User manual MSI 870A-G55 V5.1

[. . . ] 870A-G55 / 870U-G55 seres MS-7599 (v5. x) Manboard G52-75991XQ Preface Copyrght Notce The materal n ths document s the ntellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care n the preparaton of ths document, but no guarantee s gven as to the correctness of ts contents. Our products are under contnual mprovement and we reserve the rght to make changes wthout notce. Trademarks All trademarks are the propertes of ther respectve owners. MSI® s regstered trademark of Mcro-Star Int'l Co. , Ltd. NVIDIA® s regstered trademark of NVIDIA Corporaton. [. . . ] The only tme when you need to dsable t s when you want to update the BIOS. After updatng the BIOS, you should mmedately re-enable t to protect t aganst vruses. Full Screen Logo Dsplay Ths tem enables ths system to show the company logo on the boot-up screen. Settngs are: [Enabled] Shows a stll mage (logo) on the full screen at boot. [Dsabled] Shows the POST messages at boot. 3-8 MS-7599 Quck Bootng Settng the tem to [Enabled] allows the system to boot wthn 10 seconds snce t wll skp some check tems. Boot Up Num-Lock LED Ths settng s to set the Num Lock status when the system s powered on. Settng to [On] wll turn on the Num Lock key when the system s powered on. Settng to [Off] wll allow users to use the arrow keys on the numerc keypad. IOAPIC Functon Ths field s used to enable or dsable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to complance wth PC2001 desgn gude, the system s able to run n APIC mode. Enablng APIC mode wll expand avalable IRQ resources for the system. MPS Table Verson Ths field allows you to select whch MPS (Mult-Processor Specficaton) verson to be used for the operatng system. You need to select the MPS verson supported by your operatng system. To find out whch verson to use, consult the vendor of your operatng system. PCI Latency Tmer Ths tem controls how long each PCI devce can hold the bus before another takes over. When set to hgher values, every PCI devce can conduct transactons for a longer tme and thus mprove the effectve PCI bandwdth. For better PCI performance, you should set the tem to hgher values. HPET The HPET (Hgh Precson Event Tmers) s a component that s part of the chpset. You can to enable t, and wll provde you wth the means to get to t va the varous ACPI methods. TCG/TPM Support Settng the opton to [Yes] enables TPM (Trusted Platform Module) for the system. Chapter 3 3-9 BIOS Setup Integrated Perpherals USB Controller Ths settng allows you to enable/dsable the onboard USB 1. 1/ 2. 0 controller. USB Devce Legacy Support Select [Enabled] f you need to use a USB-nterfaced devce n the operatng system. Onboard LAN Controller Ths settng allows you to enable/dsable the onboard LAN controller. [. . . ] In the [Topology] pane, scroll to "Vrtual Dsk" (VD 0: XXXX), and press Enter to select. Scroll to "Rebuld" and press Enter to configure the rebuld process. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Topology HBA 0: Marvell 0 Vrtual Dsks VD 0: MRAID1 PD 8: ST3750330MS [Delete] Free Physcal Dsks [Rebuld] PD 0: ST3750XXX Informaton ID Namd Status Strpe Sze RAID Mode Sze BGA Status Number of PDs Members : : : : : : : : : 0 MRAID1 Degrade 64K RAID1 953344MB N/A 2 08 Appendx C Appendx C 4. Scroll through the lst of free dsks, and press Space to select a replacement physcal dsk. [. . . ]