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USER'S NOTICE ....................................................................................................................... III
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ....................................................................................... III
COOLING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................ III
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF MCP 78S MOTHERBOARDS
1-1
FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............................................................................. 1
1-1.1
SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............................................... 2
1-2
SPECIFICATION ......................................................................................................... 3
1-3
PERFORMANCE LIST................................................................................................ 4
1-4
LAYOUT DIAGRAM.................................................................................................... 5
2-1
HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ....................................................................... 7
2-2
CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................ 7
2-3
INSTALL CPU ............................................................................................................. 8
2-3-1
GLOSSARY................................................................................................... 8
2-3-2
ABOUT AMD SOCKET AM2+ CPU ............................................................. 9
2-4
INSTALL MEMORY .................................................................................................... 9
2-5
EXPANSION CARDS.................................................................................................. 11
2-5-1
PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .......................... 11
2-5-2
ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD .............................................. 11
2-5-3
PCI-EXPRESS SLOT .................................................................................... 12
2-6
CONNECTORS, HEADERS ...................................................................................... 12
2-6-1
CONNECTORS ............................................................................................. 12
2-6-2
HEADERS ..................................................................................................... 16
2-7
STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ........................................................................... 19
3-1
ENTERING SETUP ..................................................................................................... 20
3-2
GETTING HELP .......................................................................................................... 20
3-3
THE MAIN MENU........................................................................................................ 21
3-4
STANDARD BIOS FEATURES .................................................................................. 22
3-5
ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .................................................................................. 23
3-6
ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ........................................................................... 24
3-6-1
VGA CONFIGURATION ............................................................................. 24
3-7
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS................................................................................... 25
3-7-1
ONBOARD IDE DEVICE ............................................................................ 25
3-7-2
ONBOARD DEVICE..................................................................................... 26
3-7-3
SUPER IO CONFIGURATION ..................................................................... 27
3-8
POWER MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 28
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL ................................................................................... 29
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ............................................................................................... 29
3-10-1
3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTION........................................................................... 30
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS................................................................ 31
3-12-1
3-12-2
3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS ........................................................................................... 33
3-14 LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS/LOAD FAILSAFE DEFAULTS ................................. 34
4-1 INSTALL NFORCE ......................................................................................................36
4-2
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4-4 USB2.0......................................................................................................................... 38
4-5 RAIDDISK .................................................................................................................... 39
4-6
PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2007 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM........................... 39
4-7
PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .................. 40
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4-9
HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ............................................................................................ 41
4-10 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION .............................................. 42
4-11 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 44
APPENDIX I .................................................................................................................... 46
APPENDIX II ................................................................................................................... 48
TABLE OF CONTENT
SMART FAN CONFIGURATION............................................................... 30
CPU CONFIGURATION............................................................................. 32
MEMORY CONFIGURATION .................................................................... 32
INSTALL AL888 HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER........................................ 37
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