MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Manual

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BIOS Setup3-3 BIOS Setup
Overview
After entering BIOS, the following screen is displayed.
BIOS menu 
selection
Temperature monitor
System
information
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 \
the frequency can...

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BIOS Setup3-5 BIOS Setup
 ▶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
This area provides BIOS setting items and information to be configured.
 
▶Boot...

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BIOS Setup3-5 BIOS Setup
Adding BIOS item to Favorite 1~5
1. Move the mouse cursor to highlight a BIOS setting item.
2.  Right-click (or press "F2" key) and then choose a favorite menu (Favo\
rite 1~5) to 
add the BIOS item.
Choose a favorite menu 
to add the BIOS item
Deleting BIOS item from Favorite 1~5
1. Move the mouse cursor to highlight a BIOS item on the Favorite 1~5 menu.\
2.  Right-click (or press "F2" key) and then click "Delete" to delete the \
BIOS item.
Click...

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BIOS Setup3-7 BIOS Setup
Operation
You can control BIOS settings with the mouse and the keyboard. The follo\
wing 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
 General Help
 Favorites assistant...

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BIOS Setup3-7 BIOS Setup
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
1.  Insert the USB flash disk that contains the BIOS update file into the computer.
2.  Restart the system, and then press "Del" key to enter the BIOS Setup...

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BIOS Setup3-9 BIOS Setup
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
Show the information of connected...

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BIOS Setup3-9 BIOS Setup
Advanced
 ▶PCI Subsystem Settings
Sets PCI, PCI express interface protocol and latency timer. Press  to enter the 
sub-menu. 
 
▶PCH PCI-E Lane Configuration [Auto]
It  can  help  you  conveniently  and  directly  manage  the  configuration  of  the  PCI-E 
lanes from PCH.  
 
▶PEG X - Gen X [Auto]
Sets PCI Express protocol for matching different installed devices. 
[Auto]  Enables all PCIe Gen1, Gen2 and Gen3. supports.
[Gen1]  Enables PCIe Gen1 support only.
[Gen2]  Enables...

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BIOS Setup3-11 BIOS Setup
 ▶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.
[AHCI Mode]  Specify the AHCI mode for SATA...

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BIOS Setup3-11 BIOS Setup
 
▶Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology [Disabled]
Intel® Rapid Start Technology lets the system resume from sleep mode quickly. This 
function is available when an SSD is installed.
[Enabled]   Enables Intel Rapid Start Technology.
[Disabled]   Disables Intel Rapid Start Technology.
 
▶Entry on S3 RTC Wake [Enabled]
Enables or disables to support S3 RTC wake up with Intel Rapid Start Technology.
This item will appear when “Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology” is \
enabled....

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BIOS Setup3-13 BIOS Setup
 ▶LakeTiny Feature [Disabled]
Enables or disables Intel Lake Tiny feature with iRST for SSD. This item appears 
when a installed CPU supports this function and "Intel C-State" is enabl\
ed.
[Enabled]  Enhance the dynamic IO load adjusted performance for accelerating 
the SSD speed.
[Disabled]  Disables this feature.
 
▶USB Configuration
Sets the onboard USB controller and device function. Press  to enter the sub-
menu. 
 
▶USB Controller [Enabled]
Enables or...