User manual SONY VPCEG18FX

[. . . ] No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without SONY's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in the use of this product, SONY provides the following types of documentations:  For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product.  For detailed product information, carefully read the User's Manual. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www. gigabyte. com Table of Contents Box Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 VPCEG18FX Motherboard Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 Installation Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Product Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Set the date following the weekday-month-day- year format. Set the system time following the hour-minute- second format. Display the current accessing level information. System Time Access Level BIOS Setup - 36 - 2-2 Advanced Menu The Advanced menu display submenu options for configuring the function of various hardware components. Select a submenu item, then press Enter to access the related submenu screen. - 37 - BIOS Setup 2-2-1 PCI Configuration PCI Express Slot 1/2/3/4 I/O ROM When enabled, This setting will initialize the device expansion ROM for the related PCI-E slot. Enable/Disable Onboard LAN #1/#2/#3/#4 controllers . Enable/Disable onboard LAN1 device and initialize device expansion ROM. When this item is set to enabled, PCI bus parity error (PERR) is generated and is routed to NMI. When this item is set to enabled, PCI bus system error (SERR) is generated and is routed to NMI. Set maximum playlooad for PCI Express Device or allow system BIOS to select the value. Options available: Auto/128 Bytes/256 Bytes/512 Bytes/1024 Bytes/2048 Bytes/4096 Bytes. Default setting is Auto. Onboard LAN1/2/3/4 Controller LAN1/2/3/4 Option ROM PERR Generation SERR Generation Maximum Playload BIOS Setup - 38 - 2-2-2 Trusted Computing TPM Support Select Enabled to activate TPM support feature. Energy Performance Bias is Intel CPU function. The larger value in MSR_ENERGY_PERFORMANCE_BIAS register, CPU will save more power but lose more performance. Note: This register will be changed by OS too if OS support it like Windows 2008 or newer Linux. Options available: Performance : Write value 0 into MSR_ENERGY_PERFORMANCE_BIAS Balanced Performance: Write value 7 into MSR_ENERGY_PERFORMANCE_BIAS Balanced Energy: Write value 11 into MSR_ENERGY_PERFORMANCE_BIAS Energy Efficient: Write value 15 into MSR_ENERGY_PERFORMANCE_BIAS Default setting is Balanced Performance. Select whether to enable the Intel Virtualization Technology function. VT allows a single platform to run multiple operating systems in independent partitions. Default setting is Enabled. Energy Performance Intel Virtualization Technology BIOS Setup - 42 - 2-2-3-1 CPU Power Management Configuration CPU Power Management Configuration Power Technology EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) Configure the power management features. Options available: Disable/Energy Efficient/Custom. Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Allows you to determine whether to let the CPU enter C3/C6 mode in system halt state. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to decrease power consumption. [. . . ] When enabled, this BIOS feature allows the ROM BIOS of those host adaptors to "capture" Interrupt 19 during the boot process so that drives attached to these adaptors can function as bootable disks. Default setting is Enabled. - 67 - BIOS Setup 2-7 Boot Manager The Boot manager menu allows you to specify the boot-up drive. BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive(s) specified is not bootable. Boot Override IBA GE Slot 0600 v1376 UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell Press Enter to configure the device as the boot-up drive. Press Enter to configure the device as the boot-up drive. BIOS Setup - 68 - 2-8 Exit Menu The Exit menu displays the various options to quit from the BIOS setup. Highlight any of the exit options then press Enter. Save Changes and Exit Saves changes made and close the BIOS setup. [. . . ]