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Chapter 2

Joystick/Midi Connectors

You can connect a joystick or game pad to this connector.

Audio Port Connectors

Line Out

 is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. 

Line In 

is used for

external CD player, Tape player, or other audio devices. 

Mic

 is a connector for

microphones.

Note:

  If you choose to enable the Audio Multi-Channel, this will change the

Line In

 to 3, 4 channel output and 

MIC

 to 5, 6 channel output (optional). To use

this function, set the Audio Multi-Channel to enable located at the BIOS Inte-
grated Peripherals or install the driver provided with this mainboard.

1/8” Stereo Audio Connectors

Line Out Line In

MIC

Summary of Contents for K7D Master-L

Page 1: ...i Version 1 1 G52 MA00571 MS 6501 v1 X ATX Mainboard MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL K7D Master K7D Master L ...

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

Page 3: ...rademarks 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 Technologi...

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

Page 5: ... for CPU 2 4 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 5 CPU Clock Frequency Selection JFSB1 2 5 Recommended Computer Case and Axial Fans 2 6 Memory Installation 2 7 DDR Module Combination 2 8 DDR Module Installation Procedures 2 9 Power Supply 2 10 ATX 20 Pin Power Supply JPWR1 2 10 ATX 12V Power Connector J4 2 11 Back Panel 2 12 Mouse Connector JKBMS1 2 12 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 2 13 Serial Port ...

Page 6: ... 21 CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 PSFAN1 SYSFAN NBFAN1 2 22 USB Front Panel Connector JUSB1 2 23 D Bracket Connector JDB1 2 24 IrDA Infrared Module Connector JIR1 2 25 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 2 26 Jumpers 2 27 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 27 Slots 2 28 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Pro Slot 2 28 PCI Slots 2 28 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 29 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Cont...

Page 7: ... 2000 XP A 2 Installing Intel Ethernet LAN Driver A 3 Installing AMD 762 Chipset Driver A 4 Installing AMD EIDE Driver A 6 Installing AMD 768 Chipset Driver A 9 LargePageMinimum A 10 AMD AC97 Audio Driver A 11 Appendix B USB 2 0 Controller Card B 1 Acknowledgements B 2 Introduction B 4 Features B 4 System Requirements B 5 Hardware Installation B 6 Software Installation B 7 Windows 98SE Setup B 7 W...

Page 8: ... V1 X ATX mainboard is an excellent computer mainboard based on the innovative AMD 762 768 chipsets which supports the dual AMD Athlon MP processors series and provides you a cost effective solution to meet your needs TOPICS Mainboard Specification 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Quick Components Guide 1 6 MSI Special Features 1 7 ...

Page 9: ...ls such as super IO and BIOS Extensive ACPI compliant power management logic IO APIC controller AC97 soft audio controller ClockGenerator 100 133MHz clocks are supported 266 MHz Internal System Bus MainMemory Supports eight memory banks using four 184 pin unbuffered DDR DIMMs Supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports a maximum memory size of 4GB registered DDR only Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port P...

Page 10: ... EPP ECP mode 4 USB ports 2 Rear Connectors 2 Front Pin Headers 1 IrDA HP connector for SIR CIR FIR ASKIRHPSIR 1 audio game port Network K7DMaster L Intel 82551QM LAN Controller Integrated IEEE802 3 10 BaseT 100 BaseTX PHY BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play function which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Manageme...

Page 11: ...PCI Slot 2 32 bit PCI Slot 2 32 bit PCI Slot 3 IDE 1 IDE 2 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN1 PSFAN1 SYSFAN J4 NBFAN1 Winbond W83627HF AW Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top LAN Jack Bottom USB ports FDD1 Intel 82551QM SOCKET 462 SOCKET 462 Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A COM B JWL1 JWR1 JFP1 JFP2 JFSB1 JCD1 JPHN1 JAUX1 Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic D LED DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 AGP Pro Slot JDB1 ...

Page 12: ...2 32 bit PCI Slot 3 IDE 1 IDE 2 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN1 PSFAN1 SYSFAN J4 NBFAN1 Winbond W83627HF AW Top mouse Bottom keyboard USB ports FDD1 SOCKET 462 SOCKET 462 Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A COM B JWL1 JWR1 JFP1 JFP2 JFSB1 JCD1 JPHN1 JAUX1 Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic D LED DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 AGP Pro Slot JDB1 K7D Master ATX Mainboard MS 6501 v1 X ...

Page 13: ... drive connector See p 2 17 IDE1 IDE2 Hard disk connectors See p 2 18 JFP1 JFP2 Case connectors See p 2 19 JCD1 CD in connector See p 2 20 JAUX1 Aux line in connector See p 2 20 JPHN1 Modem in connector See p 2 20 JWR1 Wake on ring connector See p 2 21 JWL1 Wake on LAN connector See p 2 21 CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 SYSFAN PSFAN1 NBFAN1 Fan power connectors See p 2 22 JUSB1 USB front connector See p 2 23 JDB...

Page 14: ...ou can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This wil...

Page 15: ...ndows environment Select the CPU fre quency you prefer and click Go to apply the frequency or click Save allowing the system to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is powered on Features z Display Current System Status CPU Fan CPUTemp Vcore Vio Memory Clock CPUClock AGPClock PCIClock z Adjust CPU FSB Frequency ...

Page 16: ... 2 3 4 Diagnostic LED The D Bracket which is an external USB bracket integrating four Di agnostic LEDs is optional Definitions of the D Bracket LED signals are the same as D LED as shown below Red Green D LED D Bracket Description System Power ON The D LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory ...

Page 17: ...adapter BIOS Sign On It will show information of the logo brand name of the processor and so on Testing Base and Extended Memory It will test base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns Assigning Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller It will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller It will initialize floppy dr...

Page 18: ...his chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup 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 not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 19: ...owing points in mind before installing CPU s 1 If SINGLE CPU is intended always install the CPU on the CPU1 socket 2 To install DUAL CPUs on the board you must use the same types of CPUs running at the same FSB frequency When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a Heat Sink andacoolingfanattachedonthetoptopreventoverheating Ifyoudonotfind the Heat Sink and cooling fan contact your deal...

Page 20: ...s the lever pivot The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation CPU Installation Procedures Open Lever Cut edge Sliding Plate Close Lever Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating WARNING ...

Page 21: ...thermal requirements AMD recommends the use of high performance thermal interface material AMDAthlon processorwithaspeedof600MHzandaboverequiresLARGER heatsink and fan You also need to add thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink to improve heat dissipation Then make sure that the CPU and heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other These are needed to prevent damaging the...

Page 22: ...ys turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power cable of the ATX power supply from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU WARNING CPU Clock Frequency Selection JFSB1 The default hardware configuration for CPU Clock Frequency is set at 100 MHz To use a 133 MHz CPU you need to adjust the CPU clock up to 133 MHz by setting the JFSB1 jumper 1 133 MHz 3 100MHz 3 1 JFSB1 1 ...

Page 23: ...ell ventilated operating environment and prevent CPU overheating problems we strongly suggest that you add two axial fans to the system The specification of the Front Rear Axial Fans are as follows Front Axial Fan air flows in Rear Axial Fan heat flows out MS 6501 ATX Power Supply ATX Computer Case AxialFan Length x Width Running Speed Front 80mm x 25mm 12Vat2500rpm Rear 120mm x 25mm 12Vat2200rpm ...

Page 24: ...onventional SDRAM is called SDR Single Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is also known as SDRAM II DDR DRAM and DSDRAM Double Speed DRAM Two types of DDR are available at the time of writing PC1600 PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAM running at 100MHz will produce abo...

Page 25: ...x4banks 128MB 2Mx16x4banks 256MB 16Mx4x4banks 256MB 8Mx8x4banks 256MB 4Mx16x4banks 512MB 32Mx4x4banks 512MB 16Mx8x4banks 512MB 8Mx16x4banks Note The maximum address space supported by the AMD 762 system controller is four Gbytes 1 DIMM 2 Rows x64 x72 256 MB 128 MB 64 MB 512 MB 256 MB 128 MB 1GB 512 MB 256 MB 2GB 1GB 512 MB 2 DIMMs 2 Rows each x64 x72 512 MB 256 MB 128 MB 1GB 512 MB 256 MB 2GB 1GB ...

Page 26: ...ferent from the SDR DIMM the DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The number of pins on either side of the breaks are different The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 The plastic clips at sides of the DIMM slot will automatically close 1 Insert the DIMM module vertically into the DDR DIMM slot Make sure the notch is on the right orientation Volt ...

Page 27: ... system will boot up immediately when the power supply connector is inserted on the board The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused PIN SIGNAL 1 1 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...

Page 28: ...card Note Always make sure to connect a power cable to the J4 to provide power for the CPU the AGP Pro card Even if you do not intend to use AGP Pro card you still have to connect the J4 in order to ensure that CPU will work properly with sufficient power input J4 1 3 2 4 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Pin Definition ...

Page 29: ...2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Back Panel PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition COM A COM B Parallel Port Joystick MIDI LineOut LineIn Mic PS 2Keyboard PS 2Mouse USB Ports 1 2 RJ 45 LAN Port 2 1 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 30: ... receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to them PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 KeyboardDATA KeyboardDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit D...

Page 31: ...can plug the USB device directly into ths connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive ...

Page 32: ... mode PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN SelectIn 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Gro...

Page 33: ...pe player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones Note If you choose to enable the Audio Multi Channel this will change the Line In to 3 4 channel output and MIC to 5 6 channel output optional To use this function set the Audio Multi Channel to enable located at the BIOS Inte grated Peripherals or install the driver provided with this mainboard 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors Line Ou...

Page 34: ... to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors FDD1 ...

Page 35: ...sk drives CD ROM or 120MB Floppy to IDE1andIDE2 IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard disk drive should always be connected to IDE1 You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE1 IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE2 IDE 1 IDE 2 TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to...

Page 36: ...JFP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up to 5V 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up to 5V 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up to 5V 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND ...

Page 37: ...s for CD ROM audio connector Aux Line In Connector JAUX1 The connector is for DVD add on card with Line in connector Modem In Connector JPHN1 The connector is for modem with internal audio connector JCD1 JAUX1 GND R L JPHN1 GND Phone_In Mono_Out GND R L ...

Page 38: ...s compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Wake On Ring Connector JWR1 This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function The connector will power up the system when a signal is received through the modem card JWR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JWR1 NC WOR wake up on ring NC 5VSB 1 GND JWL1 5VSB GND WOL wake up ...

Page 39: ...ected 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 take advantage of the CPU fan control Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control th...

Page 40: ...s USB pin header that allows you to connect an optional USB port for front panel JUSB1 is compli ant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Pin Description Pin Description 1 USBPWR 6 USBP1 2 USBPWR 7 GND 3 USBP0 8 GND 4 USBP1 9 NC 5 USBP0 10 USBOC JUSB1 Pin Definition JUSB1 1 9 2 10 ...

Page 41: ...c tionsaresimilartoD LED andallowsuserstoidentifysystemproblemthrough 16 various combinations of LED signals For definitions of 16 signal combinations please refer to Chapter 1 D LED D Bracket Pin Description Pin Description 1 DBG1 6 DBR3 2 DBR1 7 DBG4 3 DBG2 8 DBR4 4 DBR2 9 Key 5 DBG3 10 NC JDB1 Pin Definition D Bracket Connected to JDB1 Connected to JUSB1 1 9 2 10 JDB1 ...

Page 42: ...st configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function JIR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JIR1 1 2 5 6 Pin Definition Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 NC Not Assigned 2 No pin Key 3 5V IR Power 4 GND Ground 5 IRTX IrDA serial output 6 IRRX IrDA serial input ...

Page 43: ...is 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 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JCI1 1 CINTRU GND 2 ...

Page 44: ... use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data JBAT1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of the jumper You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the sys...

Page 45: ...xpansion cards 1 PCI 64bit 66MHz supports 3V or universal cards can be downgraded to PCI32bit 33MHz orPCI64bit 33MHz 2 PCI 32bit 33MHz supports 5V or universal cards When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumper...

Page 46: ... 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 follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 2 INT B INT C INT D INT A PCI Slot 3 INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 4 INT B INT C INT D INT A PCI Slot 5 INT C INT D INT A INT B ...

Page 47: ...tored in a battery backed CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off TOPICS Entering Setup 3 2 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 11 Integrated Peripherals 3 14 Power Management Setup 3 19 PnP PCI Configurations 3 23 PC Health Status 3 25 Frequency Voltage Control 3 26 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults ...

Page 48: ...lt and Delete keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item on the left hand side Move to the item on the right hand side Select the item Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu Enter Esc General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes PU P...

Page 49: ...n menu just press the Esc GeneralHelp 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 keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press Esc to exit the Help screen After entering the Setup menu the first menu you will see is the Main Menu MainMenu The main menu lists ...

Page 50: ...d optimize your system s performance IntegratedPeripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals PowerManagementSetup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys t...

Page 51: ...feDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable perform ance for your system to operate LoadOptimizedDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Supervisor UserPassword Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save ExitSetup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup ExitWit...

Page 52: ...ined 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 depends on the year of the BIOS Time The time format is hour minute second IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work...

Page 53: ...r Number of sectors Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options are None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and Mono HaltOn The setting determines whether the system will stop if an e...

Page 54: ...nabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table CPUInternal ExternalCache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even ...

Page 55: ...to logical drive A and vice versa BootUpFloppySeek When this item is enabled during POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Settings are Enabled and Disabled Floppy Disk Access Control You can select R W to read and add data to the floppy disk or Read Only to read data from the floppy disk Boo...

Page 56: ... will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt MPS Version Control For OS This option allows you to control the MPS version for OS Settings are 1 1 or 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM greater than 64MB Setting...

Page 57: ...ory segment to be written to and read from cache memory resulting in better sys tem performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The settings are Enabled or Disabled VideoRAMCacheable The field allows the caching of video memory resulting in increased system performance The settings are Enabled or Disabled BIOSIDofMPCapabilities This item is to have the A...

Page 58: ... settings are Enabled or Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB This option allows you to select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture Aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedi cated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The settings are 32 64 128 and 256 AGP ISA Aliasing When enabled addre...

Page 59: ...chipset internally bypasses certain memory to CPU pipe stages for optimal performance The settings are Disabled or Enabled Note This item is hidden if both processors are running DDR SDRAM Timing Setting By This feature allows you to set the DDR SDRAM Timing Setting The options are Auto and Manual When setting to Auto the system will automatically set proper values to DDR SDRAM Idle Limit Page Hit...

Page 60: ... Primary SecondaryMaster SlavePIO 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 interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The set tings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Integrated Periphera...

Page 61: ...and you have USB peripherals Settings are Enabled and Disabled USBKeyboard MouseSupport Select Enabled if you need to use an USB keyboard mouse in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix The settings are Enabled and Disabled Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Settings are PCI Slot and A...

Page 62: ...n the system HotKeyPower On If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY then you can assign a hot key combination in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Settings are Ctrl F1 through Ctrl F12 OnboardFDCController Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy driv...

Page 63: ... Consult your IR peripheral documentation to selet the correct setting of TxD and RxD signals Settings IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2 TxD2 OnboardParallelPort This specifies the I O port address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port Settings 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 and Disabled ParallelPortMode This item selects the operating mode for the parallel port Settings SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal SPP Standard Pa...

Page 64: ...assign the I O address for the Game Midi port Settings are Game Disabled 201 209 Midi Disabled 330 300 290 MidiPortIRQ The item specifies an IRQ for the Midi port Settings 5 10 PowerStatusLED You may choose either Single or Dual LED to show the power status ...

Page 65: ...u to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI function If your operation system is ACPI aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME select Enabled Settings are Enabled and Disabled ACPISuspendType This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function Settings are S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 S1 POS The S1 sleeping state is low wake up latency sleeping state In this state no system ...

Page 66: ...x Saving Suspend Mode 1 hour VideoOffMethod This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Settings are Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank and DPMS Support Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer V HSYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial disp...

Page 67: ...r has been interrupted Off leaves your system off and On reboots the system Former Sts leaves the system in the former status Setting options Off On and Former Sts Wake UpbyPCICard This will enable the system to wake up through PCI card peripheral The set tings are Enabled or Disabled RIResume WOL RI refers to Ring In When set to Enabled the system will resume from the standby or suspend power sav...

Page 68: ...Q3 IRQ15 Enables or disables the monitoring of the specified IRQ line If set to Enabled the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system from entering power saving modes or awaken it from power saving modes Settings are Enabled and Disabled Note IRQ Interrupt Request lines are system resources allocated to I O devices When an I O device needs to gain attention of the operating system...

Page 69: ...rating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled...

Page 70: ...lette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the system requires VGA palette snooping The Setup and BIOS default values are Disabled VGAPaletteSnoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette ...

Page 71: ...e a warning which allows you to prevent the CPU overheat problem Settings Disabled 50o C 122o F 53o C 127o F 56o C 133o F 60o C 140o F 63o C 145o F 66o C 151o F and 70o C 158o F This section is to monitor the current hardware status including CPU temperature CPU Fan speed Vcore etc This is available only if there is hard ware monitoring onboard Current System Temp Current CPU 1 2 Temp Current SYSF...

Page 72: ...pecifies the clock frequency of CPU host bus FSB and PCI bus and provides a method for end users to overclock the processor accordingly Settings are Default 100 33 Mhz 103 34 Mhz 105 35Mhz 110 37 Mhz 113 38 Mhz 117 39 Mhz 133 33 Mhz 138 34 Mhz 140 35 Mhz 144 36 Mhz and 150 38 Mhz CPURatio This item is used to specify the CPU ratio clock multiplier and provides a tool for users to overclock the pro...

Page 73: ...AWARD BIOS Setup 3 27 CPUVIO Vcore V This item allows users to auto detect or specify the CPU VIO Vcore Settings are 1 850 V through 1 100 V Auto ...

Page 74: ...ail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for the stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults Pressing Y loads the BIOS def...

Page 75: ...ssword prompt is required is the Security Option in the Advanced BIOS Features menu If the Security Option is set to System the password is required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup password prompt only occurs when trying to enter Setup About Supervisor Password User Password Supervisor password Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu User password Can only enter but ...

Page 76: ...er Please note that the procedures and the dialog boxes are based on Win dows 2000 If you are running under Windows XP the dialog boxes shown on the screen may be slightly different but the procedures are the same as described TOPICS Driver Installation for Windows 2000 XP A 2 Installing Intel Ethernet LAN Driver A 3 Installing AMD 762 Chipset A 4 Installing AMD EIDE Driver A 6 Installing AMD 768 ...

Page 77: ...ver installation Note Remember to instll the chipset drivers prior to the audio driver Driver Installation for Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the Installation CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The system will automatically read the CD and the MSI Installer dialog box will appear on the screen as shown below ...

Page 78: ...P 1 Click Intel Ethernet Driver 2 The following dialog box will appear on the screen Click Yes to con tinue installing the driver on your system 3 Click Yes to exit the Intel Ethernet Driver Setup Return to the MSI Installer dialog box for AMD 762 Chipset Driver Installation ...

Page 79: ...2 Chipset 2 The following Welcome to AMD AGP Filter Driver Setup Program dialog box will appear on the screen Click Next to continue the Setup program 3 The Installation Complete dialog box informs you that AMD AGP Filter Driver has been successfully installed Click Finish to contiue ...

Page 80: ...Installing Drivers A 5 4 The system will ask you to click OK to restart the computer or Cancel to return to Windows Click Cancel to procede with the AMD EIDE Driver installation ...

Page 81: ...indows 2000 XP 1 Click AMD EIDE Driver 2 Select your desired language in the Select Language list and then click OK to procede to the next step 3 The AMD Bus Master IDE Driver Setup program dialog box will appear on the screen Click Next to continue ...

Page 82: ...ead the terms and conditions in the License Agreement dialog box Click I Agree and then Next to continue 5 The Start Installation dialog box will appear on the screen Click Next to start installing the AMD Bus Master IDE Driver ...

Page 83: ...orms you that AMD Bus Master IDE Driver has been successfully installed Click Finish to continue 7 The system will ask you to click OK to restart the computer or Cancel to return to Windows Click Cancel to procede with the AMD 768 Chipset Driver installation ...

Page 84: ... Windows 2000 XP 1 Click AMD 768 Chipset 2 The Welcome to AMD PM INF Installation Setup program dialog box will appear on the screen Click Next to procede to the next step 3 The Installation Complete dialog box will appear on the screen Click Finish to continue ...

Page 85: ...ncel to continue with the AMD 768 Chipset Driver installation 3 The information in the CD ROM drive has been successfully entered the registry Installing LargePageMinimum for Windows 2000 only 1 Click LargePageMinimum 2 The following dialog box will appear on the screen Click Yes to add the information to the registry ...

Page 86: ...ick AMD AC97 Audio Driver 2 The Welcome to AC97 Setup program dialog box will appear on the screen Click Next to continue installing the driver on your system 3 Read the terms and conditions in the License Agreement dialog box Click I Agree and then Next to procede to the next step ...

Page 87: ... A A 12 4 The Read Me File dialog box shows that installing AC97AMD INF file enables AC 97 Aduio for the AMD 768 Controlloer Click Next to continue with the setup program 5 Click Next to begin the installation ...

Page 88: ... AMD AC97 Audio Driver installation that has been completed 7 The Installation Complete dialog box will inform you that AC 97 has been successfully installed Click Finish to exit the setup 8 The system must be restarted to complete the driver installaiton Restart the computer NOW ...

Page 89: ...Card You will find detailed description of its features system requirements package contents and hardware software installation 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 not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer compon...

Page 90: ... names and trademarks used here are trademarks of their re spective owners This device is in conformance with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Regulations for Information Technology Equipment Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device accept any interference received including interference that may cause undes...

Page 91: ...nt generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance to the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful inter ference to radio and televison reception which can be determined by turning the equipment...

Page 92: ... PC and full range of peripherals Features Comply with USB Specification Revision 2 0 Date Rate 1 5 12 480 Mbps Comply with Open Host Controller Interface Specification for USB Rev 1 0a PCI multi function device consists of two OHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Provide 4 external and 1 internal downstream facing ports...

Page 93: ...USB 2 0 Controller Card B 5 System Requirements IBM compatibe PC Available PCI Slot Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 586 133 CPU and 32 MB RAM or faster ...

Page 94: ...ure 1 USB Controller Card Layout Figure 2 USB1 5 Pin Definition USB5 Connector Type A USB Connector Type B Type A 1 2 3 4 1 6 5 10 USB Ports 1 4 Type A NEC D720100AGM USB5 USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 Pin Signal 1 6 VCC 2 7 DATA 3 8 DATA 4 9 GND 10 NC ...

Page 95: ... set Windows 98SE Setup 1 Windows will auto detect the USB Card and display a dialog New Hardware found during system boot up Press Next on the Add New Hardwae Wizard screen 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next Note Because of 2 OHCI and 1 EHCI Cores system will require to install respective driver three times Don t be confused and follow subse quent proce...

Page 96: ...Appendix B B 8 3 Click Next 4 Click Next 6 Click Finish 5 Click Next ...

Page 97: ...ndows will auto detect the USB Card and display a dialog New Hardware found during system boot up Press Next on Add New hardware Wizard screen 9 Click Next 8 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next ...

Page 98: ...Appendix B B 10 10 Click Next 12 Click Finish 11 Click Next ...

Page 99: ...d during system boot up Press Next on the Add New Hardware Wizard screen 14 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next 15 Click Specify a location and insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive Browse to D USB USB20 NEC assuming D is the CD ROM drive and then click Next ...

Page 100: ...Appendix B B 12 18 Click Finish 16 Click Next to continue 17 Click Next to continue ...

Page 101: ...USB 2 0 Controller Card B 13 19 When Device Manager shows dual of NEC USB Open Host Controller and MSI USB Enhanced Host Controller that means the driver is successfully installed ...

Page 102: ...ck Next to continue 2 Windows will detect the USB Card and display a dialog New Hardware found Select Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next Windows ME Setup 1 Windows ME supports Port Plug n Play mode and will install the USB Card driver automatically Please insert the WinME source CD disk click Browse to choose CD ROM and then click OK ...

Page 103: ...ntroller Card B 15 5 Click Finish 4 Click Next 6 When the Device Manager shows dual of NEC USB Open Host Controller E13 and NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller that means the driver is successfully installed ...

Page 104: ...000 supports Port Plug n Play mode and will install the USB Card driver directly Windows will detect the USB Card and display a dialog New Hardware found during system boot up Press Next on the Found New Hardware Wizard screen 3 Select Specify a location and insert the CD disk Click Browse to choose CD ROM and then click Next ...

Page 105: ...USB 2 0 Controller Card B 17 5 Click Finish 4 Click Next ...

Page 106: ...that means the driver is successfully installed Windows XP Setup 1 Windows XP supports Port Plug n Play mode and will install the USB 2 0 Card driver directly 2 Windows XP will auto detect the USB 2 0 Card and display a dialog New Hardware found during system boot up Press Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next ...

Page 107: ...USB 2 0 Controller Card B 19 5 Click Finish 3 Select Include this location in the search and insert the CD disk Click Browse to choose CD ROM and then click Next 4 Click Continue Anyway ...

Page 108: ...Appendix B B 20 6 When the Device Manager shows dual of NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller and NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller that means the driver is successfully installed ...

Page 109: ...mproves many placement of components and makes a more efficient design BIOS basic input output system On PCs an essential software that contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardwa...

Page 110: ...complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which features high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters COM In MS DOS system the name of a serial communications port DOS supports four serial ports For example if a modem is connected to one serial por...

Page 111: ... for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables LAN local area network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network oper ating system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN ar...

Page 112: ...k drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem USB universal serial bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such...

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