MSI Ms6728 Ver 1 Manual

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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...

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BIOS Setup
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, refreshing
may be incomplete and...

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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 (For 865G only)
The field specifies the size of system memory allocated for video memory.
Settings: Disabled, 1MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB. 

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BIOS Setup
Power Management Features
APCI Standby State
This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operat-
ing system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Win-
dows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR)
fashion through the setting of this field. Options are:
S1/POSThe S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system
context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all sys-
tem context.
S3/STRThe S3 sleep mode...

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driver to initialize the VGA card. Therefore, if the AGP driver of the card does
not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not
function after resuming from S3.
Power Management/APM
Setting to Enabled will activate an Advanced Power Management (APM)
device to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock. Settings:
Disabled, Enabled.
Suspend Time Out (Minute)
After the selected period of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU shut...

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BIOS Setup
FDC/LPT/COM Ports, Primary/Secondary Master/Slave IDE
These items specify if the BIOS will monitor the activity of the specifi\
ed
hardware peripherals or components. If set to Monitor, any activity
detected on the specified hardware peripherals or components will wake
up the system or prevent the system from entering the power saving
modes. Settings:  Monitor, Ignore .
Set WakeUp Events
Press  and the following sub-menu appears.
USB Device Wakeup From S3
This item allows the activity of...

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RTC Alarm Date/Hour/Minute/Second
If Resume By Alarm  is set to Enabled , the system will automatically resume
(boot up) on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fie\
lds.
Available settings for each item are: Alarm Date 01 ~ 31, Every Day
Alarm Hour 00 ~ 23
Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59
Alarm Second 00 ~ 59
Keyboard PowerOn Function
This controls how the PS/2 keyboard can power on the system.  Settings:
Any Key , Specific Key, Disabled .
Specific Key for PowerOn
This...

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BIOS Setup
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 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.
Clear NVRAM
The ESCD (Extended System...

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Init. Graphics Adapter Priority
This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Setting
options are:
Internal VGAThe system initializes the onboard VGA device.
(For 865G)
AGP/Int-VGAThe system initializes the installed AGP card first.
If an AGP card is not available, it will initialize the
onboard VGA device. (For 865G)
AGP/PCIThe system initializes the installed AGP card
first.  If an AGP card is not available, it will initial-
ize the PCI VGA card....

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BIOS Setup
IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15
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 ISA/EISA setting to it.
Onboard I/O is configured by AMIBIOS. All IRQs...