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User

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Midas 482

G52-B6295X1

Read the Safety Instruction before using the

computer. If you have any question, Please

ask the Professional Technician.

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Page 1: ...User s Guide Midas 482 G52 B6295X1 Read the Safety Instruction before using the computer If you have any question Please ask the Professional Technician ...

Page 2: ...idential 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 ...

Page 3: ...rks 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 Technologies Ltd...

Page 4: ...ur any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause elec trical 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 well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped ...

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Page 8: ...l 2 9 USB Ports 2 9 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 10 Audio Port Connectors Audio Header J1 2 10 RJ 45 LAN Jack 2 11 VGA Port 2 11 Parallel Port 2 12 2 7 Connectors 2 13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 13 Fan Power Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN 2 13 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 2 14 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 2 15 CD in Connector JCD1 2 16 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1...

Page 9: ... Installing CPU 3 6 4 Installing CPU Cooler 3 7 5 Installing HDD 3 8 6 Installing FDD and Optical Drive 3 9 7 Adjusting ODD Button Key 3 11 8 Restoring Chassis Cover 3 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 2 Getting Help 4 3 General Help F1 4 3 The Menu Menu 4 4 Standard CMOS Features 4 6 Advanced BIOS Features 4 8 Advanced Chipset Features 4 10 Integrated Peripherals 4 12 ...

Page 10: ... Audio Driver 5 2 Installation for Windows 2000 XP 5 2 Software Configuration 5 4 Sound Effect 5 5 Mixer 5 8 Audio I O 5 12 Microphone 5 17 3D Audio Demo 5 18 Information 5 19 Using 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function 5 20 ...

Page 11: ...ns for purchasing Midas 482 MS 6295 barebone Midasbareboneisyourbest Slim PC choice With the fantastic appearance and small form factor it can easily be set anywhere Thefeaturepacked platform alsogives you an exciting PC experience ...

Page 12: ...ipset Supports dual channel native SATA controller up to 150MB s with RAID 0 or 1 Supports HD Audio Ultra DMA 66 100 133 master mode PCI EIDE controller ACPI PC2001 compliant enhanced power management Supports USB2 0 up to 8 ports Main Memory Supports dual channel eight memory banks DDR 333 400 using four 184 pinDDR DIMMs Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB without ECC Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM...

Page 13: ...alia 1 0 spec On Board Peripherals On Board Peripherals include 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 serial pinheader Optional 1 VGA port 1 DVI port optional 1 JTV1 pinheader 1 parallel port supporting SPP EPP ECP mode 6 USB2 0 ports Rear 4 Front 2 1 Audio Line In Line Out MIC 3 in 1 connector 1 RJ 45 LAN Jack 2 IEEE1394 Ports Rear 1 Front 1 Optional BIOS The mai...

Page 14: ...1 4 Front View 1 2 x USB 2 0 Ports 2 Mic in pink Line out green 3 HDD LED 4 Power LED 1 2 System Configuration 5 Power Switch 6 FDD optional 7 Optical Drive optional 8 Opt ical Driv e Eject Close Button ...

Page 15: ...1 PS 2 Mouse 9 AC Input Voltage Selector 2 PS 2 Keyboard 10 Parallel Port 3 VGA Port 11 RJ 45 LAN Jack 4 4 x USB 2 0 Ports 12 Line out 5 Mic in 13 Line in 6 PCI Express x16 Slot 14 Chassis Locks 7 PCI Express x1 Slot 15 Power Jack 8 PCI Slots ...

Page 16: ...zed screw structure Detachable bay housing Multiple ventilation holes 1 CPU Fan Ventilation Hole 5 System Ventilation Hole 2 CPU Fan Ventilation Hole 6 System Ventilation Hole 3 System Fan Ventilation Hole 7 Front I O Release Button 4 Power Supply Ventilation Hole ...

Page 17: ...Supply Fan Ventilation Hole System Fan Ventilation Hole Ventilation Hole front panel 1 3 Thermal Solution To prevent the system from overheating we have adopted a specially designed CPU cooler and multiple ventilation holes for better cooling effects ...

Page 18: ...ow Direction After the installation is completed please keep other objects away from the ventilation hole at least 2 5cm and above Do not block the venti lation hole System Fan Power Supply Power Supply Fan front panel ...

Page 19: ... 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 hold ing the components and follow the installation procedures ...

Page 20: ...OUT SPDIN PCIE16X1 PCIE1X1 BATT IDE 1 IDE 2 F DD 1 AT X 1 JCI2 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 CPU_FAN JUSB2 JFP1 JLPC1 JUSB1 BIOS Top LAN jack Bottom USB ports USB ports Top mouse Bottom keyboard T Line In M Line Out B Mic In Top Parallel Port Bottom VGA port ALC880 LAN Chip VIA ATI SB450 VT6307 ATI Rs482 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 ...

Page 21: ...tact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While replac...

Page 22: ...is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 5 Press the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed always close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on ...

Page 23: ...n Line Memory Module modules and supports the memory size up to 4GB You can install DDR 333 400 modules on the DDR DIMM slots DIMM 1 4 DIMM1 DIMM4 from left to right DIMM1 CH A DIMM3 CH A DIMM2 CH B DIMM4 CH B Mode 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel GREEN Slots PURPLE Slots MSI Reminds You In dual channel mode make...

Page 24: ...e module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch ...

Page 25: ...or allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 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 You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with pin 1 p...

Page 26: ...ler Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB devices directly into these connectors 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 27: ...se or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector The mainboard supports USB1 1 2 0 devices 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 USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Keyboard USB Ports L Out ...

Page 28: ... Definition Audio Port Connectors Audio Header J1 The 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 ...

Page 29: ...ION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 4 NC Not Used 5 NC Not Used 6 RDN Receive Differential Pair 7 NC Not Used 8 NC Not Used 8 1 VGA Port The mainboard provides one DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor DB 15 Pin Female Connector 5 1 15 11 VGA Port Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Not used 5 ...

Page 30: ...lect 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 24 GND Ground 25 GND Ground Pin Definition Parallel Port 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 Capabili...

Page 31: ...cting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control MSI Reminds You Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD ...

Page 32: ... mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices The Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes MB per second The new interface is one third faster than earlier record breaking Ultra ATA 100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing Ultra ...

Page 33: ... SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 The ATI SB450 SouthBridge supports four serial ATA connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150MB s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND Pin Defin...

Page 34: ...tch 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 1 2 CINTRU GND PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MIC Front panelmicrophone input signal 2 GND MIC Ground used byanalog microphone circuits 3 FRONT LINE OUT R Right channel audio signal to front panel ...

Page 35: ...PDIF In SPDOUT SPDIN NC SPDIF Out GND NC SPDIF In GND Audio out Connector J1 The mainboard optionally provides a audio out connector for you to attach a Audio Out bracket The Audio Out bracket offers three audio out jacks Select the appropriate one to connect to the proper speaker Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 LEFOut 2 SURROutR 3 CENTEROut 4 SURROutL 5 SURRBackR 6 SURRJD 7 SURRBackL 8 CEN...

Page 36: ...Indicate JCOM1 1 5 6 9 TV Out Connector JTV1 Optional The mainboard optionally provides a TV Out connector for you to attach a TV Out bracket that integrated HDTV out The TV Out bracket offers two types of TV Out connectors S Video and RCA Composite connectors Select the appropriate one to connect to the standard television or the HDTV High Definition TeleVision and it will be able to display PC s...

Page 37: ...set Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N PowerSwitch lowreferencepull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 The mainboard provides two standard USB 2 0 pin headers JUSB1 JUSB2 USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed ...

Page 38: ...he system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use thi...

Page 39: ... desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express archi tecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Plat forms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x designs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics con...

Page 40: ...ystem Assembly 3 1 System Assembly 3 This chapter provides you with the instal lation procedures of this barebone It is use ful for you to read the information of mainboard setup before assembling the whole system ...

Page 41: ...PU FDD HDD CD ROM and CPU Cooler Installation Tools Screws Two types of screws are used in assembling the barebone round headed screw hexagonal screw with washer Round headed screw This type of screw is used to attach the HDD to the HDD tray Round headed screw with washer The screw is used to fasten the FDD optical drive to the drives cage and the front cage Gloves 3 1 Overview Screw Driver ...

Page 42: ...mbly 3 3 Checking the Items Before assembling your system please check the items listed below for basic system operation CPU Cooler IDE or SATA HDD Optional Optical Drive Optional CPU Optional DDR SDRAM Optional Rubber Foot ...

Page 43: ...rackets inwards to unlock the chassis cover Remove the chassis cover Use a screw driver to unscrew the drive cage 1 Removing Cover Drive Cage 3 2 Installation Procedures Pull the drive cage to release it from the chassis ...

Page 44: ...astic clips towards both sides 2 Installing Memory Modules Insert the DIMM vertically into the slot until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket Note The DIMM has only one notch on the center of module It will only fit in the right direction ...

Page 45: ... the lever away from the socket and raise it up to 90 degree angle Close the lever to complete the installaton Put the CPU onto the socket Note Make sure the pins are completely embedded into the socket The CPU can only fit in the correct direction ...

Page 46: ...System Assembly 3 7 4 Installing CPU Cooler Place the CPU cooler onto the CPU socket Be sure to align the notch to the CPU socket Connect the power cord of the CPU cooler Press the levers to secure the CPU cooler ...

Page 47: ...e left to release the HDD cage Pull the HDD tray forwards to re move it from the drive cage Put the HDD in the HDD tray and use 4 screws to fix it on both sides Put the HDD tray back to secure it on the drive cage 5 Installing HDD ...

Page 48: ... and Optical Drive Press the FDD tray lever to release the FDD lock and push the FDD inwards to fix it Use 2 screws to secure the FDD in the FDD tray Use 2 screws to secure the optical drive in the tray Insert the optical drive into the drive cage ...

Page 49: ... align the tenon and the notch Connect the cables and the power cords to the HDD and the optical drive Note If you are using a Serial ATA HDD please connect it to the SATA cable Connect the cable and the power cord to the FDD Use 3 screws to secure the drive cage ...

Page 50: ...he assem bly of the system you can adjust the ODD button key inside the front panel The instal lation procedures are as follows Remove the front panel and find the ODD button key inside Lift up the key with a tack screwdriver Depends on your optical drive you can 1 change the position to the middle or 2 Change the position to the right ...

Page 51: ...store the chassis cover Push the lock brackets outwards to lock the chassis cover Attach the rubber foots to the under side horizontal type Put the PC on four foots or lay on the rubber foots Horizontal type Tower type Horizontal type ...

Page 52: ...tion on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to config ure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system boot up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default set tings for customized features ...

Page 53: ...aneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Control Keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu PU Increase the numeric value or make changes PD Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup ...

Page 54: ...e left of certain fields that means a sub menu con taining additional options can be launched from this field You can use control keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then 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 Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a G...

Page 55: ...als Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry shows your PC health status Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to se...

Page 56: ... vendor for stable system performance Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the Password Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 57: ...t is hour minute second Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Master 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 disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Manual to define your own...

Page 58: ...ge device Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options Disabled 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error...

Page 59: ...isable this Flash BIOS Protection function 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 Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No yo...

Page 60: ...boot Boot Sequence Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system Removable Device Priority This feature allows you to specify the priority of removable devices Boot From Other Device Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot fro...

Page 61: ...ce the most while 3 0 pro vides the most stable performance Bank Interleave This field selects 2 bank or 4 bank interleave for the installed SDRAM Setting options Auto Disabled Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size of Burst Length for DRAM Bursting feature is a technique that DRAM itself predicts the address of the next memory location to be accessed after the first address is acces...

Page 62: ...power and convenience of multi adapter multi monitor support for computers that use an AGP or PCI Express based graphics card in conjunction with ATI integrated graphics processors IGPs Setting options Enabled Disabled Display Device Select This item allows you to select an display device to display Setting options Auto CRT First TV First TV NTSC PAL Display Select This item allows you to select t...

Page 63: ...ou want to use any USB device other than the USB mouse Setting options Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Controller This setting allows you to enable disable the onboard LAN controller Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the Onboard LAN Chip Setting options Enabled Disabled HD Audio Azalia Device This item allows you to ena...

Page 64: ...tem allows you to enable disable the PCI IDE busmaster Setting options Disabled Enabled IO Device Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears COM Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Serial Port Setting options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Parallel Port This specifies the I O port address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port Se...

Page 65: ...g screen appears OnChip SATA Channel This field allows you to enable or disabled the SATA controllers Settings options Both Disabled Single OnChip SATA Type This allows you to specify the function type for SATA devices Settings options SATA As RAID SATA As Storage Enable SATA As IDE ...

Page 66: ...3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware com...

Page 67: ...t occurs Available settings are Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wakeup Event Setup Press Enter to enter sub menu and the following screen appears Resume From S3 by USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system...

Page 68: ...on PME Power Management Event Setting options Disabled Enabled Resume by PCIE Device PME When setting to Enabled this setting allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PME Power Management Event Setting options Disabled Enabled Resume by RTC Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the S3 S4 ...

Page 69: ...to the default settings Clear ESCD The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Ac cess Memory is where the BIOS stores resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format When the item is set to Yes the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and then set the setting of the item back to No automatically Primary Graphics Ad...

Page 70: ...onfigurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the IRQ pool the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an Reserved setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as Available If all IRQs are set to Reserved and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onbo...

Page 71: ... bus that the system DMA Direct Memory Access channel is using The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The avail able DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA ...

Page 72: ...m will automatically monitor the CPU fan during boot up If it detects that the CPU fan is not rotating the system will show an error message on the screen and halt the boot up process The function is built with CPU fan power connector CPU_FAN only and enables you to protect the CPU form possible overheating problem If you don t connect the CPU fan to the CPU fan power connector we recommend disabl...

Page 73: ...u and following screen appears CPU System Temperature CPU SYSTEM FAN Speed Vcore 3 3 V 5 0 V 12 0V 5VSB Battery These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds ...

Page 74: ...CPU s from overheading due to the heavy working loading Setting options Disabled Enabled Adjust DDR Memory Frequency Setting to Auto the system will auto detect the memory clock Setting to Manual the DDR Memory Frequency item will appear and allows you to select the memory clockk Setting options Auto Manual DDR Memory Frequency When the Adjust DDR Memory Frequency is set to Manual this field is se...

Page 75: ...tion Auto Disable PCI Clock This item is used to auto detect the PCI slots When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic inter ference EMI Settings Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum functi...

Page 76: ...acturer specifically for optimal perform ance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads...

Page 77: ...ress 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 ev...

Page 78: ...Chapter 5 Introduction to Realtek ALC 880 5 1 Introduction to Audio Realtek ALC880 5 1 Installing the Realtek Audio Driver 5 2 Software Configuration 5 3 Using 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function 5 ...

Page 79: ... install Windows XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver MSI Reminds You The HD Audio Configuration softwa...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...2 4 6 or 8 channel 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 Doubleclick ...

Page 82: ...remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equalizer models for you to choose by clicking Others under the Equalizer part Load EQ Setting Reset EQ Setting Save Preset Delete EQ Setting EQ Setting On Off Here you can select a sound effect you like from the Environment list Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow totally 23 k...

Page 83: ...losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from 100Hz to 16KH...

Page 84: ...nd you can be that singer 2 Key Adjustment Using Up Down Arrow to find a key which better fits your vocal range Raise the key Lower the key Remove the human voice Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have By leveraging our long experience at audio field Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equal izer settings that are frequently use...

Page 85: ...ndicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup MSI Reminds You Before set up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear or front panel The...

Page 86: ...ll be played from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel ...

Page 87: ...y mute sound output Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed total 13 items to be chosen Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back panel in play At any given pe...

Page 88: ...t any given period you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously If you want to use microphone to record usually the microphone is con nected to the MIC jack the pink one in the rear panel You can start recording in this case If you d like to connect your microphone to the front audio panel You may control the microphone volume by Mic Volume or front mic in on the mixer MSI Reminds You O...

Page 89: ... perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking 1 Audio I O aims to help you set jacks right Moreover other than blue to blue pink to pink the way that you used to do Audio I O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone speaker headphone Speaker Configuration Step 1 Plug in the device in any available jack Step 2 Dialo...

Page 90: ... 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 an...

Page 91: ...m the back panel will be stopped 2 Disable front panel jack detection option Find no function on front panel jacks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection 3 Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would not automatically pop up when d...

Page 92: ...first to an analog format Maintaining the viability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav m...

Page 93: ...ke 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 94: ... ALC 880 5 17 Microphone In this tab you may set the function of the microphone Select the Noise Suppression to remove the possible noise during recording or select Acoustic Echo Cancelltion to cancel the acoustic echo druing recording ...

Page 95: ... 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 96: ...ectX Version Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dia logue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 97: ...ware utility n 2 Channel 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 S...

Page 98: ...anel s Line Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 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 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Page 99: ...o 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 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Page 100: ...ut connector two speakers to the 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 ...

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