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Hetis G41 Series

MS-6618 (V1.X) Barebone

G52-66181X3

Summary of Contents for Hetis G41 Series

Page 1: ...i Hetis G41 Series MS 6618 V1 X Barebone G52 66181X3 ...

Page 2: ...ed trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc U S Patent Numbers 4 631 603 4 819 098 4 907 093 5 315 448 and 6 516 132 This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual property rights Use of this copyright protection tech nology must be ...

Page 3: ...user s manual The equipment has dropped and damaged The equipment has obvious sign of breakage 12 DO NOTLEAVETHISEQUIPMENTINANENVIRONMENTUNCONDITIONED MAX OPERATING TEMPERATURE 40o C 102o F IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT WARNING 1 For every changes in power cord s usage please use an approved power cord with condition greater or equal to H05VV F 3G 0 75mm2 2 Internal part is hazardous moving parts pl...

Page 4: ...interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved b...

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Page 8: ... 3 System Configurations 1 4 System Components 1 9 Packing Contents 1 12 Chapter 2 System Information 2 1 System Introduction 2 2 Removing the Cover 2 3 Installing the Hard Disk Drive HDD 2 4 Installing the Optical Disk Drive ODD 2 5 Installing the Card Reader 2 6 Installing the Memory Module 2 7 Installing the CPU 2 8 Installing the CPU Cooler 2 9 Restoring the Cover 2 10 Installing the Stand 2 1...

Page 9: ...purchasing the Hetis G41 Series MS 6618 Barebone This barebone is your best slim PC choice With the fantastic appearance and ultra small form factor it can easily be set anywhere The feature packed platform also gives you an exciting PC experience ...

Page 10: ...agement IEEE 1394 Optional Chip integrated by JMicron JMB381 Transfer rate is up to 400 Mb s Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC888 Flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1 0 spec Meet Microsoft Windows VistaTM Premium spec SATA 2 SATAII ports by Intel ICH7 chipset 1 ESATA port by JMicron JMB362 Supports two SATA devices and one ESATA device Supports storage and data tra...

Page 11: ...SB ports 6 audio jacks Built In Card Board 1 riser card supports 1 PCI express x16 slot and 1 PCI slot Power Supply 270 Watt PSU with Active PFC Voltage Value Auto Switch Drive Bay 1 hard disk drive bay 1 optical disk drive bay 1 card reader drive bay Operation System OS Supports Microsoft Windows XP Professional Vista Home Premium Dimension 94 mm H X 320 mm W X 350 mm D with bezel stand 94 mm H X...

Page 12: ... USB devices such as mouse keyboard printer scanner camera PDA and other USB compatible devices 4 IEEE 1394 Port Optional The IEEE 1394 port on the front panel provides connection to IEEE 1394 devices 5 Power Button LED Press the power button to turn the system on and off The power LED is on when you turn on the system the power LED is off when you turn off the system Front Panel System Configurat...

Page 13: ...read from or written to the hard disk drive 7 Eject Button Press the eject button to open and close the optical disk drive 8 Optical Disk Drive 9 Card Reader Drive The picture is for your reference only and may slightly vary from the different item you installed ...

Page 14: ...ion Holes 3 USB Port The USB Universal Serial Bus port is provided for attaching USB devices such as mouse keyboard printer scanner camera PDA or other USB compatible devices 4 PS 2 Mouse Port Green The standard PS 2 mouse DIN connector is for a PS 2 mouse ...

Page 15: ... and its display device To connect an LCD monitor simply plug your monitor cable into the DVI connector and make sure that the other end of the cable is properly con nected to your monitor refer to your monitor manual for more information 9 eSATA Port The eSATA External Serial ATA port is provided for attaching the eSATA external hard drive 10 Audio Jack Line In Blue Line In is used for external C...

Page 16: ...lots Link Indicator Activity Indicator Right LED Left Color LED State Condition Yellow Green Orange Off LAN link is not established On steady state LAN linkis established On brighter pulsing The computeris communicating withanother computeronthe LAN Off 10 Mbit sec data rate is selected On 100 Mbit sec data rate is selected On 1000 Mbit sec data rate is selected The I O Input Output part in the pi...

Page 17: ... Holes 2 System Ventilation Holes 3 System Fan Ventilation Holes 4 Power Supply Ventilation Holes 5 System Ventilation Holes 6 System Ventilation Holes 7 System Ventilation Holes Back Side Bottom Please keep other objects away from the ventilation holes at least 2 5 cm and above Do not block the ventilation holes System Components ...

Page 18: ...at Sink 8 Power Supply Fan 9 Power Supply Unit 10 Riser Card 11 Support Bracket 12 Drive Bays from top to bottom Card Reader Drive Optical Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive The picture is for your reference only and may slightly vary from the different item you installed Internal View with system thermal solution ...

Page 19: ...from overheating we have adopted a specially designed CPU cooler and multiple ventilation holes for better cooling effects The following figures illustrate how the system fan effectively exhausts hot air through multiple ventilation holes Air Out Air In Air Out Air Out Air Out ...

Page 20: ...Please contact us immediately if any of the item is damaged or missing The picture is for your reference only and your packing contents may slightly vary depending on the model you purchased Barebone Stand Manual CPU Cooler Driver Utility CD ...

Page 21: ...mponents static electricity may damage the computer components Always unplug the power cord and telephone line if modem installed before inserting any expansion card or module Always hold computer components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on the computer components Always place computer component on the grounded antistatic pad or in the package that came with the com puter component ...

Page 22: ...D 6 Card Reader Necessary Tools 1 Screwdriver Crosshead This can be used to do most of the installation Choose one with a magnetic head would be better 2 Pliers This can be used as an auxiliary tool to connect some connectors or cables 3 Forceps This can be used to pick up tiny screws or set up the jumpers 4 Rubber Gloves This can prevent yourself from being incised and suffering the static charge...

Page 23: ...ion Step 1 Unlock the two screws on the back panel Step 2 Remove the cover Step 3 Press the level on the support bracket to release it Step 4 Unlock the screw on the front panel to release the drive bay Removing the Cover ...

Page 24: ...he HDD tray forwards to remove it from the chassis Step 3 Put the HDD in the HDD tray and use four screws to fix it on both sides Step 4 Connect the cable and the power cord to the HDD then put the HDD tray back to se cure it on the drive bay Installing the Hard Disk Drive HDD ...

Page 25: ...e both sides to release Step 2 Insert the ODD and push the lock brackets back to fix it Step 3 Connect the cable and the power cord to the ODD then restore the drive bay Step 4 Lock the screw on the front panel to fix the drive bay Installing the Optical Disk Drive ODD ...

Page 26: ...d reader with two screws Step 1 Use the screwdriver to unlock the card reader bay Step 2 Insert the card reader into the bay with 15 degree angle Step 4 Restore the card reader back and connect the cable to the C R 1 c on nec t or on th e mainboard Installing the Card Reader ...

Page 27: ...nformation Step 1 Locate the DIMM slots Step 2 Insert the DIMM vertically into the slot Note The DIMM has only one notch on the center of module It will only fit in the right direction Installing the Memory Module ...

Page 28: ...he socket and raise it up then lift up the cover Step 3 Close the cover and the lever to complete the installaton Step 2 Put the CPU onto the socket Note Make sure the pins are com pletely embedded into the socket The CPU can only fit in the correct direction Installing the CPU ...

Page 29: ... mainboard Step 1 Place the CPU cooler onto the CPU socket and secure the four screws Do not fix any screw until all the four screws are in the position and lock the four screws with balance or it may shift the CPU position to cause the system unbootable Important Installing the CPU Cooler ...

Page 30: ...MS 6618 Barebone 2 10 Step 2 Restore the cover Step 3 Lock the cover with the screws Step 1 Restore the support bracket Restoring the Cover Horizontal Type Vertical Type ...

Page 31: ...and Step 1 Lift up the PC and put the rubber feet into the pits on the stand Step 3 Put the PC on the stand or lay on the rubber foots Installing the Stand We suggest you to install the stand if you would like to place the PC on the desk vertically or it might fall over Important ...

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Page 33: ...Realtek ALC888 Audio The Realtek ALC888 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels ...

Page 34: ...P 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 application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automati cally appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Click here The HD Audio C...

Page 35: ...A 3 Realtek ALC888 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here ...

Page 36: ...hannel 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 Realtek HD Audio Manager from the Control Panel Software Configuration Double click ...

Page 37: ...Corridor Bathroom Sewer pipe Arena and Audio Corridor for quick enjoyment You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting...

Page 38: ... The settings are saved permanently for future use Reset 10 bands of equalizer would go back to the default setting Enable Disable To disable you can tem porarily stop the sound effect without losing the settings Load W henever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be s hown f or your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from pr...

Page 39: ... Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song...

Page 40: ...y play different audio sources simultaneously and let them output respectively 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 click OK to save the setup Before set up please make sure the play...

Page 41: ... 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 You have to plug audio device into the jacks on the rear and front panel first before enable the multi stream functi...

Page 42: ...le 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 period you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously Playbackdevice This functionistoletyou freelydecide which ports tooutputthesound Andthisisessentialwhenmulti streamingplayba...

Page 43: ...his is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming ALC888 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record Tool Mute Recording device Back Line in Mic Front Lin in Realtek HD Audio Input Important ...

Page 44: ...H Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you have plugged in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not c...

Page 45: ...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 Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in ...

Page 46: ...p and make 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 47: ... from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With A...

Page 48: ...one A 16 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Page 49: ...on 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 dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 50: ... correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software 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 Hardware Setup Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 Mic 4 No function 5 No function 6 No function ...

Page 51: ...ltek ALC888 Audio n 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 Mic 4 RS Out Rear surround channels 5 No function 6 No function ...

Page 52: ... 20 n 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 2 6 4 5 3 Back Panel 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 Mic 4 RS Out Rear surround channels 5 CS Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 No function ...

Page 53: ... n 8 Channel Mode for 8 Speaker Output 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 2 6 4 5 3 Back Panel 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 Mic 4 RS Out Rear surround channels 5 CS Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 SS Out Side channels ...

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