MSI 865pe Neo2 V Manual
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3-6 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items inside STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu are divided into 9 categories. Each category includes none, one or more setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to modify and use the or keys to switch to the value you prefer. System Time This allows you to set the system time that you want (usually the current time). The time format is . System Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current...
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3-7 BIOS Setup Current Language This allows you to switch the language of BIOS. Setting options: English, China (Simplified Chinese), Chinese (Traditional Chinese), Japanese, Korea,. Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave Press PgUp/ or PgDn/ to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. Type Select how to define the HDD parameters Cylinders Enter cylinder number Heads Enter head number Write Precompensation...
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3-8 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled, Disabled. Boot Device Select Press to enter the sub-menu screen. Boot Device Priority: 1st/2nd/3rd The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system. The settings are: IDE-0The system will boot from the first HDD. IDE-1The system will boot from the...
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3-9 BIOS Setup ARMD-HDDThe system will boot from ARMD device, such as MO or ZIP drive, that functions as hard disk drive. CD/DVDThe system will boot from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. Legacy SCSIThe system will boot from the SCSI. Legacy NETWORK The system will boot from the Network drive. BBS-0The system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-1The system will boot from the second BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-2The system will boot from the third BBS...
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3-10 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Try Other Boot Device Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device. Full Screen LOGO Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Settings are: Enabled Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot. DisabledShows the POST messages at boot. S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis &...
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3-11 BIOS Setup OptionDescription SetupThe password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. Always A password prompt appears every time when the com- puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented. Setting options are described below. Boot To OS/2 This allows you to run the OS/2 ® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. When you choose No, you cannot run the OS/2® operating system with...
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3-12 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Option Description Disabled The specified ROM is not copied to RAM. Enabled The contents of specified ROM are copied to RAM for faster system performance. Cached The contents of specified ROM are not only copied to RAM, the contents of the ROM area can be writ- ten to and read from cache memory. APIC ACPI SCI IRQ This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in...
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3-13 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Setting... Press and to enter the sub-menu screen. Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM on the DRAM module. Setting to Enabled enables the following fields automatically to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD. Selecting Disabled allows users to configure these fields manually. MSI Reminds You... Change these settings only if you are familiar with...
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3-14 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard CAS# Latency This controls the timing delay (in clock cycles) before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it. Settings: 2, 2.5 (clocks). 2 (clocks) increases the system performance the most while 2.5 (clocks) provides the most stable performance. RAS# Precharge This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be allowed to precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, refresh may be...
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3-15 BIOS Setup dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256 MB. Internal Graphics Mode Select The field specifies the size of system memory allocated for video memory. Settings: Disabled, 1MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB.