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MSI 645E Max-U, Manual

The MSI 645E Max-U is a high-performance motherboard designed for enthusiasts. This user-friendly product comes with a comprehensive manual to assist you in setting up and maximizing its features. Available for free download from manualshive.com, this manual ensures you get the most out of your MSI 645E Max-U experience.

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Chapter 1

1-4

Mainboard Layout

645E Max-U (MS-6547 v2.X) ATX Mainboard

AGP Slot

BATT

+

SiS

962L

SiS

645DX

D

IM

M

 1

D

IM

M

 2

D

IM

M

 3

JUSB2

JBT1

JUSB1

CPUFA

JBAT1

JAUD1

SYSFA

JLED1

JFP1

JIR1

JFP2

Winbond

W83697HF

BIOS

PCI Slot 4

PCI Slot 5

PCI Slot 3

PCI Slot 2

PCI Slot 1

PCI Slot 6

IDE 1

IDE 2

USB

ports

JPW1

Top : Parallel Port

Bottom: 

COM A

COM B

Top : mouse 

Bottom: keyboard

JCD1

Codec

Top :

Game port

Bottom: 

Line-Out

Line-In
Mic

FDD 1

A

T

X

P

o

w

e

r 

S

u

p

p

ly

JSP1

Summary of Contents for 645E Max-U

Page 1: ...i Version 2 2 G52 MA00646 MS 6547 v2 1 ATX Mainboard MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL 645E Max U ...

Page 2: ...ce with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to o...

Page 3: ...arks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registe...

Page 4: ...nserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage the equipment or cause an electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel z the power cord or plug is damaged z liquid has penetrated into the equipment z the equipment has been exp...

Page 5: ...ion Procedures 2 2 Installing the CPU Fan 2 3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 4 Memory 2 5 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 5 DDR Module Combination 2 6 Installing DDR Modules 2 6 Power Supply 2 7 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector CONN1 2 7 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Mouse Connector JKBMS1 2 8 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 2 9 USB Connectors 2 9 Serial Port Connector COM A COM B 2 10 Jo...

Page 6: ...S Bracket Connector JSP1 2 21 CD In Connector JCD1 2 22 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 2 22 Jumpers 2 23 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 23 Slots 2 24 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 24 PCI Slots 2 24 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 25 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3 2 Control Keys 3 3 Getting Help 3 3 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Adva...

Page 7: ...Defaults 3 29 Appendix Using4 or6 ChannelAudioFunction A 1 Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Installation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP A 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Attaching Speakers A 4 Selecting 4 or 6 Channel Setting A 9 Testing the Connected Speakers A 11 Testing Each Speaker A 11 Playing KaraOK A 12 Playing KaraOK A 12 Glossary G 1 ...

Page 8: ...rd based on SiS 645DX SiS 962L chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors in the 478 pin package the 645E Max U delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution 1 Getting Started TOPICS Mainboard Specification 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Quick Components Guide 1 5 MSI Special Features 1 6 ...

Page 9: ...port bi directional 16 bit data bus with 533MHz bandwidth MuTIOL SiS 962LChipsetSB Support Dual IDE ATA 66 100 133 AC 97 link controller Low pin count interface for SIO Integrated high speed USB 2 0 Host Controller MainMemory Three 184 pin DDR DIMM socket Max memory size at 3GB w o ECC Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 2x 4x slot Six 32 bit PCI bus slots On BoardIDE Dual IDE controllers inte...

Page 10: ...62L SB 1 IrDA connector for SIR 1 audio game port Audio 6 channels audio codec Realtek ALC650 BIOS 2MB AMI BIOS w PnP ACPI SMBIOS 2 3 Green and Boot Block Provide DMI2 0 WfM2 9 WOR and SMBus for system management Dimension ATXFormFactor 30 5cm L x 22 0cm W Mounting 6 mounting holes Others Support STR STD PC2001compliant Support D Bracket 2 optional Support PC2PC Bluetooth optional Vcore adjustable...

Page 11: ...3 JUSB2 JBT1 JUSB1 CPUFA JBAT1 JAUD1 SYSFA JLED1 JFP1 JIR1 JFP2 Winbond W83697HF BIOS PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 6 IDE 1 IDE 2 USB ports JPW1 Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A COM B Top mouse Bottom keyboard JCD1 Codec Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD 1 ATX Power Supply JSP1 ...

Page 12: ...r See p 2 12 IDE1 IDE2 Hard disk connectors See p 2 13 CPUFA SYSFA Fan power connectors See p 2 14 JFP1 JFP2 Front panel connectors See p 2 15 JAUD1 Front panel audio connector See p 2 16 JLED1 D Bracket 2 connector See p 2 17 JUSB1 JUSB2 USB front connector See p 2 18 JBT1 Bluetooth connector See p 2 20 JSP1 S Bracket connectors See p 2 21 JCD1 CD in connectors See p 2 22 JIR1 IrDA infrared modul...

Page 13: ...ng The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots After rebooting click Turbo to apply the test result Click Default to restore the default values Features z MSI Logo links to the MSI Web site z CPU Speed allows users to adjust the CPU speed through CPU Multiplier and FSB z Voltage allows user to adjust the voltage of CPU Memory AGP z MSI Info provides information a...

Page 14: ...s 2 icon and the following screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process z z z z z Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online z z z z z Live Driver Updates the drivers online z z z z z Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online z z z z z Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online z z z z z Live Utility Updates the utilit...

Page 15: ...ese users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures D Bracket 2 supports both USB 1 1 2 0 spec D Bracket 2 1 2 3 4 D Bracket 2 Description System Power ON The D LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not in...

Page 16: ...ideo adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initializing Floppy Dr...

Page 17: ...r PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning ...

Page 18: ... follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components TOPICS Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 Memory Installation 2 5 Power Supply 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Connectors 2 12 Jumpers 2 23 Slots 2 24 2 Hardware Setup ...

Page 19: ... lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Look for the cut edge The cut edge should point towards the lever pivot The CPU can only fit in the correct orientation 3 If the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may damage your mainboard 4 As the CPU is likely to move while the...

Page 20: ...of the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink Fan 2 Position the heatsink onto the re tention mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the motherboard 3 Mount the fan on top of the heatsink Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the retention mechanism 4 Press the two levers down to fasten the fan Each lever can be pressed down in onl...

Page 21: ... pin fan power connector on the board fan power cable Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond product specifications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifica...

Page 22: ...ta Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM mod ules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM Three types ofDDRSDRAMareavailableatthetimeofwriting PC1600 PC2100andPC2700 The following table shows the clock and peak bandwidth of each type of DD...

Page 23: ... 4 M B 1 2 8 M B 2 5 6 M B 5 1 2 M B 1 G B 6 4 M B 1 G B S lo t 3 B a n k 4 B a n k 5 6 4 M B 1 2 8 M B 2 5 6 M B 5 1 2 M B 1 G B 6 4 M B 1 G B M a x im u m S y s te m M e m o r y S u p p o r te d 6 4 M B 3 G B DDR Module Combination Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module ver...

Page 24: ...tely when the power supply connector is inserted on the board The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU JPW1 1 3 2 4 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V...

Page 25: ... a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female Mouse Keyboard USB Parallel COM A COM B L out L in MIC Midi Joystick 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition ...

Page 26: ...hing USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Pos...

Page 27: ...n connect a joystick or game pad to this connector Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Line Out Line In MIC PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or ...

Page 28: ...P mode 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN SelectIn 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Groun...

Page 29: ... connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors FDD 1 ...

Page 30: ...on supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE 1 IDE 2 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133function Youcanconnectuptofourharddiskdrives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices The Ultra ATA 133 interface b...

Page 31: ...he 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CPU Fan ...

Page 32: ...Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up to 5V 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up to 5V 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up to 5V 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSV...

Page 33: ...rear audio ports 5 6 10 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone am...

Page 34: ...mbinations of LED signals For definitions of 16 signal combinations please refer to D Bracket 2 Optional in Chapter 1 Pin Signal 1 DBG1 high for green color 2 DBR1 high for red color 3 DBG2 high for green color 4 DBR2 high for red color 5 DBG3 high for green color 6 DBR3 high for red color 7 DBG4 high for green color 8 DBR4 high for red color 9 Key 10 NC JDB1 Pin Definition 10 9 1 2 JLED1 D Bracke...

Page 35: ...inboard provides two USB2 0 pinheaders for users to connect to optional USB2 0 ports These pinheaders are compliant to Intel I O Connec tivity Design Guide USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum through put of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connect ing high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers ...

Page 36: ... This USB 2 0 port will not function when a Bluetooth module is connected to the onboard Bluetooth pinheader JBT1 If no Bluetooth function is applied remove the sticker to utilize this port D Bracket 2 Connected to JUSB1 the USB pinheader in yellow color Connected to JLED1 Note 1 The USB 2 0 technology is backwards compatible with USB 1 1 spec To use the USB 2 0 ports you still need to install USB...

Page 37: ...the USB interface with blue colored USB2 0 connector the left USB2 0 port will not func tion when you attach a bluetooth module to this connector 2 Please refer to PC2PC Bluetooth Quick User s Guide for informa tion on the bluetooth module PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 5VDUAL 2 3VDUAL 3 D USB signal 4 GND 5 D USB signal 6 GND 7 GND 8 NC JBT1 Pin Definition JBT1 1 2 7 8 ...

Page 38: ...move the plug from the jack first The two SPDIF jacks support SPDIF output only For more information on the S Bracket refer to Appendix Using 4 or 6 Chan nel Audio Function S Bracket SPDIF jack optical SPDIF jack coaxial Analog Line Out jacks Plug PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC5 VCC 5V 2 VDD3 VDD 3 3V 3 SPDFO S PDIFoutput 4 No Pin Key 5 GND Ground 6 SPDFI S PDIF input 7 LFE OU...

Page 39: ...es You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function JIR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide CD In Connector JCD1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector JCD1 GND R L 1 2 5 6 JIR1 Pin Signal 1 NC 2 NC 3 VCC 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX JIR1 Pin Definition ...

Page 40: ... the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of the jumper JBAT1 1 You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin posit...

Page 41: ...three levels of throughputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Slots Six PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIO...

Page 42: ...can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTC INTD INT A INTB PCI Slot 2 INT A INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 3 INT B INTC INTD INT A PCI Slot 4 INTC INTD INT A INTB PCI Slot 5 INTD INT A INTB INTC PCI Slot 6 INT B INTC INTD INT A ...

Page 43: ...alth Status 3 25 Frequency Voltage Control 3 26 Set Supervisor User Password 3 28 Load Optimal High Performance Defaults 3 29 3 AMI BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the AMI BIOS Setup program and al lows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SE...

Page 44: ... by pressing F11 When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press F11 after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by using arro...

Page 45: ...up defaults provide stable but minimal performance settings for all devices and the system while High Perfor mance defaults provide the best system performance but may affect the sys tem stability Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a su...

Page 46: ...eatures Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance PowerManagementFeatures Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Once you enter AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to move among the items and press Enter...

Page 47: ...o specify your settings for frequency voltage control Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password LoadOptimalDefaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations LoadHighPerformanceDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the ...

Page 48: ... you prefer System Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users System Time This allows you to set the system time ...

Page 49: ...s Enter sector number Maximum Capacity Read the maximal HDD capacity LBA Mode Select Auto for a hard disk 512 MB under Windows and DOS or Disabled under Nerware and UNIX Block Mode Select Auto to enhance the hard disk performance Fast Programmed I O Select Auto to enhance hard disk perfor Modes mance by optimizing the hard disk timing 32 Bit Transfer Mode Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE had disk...

Page 50: ...to show the company logo on the bootup screen Set tings are Silent Shows the POST messages at boot BIOS Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Anti Virus Warning This item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and beep...

Page 51: ...P drive that functions as hard disk drive CD DVD The system will boot from the CD ROM DVD Legacy SCSI The system will boot from the SCSI Legacy Network The system will boot from the Network drive BBS 0 The system will boot from the first BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 1 The system will boot from the second BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 2 The system will boot fr...

Page 52: ...ill turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Settings On Off Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented Setting options are described below Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No you cannot ...

Page 53: ... Disabled APIC Select This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Settings Enabled and Disabled MPSRevision This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used f...

Page 54: ...s 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB DRAMCAS Latency The field controls the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before DRAM starts a read command after receiving it Setting options By SPD 3T 2 5T 2T 2T increases system performance whle 3T provides more stable system performance Setting to By SPD enables DRAM CAS Latency automatically to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations o...

Page 55: ... Mode Normal Mode Fast Mode Turbo Mode Ultra Mode MA 1T 2T Select This setting controls the DRAM command rate Selecting MA 1T allows DRAM signal controller to run at 1T T clock cycle rate Selecting MA 2T makes DRAM signal controller run at 2T rate 1T is faster than 2T Setting options Auto MA 2T MA 1T HostToMemoryLatency When the system is running at Host and DRAM clock synchronous mode you can set...

Page 56: ...he computer enters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Man agement Interface function If your operating system is ACPI aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME select Yes Available options Yes and No Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes ...

Page 57: ...ed and Disabled PowerManagement When Disabled SMI will not be initialized and complete power management functionality is removed until this option is set to Enabled Settings are Disabled and Enabled SuspendTimeOut After the selected period of system inactivity all devices except the CPU shut off Settings are Disabled 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 30 min Hard Disk Time Out If HDD activity is not detected for ...

Page 58: ...tected Note 2 If you change these settings you must reboot the system until it enters the operating system and then power off the system By doing so the changed settings will come into effect next time when you power on the system Note 1 You need to install a modem supporting power on function for Wake Up On Ring function Note 3 You can specify the mouse wakeup method in the PS2 MOUSE Wake Select ...

Page 59: ...t If set to Password please press Enter to input password and its maximum password is 5 character Options are Disabled Any Key Specific Key and Password Resume By Alarm If Resume By Alarm is set to Enabled the system will automatically resume boot up on a specific date hour minute second specified in these fields Available settings for each item are Alarm Date 01 31 Every Day Alarm Hour 00 23 Alar...

Page 60: ...items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Plug and Play Aware O S When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI the rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98 2000 ME When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards so select YES if the operatin...

Page 61: ...OS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the IRQ pool the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ 9 will still b...

Page 62: ...ct Memory Access channel is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA by assigning an ISA DISA setting to it Available options are PnP ISA DISA ...

Page 63: ...use other controller cards to connect an audio device Settings Enabled Disabled MC97Modem Enabled allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is used the onboard MC 97 Modem Codec 97 controller will be enabled if not it is disabled Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem Settings Enabled Disabled USBFunction This setting is used ...

Page 64: ...or have any USB driver installed Setting options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE This setting controls the on chip IDE controller Setting options Disabled Primary Secondary Both Set Super I O Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears OnBoardFDC This is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller Option Description Auto BIOS will automatically determine whether...

Page 65: ... IR module connected to the IR connector Set to SINB SOUTB when connecting an IR adapter to COM 2 OnBoard Parallel Port These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard parallel port Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto Disable 378h 278h 3BCh ParallelPortMode This item selects the operation mode for the onboard paral...

Page 66: ...etermines the DMA channel for the parallel port Available options 0 1 3 Auto OnBoardMidiPort The field specifies the base I O port address for the onboard Midi Port The settings are Disabled 330h 300h Midi IRQ Select The item is used to select the IRQ line for onboard Midi port Options 5 10 11 OnBoardGamePort This item is used to specify the address for the onboard game port The settings are Disab...

Page 67: ...n warning for overall system status Vcore 3 3V 5 0V 12V 12V 5 0V BatteryVoltage SYSTEMFanSpeed CPUFANSpeed SYSTEMTemperature CPUTemperature These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware de vices components such as system voltages temperatures and fan speeds ...

Page 68: ... monitoring mechanism onboard Detect CPU FSB Clock This setting enables you to detect the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency Setting options Auto Manual CPU FSB Clock Mhz This setting shows the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency Setting option default CPU DRAMClockRatio This setting controls the ratio of CPU FSB Clock DRAM Frequency to enable the CPU DRAM to run at different frequency combinations...

Page 69: ...ture Settings Disabled Enabled Always disable the feature when overclocking the processor CPUVcoreAdjust V This item allows you to adjust the CPU core voltage Settings For Willamette processor 1 725 1 775 1 800 1 825 1 850 Auto For Northwood processor 1 475 1 525 1 550 1 575 1 600 Auto Please note that it may be dangerous to adjust the Vcore over 10 DRAMVcoreAdjust V This setting is used to adjust...

Page 70: ...ou will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unau thorized use of your computer The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the Pas...

Page 71: ...performance When you select Load High Performance Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Enter loads the default BIOS values that enable the best system performance but may lead to a stability issue The Load High Performance Defaults option is for power or overclocking users only Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the system performance Therefore a high en...

Page 72: ...upport for 6 channel audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC650 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and use 4 6 channel audio function on the board TOPICS Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Using 4 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the Connected Speakers A 11 Playing KaraOK A 12 ...

Page 73: ...ation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP For Windows 2000 you must install Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear 2 Click AvanceALC650...

Page 74: ...Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 3 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here Select this option ...

Page 75: ...ange their audio channels when you play video or music on the computer a converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio signals You can purchase the converter from a speaker store Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 4 6 channel audio feature now To enable 4 or 6 channel audio operation first connect 4 or 6 speakers to the ...

Page 76: ...gAudioOutput We recommend that you should still attach the speakers to BACK PANEL s Line Out connector during 2 channel audio mode even though S Bracket s Line Out connectors function properly Back Panel S Bracket 1 2 3 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC Back Panel 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC 4 Optical SPDIF jack 5 Coaxial SPDIF jack 6 Line Out no function 7 Line Out Rear chan...

Page 77: ...annel audio operation only S Bracket offers two types of SPDIF jacks one for fiber optic cable and the other for coaxial cable Select the connector according to the type of your SPDIF speakers 6 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput Description Connect two speakers to back panel s Line Out connector and four speakers to both Line Out connectors of S Bracket 1 2 3 Back Panel S Bracket 1 Line Out Front channels ...

Page 78: ... in the section Make sure all speakers are connected to Line Out connectors Diverse connector configurations for 2 4 and 6 channel using back panel connec tors are described below 1 2 3 2 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC Description Line Out Line In and MIC functions all exist under 2 channel configuration S Bracket 1 Optical SPDIF jack 2 Coaxial SPDIF jack 3 Line...

Page 79: ... Out Center and Subwoofer channel Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration 1 2 3 4 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line Out Rear channels 3 MIC Description Line In is converted to Line Out function under 4 channel configuration ...

Page 80: ...1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 2 Click the Speaker Configuration tab Click here and the pull down menu will appear Click here ...

Page 81: ...you want to use audio connectors on the back panel only Refer to Using BACK PANEL connectors only earlier in the section for how to attach speakers Select Use S Bracket if you want to use audio connectors supplied by the connected S Bracket Refer to Using S BRACKET connectors earlier in the section for how to attach speakers 6 ClickOK Note It is useless to select Use S Bracket if your motherboard ...

Page 82: ...tor or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears 4 Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking on it Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Note 6 speakers appear on the Speaker Test window only when you select 6 chan...

Page 83: ...ction is applied only for 2 channel audio operation so make sure 2 channels mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK PlayingKaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected 3 Select Voice Cancellation in the KaraOK column 3 ClickOK Click this ...

Page 84: ...mproves many placement of components and makes a more efficient design BIOS basic input output system On PCs an essential software that contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardwa...

Page 85: ...complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which features high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters COM In MS DOS system the name of a serial communications port DOS supports four serial ports For example if a modem is connected to one serial por...

Page 86: ... for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables LAN local area network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network oper ating system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN ar...

Page 87: ...k drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem USB universal serial bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such...

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