User manual MSI MS-7552 V1.0

[. . . ] KA780GM Series MS-7552 (v1. X) Mainboard G52-75521X1 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. [. . . ] 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. 3-9 M S-7552 M ainboard 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 red 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 to enable it, and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods. On-chip VGA This item specifies the memory operating mode for onboard VGA. This setting controls the exact memory size shared to the onboard VGA. 3-10 BIOS Setup Surround view SURROUNDVIEW TM provides the power and convenience of multi-adapter, multimonitor support for computers that use an PCI Express ® -based graphics card in conjunction with ATI integrated graphics processors (IGPs). Onboard VGA Over Clock W hen set to [Enabled], the onboard VGA clock will be adjustable. Onboard VGA Clock W hen Onboard VGA Clock set to [Enabled], this item will allow you to adjust the onboard VGA clock. 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 This field is used to enable or disable TPM (Trusted Platform Module). 3-11 M S-7552 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. HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. 3-12 BIOS Setup On-Chip ATA Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. On-Chip SATA Controller These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. I/O Device Configuration Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: COM Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]