MSI P55A-G55 User Manual

P55A-G55 series

MS-7668 (v1.x) Mainboard

G52-76681X5

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Copyright Notice

The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNA­TIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is
given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improve­ment and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.

Trademarks

All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

MSI® is registered trademark of Micro-Star Int’l Co.,Ltd.
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Netware® is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.

Revision History

Revision Revision History Date
V1.0 First release April 2010
V1.1 Update JSP1 July 2010

Technical Support

If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user’s
manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please
try the following help resources for further guidance.

Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates,
and other information:

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=service

Contact our technical sta󰘯 at:

http://ocss.msi.com

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Safety Instructions

Always read the safety instructions carefully.
Keep this User’s Manual for future reference.
Keep this equipment away from humidity.
Lay this equipment on a reliable 󰘱at surface before setting it up.
The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment

from overheating. DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS.
Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/220V before

connecting the equipment to the power inlet.
Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it. Do not place any-

thing over the power cord.
Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add-on card or module.
All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical

shock.
If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by service

personnel:

The power cord or plug is damaged.

Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.

The equipment has been exposed to moisture.

The equipment does not work well or you can not get it work according to User’s
Manual.

The equipment has dropped and damaged.

The equipment has obvious sign of breakage.

DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED,
STORAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 60oC (140oF), IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIP­MENT.

CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.

警告使用者:
這是甲類資訊產品，在居住的環境中使用時，可能會造成無線電干擾，在這種情況下，

使用者會被要求採取某些適當的對策。

廢電池請回收
For better environmental protection, waste batteries should be

collected separately for recycling special disposal.

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FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found
to comply with the limits for a Class B digi­tal device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful inter­ference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc­tions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be deter­mined by turning the equipment o󰘯 and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the measures listed below.

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di󰘯erent from that to which the
receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

Notice 1
The changes or modi󰘰cations not expressly approved by the party responsible for com-

pliance 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 comply

with the emission limits.

VOIR LA NOTICE D’INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU.

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follow­ing two conditions:

this device may not cause harmful interference, and
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

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WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement

ENGLISH

To protect the global environment and as an environmentalist, MSI must
remind you that...

Under the European Union (“EU”) Directive on Waste Electrical and Elec­tronic Equipment, Directive 2002/96/EC, which takes e󰘯ect on August 13,
2005, products of “electrical and electronic equipment” cannot be discarded
as municipal waste anymore and manufacturers of covered electronic equip­ment will be obligated to take back such products at the end of their useful life. MSI will
comply with the product take back requirements at the end of life of MSI-branded prod­ucts that are sold into the EU. You can return these products to local collection points.

DEUTSCH

Hinweis von MSI zur Erhaltung und Schutz unserer Umwelt
Gemäß der Richtlinie 2002/96/EG über Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte dürfen Elek-

tro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte nicht mehr als kommunale Abfälle entsorgt werden. MSI
hat europaweit verschiedene Sammel- und Recyclingunternehmen beauftragt, die in
die Europäische Union in Verkehr gebrachten Produkte, am Ende seines Lebenszyklus
zurückzunehmen. Bitte entsorgen Sie dieses Produkt zum gegebenen Zeitpunkt aus­schliesslich an einer lokalen Altgerätesammelstelle in Ihrer Nähe.

FRANÇAIS

En tant qu’écologiste et a󰘰n de protéger l’environnement, MSI tient à rappeler ceci...
Au sujet de la directive européenne (EU) relative aux déchets des équipement élec-

triques et électroniques, directive 2002/96/EC, prenant e󰘯et le 13 août 2005, que les
produits électriques et électroniques ne peuvent être déposés dans les décharges ou
tout simplement mis à la poubelle. Les fabricants de ces équipements seront obligés de
récupérer certains produits en 󰘰n de vie. MSI prendra en compte cette exigence relative
au retour des produits en 󰘰n de vie au sein de la communauté européenne. Par con­séquent vous pouvez retourner localement ces matériels dans les points de collecte.

РУССКИЙ

Компания MSI предпринимает активные действия по защите окружающей среды,

поэтому напоминаем вам, что....

В соответствии с директивой Европейского Союза (ЕС) по предотвращению
загрязнения окружающей среды использованным электрическим и электронным
оборудованием (директива WEEE 2002/96/EC), вступающей в силу 13
августа 2005 года, изделия, относящиеся к электрическому и электронному
оборудованию, не могут рассматриваться как бытовой мусор, поэтому
производители вышеперечисленного электронного оборудования обязаны
принимать его для переработки по окончании срока службы. MSI обязуется
соблюдать требования по приему продукции, проданной под маркой MSI на
территории EC, в переработку по окончании срока службы. Вы можете вернуть
эти изделия в специализированные пункты приема.

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ESPAÑOL

MSI como empresa comprometida con la protección del medio ambiente, recomienda:
Bajo la directiva 2002/96/EC de la Unión Europea en materia de desechos y/o equi-

pos electrónicos, con fecha de rigor desde el 13 de agosto de 2005, los productos
clasi󰘰cados como “eléctricos y equipos electrónicos” no pueden ser depositados en
los contenedores habituales de su municipio, los fabricantes de equipos electrónicos,
están obligados a hacerse cargo de dichos productos al termino de su período de vida.
MSI estará comprometido con los términos de recogida de sus productos vendidos en
la Unión Europea al 󰘰nal de su periodo de vida. Usted debe depositar estos productos
en el punto limpio establecido por el ayuntamiento de su localidad o entregar a una
empresa autorizada para la recogida de estos residuos.

NEDERLANDS

Om het milieu te beschermen, wil MSI u eraan herinneren dat….
De richtlijn van de Europese Unie (EU) met betrekking tot Vervuiling van Electrische

en Electronische producten (2002/96/EC), die op 13 Augustus 2005 in zal gaan kun­nen niet meer beschouwd worden als vervuiling. Fabrikanten van dit soort producten
worden verplicht om producten retour te nemen aan het eind van hun levenscyclus.
MSI zal overeenkomstig de richtlijn handelen voor de producten die de merknaam MSI
dragen en verkocht zijn in de EU. Deze goederen kunnen geretourneerd worden op
lokale inzamelingspunten.

SRPSKI

Da bi zaštitili prirodnu sredinu, i kao preduzeće koje vodi računa o okolini i prirodnoj
sredini, MSI mora da vas podesti da…

Po Direktivi Evropske unije (“EU”) o odbačenoj ekektronskoj i električnoj opremi, Di­rektiva 2002/96/EC, koja stupa na snagu od 13. Avgusta 2005, proizvodi koji spadaju
pod “elektronsku i električnu opremu” ne mogu više biti odbačeni kao običan otpad i
proizvođači ove opreme biće prinuđeni da uzmu natrag ove proizvode na kraju njihovog
uobičajenog veka trajanja. MSI će poštovati zahtev o preuzimanju ovakvih proizvoda
kojima je istekao vek trajanja, koji imaju MSI oznaku i koji su prodati u EU. Ove proiz­vode možete vratiti na lokalnim mestima za prikupljanje.

POLSKI

Aby chronić nasze środowisko naturalne oraz jako 󰘰rma dbająca o ekologię, MSI przy­pomina, że...

Zgodnie z Dyrektywą Unii Europejskiej (“UE”) dotyczącą odpadów produktów elektry­cznych i elektronicznych (Dyrektywa 2002/96/EC), która wchodzi w życie 13 sierpnia
2005, tzw. “produkty oraz wyposażenie elektryczne i elektroniczne “ nie mogą być trak­towane jako śmieci komunalne, tak więc producenci tych produktów będą zobowiązani
do odbierania ich w momencie gdy produkt jest wycofywany z użycia. MSI wypełni
wymagania UE, przyjmując produkty (sprzedawane na terenie Unii Europejskiej) wy­cofywane z użycia. Produkty MSI będzie można zwracać w wyznaczonych punktach
zbiorczych.

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TÜRKÇE

Çevreci özelliğiyle bilinen MSI dünyada çevreyi korumak için hatırlatır:
Avrupa Birliği (AB) Kararnamesi Elektrik ve Elektronik Malzeme Atığı, 2002/96/EC

Kararnamesi altında 13 Ağustos 2005 tarihinden itibaren geçerli olmak üzere, elektrikli
ve elektronik malzemeler diğer atıklar gibi çöpe atılamayacak ve bu elektonik cihazların
üreticileri, cihazların kullanım süreleri bittikten sonra ürünleri geri toplamakla yükümlü
olacaktır. Avrupa Birliği’ne satılan MSI markalı ürünlerin kullanım süreleri bittiğinde MSI
ürünlerin geri alınması isteği ile işbirliği içerisinde olacaktır. Ürünlerinizi yerel toplama
noktalarına bırakabilirsiniz.

ČESKY

Záleží nám na ochraně životního prostředí - společnost MSI upozorňuje...
Podle směrnice Evropské unie (“EU”) o likvidaci elektrických a elektronických výrobků

2002/96/EC platné od 13. srpna 2005 je zakázáno likvidovat “elektrické a elektronické
výrobky” v běžném komunálním odpadu a výrobci elektronických výrobků, na které se
tato směrnice vztahuje, budou povinni odebírat takové výrobky zpět po skončení je­jich životnosti. Společnost MSI splní požadavky na odebírání výrobků značky MSI,
prodávaných v zemích EU, po skončení jejich životnosti. Tyto výrobky můžete odevzdat
v místních sběrnách.

MAGYAR

Annak érdekében, hogy környezetünket megvédjük, illetve környezetvédőként fellépve
az MSI emlékezteti Önt, hogy ...

Az Európai Unió („EU”) 2005. augusztus 13-án hatályba lépő, az elektromos és elek­tronikus berendezések hulladékairól szóló 2002/96/EK irányelve szerint az elektromos
és elektronikus berendezések többé nem kezelhetőek lakossági hulladékként, és az
ilyen elektronikus berendezések gyártói kötelessé válnak az ilyen termékek visszavé­telére azok hasznos élettartama végén. Az MSI betartja a termékvisszavétellel kapc­solatos követelményeket az MSI márkanév alatt az EU-n belül értékesített termékek
esetében, azok élettartamának végén. Az ilyen termékeket a legközelebbi gyűjtőhelyre
viheti.

ITALIANO

Per proteggere l’ambiente, MSI, da sempre amica della natura, ti ricorda che….
In base alla Direttiva dell’Unione Europea (EU) sullo Smaltimento dei Materiali Elettrici

ed Elettronici, Direttiva 2002/96/EC in vigore dal 13 Agosto 2005, prodotti appartenenti
alla categoria dei Materiali Elettrici ed Elettronici non possono più essere eliminati come
ri󰘰uti municipali: i produttori di detti materiali saranno obbligati a ritirare ogni prodotto
alla 󰘰ne del suo ciclo di vita. MSI si adeguerà a tale Direttiva ritirando tutti i prodotti
marchiati MSI che sono stati venduti all’interno dell’Unione Europea alla 󰘰ne del loro
ciclo di vita. È possibile portare i prodotti nel più vicino punto di raccolta

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Contents

Copyright Notice ............................................................................................ ii

Trademarks .................................................................................................... ii

Revision History............................................................................................. ii

Technical Support.......................................................................................... ii

Safety Instructions .........................................................................................iii

FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement.......................................... iv

WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement .................... v

Chapter 1 Getting Started............................................................................1-1

Mainboard Speci󰘰cations ..................................................................................... 1-2

Mainboard Layout ................................................................................................1-4

Packing Checklist .................................................................................................1-5

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..........................................................................2-1

Quick Components Guide .................................................................................... 2-2

Screw Holes ......................................................................................................... 2-3

CPU (Central Processing Unit) ............................................................................2-4

Memory ................................................................................................................2-8

Power Supply ..................................................................................................... 2-10

Back Panel ......................................................................................................... 2-11

Connectors ......................................................................................................... 2-13

Switch .................................................................................................................2-19

Jumpers .............................................................................................................2-20

Button ................................................................................................................. 2-21

Slots ...................................................................................................................2-22

LED Status Indicators ........................................................................................2-23

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .................................................................................3-1

Entering Setup .....................................................................................................3-2

The Main Menu ....................................................................................................3-4

Standard CMOS Features ....................................................................................3-6

Advanced BIOS Features ....................................................................................3-9

Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................................ 3-11

Power Management Setup .................................................................................3-13

H/W Monitor .......................................................................................................3-15

Green Power ...................................................................................................... 3-16

Cell Menu ........................................................................................................... 3-19

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Appendix A Realtek Audio .......................................................................... A-1

Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver .................................................................A-2

Software Con󰘰guration .........................................................................................A-3

Hardware Default Setting .....................................................................................A-5

Appendix B Intel RAID ................................................................................ B-1

Introduction ..........................................................................................................B-2

BIOS Con󰘰guration ..............................................................................................B-3

Installing Driver ..................................................................................................B-10

Degraded RAID Array ........................................................................................B-12

Appendix C Marvell RAID ........................................................................... C-1

RAID Con󰘰guration ............................................................................................. C-2

Thank you for choosing the P55A-G55 Series (MS-7668
v1.X) ATX mainboard. The P55A-G55 Series mainboards
are based on Intel® P55 chipsets for optimal system e󰘲­ciency. Designed to 󰘰t the advanced Intel® LGA1156 pro­cessor, the P55A-G55 Series deliver a high performance
and professional desktop platform solution.

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Mainboard Speci󰘰cations

Processor Support

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5 (Lynn󰘰eld & Clarkdale), Core™ i3 and Pentium® processor
in the LGA1156 package
(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.
php?func=cpuform2)

Base Clock

133 MHz (OC to 250MHz)

Chipset

Intel® P55 chipset

Memory Support

4 DDR3 DIMMs support DDR3 2133*(OC)/ 2000*(OC) /1600*(OC)/ 1333/ 1066
DRAM (16GB Max)
Supports Dual-Channel mode
*(For more information on compatible components, please visit
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=testreport)

LAN

Supports LAN 10/100/1000 by Realtek® RTL8111DL

Audio

Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC887/ ALC892 (True Blu-ray Audio)
Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

IDE

1 IDE port by Marvell® 88SE9128B1
Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode

Floppy

1 󰘱oppy port
Supports 1 FDD with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB

SATA

6 SATA 3Gb/s (SATA1~6) ports by Intel® P55
2 SATA 6Gb/s (SATA7~8) ports by Marvell® 88SE9128B1

RAID

SATA1~6 support Intel® Matrix Storage Technology (AHCI/ RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10) by Intel

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P55

Hardware RAID

SATA7 & SATA8 support RAID 0/ 1 mode by Marvell® 88SE9128B1

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Connectors

Back panel

1 PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 Optical S/PDIF-Out
8 USB 2.0 ports
2 USB 3.0 ports
1 LAN jack
6 󰘱exible audio jacks

On-Board

2 USB 2.0 connectors
1 S/PDIF-Out connector
1 Front Panel Audio connector
1 CD-In connector
1 Chassis Intrusion connector
1 Serial connector
1 Parallel connector
1 TPM connector
1 Power button
1 Easy OC switch

Slots

2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE_1 is a x16 lane slot and PCIE_4 is a x8 lane slot)
2 PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

Form Factor

ATX (30.5cm x 23.0cm)

Mounting

6 mounting holes

If you need to purchase accessories and request the part numbers, you could search
the product web page and 󰘰nd details on our web address below

http://www.msi.com/index.php

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Mainboard Layout

PCI 1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI _E3

PCI _E4

PCI _E1

PCI _E2

ID

E 1

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FDD 1

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JFP 2JFP 1

JUS B1

JCI 1

JUS B2

JLP T1

JTP M1 JCO M1

JAU D1

JCD 1 JSP 1

JBAT 1

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JPW R

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DIMM2

DIMM

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DIMM

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DIMM3

CPU F

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Top : Op tic al S /P DIF -Ou t
Bot to m:P S/ 2 por t

Top: L AN Ja ck
Bot to m: U SB2 .0 p ort s

USB 3. 0 po rts

USB 2. 0 po rts

USB 2. 0 po rts

USB 2. 0 po rts

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Lin e- Out

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M:C S- Out
B:S S- Out

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MSI Driver/Utility DVD

SATA Cable (Optional)

Power Cable

USB Bracket (Optional)

Standard Cable for

IDE Devices

Back IO Shield

User’s Guide

Packing Checklist

* The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the
product you purchased.

MSI mainboard

This chapter provides you with the information about
hardware setup procedures. While doing the installa­tion, be careful in holding the components and follow the
installation procedures. For some components, if you
install in the wrong orientation, the components will not
work properly.

Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer
components. Static electricity may damage the compo­nents.

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Quick Components Guide

CPU, p.2-4

DDR3, p.2-8

Back Panel,
p.2-11

CPUFAN, p.2-15

JPWR2, p.2-10

SYSFAN1, p.2-15

JPWR1, p.2-10

JCI1, p.2-15

SATA1~6, p.2-14

SATA7~8, p.2-14

IDE1, p.2-13

JBAT1, p.2-20

JUSB1~2, p.2-16

OC_SW1, p.2-19

POWER1, p.2-21

JFP1, JFP2,
p.2-16

JLPT1, p.2-18

JCOM1, p.2-18

JTPM1, p.2-17

FDD1, p.2-13

JSP1, p.2-17

JAUD1, p.2-18

JCD1, p.2-15

PCI, p.2-22

PCIE, p.2-22

SYSFAN2,
p.2-15

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Screw Holes

When you install the mainboard, you have to place the mainboard into the chassis in the
correct direction. The locations of screws holes on the mainboard are shown as below.

Refer above picture to install stando󰘯s in the appropriate locations on chassis and then
screw through the mainboard screw holes into the stando󰘯s.

Important

To prevent damage to the mainboard, any contact between the mainboard circuit and
chassis or unnecessary stando󰘯s mounted on the chassis is prohibited.

Please make sure there is no metal components placed on the mainboard or within
the chassis that may cause short circuit of the mainboard.

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Screw holes

The side has to toward
the rear, the position
for the I/O shield of the
chassis.

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CPU (Central Processing Unit)

When you are installing the CPU, make sure to install the cooler to prevent overheating.
If you do not have the CPU cooler, consult your dealer before turning on the computer.

For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.
php?func=cpuform2

mportant

Overheating
Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system. Always make sure the cooling

fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating. Make sure that you apply
an even layer of thermal paste (or thermal tape) between the CPU and the heatsink to
enhance heat dissipation.

Replacing the CPU
While replacing the CPU, always turn o󰘯 the ATX power supply or unplug the power

supply’s power cord from the grounded outlet 󰘰rst to ensure the safety of CPU.
Overclocking

This mainboard is designed to support overclocking. However, please make sure your
components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. Any
attempt to operate beyond product speci󰘰cations is not recommended. We do not guar­antee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product speci­󰘰cations.

Introduction to LGA 1156 CPU

The pin-pad side of LGA 1156 CPU. The surface of LGA 1156 CPU. Remem-

ber to apply some thermal paste on it for
better heat dispersion.

Alignment Key

Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator

Alignment Key

Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator

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CPU & Cooler Installation

When you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a cooler attached on the top
to prevent overheating. Meanwhile, do not forget to apply some thermal paste on CPU
before installing the heat sink/cooler fan for better heat dispersion.

Follow the steps below to install the CPU & cooler correctly. Wrong installation will
cause the damage of your CPU & mainboard.

Open the load level.

1.

Lift the load lever up to fully open
position

2.

The CPU socket has a plastic cap on
it to protect the contact from damage.
Before you install CPU, always cover
it to protect the socket pin. Romove
the cap (as the arrow shows).

3. After con󰘰rming the CPU direction for
correct mating, put down the CPU in
the socket housing frame. Be sure to
grasp on the edge of the CPU base.
Note that the alignment keys are
matched.

4.

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Visually inspect if the CPU is seated
well into the socket. If not, take out
the CPU with pure vertical motion
and reinstall.

5.

Engage the load lever while pressing
down lightly onto the load plate.

6.

Secure the lever near the hook end
under the retention tab.

7. Make sure the four hooks are in por­per position before you install the
cooler.

8.

Important

Con󰘰rm if your CPU cooler is 󰘰rmly installed before turning on your system.
Do not touch the CPU socket pins to avoid damaging.

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Mainboard

Hook

Important

Read the CPU status in BIOS.
Whenever CPU is not installed, always protect your CPU socket pin with the plastic

cap covered (shown in Figure 1) to avoid damaging.
Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the CPU/ cooler in-

stallation only. The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model
you purchase.

Please refer to the documentation in the CPU fan package for more details about the
CPU fan installation.

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Align the holes on the mainboard with
the heatsink. Push down the cooler
until its four clips get wedged into the
holes of the mainboard.

9. Press the four hooks down to fasten
the cooler.

10.

Turn over the mainboard to con󰘰rm
that the clip-ends are correctly in­serted.

11. Finally, attach the CPU Fan cable to
the CPU fan connector on the main­board.

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Memory

These DIMM slots are used for installing memory modules. For more information on
compatible components, please visit

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=testreport

DDR3

240-pin, 1.5V

48x2=96 pin 72x2=144 pin

Memory Population Rule

Please refer to the following illustrations for memory population rules.
Dual-Channel mode Population Rule
In Dual-Channel mode, the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two

data bus lines simultaneously. Enabling Dual-Channel mode can enhance the system
performance. The following illustrations explain the population rules for Dual-Channel
mode.

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DIMM4

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Important

DDR3 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR2 and the DDR3 standard
is not backwards compatible. You should always install DDR3 memory modules in
the DDR3 DIMM slots.

In Dual-Channel mode, make sure that you install memory modules of the same type
and density in di󰘯erent channel DIMM slots.

To enable successful system boot-up (Lynn󰘰eld CPU especially), always insert the
memory modules into the DIMM1 󰘰rst.

Due to the chipset resource deployment, the system density will only be detected up
to 15+GB (not full 16GB) when each DIMM is installed with a 4GB memory module.

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Installing Memory Modules

The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only 󰘰t in the right
orientation.

Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in until the
golden 󰘰nger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot. The plastic
clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close when the memory module
is properly seated.

Manually check if the memory module has been locked in place by the DIMM slot
clips at the sides.

Important

You can barely see the golden 󰘰nger if the memory module is properly inserted in the
DIMM slot.

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Power Supply

ATX 24-pin Power Connector: JPWR1

This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24-pin power supply. To connect the ATX
24-pin power supply, make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper
orientation and the pins are aligned. Then push down the power supply 󰘰rmly into the
connector.

You may use the 20-pin ATX power supply as you like. If you’d like to use the 20-pin
ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with pin 1 & pin 13.

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Make sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power supplies to
ensure stable operation of the mainboard.

Power supply of 400 watts (and above) is highly recommended for system stability.

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Back Panel

Optical S/PDIF-Out

This SPDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interconnect Format) connector is provided for digital
audio transmission to external speakers through an optical 󰘰ber cable.

Mouse/Keyboard

The standard PS/2® mouse/keyboard DIN connector is for a PS/2® mouse/keyboard.

USB 2.0 Port
The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard,
mouse, or other USB-compatible devices. Supports data transfer rate up to 480Mbit/s
(Hi-Speed).

USB 3.0 Port
USB 3.0 port is backward-compatible with USB 2.0 devices. Supports data transfer rate

up to 5 Gbit/s (SuperSpeed).

Important

If you want to use a USB 3.0 device, you must use the USB 3.0 cable to connect to
the USB 3.0 port.

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SS-OutMouse/Keyboard USB 2.0 Port USB 2.0 Port

USB 3.0 Port

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LAN
The standard RJ-45 LAN jack is for connection to

the Local Area Network (LAN). You can connect a
network cable to it.

LED Color LED State Condition

Left Yellow O󰘯 LAN link is not established.

On(Steady state) LAN link is established.

On(brighter & pulsing) The computer is communicating with another computer on the LAN.

Right Green O󰘯 10 Mbits/sec data rate is selected.

On 100 Mbits/sec data rate is selected.

Orange On 1000 Mbits/sec data rate is selected.

Audio Ports
These audio connectors are used for audio devices. It is easy to di󰘯erentiate between

audio e󰘯ects according to the color of audio jacks.

Line-In (Blue) - Line In, is used for external CD player, tape-player or other
audio devices.

Line-Out (Green) - Line Out, is a connector for speakers or headphones.
Mic (Pink) - Mic, is a connector for microphones.
RS-Out (Black) - Rear-Surround Out in 4/ 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
CS-Out (Orange) - Center/ Subwoofer Out in 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
SS-Out (Gray) - Side-Surround Out 7.1 channel mode.

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Connectors

Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1

This connector supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB 󰘱oppy disk drive.

* The MB layout in this 󰘰gure is for reference only.

IDE Connector: IDE1

This connector supports IDE hard disk drives, optical disk drives and other IDE de­vices.

* The MB layout in this 󰘰gure is for reference only.

Important

If you install two IDE devices on the same cable, you must con󰘰gure the drives sepa­rately to master / slave mode by setting jumpers. Refer to IDE device’s documentation
supplied by the vendors for jumper setting instructions.

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Serial ATA Connector: SATA1~8

This connector is a high-speed Serial ATA interface port. Each connector can connect
to one Serial ATA device.

* The MB layout in this 󰘰gure is for reference only.

SATA1~6 supported by Intel® P55，the transfer rate is up to 3Gb/s.

SATA1_2

SATA3_4

SATA6

SATA5

SATA7~8 supported by Marvell® 88SE9128B1，the transfer rate is up to 6Gb/s.

SATA7

SATA8

Important

Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. Otherwise, data loss may
occur during transmission.

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Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN, SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2

The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. When connecting the
wire to the connectors, always 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.

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Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor’s o󰘲cial website or consult
the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan.

CPUFAN supports fan control. You can install Overclocking Center utility that will
automatically control the CPU fan speed according to the actual CPU temperature.

Fan cooler set with 3 or 4 pins power connector are both available for CPUFAN

Chassis Intrusion Connector: JCI1

This connector connects to the chassis intrusion switch cable. If the chassis is opened,
the chassis intrusion mechanism will be activated. The system will record this status
and show a warning message on the screen. To clear the warning, you must enter the
BIOS utility and clear the record.

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Front USB Connector: JUSB1~2

This connector, compliant with Intel® I/O Connectivity Design Guide, is ideal for con­necting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3
players, printers, modems and the like.

* The MB layout in this 󰘰gure is for reference only.

USB Bracket (optional)

Important

Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible
damage.

Front Panel Connector: JFP1, JFP2

This connector is for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. The
JFP1 is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.

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S/PDIF-Out Connector: JSP1

This connector is used to connect S/PDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interconnect Format)
interface for digital audio transmission.

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S/PDIF-Out Bracket (optional)

TPM Module connector: JTPM1

This connector connects to a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) module (optional). Please
refer to the TPM security platform manual for more details and usages.

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Serial Port Connector: JCOM1

This connector is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends/receives 16
bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial device.

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This connector is used to connect an optional parallel port bracket. The parallel port is a
standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capa­bilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.

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Switch

Easy FSB Switch: OC_SW1

You can overclock the FSB to increase the processor frequency by changing the switch.
Follow the instructions below to set the FSB.

Default

Increase 10%
speed of FSB

Increase 15%
speed of FSB

Increase 20%
speed of FSB

Important

Make sure that you power o󰘯 the system before setting the switch.
When overclocking cause system instability or crash during boot, please set the

switch to default setting.

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Jumpers

Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1

There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to
keep the data of system con󰘰guration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automati­cally boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system con󰘰guration,
set the jumper to clear data.

JBAT1 Keep Data Clear Data

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Important

You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is o󰘯. Then return to 1-2
pin position. Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the main­board.

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Button

The motherboard provides the following button for you to set the computer’s function.
This section will explain how to change your motherboard’s function through the use of
button.

Power Button: POWER1

This power button is used to turn-on or turn-o󰘯 the system. Press the button to turn-on
or turn-o󰘯 the system.

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Slots

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slot

The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card.

PCI Express x16 Slot

PCI Express x1 Slot

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slot

The PCI slot supports LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other add-on cards that
comply with PCI speci󰘰cations.

32-bit PCI Slot

Important

When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the power sup­ply 󰘰rst. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the expansion card to con󰘰gure any
necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card, such as jumpers,
switches or BIOS con󰘰guration.

PCI Interrupt Request Routing

The IRQ, acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced 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 pins as follows:

Order1 Order2 Order3 Order4
PCI Slot1 INT E# INT F# INT G# INT H#
PCI Slot2 INT F# INT G# INT H# INT E#
PCI Slot3 INT G# INT H# INT E# INT F#

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LED Status Indicators

APS LED

These APS (Active Phase Switching) LED indicates the current CPU power phase
mode. Follow the instructions below to read.

: ON, : OFF

The LED will light blue when CPU is in 2 or 3 phase power mode.
The LED will o󰘯 when CPU is in 1 phase power mode.

APS LED

This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup
program and allows you to con󰘰gure 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.

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Entering Setup

Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process.
When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup.

Press DEL to enter SETUP

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart
the system 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.

Important

The items under each BIOS category described 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.

Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS version. It is
usually in the format:

A7668AMS V1.0 040210 where:

1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P = PHOENIX.
2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number.
6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = NVIDIA, A = AMD and V = VIA.
7th - 8th digit refers to the customer as MS = all standard customers.
V1.0 refers to the BIOS version.
040210 refers to the date this BIOS was released.

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Control Keys

<↑> Move to the previous item
<↓> Move to the next item
<←> Move to the item in the left hand
<→> Move to the item in the right hand
<Enter> Select the item
<Esc> Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu
<+/PU> Increase the numeric value or make changes
<-/PD> Decrease the numeric value or make changes
<F1> General Help
<F4> Enter the CPU Spec. menu, and read the CPU information
<F5> Enter the Memory-Z menu, and read the memory information
<F6> Load Optimized Defaults
<F8> Load Fail-Safe Defaults
<F10> Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Getting Help

After entering the Setup menu, the 󰘰rst menu you will see is the Main Menu.

Main Menu
The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use the

arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup
function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Sub-Menu
If you 󰘰nd a right pointer symbol (as shown in the right view) ap-

pears to the left of certain 󰘰elds that means a sub-menu can be
launched from this 󰘰eld. A sub-menu contains additional options
for a 󰘰eld parameter. You can use arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to highlight
the 󰘰eld and press <Enter> to call up the sub-menu. Then you can use the control keys
to enter values and move from 󰘰eld to 󰘰eld 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. Press <Esc> to exit the Help
screen.

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The Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system con󰘰gurations, such as time, date etc.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to setup the items of the BIOS special enhanced features.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

H/W Monitor

This entry shows your PC health status.

Green Power

Use this menu to specify the power phase.

BIOS Setting Password

Use this menu to set the password for BIOS.

Cell Menu

Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control and overclocking.

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M-Flash

Use this menu to read/ 󰘱ash the BIOS from storage drive (FAT/ FAT32 format only).

Overclocking Pro󰘰le

Use this menu to save/ load your settings to/ from CMOS for BIOS.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system
performance.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer speci󰘰cally
for optimal performance of the mainboard.

Save & Exit Setup

Save changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes and exit setup.

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Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu include some basic setup items. Use the
arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the
value you want in each item.

Date (MM:DD:YY)

This allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date).
The format is <day><month> <date> <year>.

[day] Day of the week, from Sun to 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 (HH:MM:SS)

This allows you to set the system time that you want (usually the current time). The time
format is <hour> <minute> <second>.

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SATA1~6

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.

Device / Vendor / Size

It will show the device information that you connected to the SATA connector.

LBA/Large Mode

This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA
mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA
mode disabled.

DMA Mode

Select DMA Mode.

Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.

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 an opportunity to move data
from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes
o󰘳ine.

Important

SATA 1~6 are appearing when you connect the HDDs to the SATA connectors on
the mainboard.

Standard CMOS Features Menu does not display SATA 7 and SATA 8 items, which
are supported by the external controller chip. For how to setup HDDs with the exter­nal controller, please refer to Appendix.

Floppy Drive A

This item allows you to set the type of 󰘱oppy drives installed.

Halt On

The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot.
When the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then
automatically resume its operation. Available options are:

[All Errors] The system stops when any error is detected.
[No Errors] The system doesn’t stop for any detected error.

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System Information

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.

This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your
system (read only).

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Advanced BIOS Features

Boot Sequence

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.

Boot Device

These items allow you to arrange the order that the BIOS uses to look for a boot
device from which to load the operating system during the boot process.

Boot From Other Device

Setting the option to [Yes] allows the system to try to boot from other device, if the
system fails to boot from above devices.

BIOS Flash Protection

This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or
computer viruses. When enabled, the BIOS’ data cannot be changed when attempting
to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you will need to
disable this Flash BIOS Protection function. You should enable this function at all times.
The only time when you need to disable it is when you want to update the BIOS. After
updating the BIOS, you should immediately re-enable it to protect it against viruses.

Full Screen Logo Display

This item enables this system to show the company logo on the boot-up screen. Settings
are:

[Enabled] Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot.

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[Disabled] Shows the POST messages at boot.

Quick Booting

Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 10 seconds since it will
skip some check items.

Boot Up Num-Lock LED

This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to
[On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. Setting to [O󰘯] will
allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad.

IOAPIC Function

This 󰘰eld is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in
APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system.

MPS Table Version

This 󰘰eld allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Speci󰘰cation) version to be
used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported by your
operating system. To 󰘰nd out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating
system.

Primary Graphic’s Adapter

This setting speci󰘰es which graphic card is your primary graphics adapter.

PCI Latency Timer

This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes
over. When set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer
time and thus improve the e󰘯ective PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you
should set the item to higher values.

HPET

The HPET (High Precision Event Timers) is a component that is part of the chipset. You
can to enable it, and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI
methods.

TCG/TPM SUPPORT

Setting the option to [Yes] enables TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to the system.

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USB Controller

This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB 1.1/ 2.0 controller.

USB Device Legacy Support

Select [Enabled] if you need to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system.

Onboard LAN Controller

This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller.

LAN Option ROM

This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the onboard LAN.

SATA 6Gb/s Controller Mode

This setting allows you to change the mode of the SATA 6Gb/s controller.

Onboard USB 3.0 Controller

This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB 3.0 controller.

HD Audio Controller

This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller.

On-Chip ATA Devices

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

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PCI IDE BusMaster

This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/
writing to IDE drives.

OnChip SATA Controller

This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller.

RAID Mode

This item is used to select mode for SATA connectors.

I/O Devices

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

COM Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port.

Parallel Port

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Stan­dard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:

[Disabled]
[3BC] Line Printer port 0
[278] Line Printer port 2
[378] Line Printer port 1

Parallel Port Mode
[Normal] Standard Parallel Port
[EPP] Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP] Extended Capability Port
[ECP + EPP] Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
[Bi-Directional]

To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose [Nor­mal]. To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode 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.

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Power Management Setup

Important

S3-related functions described in this section are available only when the BIOS sup­ports S3 sleep mode.

ACPI Function

This item is used to activate the ACPI (Advanced Con󰘰guration and Power Manage­ment Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows
98SE/ 2000/ ME/ XP, select [Enabled].

ACPI Standby State

This item speci󰘰es the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system
supports ACPI, such as Windows 2000/ XP, you can choose to enter the Standby mode
in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this 󰘰eld. Settings are:

[S1] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system

context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all sys

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tem’s context.

[S3] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of

system con󰘰guration and open applications/󰘰les is saved to main
memory that remains powered while most other hardware compo­nents turn o󰘯 to save energy. The information stored in memory will
be used to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs.

EuP 2013

This item is used to reduce the power consumption in ACPI S5 state.

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S4/S5 PowerOn Wait (Sec)

This item allows you to select a waiting period when system wake-up from power state
S4/S5.

Restore On AC Power Loss

This item speci󰘰es whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt
occurs. Settings are:

[O󰘯] Always leaves the computer in the power o󰘯 state.
[On] Always leaves the computer in the power on state.
[Last State] Restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt

occurred.

Wake Up Event Setup

Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears.

Wake Up Event By

Setting to [BIOS] activates the following 󰘰elds, and use the following 󰘰elds to set the
wake up events. Setting to [OS], the wake up events will be de󰘰ned by OS.

Resume From S3 By USB Device

The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 (Sus­pend to RAM) sleep state.

Resume S3/S5 By PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse

This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power
saving modes when input signal of the PS/2 keyboard/ mouse is detected.

Resume By PCI or PCI-E Device

When set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the
power saving modes through any event on PCIE device.

Resume By RTC Alarm

The 󰘰eld is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a
scheduled time/date.

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H/W Monitor

Chassis Intrusion

The 󰘰eld enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and
issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened. To clear the warning mes­sage, set the 󰘰eld to [Reset]. The setting of the 󰘰eld will automatically return to [Enabled]
later.

CPU Smart FAN Target

The mainboard provides the Smart Fan function which can control the CPU fan speed
automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a speci󰘰c range.
You can enable a fan target value here. If the current CPU fan temperature reaches to
the target value, the smart fan function will be activated. It provides several sections to
speed up for cooling down automatically.

SYS FAN 1/ 2 Control

These items allow users to select how percentage of speed for the SYSFAN1/ 2.

PC Health Status

CPU/ System Temperature, CPU FAN/ SYS FAN 1/ SYS FAN 2 Speed, CPU

Vcore, GPU Vcore, 3.3V, 5V, 12V

These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/com­ponents such as CPU voltage, temperatures and all fans’ speeds.

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Green Power

CPU Phase Control

When set to [Enabled], the hardware will auto adjust the CPU power phase according
to the loading of CPU to reach the best power saving function.

Motherboard LED Control

This item is used to control the power phase LEDs of the motherboard.

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U-Key

This item is used to enable/ disable USB driver device as a key.

Make U-Key at

This item is used to specify the USB driver device as a key.

Change Supervisor Password

This item is used to set the supervisor password.

Change User Password

This item is used to set the user password.

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Important

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password
typed now will replace any previously set password. You will be prompted to con󰘰rm the
password. Retype the password and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort
the selection and not enter a password.

To clear a set password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the
password. A message will show up con󰘰rming 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/ System. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of
your system con󰘰guration.

About Supervisor Password & User Password:
Supervisor password: Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu.
User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the

setup menu.

User Access Level

This item is used to limit the user access level.

Passwrod Check

This speci󰘰es the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. Settings are
described below:

Option Description
[BIOS] The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup.
[System] A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered

on or when end users try to run Setup.

Save Supervisor Password to

This item is used to assign a place to save the supervisor password.

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Cell Menu

Important

Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.

Current CPU / DRAM / QPI Frequency

These items show the current clocks of CPU, Memory and CPU-NB speed. Read-only.

CPU Speci󰘰cations

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears. This submenu
shows the information of installed CPU.

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CPU Technology Support

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears. This sub­menu shows the technologies that the installed CPU supported.

CPU Feature

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

Intel EIST

The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology allows you to set the performance level
of the microprocessor whether the computer is running on battery or AC power. This
󰘰eld will appear after you installed the CPU which supports speedstep technology.

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Intel C-STATE

C-state is a power management state that signi󰘰cantly reduces the power of the
processor during idle. This 󰘰eld will appear after you installed the CPU which sup­ports c-state technology.

C State Package Limit Setting

This feild allows you to select a C-state level. We recommand that you leave this
setting to Auto.

C1E Support

To enable this item to read the CPU power consumption while idle. Not all processors
support Enhanced Halt state (C1E).

OverSpeed Protection

Overspeed Protection function can monitor the current CPU draws as well as its
power consumption. If it exceeds a certain level, the processor automatically reduces
its clock speed. If you want to overclock your CPU, set it to [Disabled].

Hyper-Threading Function

The processor uses Hyper-Threading technology to increase transaction rates and
reduces end-user response times. The technology treats the two cores inside the
processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously. In
this way, the system performance is highly improved. If you disable the function, the
processor will use only one core to execute the instructions. Please disable this item
if your operating system doesn’t support HT Function, or unreliability and instability
may occur.

Important

Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system
requires ALL of the following platform Components:

CPU: An Intel® Processor with HT Technology;
Chipset: An Intel® Chipset that supports HT Technology;
BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled;

OS: An operating system that supports HT Technology.
For more information on Hyper-threading Technology, go to:
http://www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm

Execute Bit Support

Intel’s Execute Disable Bit functionality can prevent certain classes of malicious
“bu󰘯er over󰘱ow” attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. This
functionality allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application
code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert
code in the bu󰘯er, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or
worm propagation.

Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3

The Max CPUID Value Limit is designed limit the listed speed of the processor to
older operating systems.

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Intel Virtualization Tech

This item is used to enable/disable the Intel Virtualization technology. For further
information please refer to Intel’s o󰘲cial website.

Intel VT-d Tech

This item is used to enable/disable the Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed
I/O (VT-d). For further information please refer to Intel’s o󰘲cial website.

Active Processor Cores

This item allows you to select the number of active processor cores.

Intel EIST

The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology allows you to set the performance level of
the microprocessor whether the computer is running on battery or AC power. This 󰘰eld
will appear after you installed the CPU which supports speedstep technology.

C1E Support

To enable this item to read the CPU power consumption while idle. Not all processors
support Enhanced Halt state (C1E).

Intel Turbo Boost

This item will appear when you install a CPU with Intel Turbo Boost technology. This
item is used to enable/ disable Intel Turbo Boost technology. It can scale processor
frequency higher dynamically when applications demand more performance and TDP
headroom exists. It also can deliver seamless power scalability (Dynamically scale up,
Speed-Step Down). It is the Intel newly technology within i5/ i7 CPU.

Adjust CPU Base Frequency (MHz)

This item allows you to set the CPU Base clock (in MHz). You may overclock the CPU
by adjusting this value. Please note the overclocking behavior is not guaranteed.

OC Stepping

This item will be enabled after you set the overclocking frequency in the “Adjust CPU
Base Frequency (MHz)”. And the following items will appear. This items will help the
system to overclock step by step after system booting up.

Start OC Stepping From (MHz)

This item is used to set the initial base clock. The system will boot with the initial base
clock, and start to overclock from initial base clock to set base clock that you set in
“Adjust CPU Base Frequency (MHz)” step by step.

OC Step

This item is used to set how many steps for base colck overclocking.

OC Step Count Timer

This item is used to set the bu󰘯er time for every step.

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.

Adjusted CPU Frequency (MHz)

It shows the adjusted CPU frequency (Base clock x Ratio). Read-only.

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Auto OverClock Technology

This item is used to enable/ disable Auto OverClock Technology.

Memory-Z

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.

DIMM1~4 Memory SPD Information

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. The sub-menu displays the informations of
installed memory.

Current DRAM Channel1~4 Timing

It shows the installed DRAM Timing. Read-only.

DRAM Timing Mode

Select whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EE­PROM on the DRAM module. Setting to [Auto] enables DRAM timings and the following
“Advance DRAM Con󰘰guration” sub-menu to be determined by BIOS based on the con­󰘰gurations on the SPD. Selecting [Manual] allows users to con󰘰gure the DRAM timings
and the following related “Advance DRAM Con󰘰guration” sub-menu manually.

Advance DRAM Con󰘰guration

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.

CH1/ CH2 1T/2T Memory Timing

This item controls the SDRAM command rate. Select [1N] makes SDRAM signal
controller to run at 1N (N=clock cycles) rate. Selecting [2N] makes SDRAM signal
controller run at 2N rate.

CH1/ CH2 CAS Latency (CL)

This controls the CAS latency, which determines the timing delay (in clock cycles)
before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it.

CH1/ CH2 tRCD

When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This
setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS (row ad­dress strobe) to CAS (column address strobe). The less the clock cycles, the faster
the DRAM performance.

CH1/ CH2 tRP

This setting controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be
allowed to precharge. If insu󰘲cient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its
charge before DRAM refresh, refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to
retain data. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the sys­tem.

CH1/ CH2 tRAS

This setting determines the time RAS takes to read from and write to memory cell.

CH1/ CH2 tRFC

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This setting determines the time RFC takes to read from and write to a memory
cell.

CH1/ CH2 tWR

Minimum time interval between end of write data burst and the start of a precharge
command. Allows sense ampli󰘰ers to restore data to cells.

CH1/ CH2 tWTR

Minimum time interval between the end of write data burst and the start of a col­umn-read command. It allows I/O gating to overdrive sense ampli󰘰ers before read
command starts.

CH1/ CH2 tRRD

Speci󰘰es the active-to-active delay of di󰘯erent banks.

CH1/ CH2 tRTP

Time interval between a read and a precharge command.

CH1/ CH2 tFAW

This item is used to set the tFAW timing.

Current CH1/ CH2 tdrRdTRd/ tddRdTRd/ tsrRdTWr/ tdrRdTWr/ tddRdTWr/
tsrWrTRd/ tddWrTWr/ tsrRDTRd/ tsrWrTWr

These item show the advanced DRAM timings.

Channel 1/ Channel2 Advanced Memory Setting

Setting to [Auto] enables the advance memory timing automatically to be determined
by BIOS. Setting to [Manual] allows you to set the following advanced memory tim­ings.

Memory Ratio

This item allows you to set the memory multiplier.

Adjusted DRAM Frequency (MHz)

It shows the adjusted DRAM frequency. Read-only.

QPI Ratio

This item allows you to set the QPI multiplier.

Adjusted QPI Frequency (MHz)

It shows the adjusted QPI frequency. Read-only.

ClockGen Tuner

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears.

CPU Amplitude Control/ PCIE Amplitude Control

These items are used to select the CPU/ PCI Express clock amplitude.

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Adjust PCI-E Frequency (MHz)

This 󰘰eld allows you to select the PCIE frequency (in MHz).

Auto Disable PCI Frequency

When set to [Enabled], the system will remove (turn o󰘯) clocks from empty PCI slots to
minimize the electromagnetic interference (EMI).

CPU Voltage (V)/ CPU VTT Voltage(V)/ GPU Voltage(V)/ DRAM Voltage (V)/ PCH

1.05(V)
These items are used to adjust the voltage of CPU, Memory and chipset.

Spread Spectrum

When the mainboard’s clock generator pulses, the extreme values (spikes) of the pulses
create EMI (Electromagnetic Interference). The Spread Spectrum function reduces the
EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced
to 󰘱atter curves.

Important

If you do not have any EMI problem, leave the setting at [Disabled] for optimal system

stability and performance. But if you are plagued by EMI, select the value of Spread

Spectrum for EMI reduction.

The greater the Spread Spectrum value is, the greater the EMI is reduced, and the

system will become less stable. For the most suitable Spread Spectrum value, please

consult your local EMI regulation.

Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight

jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed which may just cause your over-

clocked processor to lock up.

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Failed Overclocking Resolution
This motherboard supports overclocking greatly. However, please make sure your

peripherals and components are bearable for some special settings. Any operation that
exceeds product speci󰘰cation is not recommended. Any risk or damge resulting from
improper operation will not be under our product warranty.

Two ways to save your system from failed overclocking...

Reboot

Press the Power button to reboot the system three times. Please note that, to avoid

electric current to a󰘯ect other devices or components, we suggest an interval of more

than 10 seconds among the reboot actions.

At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed and

restore the default settings automatically. Please press any key to boot the system

normally when the following message appears on screen.

Warning !!! The previous overclocking had failed,
and system will restore its defaults setting,

Press any key to continue.......

Clear CMOS

Please refer to “Chapter 2” for more information about how to clear CMOS data.

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M-FlaSh

== BIOS Update or Boot 2nd BIOS From USB drive==

M-Flash function as

M-Flash function allows you to 󰘱ash BIOS from USB drive/ storage drive (FAT/ FAT32
format only), or allows the system to boot from the BIOS 󰘰le inside USB drive (FAT/
FAT32 format only).

[Disabled] Disable M-Flash function.
[BIOS Update] Flash BIOS via the USB/ Storage drive directly. Update BIOS

ROM chip data from selected 󰘰le, which was be download from
o󰘲cial website and must be saved in the root directory of the USB/
Storage drive. It only supports particular 󰘰le name,
which is the o󰘲cial BIOS 󰘰le name from us.

[Boot] After allocated particular BIOS 󰘰le, system will boot from this BIOS

󰘰le which saved in the root directory of USB drive. System will skip
MB ROM chip data and boot with this particular BIOS inside USB
drive. Note: this option is for USB drive only.

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Important

Please refer to the block diagram below about the M-Flash function.

Due to the special design of some graphics cards will cause dark screen during M-

󰘱ash operation, and you may refer the beeps from the system to con󰘰rm the current

M-󰘱ash process.

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Load BIOS source 󰘰le from

When the M-Flash function as sets to [Boot] or [BIOS Update], this item is selectable.
Use this item to select particular BIOS 󰘰le from the USB/ Storage (FAT/32 format

only) drive.
== Backup BIOS to USB drive ==
The following 󰘰elds are used to read the onboard BIOS ROM data, and save it to USB

drive/ storage drive.

Save File to Selected Device

Please setup a speci󰘰c folder in speci󰘰c USB drive/ storage drive to save BIOS 󰘰le from
BIOS ROM chip data. Note: it only supports FAT/ FAT32 󰘰le system drive.

Save File Name as

Please setup a speci󰘰c name for the BIOS 󰘰le, which will be saved into the USB drive/
storage drive. Note: we suggest you using the o󰘲cial name as the default name.

Save Extend File name as

Please setup a speci󰘰c extend name for the BIOS 󰘰le, which will be saved into the USB
drive/ storage drive. Note: we suggest you using [ROM] as default name.

Start to save 󰘰le

Press “Enter” and select “OK” the system will stare to save the onboard ROM chip data
to the selected USB drive/ storage drive.

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OverclOckIng PrOFIle

Overclocking Pro󰘰le 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6

These items are used to save the currect settings to selected pro󰘰le, and they are also
used to load the settings from the selected pro󰘰le.

OC Retry Count

When the overclocking is failed, setting this item to [1, 3, 5] will allow system to reboot 1/
3/ 5 times with the overclocking con󰘰guration. If the overclocking was failed every time,
the system will restore the defaults.

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lOad FaIl-SaFe/ OPtIMIzed deFaultS

The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the
default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set
by the mainboard manufacturer speci󰘰cally 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:

Selecting Ok and pressing Enter loads the BIOS default values for the most stable,
minimal system performance.

When you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears:

Selecting Ok and pressing Enter loads the default factory settings for optimal system
performance.

The Realtek audio provides 10-channel DAC that simul­taneously supports 7.1 sound playback and 2 channels
of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming)
through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Right chan­nels.

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Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver

You need to install the HD audio driver for Realtek audio codec to function properly
before you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations.
Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for di󰘯erent operating sys­tems.

Installation for Windows

®

For Windows® XP, you must install Windows® XP Service Pack3 or later before installing
the driver.

The following illustrations are based on Windows® 7 environment and could look slightly
di󰘯erent if you install the drivers in di󰘯erent operating systems.

Insert the application DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. The setup screen will automati­cally appear.

Click Driver tab.
Click Audio button.

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3.

Click here

Select Realtek HD Audio Drivers to start installing the drivers.
Click Next to install the Realtek High De󰘰nition Audio Driver.
Follow the on-screen instructions to install drivers.
Click Finish to restart the system.

Important

The HD Audio Con󰘰guration software utility is under continuous update to enhance au­dio applications. Hence, the program screens shown here in this section may be slightly
di󰘯erent from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only.

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Software Con󰘰guration

After installing the audio driver, the “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will appear at the
noti󰘰cation area (lower right of the screen). You may double click the icon and the GUI
will pop up accordingly.

It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio Manager
from the Control Panel.

Software panel overview

The following 󰘰gure describes the function of the Realtek HD Audio Manager panel.

Device Selection

Volume Adjustment

Application Enhancement

Jack status panel

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Device Selection

Here you can select a audio output source to change the related options. the “check”
sign (in orange) indicates the devices as default.

Volume Adjustment

You can control the volume or balance the right/left side of the speakers that you
plugged in front or rear panel by adjust the bar.

Application Enhancement

The array of options will provide you a complete guidance of anticipated sound e󰘯ect for
both output and input device.

Jack status panel

This panel depicts all render and capture devices currently connected with your com­puter. Additionally, more applications would be found at the option of “Device Advanced
Settings”.

Auto popup dialog

When you plug into the device at the jack, a dialogue window will pop up asking you
which device is current connected.

As you know, each jack corresponds to its default setting, you can refer to the next sec­tion “Hardware Default Setting”.

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The following diagrams are audio back panel default setting.

Backpanel audio jacks to 2-channel speakers diagram

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Backpanel audio jacks to 4-channel speakers diagram

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This appendix will assist users in con󰘰guring and en­abling RAID functionality on platforms

Appendix B

Intel RAID

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Introduction

The mainboard comes with the Intel RAID controller that allows you to con󰘰gure SATA
hard drives as RAID sets.

SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to 3 Gb/s. Serial ATA uses long,
thin cables, making it easier to connect your drive and improving the air󰘱ow inside your
PC. The most outstanding features are:

Supports 3 Gb/s transfers with CRC error checking.
Supports Hot-plug-n-play feature.
Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing, elevator seek and

packet chain command.

Intel® RAID controller o󰘯ers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplex­ing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of Mir­rors) , Intel® Martix Storage Technology and Intel® Rapid Recover Technology.

RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives. Spread­ing the hard drive I/O load across independent channels greatly improves I/O perfor­mance.

RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and pro­vides enhanced read performance.

RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction informa­tion. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is one of the
most popular implementations of RAID.

RAID 10 Not one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created, and a
RAID 0 stripe is created over these.

Intel® Matrix RAID Technology is the advanced ability for two RAID volumes to share the
combined space of two hard drives being used in unison.

Intel® Rapid Recover Technology utilizes RAID 1 functionality to copy data from a des­ignated Master drive to a designated Recovery drive. The size of the Master drive must
be less than or equal to the size of the Recovery drive. When a Recovery volume is
created, complete capacity of the Master drive will be used as the Master volume. Only
one Recovery Volume can exist on a system. There are 2 methods of updating the
data on the Master to the Recovery drive. They are Continuous Update Policy and On
Request Update Policy.

Important

The least number of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery or Matrix mode is 2. The
least number of hard drives for RAID 10 mode is 4. And the least number of hard drives
for RAID 5 mode is 3.

All the information/ volumes/ pictures listed in your system might di󰘯er from the illustra­tions in this appendix.

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BIOS Con󰘰guration

The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system
BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage Man­ager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk
services. Please use <Ctrl> + <I> keys to enter the “Intel® RAID for Serial ATA” status
screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the POST (Power-On Self
Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS to create, delete and reset
RAID volumes.

Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM

Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be con󰘰gured using the RAID Con󰘰guration utility

stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the
following message will appear for a few seconds:

Important

The “Drvice Model”, “Serial #” and “Size” in the following example might be di󰘯erent
from your system.

After the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously to enter the
RAID Con󰘰guration Utility.

Important

The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if you are reinstall­ing your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing system to RAID.

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After pressing the <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously, the following window will ap­pear:

Create RAID Volume

Select option 1 Create RAID Volume” and press <Enter> key. The following screen
appears. Then in the Name 󰘰eld, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the
<TAB> or <Enter> key to go to the next 󰘰eld.

Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in
RAID Level.

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In the Disk 󰘰eld, press <Enter> key and the following screen appears. Use <Space>
key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then click <Enter>
key to 󰘰nish selection.

3.

Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” or
“down arrow” keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the
<Enter> key to select and advance to the next 󰘰eld. 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 typical values:
RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB.

Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity 󰘰eld. The default value is the
maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.

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Important

Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size
(maximum) needs to be reduced. Type in a new size for the 󰘰rst volume. As an ex­ample: if you want the 󰘰rst volume to span the 󰘰rst half of the two disks, re-type the size
to be half of what is shown by default. The second volume, when created, will automati­cally span the remainder of two hard drives.

Then the following screen appears for you to con󰘰rm if you are sure to create the
RAID volume. Press <Y> to continue.

6.

Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is 󰘰nished.7.

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Delete RAID Volume

Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAID

drives will be lost.

Important

If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID
Option ROM, your system will become unbootable.

Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press <Enter>

key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press <Delete> key to delete the

selected RAID volume. The following screen appears.

Press <Y> key to accept the volume deletion.

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Reset Disks to Non-RAID

Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <Enter> to delete the RAID

volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen

appears:

Press <Y> key to accept the selection.

Important

You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you
perform this operation.

Possible reasons to “Reset Disks to Non-RAID” could include issues such as incom­patible RAID con󰘰gurations or a failed volume or failed disk.

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Recovery Volume Options

Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press <Enter> to change recovery

volume mode. The following screen appears:

Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On-Request after you en-

able “Only Recovery Disk” or “Only Master Disk”.

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Important

Please follow the instruction below to make an “Intel® RAID Driver” for yourself.

Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
Click the “Browse DVD” on the Setup screen.
Copy all the contents in \\RAID\ Intel\ PCH\ f6󰘱py 32 or f6󰘱py 64 to a formatted 󰘱oppy

diskette.
The driver diskette for Intel® PCH RAID Controller is done.

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Installing Driver

Install Driver in Windows 7/ Vista / XP

New Windows 7/ Vista / XP Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing operating system.

When you start installing Windows XP, you may encounter a message stating,
“Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed
in your system”. If this is the case, then you are already in the right place and are
ready to supply the driver. If this is not the case, then press F6 when prompted at
the beginning of Windows setup.

Press the “S” key to select “Specify Additional Device”.
You should be prompted to insert a 󰘱oppy disk containing the Intel

®

RAID driver
into the A: drive.
Note: For Windows XP, you can use the USB 󰘱oppy drive only.
For Windows Vista/ Windows 7 you can use CD/ DVD/ USB drive.

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For Windows Vista/ Windows 7:
During the Operating system installation, after selecting the location to install Vista
/ Windows 7 click on “Load Driver” button to install a third party SCSI or RAID
driver.

When prompted, insert the 󰘱oppy disk or media (CD/DVD or USB) you created in
step 3 and press Enter.

You should be shown a list of available SCSI Adapters.
Select the appropriate Intel RAID controller and press ENTER.
The next screen should con󰘰rm that you have selected the Intel

®

RAID controller.

Press ENTER again to continue.
You have successfully installed the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager driver, and Win-

dows setup should continue.
Leave the disk in the 󰘱oppy drive until the system reboots itself. Windows setup will

need to copy the 󰘰les from the 󰘱oppy again after the RAID volume is formatted, and
Windows setup starts copying 󰘰les.

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Existing Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ XP Driver Installation

Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
The DVD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
Under the Driver tab, click on Intel RAID Drivers.
The drivers will be automatically installed.

Con󰘰rming Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ XP Driver Installation

From Windows 7/ Vista/ XP, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed
by the System icon.

Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab.
Click the “+” in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. The driver

Intel(R) PCH SATA RAID Controller should appear.

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Degraded RAID Array

A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its hard drive
members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As a result, the
system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To re-establish
data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the procedure below that corre­sponds to the current situation.

Missing Hard Drive Member

Make sure the system is powered o󰘯.
Reconnect the hard drive.
Reboot the system to Windows; the rebuild will occur automatically.

Failed Hard Drive Member

Make sure the system is powered o󰘯.
Replace the failed hard drive with a new one that is of equal or greater capacity.
Reboot the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simul-

taneously during the Power-On Self Test (POST).

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3.

Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding, and then press ENTER.4.

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Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to Windows system.
When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click ‘Yes’.
The Intel(R) Storage Utility will be launched. Right-click the new hard drive and

select ‘Rebuild to this Disk’. The ‘Rebuild Wizard’ will be launched which will guide
you through the process of rebuilding to the new hard drive.

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7.

This chapter provides an overview of the Marvell RAID
Driver and Utility, also describes the installation proce­dure.

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RAID Con󰘰guration

During bootup, a screen similar to the one below will appear for about few seconds.
Press <Ctrl>+<M> to enter Marvell BIOS setup utility.

Press <Ctrl>+<M> to enter BIOS Setup or <Space> to continue

Important

Be sure to enable the RAID function for SATA device in mainboard BIOS before con󰘰g­uring the Marvell BIOS setup utility.

The RAID setup utility menu screen will appear. The Main Menu shows as below.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
Free physical Disks
PD 0: ST3750330MS
PD 8: ST3750330MS

Vendor ID
Device ID
Revision ID
BIOS Version
Firmware Version
PCIe Speed Rate
Con󰘰gure SATA as

: 1848
: 91xx
: 81
: 1.0.0.1008
: 2.1.0.1316
: 5.0Gbps
: AHCI Mode

Help

Marvell RAID on chip controller.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

Topology - this pane used a tree view to list and show the relationships between
the various physical/ virtual devices attached to system.

Information - this pane is populated based on the selection in the Topology pane.

Help - this pane is used to display important information relevant to the selection.
It may contain short descriptions on selections, messages on setting list items,
default values for settings, among others.

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Creating Virtual Disks
This topic describes the procedure for creating virtual disks by using the Marvell BIOS

setup utility.

In the Topology pane, scroll to [HBA 0: Marvell 0] and press Enter. A menu pops-up
as shown below. Select “Con󰘰guration Wizard” and press Enter to begin creating
the virtual disk.

1.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
Free physical Disks
PD 0: ST3750330MS
PD 8: ST3750330MS

Vendor ID
Device ID
Revision ID
BIOS Version
Firmware Version
PCIe Speed Rate
Con󰘰gure SATA as

: 1848
: 91xx
: 81
: 1.0.0.1008
: 2.1.0.1316
: 5.0Gbps
: AHCI Mode

Help

Select free disks to create array and continue to create virtual disk on
this array.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

[Con󰘰guration Wizard]
[Int13: Enable]

Press Space to select the disk, use the arrow keys to scroll the list of free disks.
After select the required disks as shown below, press Enter to continue.

2.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Con󰘰gure -> Select free disks

Port ID
PD ID
Type
Status
Size
Feature Support
Current Speed
Model
Serial
FW Version

: 1
: 8
: SATA PD
: Uncon󰘰gured
: 953869MB
: NCQ 6G 48Bits
: 6G
: ST37503330MS
: ST-XXXXXX
: 05.01D05

Help

Select free disks to create array and continue to create virtual disk on
this array.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
Free physical Disks
* PD 0: ST3750330MS

* PD 8: ST3750330MS

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Create virtual disk by con󰘰guring its settings in the “Information” pane. as shown
below. And refer the description below to con󰘰gure the virtual disk settings.

3.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Con󰘰gure -> Select free disks

Help

Virtual disk con󰘰gurations.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
Free physical Disks
* PD 0: ST3750330MS

* PD 8: ST3750330MS

RAID Level

PD ID

Stripe Size
Gigabyte Rounding
Quick Init
VD Name

Current Speed

Next

: RAID 0

: 1987739

: 64KB
: 1G
: YES
: Default

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Create Virtual Disk

RAID Level, select a RAID level (RAID 0, RAID 1).
Max Size (MB), is the size of the RAID virtual disk as determined by the selected

RAID level. It is property of the virtual disk that cannot be edited.
Stripe Size, speci󰘰es the size (32K, 64K) of single data block on the virtual disk.

The larger the stripe size, the longer it takes for the controller to read from and
write to data blocks on the physical disks. In general, a larger stripe size is recom­mended for most applications. The default size is 64K.

Gigabyte Rounding, de󰘰ne the 󰘱exibility in size for a replacement physical disk
that is used to rebuild a degraded virtual disk. It is applicable to RAID 1 level only.
Although the selection remains available for RAID 0, it only a󰘯ects the size of the
RAID 0 virtual disk (because RAID 0 does not o󰘯er redundancy).

Quick Init, enable or disable quick initialization of the virtual disk. The default set­ting for [Quick Init] is “Yes”.

VD Name, type a new virtual disk name.
Disk ID, lists the IDs of the physical disks comprising the virtual disk. It is property

of the virtual disk that cannot be edited.

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After con󰘰gure all settings for the virtual disk, scroll to the [Next] and press Enter to
continue. And the screen shows as below, press Y to con󰘰rm the creation for the
virtual disk.

4.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Con󰘰gure -> Select free disks

Help

Virtual disk con󰘰gurations.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
Free physical Disks
* PD 0: ST3750330MS

* PD 8: ST3750330MS

RAID Level

PD ID

Stripe Size
Gigabyte Rounding
Quick Init
VD Name

Current Speed

Next

: RAID 1

: 1987739

: 64KB
: 1G
: YES
: MRAID1

: 0 8

Create Virtual Disk

Create Virtual Disk

Do you want to create this virtual disk ?

Yes No

The creation is done. The virtual disk is now listed in [Topology] pane, as shown
below.

5.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

HBA 0: Marvell 0

Virtual Disks
VD 0: MRAID1
PD 0: ST3750330MS
PD 8: ST3750330MS
Free Physical Disks

Vendor ID
Device ID
Revision ID
BIOS Version
Firmware Version
PCIe Speed Rate
Con󰘰gure SATA as

: 1848
: 91xx
: 81
: 1.0.0.1008
: 2.1.0.1316
: 5.0Gbps
: AHCI Mode

Help

Marvell RAID on chip controller.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

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Deleting Virtual Disk
This topic describes the procedure to delete a virtual disk by using the Marvell BIOS

setup utility.

Important

Using “Delete” permanently erases all data on the virtual disk.

In the [Topology] pane, select “Virtual Disk” (VD 0: MRAID1, shown as below) and
press Enter.

Select “Delete” to delete the virtual disk, shown as below.
Press Y to con󰘰rm the request when prompted Do you want to delete this virtual

disk?.
Press Y to con󰘰rm the request when prompted Do you want to delete MBR from

this virtual disk?.

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4.

Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

ID
Namd
Status
Stripe Size
RAID Mode
Size
BGA Status
Number of PDs
Members

: 0
: MRAID1
: Functional
: 64K
: RAID1
: 953344MB
: N/A
: 2
: 0 8

Help

Delect the selected virtual disk.
ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/ Save ESC: Return

HBA 0: Marvell 0
Virtual Disks

VD 0: MRAID1

PD 0: ST3750330MS
PD 8: ST3750330MS
Free Physical Disks

[Delete]

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Rebuilding Virtual Disk
This topic describes the procedure to manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk by using

the Marvell BIOS setup utility. This is applicable to the RAID 1 virtual disk.

Important

The rebuild process is both initiated and completed in the Marvell BIOS setup. The Mar­vell RAID Utility (MRU), which runs in as OS environment, cannot be used to either initi­ate, resume, or complete the rebuild process Spare physical disks are not supported.

When a virtual disk is degraded, the “Status” of a virtual disk is changed from Func­tional to Degrade.

Replace the faulty physical disk with an identical physical disk. (Note: If an identi­cal disk is unavailable, use a replacement physical disk of larger size or one with
a slightly smaller size as determined the Gigabyte Rounding setting for the virtual
disk.) The BIOS detects the new physical disk and lists the device under “Free
Physical Disks” in the [Topology] pane.

In the [Topology] pane, scroll to “Virtual Disk” (VD 0: XXXX), and press Enter to
select. A menu pops-up as shown below. Scroll to “Rebuild” and press Enter to
con󰘰gure the rebuild process.

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Marvell BIOS Setup (c) xxxx Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Topology Information

ID
Namd
Status
Stripe Size
RAID Mode
Size
BGA Status
Number of PDs
Members

: 0
: MRAID1
: Degrade
: 64K
: RAID1
: 953344MB
: N/A
: 2
: 0 8

HBA 0: Marvell 0
Virtual Disks

VD 0: MRAID1

PD 8: ST3750330MS
Free Physical Disks
PD 0: ST3750XXX

[Delete]
[Rebuild]

Scroll through the list of free disks, and press Space to select a replacement physi­cal disk. Press Enter to continue.

Press Y to con󰘰rm the request when prompted Do you want to rebuild with selected
physical disk on this vd?.

The status of the rebuild process is re󰘱ected in the properties of the virtual disk.

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Appendix C

Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array)

When prompted, insert the medium disk and press Enter.4.

Important

Please follow the instruction below to make a SATA RAID driver for yourself.

Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
Click the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.
Copy all the contents in the : \\RAID\Marvell9128 sp1116\miniport\Floppy32 or Flop-

py 64
The driver disk for RAID controller is done.

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For Windows Vista/ Windows 7:
During the Operating system installation, after selecting the location to install Vista/
Windows 7 click on “Load Driver” button to load RAID drive.

You should be shown a list of available RAID controller(s).
Select the compatible RAID controller for 32-bit/ 64-bit version system and then

press ENTER.
The next screen should con󰘰rm that you have selected the RAID controller. Press

ENTER again to continue.
You have successfully installed the RAID driver, and Windows setup should con-

tinue.
Leave the medium until the system reboots itself. Windows setup will need to copy

the 󰘰les from the medium again after the RAID volume is formatted, and Windows
setup starts copying 󰘰les.

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Note: for Windows Vista/ Windows 7, you can copy the 󰘰les to a medium (󰘱oppy/
CD/ DVD or USB)

After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD, and the Win­dows Setup program starts.

Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to appear.
Insert the 󰘱oppy that contains the RAID driver, press the “S” key to select “Specify

Additional Device”.

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Important

Only when you set the “AHCI” mode in Integrated Peripherals menu (the default is
IDE mode) of mainboard BIOS setup, you have to install the RAID Driver for the SATA
devices.