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Hardware Setup

Parallel Port Connector: LPT1

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
Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.

PIN

SIGNAL

DESCRIPTION

STROBE

Strobe

DATA0

Data0

DATA1

Data1

DATA2

Data2

DATA3

Data3

DATA4

Data4

DATA5

Data5

DATA6

Data6

DATA7

Data7

ACK#

Acknowledge

BUSY

Busy

Paper End

SELECT

Select

AUTO FEED#

Automatic Feed

ERR#

Error

INIT#

Initialize Printer

SLIN#

Select In

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

GND

Ground

Pin Definition

Summary of Contents for E7230 Master Series

Page 1: ...i English Version G52 S9618X1 E7230 Master Series MS 9618 v1 X ATX Server Board...

Page 2: ...nal 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...

Page 3: ...ons 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 c...

Page 4: ...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...

Page 5: ...v WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement...

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Page 8: ...Unit CPU 2 3 Introduction to LGA 775 CPU 2 3 CPU Cooler Installation 2 4 Memory 2 7 Introduction to DDR2 SDRAM 2 7 Memory Module Population Rules 2 7 Installing DDR2 Modules 2 8 Power Supply 2 9 ATX...

Page 9: ...Express Slots 2 22 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 22 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 23 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 General Help F1 3 2 The Menu Bar 3 3...

Page 10: ...em efficiency the E7230 Master Series mainboard ac commodates the latest Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D processors in LGA775 package and supports up to four 240 pin 533 667MHz unbuffered ECC DDR II DIMMs t...

Page 11: ...Memory Supports four unbuffered ECC DIMMs of 1 8 Volt DDR II SDRAM Supports up to 8GB memory size Supports Dual Channel DDR II 533 667 memory interface For more information on compatible components pl...

Page 12: ...s 100Mb s and 1000Mb s Power Management Features Wake up on LAN WOL wake up on serial ring wake up on PCI RTC alarm and wake up Wake up on keyboard mouse USB from S1 Supports ACPI S1 S4 S5 function S...

Page 13: ...D 1 J2 JUSB1 JBAT1 S ATA1 S ATA3 S ATA2 S ATA4 SFAN3 JFP1 J US B2 C OM 2 JLCD 1 ATX1 S FAN 2 S FAN 1 CPU_FAN1 SFAN4 DIM M1 DI MM 3 D IM M2 DIM M4 JCI1 ID E 1 Top Mouse Bottom Keyboard Top Parallel Por...

Page 14: ...ring 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 imme...

Page 15: ...up procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will n...

Page 16: ...O Ports p 2 10 COM2 p 2 18 FDD1 p 2 14 CPU p 2 3 ATX1 p 2 9 CPU_FAN1 p 2 17 JGS1 p 2 17 SFAN2 1 p 2 17 JBAT1 p 2 20 SATA2 SATA1 p 2 15 JUSB1 p 2 19 PCI Slots p 2 22 JACT1 2 p 2 17 J2 p 2 21 JUSB2 p 2...

Page 17: ...e cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded...

Page 18: ...the CPU has a cooler attached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not have the cooler contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer Meanwhile do not forget to...

Page 19: ...me Be sure to grasp on the edge of the CPU base Note that the alignment keys are matched 8 Cover the load plate onto the package 7 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not tak...

Page 20: ...onto the load plate and then secure the lever with the hook under retention tab locking switch MSI Reminds You 1 Confirm if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on your system 2 Check t...

Page 21: ...to 2 5V for DDR and requires 28 less power than DDR chips DDR2 truly is the future of memory but will require some changes as the technology is not backwardly compat ible and only motherboards specifi...

Page 22: ...ds You Dual channel DDR2 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 th...

Page 23: ...ctor always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 20 Pin System Power Connector ATX1 This connector allows you to connect to an ATX power sup...

Page 24: ...an plug a PS 2 mouse keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Keyboard Data Mouse Keyboard data 2 NC Noconnection...

Page 25: ...2 SIN Serial In orReceive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out orTransmit Data 4 DTR DataTerminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR DataSetReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Pin Definition 9...

Page 26: ...3 D1P Differential Pair1 4 D2P Differential Pair2 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 D1N Differential Pair 1 7 D3P Differential Pair3 8 D3N Differential Pair 3 USB Ports The rear panel provides two UHCI Uni...

Page 27: ...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...

Page 28: ...Refer to the hard disk docu mentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second...

Page 29: ...CH7R south bridge supports four serial ATA connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each supports serial ATA data rates of 300MB s and is fully compliant with Seria...

Page 30: ...electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FPPWR SL...

Page 31: ...ctivity of the LAN JACT1 is for LAN2 jack and the JACT2 is for LAN1 jack Both LAN1 LAN2 jacks are located on the back panel SFAN3 SENSOR 12V GND SFAN4 Sensor 12V GND CPU_FAN1 SENSOR 12V GND Control MS...

Page 32: ...RIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In orReceive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out orTransmit Data 4 DTR DataTerminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR DataSetReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI...

Page 33: ...connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like MSI Reminds You Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly t...

Page 34: ...umpers for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that h...

Page 35: ...em from a situation when the BIOS code is incorrect corrupted or needs to be updated When the BIOS code is corrupted or needs to be updated you have to at first disable the write protect function by s...

Page 36: ...t we have seen PCI Express architecture provides a high performance I O infrastructure for Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2 5 Giga transfers per second over a PCI Express x1 lane fo...

Page 37: ...ices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows DEVICE ICH INT Pin IDSEL CLOCK REQ GNT PCI Slot 1 INT F G H E AD21 CK_PCI...

Page 38: ...n this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the lat est BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 Upon boot up...

Page 39: ...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 the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a...

Page 40: ...menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features available on your system s chipset Security Use this menu to set Supe...

Page 41: ...drives installed IDE Primary Master Slave SATA Port 1 2 3 4 Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard d...

Page 42: ...y Ultra DMA Mode Indicates the type of Ultra DMA Boot Features The sub menu is used to configure system boot up features Floppy Check This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at b...

Page 43: ...ng the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Available options Enabled Disabled Installed Memory Available to OS Used by Devices The three item...

Page 44: ...nto several sub menus Each sub menu provides more settings To enter the sub menu highligh the sub menu you want to configure and press Enter Advanced PCI Configuration The sub menu is used to configur...

Page 45: ...set to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Setting options Enabled Disabled Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another tak...

Page 46: ...SCI System Control Interrupt Interleave Mode This setting determines whether BIOS will auto detect or disable the interleave mode Parallel ATA This setting enables disables the onboard PATA controller...

Page 47: ...port switch to Native Mode DOS Win2K Win98 ME should set SATA and PATA to Legacy Mode Maximum 4 ATA devices to connect Combine mode and Non Combine mode Non Combined Mode P ATA devices only Maximum of...

Page 48: ...system doesn t support HT Function or unreliability and instability may occur Settings Enabled Disabled Single Logical Proc Mode This setting controls the CPU core When set to Disabled the CPU will w...

Page 49: ...ng specifies the internal frequency multiplier of the CPU Processor Power Management This setting offers power management options for the processor Disabled C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled GV1 GV3 O...

Page 50: ...e ASF configuration Minimum WatchDog Timeout This setting specifies the minimum time period for BIOS to stop the WatchDog Timer after a reset has occurred BIOS Boot Timeout This setting specifies the...

Page 51: ...0 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Console Type This feature allows you to enable the specified console type Options VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI UT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This featur...

Page 52: ...tegrated Device Control Sub Menu The sub menu is used to configure the specified integrated device Legacy USB Support Set to Enabled if your need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in the operating system...

Page 53: ...llel port in the EPP mode simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing Bi Dir will allow the onboard par allel port to support SPP duplex...

Page 54: ...is setting disables enables the BIOS to log ECC Error Checking Correcting events Setting options Disabled Enabled Mark DMI Events as Read Press Enter and a screen pops up asking users to confirm wheth...

Page 55: ...ervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility Set User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot Virus Check Reminder System Backup Reminder This setting displays remin...

Page 56: ...redetermined time Options On Off Resume Time The time format is HH MM SS Resume Date The date format is MM DD YYYY Resume On LAN Select Enabled to wake up the system when incoming signals is detected...

Page 57: ...Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press or PageUp PageDown key to move it up down in the priority list Excluded from Boot Order This setting allows users to exclude the...

Page 58: ...rding Changes When you want to quit the Setup menu you can select this option to abandon the changes Load Setup Defaults The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the Optimal Defa...

Page 59: ...orage 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 prov...

Page 60: ...SATA Mode as RAID for details to create 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...

Page 61: ...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 t...

Page 62: ...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 in...

Page 63: ...is finished MSI Reminds You 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 yo...

Page 64: ...AID 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 accep...

Page 65: ...ructures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection MSI Reminds You 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform...

Page 66: ...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 6 From the Windows 2000...

Page 67: ...rom which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ab...

Page 68: ...A 10 MS 9618 ATX Server Board 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 69: ...A 11 Intel ICH7R 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 70: ...rd 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 Se...

Page 71: ...ATA RAID Once the installation is complete the following window appears Click Finish and restart the system The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup in...

Page 72: ...Intel IAA RAID Driver during Windows Setup Refer to Install ing Software for instructions on installing the driver during Windows Setup 3 Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating...

Page 73: ...rom 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...

Page 74: ...lume 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 5 Useful RAID 5 ca...

Page 75: ...te in order to be able to calculate the correct parity information or similar to RAID 1 writes The write efficiency depends heavily on the amount of memory in the machine and the usage pattern of the...

Page 76: ...er 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...

Page 77: ...e 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 continu...

Page 78: ...le 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 interrupted and your system is rebooted...

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