User manual MATSONIC MS5120

[. . . ] MS-5120 Mainboard Manual Ver 1. 0 Trademarks Acknowledgment The information presented in this publication has been carefully reviewed; however, no responsibility is assumed for any inaccuracy. Specifications are subject to change without notice. IBM, AT, XT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc. Intel, Pentium, and Triton are trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] Boot Up System Speed Allows to selection the boot up at high or low system speed. Gate A20 Option When Fast, allows the A20G bus line signal generated from the chipset to directly pass to port 92H, instead of the keyboard controller. It will speed up the system performance. The options are: Fast (Default), Normal. 18 Award BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Setting The term typematic means that when a keyboard key is held down, the character is repeatedly entered until the key is released. When this item is enabled, you may change the typematic repeat rate. The options are: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate of a character repeat when the key is held down. The options are: 6 (Default), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time before a character is repeated. The options are: 250 (Default), 500, 750, and 1000 millisecond. Security Option Allows you to set the security level of the system. The options are: Setup (Default), System. IDE Second Channel control Allows you to enable or disable the IDE secondary channel PS/2 mouse function control Allows you to enable or disable PS/2 mouse function Assign IRQ VGA Choose enable or disable, to assign IRQ for VGA Card. 19 MS5120 Mainboard Manual Video BIOS Shadow When enabled, allows the BIOS to copy the video ROM code of the add-on video card to the system memory for faster access. The options are: Enabled (Default), Disabled. C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFFF Shadow When enabled, allows the BIOS to copy the BIOS ROM code of the add-on card to system memory for faster access. It may improve the performance of the add-on card. Some add-on cards will not function properly if its BIOS ROM code is shadowed. To use these options correctly, you need to know the memory address range used by the BIOS ROM of each add-on card. The options are Enabled and Disabled (Default). Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup is used to control the values of the chipset register. These registers control most of system options in the computer. Auto configuration Video BIOS Cacheable System BIOS Cacheable Cache Timing DRAM Timing Control Reduce DRAM Leadoff Cycle : : : : : : Disable Disable Disable Fast Normal Disable The first six items are optimal setting for this motherboard, you should not change them unless you are familiar with the Intel chipset. 20 Award BIOS Setup Power Management Setup Power Management When enabled, allows you to use Power Management features. The options are: Enabled and Disabled (Default). [. . . ] The options are: 378H/IRQ7 (Default), 278H/IRQ5, 3BCH/IRQ7, Disabled. 27 MS5120 Mainboard Manual Onboard Parallel Mode Allows you to connect with an advanced printer I/O mode. The options are: SPP (Default), EPP, ECP, ECP/EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Allows you to select DMA channel 3 or 1 for the ECP printer mode. Parallel Port EPP Type Allows you to select the EPP parallel port. Supervisor/User Password To enable the Supervisor/User passwords, select the item from the Standard CMOS Setup. [. . . ]