User manual MSI G52-73761X1 V1.0

[. . . ] K9A2 Platinum Series MS-7376 (v1. X) Mainboard G52-73761X1 i Copyright Notice T he material in this doc ument is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-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. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] Setting to [Off] will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system. 3-8 BIOS Setup MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system. Chipset Feature Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: HPET The HPET (High Precision Event Timers) is a component that is part of the chipset. You can enable it, and it will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods. Port #02/03/11/12 High Speed Mode These items are used to define the PCIE 2. 0 or PCIE 1. 0 mode for PCIE x16 slots. Select "Disabled", all the PCIE x16 slots are compatible with PCIE 1. 0. Boot Sequence Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the first/ second/ third boot device where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. Boot From Other Device Setting the option to [Yes] allows the system to try to boot from other device. if the system fails to boot from the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd boot device. 3-9 M S-7376 M ainboard Integrated Peripherals 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. Onboard 2nd LAN Controller This item is used to enable/disable the onboard 2nd LAN controller. LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the 2nd LAN controller. Onboard IEEE1394 Controller This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. 3-10 BIOS Setup Extra RAID Controller (for Promise RAID) This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard extra RAID controller. Important If you intend to use a extra RAID function card, you have to disable the "Extra RAID Controller" item. HW HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the HD audio controller. On-Chip ATA Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu: PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. On-Chip SATA Controller (for SB600 RAID) These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. [. . . ] · Gigabyte Boundary, allows use of slightly smaller replacement drives. On the Drives Assignments window, use the arrow key to choose the hard drives which you want to make part of the LD, use the space key to change the assignment to "Y". A message will show up on the bottom, press any key to save the configuration or press [Ctrl-Y] to allocate the RAID capacity manually. Important 1. The default capacity is the full capacity of the selected hard drives. [. . . ]