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865PE/G Neo3

G52-M6728XV

MS-6728 (v3.X) ATX Mainboard

Summary of Contents for MS-6728

Page 1: ...i 865PE G Neo3 G52 M6728XV MS 6728 v3 X ATX Mainboard...

Page 2: ...led and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Opera tion of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference...

Page 3: ...l Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet and...

Page 4: ...sonnel h The power cord or plug is damaged h Liquid has penetrated into the equipment h The equipment has been exposed to moisture h The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work accordin...

Page 5: ...DDR Population Rules 2 7 Installing DDR Modules 2 8 Power Supply 2 9 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector ATX1 2 9 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Mouse Keyboard Connector 2 10 VGA Connector O...

Page 6: ...IOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3 2 Control Keys 3 3 Getting Help 3 3 Main Menu 3 3 Default Settings 3 3 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Fea...

Page 7: ...to Login 4 20 Chapter 5 Introdction to Intel ICH65 Serial ATA RAID 5 1 Introduction 5 2 BIOS Configuration 5 5 Installing Software 5 13 Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 5 13 Installation of Intel App...

Page 8: ...6728 v3 X ATX mainboard The 865PE G Neo3 is based on Intel 865PE G ICH5 5R chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processor the 865PE G Neo...

Page 9: ...ller 480Mb sec 8 ports 2 Serial ATA 150 ports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller PCI Master v2 3 I O APIC Supports both ACPI and legacy APM power management Serial ATA 150 RAID 0 and RA...

Page 10: ...ntel ICH5 ICH5R chipset h 8 channel audio codec Realtek ALC850 Compliance with AC97 v2 3 Spec Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement LAN h Realtek 8100C 8110S Optional Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC...

Page 11: ...JIR1 Codec Winbond W83627HF Realtek 8100C 8110S Optional VIA VT6307 BIOS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 JPW1 Top mouse Bottom keyboard T LAN jack Optional B USB por...

Page 12: ...etting Started Packing Contents Power Cable SATA Cable 2 User s Guide D Bracket 2 Optional MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD Standard Cable for IDE Devices Standard Cable for Floppy Disk Back IO S...

Page 13: ...ules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the peripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the inst...

Page 14: ...2 10 FDD1 p 2 14 NBFAN1 p 2 15 JUSB1 JUSB2 p 2 24 JAUD1 p 2 23 JFP1 p 2 18 AGP Slot p 2 26 PCI Slots p 2 26 IDE1 IDE2 p 2 16 JIR1 p 2 23 SATA1 SATA2 p 2 17 ATX1 p 2 9 JBAT1 p 2 25 CPUFAN1 p 2 15 JCD1...

Page 15: ...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 Overcloc...

Page 16: ...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 di...

Page 17: ...6 Remove the cap from lever hinge side as the arrow shows 7 The pins of socket reveal Then lift up the load lever 8 Lift the load lever up and open the load plate 9 Correctly align the red triangle o...

Page 18: ...ged into the holes of the mainboard 16 Turn over the mainboard to confirm that the clip ends are correctly inserted 15 Press the four hooks down to fas ten the cooler Then rotate the lock ing switch r...

Page 19: ...pposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM Please note that the DDR SDRAM does not support ECC error correcting code and...

Page 20: ...he DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch MSI Reminds You Dual channel DDR works ONLY in the 3 combinations listed in the table above DIMM1 Ch A DIMM2 Ch A DIMM3 Ch B DIMM4 Ch B System Density...

Page 21: ...down the power supply firmly into the connector ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Definition PIN SIG...

Page 22: ...S 2 mouse keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PS 2 Mouse Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Keyboard Data Mous...

Page 23: ...14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data...

Page 24: ...or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Audio 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 pl...

Page 25: ...ferential Pair 0 3 D1P Differential Pair 1 4 D2P Differential Pair 2 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 D1N Differential Pair 1 7 D3P Differential Pair 3 8 D3N Differential Pair 3 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TD...

Page 26: ...ECP mode PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE P...

Page 27: ...s four three pin head connector When connecting 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...

Page 28: ...than earlier record breaking Ultra ATA 100 technology and is backward compatible with the existing Ultra ATA interface IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to ID...

Page 29: ...H5R which supports two serial connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA1 SATA2 are dual high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each sup ports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB s Both connectors are full...

Page 30: ...er Power LED 7 8 2 1 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low refer...

Page 31: ...4 LEDs can detect all problems that fail the system such as VGA RAM or other failures This special feature is very useful for overclocking users These users can use the feature to detect if there are...

Page 32: ...Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast b...

Page 33: ...e video adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1M...

Page 34: ...ovides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports via an external IEEE1394 bracket Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cablepower 8 Cab...

Page 35: ...PTION 1 AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Rig...

Page 36: ...liant with Intel I O Connectivity Design Guide 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 h...

Page 37: ...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 the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper...

Page 38: ...oller to directly access main memory The slot supports 8x 4x AGP card PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding o...

Page 39: ...ibed in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 While bo...

Page 40: ...utility by pressing F11 When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so res...

Page 41: ...tings the BIOS Setup and High Performance defaults BIOS Setup defaults provide stable performance settings for all devices and the system while High Performance defaults provide the best system perfor...

Page 42: ...d optimize your system s performance Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Int...

Page 43: ...Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Load High Performance Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected Load...

Page 44: ...set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is month date year day month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function key...

Page 45: ...Disabled under Netware and UNIX Block Mode Select Auto to enhance the hard disk performance Fast Programmed I O Modes Select Auto to enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing 32...

Page 46: ...2nd 3rd The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system Try Other Boot Device Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot...

Page 47: ...ric keypad Setting options On Off Floppy Drive Seek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When enabled the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boo...

Page 48: ...as L1 or level 1 cache Setting to WriteBack will speed up the system performance System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh re sulting in better sys...

Page 49: ...hed The contents of specified ROM are not only copied to RAM the contents of the ROM area can be written to and read from cache memory Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 only for Prescott CPU This item shows...

Page 50: ...ollowing fields auto matically to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD Selecting Disabled allows users to configure these fields manually CAS Latency This controls the timing d...

Page 51: ...7 clocks 8 clocks 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...

Page 52: ...hat remains powered while most other hardware compo nents turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs Auto BIOS determines t...

Page 53: ...after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system...

Page 54: ...nabled the system will automatically resume boot up on a specific date hour minute second specified in these fields Available settings for each item are Alarm Date 01 31 Every Day Alarm Hour 00 23 Ala...

Page 55: ...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 PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This item c...

Page 56: ...P AGP PCI The system initializes the installed AGP card first If an AGP card is not available it will initialize the PCI VGA card PCI AGP The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first If a P...

Page 57: ...e 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 availabl...

Page 58: ...nable disable the onboard USB host controller Setting options Disabled Enabled USB Device Legacy Support Set to All Devices if you need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in the operating system that does...

Page 59: ...Yes No P ATA Channel Selection This item is available for you to select the parallel ATA channel Setting options Primary Secondary Both Combined Mode Option This item is available for you to select th...

Page 60: ...1 SATA2 Onboard LAN This setting controls the onboard LAN controller Setting options Disabled Enabled Load OnBoard LAN BIOS This item is available for you to load the onboard LAN BIOS settings Setting...

Page 61: ...nder Half Duplex mode only asynchronous bi directional transmission reception is allowed IR Pin Select Set to IRRX IRTX when using an internal IR module connected to the IR connector Set to SINB SOUTB...

Page 62: ...Channel This feature needs to be configured only when Parallel Port Mode is set to the ECP When Parallel Port Mode is set to Normal this field will show Auto indicat ing that BIOS automatically deter...

Page 63: ...e chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened To clear the warning message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled...

Page 64: ...or frequency voltage control Frequency Voltage Control MSI Reminds You 1 Even though MAT is easy to use it doesn t mean there s no risk at all We recommend you to check if your memory is able to bear...

Page 65: ...overclocking Commander 6th level of overclocking D O T Mode This item allows you to decide the mode to overclock dynamically Setting options CPU Only CPU AGP CPU Ratio Selection This setting controls...

Page 66: ...overclock the processor by adjusting the FSB clock to a higher frequency Settings are PSB 400 100 355MHz PSB 533 133 500MHz PSB 800 200 500MHz DDR Clock Mhz This read only item allows you to view the...

Page 67: ...password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a pa...

Page 68: ...st system perfor mance but may lead to a stability issue When you select Load BIOS Setup Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Enter loads the default values that are factory settings for stabl...

Page 69: ...anagement and communication 802 11g WLAN settings Moreover with this unique utility you will be able to activate the MSI well known features Live Update and Core Center which makes it easier to update...

Page 70: ...menu to make further configuration MSI Click on this button to link to MSI website http www msi com tw Quick Guide Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you to re...

Page 71: ...tem this icon will be lit up Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player and then you can load media files from your MEGA STICK or the system and edit the preferred playlist Audio Speaker...

Page 72: ...stic sub menu you can see the information status and note of each DigiCell You may double check the connection and installation of the item marked as gray You may also click on the Mail to MSI button...

Page 73: ...your system Click on each item for details This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN which is read only The second icon indicates the wireless connection You may click t...

Page 74: ...network is a local area network or other small network especially one with wireless or temporary plug in connections in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration...

Page 75: ...rnet in office usually the LAN card will automatically get the IP this computer uses In this case you don t have to enable this function SSID Means Service Set Identifier a unique name shared among al...

Page 76: ...are selecting is encrypted WEP shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You need to enter the correct WEP key defined by AP in the specified WEP Key 1 4 fields to make the conn...

Page 77: ...r on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear Six buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired button to start the update proces...

Page 78: ...the Play List field and use Delete button to remove the media file from the play list You may remove multi media files simultaneously by using Ctrl to select multi files Shuffle To play the media file...

Page 79: ...rewind Right click on the MP3 file and choose Info a MP3 Info dialogue will pop up to show the information of the file including the title artist album release year and others You may also add your o...

Page 80: ...install the Supplemental Language Support provided by Microsoft to solve this problem You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared in the CD ROM The system will start to install the necessary com...

Page 81: ...select the language you want to be supported the language of the filename in the MegaStick from the drop down list in the Language for non Unicode programs then click Apply The system will install th...

Page 82: ...st the PC hardware and system status during real time operation In the left side it shows the current system status including the Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V In the right side it shows the current PC hardwa...

Page 83: ...so you may click Auto to start testing the maximum CPU overclocking value The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots Or you may click Default to restore the default...

Page 84: ...er to regulate the current playing digital sound source Also you may click on the on button to enable disable the equalizer function Once the equalizer function is enabled you can choose several prese...

Page 85: ...nges Then the following screen will appear In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box first select the correct item from the Speaker mode drop down list and then click on each connected speaker to ens...

Page 86: ...on Date Use the drop down list to select the date for power on Time Use the arrow keys to select the hour minute second for power on power off and restarting Then click Apply to save the changes As yo...

Page 87: ...r Step 2 Click on OK to apply the setting Step 3 For specified file or specified website you may enter the file name with the complete path or the website link in the Parameters field Of course you ma...

Page 88: ...eature It supports the following operating systems Win9X Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Default User Name It is only available for Windows 2000 Windows XP If you are using a computer belonging to...

Page 89: ...speeds up to 150MB sec Serial ATA uses long thin cables making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow inside your PC The most outstanding features are 1 Supports 150 MB s transfers...

Page 90: ...d Non Combine mode hNon Combined Mode P ATA devices only Maximum of 4 devices hNon Combined Mode S ATA devices only Maximum of 2 devices hCombined Mode S ATA devices P ATA devices Maximum of 2 devices...

Page 91: ...on such as Adobe Premiere or creating CD or DVD images with a CD DVD authoring package such as Roxio Easy CD Creator he hard drives in a RAID 0 volume are combined to form one volume which appears as...

Page 92: ...n the other without any impact to the data integrity In the case of a disk failure the computer system will remain fully operational to ensure maximum productivity The performance of a RAID 1 array is...

Page 93: ...ld appear early in system boot up during the POST Power On Self Test After the above message shows press Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility Using the Intel RAID Opt...

Page 94: ...the following window will appear 1 Create RAID Volume 1 Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter key The following screen appears MSI Reminds You The following procedure is only available w...

Page 95: ...field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage Here are some suggested selections 16 KB Best for sequen...

Page 96: ...board 5 8 5 Then press Enter to create the specified volume and the following prompt will show 4 From the Strip size press the Tab or ENTER key to advance to the Create Volume prompt The window will a...

Page 97: ...the selection or press N to create the RAID volume again Then you will return to the main menu with an updated status as follows 7 Scroll to option 4 Exit and press Enter to exit the RAID Configuratio...

Page 98: ...ID drives will be lost Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion The following window will appear MSI Reminds You If your sy...

Page 99: ...Introduction to Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID 5 11 Select the volume and press Delete key to delete the RAID volume The following prompt appears Press Y key to accept the volume deletion...

Page 100: ...ructures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection MSI Reminds You 1 You will lost all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform...

Page 101: ...llation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP Setup screen...

Page 102: ...cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un install all other non driver components The following non driver components can be u...

Page 103: ...uction to Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID 5 15 The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming...

Page 104: ...MS 6728 ATX Mainboard 5 16 After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue...

Page 105: ...A RAID 5 17 Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the program icon Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and cli...

Page 106: ...MS 6728 ATX Mainboard 5 18 Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation status...

Page 107: ...operly setting of the BIOS 2 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup Refer to P 5 13 Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver during Windows Set...

Page 108: ...k For Step 1 select the source disk that you wish to use and then click Next It is very important to note which disk is the source disk the one containing all of the information to be migrated and whi...

Page 109: ...ptimized for data redundancy will pro vide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be available for data storage h Strip Sizes Select the desi...

Page 110: ...Step 3 of 3 the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition will have claimed the disks to be used in creating a new volume and this operation cannot be undone It is critical that you backup all impor...

Page 111: ...nue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted for any reason it will...

Page 112: ...quipped with Realtek ALC850 chip which provides sup port for 8 channel audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC850 allows the board to attach 2 4 6 or 8 speakers for...

Page 113: ...ater 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 t...

Page 114: ...6 3 Introduction to Realtek ALC 850 4 Click Finish to restart the system 3 Click Next to install the AC 97 Audio software Click here Click here Select this option...

Page 115: ...are able to use the 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 AC97 Audio Configuration It is also available...

Page 116: ...Effect Here you can select a sound effect you like from the Environment list You may also edit the properties for an environment as you wish by clicking the Edit button then just scroll the bar in th...

Page 117: ...EQ Setting button 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...

Page 118: ...or 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 8 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration In this tab you can easily configure your multi channel audio function and speakers 1 First you have to select the audio...

Page 119: ...onnector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the Auto Test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically 3 While you are testing the speakers in 8 Channel 6 Channel M...

Page 120: ...RTF Demo In this tab you may adjust your HRTF Head Related Transfer Functions 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applications like gaming You may also select different environment to choose t...

Page 121: ...n Audio Controller AC97 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...

Page 122: ...no S PDIF output signal while playing analog and digital audio h Output digital only With this option only digital audio will be allowed to play via SPDIF out while playing analog and digital audio h...

Page 123: ...he setting in software utility 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...

Page 124: ...ck panel s Line Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 3 1 2 6 4 5 7 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer...

Page 125: ...ine 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...

Page 126: ...s 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...

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