User manual MSI MS-7528 V1.0

[. . . ] G31M3 series MS-7528 (v1. X) Mainboard G52-75281X1 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. [. . . ] [Fixed] mode, a fixed-size fragment of the system memory is allocated to the graphics core. [DVMT] mode, the driver of the graphics core uses the system memory like any other OS component or application does. DVMT/FIXED Memory Specify the size of DVMT memory to allocate for video memory. Boot Sequence Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu: 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th Boot Device The items allow you to set the first/ second/ third boot device where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. 3-10 BIOS Setup 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: TCG/TPM SUPPORT This setting allows you to enable/disable the TCG/TPM. Excute TPM Command This item allows you to enable or disable the TPM security chip. Clearing the TPM This item allows you to clear the user information saved in the TPM security chip. W hen you press <Enter>, a warning message will appear to ask if you want to clear the user information in the security chip. Use the left / right arrow key to select between [OK] and [Cancel], then press <Enter> to confirm your choice. TPM Owner Status This item is not configurable. 3-11 M S-7528 M ainboard Integrated Peripherals USB Controller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB controller. USB Device Legacy Support Select [Enabled] if you need to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system. Onboard LAN Controller This item is used to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller. LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN controller. Onboard IEEE1394 Controller This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. On-Chip ATA Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu: On-Chip IDE Controller These items allow users to enable or disable the IDE controller. PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. 3-12 BIOS Setup On-Chip SATA Controller These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. RAID M ode This item is used to enable/disable the RAID function for SATA devices. I/O Device Configuration Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu: COM Port 1/2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port. Parallel Port There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options: [Disabled] [3BC] Line Printer port 0 [278] Line Printer port 2 [378] Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port M ode This item allows you to select the parallel port mode. 3-13 M S-7528 M ainboard Power Management Setup Important S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. [. . . ] The most typical strip size settings are: 4KB: For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB: For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB: Best for sequential transfers 32KB: Good for sequential transfers 64KB: Good general purpose strip size 128KB: Best performance for most desktops and workstations (2) Select the source disk Then select the source disk that you wish to use and then click "--->" to move it to the Selected field. It is very important to note which disk is the source disk (the one containing all of the information to be migrated) and which one is the target disk. On a RAID Ready system, this can be determined by making a note during POST of which port (e. g. You can also use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of the drive that contains all the data. B-18 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to the Selected field. [. . . ]