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Ths  chapter  provdes  nformaton  on  the  BIOS  Setup 

program and allows you to configure  the system for op-

tmum use.

You may need to run the Setup program when:

An error message appears on the screen durng 

the system bootng up, and requests you to run 

SETUP.

You want to change the default settngs for cus-

tomzed features.

Chapter 3

BIOS Setup

Summary of Contents for P67A-G43 (B3)

Page 1: ...P67A G45 B3 P67A G43 B3 series MS 7673 v2 x Mainboard G52 76731XF...

Page 2: ...gistered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd Sound Blaster is registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd Realtek is registered tradema...

Page 3: ...ons and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that can cause damage or cause electrical shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment che...

Page 4: ...ct the interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outl...

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Page 8: ...king Contents 1 5 Optional Accessories 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 Screw Holes 2 3 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 4 Memory 2 8 Power Supply 2 10 Back Panel 2 11 Connecto...

Page 9: ...MS 7673 Preface ix MS 7673 Preface Appendix B Intel RAID B 1 Introduction B 2 BIOS Configuration B 3 Installing Driver B 10 Degraded RAID Array B 12...

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Page 11: ...P67A G45 B3 P67A G43 B3 Series mainboards are based on Intel P67 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel LGA1155 processor the P67A G45 B3 P67A G43 B3 Series deliver...

Page 12: ...http www msi com service test report LAN Supports LAN 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek RTL8111E IEEE 1394 for P67A G45 B3 only Chip integrated by VIA VT6315N Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Audio...

Page 13: ...oard 2 USB 2 0 connectors 1 USB 3 0 connector for P67A G45 B3 only 1 IEEE 1394 connector for P67A G45 B3 only 1 Chassis Intrusion connector 1 S PDIF Out connector 1 Front Panel Audio connector 1 TPM M...

Page 14: ...BATT JPWR2 JPWR1 SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 SYSFAN3 CPUFAN DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 JUSB2 optional JUSB3 JFP1 JFP2 JBAT1 JCI1 T LAN Jack B USB 2 0 ports USB 3 0 ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS Out...

Page 15: ...rding to the model you purchased If you need to purchase the optional accessories please visit http www msi com in dex php to inquire the part numbers or consult the dealer Mainboard Driver Utility DV...

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Page 17: ...be careful in holding the components and follow ing the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist...

Page 18: ...2 8 JPWR2 p 2 10 JPWR1 p 2 10 SYSFAN3 p 2 14 SATA1 6 p 2 13 JFP1 JFP2 p 2 15 JUSB1 p 2 15 JCOM1 p 2 13 JSP1 p 2 17 JAUD1 p 2 16 JCI1 p 2 18 JTPM1 p 2 18 PCIE p 2 21 SYSFAN1 p 2 14 JBAT1 p 2 20 SYSFAN...

Page 19: ...ns on chassis and then screw through the mainboard screw holes into the standoffs Important To prevent damage to the mainboard any contact between the mainboard circuit and chassis or unnecessary stan...

Page 20: ...e heatsink to enhance heat dissipation Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from the grounded outlet first to ensure t...

Page 21: ...ooler correctly Wrong installation will cause the damage of your CPU mainboard Open the load level 1 Lift the load lever up to fully open position 2 The CPU socket has a plastic cap on it to protect t...

Page 22: ...load lever while pressing down lightly onto the load plate 6 Secure the lever near the hook end under the retention tab 7 Make sure the four hooks are in proper position before you install the cooler...

Page 23: ...of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase Please refer to the documentation in the CPU fan package for more details about the CPU fan installation Align the holes on the mainboar...

Page 24: ...population rules for Dual Channel mode 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 2 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Important DDR3 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR2 and the DDR3 standard is not backwards compa...

Page 25: ...ntil the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close when the memory module is properly seated Manual...

Page 26: ...y please plug your power supply along with pin 1 pin 13 1 3 3 3 V 1 3 3 V 1 4 1 2 V 2 3 3 V 1 5 G r o u n d 3 G r o u n d 1 6 P S O N 4 5 V 1 7 G r o u n d 5 G r o u n d 1 8 G r o u n d 6 5 V 1 9 G r...

Page 27: ...s for a PS 2 mouse keyboard Clear CMOS Button There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can automati...

Page 28: ...connection to the Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it LED Color LED State Condition Left Yellow Off LAN link is not established On Steady state LAN link is established On bri...

Page 29: ...y Intel P67 SATA3 6 3 Gb s supported by Intel P67 SATA5 SATA6 SATA4 SATA2 SATA1 SATA3 Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transm...

Page 30: ...o l CPUFAN SYSFAN1 4 Important Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan CPUFAN support Smart fan control You can insta...

Page 31: ...c h P o w e r L E D 7 9 R e s e r v e d 8 6 4 2 JFP1 JFP2 Front USB 2 0 Connector JUSB1 JUSB3 This connector compliant with Intel I O Connectivity Design Guide is ideal for con necting high speed USB...

Page 32: ..._ D N 1 4 U S B 3 _ T X 4 _ C _ D P 1 3 G r o u n d 1 2 S B D 1 1 1 S B D 1 The MB layout in this figure is for reference only USB 3 0 Bracket optional Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND mus...

Page 33: ...al audio transmission 115V 3 V C C 2 S P D I F 1 G r o u n d The MB layout in this figure is for reference only S PDIF Out Bracket optional IEEE1394 Connector J1394_1 for P67A G45 B3 only This connect...

Page 34: ...k 3 L P C R e s e t 5 L P C a d d r e s s d a t a p i n 0 7 L P C a d d r e s s d a t a p i n 1 9 L P C a d d r e s s d a t a p i n 2 1 1 L P C a d d r e s s d a t a p i n 3 1 3 L P C F r a m e Chass...

Page 35: ...ter 2 LED Status Indicators CPU Phase LED These LEDs indicate the current CPU power phase mode Follow the instructions below to read Lights Off CPU is in 3 phase power mode CPU is in 4 phase power mod...

Page 36: ...ith the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the jumper to clear data JBAT1 Keep Data Clear Data 1 1 1 Important Y...

Page 37: ...xpansion card PCIE x16 Slot PCIE x1 Slot Important When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power sup ply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to...

Page 38: ...hile read the documentation for the expansion card to configure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration PCI Interrupt Request...

Page 39: ...you to configure the system for op timum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to ch...

Page 40: ...ete keys Important The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly dif ferent from the...

Page 41: ...to the left of certain fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys or mouse to highlight the field...

Page 42: ...es Click Utilities icon to enter the menu This menu provides the useful utility for you to live update bios and hard disk backup Overclocking Click Overclocking icon to enter the menu Use this menu to...

Page 43: ...pter 3 Green Power CPU Phase Control These items allow you to select the power phase mode to reach the best power saving function Motherboard LED Control This item allows you to enable Auto disable di...

Page 44: ...sk It consists of backing up all the partition on image files When the data is lost or problems occur you can restore the partition image to keep your system Boot Screen This item is used to select th...

Page 45: ...to determine the internal clock speed of the processor relative to the external or motherboard clock speed It is available only when the processor supports this function Adjusted CPU Frequency It show...

Page 46: ...ing is controlled by the SPD Serial Presence Detect EE PROM on the DRAM module Setting to Auto enables DRAM timings and the following Advanced DRAM Configuration sub menu to be determined by BIOS base...

Page 47: ...the start of a col umn read command It allows I O gating to overdrive sense amplifiers before read command starts tRRD Specifies the active to active delay of different banks tRTP Time interval betwee...

Page 48: ...oop control mode Current CPU Core Voltage Current DRAM Voltage These items show current CPU Core DRAM voltage Read only PCH 1 05 These items are used to adjust the voltage of chipset Overclocking Prof...

Page 49: ...ctionality can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system This functionality allows the processor to classify areas in memory by wher...

Page 50: ...technology Package C State limit This feild allows you to select a C state mode Long duration power limit W This field allows you to adjust the TDP limit for the long duration Long duration maintained...

Page 51: ...u to play Simply click any icon to enter it and following the game rules to play it Important Before you enter to the Game menu please place the MSI Driver DVD that be included in the mainboard packag...

Page 52: ...em to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The d...

Page 53: ...d System Information It shows the information of your system read only Advance PCI Subsystem Settings Press Enter to enter the sub menu PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device ca...

Page 54: ...allows you to enable disable the onboard IEEE 1394 controller SATA Configuration SATA Mode This item is used to specify RAID IDE AHCI mode for SATA port Audio Configuration HD Audio Controller This i...

Page 55: ...ble disable the USB3 0 support Super IO Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu Serial Port 0 Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu Serial Port This item allows you to enable disable...

Page 56: ...ting system don t support RTC wake up event function Restore on AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Settings are Power Off Alway...

Page 57: ...ard is detected Mflash BIOS Boot Function This allows you to enable disable the system to boot from the BIOS file inside USB drive FAT 32 format only Select UEFI file to boot from When the BIOS Boot f...

Page 58: ...the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the pass word A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the pa...

Page 59: ...Boot Priority 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Boot You can select the boot priorities in these items Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities Boot Option You can select the hard disk drive boot priorities in t...

Page 60: ...the system Save Changes Use this item to save changes Discard Changes Use this item to abandon all changes Restore Defaults Use this item to load the optimized default values set by the BIOS vendor Bo...

Page 61: ...vides 10 channel DAC that simul taneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 channels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right chan nels Appe...

Page 62: ...ould look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems Insert the application DVD into the DVD ROM drive The setup screen will automati cally appear Click Driver tab Cl...

Page 63: ...screen You may double click the icon and the GUI will pop up accordingly double click the icon It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio Manager from the Control...

Page 64: ...just the bar Application Enhancement The array of options will provide you a complete guidance of anticipated sound effect for both output and input device Jack status panel This panel depicts all ren...

Page 65: ...S 7673 Appendix A Hardware Default Setting The following diagrams are audio back panel default setting Backpanel audio jacks to 2 channel speakers diagram Front Backpanel audio jacks to 4 channel spea...

Page 66: ...A 6 Realtek Audio Backpanel audio jacks to 6 channel speakers diagram Rear Front Center Subwoofer Backpanel audio jacks to 8 channel speakers diagram Rear Front Center Subwoofer Side Surround...

Page 67: ...This appendix will assist users in configuring and en abling RAID functionality on platforms Appendix B Intel RAID...

Page 68: ...riping at the byte level and also stripe error correction informa tion This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID RAID 10...

Page 69: ...reate delete and reset RAID volumes Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configura...

Page 70: ...r Create RAID Volume Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter key The following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to...

Page 71: ...g the upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of...

Page 72: ...you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks re type the size to be half of what is shown by default The second volume when created will automati cally span the remainder of two h...

Page 73: ...r system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM your system will become un bootable Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press...

Page 74: ...structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this...

Page 75: ...Volume Options Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press Enter to change recovery volume mode The following screen appears Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On Request after...

Page 76: ...cify Additional Device You should be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the Intel RAID driver into the A drive Note For Windows XP you can use the USB floppy drive only For Windows Vista Wind...

Page 77: ...er tab click on Intel RAID Drivers The drivers will be automatically installed Confirming Windows Driver Installation From Windows open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon C...

Page 78: ...ocedure below that corre sponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member Make sure the system is powered off Reconnect the hard drive Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur auto...

Page 79: ...ndows system When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be l...

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