User manual MSI K9A2 NEO V1.0

[. . . ] K9A2 Neo Series MS-7388 (v1. X) Mainboard 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. 3-8 BIOS Setup 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. 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. CPU Feature Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: C1E Support W hen the C1E Support (Enhanced Halt Powerdown State) is enabled, the processor will transition to a lower core to bus ratio and lower voltage ID driven by the processor to the voltage regulator before entering Halt Powerdown State (C1). SVM Support SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) technology provides a set of hardware extensions designed to enable economical and efficient implementation of virtual machine systems. Generally speaking, hardware support falls into two complementary c ategories : v irtualiz ation s upport and s ec urity s upport. 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 to enable it, and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods. Boot Sequence Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: 3-9 M S-7388 M ainboard 1st Boot Device The items allow you to set the first 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. TPM Feature Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: TCG/TPM SUPPORT This field is used to enable or disable TPM (Trusted Platform Module). Execute TPM Command This field is used to enable(activate)/disable(deactivate) Command to TPM. TPM Enable/Disable status, TPM Owner Status These items show the status of TPM (read only). 3-10 BIOS Setup 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. ESATA Controller (optional) This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard ESATA controller. ESATA Option ROM (optional) This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the onboard ESATA. Onboard IEEE1394 Controller (optional) This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. [. . . ] On the next screen, use the space key to choose a RAID mode (RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1) and use the arrow key to move to the Drives Assignments window. RAID 1 or 10 only. B-4 SATA RAID · Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications. · 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". [. . . ]