User manual MSI KA780G V1.0

[. . . ] KA790GX/ KA780G/ KA780V Series MS-7551 (v1. X) Mainboard G52-75511X1 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. [. . . ] Quick Booting Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. Boot up Num-Lock LED This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to [On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. 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. 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. 3-8 BIOS Setup 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. W hen set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. CPU Feature Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: C1E Support To enable this item to read the CPU power consumption while idle. 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. On-chip VGA This item specifies whether to allocate the memory for onboard VGA from the system memory or sideport memory. Setting to [UMA+SIDEPORT], allocates both system memory and sideport memory for onbaord VGA. This setting controls the exact memory size shared to the onboard VGA. 3-9 M S-7551 M ainboard Onboard VGA Over Clock This item is used to enable/ disable the onboard VGA overclock. Onboard VGA Clock W hen Onboard VGA Over Clock is set to [Enabled], users can select the onboard VGA clock for overclocking. Boot Sequence Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: 1st/ 2nd Boot Device The items allow you to set the first/ second 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. Trusted Computing Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: TCG/TPM SUPPORT Setting the option to [Yes] enables TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to the system. [. . . ] 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. and press Enter to select it. 3. On the next screen, use the space key to choose a RAID mode (RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5) and use the arrow key to move to the Drives Assignments window. RAID 1 or 10 only. C-4 SATA RAID · Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications. [. . . ]