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Summary of Contents for MEGA MPC 915

Page 1: ...User s Guide MEGA mPC 915 G52 B6286X2 ...

Page 2: ...area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and AC power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission ...

Page 3: ...arks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 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 regi...

Page 4: ...iquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 9 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped and damage...

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Page 8: ...ort 2 7 USB Ports 2 7 Mic in Head Phone 2 8 OPTICALSPDIF in 2 8 2 6 Back Panel 2 9 Serial Port 2 9 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 10 VGA Port 2 10 RJ45 LAN Jack 2 11 Audio Port Connectors 2 11 USB Ports 2 12 2 7 Connectors 2 13 IDE Connector PIDE1 2 13 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 2 2 13 Front Panel Connector JFP1 2 13 Card Reader Connector CR1 2 14 CPU Fan Connectors CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 2 14 CD in Connec...

Page 9: ... Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 2 Getting Help 4 2 Main Menu 4 2 Sub Menu 4 3 General Help F1 4 3 4 2 The Main Menu 4 4 4 3 Standard CMOS Features 4 6 4 4 Advanced BIOS Features 4 8 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 10 4 6 Integrated Peripherals 4 11 4 7 Power Management Features 4 14 4 8 PNP PCI Configurations 4 17 4 9 PC Health Status 4 18 4 10 Load Fail Safe Optimal Defaults 4 19 4 11 BIOS Set...

Page 10: ...x 3D Audio Demo 5 13 Information 5 14 5 3 Using 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function 5 15 ...

Page 11: ...Getting Started 1 1 All in one Feature Set 1 2 System Specifications 1 3 System Configuration 1 ...

Page 12: ...ion and assembly The whole idea behind the all in one feature allows you to use a PC as an entertainment center in a small form factor You can enjoy music and radio in an easy to use touch control panel without the hassle of entering OS With its compact form factor design the mPC 915 can be placed anywhere you want or easily be moved to any other place ...

Page 13: ...ip with 802 11g WLAN It offers wireless transmission over relatively short distances at up to 54Mbps The 11g WLAN is compatible with 11b products so both 11b and 11g clients can reside on the same network This flexibility preserves your network investment and allows you to upgrade or scale your network according to your budget and time frame 7 in 1 Card Reader mPC 915 is equipped with a 7 in 1 car...

Page 14: ...GA memory Shared On Board Communication LAN RTL8100C 10 100Mb Modem 56K MDC module optional WLAN Mini PCI optional On Board USB2 0 Front x 2 Rear x 4 On Board x 1 for Card Reader Module Expansion Slots PCI 2 3 x 1 PCI Express x16 x1 Power Supply 260W Full Range Chassis 210 W x 330 D x 175 H mm On Board Headers Connectors Rear Panel COM x 1 VGA x 1 PS 2 x 2 7 1 Output x 1 Mic in Line in Line out RS...

Page 15: ...t Microsoft Windows XP BIOS 4Mb Flash Security Protect the data from unauthorized access through two levels of BIOS access BIOS Setting Password Others Microsoft PC 2001 ACPI States Supported S0 S1 S3 STR S4 STD S5 Soft Off WOL from S1 S3 S4 S5 WOR from S1 S3 S4 ...

Page 16: ...1 3 System Configuration Front Panel Headphone out USB ports PC Power Switch Mic in SPDIFin HDD LED IEEE 1394 port 6 pin Wireless Antenna Optical Drive IEEE 1394 port 4 pin Optical Drive Eject Close Button ...

Page 17: ...jects away from the ventilation hole at least 2 5cm and above Do not block the ventilation hole Back Panel VGA PS 2 Keyboard USB x 4 Power Switch PCI Express x16 Slot PS 2 Mouse LAN Jack Serial Port 7 1 Audio Ports Wireless Antenna PCISlot Power Jack RJ11 Jack Ventilation hole SPDIF out ...

Page 18: ...Mainboard Hardware 2 1 Mainboard Layout 2 2 CPU 2 3 Memory 2 4 Power Supply 2 5 Front Panel 2 6 Back Panel 2 7 Connectors 2 8 Jumper 2 9 Slots 2 ...

Page 19: ...m USB ports USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS Out B S Out S SYSFAN1 PCI1 PCI_E1 DIMM1 DIMM2 ATX1 MINIPCI1 CPUFAN1 Intel 915G Intel ICH6 Winbond W83627THF JBAT1 PIDE1 SATA1 SATA2 LCM1 JFP1 CDIN1 JPW1 Realtek RTL8100C SPDIFIN1 MIC Head Phone USB4 USB1 4pin 1394 6pin 1394 SPDIFOUT1 LGA775 CPU Socket VIA VT6307 USB2 CR1 ...

Page 20: ...r more information about the CPU please visit http www msi com tw program products slim_pc slm pro_slm_cpu_support php The mainboard provides 2 slots for 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Double In Line Memory Module modules and supports the memory size up to 2GB You can install DDR400 DDR333 modules into the DDR DIMM slots 2 3 Memory DIMM1 DIMM2 MSI Reminds You 1 Read the instructions on the cooler before y...

Page 21: ...r double sided modules in any order to meet your own needs Memory modules can be installed in any combination as follows S Single Side D Double Side Slot Memory Module Total Memory DIMM 1 DDR S D 128MB 1GB Bank 0 1 DIMM 2 DDR S D 128MB 1GB Bank 2 3 Maximum System Memory Supported 256MB 2GB DDR333 DDR400 FSB533 OK N A FSB800 OK OK FSB Memory ...

Page 22: ... Except the 20 pin connector ATX1 you can find another 4 pin power connector JPW1 on the mainboard This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 19 5V 20 5V PIN SINGAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V ATX1 Pin Definition ATX1 20 10 1 11 1 3 4 2 JPW1 PIN SINGAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JP...

Page 23: ...evice with external power The IEEE 1394 high speed serial bus complements USB by providing enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices including consumer electronics audio video A V appliances storage peripherals other PCs and portable devices SPDIFIN1 Mic In Head Phone USB x 2 4 pin 1394 6 pin 1394 MSI Reminds You IEEE 1394 Driver is provided by Windows 98 SE Windows XP Windows ME and Wi...

Page 24: ...rt USB Ports The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive DataChannel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data1...

Page 25: ...ou to receive the audio file of SPDIF interface for recording and playing The SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is developed jointly by the Sony and Philips corporations A standard audio file transfer format SPDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format Head phone MIC ...

Page 26: ...he port is 16550A high speed communication ports that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 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 Ring Indicate Pin De...

Page 27: ...Blue 4 Notused 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Power 10 Ground 11 Notused 12 SDA 13 HorizontalSync 14 VerticalSync 15 SCL Pin Definition PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 MouseClock Mouseclock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 KeyboardDATA Ke...

Page 28: ...dio Port Connectors The left 3 audio jacks are for 2 channel mode for stereo speaker output 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 However there is an advanced audio application provided by Realtek ALC880 to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio c...

Page 29: ...r USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector The mainboard supports USB1 1 2 0 devices USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive DataChannel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data1 Positive DataChannel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description ...

Page 30: ...ices PIDE1 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 2 The mainboard provides the connectors to connect the hard disk of Serial ATA interface SATA2 Pin Definition Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND TXP 3 TXN GND 5 RXN RXP 7 GND 2 4 6 SATA1 optional Front Panel Connector JFP1 The mainboard provides one front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs JFP1 is compliant with Intel Fro...

Page 31: ...ould be connected to the 12V that is controlled by PWM the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND SYSFAN1 SENSOR FAN Power GND CPUFAN1 SENSOR FAN Power GND Card Reader Connector CR1 The mainboard provides a connector to connect the Card Reader on the Front Panel CR1 CD in Connector CDIN1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector If you want to use other audio in functions such as TV...

Page 32: ...P_CTR_PWRON 17 IDE_LED 19 PLED1 21 PLED2 25 BASS_DETECT Pin Signal 4 OS SEL 6 MP_RXD 8 MP_TXD 10 FLAT 12 ROCK 14 POPS 16 CLASSIC 18 EQ_CYC 20 VCC5 SB 23 BASS Front USB Connector USB2 The mainboard provides one standard USB 2 0 pin header JUSBT2001 to connect to the fornt USB ports USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than US...

Page 33: ...y has long life time for at least 2 years If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 Clear Data 1 3 Keep Data 1 3 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on i...

Page 34: ...starting at 2 5 Giga transfers per second Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics PDF 166Kb infrastructure for Desktop Platforms dou bling the capability of existing AGP8x designs with transfer rates of...

Page 35: ...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 Mini PCI Mini PCI Slot The motherboard provides a mini PCI slot for connecting a mini PCI interface card PCI ...

Page 36: ...1 Overview 3 2 Removing Cover 3 3 Removing Drive Cage 3 4 Installing CPU 3 5 Installing CPU Cooler 3 6 Installing DRAM 3 7 Installing WLAN Card Optional 3 8 Installing HDD 3 9 Installing Optical Drive 3 10 Restoring Drive Cage 3 11 Restoring Cover 3 ...

Page 37: ... dealer for the information 3 1 1 Installation Flowchart Start Remove Chassis Cover and Drive Cage Install Memory Modules HDD and Optical Drive Install CPU Cooler Restore Drive Cage and Chassis Cover Mainboard Power Supply Case Cables Cooler Card Reader Driver CD Manual Standard This product is shipped out as a bare bone Some components are equipped while some are optional See the following for th...

Page 38: ... the items you need SATA or IDE Hard Disk Drive Intel P4 LGA775 Prescott CPU Cooler Optical Drive DDR DIMM Module MSI Reminds You The chassis and devices shown on the installation photos are for your reference only The actual products may vary in chassis color front bezel and other component ...

Page 39: ...3 4 3 2 Removing Cover Loose the three thumb screws on the back panel Remove the chassis cover ...

Page 40: ...pull the drive cage to an upright position Push the locking clip to the right side to lock the drive cage in an upright position Release the cable tie Push to remove the black plastic plate from the drive cage CableTie Lift the white clips on both sides Pull the drive cage back and upward from the chassis ...

Page 41: ...e completely embedded into the socket The CPU can only fit in the correct direction Pull the lever away from the socket and raise it up Close the lever to complete the installation Locate the CPU socket and take off the protecting cover 3 4 Installing CPU ...

Page 42: ...tem Assembly 3 7 3 5 Installing CPU Cooler Use the screw driver to secure four built in screws following the indicated order 1 2 3 4 Connect the power cord Insert the cooler into the barebone and put it onto the CPU ...

Page 43: ...lling DRAM The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Insert the DDR DIMM vertically into the slot Note The DIMM has only one notch on the module It will only fit in the right direction ...

Page 44: ...3 7 Installing WLAN Card Optional Locate the miniPCI slot on the mainboard Insert the Wireless LAN card into the miniPCI slot with 15 degree and push vertically to fix it Connect the antenna cable to the con nector on the WLAN card ...

Page 45: ...s as the picture shown Push the lock bracket to the right side 3 8 Installing HDD Remove the HDD tray from the drive cage Insert the SATA or IDE HDD module into the HDD tray Push the brackets inwards to lock the HDD module in place ...

Page 46: ...onvex front bezel Recommended For easy assembly and normal operation use the optical drive with flat front panel 3 9 Installing Optical Drive Pull the lock brackets outwards before you can insert the CD ROM drive into the CD ROM tray Align the CD ROM drive s screw hole with the CD ROM tray s Push the lock bracket inwards to secure the module ...

Page 47: ...gn the drive cage s screw with the chassis screw hole Slide the drive cage into the chassis Restore the black plastic plate to the HDD tray and push to seize on it Connect the HDD CD ROM cables and HDD CD ROM power cords Organize cables with the cable tie Note If you are using a SATA HDD please connect to the SATA cable ...

Page 48: ...Chapter 3 System Assembly 3 13 3 11 Restoring Cover Place the whole drive cage into the chassis and push the handle back Restore the chassis cover and remem ber to fasten the screws on the back panel ...

Page 49: ... 3 Standard CMOS Features 4 4 Advanced BIOS Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 6 Integrated Peripherals 4 7 Power Management Setup 4 8 PnP PCI Configurations 4 9 PC Health Status 4 10 Load Fail Safe Optimal De faults 4 11 BIOS Setting Password 4 ...

Page 50: ...item Move to the item in theleft hand Move to theitem in the right hand Enter Selecttheitem Esc Jumps tothe Exit menuorreturnstothe main menufromasubmenu PD Decrease thenumeric valueormake changes PU Increase thenumeric valueormake changes F7 LoadFail Safe Defaults F6 LoadOptimalDefaults F10 Save all the CMOS changes and exit Control Keys Getting Help After entering the Setup menu the first menu y...

Page 51: ...nu Then you can use the control keys to enter val ues and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press Es...

Page 52: ...Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Mana...

Page 53: ... to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system perfor mance operations Load Optimal 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 54: ...item Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year Time This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Secondary Third Master Slave Press or to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard d i s k drive will show up on the right...

Page 55: ... a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Settings Auto Enabled Disabled System Information Press Enter to for the sub menu of each item Market Name Model Name This item shows the the PC Mainboard names read only Total System Memory BIO...

Page 56: ...n You should enable this function at all times The only time when you need to disable it is when you want to update the BIOS After updating the BIOS you should immedi ately re enable it to protect it against viruses Setting options Enabled Disabled NX Support NX No eXecute Support function is designed for memory buffer overflow protection it can prevent viruses from proliferating Settings Enabled ...

Page 57: ... disable the function the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions Settings Enabled Disabled Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Settings are Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot Boot Sequence Press Enter and the following sub menu appears 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Devic...

Page 58: ...mory Setting options Disabled Enabled 1MB Enabled 8MB 16MB 32MB Aperture Size Select This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to IGD internal graphic display for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the IGD without any translation The option...

Page 59: ...r than the USB mouse Setting options Disabled Enabled Auto Onboard LAN Controller The item enables or disables the onboard LAN controller Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Option ROM The item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process Setting options Enabled Disabled OnBoard IEEE1394 Controller Opti...

Page 60: ...Port 1 These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM 1 Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Disabled SATA Devices Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears ATA IDE Configuration Configure SATA as These 2 items allow you to sel...

Page 61: ...r Interface AHCI feature which supports improved serial ATA disk per formance with native command queuing native hot plug Select RAID to use SATA as RAID function Setting options IDE AHCI RAID ATA IDE Configuration Compatible SATA Only SATA 1 2 PATA Pri SATA Sec IDE1 SATA2 SATA Pri PATA Sec SATA1 IDE1 PATA Only IDE1 ATA IDE Configuration Enhanced IDE IDE1 SATA 1 2 AHCI IDE1 SATA 1 2 ...

Page 62: ...ontext CPU or chipset is lost and hardware main tains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a power down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wake capable devices and all system context is saved to main memory The infor mation stored in memory will be used to restore the PC to the previous state when an wake up event occurs Auto BIOS determ...

Page 63: ...and whether the PS 2 keyboard is able to power on the system If you choose Password you must type the password to power on the system Settings Disabled Password and Any Key Keyboard Password If PowerOn by Keyboard is set to Password then you can set a password in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system PowerOn by Mouse The setting determines whether the system will be awakened from ...

Page 64: ...4 16 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 ...

Page 65: ...not available it will initialize the PCI graphic card PCI PEG The system initializes the PCI graphic card first If a PCI graphic card is not available it will initialize the PEG PCI Express graphic card PCI IGD The system initializes the PCI graphic card first If a PCI graphic card is not available it will initialize the IGD PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold th...

Page 66: ... fan speed automatically depending on the CPU System current temperature avoiding the overheating to damage your system Option Smart Fan High Speed CPU System Temperature CPU SYSTEM FAN Speed Vcore 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V 1 5V 5VSB These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds ...

Page 67: ...turer specifically for optimal performance 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 Enter loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Enter ...

Page 68: ... press Enter You 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 ...

Page 69: ...Chapter 5 Introduction to Realtek ALC 880 5 1 Introduction to HD Audio Realtek ALC880 5 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver 5 2 Software Configuration 5 3 Using 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function 5 ...

Page 70: ... later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Click here MSI Reminds You The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under cont...

Page 71: ...Chapter 5 Introduction to Realtek ALC 880 5 3 4 Click Finish to restart the system 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Click here Select this option ...

Page 72: ...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 5 2 Software Configuration ...

Page 73: ...to remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equalizer models for you to choose by clicking Others under the Equalizer part Here it provides the Karaoke function which will automatically remove human voice lyrics and leave melody for you to sing the song You may use the up arrow and down arrow button to raise lower the key and press the lower button to remove the human voice Raise th...

Page 74: ... for each jack they are not limited to perform certain 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 Please follow the steps below to use it 1 Plug the speakers in any available jack Ď 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you have plugged in If the ...

Page 75: ...visible and 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 any...

Page 76: ...e 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 77: ...y 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 the Update preferred playback device automatically items and click OK to save the setup MSI Reminds You Before set up please make sure the play...

Page 78: ...panel primary output which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio 2nd 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 79: ...ding in this case If you d like to connect your microphone to the front audio panel please select the Mic in at front panel Pink from the scroll list after connecting microphone to the front audio panel MSI Reminds You Only the speakers that plugged into the Line Out jack the green ne on the back panel will be functional when you intend to listen to the audio that has been recorded from the microp...

Page 80: ...the Noise Suppression to remove the possible noise during recording or select Acoustic Echo Cancelltion to cancel the acoustic echo druing recording Also please use the drop down list to choose the recording source from Realtek HD Audio real input or Realtek HD Audio front input ...

Page 81: ... Realtek ALC 880 5 13 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applications like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Page 82: ...ntroller 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 dia logue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 83: ...hannel Mode 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 Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 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 Side Surround Out Side channels but n...

Page 84: ...ctor and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 3 1 2 6 4 5 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 Side Surround Out Side channels but no functioning in this mode 4 Channel Analog Audio Output ...

Page 85: ...Line Out connector two speakers to the rear channel and two speakers to the cen ter subwoofer channel Line Out connectors 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 Side Surround Out Side channels but no functioning in this mode 1 2 6 4 5 3 ...

Page 86: ...rear channel two speakers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connectors and two speakers to the side channel Line Out connectors 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Side channels 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Side Surround Out Side channels 1 2 6 4 5 3 ...

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