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Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is
subject to the following conditions:

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  This device may not cause harmful interference, and

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  This device must accept any interference received, in-

cluding interference that may cause undesired operation.

Canadian Department of Communications

This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Ca-
nadian Interference-causing Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exi-
gences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada.

Summary of Contents for MS7177C

Page 1: ...Version 1 0 Disclaimer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranti es with respect to the contents hereof and specificall...

Page 2: ...to radio communica tions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception...

Page 3: ...This device must accept any interference received in cluding interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus meets all requirement...

Page 4: ...of items that are shipped with the package Installation Use the Installation Chapter to learn how to install the main board and get your system up and running Setup Use the Setup Chapter to configure...

Page 5: ...ore You Begin 12 Static Electricity 12 Choosing a Case 12 How to Set Jumpers 13 Preparing the Mainboard 14 Mainboard Guide 14 I O Ports Side View 16 Check the Jumper Settings 17 Installing the Mainboa...

Page 6: ...8 PNP PCI Configuration Option 64 PCI Health Status Option 66 Frequency Control Option 67 Load Fail Safe Defaults Option 68 Load Optimized Defaults Option 68 Set Supervisor and User Passwords Options...

Page 7: ...AT Attachment Packet Interface devices The PCI IDE also supports PIO Mode 3 and 4 UDMA33 66 IDE UDMA100 is optional and an ATAPI CD ROM Note The MS7177C supports two VIA South Bridge chipsets the VIA...

Page 8: ...is product Features highlights the functions and components that make this one of the best value mainboards on the mar ket Checklist Compare the contents of your mainboard package with the stan dard c...

Page 9: ...ents faster than their rated speed Warning Overclocking components can adversely affect the reliabil ity of the system and introduce errors into your system Overclocking can permanently damage the mai...

Page 10: ...ddressing The integrated DRAM controller supports up to four double sided DIMMs consisting of EDO SDRAM or VCM SDRAM The NB chipset provides SDRAM with a 64 bit data interface The AGP interface is AGP...

Page 11: ...at 12 or 1 5 Mbits sec The integrated super IO controller supports two serial ports an IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions There is also system monitor support providing system...

Page 12: ...l port one parallel port one MIDI game port two USB ports with an onboard header provid ing two extra USB ports and audio jacks for microphone line in and line out The board includes two PCI IDE chann...

Page 13: ...on choosing a case avoiding static electricity damage and set ting jumpers Preparing the Mainboard Provides a guide to the mainboard and I O port locations full details on the jumper settings and advi...

Page 14: ...rmal operation Short pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short pins 2 3 JP1 1 2 3 JP5 Suspend to RAM support enable disable jumper Use this jumper to enable or disable the Suspend to RAM STR Function You must also en...

Page 15: ...P8 CPU frequency select jumper Use this jumper to force a CPU that has a 100 MHz frontside bus FSB to run at a 133 MHz FSB speed Function Jumper Setting Normal operation Short pins 1 2 Force a 100 MHz...

Page 16: ...p the system from power saving mode Function Jumper Setting Disable Short pins 1 2 Enable Short pins 2 3 JP17 1 2 3 JP18 BIOS Flash protect jumper Use this jumper to enable or disable the BIOS flash p...

Page 17: ...23 Hard disk LED Indicator 20 21 Empty pin 19 Speaker 15 16 17 18 Empty pin 14 Reset switch 12 13 Empty pins 10 11 Green LED indicator 7 8 9 Empty pin 6 Sleep switch 4 5 Power LED indicator 1 2 3 PANE...

Page 18: ...he installation Leave all components inside their static proof bags until they are required for the installation procedure Handle all circuit boards and electronic components carefully Hold boards by...

Page 19: ...per When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN This illustration shows a 3 pin jumper The ju...

Page 20: ...1 I D E 1 I D E 2 D I M M 1 A M R 1 C D 1 P W R F A N 1 C P U F A N 1 J 1 J P 1 D I M M 2 D I M M 3 P C I 1 P C I 2 C D 2 B T 1 J 2 J P 1 7 J P 1 6 J P 1 J P 6 J P 1 4 J P 2 V I D 1 V I D 2 V I D 3 V...

Page 21: ...r BT1 3 volt battery for realtime clock AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot PCI1 PCI5 Five 32 bit PCI slots JP14 On board codec or AMR slot select jumper AMR1 Audio modem riser AMR slot JP19 AMR codec...

Page 22: ...mponent Description PS 2 mouse PS 2 port for pointing device upper port PS 2 keyboard PS 2 port for keyboard lower port USB ports Two stacked Universal Serial Bus ports LPT1 External parallel port COM...

Page 23: ...S jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the BIOS Setup Utility are incorrect and are preventing your mainboard from o...

Page 24: ...ility Refer to Chapter 3 Function Jumper Setting Enable Short pins 1 2 Disable Short pins 2 3 JP5 1 2 3 JP6 USB1 wake up jumper Use this jumper to enable a signal to the USB ports located on the I O p...

Page 25: ...at a higher clock speed then it was rated for is called overclocking and is not recommended JP14 Onboard CODEC AMR slot select jumper Use this jumper to enable either the onboard codec or the AMR slot...

Page 26: ...this jumper when you want to flash the BIOS Function Jumper Setting Disable Short pins 1 2 Enable Short pins 2 3 JP18 1 2 3 JP19 AMR codec mode Use this jumper to define the AMR codec mode and avoid c...

Page 27: ...choice of I O templates in the rear panel Make sure that the I O template in the case matches the I O ports installed on the rear edge of the mainboard This illustration shows a mainboard installed in...

Page 28: ...ATX1 Your case and CPU might have cooling fans attached to provide adequate ventilation to the system Connect the CPU fan to the 12 volt connector CPUFAN1 Connect the case fan to the 12 volt power su...

Page 29: ...tches and indicators Function Pins Power switch 22 23 Hard disk LED Indicator 20 21 Empty pin 19 Speaker 15 16 17 18 Empty pin 14 Reset switch 12 13 Empty pins 10 11 Green LED indicator 7 8 9 Empty pi...

Page 30: ...e processor Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory Higher clock spee...

Page 31: ...r in place 6 Locate the power cable on the heatsink cooling fan assem bly that is attached to the top of the processor 7 Plug the power cable into the CPU cooling CPUFAN1 12V power supply on the mainb...

Page 32: ...e shows the memory configurations supported Technology Configuration of Row Addrs Bits of Col Addrs Bits of Bank Addrs Bits Page Size 64 Mbit 8M x 8 12 8 2 4 KB 64 Mbit 4M x 16 12 9 2 2 KB 128 Mbit 32...

Page 33: ...Memory module DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 2 The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed cor rectly Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module ed...

Page 34: ...rs or switches that can be used to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE If you install two IDE devices on one cable you must make sure that one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to...

Page 35: ...the cable that you use Make sure that you have the pin 1 side of the cable matched with the pin 1 side of the connector 4 Plug a power cable from the case power supply unit into the power connector o...

Page 36: ...Plug a power cable from the case power supply unit into the power connector on the back edge of the CD ROM DVD drive 4 Use the audio cable provided with the CD ROM DVD drive to connect the audio conn...

Page 37: ...ive cable into the diskette drive interface on the mainboard FDD1 2 Plug one of the connectors on the diskette drive cable into the data connector on the back edge of the floppy diskette drive Make su...

Page 38: ...be used to install add in cards that have the 32 bit PCI Peripheral Components Interconnect in terface AGP Slot The 4xAGP can be used to install a graphics adapter that supports the 4xAGP specificati...

Page 39: ...system case that corresponds to the expansion slot that you are going to use 3 Install the edge connector of the add in card into the expan sion slot Press down quite firmly to ensure that the edge c...

Page 40: ...34 The following illustration shows how to insert an AMR card Edge Connector AMR slot AMR card...

Page 41: ...1 1 1 J1 Extra IR keyboard mouse header This mainboard provides a second infrared keyboard and mouse header giving the option of installing second infrared keyboard and mouse ports on the front panel...

Page 42: ...card to plug into the WOM1 connector on the mainboard This is the Wake On Modem feature When your system is in a power saving mode any incoming calls to the modem automatically resume the system You...

Page 43: ...USB ports to connect to USB devices 3 LPT1 is a parallel port that can be used by printers or other parallel communications devices The system identifies the parallel port as LPT1 4 COM1 and COM2 are...

Page 44: ...Analog VGA Blue Audio line in Light blue Audio line out Lime Digital monitor flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI Game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS 2 compatible keyboard Purple PS 2 compa...

Page 45: ...saves this information even when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is configured with the values found in CMOS Using easy to use pull down menus you can configure su...

Page 46: ...Power Management con figuration When changing the password or making other changes to the security setup Normally running the Setup Utility is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with t...

Page 47: ...tup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type This screen provides access to the utility s various functions BIOS Navigation Keys Listed bel...

Page 48: ...formation Setting passwords have this kind of dialog box Enter Password Selecting some fields and pressing the enter key displays a list of options for that field In the Standard CMOS Features screen...

Page 49: ...dvanced BIOS Features Setup page disable it for the present 3 Your computer must be running in a real mode DOS envi ronment not the DOS window of Windows NT or Windows 95 98 We recommend that you crea...

Page 50: ...None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Exten...

Page 51: ...ive that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave If you leave this item at Auto the sys...

Page 52: ...Floppy 3 Mode Support Default Disabled Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3 5 inch diskette with a capacity of 1 2 MB Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan Video Default EGA VGA This item defines the video...

Page 53: ...e A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector prot...

Page 54: ...Some new processors are installed with a unique processor number This number may be used for verification in Internet transactions and e commerce If you prefer not to use or distribute the unique pro...

Page 55: ...was written for an earlier generation of processors Leave this item at the default value Typematic Rate Setting Default Disabled If this item is enabled you can use the following two items to set the...

Page 56: ...software monitors the overall reliability status of the drive If a de vice failure is predicted the host software through the Client WORKS S M A R T applet warns the user of the impending condition an...

Page 57: ...Hole Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled Fast R W Turn Around Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4X Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto x...

Page 58: ...execution We recommend that you leave these items at the de fault value AGP Aperture Size Default 64 MB This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter It refers to a sec...

Page 59: ...ting system such as DOS that does not support Plug and Play OnChip Sound Default Auto When set to Disabled the onboard audio chip is turned off OnChip Modem Default Auto This should be enabled if your...

Page 60: ...AGP Master 1 WS Write Default Disabled This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read...

Page 61: ...ct PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults On Chip IDE Channel 0 1 Default Enabled Use these items to enable or disable the PCI IDE...

Page 62: ...any op tion but Disabled UART Mode Select enables you to select the infrared communication protocol Standard default HPSIR or ASKIR HPSIR is Hewlett Packard s infrared communication protocol with a m...

Page 63: ...lowing both data input and output ECP and EPP modes are only supported with EPP and ECP aware peripherals ECP Mode Use DMA Default 3 When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode the parallel port...

Page 64: ...you control the system power management Modern operating systems take care of much of the power management This mainboard supports ACPI Ad vanced Configuration and Power Interface The system has vario...

Page 65: ...ter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function Default Enabled This mainboard supports ACPI Advanced Configuratio...

Page 66: ...wer saving modes occur after a longer timeout If the item is set to User Define you can insert your own timeouts for the power saving modes HDD Power Down Default Disable The IDE hard drive will spin...

Page 67: ...ow the video is powered down to save power This item is set to DPMS Display Power Management Software by default MODEM Use IRQ Default 3 If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume...

Page 68: ...eneral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB Resume from S3 S4 S5 Default Disabled Use this item to enable USB activity to wakeup the system from a pow er saving mode...

Page 69: ...to disable IRQ activity monitoring IRQs Activity Monitoring This item opens a submenu that enables you to set IRQs that will re sume the system from a power saving mode Select IRQs Activity Monitorin...

Page 70: ...Enter x DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto IN...

Page 71: ...sub menu use the first item Reserved Memory Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reser ve for the ISA expansion card Use the second item Reserved Memory Length to set the amount of...

Page 72: ...t PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach befo...

Page 73: ...lue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Default Enabled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock sign...

Page 74: ...n Enter to install the defaults Press N and then Enter to not install the defaults The fail safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable If your system is not functionin...

Page 75: ...an eight characters or numbers The Set Supervisor User Password item differentiates between upper case and lower characters Press Enter after you have typed in the password If you are deleting a passw...

Page 76: ...this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit...

Page 77: ...with the name of that board The software for this mainboard is stored in the MS7177C folder Note Never try to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Folders f...

Page 78: ...correct folder for the kind of OS you are using 4 To install the software you usually execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking on the filename Utility Folder Installation Notes...

Page 79: ...lication software GAMUT The Gamut audio rack software for the built in sound system is provided for different languages Go to the directory UTILITY GAMUT and choose either the English or Chinese sub d...

Page 80: ...ows 2000 98 9x NT Windows Installation Use the SETUP EXE application in the REALTEK CODEC VIA folder DOS Installation Browse to the REALTEK CODEC VIA DOS folder and run INSTALL EXE Linux Installation...

Page 81: ...Jumper Setting Normal operation Short pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short pins 2 3 JP1 1 2 3 JP5 Suspend to RAM support enable disable jumper Use this jumper to enable or disable the Suspend to RAM STR Functio...

Page 82: ...JP8 CPU frequency select jumper Use this jumper to force a CPU that has a 100 MHz frontside bus FSB to run at a 133 MHz FSB speed Function Jumper Setting Normal operation Short pins 1 2 Force a 100 MH...

Page 83: ...p the system from power saving mode Function Jumper Setting Disable Short pins 1 2 Enable Short pins 2 3 JP17 1 2 3 JP18 BIOS Flash protect jumper Use this jumper to enable or disable the BIOS flash p...

Page 84: ...23 Hard disk LED Indicator 20 21 Empty pin 19 Speaker 15 16 17 18 Empty pin 14 Reset switch 12 13 Empty pins 10 11 Green LED indicator 7 8 9 Empty pin 6 Sleep switch 4 5 Power LED indicator 1 2 3 PANE...

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