MSI Gaming 5 User Manual

 Important
The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance. Therefore, the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only.
The pictures in this chpater are for reference only and may vary from the product you purchased. Please refer to the actual screens of your system for detailed information.
Please clear the CMOS data and restore the default settings if the system becomes...

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Entering Setup
The default settings offer the optimal performance for system stability in normal conditions. You may need to run the Setup program when:
An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.You want to change the default settings for customized features.
 Important
Please clear the CMOS data and restore the default settings if the system becomes unbootable after changing BIOS...

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Overview
After entering BIOS, the following screen is displayed.
BIOS menu selection
Temperature monitor
Systeminformation
Boot device priority bar
Menu display
BIOS menu selection
Language
Virtual OC Genie Button
My Favorites 
BIOS menu selection
The following options are available:
SETTINGS - Uses this menu to specify the parameters for chipset and boot devices.OC - This menu contains the frequency and voltage adjustments. Increasing...

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Virtual OC Genie Button
Enables or disables the OC Genie function by clicking on this button. When enabled, this button will be light. Enabling OC Genie function can automatically overclock with MSI optimized overclocking profile. 
 Important
We recommend that you do not to make any modification in OC menu mode and do not to load defaults after enabling the OC Genie function.
Menu display
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Adding BIOS item to Favorite 1~5
Move the mouse cursor to highlight a BIOS setting item.
Right-click (or press "F2" key) and then choose a favorite menu (Favorite 1~5) to add the BIOS item.
Choose a favorite menu to add the BIOS item
Deleting BIOS item from Favorite 1~5
Move the mouse cursor to highlight a BIOS item on the Favorite 1~5 menu.
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Operation
You can control BIOS settings with the mouse and the keyboard. The following table lists and describes the hot keys and the mouse operations.
Hot keyMouseDescription

.Move the cursor
Select Item

Click/ Double-click the left button
Select Icon/ Field

Click the right button
Jump to the Exit menu or return to the previous from a submenu
Increase the numeric value or make changes
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
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Updating BIOS
Updating the BIOS with M-FLASH
Before updating
Please download the latest BIOS file that matches your motherboard model from MSI website. And then save the BIOS file into the USB flash disk.
 Important
Only the FAT32/ NTFS format USB flash disk supports updating BIOS by M-FLASH. 
Updating BIOS
Insert the USB flash disk that contains the BIOS update file into the computer.
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SETTINGS
System Status
System Date
Sets the system date. Use tab key to switch between date elements.
The format is    .
 Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.
  The month from Jan. through Dec. 
  The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
  The year can be adjusted by users. 
System Time
Sets the system time. Use tab key to switch between time elements. 
The time format is   . 
SATA Port
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Advanced
PCI Subsystem Settings
Sets PCI, PCI express interface protocol and latency timer. Press  to enter the sub-menu. 
CPU PCI-E Lane Configuration [Auto] 
It can help you conveniently and directly manage the configuration of the PCI-E lanes from CPU.  
PEGX - Gen X [Auto]
Sets PCI Express protocol for matching different installed devices. PEG0, PEG1, PEG2 are as first, second and third PCIe x16 slots. 
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Ipv6 PXE Support [Enabled]
When “Enabled”, the system UEFI network stack will support Ipv6 protocol. This item will appear when “Network Stack” is enabled.
[Enabled]  Enables the Ipv6 PXE boot support.
[Disabled]  Disables the Ipv6 PXE boot support.
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
Sets the operation mode of the onboard SATA controller. 
[Disabled]  Disables the SATA function.
[IDE Mode]  Specify the IDE mode for SATA storage devices.
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