MSI K7n2 Delta 2 Manual

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)
for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes
0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In [Auto] mode, the
system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The settings
are: [Auto], [Mode 0], [Mode 1], [Mode 2], [Mode 3], [Mode 4].
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation...

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RAID Config
Press  to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
IDE RAID
This item is available for you to enable/disable the onboard IDE RAID function.
Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave RAID
This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for each
IDE hard disk drive. Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled].
SATA Primary/Secondary Master RAID
This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for each
SATA hard disk...

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AC97 Audio
[Auto] allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If an
audio device is detected, the onboard AC’97 (Audio Codec’97) controller will be
enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other
controller cards to connect an audio device. The settings are: [Auto], [Disabled].
MAC LAN (nVIDIA)
Setting to [Auto] allows the BIOS to auto-detect the nVIDIA LAN controller and
enable it. Setting options: [Auto] and [Disabled]....

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permits transmission in one direction only at a time. If no infrared port is
present in the system, select Disabled.
RxD, TxD Active
This setting controls the receiving and transmitting speed of the IR peripheral in
use. Setting options: [Hi,Hi], [Hi,Lo], [Lo,Hi], [Lo,Lo].
IR Transmission Delay
This setting determines whether the IR transmission rate will be delayed while
converting to receiving mode. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
UR2 Duplex Mode
This setting controls the...

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displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either [EPP 1.7] spec or
[EPP 1.9] spec can be chosen.
ECP Mode Use DMA
The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel port
with the ECP feature.  After selecting it, the following message will appear:
“ECP Mode Use DMA.” At this time, the user can choose between DMA channel
[3] or [1].
Primary Graphic’s Adapter
This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter.  Setting...

3-17 BIOS Setup
Power Management Setup
Sleep State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, you can choose to
enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this
field. Options are:
[S1 (POS)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state,
no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hard-
ware maintains all system context.
[S3 (STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power...

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Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
[V/H SYNC+Blank]This selection will cause the system to turn off the
vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write
blanks to the video buffer.
[Blank Screen]This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
[DPMS Support]Initial display power management signalling.
HDD  Power Down
If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field, the hard disk
drive will be...

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Day of Month Alarm
The field specifies the date for Power-On by Alarm. Settings: [0]~[31].
Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm
The field specifies the time for Power-On by Alarm. Format is 
.
POWER ON Function
This controls how the PS/2 mouse or keyboard can power on the system.  Settings:
[Password], [Hot KEY], [Mouse Left], [Mouse Right], [ANY KEY], [BUTTON ONLY],
[Keyboard 98].
KB Power ON Password
If POWER ON Function is set to Password, then you can set a password in the
field for the PS/2 keyboard...

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PNP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play)
feature.  PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O
devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communi-
cating with its special components.  This section covers some very technical items
and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes
to the default settings.
Resource Controlled By
The...

3-21 BIOS Setup
PCI/VGA  Palette  Snoop
When set to [Enabled], multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle
data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. Bit 5 of the
command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit
(0 is disabled). For example, if there are two VGA devices in the computer (one PCI
and one ISA) and the:
The setting must be set to [Enabled] if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires
VGA palette snooping.
MSI...