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Getting Started

NV RAID (Software)

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Supports up to 4 SATA and 4 ATA133 Hard drives

- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD is supported
- RAID function available for SATA H/D drives

LAN

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Supports dual LAN jacks

- 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1111 or Realtek

8201B/CL PHY

- 2nd LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek or 8110S

(1000Mbps) or 8100C (10/100Mbps)

IEEE 1394 (Optional)

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Supports up to three 1394 ports (rear panel x 1, pinheader x 2). Transfer rate
is up to 400Mbps

Audio

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Chip integrated by Realtek ALC850 (7.1 ch H/W audio)

- Direct Sound AC97 audio
- 7.1 Channel output
- 1 CD-In

On-Board Peripherals

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On-Board Peripherals include:

- 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 1 serial port (COMA )
- 1 parallel port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 1 Audio jack(5-in-1), coaxial/fiber SPDIF out
- 1 IrDA pinheader
- 1 D-Bracket2 pinheader
- 3 IEEE1394s (Rear * 1 / Front * 2)(Optional)
- 8 USB1.1/2.0 ports (Rear * 4 / Front * 4)

BIOS

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The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral
devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.

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The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which
records your mainboard specifications.

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Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD.

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Содержание MS-7025

Страница 1: ...i G52 M7025X1 MS 7025 v1 X ATX Mainboard K8N Neo2 Series ...

Страница 2: ...ment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to co...

Страница 3: ...nternational 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 trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trad...

Страница 4: ...rsonnel 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 according to User s Manual h The equipment has dropped and damaged h The equipment has obvious sign of breakage 12 Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned storage temperature above 600 C ...

Страница 5: ...ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 10 Important Notification about Power Issue 2 11 Back Panel 2 12 Mouse Connector Green Keyboard Connector Purple 2 12 IEEE1394 Port Optional 2 12 Serial Port Connector 2 13 USB Connectors 2 13 LAN RJ 45 Jack 2 14 Audio Port Connectors 2 14 Parallel Port Connector LPT1 2 15 Connectors 2 16 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 16 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SFAN1 SFAN2 ...

Страница 6: ... 3 3 Getting Help 3 3 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 11 Integrated Peripherals 3 12 Power Management Setup 3 17 PNP PCI Configurations 3 20 H W Monitor 3 22 Cell Menu 3 23 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 27 Set Supervisor User Password 3 28 Chapter 4 Introduction to DigiCell 4 1 Main 4 2 H W Diagnostic 4 4 Communication 4 5 S...

Страница 7: ...VRAID BIOS 5 3 NVIDIA RAID Untility Installation 5 7 Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAID Array 5 7 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows for Non bootable RAID Array 5 8 Initializing and Using the Disk Array 5 9 RAID Drives Management 5 11 Viewing RAID Array Configurations 5 11 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk 5 13 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array 5 19 Chapter 6 Installation of Dri...

Страница 8: ...ATX mainboard The K8N Neo2 Platinum mainboard is based on nVIDIA nForce 3 Ultra chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD K8 Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 processor the K8N Neo2 Platinum mainboard delivers a high per formance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started ...

Страница 9: ...ght memory banks DDR 266 333 400 using four 184 pin DDR DIMMs h Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB h Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM DIMM For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php Slots h One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP specification compliant Supports AGP 3 0 8x h Five 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots include...

Страница 10: ...altek ALC850 7 1 ch H W audio Direct Sound AC97 audio 7 1 Channel output 1 CD In On Board Peripherals h On Board Peripherals include 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 serial port COMA 1 parallel port supporting SPP EPP ECP mode 1 Audio jack 5 in 1 coaxial fiber SPDIF out 1 IrDA pinheader 1 D Bracket2 pinheader 3 IEEE1394s Rear 1 Front 2 Optional 8 USB1 1 2 0 p...

Страница 11: ...ironment Microsoft s Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 SP4 is required As the end user cannot boot without SP4 a combination installation CD must be created before attempting to install the operating system onto the bootable RAID volume To create the combination installation CD please refer to the follow ing website http www microsoft com windows2000 downloads servicepacks sp4 HFdeploy htm Dimension h A...

Страница 12: ...t 5 J1394_2 JUSB1 J1394_1 JUSB2 CPUFAN1 NBFAN1 SFAN1 JFP1 JDB1 JIR1 JFP2 JCI1 BATT FDD 1 JBAT1 JAUD1 BIOS RTL8110S 32 VIA VT6306 AGP1 JCD1 Winbond W83627HF 88E1111 RCJ Top mouse Bottom keyboard T LAN jack B USB ports T LAN jack B USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS Out B SPDIFOut Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A 1394 Port SPDIF Codec SFAN2 NVIDIA nFORCE3 Ultra Optional Optional Option...

Страница 13: ...er Cable SATA Cable Optional User s Guide Test Report D Bracket 2 Optional MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD nForce3 SATA RAID Driver Diskette Round Cable of IDE Devices Back IO Shield Quick Guide 1394 Cable Optional Round Cable of Floppy Disk ...

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

Страница 15: ...I O p 2 12 JPW1 p 2 10 IDE1 2 p 2 17 ATX1 p 2 10 JFP2 p 2 19 AGP Slot p 2 25 PCI Slots 1 5 p 2 25 JUSB1 JUSB2 p 2 19 SATA2 SATA1 p 2 18 SATA3 SATA4 p 2 18 J1394_1 J1394_2 p 2 20 NB_FAN1 p 2 16 CPUFAN1 p 2 16 JAUD1 p 2 20 JBAT1 p 2 24 FDD1 p 2 16 SFAN2 p 2 16 SFAN1 p 2 16 JIR1 p 2 21 JCD1 p 2 18 JCI1 p 2 17 ...

Страница 16: ... 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 replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard...

Страница 17: ...ould 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 al ways close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on top of the CPU to make sure the C...

Страница 18: ...your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer 1 Detach the shield of the backplate s paster 2 Turn over the mainboard and install the backplate to the proper position 3 Turn over the mainboard again and place the mainboard on the flat surface Locate the two screw holes of the mainboard 4 Align the retention mechanism and the backplate Fix the retention mechanism and the b...

Страница 19: ... on the top of the retention mechanism 7 Fasten down the lever 8 Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention mechanism Safety Hook Fixed Bolt Fixed Lever 9 Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the mainboard MSI Reminds You While disconnecting the Safety Hook from the fixed bolt it is neces sary to keep an eye on your fingers because once the Safety H...

Страница 20: ...ailed dual channel DDR Other combination not listed below will function as single channel DDR Memory DIMM1 4 from bottom to top 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 u...

Страница 21: ...o the PURPLE slots while the GREEN slots are left empty This mainboard DO NOT support the memory module installed with more than 18 pieces of IC integrated circuit DIMM1 Ch A DIMM2 Ch B DIMM3 Ch A DIMM4 Ch B System Density 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 256MB 2GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 256MB 2GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 512MB 4GB GREEN PURPLE GREEN PURPLE Recommended Memory Combination List S Sin...

Страница 22: ...eminds You You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly in serted in the socket MSI Reminds You 1 The maximum memory speed decreases when the following two Memory Combination is selected you can also refer to the Rec ommended Memory Combination list shown in the previous page Each channel is installed with two double sided memory mod ules Both DIMM1 and DIMM3 slots are installed ...

Страница 23: ...nd the pins are aligned Then push 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 1 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V ATX1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Defini...

Страница 24: ...les Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Unplug the AC power cable shown in figure 1 or unplug the ATX1 JPW1 power connectors shown in figure 2 figure 3 before the 1st installation or during sys tem upgrade procedure Figure 1 Unplug the AC power...

Страница 25: ...ouse Keyboard data 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse KeyboardClock Mouse Keyboardclock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition Keyboard COM A USB Ports L Out Mic L In Mouse Parallel LAN 1394 Port Optional SPDIF Out Coaxial RS Out CS Out SPDIF Out Optical IEEE1394 Port Optional The back panel provides one standard IEEE 1394 port The standard IEEE1394 port connects to IEEE1394 devices without...

Страница 26: ...ata Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description Serial Port Connector The mainboard offers one 9 pin male DIN connector as the serial port The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In...

Страница 27: ...udio devices Mic is a connector for microphones However there is an advanced audio application provided by Realtek ALC850 to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio S PDIF Out Coaxial Rear Speaker Out in 7 1CH 6CH Line Out Line In MIC Center Subwoofer Speaker Out in 7 1CH 6CH S PDIF Out Optical in 7 1CH 6CH Giga bit...

Страница 28: ... mode 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 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...

Страница 29: ...ctor 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 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 SFAN2 12V GND NC NBFAN1 12V GND Sensor CPUFAN1 SE...

Страница 30: ...setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive IDE1 IDE2 MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector ...

Страница 31: ...a rates of 150 MB s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Please refer to the nVidia RAID Introduction for detail software instal lation procedure PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND SATA1 SATA4 Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90 degre...

Страница 32: ...not use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SPK JFP2 Pin Definition 7 8 Power LED Speaker 1 2 JFP2 JFP1 1 2 9 10 HDD LED Reset Switch Power LED Power Switch 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...

Страница 33: ...erwise the Line Out connector on the back panel will not function 5 6 10 9 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 The JAUD1 front panel audio connector allows you to connect to the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JAUD1 1 2 9 10 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits 3 AUD...

Страница 34: ...R2 high for red color 5 DBG3 high for green color 6 DBR3 high for red color 7 DBG4 high for green color 8 DBR4 high for red color 9 Key 10 NC Pin Definition JDB1 1 9 2 10 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 The connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared module You must con figure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function JIR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity ...

Страница 35: ...ng VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign on message to the screen D Bracket 2 D Bracket 2 is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs which use graphic signal display to help users understand their system The LEDs provide up to 16 combinations of signals to debug the system The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that fail the system such as VGA RAM or other failures This special fea...

Страница 36: ...ideo adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo proces sor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initialize Floppy Dri...

Страница 37: ...s 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 JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can auto matically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear ...

Страница 38: ...x 4x AGP card PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration Th...

Страница 39: ...ribed 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 booting up the BIOS version is shown in the 1st line ap pearing after the memory counting It is usually in the format example W7025NMS V1 0B32 061704 where 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W A...

Страница 40: ...ly Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup 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 restart the system and press F11 after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu simi...

Страница 41: ...enu 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 the Esc General Help 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 use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Pres...

Страница 42: ...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 Use this menu to specify your settings for hardware Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your settings for CPU AGP frequency voltage control and overclocking Once you enter Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility...

Страница 43: ...Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Страница 44: ...ons 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 drive type manually If you select Manual related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard This informat...

Страница 45: ...ions are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and Mono Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops when any error is detected No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error All But Diskette The system doesn t stop for a disk error All But Disk K...

Страница 46: ...rd Disk Boot Priority Press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press or PageUp PageDown key to move it up down in this hard disk boot priority list Virus Warning The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made BIOS will dis...

Страница 47: ...system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory When the default value Fast is selected the Gate A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance When Normal is selected A20 is co...

Страница 48: ... which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need 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 Boot OS 2 for DRAM 64MB This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose Non OS2 you cannot run the OS 2 ope...

Страница 49: ...d on the mainboard This item sets an appropriate speed for the installed AGP card Setting options for AGP 2 0 Speed 1x 1x2x 1x2x4x Setting options for AGP 3 0 Speed 4x 4x8x AGP Fast Write The item enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write technology allows CPU to write directly into the graphics controller without passing anything through system memory and improves 8x speed acc...

Страница 50: ... 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 Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating envi...

Страница 51: ...s item is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of the IDE Hard Drive The settings are Enabled Disabled Onboard Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears RAID Config Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears IDE RAID This item is available for you to enable disable the onboard IDE RAID function Setting options Enabled Disabled ...

Страница 52: ...ings Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If an audio device is detected the onboard AC 97 Audio Codec 97 controller will be enabled if not it is disabled Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device The settings are Auto Disabled MAC LAN nVIDIA Setting to Auto allows the BIOS to auto detect t...

Страница 53: ... Disable RS 232C Serial Port IrDA IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port RxD TxD Active This setting controls the receiving and transmitting speed of the IR peripheral in use Setting options Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay This setting determines whether the IR transmission rate will be delayed while converting to receiving mode Setting options ...

Страница 54: ...de simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously Choose Normal to use Standard Parallel Port Bi Directional Mode simultaneously EPP Mode Select The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the onboard parallel po...

Страница 55: ...e information stored in memory will be used to restore the sys tem when a wake up event occurs Power Management This item is used to select the degree or type of power saving and is related to the HDD Power Down item There are three options for power management Min Saving Minimum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Hour Max Saving Maximum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Min User Define Allows end user...

Страница 56: ...ower Lost This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Off Always leaves the computer in the power off state On Always leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wake Up Event Activity Press Enter and the following sub menu appears WOL PME F...

Страница 57: ...3 19 BIOS Setup S3 wake up by PS2 Keyboard S3 wake up by PS2 Mouse These fields allow the activity of the PS2 keyboard and mouse to wake up the system from S3 sleep state Settings Enabled Disabled ...

Страница 58: ...only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means abso lutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Win dows 95 98 If you set this field to Manual choose specific resou...

Страница 59: ...there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires VGA palette snooping VGA Palette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device s palette re...

Страница 60: ...e fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range Settings Enabled Disabled System CPU Fan Tolerance o C You can select a fan tolerance value here for the specific range for the Smart System CPU Fan items If the current temperatures of the 2 fans reach the maxi mum threshold the temperatures set in the Smart System CPU Fan plus the toler ance values...

Страница 61: ...anual in DDR Timing Setting by user can place an artificial memory clock limit on the system Please note that memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Setting options 100 133 166 200 1T 2T Memory Timing This setting controls the SDRAM command rate Selecting Auto allows SDRAM signal controller to run at 1T T clock cycles rate Selecting 1T makes SDRAM signal controller run at 2T r...

Страница 62: ...reshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system Available settings Auto 2 Bus Clocks 3 Bus Clocks 4 Bus Clocks 5 Bus Clocks 6 Bus Clocks High Performance Mode This field allows you to select the DDR timing setting Setting to Optimized enables Adjust DDR Memory Frequency automatically to be determined by SPD Selectin...

Страница 63: ... 3x 4x 5x Cool n Quiet control This feature is especially designed for AMD Athlon processor which provides a CPU temperature detecting function to prevent your CPU s from overheating due to the heavy working loading Setting options Disabled Auto Adjust CPU Ratio This item allows you to adjust the CPU ratio Setting to Startup enables the CPU running at the fastest speed which is detected by system ...

Страница 64: ...ue so changing the DDR voltage for long term purpose is NOT recommended AGP Voltage AGP voltage is adjustable in the field allowing you to increase the performance of your AGP display card when overclocking but the stability may be affected MSI Reminds You The settings shown in different color in CPU Voltage Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage Adjust helps to verify if your setting is proper for your s...

Страница 65: ...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...

Страница 66: ...ord 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 system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have Award BIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unautho rized use of your computer The setting to determine when the p...

Страница 67: ...management 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 the BIOS drivers online and to monitor the system hard ware status CPU Fan temperature and speed or to overclock the CPU memory Once you have your DigiCell installed locate the setup source file in ...

Страница 68: ...b 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 review H W Diagnostic In this sub menu it provides the information of each DigiCell button for you to check if the representing peripherals cards drivers are correctly installed Comm In this sub menu y...

Страница 69: ...stem 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 Setting In this sub menu you can configure and test the multi channel audio function speakers sound effect and environment Power on Agent In this sub menu you can configure date time and auto execute...

Страница 70: ...ostic 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 to send your questions or suggestions to MSI s technical support staff ...

Страница 71: ... 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 this icon to configure the advanced settings in the WLAN Card Mode dialogue box see the image on p 4 8 Please note that it is only available when the Software Access Point is set to WLAN Card Mode The...

Страница 72: ...c 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 of a communi cations session Users in the network can share files print to a shared printer and access the Internet with a shared modem In this kind of network new devices can be quickly added howev...

Страница 73: ...ernet 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 all points in a wireless network It must be identical for all points in the network Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID Channel Specifies the operating radio fre...

Страница 74: ...u 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 connection enable this feature only PCs with MAC address located in Association Control List can connect to the wireless LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware ...

Страница 75: ...ar 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 process Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Live Driver Updates the drivers online Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Live OSD Updates the firmware of the...

Страница 76: ... 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 in the Play List in a random order Repeat To repeat the selected files in the Play List Print This button has 2 functions 1 To print out the details of current play list through your printer with th...

Страница 77: ...d 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 own comment in the comment field Then click Save to save the change click Cancel to discard the change or click Remove to remove all this information play forward rewind bar song s information stop pa...

Страница 78: ... 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 components after the settings are configured here Follow the steps described below 1 Go to Control Panel and choose Regional and Languages Options 2 Go to the Languages tab and enable the check box of I...

Страница 79: ...d 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 the necessary components from your Microsoft Setup CD immediately ...

Страница 80: ...ing When the CPU temperature climbs up to a certain degree the speed of the system cooling fan will be risen automatically On the other hand the speed of the system cooling fan will slow down instantly when the CPU temperature descends to its normal degree Here the current system status including Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V and the current PC hardware status such as the CPU system temperatures and all f...

Страница 81: ...system temperatures and fan speeds You may use the scroll bars to adjust each item then click OK to apply the changes The values you set for the temperatures are the maximum thresholds for the system warnings and the values for fan speeds are the minimum thresholds Center side Cool n Quiet User mode Here you may adjust the CPU fan speed If you choose User mode you may adjust the CPU fan speed in 8...

Страница 82: ...zer 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 preset equalizers for your preference You may also right click anywhere to execute this function After you have chosen one equalizer it will be indicated next to the on button in yellow The Environment se...

Страница 83: ...anges 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 ensure if Headphone 2 4 5 1 or 7 1 channel audio operation is working properly If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is in serted firmly to the connector or replace the bad spe...

Страница 84: ...ion 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 you click Apply the following dialogue will appear to show you the next power on schedule and the system will start to count down to restart Click OK to restart the computer right away or click Later t...

Страница 85: ...er 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 may use the button Delete to remove the added programs or you can right click on the selected program and click Delete add the desired start with program To activate Outlook as DigiCell is enabled next...

Страница 86: ...feature 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 a domain in office please enter your login user name in this field If you are using a computer with multi users for Windows XP operating system please enter the user name you d like to auto power on ...

Страница 87: ... is used by the world s leading businesses to the common PC desktop This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource nVidia RAID Introduction ...

Страница 88: ...d Disks Fault Tolerance RAID 0 Non critical data requiring high performance High data throughput No fault tolerance multiple None RAID 1 Small databases or any other small capacity environment requiring fault tolerance 100 data redundancy Requires 2 drives for the storage space of 1 drive 2 Yes RAID 0 1 Critical data requiring high performance Optimized for both 100 data redundancy and performance...

Страница 89: ...er to copy and install the nForce RAID software Check Chapter 5 NVidia RAID Utility Installation for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 RAID items in RAID Config of Integrated Peripherals Onboard Devices in BIOS Check Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals for details before configuring the NVRAID BIOS After tha...

Страница 90: ...Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Parallel ATA 0 0 M Channel 0 controller 0 Master 0 0 S Channel 0 controller 0 Slave 0 1 M Channel 0 controller 1 Master 0 1 S Channel 0 controller 1 Slave Serial ATA 1 0 M Channel 1 controller 0 Ma...

Страница 91: ...l which is 32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Dis...

Страница 92: ...e set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup has...

Страница 93: ...lect NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers MSI Reminds You Please follow the instruction below to make an NVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Ignore the Setup screen and u...

Страница 94: ...lation This will not be an issue with a signed driver MSI Reminds You Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows for Non bootable RAID Array The existing Windows IDE Parallel ATA driver as well as the Serial A...

Страница 95: ...ttings Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured 4 Click Next The Select Disks to Convert window appears ...

Страница 96: ...nish The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 7 Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use ...

Страница 97: ...lding an array Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management utility by clicking Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation RAID Manager RAID Manager The RAID configuration information appears in the right side pane as shown below MSI Reminds You The information in the figures in this part may very from what it is shown in your system NVRAID Mir...

Страница 98: ... disk space used is 111 80 GB NVRAID Striped Mirror Array The figure below shows an example of a four hard drive stripe mirrored array The total disk space used is 111 80 GB NVRAID Spanning JBOD Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard drive spanning array The total disk space used is 111 80 GB NVRAID Mirrored Array and a Striped Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard d...

Страница 99: ...isk will be automatically assigned to the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by any...

Страница 100: ... The drive appears under the Free Disk section Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array using one of the following two methods Method 1 Select a free disk and then assign it to an array Method 2 Select an array and then assign a free disk to it Both methods are equally simple ways of accomplishing the same task Method 1 Select a free disk...

Страница 101: ...Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380023AS drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two ST360015A drives to fail the ST380023AS hard drive will take over and be used in the newly formed mirrored array Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remo...

Страница 102: ...ant to assign a dedicated free disk The pop up menu appears 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard 3 Click Next The Free Disk Selection page appears 4 From the Free Disk Selection page select one of the disks from the list Please note that there can be more than one disk to choose from ...

Страница 103: ...Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish You have now assigned a dedicated free disk to a mirrored array Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select the option to remove it ...

Страница 104: ...ay type or the array drives as shown in the figure below Then click Designate Spare to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard 2 Click Designate Spare and then follow the instructions in the Wizard The figure below shows an example of a RAID 1 array that has one spare disk dedicated to it Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk...

Страница 105: ...o hard drives This only applies to RAID 1 array as well as a RAID 0 1 array Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVRAID Management utility The figure below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears 3 From the popup menu click Rebuild Array ...

Страница 106: ...Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the figure below During the rebuilding process the NVRAID Management utility screen shows the status under the System Tasks and Details sections ...

Страница 107: ...AID1 and or RAID 0 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays You Can Use Any Available Free Disk You can rebuild a mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example the figure below shows a mirrored array using 34 48 GB HD while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large To use one of these available free disks to rebuild your array follow the same steps as expl...

Страница 108: ...I provides a setup CD along with your mainboard which contains the required drivers for your system and many other use ful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment Installation of Driver Utility ...

Страница 109: ...ow the proceeding instructions NVIDIA nForce3 System Driver This driver is only available for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating system Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly 1 Click on this button to install the NVIDIA nForce3 System Drivers for your Win dows OS Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue ...

Страница 110: ...s to install All the components shown here will be selected to be installed by default Then click Next 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically 4 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation Click Next to continue ...

Страница 111: ... However it is strongly suggested that you do not install this component for you have to search other PC with its IP address instead of its PC name in your local network Click No to continue If you accidentally install NVIDIA Firewall and ForceWare Network Access Manager we recommend you unistall it by using the Add or Remove Programs function in the Control Panel 7 The following screen indicates ...

Страница 112: ...ton to install the Realtek AC97 Audio Driver Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue The installation process will launch automatically 2 The following screen indicates the installation is complete Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to restart it later ...

Страница 113: ...6 6 MS 7025 ATX Mainboard Utility Installation Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display Click on the utility you like to install and follow the proceeding instructions ...

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