User manual MSI MS6712 V2.X ATX

[. . . ] MSI MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6712 V2. X ATX Mainboard i 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. [. . . ] Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. Floppy Drive Swap Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A: and B:. Floppy Drive Seek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once. 3-10 BIOS Setup Primary Display This configures the primary subsystem in the computer. Available options: Mono (monochrome), CGA40x25, CGA80x25, VGA/EGA, Absent. Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented. Option Setup Always Description The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. Boot To OS/2 This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. When you choose No, you cannot run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. Internal Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. The setting controls the internal cache (also known as L1 or level 1 cache). System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. C000, 32k Shadow This item specifies how the contents of the adapter ROM named in the item are handled. Settings are described below: 3-11 KT3 Ultra2-C ATX Mainboard MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Option Disabled Enabled Cached Description The specified ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of specified ROM are copied to RAM for faster system performance. The contents of specified ROM are not only copied to RAM, the contents of the ROM area can be written to and read from cache memory. APIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs 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. [. . . ] If set to Setup, password prompt only occurs when you try to enter Setup. MSI Reminds You. . . About Supervisor Password & User Password: Supervisor password: Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu. User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menu. 3-29 KT3 Ultra2-C ATX Mainboard MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Load BIOS Setup Defaults This option on the main menu allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to BIOS Setup defaults. The BIOS Setup Defaults are the default values preset by the mainboard manufacturer for stable performance of the mainboard. [. . . ]