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Hardware Setup

IEEE 1394 Connector: J1394_1(Optional)

The mainboard provides one 1394 pin header that allow you to connect op-
tional IEEE 1394 port.

J1394_1

Pin Definition

PIN

SIGNAL

PIN

SIGNAL

TPA+

TPA-

Ground

TPB+

TPB-

Cable power 8

Cable power

Key (no pin) 10

Ground

How to attach the IEEE 1394 Port:

Foolproof

design

Connected to J1394_1 (Green connector)

IEEE1394 Bracket

(Optional)

Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCI1

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.

JCI1

GND

CINTRU

Summary of Contents for 975X Platinum Series

Page 1: ...i 975X Platinum Series MS 7246 V2 X Mainboard G52 72461X1 ...

Page 2: ...l 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 Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V2 0 PCB 2...

Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting 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 or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a...

Page 4: ...e interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved...

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Page 8: ...eyboard Connector 2 11 Back Panel 2 11 Serial Port Connector COM Port 2 11 USB Connectors 2 11 LAN RJ 45 Jack 2 13 Audio Port Connectors 2 13 Parallel Port Connector LPT1 2 13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD 2 15 Fan Power Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN PWR_FAN NB_FAN 2 15 Connectors 2 15 Hard Disk Connector IDE1 IDE2 2 15 SATAII Connectors controlled by Intel ICH7R SATA1 SATA4 2 17 SATAII Connectors ...

Page 9: ...3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 10 Integrated Peripherals 3 12 Power Management Setup 3 16 PNP PCI Configurations 3 18 H W Monitor 3 20 Cell Menu 3 22 Load Fail safe Optimized Deafaults 3 27 BIOS Setting Password 3 28 Appendix A Introduction to DigiCell A 1 Activating DigiCell A 2 Introduction A 3 H W Diagnostic A 4 Communication A 6 Software Access Point A 6 Terminology...

Page 10: ... C 1 RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks C 2 RAID 0 Striping C 2 RAID 1 Mirroring C 2 JBOD Concatenate C 2 Introduction C 2 Creating and Deleting RAID sets with BIOS Utility C 3 Main Menu C 3 Hard Disk Driver List C 3 RAID Disk Driver List C 3 Creating RAID set C 4 Deleting RAID set C 7 Revert HDD to non RAID C 8 Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 C 9 Installing the RAID Driver For bootable R...

Page 11: ...setting D 18 Dolby D 19 3D Audio Demo D 20 Information D 21 Hardware Setup D 22 Appendix E Dual Core Center E 1 Activating Dual Core Center E 2 Introduction E 3 DOT Dynamic OverClocking E 4 Clock E 6 Voltage E 6 FAN Speed E 8 Temperature E 8 User Profile E 10 ...

Page 12: ...Intel 975X and Intel ICH7DH chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and Pentium Extreme Edition LGA775 processor the 975X Platinum Series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started Chapter 1 ...

Page 13: ...Support DDRII 533 667 800 SDRAM 8GB Max 4 DIMMs DDRII 240pin 1 8V LAN Supports PCI Express LAN 10 100 1000 Fast Ethermet by Intel 82573L IEEE 1394 Chip integrated by VIA VT 6308P Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC882M Flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1 0 Spec IDE 2 IDE ports by ICH7DH JMB361 Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode Support...

Page 14: ...ers 1 IEEE 1394 pinheader Slots 2 PCI Express x16 slots support into two x 8ports 2 PCI Express x1 slots 2 PCI slots 1 orange slot which supports 2 masters for MSI special PCI function card ex wireless LAN and bluetooth combo card Support 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface Form Factor ATX 30 4cm X 24 5 cm Mounting 9 mounting holes For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw progra...

Page 15: ...N1 SYSFAN1 JCI1 NB_FAN1 SATA5 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 ALC882M VIA VT6308P PEG1 BATT IDE2 IDE1 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 FDD 1 ATX1 BIOS Intel ICH7DH Jmicron JMB361 Intel 975X T LAN jack B USB ports Top mouse Bottom keyboard USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS B SS Out Out Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A 1394 Port SPDIF Winbond W83627DHG JSP1 Mainboard Layout ...

Page 16: ...SI Driver Utility CD Standard Cable for IDE Devices Back IO Shield Standard Cable for Floppy Disk Optional The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased IEEE1394 Bracket Optional D Bracket 2 Optional Packing Checklist ...

Page 17: ...s well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the peripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the com ponents and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup Chapter 2 ...

Page 18: ...p 2 9 BackPanel p 2 10 PCIE_X16 p 2 24 PCIE_X1 p 2 24 PCI 1 2 p 2 27 JAUD1 p 2 18 JCD1 p 2 17 J1394_2 p 2 19 JUSB1 2 p 2 18 SW p 2 23 JFP1 p 2 17 SATA1 4 p 2 16 SYS_FAN p 2 14 IDE1 IDE2 p 2 15 FDD p 2 14 JFP2 p 2 17 NB_FAN p2 14 SATA5 p 2 16 CPU_FAN p2 14 JLED1 p 2 20 JIR p 2 17 Quick Components Guide ...

Page 19: ...surface of LGA 775 CPU Remember to apply some sili cone heat transfer compound on it for better heat dispersion Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator The pin pad side of LGA 775 CPU Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator Alignment Key Alignment Key CPU Central Processing Unit Important 1 Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to pro...

Page 20: ...nd side cover on the bottom to protect the CPU contact from damage Rotate it to make the pin 1 indicator yellow triangle in the left bottom corner 2 Take out the accompanying CPU Clip and rotate it for the same direction as the CPU Pin 1 indicator is in the left bottom corner land side cover 3 Use 2 hands to remove the land side cover if any Please note not to touch the pins 4 Align the two pin 1 ...

Page 21: ... pins of socket reveal 7 Lift the load lever up and open the load plate 8 Correctly align the triangle of CPU Clip with the CPU chamfer and the square on the CPU Clip to the hook of the socket 9 Use your thumb and the middle fin gers to push the clips to release the CPU then press down the CPU with your index finger to allow the whole module to be installed onto the CPU socket 10 The CPU is instal...

Page 22: ...ate the locking switch refer to the correct direction marked on it to lock the hooks locking switch 15 Turn over the mainboard to confirm that the clip ends are correctly inserted Note If you want to uninstall the CPU align the 4 points see Point 8 for details again and push the clip to lift up the CPU Important 1 Check the information in PC Health Status of H W Monitor in BIOS Chapter 3 for the C...

Page 23: ...quires 28 less power than DDR chips DDRII truly is the future of memory but will require some changes as the technology is not back wardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDRII memory will be able to support these chips DDRII incorporates new features at the chip level that give it better signal integrity thereby enabling higher clock speeds DDRII modules have 240 pins v...

Page 24: ...56MB 2GB 256MB 2GB 256MB 2GB 256MB 2GB 1GB 8GB ORANGE ORANGE GREEN GREEN Important Dual channel DDRII works ONLY in the 5 combinations listed in the table shown in the previous page Please select the identical memory modules to install on the dual channel and DO NOT install three memory modules on three DIMMs or it may cause some failure Always insert the memory modules into the GREEN slots first ...

Page 25: ...he power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector ATX JPW PIN SIGNAL 1 5V 2 GND 3 GND 4 12V JPWR Pin Definition 1 JPWR PIN SIGNAL 5 12V 6 12V 7 12V 8 12V PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 GND 4 GND JPW Pin Definition 1 8 5 4 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW JPWR The JPW 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU ...

Page 26: ...d pin assignments are as follows PS 2 Mouse Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Keyboard Data Mouse Keyboard data 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse KeyboardClock Mouse Keyboardclock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition Keyboard COM Port USB Ports Mic L Out L In Mouse Parallel LAN RS Out SS Out CS Out IEEE1394 optional IEEE 1394 Port optional There is one 1394...

Page 27: ...tive Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive DataChannel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description Serial Port Connector COM Port The mainboard offers one 9 pin male DIN connector COM Port It s a 16550A high speed communication port that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it 9 Pin Male DIN Connector COM Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DC...

Page 28: ...dio application provided by Realtek ALC882M to offer support for 7 1 channel 2 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio Giga bit LAN Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 D0P Differential Pair0 2 D0N Differential Pair 0 3 D1P Differential Pair1 4 D2P Differential Pair2 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 D1N Differential Pair 1 7 D3P Differenti...

Page 29: ...CP 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 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 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...

Page 30: ...PU_FAN supports four three pin head connector The others support three pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 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 ta...

Page 31: ...ected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 only can connect a Master drive Important If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation sup plied by hard disk vendors fo...

Page 32: ...ports Each supports 2nd generation serial ATA data tranfer rates of 300 MB s They are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND Pin Definition Connect to serial ATA ports Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices Serial ATA cable SATA1 SATA2 SATA4 ...

Page 33: ...wn to GND 6 PWR_SW_P PowerSwitchhigh reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N PowerSwitch lowreferencepull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SPK JFP2 Pin Definition JFP1 7 8 JFP2 Power LED Speaker 1 2 1 2 9 10 Power LED Power Switch Reset Switch HDD LED JCD1 CD In Conne...

Page 34: ...5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key 10 USBOC Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 PORT 1L Analog Port 1 Left channel 2 GND Ground 3 PORT 1R Analog Port 1 Right channel 4 PRESENCE Active low signal signals BIOS that a High Definition Audio dongle is connected to the analog header PRESENCE 0 when a High Definition Audio dongle is connected 5 PORT 2R Analog Port 2 Right channel 6 SENSE1_RETIRN Jack de...

Page 35: ...ower 9 Key no pin 10 Ground How to attach the IEEE 1394 Port Foolproof design Connected to J1394_1 Green connector IEEE1394 Bracket Optional 1 2 10 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 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 en...

Page 36: ...e users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures D Bracket 2 supports both USB 1 1 2 0 specification D Bracket 2 1 2 3 4 D Bracket 2 Connector JLED1 The mainboard comes with a JLED1 connector for you to connect to D Bracket 2 D Bracket 2 is a USB Bracket that supports both USB1 1 2 0 spec It integrates four LEDs and allows users to identify system problem through 16 vari...

Page 37: ...ot installed properly 1 2 3 4 D Bracket 2 Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting Initializing Keyboard Controller Testing VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign on message to the screen Processor Initialization This will show information regarding the processor like brand name system bus etc Testing RTC Real Time Clock Initializing Video Interface This will start detecting CPU clock c...

Page 38: ... 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 D Bracket 2 Description Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initialize Floppy Drive and controller Boot Attempt This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h Operating System Booting ...

Page 39: ...tton SW There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can auto matically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the SW Clear CMOS Button to clear data Press the button to clear the data SW Button Important Make sure that you power off the system before clear...

Page 40: ...eds When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first The mainboard provides 2 PCI Express x16 slots 2 PCI Express x1 slots and 2 PCI bus slots It supports 2 PCIE x 16 slots transfer into 2 PCIE x 8 ports CrossFire Technology PCI Express x16 slot PCI Express x1 slot ATi CrossFire Multi GPU Technology ATi CrossFire Multi GPU technology is an exciting new techn...

Page 41: ...Fire Edition graphics card The CrossFire Ready graphics card Important 1 Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration only The ap pearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase 2 Only Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 Windows XP Profes sional x64 Edition support the CrossFire function 3 Always install the CrossFire Edition graphics card in the Primary PCIE...

Page 42: ... a setting in the Catalyst Control Center that needs to be enabled for CrossFire to operate The following aspect appears in Catalyst Control Center Select the Advanced View from the view drop menu Important A CrossFire system has four possible display modes SuperTiling Scissor Mode Alternate Frame Rendering Super Anti aliasing for more details please consult the graphics card manual from the manuf...

Page 43: ...rder 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTA INT B INTC INTD PCI Slot 2 INT B INTC INTD INTA PCI Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The 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...

Page 44: ...up 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 booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for cus tomized features ...

Page 45: ...PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 031505 refers to the date this BIOS was released Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key to ...

Page 46: ... The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol as shown in the right view appears to the left of certain fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the...

Page 47: ...er 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 and overclocking Once you enter Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Mai...

Page 48: ...ormance operations Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 49: ...work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually If you select Manual related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or...

Page 50: ...detected No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error All But Diskette The system doesn t stop for a disk error All But Disk Key The system doesn t stop for either a disk or a key board error System Information Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears BIOS Version CPU Type CPU ID uCode ID CPU Freque...

Page 51: ... following the appropriate timing delay specified in this field With the thermal monitoring enabled clock modulation controlled by the processor s internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep the processor within allowable temperature limit Setting options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min Thermal Management When CPU s temperature is higher than the predefined thermal level the thermal monitoring mec...

Page 52: ...he system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Boot Sector Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempt ing to update the BIOS with a Flash utility To successfully update the BIOS you ll need to disable this BIOS Secto...

Page 53: ...C mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Setting options 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 operating system Setting options 1 4 1 1 Boot...

Page 54: ...ory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA peripherals This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Setting options Disabled Enabled DRAM Data Integrity Mode Set this option according to the type of DRAM instal...

Page 55: ...system Setting options Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support Select Enabled if you need to use a USB interfaced mouse in the operating system Setting options Enabled Disabled Azalia AC97 Audio Selection This item allows you decide to support Azalia Audio or AC97 Audio Selecting Ena bled for Azalia Disabled for AC 97 Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard VIA6306 IEEE1394 This setting controls the o...

Page 56: ...ort Setting options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following options Disabled 3BC IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278 IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378 IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode This field selects the operation mode for the onboar...

Page 57: ...ing capability Settings options Disabled Enabled OnChip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for the IDE channel Choose Enabled to activate the channel Setting options Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE in...

Page 58: ...dvanced Host Controller Interface AHCI feature which supports improved serial ATA disk performance with native command queuing native hot plug Select RAID to use SATA as RAID function Setting options IDE AHCI RAID For the setting options of On Chip Serial ATA select Disabled if you want to disable all SATA controllers Select Combined Mode to use the SATA and P ATA devices but it only supports up t...

Page 59: ...ing options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware compo nents turn off to save energy The informat...

Page 60: ...ptions Disabled Enabled 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 by RTC Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the S3 S4 and S5 power off state Setting options Disabled Enabled Suspend Time Out Minute If sys...

Page 61: ...use or keyboard can power on the system Setting options Password Hot KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right any KEY BUTTON ONLY Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password If POWER ON Function is set to Password then you can set a password in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Hot Key Power ON If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY you can assign a hot key combina tion in the field for the PS 2 keybo...

Page 62: ...s strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Init Display First This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Setting options are PCI Ex The system initializes the PCI Express graphic first If a PCI Ex press graphic card is not available it will initialize the PCI graphic card PCI Slot The system initializes the PCI Gra...

Page 63: ...ment The items let you assign an IRQ line to INT Pin 1 2 separately Selecting Auto allows BIOS to determine the appropriate IRQ for each INT Pin PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size This item allows you to set the maximum TLP transaction layer packet payload size for the PCI Express devices Setting options 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 ...

Page 64: ...select a fan tolerance value here for the specific range for the CPU Smart Fan Temperature item If the current temperature of the CPU fan reaches the maximum threshold the temperature set in the CPU Smart Fan Temperature plus the tolerance value you set here the fan will speed up for cooling down On the contrary if the current temperature reaches the minimum threshold the set tempera tures minus t...

Page 65: ...y 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 frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance Setting options Disabled Disable Dynamic Overclocking Private 1st level of overclo...

Page 66: ...le performance Setting options 2 3 4 5 6 Auto DRAM RAS Precharge This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system Setting options 2 3 4...

Page 67: ...ou to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz and overclock the processor by adjusting the FSB clock to a higher frequency CPU Clock CPU FSB Frequency CPU Ratio Setting options 133 MHz 450 MHz PCI E Frequency This item allows you to select the PCI E clock frequency in MHz and overclock the processor by adjusting the PCI E clock to a higher frequency Setting options 100 150 CPU Voltage...

Page 68: ...mory Voltage and PCI Express Voltage help to verify if your setting is proper for your system Gray Default setting Yellow High performance setting Red Not recommended setting and the system may be unstable Changing CPU Voltage Memory Voltage and PCI Express Voltage may result in the instability of the system therefore it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long term usage 1 If you...

Page 69: ... Please press any key to continue Clear CMOS Please refer to chapter 2 for more information about how to clear CMOS data To save your system from failed overclocking Reboot 1 Press the Power button to reboot the system three times Please note that to avoid electric current to affect other devices or components we suggest an interval of more than 10 seconds among the reboot actions Important 1 CPU ...

Page 70: ...mance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optima...

Page 71: ...u may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the 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 ...

Page 72: ...ntegrated pe ripherals of the system such as audio program power management MP3 files management and communica tion 802 11g WLAN settings Moreover with this unique utility you will be able to activate the MSI well known features Live Update and Core Center which makes it easier to update the BIOS drivers online and to monitor the system hardware status CPU Fan temperature and speed or to overclock...

Page 73: ...nying with your mainboard path Utility MSI Utility MSI DigiCell it will have an icon in the system tray a short cut icon on the desktop and a short cut path in your Start up menu You may double click on each icon to enable DigiCell short cut icon in the system tray short cut path in the start up menu path Start Programs MSI DigiCell ...

Page 74: ...u to make further configuration MSI Click on this button to link to MSI website http www msi com tw Quick Guide Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you to review H W Diagnostic In this sub menu it provides the information of each DigiCell button for you to check if the representing peripherals cards drivers are correctly installed Comm In this sub menu you ca...

Page 75: ...have your MEGA STICK connected to your system this icon will be lit up Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player and then you can load media files from your MEGA STICK or the system and edit the preferred playlist Audio Speaker Setting In this sub menu you can configure and test the multi channel audio function speakers sound effect and environment Power on Agent In this sub menu you...

Page 76: ... sub menu you can see the information status and note of each DigiCell You may double check the connection and installation of the item marked as gray You may also click on the Mail to MSI button to send your questions or suggestions to MSI s technical support staff ...

Page 77: ...system Click on each item for details This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN which is read only The second icon indicates the wireless connection You may click this icon to configure the advanced settings in the WLAN Card Mode dialogue box Please note that it is only available when the Software Access Point is set to WLAN Card Mode The third icon indicates the con...

Page 78: ...work is a local area network or other small network especially one with wireless or temporary plug in connections in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communi cations session Users in the network can share files print to a shared printer and access the Internet with a shared modem In this kind of network new devices can be quickly added however us...

Page 79: ...et in office usually the LAN card will automatically get the IP this computer uses In this case you don t have to enable this function SSID Means Service Set Identifier a unique name shared among all points in a wireless network It must be identical for all points in the network Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID Channel Specifies the operating radio freque...

Page 80: ...WEP settings to communicate WLAN Card Mode Click on Setting button of the WLAN Card Mode for the WEP status of your APs If the AP you are selecting the highlighted one is not encrypted Disabled shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You can click Connect to make connection to that AP click Cancel to close this dialogue box or click Refresh button to update the available WL...

Page 81: ...n the right will appear on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear Several buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Live Driver Updates the drivers online Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Live Utilit...

Page 82: ...Play List field and use Delete button to remove the media file from the play list You may remove multi media files simultaneously by using Ctrl to select multi files Shuffle To play the media file in the Play List in a random order Repeat To repeat the selected files in the Play List Print This button has 2 functions 1 To print out the details of current play list through your printer with the fol...

Page 83: ...ewind Right click on the MP3 file and choose Info a MP3 Info dialogue will pop up to show the information of the file including the title artist album release year and others You may also add your own comment in the comment field Then click Save to save the change click Cancel to discard the change or click Remove to remove all this information play forward rewind bar song s information stop pause...

Page 84: ...tall the Supplemental Language Support provided by Microsoft to solve this problem You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared in the CD ROM The system will start to install the necessary components after the settings are configured here Follow the steps described below 1 Go to Control Panel and choose Regional and Languages Options 2 Go to the Languages tab and enable the check box of Insta...

Page 85: ...lect the language you want to be supported the language of the filename in the MegaStick from the drop down list in the Language for non Unicode programs then click Apply The system will install the necessary components from your Microsoft Setup CD immediately ...

Page 86: ...drop down list to select the date for power on Time Use the arrow keys to select the hour minute second for power on power off and restarting Then click Apply to save the changes As you click Apply the following dialogue will appear to show you the next power on schedule and the system will start to count down to restart Click OK to restart the computer right away or click Later to restart your co...

Page 87: ...er Step 2 Click on OK to apply the setting Step 3 For specified file or specified website you may enter the file name with the complete path or the website link in the Parameters field Of course you may use the button Delete to remove the added programs or you can right click on the selected program and click Delete add the desired start with program To activate Outlook as DigiCell is enabled next...

Page 88: ...re It supports the following operating systems Win9X Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Default User Name It is only available for Windows 2000 Windows XP If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office please enter your login user name in this field If you are using a computer with multi users for Windows XP operating system please enter the user name you d like to auto power on in th...

Page 89: ...ng and Duplexing RAID level 10 A Stripe of Mirrors and Intel Martix Storage Technology RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives Spreading the hard drive I O load across independent channels greatly improves I O performance RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced read performance RAID 10 Not one of the origi...

Page 90: ...ate delete and reset RAID volumes After the above message shows press Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM During the Power On Self Test POST the f...

Page 91: ...r 1 Create RAID Volume 1 Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter key The following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in RAID Level ...

Page 92: ...the upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage Here are some typical values RAID0 128KB RAID10 128KB 5 Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field The d...

Page 93: ...ation is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks re type the size to be half of what is shown by default The second volume when created will automatically span the remainder of two hard ...

Page 94: ...RAID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the volume deletion Important If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM your system will become unbootable ...

Page 95: ...D structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation 2 Possible reasons to Reset Disks to Non RAID could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk ...

Page 96: ...Enter key 6 Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 7 From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 installation Existing Windows XP 2000 Driver Installat...

Page 97: ...drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains impor tant data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un install all other non driver components Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Edition to install the software Click on this item ...

Page 98: ...MS 7246 Mainboard B 10 The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window ...

Page 99: ...B 11 Intel ICH7HD SATA RAID After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue ...

Page 100: ...Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and click Next button to start installation Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the program icon ...

Page 101: ...B 13 Intel ICH7HD SATA RAID Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation status ...

Page 102: ... Driver during Windows Setup Refer to Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver during Windows Setup 3 Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is installed To create a volume from an existing disk complete the following steps After the Intel Matrix Storage Console has been successfully installed and the system has rebooted click on the Intel Applicat...

Page 103: ...from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the following procedure Click Next to continue ...

Page 104: ...imized for performance will allow you to access your data more quickly RAID 1 Redundancy A volume optimized for data redundancy will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 10 Mirrored Stripes A RAID 1 array of two RAID 0 arrays Strip Sizes Select the desired strip size setting As indicated the op...

Page 105: ...determined by making a note during POST of which port e g Port 0 or Port 1 the single disk is attached to You can also use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of the drive that contains all the data 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 1...

Page 106: ... disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted permanently Do not forget to back up all the important data before continuing ...

Page 107: ...ve space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue the procedure of RAID volume creation from existing hard drive read the dialogue box below carefully Please note that once you click Finish the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be de...

Page 108: ... you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets inter rupted and your system is rebooted for any reason it will pick up the migration process where it left off You will be provided with an estimated completion time the remaining time will depend on your system once the migration process st...

Page 109: ...responds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Failed Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Replace the failed hard drive with a new one that is of equal or greater capacity 3 Reboot the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press Ctrl a...

Page 110: ...ystem 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the new hard drive ...

Page 111: ...ndustry today are 1 keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and 2 providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures while utilizing full disk capacity JMicron PCI Express to SATAII PATA provide 1 SATAII port and 1 PATA port with RAID to slove both of these problems Important All the information pictures illustrations in...

Page 112: ...undant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk RAID 1 Mirroring Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simul taneously written to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If...

Page 113: ...r is used to choose the operation to be performed The selections are Create RAID set is used to create a new legacy RAID set Delete RAID set is used to delete a legacy RAID set Revert HDD to non RAID is used to revert an existed RAID HDD to non RAID Save And Exit Setup save all settings and exit the BIOS utility Exit Without Saving exit the BIOS utiltiy without any saving Hard Disk Driver List The...

Page 114: ...Create RAID Disk Drive Then press Enter 3 Choose a 0 Striped a 1 Mirror or a JBOD Concatenate combination set and then press Enter to go to the next step 2 Then in the Name field specify a RAID set name and then press the Enter to go to the next field ...

Page 115: ...ish selection 5 Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB The default and typical value for RAID 0 is 128KB This field only available for RAID 0 mode ...

Page 116: ...field 7 The Creation field will display a message to ask you to confirm the creation Then press Y key to proceed with the RAID set creation 8 Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished 8 Go to the Save And Exit Setup field and press Enter a message will display to ask you to confirm the setup Then press Y key to save the setting and exit the BIOS utility ...

Page 117: ...set 1 Select Delete RAID Disk Drive Then press Enter 2 In the RAID Disk Driver List menu use Space key to select the RAID set you want to delete Then press Del key 3 Press Y to accept the deletion when a deletion message is appeared ...

Page 118: ...evert then click Enter key The following screen appears press Y key to remove any RAID structures from the drives Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation 2 Possible reasons to Revert HDD to non RAID could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk ...

Page 119: ...00 installation Installing OS on RAID Drive 1 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to Windows installation folders and restart the system 2 The setup program will continue and finish the installation after restarting 3 Wait until Windows XP 2000 finishes installing devices regional settings networking settings components and final set of tasks then reboot the system if necessary Conf...

Page 120: ...d Creating RAID Arrays Deleting a RAID Array Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the JMicron Raid Configurer utility by clicking Programs JMicron Technology Corp JMRaid Tool Left click the Show Disks button and the information of all hard disks will display on the right side of the window Important The information in the figures in this part may ve...

Page 121: ...ogue will display on the screen following the description of every step to complete the creation Deleting RAID 1 Right click the name of the disk array you want to delete and the Remove menu will appear 2 A warning message appears to remind you that the data will be lost Press the Yes button if you really want to delete the disk array ...

Page 122: ...nel DAC that simultaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels It also provides Dolby Master Studio to bring you a new class of audio entertainment experi ence by using home PCs ...

Page 123: ...ervice Pack1 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 application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Click here Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Important The HD ...

Page 124: ...D 3 Realtek ALC882M Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here ...

Page 125: ...nel audio feature now Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect Manager from the Control Panel Double click Software Configuration ...

Page 126: ...ment You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting button to remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set eq...

Page 127: ...t without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from 100...

Page 128: ... Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song...

Page 129: ...pectively from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important Before setting up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear ...

Page 130: ...ed from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel ...

Page 131: ...e single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back pane...

Page 132: ...volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Advanced control is a Microphone Boost icon Once this item is checked you will find advanced icon beside Front Pink In Mic Volume With this the input signal into Front Pink In Mic Volume will be strengthen Enable recording multi streaming Tool Mute Important ALC882M allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously fr...

Page 133: ...ertain functions Instead each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output ex playback function or input ex Recording function all by your own choices Audio I O aims to help you set jacks right Moreover other than blue to blue pink to pink the way that you used to do Audio I O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone speaker headphone Speaker Configuration 1 Plu...

Page 134: ...nd the dialogue connected device pops up the default setting of blue jack is Line in Check the headphone anyway then click OK You should notice the icon beside blue jack remains the same without any change and the error message pops Pop screen check list 2CH Speakers configutaion check the Front Speaker Out anyway 4CH Speakers configuration check the Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out anyway 6CH S...

Page 135: ...t automatically pop up when device plugged in Before you begin using the front panel function please complete the following steps 1 Please install the JAUD1 pin headers for the front panel according to Chapter2 Hardware Setup 2 Select Enable for Azalia Disable for AC 97 in the Azalia AC97 Audio Select BIOS setting Please refer to Chapter 3 3 If you are using Azalia setting the microphone function ...

Page 136: ...al signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out S PDIF in to S PD...

Page 137: ...up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Side Left Side Right ...

Page 138: ...d from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With ...

Page 139: ... M 0 Ft to 30 Ft varies from each speaker Subwoofer settings Enable subwoofer output Before enabled subwoofer output please make sure you have a subwoofer in place Send bass to subwoofer If you prefer the sound in which bass effect is strengthened you may enable this function By enabling this function all bass effect that originally exist in other chan nels will be concentrated to Subwoofer to out...

Page 140: ...realistic and spa cious 5 7 1 channel listening experience Change speaker mode to 61 82 CH Speaker at Audio I O tab Single click on or Pro Logic IIx button to enable disable it For Dolby Virtual Speaker This delivers a realistic 5 channel surround sound experience from just two speakers Note To truly deliver 5 channel surround sound please make sure the audio source that you are about to play is r...

Page 141: ...ard D 20 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Page 142: ...on Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 143: ... for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected Hardware Setup Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 7 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels but no functioning in this mode 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode 6 Line Out Side Surround channels...

Page 144: ...el s Line Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode 6 Line Out Side Surround channels but no functioning in this mode 7 S PDIF Out Coaxial ...

Page 145: ...wo speakers to the rear channel Line out connector and two s peaker s to the c enter subwoofer channel Line Out connector 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side Surround channels but no functioning in this mode 7 S PDIF Out Coaxial ...

Page 146: ...kers to the rear channel Line out connector two speak ers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connector and two speakers to the side chan nel Line Out connector 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side Surround channels 7 S PDIF Out Coaxial ...

Page 147: ...Mainboard MSI Graphics card in windows such as CPU GPU clock voltage fan speed and temperature Before you install the Dual CoreCenter please make sure the system has meet the following requirements 1 Intel Pentium4 Celeron AMD Athlon XP Sempron or compatible CPU with PCI Express slot 2 256MB system memory 3 CD ROM drive for software installation 4 Operation system Windows XP 5 DotNet Frame Work 2 ...

Page 148: ...your mainboard path Utility MSI Utility Dual Core Center it will have an icon in the system tray a short cut icon on the desktop and a short cut path in your Start up menu You may double click on each icon to enable Dual Core Center short cut icon in the system tray short cut path in the start up menu path S tar t P r ograms MSI DualCoreCenter DualCoreCenter ...

Page 149: ...ardware status of the MSI mainboard would be available Introduction Click each button appearing above to enter sub menu to make further configuration or to execute the function M B Click MB button to read current CPU temperature FSB and CPU clock of mainboard will show below VGA Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature GPU clock and memory clock of graphics card will show below DOT Click D...

Page 150: ...FAN Speed In this sub menu you can adjust and monitor the fan speeds of MB and graphics card Temperature In this sub menu you can monitor the temperatures of MB and graphics card User Profile In this sub menu you can set the values of clock voltage and fan speed by your need and save them in a profile You can save 3 profiles for further use Important Click on the icon the clock voltage fan and tem...

Page 151: ...ce it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC runs huge amount of data like 3D games or video process and the motherboard graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button include increase rate and decrease rate buttons to select ...

Page 152: ...crease the clock or click the minus sign button to decrease the clock And finally click the Apply button to apply the values adjusted If you do not want to apply the adjustments click the Cancel button to cancel Or click the Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the clocks Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be s...

Page 153: ...tage or click the minus sign button to decrease And finally click the Apply button to apply the adjustments If you do not want to apply the adjustments click the Cancel button to cancel Or click the Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the voltages Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown I Important In the ...

Page 154: ... a section or click the minus sign button to decrease Or click the Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the fan speed Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown Important 1 When you set the fan speed manually please make sure to disabled the Smart FAN Target item in the BIOS 2 In the user profile clicking the ...

Page 155: ...mperature In the Temperature sub menu you can see temperature status of your system On the underside it shows the graphs of the temperatures Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown ...

Page 156: ...nu click the setting button that besides the user profile bar and the next screen will appear Here you can define the clock fan speed voltage by your need click the button to choose a value quickly or click the plus minus sign button to increase decrease the value ...

Page 157: ... draw bar to set the minimal fan speed When the fan speed is lower than the threshold you defined the system will pop up a warning message Finally you can choose the user profile by click the button in the left side and click the Apply button to load the user profile After setting all values you need you can change the user profile name in the box then click the save button to save all changes in ...

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