User manual MSI MS-7380 PLATINUM REV V1.0 - 12-2007

[. . . ] P7N SLI Platinum Series MS-7380 (v1. X) Mainboard G52-73801X1 i Copyright Notice T he material in this doc ument is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-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. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] Control/ FSB Clock/ Memory Clock are the items for you to overclock the CPU and the Memory. Please refer to the descriptions of these fields for more information. Important This motherboard supports overclocking greatly. However, please make sure your peripherals and c omponents are bearable for s ome spec ial s e ttin gs . Any ope rat ion tha t ex c ee ds p rod uc t s pec ific ation is n ot recommended. Any risk or damge resulting from improper operation will not be under our product warranty. Two ways to save your system from failed overclocking. . . Reboot 1. Press the Power button to reboot the system three times. Please note that, to avoid electric current to affect other devices or components, we suggest an interval of more than 10 seconds among the reboot actions. 2. At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed and restore the default settings automatically. Please press any key to boot the system normally when the following message appears on screen. The previous performance of overclocking is failed, and the system is restored to the defaults setting. Please press any key to continue. . . Clear CM OS - Please refer to "chapter 2" for more information about how to clear CMOS data. 3-22 BIOS Setup USER SETTINGS Save Settings 1/ 2 These items are used to save the settings set by yourself to CMOS. Load Settings 1/ 2 These items are available after you save your settings in Save Settings 1/ 2 items , and are used to load the settings from CMOS. 3-23 M S-7380 M ainboard Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance. W hen you select Load Fail-Safe Defaults, a message as below appears: Selecting [Ok] and pressing Enter loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal system performance. W hen you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Selecting [Ok] and pressing Enter loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance. 3-24 BIOS Setup BIOS Setting Password W hen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Retype the password and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To clear a set password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password. [. . . ] If you do not want to apply the adjustments, click the Cancel button to cancel. Or click the Default button to restore the default values. On the underside, it shows the graphs of the clocks. Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown. Important In the user profile, clicking the Save button can save the changes to it. In the default profile, the Save button is not available. D-6 Dual Core Center Voltage In the Voltage sub-menu, you can see voltage status (including Vcore, memory, GPU voltage. . . [. . . ]