MSI K8mm3v Manual

							3-13 BIOS SetupPCI1/2 Master 0 WS Write
When [Enabled], writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states.
Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
PCI1/PCI2 Post Write
You can enable or disable the ability of the chipset to use a buffer for posted
writes initiated on the PCI bus. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
PCI Delay Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay trans-
actions cycles. Select [Enabled] to support compliance with PCI specification
version 2.1.
VLink Data Rate
Use this item to select the VLink Data Rate. Setting options: [8X], [4X]. 
						

							3-14MS-7181 Micro-ATX MainboardIntegrated Peripherals
AC97 Controller
Select [Enabled] if you intend to use the onboard audio AC97 controller. Disable the
controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device.
Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
Onboard LAN Control
This setting controls the onboard Intel LAN controller. Setting options:  [Enabled],
[Disabled].
Onboard LAN Option ROM
This item is used to decide whether to invoke the option ROM of the Onboard LAN
Chip. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
Onboard 1394 Controller
This setting controls the onboard 1394 device. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
USB Controller
Select [Enabled] if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and
you have USB peripherals. Setting options: [All Enabled], [All Disabled].
USB Device Legacy Support
Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 1.1/2.0 device in the operating system
that does not support or have any USB 1.1/2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO
Unix. Set to [Disabled] only if you want to use any USB device other than the USB
mouse. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled]. 
						

							3-15 BIOS SetupIDE Devices Configuration
Press  to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
OnChip SATA
This setting controls the onchip SATA. Setting options:  [Enabled], [Disabled].
SATA Mode
This item specify the mode for SATA devices. Setting options: [RAID], [IDE].
IDE DMA transfer access
Setting to [Enabled] will open DMA bus master and execute DMA action in DOS,
which will make the data transferring faster. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Choose [Enabled] to activate each channel separately. Settings:
[Enabled], [Disabled].
IO Devices Configuration
Press  to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
Onboard FDC Controller
Select [Enabled] if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has
no floppy drive, select [Disabled] in this field. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled].
COM Port1/ 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port1/ 2. Setting
options: [3F8/IRQ4], [2E8/IRQ3], [3E8/IRQ4], [2F8/IRQ3], [Disabled], [Auto]. 
						

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UART Mode Select
This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2. Setting
options: [IrDA], [ASKIR], [Normal].
NormalRS-232C Serial Port
IrDAIrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port
ASKIRAmplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port
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 operating mode of IR transmission/reception. Setting
options: [Full], [Half]. Under [Full] Duplex mode, synchronous, bi-directional trans-
mission/reception is allowed. Under [Half] Duplex mode, only asynchronous, bi-
directional transmission/reception is allowed.
Use IR Pins
Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD
and RxD signals.
Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides
Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:
[Disabled]
[3BC/IRQ7]Line Printer port 0
[278/IRQ5]Line Printer port 2
[378/IRQ7]Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port Mode
This field selects the operation mode for the onboard parallel port. Setting options:
[SPP]Standard Parallel Port
[EPP]Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP]Extended Capability Port
[ECP + EPP]Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
[Normal]
EPP Mode Select
The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the
onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will be dis-
played 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]. 
						

							3-17 BIOS SetupPower Management Setup
ACPI Function
This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management
Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 2000/
XP, select [Enabled]. Setting options: [Enabled] and [Disabled].
ACPI Standby State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating
system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR)
fashion through the setting of this field. Setting 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 hardware maintains all system
context.
[S3 (STR)]The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of
system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main
memory that remains powered while most other hardware compo
nents turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will
be used to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs.
[Auto]System auto arrange for ACPI function.
Re-Call VGA BIOS from S3
When ACPI Standby State is set to [S3/STR], users can select the options in this
field. Selecting [Yes] allows BIOS to call VGABIOS to initialize the VGA card when
system wakes up (resumes) from S3 sleep state. The system resume time is short-
ened when you disable the function, but system will need an AGP driver to initialize
the VGA card. Therefore, if the AGP driver of the card does not support the initializa-
tion feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after resuming from S3.
Options: [Auto], [Yes], [No].MSI Reminds You...
S3-related functions described in this section are available only when
your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. 
						

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Suspend Time Out (Minute)
If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field, all devices
except CPU will be shut off. Settings: [Disabled], [1], [2], [4], [8], [10], [20], [30], [40],
[50], [60].
Power Button Function
This feature sets the function of the power button. Settings are:
[Power Off]The power button functions as normal power off button.
[Suspend]When you press the power button, the computer enters the suspend/
sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds,
the computer is turned off.
Restore on AC/Power Loss
This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or
interrupt occurs. Available settings are:
[Off]Always leaves the computer in the power off state.
[On]Always leaves the computer in the power on state.
[Last State]Restores the system to the previous status before power
failure or interrupt occurred.
Wakeup Event Setup
Press  and the following sub-menu appears.
Resume From S3 By USB Device
The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3
(Suspend to RAM) sleep state. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
Resume From S3 By PS/2 KB
The item specifies how the system will be awakened from power saving mode
when input signal of the PS2 keyboard is detected. Use the  &
 keys to select the options. When selecting [Password], enter the
desired password. Setting options: [Password], [Hot Key].
Resume By PS/2 Keyboard
This setting only works Resume From S3 By PS/2 KB is set to [Hot Key]. This
setting specifies how the system will be awakened from power saving mode
when input signal of the keyboard is detected. Setting options: [Disable], [Ctrl+F1],
[Ctrl+F2],  [Ctrl+F3], [Ctrl+F4], [Ctrl+F5], [Ctrl+F6], [Ctrl+F7], [Ctrl+F8], [Ctrl+F9],
[Ctrl+F10], [Ctrl+F11], [Ctrl+F12], [Power], [Wake], [Any Key]. 
						

							3-19 BIOS SetupResume By PS/2 Mouse
The setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power
saving modes when input signal of the PS/2 mouse is detected. Setting options:
[Disabled], [Enabled].
Resume by PCI Device (PME#)
When setting to [Enabled], this setting allows your system to be awakened from
the power saving modes through any event on PME (Power Management Event).
Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
Resume by RTC Alarm
This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a
scheduled time/date from the S3, S4, and S5 power off state. Setting options:
[Disabled], [Enabled].
Date (of Month) Alarm
The field specifies the date for Resume by RTC Alarm. Settings: [0]~[31].
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm
The field specifies the time for Resume by RTC Alarm. Format is 
. 
						

							3-20MS-7181 Micro-ATX MainboardPNP/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 communicating 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.
Primary Graphics Adapter
This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Setting
options are:
[AGP]The system initializes the installed AGP card first.  If an AGP card is
not available, it will initialize the PCI VGA card.
[PCI Slot]The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first.  If a PCI VGA
card is not available, it will initialize the AGP card.
Wakeup Event Setup
Press  and the following sub-menu appears. 
						

							3-21 BIOS SetupIRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15
These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used.
The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available
IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS. The available IRQ
pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more IRQs must be removed from
the IRQ pool, the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an
[Reserved] setting to it. Onboard I/O is configured by AMIBIOS. All IRQs used by
onboard I/O are configured as [Available]. If all IRQs are set to [Reserved], and IRQ
14/15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE, IRQ 9 will still be available for PCI and PnP
devices. Available settings: [Reserved] and [Available].MSI Reminds You...
IRQ (Interrupt Request) lines are system resources allocated to I/O
devices. When an I/O device needs to gain attention of the operating
system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. After receiving the
signal, when the operating system is ready, the system will interrupt itself
and perform the service required by the I/O device. 
						

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Cool’n’Quiet control
This feature is especially desiged for AMD Athlon processor, which provides a CPU
temperature detecting function to prevent your CPU’s from overheading due to the
heavy working loading. Setting options: [Disabled], [Auto].H/W Monitor
This section shows the status of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. Monitor
function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard.MSI Reminds You...
1. For the purpose of ensuring the stability of CoolnQuiet function, it is
    always recommended to have the memories plugged in DIMM1.
2. To ensure that Cool’n’Quiet
    function is activated and will
   be working properly, it is re
   quired to double confirm that:
    - Run BIOS Setup, and se-
lect H/W Monitor. Under
H/W Monitor,find
Cool’n’Quiet control, and
set this item to “Auto.”
    - Enter Windows, and select
[Start]->[Settings]->[Control
Pannel]->[Power Options].
Enter Power Options
Properties tag, and select
Minimal Power Manage-
ment under Power
schemes.