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User

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Midas 800

G52-B6294X1

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Page 2: ...idential 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 operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and AC power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the ...

Page 3: ...marks All trademarks 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 95 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 L...

Page 4: ...y 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 or cause elec trical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment ha...

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Page 8: ...TX1 2 5 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 5 2 5 Front Panel 2 6 Audio Ports 2 6 USB Ports 2 6 2 6 Rear Panel 2 7 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 7 Audio Ports 2 8 VGA Port 2 8 RJ 45 LAN Jack 2 9 USB Ports 2 9 Parallel Port 2 10 Serial Port 2 11 2 7 Connectors 2 12 IDE Connectors IDE1 IDE2 2 12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 12 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 2 13 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2...

Page 9: ...edures 3 4 1 Removing Cover Drive Cage 3 4 2 Installing Memory Modules 3 5 3 Installing CPU 3 6 4 Installing CPU Cooler 3 7 5 Installing HDD 3 8 6 Installing FDD and Optical Drive 3 9 7 Restoring Chassis Cover 3 11 8 Adjusting ODD Button Key 3 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 2 Getting Help 4 3 The Main Menu 4 4 Standard CMOS Features 4 6 Advanced BIOS Features 4 8 Adv...

Page 10: ...ns for purchasing Midas 800 MS 6294 barebone Midasbareboneisyourbest Slim PC choice With the fantastic appearance and small form factor it can easily be set anywhere Thefeaturepacked platform alsogives you an exciting PC experience ...

Page 11: ...ory Supports two 64 bit wide DDR data channels Available bandwidth up to 3 2GB s DDR 400 for single channel mode and 6 4 GB s DDR 400 for dual channel mode Supports 256MB or 512MB DDR technologies Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices with 2 bank For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php Slots Supports low profile only...

Page 12: ...Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip Supports 10Mb s 100Mb s Compliance with PCI 2 2 Supports ACPI Power Management Audio High Definition link controller integrated in VIA VT1617A 5 1 channels S W audio codec AC97 codec BIOS 4MbFWH Provides DMI2 0 WfM2 0 WOL chassis intrusion and SMBus for system management Mounting and Dimension M ATX Form Factor 24 3 cm L x 19 5 cm W 6 mounting holes ...

Page 13: ...1 4 Front View 1 2 x USB 2 0 Ports 5 Power Switch 2 Mic in pink Line out green 6 FDD optional 3 HDD LED 7 Optical Drive optional 4 Power LED 8 Optical Drive Eject Close Button 1 2 System Configuration ...

Page 14: ...iew 1 PS 2 Mouse 9 PCI Slots 2 PS 2 Keyboard 10 AC Input Voltage Selector 3 Serial Port 11 Parallel Port 4 VGA Port 12 RJ 45 LAN Jack 5 4 x USB 2 0 Ports 13 Line in 6 Mic in 14 Chassis Locks 7 Line out 15 Power Jack 8 PCI Express x16 Slot ...

Page 15: ...zed screw structure Detachable bay housing Multiple ventilation holes 1 CPU Fan Ventilation Hole 5 System Ventilation Hole 2 CPU Fan Ventilation Hole 6 System Ventilation Hole 3 System Fan Ventilation Hole 7 Front I O Release Button 4 Power Supply Ventilation Hole ...

Page 16: ...Supply Fan Ventilation Hole System Fan Ventilation Hole Ventilation Hole front panel 1 3 Thermal Solution To prevent the system from overheating we have adopted a specially designed CPU cooler and multiple ventilation holes for better cooling effects ...

Page 17: ...ow Direction After the installation is completed please keep other objects away from the ventilation hole at least 2 5cm and above Do not block the venti lation hole System Fan Power Supply Power Supply Fan front panel ...

Page 18: ... and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the periph eral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in hold ing the components and follow the installation procedures ...

Page 19: ...B U SB ports W inbond W 83627TH F V IA K 8M 800 CE BA TT D D R 1 D D R 2 JW R 2 JC A SE 1 ID E 1 ID E 2 JFP1 JFP2 JBA T1 JA U D 1 J1 Top Paral l elPort Bot t om CO M A V G A Port Top m ouse Bot tom keyboard U SB port s BIO S A G P Sl ot PCISl ot3 PCISl ot2 PCISl ot1 JU SB1 JU SB 2 JC O M 1 O pt i onal Codec V IA V T 6103L JSP1 V IA V T8237R ...

Page 20: ...d supports the memory size up to 2 GB You can install PC2700 DDR333 or PC2100 DDR266 modules into the DDR DIMM slots For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php 2 3 Memory Memory Speed CPU FSB Support Matrix DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 800MHz OK OK OK FSB Memory MSI Reminds You 1 Read the instructions on the cooler before ...

Page 21: ...DDR Module Combination 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 vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt notch Installing DDR Modules DDR Population Rules Install at least one DIMM module on the slots Each DIMM slot s...

Page 22: ...ich means that system will boot up immediately when the power supply connector is inserted on the board This barebone provides you an additional 4 pin power supply cable for connecting to the 24 pin power connector 2 4 Power Supply ATX1 10 1 20 11 PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10...

Page 23: ...ler Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB devices directly into these connectors PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive DataChannel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data1 Positive DataChannel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description ...

Page 24: ...1 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 MouseClock Mouseclock 6 NC Noconnection Mouse Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 KeyboardDATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 KeyboardClock Keyboard clock 6 NC No connection Keyboard Pin Definition MIC in Line in Line out VGA Port USB Po...

Page 25: ... stereo microphone Line Out Line In MIC in VGA Port The mainboard provides one DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor DB 15 Pin Female Connector 5 1 15 11 VGA Port Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Not used 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Power 10 Ground 11 Not used 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL ...

Page 26: ...ble devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector The mainboard supports USB1 1 2 0 devices PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive DataChannel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data1 Positive DataChannel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description RJ45 LAN Jack USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 100Mbps LAN Jack Pin Definition...

Page 27: ...lect 14 AUTOFEED 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 Ground 24 GND Ground 25 GND Ground Pin Definition Parallel Port The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector as LPT A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabili...

Page 28: ...DSR DataSetReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Serial Port Pin Definition 9 Pin Male DIN Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Serial Port The mainboard offers one 9 pin male DIN connectors as serial port The port is 16550A high speed communication port that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector ...

Page 29: ...O mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 function The connector on the mainboard allows you to connect to the IDE devices HDD CD ROM 2 7 Connectors IDE1 IDE2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that sup ports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types FDD1 ...

Page 30: ...l audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JAUD1 1 2 7 1 Pin Definition MSI Reminds You If you don t want to connect to the front audio header pins 5 6 9 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports Otherwise the Line Out connector on the back panel will not function 5 6 10 9 10 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 AUD_MIC Front pa...

Page 31: ...nce pull up 8 PWR_SW_N PowerSwitch lowreferencepull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for you to connect to the front panel switches and LEDs JFP1 JFP2 are compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide This barebone uses JFP1 only GND R L J1 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 ...

Page 32: ...r chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advan tage of the CPU fan control SFAN1 CPUFAN1 Sensor 4 5V 12V GND Sensor 12V GND Serial Port Connector JCOM1 Optional The mainboard offers one serial port It is 16550A high speed communi cation ports that senda receivea 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it PIN SIGNAL D...

Page 33: ...be connected correctly or it may cause some damage 1 9 2 10 JUSB1 JUSB2 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCASE1 This connector is connected to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record JCASE1 2 1 GND CINTRU MSI Remind...

Page 34: ...tion data With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on That battery has long life time for at least 5 years If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the C...

Page 35: ... IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follow Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTA INT B INTC INTD PCI Slot 2 INT B INTC INTD INTA PCI Slot 3 INTC INTD INTA INT B AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Th...

Page 36: ...ystem Assembly 3 1 System Assembly 3 This chapter provides you with the instal lation procedures of this barebone It is use ful for you to read the information of mainboard setup before assembling the whole system ...

Page 37: ...PU FDD HDD CD ROM and CPU Cooler Installation Tools Screws Two types of screws are used in assembling the barebone round headed screw hexagonal screw with washer Round headed screw This type of screw is used to attach the HDD to the HDD tray Round headed screw with washer The screw is used to fasten the FDD optical drive to the drives cage and the front cage Gloves 3 1 Overview Screw Driver ...

Page 38: ...d below for basic system operation CPU Cooler IDE or SATA HDD Optional Optical Drive Optional CPU Optional DDR SDRAM Optional Rubber Foot SATA HDD Driver Disk If you are installing Windows XP with a SATA HDD please press F6 to provide the included SATA HDD driver disk during the setup process MSI Reminds You ...

Page 39: ...rackets inwards to unlock the chassis cover Remove the chassis cover Use a screw driver to unscrew the drive cage 1 Removing Cover Drive Cage 3 2 Installation Procedures Pull the drive cage to release it from the chassis ...

Page 40: ...astic clips towards both sides 2 Installing Memory Modules Insert the DIMM vertically into the slot until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket Note The DIMM has only one notch on the center of module It will only fit in the right direction ...

Page 41: ...rom the socket and raise it up to 90 degree angle Close the lever to complete the installaton 3 Installing CPU Put the CPU onto the socket Note Make sure the pins are com pletely embedded into the socket The CPU can only fit in the correct direction ...

Page 42: ...embly 3 7 Connect the power cord of the CPU cooler Place the CPU cooler onto the CPU socket Be sure to align the notch to the CPU socket 4 Installing CPU Cooler Lift up the both levers on the fan and push to the other side ...

Page 43: ...e left to release the HDD cage Pull the HDD tray forwards to re move it from the drive cage Put the HDD in the HDD tray and use 4 screws to fix it on both sides Put the HDD tray back to secure it on the drive cage 5 Installing HDD ...

Page 44: ... and Optical Drive Press the FDD tray lever to release the FDD lock and push the FDD inwards to fix it Use 2 screws to secure the FDD in the FDD tray Use 2 screws to secure the optical drive in the tray Insert the optical drive into the drive cage ...

Page 45: ... align the tenon and the notch Connect the cables and the power cords to the HDD and the optical drive Note If you are using a Serial ATA HDD please connect it to the SATA cable Connect the cable and the power cord to the FDD Use 3 screws to secure the drive cage ...

Page 46: ...assisCover Restore the chassis cover Push the lock brackets outwards to lock the chassis cover Attach the rubber foots to the under side horizontal type Put the PC on four foots or lay on the rubber foots Horizontal type Tower type Horizontal type ...

Page 47: ...of the system you can adjust the ODD button key inside the front panel The instal lation procedures are as follows Remove the front panel and find the ODD button key inside Lift up the key with a tack screwdriver Depends on your optical drive you can 1 change the position to the middle or 2 Change the position to the right ...

Page 48: ...IOS Setup program and allows 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 boot up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default set tings for customized features ...

Page 49: ... restart the system by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Control Keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu PU Increase the numeric value or make changes PD Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu a...

Page 50: ...ntrol keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate key...

Page 51: ...ripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry shows the status of your CPU fan warning for overall system status Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu figur...

Page 52: ...his menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system perfor mance operations BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set Password Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 53: ...s 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 Time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Secondary Third Fourth Master Slave Press or to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard disk drive ...

Page 54: ...ng Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Setting options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Setting options are All Errors The system stops when any error is detecte...

Page 55: ...e of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the operating system Boot From Other Device Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter and the following sub menu appears MSI Reminds You Available settings for 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device vary depending on the bootable dev...

Page 56: ...the system Settings Enabled Disabled MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operat ing system Settings 1 4 1 1 Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system wi...

Page 57: ...ithout any translation Setting options 32M 64M 128M 256M 512M and 1G AGP 3 0 Mode The item sets an appropriate mode for the installed AGP 3 0 card Setting options 4X 8X AGP Driving Control This field is used to adjust the AGP driving force Selecting Manual allows you to select an AGP driving force in AGP Driving Value It is strongly suggested to select Auto to avoid causing any system error Settin...

Page 58: ...he exact memory size shared to the VGA card Setting options 16M 32M 64M DRAM Configuration Press Enter and the following sub menu appears Timing Mode This field allows you to select the DRAM timing setting Setting to Auto enables Max Memclock Mhz automatically to be determined Selecting Manual allows users to configure these fields manually Setting options Auto Manual Memclock index value Mhz User...

Page 59: ...T to 7T Row to Row delay Trrd When the Timing Mode is set to Manual the field is adjustable Specifies the active to active delay of different banks Available settings Auto 2T 3T 4T 1T 2T Memory Timing This setting controls the SDRAM command rate Selecting 1T allows SDRAM signal controller to run at 1T T clock cycles rate Selecting 2T makes SDRAM signal controller run at 2T rate 1T is faster than 2...

Page 60: ... the PCI bus Setting options Disabled Enabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay trans actions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Setting options Disabled Enabled VLink Data Rate Use this item to select the VLink Data Rate Setting options 8X 4X ...

Page 61: ...the onboard LAN Boot ROM during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process Setting options Enabled Disabled USB Controller This setting disables enables the onchip USB controller Setting options All Enabled All Disabled USB Device Legacy Support Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver instal...

Page 62: ... the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Serial Port 2 COM B Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically deter mine the correct base I O port address Settings Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto Parallel Port This field specifies the base I O port address of the onboard parallel port Settings Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This item selects the operation mode f...

Page 63: ...tem configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs Auto BIOS determines the best setting automatically Re Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming When ACPI Standby State is set to S3 STR users can select the option...

Page 64: ...urred Wake Up Event Setup Press Enter and the following sub menu appears Resume From S3 By USB The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Setting options Disabled Enabled Resume From S3 By PS 2 KB The item specifies how the system will be awakened from power saving mode when input signal of the PS2 keyboard is detected Use the PageUp Pag...

Page 65: ... to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a sched uled time date from the S3 S4 and S5 state Setting options Disabled Enabled Date of Month When Resume By Alarm is set to Enabled the field specifies the date for Resume By Alarm Setting options 0 31 Resume Time hh mm ss When Resume By Alarm is set to Enabled the field specifies the time for Resume By RTC Alarm Format is hour min...

Page 66: ...the default settings Primary Graphic s Adapter This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Settings PCI Slot AGP IRQ Resources Arrange Press Enter and the following sub menu appears IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used The settings determine if BIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to device...

Page 67: ...chassis is once opened This item is available only when your mainboard has JCI1 jumper To clear the warning message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later Settings Disabled Enabled Reset PC Health Status Press Enter and the following sub menu appears System CPU Temperature SYSTEM CPU FAN Speed Vcore 12V 3 3V VCC 5VSB These items display the curre...

Page 68: ...ault value 1 70 V Auto Detect PCI Clk This item is used to auto detect the PCI slots When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic interfer ence EMI Setting options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Sprea...

Page 69: ...password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you 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 Load Optimized Defaults This option on the main menu allow users to restore all of t...

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