User manual MATSONIC MS7188D VERSION 5.2

[. . . ] Mainboard User's Manual This publication, photographs, illustrations and software are under the protection of international copyright laws and all rights reserved. It does not allow any reproduction of this manual, content and any materials contained herein without the written consent of the authentic manufacturer. The manufacturer does neither represent nor warrant the contents hereof; and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore, the manufacturer reserves the right to revise and change this publication from time to time, without the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes. Trademarks IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. [. . . ] Whenever you see this message, press the Delete key, and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. CMOS Setup Utility ­ Copyright (C) 1984 ­ 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Hardware Monitor Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type . Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the Setup Utility's optional color schemes. Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes that require your answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys. If you have already changed the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high-performance values. 14 3: BIOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Page This page helps you set up basic information such as the date and time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives. CMOS Setup Utility ­ Copyright (C) 1984 ­ 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 1. 44M, 3. 5 in. None EGA/VGA All , But Keyboard 640K 65535K 1024K F1:General Help Mon Dec. 3 2001 14 : 49 : 26 Item Help Menu Level Change the day, month, year and century. Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10: Save ESC: Exit : Move F5:Previous Values F6:BestPref. Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Date & Time IDE Devices Use these items to set the system date and time Your computer has two IDE channels (Primary and Secondary) and each channel can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). Press Esc to close the IDE device sub-menu and return to the Standard CMOS Features page. Use these items to set the size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system. This mainboard has a built-in VGA graphics system; you must leave this item at the default value. Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B Video 15 Mainboard User's Manual Halt On This item defines the operation of the system POST (Power On Self Test) routine. You can use this item to select which types of errors in the POST are sufficient to halt the system. These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time. You can't make changes to these fields. Base/Extended/ Total Memory Advanced BIOS Features Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer. CMOS Setup Utility ­ Copyright (C) 1984 ­ 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) x Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Video BIOS Shadow C8000-CBFFF Shadow CC000-CFFFF Shadow D0000-D3FFF Shadow Disabled Enabled Floppy HDD-0 CDROM Enabled Disabled Disabled On Normal Disabled 6 250 Setup Non-OS2 Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10: Save ESC: Exit : Move F5:Previous Values F6:BestPref. Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults F1:General Help Virus Warning This mainboard has built-in virus protection in the firmware. Use this item to enable or disable the built-in virus protection. 16 3: BIOS Setup Utility Quick Power On Self Test You can enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system start up a little faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly. Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time. [. . . ] The password is then required to access the Setup Utility or for that and at start-up, depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup. Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item, press Enter and type in the current password. At the next dialog box, type in the new password, or just press Enter to disable password protection. 28 3: BIOS Setup Utility Save & Exit Setup Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press Y to save and exit, or press N to exit without saving. Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the setup program. [. . . ]