MSI P45D3 User Guide - Page 61

BIOS Setup, Energy Save, CPU/DDR/NB Phase Control, D.O.T. Control

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BIOS Setup Energy Save Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears. Energy Save Setting to [Enabled] disables useless SATA ports to save power, but you cannot close hot-and-plug (USB, E-SATA 1394) function. CPU/DDR/NB Phase Control W hen set to [Auto], the hardware will adjust Phase according to CPU NB & DDR loading to reach to the best power saving function. D.O.T. Control D.O.T. (Dynamic Overclocking Technology) is an automatic overclocking function, included in the MSITM's newly developed Dual CoreCellTM Technology. It is designed to detect the load balance of CPU while running programs, and to adjust the best frequency automatically. When the motherboard detects system is running programs, it will speed up automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster. W hen the system is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance, it will restore the default settings instead. Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users' PC need to run huge amount of data like 3D games or the video process, and the CPU and PCIE frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance. Important Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make sure that your CPU / memory modules can afford to overclocking regularly first. If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's better to disable the Dynamic Overclocking or to lower the level of overclocking options. By the way, if you need to conduct overclocking manually, you also need to disable the Dynamic OverClocking first. 3-21

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BIOS Setup
Energy Save
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.
Energy Save
Setting to [Enabled] disables useless SATA ports to save power, but you cannot
close hot-and-plug (USB, E-SATA 1394) function.
CPU/DDR/NB Phase Control
When set to [Auto], the hardware will adjust Phase according to CPU NB & DDR
loading to reach to the best power saving function.
D.O.T. Control
D.O.T. (Dynamic Overclocking Technology) is an automatic overclocking function,
included in the MSI
TM
’
s newly developed Dual CoreCell
TM
Technology. It is designed to
detect the load balance of CPU while running programs, and to adjust the best
frequency automatically. When the motherboard detects system is running programs,
it will speed up automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster. When the
system is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance, it will restore the
default settings instead. Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be pow-
ered only when users' PC need to run huge amount of data like 3D games or the video
process, and the CPU and PCIE frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the
overall performance.
Important
Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than
manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make
sure that your CPU / memory modules can afford to overclocking regularly
first. If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's
better to disable the Dynamic Overclocking or to lower the level of
overclocking options. By the way, if you need to conduct overclocking
manually, you also need to disable the Dynamic OverClocking first.