User manual MATSONIC MS5120

[. . . ] MS-5120 Mainboard Manual Ver 1. 0 Trademarks Acknowledgment The information presented in this publication has been carefully reviewed; however, no responsibility is assumed for any inaccuracy. Specifications are subject to change without notice. IBM, AT, XT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Table of Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Static Electricity Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The options are: Enabled, Disabled (Default). 17 MS5120 Mainboard Manual Boot Sequence Allows the system BIOS to first try to boot the operating system from the selected disk drive. Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, allows you to switch the order in which the operating system accesses the floppy drives during boot up. Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, assigns the BIOS to perform floppy diskette drive tests by issuing the time-consuming seek commands. Boot Up Numlock Status When set to On, allows the BIOS to automatically enable the Num Lock Function when the system boots up. Boot Up System Speed Allows to selection the boot up at high or low system speed. Gate A20 Option When Fast, allows the A20G bus line signal generated from the chipset to directly pass to port 92H, instead of the keyboard controller. The options are: Fast (Default), Normal. 18 Award BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Setting The term typematic means that when a keyboard key is held down, the character is repeatedly entered until the key is released. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate of a character repeat when the key is held down. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time before a character is repeated. IDE Second Channel control Allows you to enable or disable the IDE secondary channel PS/2 mouse function control Allows you to enable or disable PS/2 mouse function Assign IRQ VGA Choose enable or disable, to assign IRQ for VGA Card. 19 MS5120 Mainboard Manual Video BIOS Shadow When enabled, allows the BIOS to copy the video ROM code of the add-on video card to the system memory for faster access. C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFFF Shadow When enabled, allows the BIOS to copy the BIOS ROM code of the add-on card to system memory for faster access. Some add-on cards will not function properly if its BIOS ROM code is shadowed. To use these options correctly, you need to know the memory address range used by the BIOS ROM of each add-on card. The options are Enabled and Disabled (Default). Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup is used to control the values of the chipset register. Auto configuration Video BIOS Cacheable System BIOS Cacheable Cache Timing DRAM Timing Control Reduce DRAM Leadoff Cycle : : : : : : Disable Disable Disable Fast Normal Disable The first six items are optimal setting for this motherboard, you should not change them unless you are familiar with the Intel chipset. 20 Award BIOS Setup Power Management Setup Power Management When enabled, allows you to use Power Management features. PM Control by APM Option No allows the BIOS to ignore the APM (Advanced Power Management) specification. Selecting Yes will allow the BIOS to wait for APM's prompt before it enters Doze mode, Standby mode, or Suspend mode. If the APM is installed, it will prompt the BIOS to set the system into the power saving mode after all tasks are done. Video Off Option This feature provides the selections of the video display power saving mode. The option Suspend - Off allows the video display to go blank if the system enters Suspend mode. The option All Modes - Off allows the video display to go blank if the system enters Doze mode or Suspend mode. The option Always On allows the video display to stay in Standby mode even when the system enters Doze or Suspend mode. [. . . ] On-chip Primary PCI IDE When enabled, allows the IDE drive to use the first channel of the primary IDE. The options: Enabled (Default), Disabled. 26 Award BIOS Setup On-chip Secondary PCI IDE When enabled, allows the IDE drive to use the second channel of the primary IDE. Onboard FDD Control When enabled, the floppy diskette drive (FDD) controller is activated. Onboard Serial Port 1 If the serial port 1 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your serial port parameters. [. . . ]