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G52-M7005X1-K01

651M-L/650GM-L Series

MS-7005 (v1.X) Micro ATX Mainboard

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Page 1: ...i Version 1 0 G52 M7005X1 K01 651M L 650GM L Series MS 7005 v1 X Micro ATX Mainboard ...

Page 2: ...with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment 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 respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to ope...

Page 3: ...national 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 nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark...

Page 4: ...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 z The power cord or plug is damaged z Liquid has penetrated into the equipment z The equipment has been exposed to moisture z The equipment has not w...

Page 5: ... 6 Live Monitor 1 7 Chapter2 HardwareSetup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan 2 5 Memory 2 7 DDR Module Combination 2 8 Installing DDR Modules 2 8 Power Supply 2 9 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector CONN1 2 9 ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Mouse Conn...

Page 6: ...el Connectors JFP1 JFP2 2 18 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 19 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 2 20 SPDIF Connector JSP1 Optional 2 21 Chassis intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 2 22 Jumpers 2 23 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 23 Slots 2 24 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 24 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 24 CNRSlot 2 24 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 25 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1...

Page 7: ...ons 3 22 PC Health Status 3 24 Frequency Voltage Control 3 25 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 27 Set Supervisor User Password 3 28 Appendix Using4 or6 ChannelAudioFunction A 1 Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the Connected Speakers A 8 Playing KaraOK A 10 Troubleshooting T 1 Glossary G 1 ...

Page 8: ...1M L 650GM L series is based on SiS 651 650GX 702 pin BGA SiS 962L MuTIOL Media I O 371 BGA chipsets and provides 6 USB 2 0 ports for high speed data transmission With all these special designs the 651M L 650GM L series delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started ...

Page 9: ...i threaded I O link ensures concurrency of up down stream data transfer with 1 2GB s bandwidth Integrated MuTIOL connect to PCI bridge Dual IDE Master Slave controller Integrated USB 2 0 1 1 host controller and Fast Ethernet MAC controller Integrated audio controller with AC97 interface Advanced power management and PC2001 compliance Integrated RTC DMA interrupt and keyboard controllers Integrated...

Page 10: ...ec Realtek ALC655 codec Compliance with AC97 2 2 Spec Meets PC2001 audio performance requirement LAN h SiS 962L integrated MAC Realtek 8201BL PHY Support 10Mb s and 100Mb s auto negotiation operation Compliance with PCI 2 2 and PC99 standard h Supports Wake On LAN and remote wake up h Supports ACPI power management BIOS h 2MB Award BIOS with PNP BIOS ACPI SMBIOS 2 3 Green and Boot Block h Provides...

Page 11: ...R 1 DDR 2 JAUD1 ATX Power Supply SYSFAN1 CPUFAN1 JFP1 JFP2 Codec Realtek 8201BL Winbond W83697HF BIOS PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 IDE 2 FDD1 IDE 1 ATX12V Top mouse Bottom keyboard T LAN jack B USB ports JCD1 AGP Slot JCI1 JUSB1 JUSB2 JBAT1 CNR JSP1 Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A VGA Port Top Game port Bottom Mic Line Out Line In ...

Page 12: ... main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until the condition returns to the normal status Users can use the Adjusting Keys to change the minimum and maximum threshold of each item for the system to send out a warning message Click Temperature to select the temperature modes of either Fahrenheit o F or Celsius o C ...

Page 13: ...con and the fol lowing screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process z z z z z Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online z z z z z Live Driver Updates the drivers online z z z z z Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online z z z z z Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online z z z z z Live Utility Updates the utilities ...

Page 14: ...Ø Exit Exits the Live Monitor application Live Monitor The Live Monitor is a tool used to schedule the search for the latest BIOS drivers version on the MSI Web site To use the function you need to install the MSI Live Update 2 application After the installation the MSI Live Monitor icon as shown on the right will appear on the screen Double click this icon to run the application Double click the ...

Page 15: ...dules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard It also provides the instructions on connecting the peripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup ...

Page 16: ...el I O p 2 10 FDD1 p 2 15 JFP2 p 2 18 JUSB1 p 2 20 PCI Slots p 2 24 IDE1 IDE2 p 2 16 JUSB2 p 2 20 ATX12V p 2 9 JAUD1 p 2 19 CONN1 p 2 9 JBAT1 p 2 23 JCD1 p 2 15 JFP1 p 2 18 CPUFAN1 p 2 17 DDR DIMMs p 2 7 JSP1 p 2 21 AGP Slot p 2 24 CNR Slot p 2 24 SYSFAN1 p 2 17 JCI1 p 2 22 ...

Page 17: ...tsinkandacoolingfanattachedonthetop to prevent overheating If you do not find the heat sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer MSIRemindsYou 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 replacing the CPU alwa...

Page 18: ...lled the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation pro cedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 5 PresstheCPUdownfirmlyinto 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 top of the CPU to make...

Page 19: ...of the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink Fan 2 Position the heatsink onto the reten tion mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the motherboard 3 Mount the fan on top of the heatsink Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the reten tion mechanism 4 Press the two levers down to fasten the fan Each lever can be pressed down in on...

Page 20: ...2 6 MS 7005 Micro ATX Mainboard 5 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3 pin fan power connec tor on the board fan power cable NOTES ...

Page 21: ...erly at least one DIMM module must be installed DDR DIMM Slots DDR 1 2 Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM ...

Page 22: ...center of module The 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 MSIRemindsYou You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly inserted in the socket Vol...

Page 23: ...to the ATX 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 ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V ATX12V Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 1 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 ...

Page 24: ... a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 Mouse Parallel USB Ports Keyboard L in MIC L out LAN COMA VGA Port Midi Joystick ...

Page 25: ... 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 8 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 Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description PIN SIGNAL DESCRI...

Page 26: ...6 7 8 9 VGAConnector The mainboard provides a DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor Pin Signal Description 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N C 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5V 10 GND 11 N C 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL VGA Connector DB 15 pin 1 5 11 15 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data ...

Page 27: ...a network cable to the LAN jack RJ 45 LAN Jack MSIRemindsYou For advanced audio application Realtek ALC 655 is provided to offer support for 6 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 6 channel audio For more information on 6 channel audio operation please refer to Appendix Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmi...

Page 28: ...PTION 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 PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED 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 D...

Page 29: ...rts IR module and CPU System Power Supply FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors CD In Connector JCD1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector FDD1 JCD1 GND L R ...

Page 30: ...IDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive MSIRemindsYou If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper...

Page 31: ...the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Moni tor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control MSIRemindsYou 1 Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN1 supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control ...

Page 32: ... 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 reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 N...

Page 33: ...onnector on the back panel will not function PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 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 Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to c...

Page 34: ...s 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 USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key 10 USBOC JUSB1 2 Pin Definition JUSB1 USB 2 0 Intel spec 1 9 2 10 JUSB2 USB 2 0 Intel...

Page 35: ...ector is used to connect SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Inter connect Format interface for digital audio transmission The JSP1 supports SPDIF output only and can be connected to an external SPDIF Bracket for digital audio transmission JSP1 1 VCCS 2 SPDIF0 3 GND JSP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 3 ...

Page 36: ...ion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector is connected to 2 pin connector chassis switch If the Chassis is open the switch will be short The system will record this status To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS setting and clear the status JCI1 ...

Page 37: ...tery 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 to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers MSIRemindsYou You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing ...

Page 38: ...r 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 necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration CNR slot The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards CNR is a specially designed audio or modem riser card for ...

Page 39: ...ced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT B INTC INTD INT A PCI Slot 2 INTC INTD INT A INTB PCI Slot 3 INTD INT A INTB INTC ...

Page 40: ...Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features BIOS Setup ...

Page 41: ...by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously 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 ch...

Page 42: ...ol 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 GeneralHelp F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to...

Page 43: ...Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals PowerManagementSetup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCIConfigurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu figure below will appear on the screen The Main Menu ...

Page 44: ...ormance but the system stability may be affected LoadOptimizedDefaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Save ExitSetup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup ExitWithoutSaving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 45: ... Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users Time The time format is hour minute second IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster Slave 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 n...

Page 46: ...in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy3ModeSupport The item allows you to set the Floppy 3 Mode Available options are Disabled Drive A Drive B Both Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO HaltOn The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boo...

Page 47: ...write data into this area is made BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep Settings Disabled Enabled Boot Sequence Press Enter and the following sub menu 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 The settings are Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive LS120 The system will boot ...

Page 48: ...ting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device CPU L1 L2 Cache The item allows you to turn on or off CPU s internal L1 and external L2 cache Settings Enabled Disabled Hyper Threading Technology This field is used to enable or disable the Intel Hyper Threading CPU function Setting to Enabled will increase th...

Page 49: ...tting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate Typematic Delay TypematicRate Chars Sec After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to set the rate characters second at which the keys are accelerated Settings 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 TypematicDelay Msec This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and...

Page 50: ...eed to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 HDD S M A R T Capability This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you ...

Page 51: ...ign Slower rates may be required in certain sys tem designs to support loose layouts or slower memory Setting options Safe Mode Normal Mode Fast Mode Turbo Mode Ultra Mode CAS Latency Setting The field controls the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Setting options By SPD 3T 2 5T 2T 2T increases system performance while 2 5T provides...

Page 52: ...d to AGP for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256MB AGP Fast Write This option enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write...

Page 53: ...ndaryMaster SlavePIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary SecondaryMaster SlaveUltra...

Page 54: ...s SiS USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals Settings Enabled Disabled USB 2 0 Supports This item is used to enable disable the USB 2 0 Support Settings Enabled Disabled USBKeyboard MouseSupport Set to Enabled if you need to use a USB keyboard mouse in the operating system that does not support or does not have any U...

Page 55: ...ller FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These items specify the base I O port address and IRQ for the onboard Serial Port A COM A Serial Port B COM B Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port a...

Page 56: ...his time the user can choose between DMA channel 3 or 1 GamePortAddress This item is used to specify the address for the onboard game port Settings Disabled 201 209 MidiPortAddress The field specifies the base I O port address for the onboard Midi Port Settings Disabled 330 300 290 MidiPortIRQ The item is used to select the IRQ line for onboard Midi port Settings 5 10 Init Display First This item ...

Page 57: ...components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs PowerManagement This item is used to select the degree or type of power saving and is related to the mode Suspend Mode There are three options for power management Min Saving Minimum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Hour Max Saving Maximum Power Management Suspend Mode ...

Page 58: ...ings are Power Off The power button functions as a normal power on off button Suspend When you press the power button the computer enters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off After AC Power Lost This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves th...

Page 59: ...whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected PS2KB Wakeup From S3 S4 S5 This setting allows you to wake up the system from S3 S4 S5 states with the options of Any Key Hot Key and Password max 8 numbers PS2MS Wakeup From S3 S4 S5 This controls how the PS 2 mouse can power on the system Setting...

Page 60: ...Timer Events Primary SecondaryIDE FDD COM LPTPorts PCIPIRQ A D The global timer is the hardware timer that counts down to the power saving modes If the monitoring of the listed hardware peripherals or components is enabled the activity of the specified peripherals or components will awaken the system or reload the original count of global timer when they are accessed ...

Page 61: ...volatile Random Access 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 Enabled the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and then set the setting of the item back to Disabled automatically Settings Disabled Enabled Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to ...

Page 62: ...an handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the VGAPalette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s pal...

Page 63: ...to Enabled later Settings Enabled Reset Disabled CPUWarningTemperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting the warning mechanism will be activated This helps you to prevent the CPU overheating problem System CPU Temperature CPU System Fan Speed Vcore 3 3 V 5 V 12 V 12 V 5 V VBAT V 5VSB V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devic...

Page 64: ...ect the PCI slots When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic interference EMI Settings Enabled Disabled SpreadSpectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so th...

Page 65: ...just cause your overclocked processor to lock up CPUFrequency Use this item to select the appropriate clock frequency of the CPU host bus Options are 100MHz 133MHz Default DRAMFrequency Use this item to select the appropriate frequency for your DDR SDRAM modules Options are 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz and By SPD ...

Page 66: ...er specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Pressing 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 the d...

Page 67: ...word 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 every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your s...

Page 68: ...l audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC655 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and use 4 6 channel audio function on the board TOPICS Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Using 4 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the Connected Speakers A 8 Playing KaraOK A 10 ...

Page 69: ...ing 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 Please note the screen below might be different depending on the different mainboard you purchased 2 Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers MSI Reminds You The AC97 Audi...

Page 70: ...A 3 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 3 Click Next to start installing files into the system 4 Click Finish to restart the system Select this option ...

Page 71: ...ight corner of the screen 2 Select a desired surround sound effect from the Environment drop down menu 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab 4 Select Synchronize the phonejack switch with the settings 5 Select a desired multi channel operation from No of Speakers a Headphone b 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output c 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output d 6 Channel Mode for 5 1 Speaker Output 6 C...

Page 72: ...A 5 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 73: ... In 3 Line Out Front channels Back Panel 3 1 2 1 MIC 2 Line Out Rear channels 3 Line Out Front channels Line In function is converted to Line Out function when 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output is selected 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output The audio jacks on the back panel always provide 2 channel analog audio output function however these audio jacks can be transformed to 4 or 6 channel analo...

Page 74: ...tput is selected 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each jack on the back panel when 6 Channel Mode is selected MSIRemindsYou If the Center and Subwoofer speaker exchange their audio chan nels when you play video or music on the computer a converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio signals You can purchase the co...

Page 75: ...rly you may need to test each connected speaker to make sure every speaker work properly 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 Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears Sel...

Page 76: ...Function 4 While you are testing the speakers in 6 Channel Mode if the sound com ing from the center speaker and subwoofer is swapped you should select Swap Center Subwoofer Output to readjust these two channels Select this function ...

Page 77: ...cs and leave melody for you to sing the song Note that this function applies only for 2 channel audio operation Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 In the Sound Effect tab select Voice Cancellation under KaraOK 3 Click OK to close this window 2 3 ...

Page 78: ... AMI R W AWARD R 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th 7th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 091096 refers to the date this BIOS is released Q DoesBIOSupdateneedtobedonebyoneversionsequentially 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 or can I update directly to the last version 3 3 A You can update directly to the latest one Q Should I update my BIOS once a n...

Page 79: ...ormally this should not happen unless you flashed the wrong BIOS or some other reasons Suggestions 1 Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as described in http www msi com tw html support bios note boot htm 2 Try to clear the CMOS If problem still persists you would need to purchase new BIOS chip from Websites like www flashbios org where you can order a new BIOS or you can also contact MSI office ne...

Page 80: ...ist php kind 1 CHIP Archives ID 4 and find your board according to the CPU type 3 ForOpticalproductfirmware refertohttp www msi com tw program support driver dvr spt_dvr_list php part 4 Q Where can I find MSI developed software such as Fuzzy Logic or PC Alert A Refer to http www msi com tw program support software swr spt_swr_list php Q Where can I find the manual A 1 For Desktop motherboard refer...

Page 81: ...rt manual mnu spt_mnu_list php kind 3 4 For peripherals like PC2PC bluetooth or TV Tuner refer to http www msi com tw program support manual mnu spt_mnu_list php kind 7 Q Where can I find the drivers A Please refer to the following suggestions 1 Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as described in http www msi com tw support bios boot htm 2 Try to clear the CMOS If problem still persists ask your re...

Page 82: ...php part 5 Q HowcanIknowwhatCPUdoesmymotherboardsupport A 1 For Server motherboard refer to http www msi com tw program sup port cpu_support cpu spt_cpu_list php kind 3 2 For Desktop motherboard refer to http www msi com tw program support cpu_support cpu spt_cpu_list php kind 1 Note The BIOS is subdivided as Socket478 SocketA Socket 470 Archives If your board is socket478 based board then you sho...

Page 83: ...ally gives 2 years warranty to its direct customer distributors But each distributors reseller will have a different warranty policy So it is advisable that you check with your reseller about their warranty policy Q HowcanIfindMSIdistributorinmycountry A Refer to http www msi com tw program contact where2buy Select the country you will find MSI distributor in that country If in case you cannot fin...

Page 84: ...S Change to another power supply Change to another memory Change to another AGP card Q WhatshouldIdoifmymotherboardhavecompatibilityissuewithPCI cards A Suggestions Remove all the unnecessary devices try to find the source of the problem Disable all on board device like audio RAID or other applications see if it is due to resource conflict Move the PCI card to different PCI slots Update the card B...

Page 85: ...ly unused frequency band of 2 45 GHz that is available globally with some variation of bandwidth in different countries In addition to data up to three voice channels are available Each device has a unique 48 bit address from the IEEE 802 standard Connections can be point to point or multipoint The maximum range is 10 meters Data can be exchanged at a rate of 1 megabit per second up to 2 Mbps in t...

Page 86: ...mary circuits for transmitting and receiv ing data a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems Clock Cycle Clock cycle or tick is the smallest unit of time recognized by a device For personal computers clock cycles generally refer to the main system clock which runs at 66 MHz This means that there are 66 million clock cycles per second Since modern CPUs run much faster u...

Page 87: ... mass storage devices of up to 8 4 gigabytes whereas the old standard was limited to 528 MB Because of its lower cost enhanced EIDE has replaced SCSI in many areas There are four EIDE modes defined The most common is Mode 4 which supports transfer rates of 16 6 MBps There is also a new mode called ATA 3 or Ultra ATA that supports transfer rates of 33 MBps EISA Extended Industry Standard Architectu...

Page 88: ...Interrupt Request Line IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor When you add a new device to a PC you sometimes need to set its IRQ number by setting a DIP switch This specifies which interrupt line the device may use IRQ conflicts used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards but the Plug and Play specification has removed this headach...

Page 89: ...ts LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 It is frequently used by the OS to identify a printer Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your computer so that the microprocessor runs faster than the manufacturer specified speed for example setting an Intel 166 MHz megahertz microprocessor to run at 200 Mhz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1...

Page 90: ... devices to computers SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates up to 80 megabytes per second than standard serial and parallel ports In addition you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port so that SCSI is really an I O bus rather than simply an interface USB Universal Serial Bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such as the keyboard mouse joystick etc USB provi...

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