User manual MSI MS-6534 MICRO ATX MAINBOARD

[. . . ] MSI MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6534 Micro ATX Mainboard Version 1. 0 G52-MA00417 i Manual Rev: 1. 0 Release Date: August 2001 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. [. . . ] If the device is detected, the onboard AC'97 (Audio Codec'97) controller will be enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device. AC'97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used. If a modem is used, the onboard MC'97 (Modem Codec'97) controller will be enabled; if 3-16 AWARD® BIOS Setup not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem. Onboard/CNR LAN selection Use the item to enable or disable the onboard or external CNR LAN device. IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from the hard disk drive. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands or multiple sector read/write. Enabled enables IDE controller to use block mode; Disabled allows the controller to use standard mode. Floppy Controller The item is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller. Select Enabled when you have installed a floppy disk drive and want to use it. Serial Port A/B The items specify the base I/O port address and IRQ for the onboard Serial Port A (COM A)/Serial Port B (COM B). Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O port address. Settings: Disabled, 3F8/ IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 and Auto. Serial Port B Mode The field allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port "COM B". Settings are: IrDA : IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR : Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Normal: RS-232C Serial Port RxD, TxD Active The item determines the active of RxD, TxD. Settings are "Hi, Hi", "Hi, Lo", "Lo, Hi" and "Lo, Lo". IR Transmission Delay The field enables or disables IR transmission delay function. Settings: En3-17 Chapter 3 abled and Disabled. IR Duplex Mode The field specifies a duplex value for the IR device connected to COM B. Full Duplex mode permits silmutaneous two-direction transmission. Half Duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. [. . . ] A message as below will appear on the screen. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1. 41 (C)1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING (Shift)F2 : Change Color F10 : Save & Exit SAVE to CMOS and EXIT(Y/N)?Y INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP ESC : Quit : Select Item F5 : Old Values F7 : Load Fail Safe Defaults Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP Typing Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to RTC CMOS. Typing N will return to the Setup Utility. 4-31 Chapter 4 Exit Without Saving When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandon the changes. [. . . ]