the tem n the left hand Move to the tem n the rght hand Select the tem Jumps to the Ext menu or returns to the man menu from a submenu Increase the numerc value or make changes Decrease the numerc value or make changes General Help Load Optmzed Defaults Load Fal-Safe Defaults Save all the CMOS changes and ext Chapter 3 Gettng Help After enterng the Setup menu, the first menu you wll see s the Man Menu. Man Menu The man menu lsts the setup functons you can make changes to. The on-lne descrpton of the hghlghted setup functon s dsplayed at the bottom of the screen. Sub-Menu If you find a rght ponter symbol (as shown n the rght vew) appears to the left of certan fields that means a sub-menu can be launched from ths field. You can use arrow keys ( ) to hghlght the field and press <Enter> to call up the sub-menu. Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field wthn a sub-menu. If you want to return to the man menu, just press the <Esc >. General Help <F1> The BIOS setup program provdes a General Help screen. The Help screen lsts the approprate keys to use and the possble selectons for the hghlghted tem. Press <Esc> to ext the Help screen. 3-3 BIOS Setup The Man Menu Standard CMOS Features Use ths menu for basc system configuratons, such as tme, date etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use ths menu to setup the tems of the BIOS specal enhanced features. Integrated Perpherals Use ths menu to specfy your settngs for ntegrated perpherals. Power Management Setup Use ths menu to specfy your settngs for power management. Cell Menu Use ths menu to specfy your settngs for frequency/voltage control and overclockng. 3-4 MS-7640 M-Flash Use ths menu to read/ flash the BIOS from storage drve (FAT/ FAT32 format only). Overclockng Profile Use ths menu to save/ load your settngs to/ from CMOS for BIOS. Load Fal-Safe Defaults Use ths menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance. [. . . ] It s best to carefully consder the long-term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy. RAID sets can be created ether automatcally, or to allow the greatest flexblty, manually. Use the space key to choose a RAID mode (RAID 0/ 1/ 10/ 5) and use the arrow key to move to the "Drves Assgnments" wndow. B-4 MS-7640 Strpe Block Sze, the default 64KB s best for most applcatons. On the Drves Assgnments wndow, use the arrow key to choose the hard drves whch you want to make part of the LD, use the space key to change the assgnment to "Y". [. . . ]