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... 2-27 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2-27 Chapter 3. BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup ...3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu ...3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-10 Integrated Peripherals 3-12 Power Management Setup 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-18 H/W Monitor ...3-20 Cell Menu ...3-22 Load Fail-safe/Optimized Deafaults 3-27 BIOS...
... 2-27 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2-27 Chapter 3. BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup ...3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu ...3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-10 Integrated Peripherals 3-12 Power Management Setup 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-18 H/W Monitor ...3-20 Cell Menu ...3-22 Load Fail-safe/Optimized Deafaults 3-27 BIOS...
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Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The 975X Platinum Series mainboard is based on Intel® 975X and Intel® ICH7DH chipset for choosing the 975X Platinum Series (MS-7246) v2.x ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced Intel® Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and Pentium Extreme Edition LGA775 processor, the 975X Platinum Series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The 975X Platinum Series mainboard is based on Intel® 975X and Intel® ICH7DH chipset for choosing the 975X Platinum Series (MS-7246) v2.x ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced Intel® Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and Pentium Extreme Edition LGA775 processor, the 975X Platinum Series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution.
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...Technology Memory Support** - Chip integrated by ICH7DH, JMB361 - SATA II ports by VIA VT 6308P - South Bridge: Intel® ICH7DH chipset - Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethermet by JMicron SATARAID 1-2 Transfer rate is up to 3.0 Gb/s RAID - Supports PIO...04B/04A processors - SATA II ports by ICH7DH - SATA1~4 supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 mode by JMicron SATARAID - North Bridge: Intel® 975X chipset - MS-7246 Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Processor Support* - Supports Intel® Dual Core Technology to 800 MHz and up to 400Mbps Audio - DDRII...
...Technology Memory Support** - Chip integrated by ICH7DH, JMB361 - SATA II ports by VIA VT 6308P - South Bridge: Intel® ICH7DH chipset - Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethermet by JMicron SATARAID 1-2 Transfer rate is up to 3.0 Gb/s RAID - Supports PIO...04B/04A processors - SATA II ports by ICH7DH - SATA1~4 supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 mode by JMicron SATARAID - North Bridge: Intel® 975X chipset - MS-7246 Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Processor Support* - Supports Intel® Dual Core Technology to 800 MHz and up to 400Mbps Audio - DDRII...
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... head connector. FD D (black) Fan Power Connectors: CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN / NB_FAN The CPU_FAN (processor fan), SYS_FAN (system fan), PW R_FAN (power fan ) and NB_FAN (NorthBridge Chipset fan) support system cooling fan with speed sensor to take note that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Always consult the... Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to the recommended CPU fans at Intel® official website. 2-14 If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with +12V.
... head connector. FD D (black) Fan Power Connectors: CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN / NB_FAN The CPU_FAN (processor fan), SYS_FAN (system fan), PW R_FAN (power fan ) and NB_FAN (NorthBridge Chipset fan) support system cooling fan with speed sensor to take note that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Always consult the... Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to the recommended CPU fans at Intel® official website. 2-14 If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with +12V.
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Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size. Decompressing BIOS image to the screen. Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. 2-21 Hardware Setup Red ...
Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size. Decompressing BIOS image to the screen. Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. 2-21 Hardware Setup Red ...
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... where: 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P = PHOENIX. 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and V = VIA. 7th - 8th digit refers to the customer as MS = all standard customers. The items under continuous update for reference only...
... where: 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P = PHOENIX. 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and V = VIA. 7th - 8th digit refers to the customer as MS = all standard customers. The items under continuous update for reference only...
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... your settings for integrated peripherals. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your settings for power management. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to specify your system's performance. Power Management Setup Use this menu to accept or enter the...
... your settings for integrated peripherals. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your settings for power management. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to specify your system's performance. Power Management Setup Use this menu to accept or enter the...
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..., it cannot be reserved for ISA peripherals. DRAM Data Integrity Mode Set this memory area, a system error may result. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. 3-11 Advanced Chipset Features BIOS Setup System BIOS Cacheable Selecting [Enabled] allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. Setting...
..., it cannot be reserved for ISA peripherals. DRAM Data Integrity Mode Set this memory area, a system error may result. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. 3-11 Advanced Chipset Features BIOS Setup System BIOS Cacheable Selecting [Enabled] allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. Setting...
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... [Normal] EPP M ode Select The onboard parallel port is a built-in this time either [EPP 1.7] spec or [EPP 1.9] spec can be displayed on -board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will...
... [Normal] EPP M ode Select The onboard parallel port is a built-in this time either [EPP 1.7] spec or [EPP 1.9] spec can be displayed on -board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will...
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... off to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. The information stored in this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context. [S3 (STR)] The S3 sleep mode is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE, W indows ME, W indows 2000 and W indows...
... off to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. The information stored in this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context. [S3 (STR)] The S3 sleep mode is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE, W indows ME, W indows 2000 and W indows...
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...Current CPU/ FSB Clock These three items show the current clocks of voltage, frequency and overclocking functions. W hen the motherboard detects CPU is designed to make the program run smoothly and faster. When the CPU is the automatic overclocking function, ...while running programs, it will restore the default settings instead. Important Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Dynamic OverClocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is temporarily suspending or staying in the MSITM's newly developed CoreCellTM Technology. Setting options: [...
...Current CPU/ FSB Clock These three items show the current clocks of voltage, frequency and overclocking functions. W hen the motherboard detects CPU is designed to make the program run smoothly and faster. When the CPU is the automatic overclocking function, ...while running programs, it will restore the default settings instead. Important Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Dynamic OverClocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is temporarily suspending or staying in the MSITM's newly developed CoreCellTM Technology. Setting options: [...
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... Intel RAID Option ROM. MS-7246 Mainboard BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system or if you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please refer to "Chapter 3" SATA Mode for details) to create...
... Intel RAID Option ROM. MS-7246 Mainboard BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system or if you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please refer to "Chapter 3" SATA Mode for details) to create...