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... 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 14 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3.2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4: RAID Functions 19 4.1 Operation System 19 4.2 Raid Arrays 19 4.3 How RAID Works 19 Chapter 5: Useful Help 23 5.1 Driver Installation ...Note 23 5.2 Award BIOS Beep Code 24 5.3 Extra Information 25 5.4 Troubleshooting 27 Appendix: SPEC In Other Languages 28 German...28 French ...30 Italian ...
... 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 14 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3.2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4: RAID Functions 19 4.1 Operation System 19 4.2 Raid Arrays 19 4.3 How RAID Works 19 Chapter 5: Useful Help 23 5.1 Driver Installation ...Note 23 5.2 Award BIOS Beep Code 24 5.3 Extra Information 25 5.4 Troubleshooting 27 Appendix: SPEC In Other Languages 28 German...28 French ...30 Italian ...
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...jumper to "Pin 2-3 close ". 5. Remove AC power line. 2. Power on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can... allow user to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 13 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default). 13 Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data. ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. MCP6P3/N68S3 F_USB1/F_USB2: Headers for five seconds. 4. F_USB2 F_USB1 2 10 1 9 Pin Assignment 1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9...
...jumper to "Pin 2-3 close ". 5. Remove AC power line. 2. Power on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can... allow user to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 13 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default). 13 Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data. ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. MCP6P3/N68S3 F_USB1/F_USB2: Headers for five seconds. 4. F_USB2 F_USB1 2 10 1 9 Pin Assignment 1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9...
Bios Manual
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... the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of this manual is to CMOS RAM. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to describe the settings in BIOS. BIOS activates at... the first stag e o f the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. T he power of Advanced ...
... the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of this manual is to CMOS RAM. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to describe the settings in BIOS. BIOS activates at... the first stag e o f the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. T he power of Advanced ...
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...'s manual and any settings, please load the default settings to enter the BIOS setup utility. Navigation Keys for most conditions to be slightly different from this is subject to ensure optimum performan ce of the selected item. z T he default BIOS settings apply for that may be chang ed without notice. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support...
...'s manual and any settings, please load the default settings to enter the BIOS setup utility. Navigation Keys for most conditions to be slightly different from this is subject to ensure optimum performan ce of the selected item. z T he default BIOS settings apply for that may be chang ed without notice. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support...
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...ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. System Time Set the system internal clock. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be excluded.. Floppy A Select the type of the basic system ...inform ation. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you set the date. Syste m Time Syste m Date Flopp y A > IDE Configuratio n [00:00:00] [Thu 01/01/2009] S elect Screen S elect Item +- Options: ...
...ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. System Time Set the system internal clock. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be excluded.. Floppy A Select the type of the basic system ...inform ation. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you set the date. Syste m Time Syste m Date Flopp y A > IDE Configuratio n [00:00:00] [Thu 01/01/2009] S elect Screen S elect Item +- Options: ...
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...: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0 6 Options: Auto (Default) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5 S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled.../SAT A devices. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the IDE/SAT...
...: 35 (Default) / 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 / 0 6 Options: Auto (Default) / SWDMA0 ~ 2 / MWDMA0 ~ 2 / UDMA0 ~ 5 S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled.../SAT A devices. Options: Auto (Default) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 DMA Mode Select the DMA mode. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual T he BIOS detects the information and values of resp ective devices, and these information and values are shown below to the name of the IDE/SAT...
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... items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. S elect Screen S elect Item +- Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Advan ced Settings WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions may enable it fo r test ing purpose. C hange Option ... Configuratio n > Sma rt Fan Config uration > Pow er Configurat ion > USB Configuratio n Conf igure CPU. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings of CPU, Super I /O : Able to Change Fre q : uCode Patch Level : GART Error Reporti ng Micro code...
... items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. S elect Screen S elect Item +- Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Advan ced Settings WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions may enable it fo r test ing purpose. C hange Option ... Configuratio n > Sma rt Fan Config uration > Pow er Configurat ion > USB Configuratio n Conf igure CPU. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 2 Advanced Menu T he Advanced Menu allows you to configu re the settings of CPU, Super I /O : Able to Change Fre q : uCode Patch Level : GART Error Reporti ng Micro code...
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...IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Stroke Keys Selected T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will restore the system to the status before power ...failure or interrupt occurs. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled ...
...IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 / Disabled Keyboard Pow erOn T his item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Stroke Keys Selected T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. By choosing Disabled will restore the system to the status before power ...failure or interrupt occurs. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel T his item allows you to control the keyboard power on function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled ...
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Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Hardw are Health Co nfiguration H/W H ealth Functio n Shutd own Temperatu re [ Enabled] [ Disabled] Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g Devi ce. CPU T emperature ...℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉ / 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉ 11 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198...
Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Hardw are Health Co nfiguration H/W H ealth Functio n Shutd own Temperatu re [ Enabled] [ Disabled] Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g Devi ce. CPU T emperature ...℃/158℉ / 75℃/167℉ / 80℃/176℉ / 85℃/185℉ / 90℃/194℉ 11 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Hardware Health Configuration T his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown T emperature. C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198...
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... S elect Screen S elect Item +- Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value. Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) 12 Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Fan Ctrl On(℃ ...) CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this item and then the BIOS will turn off. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration Advan ced BIOS SETU P U TILITY Smart Fan Conf iguration CPU Smart Fan Smart Fan Cali bration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF...
... S elect Screen S elect Item +- Options: Quiet / Performan ce / Manual Fan Ctrl OFF(℃ ) If the CPU/System T emperature is lower than the set value. Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) 12 Options: 0~127 (℃) (With the interval of 1℃) Fan Ctrl On(℃ ...) CPU/System fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this item and then the BIOS will turn off. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Smart Fan Configuration Advan ced BIOS SETU P U TILITY Smart Fan Conf iguration CPU Smart Fan Smart Fan Cali bration Control Mode Fan Ctrl OFF...
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..., the CPU/System fan will raise the speed of ACPI. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Power Configuration Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspe nd mode ACPI Version Featu res ACPI APIC support AMI O EMB table Headl ess mode MCP61 ACPI HPET TA BLE [ S1 (POS)] [...Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will work under the ACPI operating system. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 13 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to select the suspend type under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: S1 (POS) (Default...
..., the CPU/System fan will raise the speed of ACPI. Options: 0~127 (With the interval of 1) Power Configuration Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspe nd mode ACPI Version Featu res ACPI APIC support AMI O EMB table Headl ess mode MCP61 ACPI HPET TA BLE [ S1 (POS)] [...Fan Ctrl Sensitive Increasing the value will work under the ACPI operating system. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 13 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to select the suspend type under Smart Fan Function mode. Options: S1 (POS) (Default...
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... activate Power Management. Options: On/O ff (Default) / Suspend Resume On PCI PME# When you to an OEMB table in headless mode, both BIOS and operating system (e.g. For this value to allow the ACPIBIOS to add a pointer to choose the mode when Power Button is pressed. Options: Disabled... (Default) / Enabled 14 Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on LAN function. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his is a server-speci fic feature. A headless server is used to enable or disable ...
... activate Power Management. Options: On/O ff (Default) / Suspend Resume On PCI PME# When you to an OEMB table in headless mode, both BIOS and operating system (e.g. For this value to allow the ACPIBIOS to add a pointer to choose the mode when Power Button is pressed. Options: Disabled... (Default) / Enabled 14 Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on LAN function. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his is a server-speci fic feature. A headless server is used to enable or disable ...
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... (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Resume PCIE Wake# Enable / Disable PCIE to specify. 15 Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume ... RTC Alarm When " Enabled", you control the wake on Ring T his item allows you to generate a wake ev ent. System Time You can set the date and time at which date the system will boot up time, input hour, minute and second to generate a wake ev ent. Options:...
... (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from Suspend mode. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Resume PCIE Wake# Enable / Disable PCIE to specify. 15 Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume ... RTC Alarm When " Enabled", you control the wake on Ring T his item allows you to generate a wake ev ent. System Time You can set the date and time at which date the system will boot up time, input hour, minute and second to generate a wake ev ent. Options:...
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...Inc. USB Mass Storage Reset Delay T his item allows you to enable or disable USB 1.1/2.2 Controller. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB 1.1/2.0 Controller T his item allows you to set the reset delay for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled... USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay ...
...Inc. USB Mass Storage Reset Delay T his item allows you to enable or disable USB 1.1/2.2 Controller. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB 1.1/2.0 Controller T his item allows you to set the reset delay for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled... USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay ...
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... initialized by selecting "Yes". The rest of the cards will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequen ce (VGA, IDE, SCSI). MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 3 PCIPnP Menu T his item allows you to NO. C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198... I DE Card [ No] [ No] [ 64] [ Yes] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Auto] > PCI Resource > PCI Express Conf iguration Clea r NVRAM duri ng Syst em Boot. When set to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by the PnP operating system like Window™ 95. Notice z Beware of this option must...
... initialized by selecting "Yes". The rest of the cards will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequen ce (VGA, IDE, SCSI). MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 3 PCIPnP Menu T his item allows you to NO. C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198... I DE Card [ No] [ No] [ 64] [ Yes] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Auto] > PCI Resource > PCI Express Conf iguration Clea r NVRAM duri ng Syst em Boot. When set to clear the data in the NVRAM (CMOS) by the PnP operating system like Window™ 95. Notice z Beware of this option must...
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... item allows such snooping to be set IRQ of the bus before another PCI device. Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6 OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ T his item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his ...item controls how long a PCI device can retain control of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter. Options: 64 (Default) / 0-255 Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA T his item allows you to set to the PCI slot number that...
... item allows such snooping to be set IRQ of the bus before another PCI device. Options: Auto (Default) / PCI Slot1 ~ 6 OffBoard PCI/ISA Primary & Secondary IRQ T his item allows BIOS to choose a IRQ to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) trans fers. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Latency Timer T his ...item controls how long a PCI device can retain control of non-onboard PCI/ISA IDE controller adapter. Options: 64 (Default) / 0-255 Allocate IRQ to PCI V GA T his item allows you to set to the PCI slot number that...
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Active State Power-Management T his function is for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. Select Screen Select Item +- Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 21 T his item sets the ASPM configuration for OS which does not support ASPM. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Active State Power-Management[Disabled] Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states.
Active State Power-Management T his function is for the PCI Express devices b efore the operating system boots. Select Screen Select Item +- Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 21 T his item sets the ASPM configuration for OS which does not support ASPM. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual PCI Express Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Express Configuration Active State Power-Management[Disabled] Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states.
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... USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-in the system. You can also change the booting sequence. Slave / Sec. Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration > Boo t Device Prio rity > Har d Disk Drives > Rem ovable Drives > CD/ DVD Drives Quick Boot [ ... the screen depends on the number of devi ces installed in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C...
... USB HDD1 / USB HDD2 / Bootable Add-in the system. You can also change the booting sequence. Slave / Sec. Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Boot Settings Conf iguration > Boo t Device Prio rity > Har d Disk Drives > Rem ovable Drives > CD/ DVD Drives Quick Boot [ ... the screen depends on the number of devi ces installed in this sub-menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 4 Boot Menu T his menu allows you to Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C...
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...the Power On Sel f-T est (POST ) to execute after the system switched on the number of devices installed in the system. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock Selects the NumLock State after you power up the computer. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT S... When set to trap interrupt 19. Master / Pri. Options: On (Default) / O ff Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this item is set to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 23 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual CD/DV D Drives T he BIOS will attempt...
...the Power On Sel f-T est (POST ) to execute after the system switched on the number of devices installed in the system. Options: Force BIOS (Default) / Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock Selects the NumLock State after you power up the computer. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled BOOT S... When set to trap interrupt 19. Master / Pri. Options: On (Default) / O ff Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this item is set to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 23 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual CD/DV D Drives T he BIOS will attempt...
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Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Advan ced Chipset S ettings WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions ma y cause... and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. 24 NorthBridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chipse t Configurat ion > Mem ory Configura tion Alter nate VID [ Auto] Mem... +- It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM.
Main Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Chips et Perfo rmance Exit Advan ced Chipset S ettings WARNI NG: Setting w rong values in below sec tions ma y cause... and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. 24 NorthBridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chipse t Configurat ion > Mem ory Configura tion Alter nate VID [ Auto] Mem... +- It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM.