MSI 880G-E45 User Manual

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BIOS Setup

MPS Table Version

This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be

used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported by your

operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating

system.

Primary Graphic’s Adapter

This setting specifies which graphic card is your primary graphics adapter.

PCI Latency Timer

This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes

over. When set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer

time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you

should set the item to higher values.

CPU Feature

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

C1E Support

To enable this item to red the CPU power consumption while idle. Not all porcessors

support Enhanced Halt tate (C1E).

SVM Support

This item is used to enable/ disable SVM.

Chipset Feature

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

HPET

The HPET (High Precision Event Timers) is a component that is part of the chipset.

You can to enable it, and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various

ACPI methods.

On-Chip VGA (optional)

This item specifies whether to allocate the memory for onboard VGA from the

system memory or sideport memory. Setting to [UMA], allocates the system share

memory for onboard VGA. Setting to [SIDEPORT], allocates the sideport memory

for onboard VGA. Setting to [UMA+SIDEPORT], allocates both system memory and

sideport memory for onbaord VGA.

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