MSI WindBOX III MS-9A35 Manual page 38

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BIOS Setup
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Serial Port 1/ 2 Address
Select an address for the specified serial port.
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Serial Port 1/ 2 IRQ
Select a corresponding interrupt for the specified serial port.
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Serial Port 1 Mode
Select an operation mode for the specified serial port.
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Watch Dog
You can enable the system watch-dog timer, a hardware timer that gen-
erates either an NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does
not respond as expected each time the watch dog polls it.
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Trusted Computing
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TCG/TPM Support
This setting controls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) designed by
the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPMs are special-purpose inte-
grated circuits (ICs) built into a variety of platforms to enable strong
user authentication and machine attestation -- essential to prevent
inappropriate access to confidential and sensitive information and to
protect against compromised networks.
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