Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 Manual - Page 36

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability, Away Mode, Init Display First, Frame Buffer Size, Onboard GPU - memory

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HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your hard drive. This feature allows your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low-power mode that appears off (Default: Disabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express graphics card, or the onboard VGA. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. Onboard VGA Sets the onboard VGA as the first display. PEG Sets PCI Express graphics card as the first display. (Default) Frame Buffer Size Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller. MS-DOS, for example, will use only this memory for display. Options are: 32M, 64M (default), 128M, 256M, Disabled. Onboard GPU Enables or disables the onboard VGA function. Enable If No Ext PEG Activates the onboard VGA only if no PCI Express VGA card is installed. (Default) Always Enable Always activates the onboard VGA, whether or not a PCI Express card is installed. If you wish to set up a dual view configuration, set this item to Always Enable. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 36 -

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HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your
hard drive. This feature allows your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to
issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is installed. (Default: Disabled)
Away Mode
Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode
allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low-power mode that appears off
(Default: Disabled)
Init Display First
Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express
graphics card, or the onboard VGA.
PCI Slot
Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display.
Onboard VGA
Sets the onboard VGA as the first display.
PEG
Sets PCI Express graphics card as the first display. (Default)
Frame Buffer Size
Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics
controller. MS-DOS, for example, will use only this memory for display. Options are: 32M, 64M
(default),128M, 256M, Disabled.
Onboard GPU
Enables or disables the onboard VGA function.
Enable If No Ext PEG
Activates the onboard VGA only if no PCI Express VGA card is installed. (Default)
Always Enable
Always activates the onboard VGA, whether or not a PCI Express card is installed. If you wish to
set up a dual view configuration, set this item to
Always Enable
.