MSI 880G-E45 Series Manual page 42

MS-7576 Mainboard
power consumption.
Important
To ensure that Cool'n'Quiet function is activated and will be working properly, it is
required to double confirm that:
Run BIOS Setup, and select Cell Menu. Under Cell Menu, find AMD Cool'n'Quiet,
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and set this item to "Enabled".
• Enter Windows, and select [Start]->[Settings]->[Control Panel]->[Power Options].
Enter Power Options Properties tag, and select Minimal Power Management under
Power schemes, as shown below.
▶ CPU Technology Support
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. This sub-menu shows the technologies that
the installed CPU supported.
▶ Adjust CPU FSB Frequency (MHz)
This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency (in MHz).
▶ Adjust CPU Ratio
This item is used to adjust CPU clock multiplier (ratio). It is available only when the
processor supports this function.
▶ Adjusted CPU Frequency (MHz)
It shows the adjusted CPU frequency. Read-only.
▶ Adjust CPU-NB Ratio
This item is used to adjust CPU-NB ratio.
▶ Adjusted CPU-NB Frequency (MHz)
It shows the adjusted CPU-NB frequency. Read-only.
▶ EC Firmware
This item allows you to select the EC Firmware for Advanced Clock Calibration. For
unlocking the additional cores, you could set it [Special] and then set Advanced Clock
Calibration [Auto] in order to be able to activate the processor cores.
▶ Advanced Clock Calibration
This item is for overclock. Setting to [Enabled] allows you to set the CPU Ratio higher.
It is available only when the processor supports this function.
▶ Auto OverClock Technology
Setting this item to [Max FSB] allows the system to detect the maximum FSB clock and
to overclock automatically. If overclocking fails to run, you can try the lower FSB
clock for overclocking successfully.
▶ MultiStep OC Booster
This item is used to avoid the BIOS might crash with overclocking.
Disabled Disable this item, apply OC settings during POST.
Mode 1 Slight OC during POST and then apply full OC when loading the OS
Mode 2 Load the OS then apply the OC settings.
▶ Memory-Z
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.
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