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Revision History

Revision

Revision History

Date

V1.0

First release for PCB 1.X

October 2005

with Intel 945P & ICH7/ICH7R

Summary of Contents for MS-7204

Page 1: ...i MS 7204 v1 X mBTX Mainboard 945P Series ...

Page 2: ...pment 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 responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to c...

Page 3: ...arks or trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries 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 Kensington and MicroSaver are registered trademarks of the Kensington Technology Group PCMCIA and CardBus are registered trademarks of the Personal C...

Page 4: ...ard 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 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 ...

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Page 8: ...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 BTX 24 Pin Power Connector BTX1 2 9 BTX 12V Power Connector JPWR1 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Mouse Keyboard Connector 2 10 IEEE 1394 Port 2 10 Serial Port Connector COM Port 2 11 USB Connectors 2 11 LAN RJ 45 Jack 2 12 Audio Port Connectors 2 12 Parallel Po...

Page 9: ...put Connector JSCA1 2 17 Front LCD Moduke Header JFLCD 2 18 Front Panel Connectors JF_P1 2 18 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 2 19 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 19 IEEE 1394 Connector JFW1 Optional 2 20 Jumpers 2 21 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 21 Slots 2 22 PCI Express Slots optional 2 22 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 23 ...

Page 10: ...X mainboard The 945P Series mainboard is based on Intel 945P and Intel ICH7 ICH7R chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processor the 945P Series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started ...

Page 11: ...CH7R Integrated AHCI controller ICH7R Main Memory Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1 8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM Supports up to 4GB memory size Supports Dual channel DDR memory architecture Supports DDR2 533 667 memory interface Slots One PCI Express x16 slot One PCI Express x1 slots Two 32 bit v2 3 Master PCI bus slots support 3 3v 5v PCI bus interface The second PCI slot PCI 2 2 in green color supports 3 ...

Page 12: ...chip Audio High Definition link controller integrated in Intel ICH7 ICH7R chip 7 1 2 channels audio codec Realtek ALC882 Compliant with Azalia 1 0 Spec BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the periph eral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Moun...

Page 13: ...UFAN1 JF_P1 JFLCD FDD1 JFW1 J3 JL_IN1 ALC882 JSCA1 SATA1 JUSB2 BTX1 PCI_E2 PCI_E1 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 PCI1 PCI2 JLPC1 JUSB1 JBAT1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A T SPDIF IN B OPT In T SPDIF Out B OPT Out Front Out SS Out Line In CS Out BS Out Top LAN Jack Bottom USB ports Top 1394 port B USB ports Intel ICH7 ICH7R ...

Page 14: ...ules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the periph eral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the compo nents and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup ...

Page 15: ...p 2 14 JF_P1 p 2 18 JPWR1 p 2 9 IDE1 p 2 15 JBAT1 p 2 21 CPU p 2 3 BTX1 p 2 9 DDR2 DIMMs p 2 7 JVID1 p 2 17 JAUD1 p 2 19 JL_IN1 p 2 17 SATA1 SATA4 p 2 16 Back Panel I O p 2 10 JSCA1 p 2 17 FDD1 p 2 14 PCI Slots 1 2 p 2 23 JUSB1 2 p 2 19 PCI E Slots p 2 22 JLPC1 p 2 15 JFLCD p 2 18 ...

Page 16: ...U 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 outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond pr...

Page 17: ...er on the bottom to protect the CPU contact from damage Rotate it to make the pin 1 indicator yellow triangle in the right 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 MSI Reminds You 1 Confirm if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on your system 2 Do not touch the CPU...

Page 18: ... 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 19: ...es on case Holes on mainboard 14 Put down the cooler and use the retaining screws of the cooler to se cure it into the place Make sure the cooler is in the proper orientation the cooler will only fit in the right orientation Please refer the pictures below The fan of the cooler MSI Reminds You 1 Check the information in PC Health Status of H W Monitor in BIOS Chapter 3 for the CPU temperature 2 Wh...

Page 20: ...ut will require some changes as the technology is not backwardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDR2 memory will be able to support these chips DDR2 incorporates new features at the chip level that give it better signal integrity thereby enabling higher clock speeds DDR2 modules have 240 pins versus 184 pins on a DDR1 module and the length of DDR2 module is 5 25 DDR2 mo...

Page 21: ...B 512MB 2GB 256MB 1GB 256MB 1GB 512MB 2GB 256MB 1GB 256MB 1GB 256MB 1GB 256MB 1GB 1GB 4GB ORANGE GREEN ORANGE MSI Reminds You Dual channel DDR 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 m...

Page 22: ...ws you to connect an BTX 24 pin power supply To connect the BTX 24 pin power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector BTX1 1 12 24 13 JPW1 1 3 4 2 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Pin Definition BTX 12V Power Connector JPWR1 This 12V power connector is used to provide pow...

Page 23: ...e 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 Line In SS Out SPDIF Out Mouse Parallel LAN Front Out BS Out CB Out SPDIF In IEEE 1394 Port The back panel provides one standard IEEE 1394 port The standard IEEE 1394 port connects to IEEE 1394 devices without external power The IEEE 1394 hi...

Page 24: ...etReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Pin Definition 9 Pin Male DIN Connector COM Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USB Connectors The mainboard provides an OHCI Open 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 USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 25: ... other audio devices However there is an advanced audio application provided by Realtek ALC882 to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio RJ 45 LAN Jack S PDIF Out In Coaxial Center Bass Speaker Out in 7 1CH 5 1CH Side Surround R L in 7 1 CH Front Out Front R L Line In Back Surround in 7 1CH 5 1CH SPDIF Out SPDIF In...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...rs always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be con nected 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 spe cially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control MSI Reminds You 1 Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN1 supports t...

Page 28: ... two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE1 blue JLPC1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 LCLK 2 Key no pin 3 LRST 4 VCC3 5 LAD0 6 FID0_LRST 7 LAD1 8 VCC5 9 LAD2 10 Key no pin 11 LAD3 12 GND 13 LFRAME 14 GND JLPC1 13 14 2 1 FWH LPC Debuggi...

Page 29: ...50 MB s Both connectors 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 SATA1 SATA4 Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90 degree angle since this might cause the loss of data during the transmission Connect to serial ATA ports T...

Page 30: ...A1 GND R L SCART Output Connector JSCA1 The JSCA1 connector allows you to connect the output device with SCART spec SCART is the established European standard for connecting home video equip ments like TVs VCRs DVD players etc JVID1 Video In Connector JVID1 The connector is for TV Tuner card audio connector GND R L ...

Page 31: ...P1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 PS_ON PowerSwitch On 1 2 PS_ON PowerSwitch On 2 3 PWR_LED PowerLED 4 PWR_LED PowerLED 5 HDD_LED HDD LED 6 HDD_LED HDD LED 7 Reset Reset 1 8 Reset Reset 2 JF_P1 Pin Definition Front LCD Module Header JFLCD The connector allows you to connect to Medion VFD LCD panel GND 5VSB TX RX ...

Page 32: ...C 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key 10 USBOC JUSB1 JUSB2 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 Rig...

Page 33: ...JFW1 Optional The mainboard provides one 1394 pin header that allow you to connect optional IEEE 1394 port JFW1 9 2 10 1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cable power 8 Cablepower 9 Key no pin 10 Ground ...

Page 34: ...ery to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can automati cally boot OS every time it is turned on 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 Jumpers 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 t...

Page 35: ...urpose I O 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 infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane fo...

Page 36: ...3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT B INTC INTD INTA INTE INT F INTG INTH INT F INTG INTH INTE PCI Slot 2 INTA INT B INTC INTD 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 ...

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