User manual MSI MS-6534

[. . . ] MSI MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6534 Micro ATX Mainboard Version 1. 0 G52-MA00417 i Manual Rev: 1. 0 Release Date: August 2001 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. [. . . ] If both your hard drive and software support Ultra DMA 66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. USB Controller The item enables or disables the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports. USB Mouse/Keyboard Support Set to Enabled if your need to use an USB mouse/keyboard in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. AC'97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If the device is detected, the onboard AC'97 (Audio Codec'97) controller will be enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device. AC'97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used. If a modem is used, the onboard MC'97 (Modem Codec'97) controller will be enabled; if 3-16 AWARD® BIOS Setup not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem. Onboard/CNR LAN selection Use the item to enable or disable the onboard or external CNR LAN device. IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from the hard disk drive. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands or multiple sector read/write. Enabled enables IDE controller to use block mode; Disabled allows the controller to use standard mode. Floppy Controller The item is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller. Select Enabled when you have installed a floppy disk drive and want to use it. Serial Port A/B The items specify the base I/O port address and IRQ for the onboard Serial Port A (COM A)/Serial Port B (COM B). Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O port address. Serial Port B Mode The field allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port "COM B". Settings are: IrDA : IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR : Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Normal: RS-232C Serial Port RxD, TxD Active The item determines the active of RxD, TxD. Settings are "Hi, Hi", "Hi, Lo", "Lo, Hi" and "Lo, Lo". IR Transmission Delay The field enables or disables IR transmission delay function. [. . . ] Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password. When a password has been set, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. 4-28 AMI® BIOS Setup Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also have AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted. The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the PASSWORD CHECK option of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu. [. . . ]