MSI manual 3-12, MS-7255 Mainboard OnBoard PCI IDE Controller, SATA Devices Configuration

MS-7255 Mainboard

OnBoard PCI IDE Controller

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Change setting to activate each channel separately or both.

SATA Devices Configuration

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu:

Serial ATA IDE Controller

This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for each SATA hard disk drive.

Serial ATA BIOS Execute

This allows you to enable or disable onchip Serial ATA controller.

LAN Controller

This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller.

Onboard LAN Option ROM

The item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup. Selecting [Disabled] will speed up the boot process.

Audio Controller

This item allows you to enable/ disable the audio controller. Disable the function if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device.

OnBoard 1394

This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard IEEE 1394 controller.

I/O Devices Configuration

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu:

Floppy Disk Controller

This is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller.

Serial Port1/2 Address

These items specify the base I/O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1/2 . Selecting [Auto] allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O port address.

Parallel Port Address

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features.

Parallel Port Mode

[SPP]	Standard Parallel Port
[EPP]	Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP]	Extended Capability Port
[ECP+ EPP]	Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port

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