User manual MSI MS-6501 V1.X ATX VERSION 1.1

[. . . ] MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MSI K7D Master K7D Master-L MS-6501 (v1. X) ATX Mainboard Version 1. 1 G52-MA00571 i Manual Rev: 1. 1 Release Date: March 2002 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. [. . . ] Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives, choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice-versa. Boot Up Floppy Seek When this item is enabled during POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1. 2M and 1. Floppy Disk Access Control You can select R/W to read and add data to the floppy disk or Read Only to read data from the floppy disk. Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to select the power on state for NumLock. Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory. When the default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. When Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. 3-9 Chapter 3 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down. The settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The settings are: 250, 500, 750, 1000. Security Option This option allows you to select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. MPS Version Control For OS This option allows you to control the MPS version for OS. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM greater than 64MB. Video BIOS Shadow Shadowing is a technique used to increase a computer's speed by using highspeed RAM memory in place of slower ROM memory. This setting enables/ disables the video BIOS to shadow into memory area C0000-C7FFF. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item allows you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Settings are: Disabled (shows the POST messages at boot) and Enabled (shows a still logo on the full screen at boot). 3-10 AWARD® BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. [. . . ] IrDA (Infrared Data Association) A group of device vendors, including computer, component and telecommunications, who have developed a standard for transmitting data via infrared light waves. This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables. LAN (local area network) A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area, such as in a building or an enterprise. It is made up of servers, workstations, shared resources, a network operating system and a communications link. [. . . ]