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 MS7308D/E Mainboard User’s Manual

8

Mainboard Components

Use the diagram below to identify the major components on the
mainboard.

Note:

 Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear

in this illustration are for testing only.

Summary of Contents for MS7308D Series

Page 1: ...out obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II Pe...

Page 2: ...ease the separation between the equipment and the receiver q Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected q Consult the dealer or an experie...

Page 3: ...ces 15 Expansion Slots 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Pl...

Page 4: ...ppendix A Gamut A1 Introduction A2 Before Installing A3 Installation A4 Produce MP3 file Use CD Cashier A5 Play MP3 file Use Musician A7 Play music CD Use 3DFS ACD A8 Play MIDI file Use Midier A9 Reco...

Page 5: ...00BaseTX Network Interface The mainboard has a built in PCI 3D Sound System There is an AMR slot for the AMR device cards In addition the mainboard has a full set of ATX I O Ports including PS 2 keybo...

Page 6: ...s for 168 pin SDRAM memory modules Support for 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 2 x 512MB 1 GB Expansion Slots Two 32 bit PCI slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem ris...

Page 7: ...legacy Sound Blaster 16 support Downloadable Wave table Synthesizer supports Direct Music 48KHz sampling rate and measured 90dB audio quality Onboard I O Ports Provides PC99 Color Connectors for easy...

Page 8: ...ection using Trend s ChipAwayVirus provides boot process virus protection Bundled Software PC Cillin provides automatic virus protection under DOS Windows 95 98 SuperVoice is data fax and voice commun...

Page 9: ...ems q The mainboard q This User s Guide q 1 UDMA 66 IDE cable q Floppy disk drive cable q Support software on CD ROM disk q 10 100BaseTX Ethernet LAN Only for MS7308E M B Optional Accessories You can...

Page 10: ...sible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless i...

Page 11: ...q Install the mainboard in a system chassis case q Connect any extension brackets or cables to the mainboard connector headers q Install any other devices and make the appropriate connections to the m...

Page 12: ...inboard User s Manual 8 Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on the mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for...

Page 13: ...K6 does not fit in the Socket 370 The following list notes the processors that are currently supported by this mainboard PPGA Celeron 300 600 MHz FSB 66 MHz FCPGA Pentium III 500 800MHz FSB 100MHz 13...

Page 14: ...e fan to the CPU fan power connector FAN1 Install Memory The mainboard has two DIMM sockets for system memory modules You must install at least one memory module in order to use the mainboard For this...

Page 15: ...connects two pins we say the pins are SHORT If a jumper cap is removed from two pins the pins are OPEN Jumper JP5 Keyboard Power On Selector If you enable the keyboard power on feature you can use hot...

Page 16: ...8D E Mainboard User s Manual 12 the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Operation Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Memory Short Pins...

Page 17: ...supply to the PWR1 ATX Power connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the FAN2 fan power connector on the mainboar...

Page 18: ...SB Module This module bracket has three USB ports for more USB devices 1 Locate the USB1 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the header 3 In the system chassis remove a slot cover fr...

Page 19: ...Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you...

Page 20: ...e cable one must be Master and one must be Slave Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system On t...

Page 21: ...and press it firmly down into it so that it is fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis using the screw that held the slot cover in place AMR Slot The AMR Audio Modem...

Page 22: ...ur system so that it powers down by software and can be resumed by alarms If you have installed a LAN adapter expansion card connect the card to the Wake On LAN connector J8 This allows incoming traff...

Page 23: ...ility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer from booting properly If this happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory...

Page 24: ...lity s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to h...

Page 25: ...Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set...

Page 26: ...vice 3rd Boot Device Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot Device If you enable this item the system w...

Page 27: ...d both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed Internal...

Page 28: ...me Out Minute This sets the timeout for Standby mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Standby mode Suspend Time Out Minute This s...

Page 29: ...a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Fax Modem You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature RTC Alarm Po...

Page 30: ...m indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in a PCI slot...

Page 31: ...ding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press...

Page 32: ...d FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial PortA Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoa...

Page 33: ...ndary IDE channels You must enable this or UDMA devices will not work at their intended speed OnBoard Audio Modem This item enables or disables the onboard audio modem chip OnBoard LAN This item enabl...

Page 34: ...splays the internal clock speed of the CPU based on the next two items CPU SDRAM Frequency Use this item to sets the external clock frequency for the CPU and the memory bus frequency The options inclu...

Page 35: ...ement The system will alert you if a safe temperature is exceeded FAN 1 2 Speed Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements If the v...

Page 36: ...the next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility co...

Page 37: ...this mainboard is stored in the MS7308D E folder Note Never try to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Folders for this Mainboard For this board you can in...

Page 38: ...mory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the mainboard and lets you copy an updated BIOS to the chip Take care how you use this program If you erase th...

Page 39: ...99 SETUP PC Cillin Anti Virus Utility Anti virus software is provided for DOS for WIN95 and WIN 98 Log on to the appropriate directory for your operating system For DOS copy all the files in the DOS f...

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