User manual MSI Z87-GD65

[. . . ] Preface Z87-GD65 GAMING Motherboard G52-78451X3 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-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. Preface Trademarks All trademarks in this manual are properties of their respective owners. [. . . ] The button will lock remain depressed until it is pushed again to disable OC Genie. On the next boot, the OC Genie utility will automatically overclock the CPU settings to optimal performance values. To disable OC Genie, power off the system and press the OC Genie button again. The button will depress and the CPU configuration settings will return to normal values. English O CE N I E G OC NIE GE On Off Important • This motherboard provides two ways to enable OC Genie: press the physical OC Genie button on the motherboard, or click the virtual OC Genie button in BIOS. You can specify how OC Genie to be enabled by using the "OC Genie Function Control" item in BIOS. € Please install DDR3 1333 or faster memory and equip a better heatsink/cooler to use the OC Genie function. € We do not guarantee the OC Genie overclocking range or the damages/risks caused by overclocking behavior. Please refer to the BIOS section of the manual for instructions on how to turn off OC Genie from the BIOS. En-26 POWER1: Power Button This button is used to turn-on and turn-off the system. Res et FASTB1: GO2BIOS Button If you enable the "MSI Fast Boot" feature in BIOS, the keyboard will be unavaiable and entering BIOS Setup by pressing DEL will not function. Therefore, you can press this button to enter BIOS Setup after reboot. En-27 English Jumpers JBAT1: Clear CMOS Jumper There is CMOS RAM onboard that is external powered from a battery located on the motherboard to save system configuration data. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot into the operating system (OS) every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system configuration, set the jumpers to clear the CMOS RAM. 1 1 English Important Keep Data Clear Data You can clear the CMOS RAM by shorting this jumper while the system is off. Do not clear the CMOS RAM while the system is on because it will damage the motherboard. en-28 Switch MULTI BIOS SWITCH: Multi-BIOS Switch This motherboard has two built-in BIOS ROMs (Labeled A and B , default BIOS ROM is A). If one is crashed, you can shift to the other for booting by sliding the switch. In addition, these two BIOS ROMs do not have the Auto Recovery feature, you need to maintain or update the BIOS version by yourself. Blue LED Green LED A B BIOS recovery using the M-flash utility: 1. Boot up the system with the operational BIOS ROM by switching the Multi-BIOS switch. [. . . ] – Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled] Enables or disables the Intel adaptive thermal monitor function to protect the CPU from overheating. [Enabled] Throttles down the CPU core clock speed when the CPU is over the adaptive temperature. [Enabled] Detects the idle state of system and reduce CPU power consumption accordingly. En-45 English ▶ C1E Support [Disabled] Enables or disables the C1E function for power-saving in halt state. [. . . ]