User manual MSI K9A2GM V1.0

[. . . ] K9A2GM / K9A2VM MS-7501 (V1. X) Mainboard G52-75011X1 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. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] Quick Booting Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. Boot Up Num-Lock LED This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to [On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. Setting to [Off] will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ 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. 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-7501 M ainboard Password Check This setting appears only when the BIOS Setting Password (p. It specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. W hen set to [System], the password is required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to [BIOS], password prompt only occurs when you try to enter Setup. 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 SVM Support SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) technology provides a set of hardware extensions designed to enable economical and efficient implementation of virtual machine systems. Generally speaking, hardware support falls into two complementary categories: virtualization support and security support. Chipset Feature HPET The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) was developed jointly by Intel and Microsoft to meet the timing requirements of multimedia and other time-sensitive applications. 3-10 BIOS Setup In addition to extending the capabilities and precision of a system, the HPET also improves system performance. Boot Sequence 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the first 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 TCG/TPM Support This setting controls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) designed by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). [. . . ] RAID 1 or 10 only. B-4 SATA RAID · Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications. · Gigabyte Boundary, allows use of slightly smaller replacement drives. On the Drives Assignments window, use the arrow key to choose the hard drives which you want to make part of the LD, use the space key to change the assignment to "Y". A message will show up on the bottom, press any key to save the configuration or press [Ctrl-Y] to allocate the RAID capacity manually. Important 1. [. . . ]