User manual MSI P43 NEO3 V2 V2.0

[. . . ] AMD, AthlonTM, AthlonTM XP, ThoroughbredTM, and DuronTM are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PS/2 and OS ® /2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. W indows ® 95/98/2000/NT /XP/Vis ta are regis tered trademarks of Mic rosof t Corporation. [. . . ] (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. Important IDE Master/ Slave, SATA 1~6 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connectors on the mainboard. Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options: [Not install], [360KB, [1. 2MB], [720KB], [1. 44MB], [2. 88MB]. 3-7 M S-7519 M ainboard Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot. W hen the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then automatically resume its operation. Available options are: [All Errors] The system stops when any error is detected. System Information Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears. This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your system (read only). 3-8 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features BIOS Flash 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 Flash BIOS 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. Trusted Computing Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: TCG/TPM SUPPORT Setting the option to [Yes] enables TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to the system. Execute TPM Command Setting the option to [Enable] allows the system to execute TPM Command. TPM Enable/Disable status, TPM Owner Status These items show the status of TPM (read only). 3-11 M S-7519 M ainboard Intel Robson Configuration Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Intel Robson This item is used to enable/ disable Intel Robson technology. Intel Robson technology is turbo memory technology that can let the users to enable operation system without accessing hard disk frequenctly. This boot up way can promote 20% speed and promote the speed of the large application program two times that can speed up the enable time and reduce power consumption. 3-12 BIOS Setup 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 1st 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. Extra IDE Controller This item allows you to enable/disable the Extra IDE controller. HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. [. . . ] Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users' PC runs huge amount of data, like 3D games or video process, and the mainboard/ graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance. There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button (include increase rate and decrease rate buttons), to select the DOT level, then you have to click the DOT button to apply the DOT function. DOT FSB-UP Rate button DOT FSB-DOWN Rate button Important Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make sure that your CPU can afford to overclock regularly first. If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's better to lower the level of overclocking options. [. . . ]