User manual MSI MS-7151 V1.0

[. . . ] RX480 Neo2 MS-7151 (v1. X) ATX Mainboard English Version G52-M7151X1 i Manual Rev: 1. 0 Release Date: August 2005 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. [. . . ] Primary/Secondary/Third IDE M aster/Slave Fourth/Fifth/Sixth IDE Master Press <+> or <-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. Press <Enter> for the sub-menu of each item: 3- 6 BIOS Setup Device This item shows the information about the specified item. LBA/Large M ode This item allows you to enable or disable the LBA (Logical Block Address, the logical block size in hard disk) mode. DM A M ode This item allows you to enable or disable the DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode. Setting options: [Auto], [SW DMA0], [SW DMA1], [SW DMA2], [MW DMA0], [MW DMA1], [MW DMA2], [UDMA0], [UDMA1], [UDMA2], [UDMA3], [UDMA4], [UDMA5]. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S. M. A. R. T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed. Available options: [Disabled], [360 KB, 51/4], [1. 2 MB, 51/4], [720 KB, 3 1/2], [1. 44 MB, 3 1/2], [2. Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot. Available options are: [No Errors] The system doesn't stop for any detected error. [All, But Keyboard] The system doesn't stop for a keyboard error. 3- 7 M S-7151 ATX M ainboard System Information Press <Enter> to for the sub-menu of each item: Total System M emory/BIOS Version This item shows the memory status and BIOS version of your system (read only). **CPU Information** AM D Athlon(tm) 64 Processor/CPU ID/uCode ID The two items show the CPU related information of your system (read only). 3- 8 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features Quick Booting Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. Boot Sector Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses. W hen enabled, the BIOS' data cannot be changed when attempting to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you'll need to disable this Boot Sector Protection function. The only time when you need to disable it is when you want to update the BIOS. After updating the BIOS, you should immediately re-enable it to protect it against viruses. Boot to OS/2 This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM greater than 64MB. IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). [. . . ] Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of the text mode installation. Press `s' when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device, and insert the diskette or CD labelled `ATI SATARaid Driver Installation Disk'. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice of partition and file system. After setup has examined your drives, it will copy files to W indows installation folders and restart the system. [. . . ]