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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
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Enterng Setup
Power on the computer and the system wll start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press  key to enter Setup.
Press DEL to enter Setup Menu, F11 to enter Boot Menu
If the message dsappears before you respond and you stll wsh to enter Setup, restart 
the system by turnng t OFF and On or pressng the RESET button. You may also re-
start the system by smultaneously pressng , , and  keys.
Important
The  tems under each BIOS category descrbed  n ths chapter are under contnuous 
update for better system performance. Therefore, the descrpton may be slghtly df-ferent from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only.
Upon boot-up, the 1st lne appearng after the memory count  s the BIOS verson. It s 
usually n the format: 
E7681IMS.xxx 103010 where:
  1st dgt refers to BIOS type as E = EFI      
  2nd - 5th dgt refers to the model number. 
  6th dgt refers to the chpset as I = Intel, N = nVda, A = AMD and V = VIA.
  7th - 8th dgt refers to the customer as MS = all standard customers.
  xxx refers to the BIOS verson.
  103010 refers to the date ths BIOS was released.
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Control
KeyboardMouseDescrpton

Move the cursor
Select Item

Clck/  Double-
clck the left but-tonSelect  Icon/ Feld

Clck  the  rght button
Jumps to the Ext menu or returns to the prevous from 
a submenu

Increase the numerc value or make changes
Decrease the numerc value or make changes
General Help
CPU Specficatons
Enter Memory-Z
Load optmzed defaults
Save Change and Reset
Ext
Sub-Menu
If  you  find  a  rght  ponter  symbol  (as  shown  n  the  rght  
vew)  appears  to  the  left  of  certan  fields  that  means  a 
sub-menu  can  be  launched  from  ths  field.  A  sub-menu 
contans addtonal optons for a field parameter. You can 
use arrow keys  ( ↑↓  )  or mouse to hghlght the field and press  or double-clck 
the left mouse button to enter the sub-menu. Then you can use the control keys to enter 
values and  move from field to field wthn a sub-menu. If you want to return to the prev-
ous menu, just press the  or clck the rght mouse button.
General Help 
The BIOS setup program provdes a General  Help screen. You can call up ths screen 
from any menu by smply pressng . The Help screen lsts the approprate keys to 
use  and  the  possble  selectons  for  the  hghlghted  tem.  Press    to  ext  the  Help 
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The Man Menu
 Language
After  enterng  the  Setup  menu,  you  can  see  a  “Language”  button.  Please  clck  t  and 
select the language, at your desre, for the BIOS settng first.
Green Power
Clck  “Green  Power”  con  to  enter  the  menu.  Use  ths  menu  to  specfy  the  power 
phase.  
Utlty
Clck “Utlty”  con to enter the menu. Ths menu provdes the useful utlty for you to lve 
update bos and hard dsk backup.
 OC
Clck “OC”  con to enter the menu. Use ths menu to specfy your settngs for frequency/
voltage control and overclockng.
 Game
Clck  “Game”  con  to  enter  the  menu.  Ths  menu  provdes  several  games  for  you  to 
play.
 Settng
Clck “Settng”  con to enter the menu. Use ths menu to specfy your settngs for chpset 
features, boot devce and password.
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CPU Phase Control
Ths  tem  allows  you  to  select  the  power  phase  mode  to  reach  the  best  power  savng 
functon.
Motherboard LED Control
Ths tem allows you to enable (Auto)/ dsable (dsabled) the motherboard phase LED.
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Utlty
Memory Test
Ths tem s used to test nstalled memory.
Lve Update
Lve Update  s a tool used to detect and update your BIOS onlne so that you don’t need 
to search for the correct BIOS verson throughout the webste. 
HDD Backup
Ths  tem s used to backup hard dsk. Hard dsk store backup and restore  s one of the 
most  common  and  mportant  task.  It  conssts  of  backng  up  all  the  partton  on  mage 
files.  When  the  data  s  lost  or  problems  occur,  you  can  restore  the  partton  mage  to 
keep your system. 
Boot Screen
Ths tem s used to select the boot screen.
Important
Before you enter to the Lve Update/ HDD Backup menu, please place the MSI Drver  DVD that be  ncluded n the manboard package  nto the DVD-ROM drve . The Drver 
DVD provdes the necessary programs for these two utlty.
The Boot Screen utlty can only support the jpg/ bmp format  mage file n 1024 x 768  
dp that saved n FAT12/ 16/ 32 formats storage devce. 
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Current CPU / DRAM Frequency 
These tems show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-only.
CPU Base Frequency [10KHz]
Ths  tem allows you to set the CPU Base clock (n 10KHz). You may overclock the CPU 
by adjustng ths value. Please note the overclockng behavor s not guaranteed.
Adjust CPU Rato
Ths  tem controls the multpler that  s used to determne the nternal clock speed of the 
processor relatve to the external or motherboard clock speed. It  s avalable only when 
the processor supports ths functon.
Adjusted CPU Frequency 
It shows the adjusted CPU frequency. Read-only.
EIST
The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology allows you to set the performance level of 
the mcroprocessor whether the computer  s runnng on battery or AC power. Ths field 
wll appear after you nstalled the CPU whch supports speedstep technology. 
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Intel Turbo Booster
Ths  tem  wll  appear  when  you  nstall  a  CPU  wth  Intel  Turbo  Boost  technology.  Ths 
tem  s  used  to  enable/  dsable  Intel  Turbo  Boost  technology.  It  can  scale  processor 
frequency  hgher  dynamcally  when  applcatons  demand  more  performance  and  TDP 
headroom exsts. It also can delver seamless power scalablty (Dynamcally scale up, 
Speed-Step Down). It s the Intel newly technology wthn newly CPU.
DRAM Rato
Ths settng controls the rato of memory frequency to enable the memory to run at df
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ferent frequency combnatons. 
Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P)
Ths  tem s used to enable/dsable the Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP). For further 
nformaton please refer to Intel’s offical webste.
Adjusted DRAM Frequency
It shows the adjusted DRAM frequency. Read-only.
DRAM Tmng Mode
Select  whether  DRAM  tmng  s  controlled  by  the  SPD  (Seral  Presence  Detect)  EE
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PROM on the DRAM module. Settng to [Auto] enables DRAM tmngs and the followng 
“Advanced  DRAM  Configuraton”  sub-menu  to  be  determned  by  BIOS  based  on  the 
configuratons  on  the  SPD.  Selectng  [Lnk]  or  [Unlnk]  allows  users  to  configure  the 
DRAM  tmngs  and  the  followng  related  “Advanced  DRAM  Configuraton”  sub-menu 
manually.
Advanced DRAM Configuraton
Press  to enter the sub-menu.  
Command Rate2
Ths settng controls the DRAM command rate. 
tCL
Ths  controls  the  CAS  latency,  whch  determnes  the  tmng  delay  (n  clock  cycles) 
before SDRAM starts a read command after recevng t.
tRCD
When  DRAM  s  refreshed,  both  rows  and  columns  are  addressed  separately.  Ths 
setup  tem  allows  you  to  determne  the  tmng  of  the  transton  from  RAS  (row  ad
-dress strobe) to CAS (column address strobe). The less the clock cycles, the faster the DRAM performance.
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Ths  settng  controls  the  number  of  cycles  for  Row  Address  Strobe  (RAS)  to  be 
allowed  to  precharge.  If  nsufficent  tme s  allowed  for  the  RAS  to  accumulate  ts 
charge  before  DRAM  refresh,  refreshng  may  be  ncomplete  and  DRAM  may  fal 
to  retan  data.  Ths  tem  apples  only  when  synchronous  DRAM  s nstalled  n  the 
system.
tRAS
Ths settng determnes the tme RAS takes to read from and wrte to memory cell.
tRFC
Ths  settng  determnes  the  tme  RFC  takes  to  read  from  and  wrte  to  a  memory 
cell.  
tWR
Mnmum tme  nterval between end of wrte data burst and the start of a precharge 
command. Allows sense amplfiers to restore data to cells.
tWTR
Mnmum  tme  nterval  between  the  end  of  wrte  data  burst  and  the  start  of  a  col
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umn-read  command.  It  allows  I/O  gatng  to  overdrve  sense  amplfiers  before  read 
command starts.
tRRD
Specfies the actve-to-actve delay of dfferent banks. 
tRTP
Tme nterval between a read and a precharge command. 
tFAW
Ths tem s used to set the tFAW (four actvate wndow delay) tmng.
tWCL
Ths tem s used to set the tWCL (Wrte CAS Latency) tmng.
tCKE
Ths tem s used to set the tCKE tmng.
Advanced Channel 1/ 2 Tmng Configuraton
Press  to enter the sub-menu. And you can set the advanced memory tmng 
for each channel.
tRRDR/ tRRDD/ tWWDR/ tWWDD/ tRWDRDD/ tWRDRDD/ tRWSR
These tems s used to set the memory tmngs for memory channel 1/ 2. 
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VDroop Control
Ths tem s used to select the VDroop control mode.
CPU Vcore/ CPU IO/ DRAM Voltage/ CPU SA/ CPU PLL Voltage/ DDR_VREF_CA_A/ DDR_VREF_CA_B/ DDR_VREF_DA_A/ DDR_VREF_DA_B/ PCH 1.05
These tems are used to adjust the voltage of CPU, Memory and chpset.
Current CPU Vcore/ Current CPU IO/ Current DRAM Voltage/ Current CPU SA
These tems show current CPU Vcore/ CPU IO/ DRAM/ GPU voltage. Read-only.
Overclockng Profile
Press  to enter the sub-menu. 
Overclockng Profile 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6
Press  to enter the sub-menu. In the sub-menu, these  tems are used to save 
the current settngs, and you can to load the settngs from the stored profile.
OC Retry Count
When overclockng has faled, settng ths  tem as [1, 3] wll allow system to reboot 
1/ 3 tmes wth the same overclocked configuraton. If overclockng has faled every 
tme, the system wll restore the defaults.
CPU Specficatons
Press  to enter the sub-menu. The submenu shows the  nformaton of nstalled 
CPU.
CPU Technology Support
Press  to enter the sub-menu. The sub-menu shows the  nstalled CPU tech
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nologes. Read only.
MEMORY-Z
Press  to enter the sub-menu. 
DIMM1~4 Memory SPD
Press    to  enter  the  sub-menu.  The  sub-menu  dsplays  the  nformatons  of 
nstalled memory.
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