MSI MS-7003, RS3M-IL, RS3M MS-7003, RS3M User Manual

i

Version 1.1

G52-M7003X2

RS3M Series

MS-7003 (v1.X) Micro ATX Mainboard

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Manual Rev: 1.1
Release Date: January 2004

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 when the equip­ment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor­dance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at his own expense.

Notice 1

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon­sible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Notice 2

Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order to
comply with the emission limits.

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

Micro-Star International MS-7003

Tested to comply
with FCC Standard

For Home or Office Use

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Copyright Notice

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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.

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Revision History

Revision Revision History Date

V1.1 Add JKBV1 and Appendix B January 2004

Update BIOS and Appendix A

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1. Always read the safety instructions carefully.

2. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference.

3. Keep this equipment away from humidity.

4. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up.

5. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the

equipment from overheating. Do not cover the openings.

6. Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/220V
before connecting the equipment to the power inlet.

7. Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it. Do not
place anything over the power cord.

8. Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add-on card or module.

9. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.

10. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical
shock.

11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a
service personnel:

l The power cord or plug is damaged.
l Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.
l The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
l The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according

to User’s Manual.

l The equipment has dropped and damaged.
l The equipment has obvious sign of breakage.

12. Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned, storage
temperature above 600 C (1400F), it may damage the equipment.

Safety Instructions

CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the
manufacturer.

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CONTENTS

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

Copyright Notice ......................................................................................iii

Revision History ......................................................................................iii

Technical Support.....................................................................................iii

Safety Instructions .................................................................................. iv

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

Mainboard Specifications .................................................................1-2

Mainboard Layout ...........................................................................1-5

MSI Special Features........................................................................1-6

Live Monitor™ ..........................................................................1-6

Live BIOS™ /Live Driver™ .........................................................1-7

CoreCenter ................................................................................1-8

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

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

Central Processing Unit: CPU ...........................................................2-3

CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure .......................................2-3

CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 ................................2-4

Installing the CPU Fan ...............................................................2-5

Memory...........................................................................................2-7

Memory Speed/CPU FSB Support Matrix....................................2-7

DDR Module Combination .........................................................2-8

Installing DDR Modules ............................................................2-8

Power Supply...................................................................................2-9

ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1..........................................2-9

ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1..............................................2-9

Back Panel ..................................................................................... 2-10

Mouse Connector.................................................................... 2-10

Keyboard Connector ............................................................... 2-11

USB Connector........................................................................ 2-11

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Serial Port Connector: COMA .................................................. 2-12

VGA Connector ....................................................................... 2-12

RJ-45 LAN Jack ....................................................................... 2-13

Audio Port Connectors ............................................................ 2-13

IEEE1394 Port Connector ......................................................... 2-14

Parallel Port Connectors: LPT1 ................................................. 2-14

Connectors .................................................................................... 2-15

Front Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ........................................... 2-15

CD-In Connector: JCD1............................................................ 2-15

Fan Power Connectors: CPU_FAN1/SYS_FAN1 ....................... 2-15

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2......................................... 2-16

Front Panel Connector: JFP1 .................................................... 2-17

Front USB Connector: JUSB1 ................................................... 2-17

Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1 .................................. 2-18

S-Bracket (SPDIF) Connector: SBRACKET (Optional) ............... 2-19

TV-Out Connector: JTV1.......................................................... 2-20

IEEE1394 Connectors: J1394_A (Optional) & J1394_B ............... 2-21

Jumpers ......................................................................................... 2-22

Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1..................................................... 2-22

Keyboard Wake-up Jumper: JKBV1 .......................................... 2-23

Slots .............................................................................................. 2-24

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot....................................... 2-24

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots ........................ 2-24

CNR Slot ................................................................................. 2-24

PCI Interrupt Request Routing ................................................. 2-25

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

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

Control Keys .............................................................................3-2

Getting Help ..............................................................................3-3

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

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

Advanced BIOS Features .................................................................3-8

Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................... 3-12

Integrated Peripherals .................................................................... 3-15

Power Management Setup .............................................................. 3-20

PNP/PCI Configurations ................................................................. 3-24

PC Health Status ............................................................................ 3-26

Frequency/Voltage Control ............................................................. 3-27

Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults................................... 3-29

Set Supervisor/User Password........................................................ 3-30

Appendix A: Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function.......................... A-1

Appendix B: Recommended Memory Modules....................................... B-1

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Hardware Setup

Thank you for purchasing RS3M Series (MS-7003) v1.

X Micro ATX mainboard. The RS3M Series are based on ATI

®

Radeon 9100 IGP & ATI® IXP150 chipsets for optimal system

efficiency. With all these special designs, the RS3M Series deliver
a high performance and professional desktop platform solution.

Getting Started

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MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

Mainboard Specifications

CPU

† Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 processors (PSC478/Willamette 478/Northwood

478/Celeron 478) at 400/533/800 MHz

† Supports up to 3.2GHz and higher speed

Chipset

† ATI Radeon 9100 IGP

- Supports AGP 8x/4x at 0.8V (AGP 3.0) or 4x at 1.5V

- Supports TV-out (Optional)

- Supports ATI SurroundView

- ATI RADEON 9100 graphic controller Integrated

- Supports 400/533/800MHz memory FSB

† ATI IXP150

- AC’97 2.2 interface

- 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

- 2 channel Ultra ATA33/66/100 Bus Master IDE controller

Main Memory

† Supports two 184-pin unbuffered DDR200/266/333/400 DIMMs
† Supports up to 2GB memory size without ECC

Slots

† One AGP3.0 Slot
† Three PCI 2.3 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots
† One CNR slot (Optional)

On-Board IDE

† Dual IDE controllers integrated in ATI IXP150
† Support Bus Master, Ultra DMA 33/66/100 operation modes
† Can connect up to four IDE devices

On-Board Peripherals

† On-Board Peripherals include:

- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88
Mbytes.

- 1 serial port and 1 VGA port

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- 1 parallel port

- 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (Rear x 4 ports / Front x 1 header for 2 ports)

- 3 audio ports in vertical

- Two 1394 ports (Rear x 1/ Front x 1 header)

- one RJ-45 LAN Jack

Audio

† Realtek 6 Channels codec
† Supports SPDIF-Out via SBRACKET pin header

IEEE1394 (Optional)

† VIA VT6307 PCI Controller with integrated PHY (Optional)
† VIA VT6306 PCI Controller with integrated PHY (Optional)

LAN (Optional)

† Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 LAN (Optional)
† Realtek RTL8110S Gigabit LAN (Optional)
† Supports Wake-On-LAN

BIOS

† Award BIOS with PNP BIOS, ACPI, SMBIOS 2.3, Green and Boot Block.
† Provides DMI 2.0, WFM 2.0, WOL, WOR, and SMBus for system management.

Dimension

† Micro-ATX Form Factor: 24.38 cm (L) x 23.5 cm (W)

Mounting

† 6 mounting holes

Others

† PC2001 Compliant
† Suspends to RAM/Disk

MSI Reminds You...

The mainboard provides two video-out connectors (JTV1 and
VGA port) but supports only one video output. Therefore, if a
device is connected to JTV1 first, the VGA port will be disabled
and vice versa.

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MSI Reminds You...

1. Each board will be given a unique 1394 GUID from the
manufacturer’s default settings in the system BIOS.

2. Use the flash utility or Live Update from MSI’s website for BIOS
update. The 1394 GUID address is burnt in the BIOS core. If the
1394 GUID address is lost due to an unpredictable event, such as
replacing a new BIOS chip, users can use the utility from MSI’s
website by entering the 1394 GUID address to recover its origi­nal one.

1394 GUID address

Label (optional)

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Hardware Setup

Mainboard Layout

RS3M Series (MS-7003) v1.X M-ATX Mainboard

CNR

(optional)

PCI Slot 1

PCI Slot 2

PCI Slot 3

JPW1

JBAT1

SBRACKET

JUSB1

J1394_A

(reserved for

VT6306)

J1394_B

JAUDIO1

CPU_FAN1

BATT

+

JFP1

A

T

X

P

o

w

e

r

S

u

p

p

l

y

SYS_FAN1

BIOS

ATI

IXP150

ATI

Radeon 9100 IGP

I

D

E 1

I

D

E

2

T: mouse
B: keyboard

T:

Line-Out

B:Mic

Line-In

M:

Winbond

W83627THF

F

D

D

1

AGP Slot

Codec

VIA

VT6307

or VT6306

Realtek

8100C

or 8100S

JCD1

JTV1

D

D

R

1

D

D

R

2

JKBV1

1

3
2

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MSI Special Features

Live Monitor™

The Live Monitor™ is a tool used to schedule the search for
the latest BIOS/drivers version on the MSI Web site. To use the
function, you need to install the “MSI Live Update 3” application.
After installation, the “MSI Live Monitor” icon (as shown on the
right) will appear on the screen. Double click this icon to run the
application.

Double click the “MSI Live Monitor” icon at the lower-right corner
of the taskbar, and the following dialog box will appear. You can specify how

often the system will automatically search for the BIOS/drivers version, or
change the LAN settings right from the dialog box.

You can right-click the MSI Live Monitor icon to perform the functions
listed below:

l Auto Search – Searches for the BIOS/drivers version you need immediately.
l View Last Result – Allows you to view the last search result if there is any.
l Preference – Configures the Search function, including the Search schedule.
l Exit – Exits the Live Monitor™ application.

l FAQ – Provides a link to a database which contains various possible questions

about MSI's products for users to inquire.

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Hardware Setup

Live BIOS™ /Live Driver™

The Live BIOS™ /Live Driver™ is a tool used to de­tect and update your BIOS/drivers online so that you don’t
need to search for the correct BIOS/driver version through­out the whole Web site. To use the function, you need to
install the “MSI Live Update 3” application. After the
installation, the “MSI Live Update 3” icon (as shown on
the right) will appear on the screen.

Double click the “MSI Live Update 3” icon, and the following screen will
appear:

Six buttons are placed on the left column of the screen. Click the desired
button to start the update process.

ö Live BIOS – Updates the BIOS online.
ö Live Driver – Updates the drivers online.
ö Live VGA BIOS – Updates the VGA BIOS online.
ö Live VGA Driver – Updates the VGA driver online.
ö Live OSD – Updates the firmware of the OSD products online.
ö Live Utility – Updates the utilities online.

If the product you purchased does not support any of the functions listed
above, a “sorry” message is displayed. For more information on the update
instructions, insert the companion CD and refer to the “Live Update Guide”
under the “Manual” Tab.

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CoreCenter

CoreCenter

(TM)

- contains OC Menu panel, wherein users can determine
their processor and memory type to optimize its memory capacity. This all-in­one hardware console is advanced combination of the popular PC Alert and
Fuzzy Logic. Including powerful function with hardware monitor, system alert
and instinctive UI of overclocking, CoreCenter is just like your PC doctor that
can detect, view and adjust the PC hardware and system status during real time
operation.

In the left side it shows the current system status including the Vcore,

3.3V, +5V and 12V. In the right side it shows the current PC hardware status
such as the CPU & system temperatures and all fans speeds.

When you click the red triangles in the left and right sides, two sub-

menus will open for users to overclock, overspec or to adjust the thresholds of
system to send out the warning messages. If you click the Core Center button
in the top, a screen pops up for you to choose the “Auto mode” or “User
mode” of CPU fan.

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Left-wing: Current system status

In the left sub-menu, you can configure the settings of FSB, Vcore, Memory
Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button in front of each item and
make it available (the radio button will be lighted as yellow when selected), use
the “+” and “-” buttons to adjust, then click “OK” to apply the changes. Then
you can click Save to save the desired FSB you just configured.

Also you may click Auto to start testing the maximal CPU overclocking
value, The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC
reboots. Or you may click Default to restore the default values.

Right-wing: PC hardware status during real time operation

In the right sub-menu, here you can configure the PC hardware status
such as CPU & system temperatures and fan speeds. You may use the scroll
bars to adjust each item, then click “OK” to apply the changes. The values you
set for the temperatures are the maximum thresholds for the system for warnings,
and the value for fan speeds are the minimum thresholds.

Top-side: User mode/Auto mode

Here you may adjust the CPU fan speed. If you choose User mode, you
may adjust the CPU fan speed in 8 different modes, from Low speed to High
speed.

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Hardware Setup

Chapter 2. Hardware
Setup

This chapter tells you how to install the CPU, memory
modules, and expansion cards, as well as how to setup the
jumpers on the mainboard. It also provides the instructions on
connecting the peripheral devices, such as the mouse, keyboard,
etc.

While doing the installation, be careful in holding the
components and follow the installation procedures.

Hardware Setup

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Quick Components Guide

CPU, p.2-3

Back Panel

I/O, p.2-10

FDD1, p.2- 15

JUSB1, p.2-17

IDE1, IDE2,

p.2-16

J1394_A & J1394_ B,

p.2-21

JPW1, p.2-9

JAUDIO1, p.2-18

ATX1, p.2-9

JBAT1, p.2-22

JCD1, p.2-15

JFP1, p.2-17

CPU_FAN1, p.2 -15

DDR DIMMs, p.2-7

SBRACKET, p.2-19

JTV1, p.2-20

SYS_FAN1, p.2-15

JKBV1, p.2-23

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Hardware Setup

Central Processing Unit: CPU

CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure

If CPU Clock = 100MHz

Core/Bus ratio = 17

then CPU core speed = Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio

= 100MHz x 17
= 1.7 GHz

The mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 PSC, Willamette, Celeron,
Northwood processor in the 478 pin package. The mainboard uses a CPU
socket called PGA478 for easy CPU installation. When you are installing the
CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top
to prevent overheating. If you do not find the heat sink and cooling fan,
contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer.

MSI Reminds You...

Overheating

Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system, always
make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU
from overheating.

Replacing the CPU

While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply
or unplug the power supply’s power cord from grounded outlet
first to ensure the safety of CPU.

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CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478

1. Please turn off the power and
unplug the power cord before
installing the CPU.

2. Pull the lever sideways away
from the socket. Make sure
to raise the lever up to a 90­degree angle.

3. Look for the gold arrow. The
gold arrow should point to­wards the lever pivot. The
CPU can only fit in the correct
orientation.

4. If the CPU is correctly
installed, the pins should be
completely embedded into the
socket and can not be seen.
Please note that any violation
of the correct installation pro­cedures may cause permanent
damages to your mainboard.

5. Press the CPU down firmly into
the socket and close the lever.
As the CPU is likely to move
while the lever is being closed,
always close the lever with
your fingers pressing tightly
on top of the CPU to make sure
the CPU is properly and com­pletely embedded into the
socket.

Open Lever

90 degree

Sliding

Plate

Close

Lever

Press down

the CPU

Gold arrow

Gold arrow

Gold arrow

Correct CPU placement

Incorrect CPU placement

X

O

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Hardware Setup

Installing the CPU Fan

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher
performance, thermal management becomes increasingly important. To dissi­pate heat, you need to attach the CPU cooling fan and heatsink on top of the
CPU. Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink/Fan:

2. Position the heatsink onto the reten­tion mechanism.

1. Locate the CPU and its retention
mechanism on the motherboard.

3. Mount the fan on top of the heatsink.
Press down the fan until its four clips
get wedged in the holes of the reten­tion mechanism.

4. Press the two levers down to fasten
the fan. Each lever can be pressed
down in only ONE direction.

retention mechanism

levers

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5. Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connec­tor on the board.

fan power cable

NOTES

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Hardware Setup

Memory

The mainboard provides two 184-pin unbuffered DDR200/DDR266/
DDR333/DDR400 SDRAM, and supports the memory size up to 2GB. To oper­ate properly, at least one DIMM module must be installed.

DDR DIMM Slots

(DDR 1~2)

Memory Speed/CPU FSB Support Matrix

CPU FSB

Memory

DDR 266 DDR333 DDR400

400MHz

Yes Yes Yes

533MHz
800MHz

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Please refer to Appendix B for Recommended Memory Modules.

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DDR Module Combination

Install at least one DIMM module on the slots. Memory modules can be
installed on the slots in any order. You can install either single- or double­sided modules to meet your own needs.

Memory modules can be installed in any combination as follows:

Installing DDR Modules

1. The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module. The module

will only fit in the right orientation.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then

push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted
in the socket.

3. The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close.

MSI Reminds You...

You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly
inserted in the socket.

Volt

Notch

S: Single Side D: Double Side

Slot Memory Module Total Memory

DDR 2
(Bank 2 & 3) S/D 64MB~1GB

Maximum System Memory Supported 64MB~2GB

DDR 1
(Bank 0 & 1) S/D 64MB~1GB

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Hardware Setup

Power Supply

The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system. Before
inserting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components
are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused.

ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1

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

ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1

This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU.

PIN SIGNAL

1 GND
2 GND
3 12V
4 12V

JPW1 Pin Definition

PIN SIGNAL

11 3.3V
12 -12V
13 GND
14 PS_ON
15 GND
16 GND
17 GND
18 -5V
19 5V
20 5V

PIN SIGNAL

1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3 GND
4 5V
5 GND
6 5V
7 GND
8 PW_OK
9 5V_SB
10 12V

ATX1 Pin Definition

ATX1

10

1

20

11

1

3

JPW1

2

4

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The back panel provides the following connectors:

Back Panel

Mouse Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2® mouse mini DIN connector for
attaching a PS/2® mouse. You can plug a PS/2® mouse directly into this
connector. The connector location and pin assignments are as follows:

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA
2 NC No connection
3 GND Ground
4 VCC +5V
5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock
6 NC No connection

Pin Definition

PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female)

2

1

3

4

5

6

Mouse

Parallel

USBKeyboard

L-in

MIC

L-out

LAN

COMA

VGA

IEEE1394

USB

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Hardware Setup

Keyboard Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2® keyboard mini DIN connector
for attaching a PS/2® keyboard. You can plug a PS/2® keyboard directly into
this connector.

PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female)

2

1

3

4

56

USB Connectors

The mainboard uses the EHCI (Echo Host Controller Interface) and OHCI
(Open Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus roots for attaching
USB2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible devices respectively. You can plug the USB
device directly into the connector.

USB Ports

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 VCC +5V
2 -Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0
3 +Data0 Positive Data Channel 0
4 GND Ground
5 VCC +5V
6 -Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1
7 +Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1
8 GND Ground

USB Port Description

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA
2 NC No connection
3 GND Ground
4 VCC +5V
5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock
6 NC No connection

Pin Definition

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Serial Port Connectors: COMA

The mainboard offers one 9-pin male DIN connector as serial port COM
A. This port is 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16
bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it.

9-Pin Male DIN Connector

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

VGA Connector

The mainboard provides a DB 15-pin female connector to connect a VGA
monitor.

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 DCD Data Carry Detect
2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data
3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data
4 DTR Data Terminal Ready)
5 GND Ground
6 DSR Data Set Ready
7 RTS Request To Send
8 CTS Clear To Send
9 RI Ring Indicate

Pin Definition

VGA Connector

(DB 15-pin)

1

5

11

15

Pin Signal Description

1 RED
2 GREEN
3 BLUE
4 N/C
5 GND
6 GND
7 GND
8 GND
9 +5V
10 GND
11 N/C
12 SDA
13 Horizontal Sync
14 Vertical Sync
15 SCL

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Audio Port Connectors

Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for

external CD player, Tape player, or other audio devices. Mic is a connector for
microphones.

RJ-45 LAN Jack

The mainboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection to Local
Area Network (LAN). You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack.

RJ-45 LAN Jack

MSI Reminds You...

For advanced audio application, Realtek ALC 655 is provided
to offer support for 6-channel audio operation and can turn
rear audio connectors from 2-channel to 4-/6-channel audio.
For more information on 6-channel audio operation, please
refer to Appendix A: Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function.

Pin Definition

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair
2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair
3 RDP Receive Differential Pair
4 NC Not Used
5 NC Not Used
6 RDN Receive Differential Pair
7 NC Not Used
8 NC Not Used

1/8” Stereo Audio Connectors

Mic In

Line Out

Line In

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Parallel Port Connector: LPT1

The mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector as LPT. A
parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port
(EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.

13 1

14

25

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 STROBE Strobe
2 DATA0 Data0
3 DATA1 Data1
4 DATA2 Data2
5 DATA3 Data3
6 DATA4 Data4
7 DATA5 Data5
8 DATA6 Data6
9 DATA7 Data7
10 ACK# Acknowledge
11 BUSY Busy
12 PE Paper End
13 SELECT Select
14 AUTO FEED# Automatic Feed
15 ERR# Error
16 INIT# Initialize Printer
17 SLIN# Select In
18 GND Ground
19 GND Ground
20 GND Ground
21 GND Ground
22 GND Ground
23 GND Ground
24 GND Ground
25 GND Ground

Pin Definition

IEEE1394 Port Connector

The mainboard provides an IEEE1394 port for users to connect to any
IEEE1394 device.

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The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, case,

LAN, USB Ports, IR module and CPU/System/Power Supply FAN.

Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1

The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that

supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types.

Connectors

CD-In Connector: JCD1

The connector is for CD-ROM audio connector.

JCD1

GND

L

R

Fan Power Connectors: CPU_FAN1/SYS_FAN1

The CPU_FAN1 (processor fan) and SYS_FAN1 (system fan) support
system cooling fan with +12V. They support three-pin head connector. When
connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the
positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and
should be 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.

CPU_FAN1

Sensor

+12V

GND

SYS_FAN1

Sensor

+12V

GND

FDD1

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Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2

The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/66/10
controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100
function. You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy
and other devices.

IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a

Master and a Slave drive. You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode
by setting the jumper accordingly.

IDE2 (Secondary IDE Connector)
IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.

MSI Reminds You...

If you install two hard disks on cable, you must configure the
second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper. Refer to the
hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for
jumper setting instructions.

IDE1IDE2

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Front Panel Connector: JFP1

The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical
connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. JFP1 is compliant with Intel

®

Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull-up
2 FP PWR/SLP MSG LED pull-up
3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED
4 FP PWR/SLP MSG LED pull-up
5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND
6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull-up
7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull-up
8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull-down to GND
9 RSVD_DNU Reserved. Do not use.

JFP1 Pin Definition

1

2

9

10

JFP1

HDD
LED

Reset
Switch

Power
LED

Power
Switch

Front USB Connector: JUSB1

The mainboard provides one USB 2.0 pin header JUSB1 that is compliant
with Intel® I/O Connectivity Design Guide. USB 2.0 technology increases data
transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster
than USB 1.1, and is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals
such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3 players, printers, modems and the
like.

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

1 VCC 2 VCC
3 USB0- 4 USB1­5 USB0+ 6 USB1+
7 GND 8 GND
9 Key 10 USBOC

JUSB1 Pin Definition

JUSB1

(USB 2.0/Intel spec)

1 9

2 10

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Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1

The JAUDIO1 front panel audio connector allows you to connect to the
front panel audio and is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity
Design Guide.

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal
2 AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits
3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power
4 AUD_VCC Filtered +5V used by analog audio circuits
5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel
6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel
7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier
8 KEY No pin
9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left channel audio signal to front panel
10 AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return from front panel

JAUDIO1 Pin Definition

JAUDIO1

1

2

9

10

MSI Reminds You...

If you don’t want to connect to the front audio
header, pins 5 & 6, 9 & 10 have to be jumpered in
order to have signal output directed to the rear
audio ports. Otherwise, the Line-Out connector on
the back panel will not function.

5

6

10

9

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S-Bracket (SPDIF) Connector: SBRACKET

The connector allows you to connect a S-Bracket for Sony & Philips
Digital Interface (SPDIF). The S-Bracket offers 2 SPDIF jacks for digital audio
transmission (one for optical fiber connection and the other for coaxial), and 2
analog Line-Out jacks for 4-channel audio output.

To attach the fiber-optic cable to optical SPDIF jack, you need to remove
the plug from the jack first. The two SPDIF jacks support SPDIF output only.
For more information on the S-Bracket, refer to Appendix: Using 4- or 6-Channel
Audio Function.

SBRACKET

1

11

2

12

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 VCC5 VCC 5V 2 VDD3 VDD 3.3V
3 SPDFO S/PDIF output 4 (No Pin) Key
5 GND Ground 6 SPDFI S/PDIF input
7 LFE-OUT Audio bass output 8 SOUT-R Audio right surrounding output
9 CET-OUT Audio center output 10 SOUT-L Audio left surrounding output
11 GND Ground 12 GND Ground

SBRACKET Pin Definition

Optional S-Bracket

SPDIF jack (optical)

SPDIF jack (coaxial)

Analog Line-Out jack

Connect to
SBRACKET

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TV-Out Bracket

Pin Description Pin Description

1 GND 4 CVBS
2 Yout 5 GND
3 Cout

JTV1 Pin Definition

TV-Out Connector

(S-Video)

TV-Out Connector

(RCA Composite)

TV-Out Connector: JTV1

The mainboard optionally provides a TV-Out connector for you to at­tach a TV-Out bracket. The TV-Out bracket offers two types of TV-Out
connectors: S-Video and RCA Composite connector. Select the appropriate
one to connect to the television and the television will be able to display PC’s
information.

3

JTV1

1

5 4

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IEEE 1394 Connectors: J1394_A (reserved) & J1394_B

The mainboard is normally integrated with VIA VT6307 PCI Controller to
provide one IEEE1394 pin header, J1394_B.

If VIA VT6306 PCI Controller is integrated, the mainboard will provide
two IEEE1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports.

J1394_A

(reserved)

1

9

2

10

J1394_B

1

9

2

10

Pin Definition

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

1 TPA+ 2 TPA­3 Ground 4 Ground
5 TPB+ 6 TPB­7 Cable power 8 Cable power
9 Key (no pin) 10 Ground

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

Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1

There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external
battery to keep the data of system configuration. With the CMOS RAM, the
system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to
clear the system configuration, use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to clear
data. Follow the instructions below to clear the data:

Jumpers

MSI Reminds You...

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

JBAT1

1

Clear Data

1

3

Keep Data

1

3

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Keyboard Wake-up Jumper: JKBV1

The JKBV1 jumper is used to set the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake-up
function. To use the function, you should also go to BIOS to enable the PS/2
keyboard/mouse wake-up (power on) function.

Please note that once the ATX Power Supply cord was unplugged, the
keyboard wake-up password will be cleared. Reset the keyboard password to
restart the keyboard wake-up function.

JKBV1

1

VCC 5V (Default)

Disable Keyboard Power On Function

5V Standby

Enable Keyboard Power On function

MSI Reminds You...

To enable this function, you need a power supply that provides
enough power for this feature. (Power Supply with 750mA 5V
Standby)

3

1

3

1

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Slots

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot

The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an
interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics.
It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to directly
access main memory.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots

The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs.
When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the
power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the expansion card
to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card,
such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration.

CNR slot (Optional)

The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards. CNR is a
specially designed audio, or modem riser card for ATX family motherboards.
Its main processing is done through software and controlled by the
motherboard’s chipset.

The motherboard provides one AGP slot, three 32-bit PCI bus slots and
one CNR slot.

PCI Slots

AGP Slot

CNR Slot

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PCI Interrupt Request Routing

The IRQ, abbreviation 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 INT
A# ~ INT D# pins as follows:

Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4
PCI Slot 1 INT A# INT B# INT C# INT D#
PCI Slot 2 INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A#
PCI Slot 3 INT C# INT D# INT A# INT B#

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Chapter 3. BIOS Setup

This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program
and allows you to configure the system for optimum use.
You may need to run the Setup program when:

² An error message appears on the screen during the system

booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.

² You want to change the default settings for customized

features.

BIOS Setup

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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.

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, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page

Setup Menu
<F5>

Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page

Setup Menu
<F6> Load the default CMOS value from Fail-Safe default table, only for

Option Page Setup Menu
<F7> Load Optimized defaults
<F10> Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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Getting Help

After entering the Setup menu, the first 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 control 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 find a right pointer symbol (as shown
in the right view) appears to the left of cer­tain fields that means a sub-menu containing
additional options can be launched from this
field. You can use control keys ( ↑↓ ) to
highlight the field and press <Enter> to call
up the sub-menu. Then you can use the con­trol keys to enter values and move from field
to field within a sub-menu. If you want to
return to the main menu, just press <Esc >.

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.

8IDE Primary Master
8IDE Primary Slave
8IDE Secondary Master
8IDE Secondary Slave

MSI Reminds You...

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.

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The Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc.

Advanced BIOS Features

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

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your
system’s performance.

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.

PNP/PCI Configurations

This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI.

Once you enter Phoenix-Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
(Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select
from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select
among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

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PC Health Status

This entry shows your PC health status.

Frequency/Voltage Control

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

Load High Performance Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance, but
the system stability may be affected.

Load BIOS Setup Defaults

Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system
performance operations.

Set Supervisor Password

Use this menu to set Supervisor Password.

Set User Password

Use this menu to set User Password.

Save & 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

Date

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

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

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave

Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select Manual, None or Auto type. Note that
the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard
disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.

The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu are divided into 11 categories.
Each category includes no, one or more than one 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.

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If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Manual to
define your own drive type manually.

If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following
items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information
should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the
system manufacturer.

Access Mode The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto.
Capacity The formatted size of the storage device.
Cylinder Number of cylinders.
Head Number of heads.
Precomp Write precompensation.
Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone.
Sector Number of sectors.

Drive A

This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available
options: None, 360K, 5.25 in., 1.2M, 5.25 in., 720K, 3.5 in., 1.44M, 3.5 in.,

2.88M, 3.5 in..

Video

The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of
the system. Available options are EGA/VGA , CGA 40, CGA 80 and Mono.

Halt On

The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at
boot. Available options are:

All Errors The system stops when any error is detected.
No Errors The system doesn’t stop for any detected error.
All, But Keyboard The system doesn’t stop for a keyboard error.
All, But Diskette The system doesn’t stop for a disk error.
All, But Disk/Key The system doesn’t stop for either a disk or a

keyboard error.

CPU Type/BIOS Version/Video Memory/System Memory/Total Memory

The items show the CPU type, BIOS version and memory status of your system
(read only).

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Advanced BIOS Features

Hard Disk Boot Priority

This feature allows you to specify the hard disk boot priority.

Virus Warning

The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this
area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings:
Disabled and Enabled.

Hyper-Threading Technology

This field is used to enable or disable the Intel Hyper Threading CPU function.

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Setting to Enabled will increase the system performance. Settings: Enabled,
Disabled. Please disable this item if your operating system doesn’t support

HT Function, or unreliability and instability may occur.

Quick Power On Self Test

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power-on self­test (POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you nor­mally disable quick POST. It is better to find a problem during POST than lose
data during your work. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device

The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts
to load the disk operating system.

Boot Other Device

Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other
device if the system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy drive A: before booting the
system. Settings: Disabled, Enabled.

Boot Up Num-Lock Status

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 Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad.
Setting options: On, Off.

MSI Reminds You...

Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your
computer system requires ALL of the following platform
Components:
*CPU: An Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology;
*Chipset: A chipset that supports HT Technology;
*BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled;
*OS: Only Microsoft® Windows 2000 and XP can support HT

technology.

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Gate A20 Option

This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended
memory. When the default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by
Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. When
Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset
hardware.

Security Option

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

APIC Mode

This field 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. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS

This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification)
version to be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS ver­sion supported by your operating system. To find out which version to use,
consult the vendor of your operating system. Settings: 1.4, 1.1.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than
64MB. When you choose Non-OS2, you cannot run the OS/2® operating
system with DRAM larger than 64MB. Settings: OS2, Non-OS2.

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Re­porting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that
monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an oppor-

Option Description

Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to

run Setup.

System A password prompt appears every time when the com-

puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup.

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tunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before
the hard disk becomes offline. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.

Typematic Rate Setting

This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including
Typematic Rate & Typematic Delay.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you to set the rate
(characters/second) at which the keys are accelerated. Settings: 6, 8, 10, 12,
15, 20, 24 and 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed
and when the acceleration begins. Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000.

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Advanced Chipset Features

MSI Reminds You...

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

Current DRAM Clock

It shows the clock frequency of the installed DRAMs. (read only)

DRAM Clock By

This item is used to configure the clock frequency of the installed DRAM.
Settings: By SPD, 1:1, DDR-200, DDR-266, DDR-333, DDR-400.

Current CAS Latency

The field controls the CAS latency, which determines the timing delay before
RAM starts a read command after receiving it. Settings: (read only).

Current TRCD

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for SDRAM
parameters Trcd. Trcd specifies the minimum clock cycles required for the
active command to be transferred to the re-active command. Settings: (read
only).

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Current TRP

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for the
SDRAM parameters Trp. Trp specifies the minimum clock cycles required for
the precharge command to be transferred to the active command. Settings:
(read only).

Current TRAS

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for SDRAM
parameters Tras. Tras specifies the minimum clock cycles required for the
active command to be transferred to the precharge command. Settings: (read

only).

DRAM Timing

Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Serial Presence Detect)
EEPROM on the DRAM module. Setting to By SPD enables DRAM timings to
be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD. Selecting
Manual allows users to configure the DRAM timings manually.

CAS Latency

The field controls the CAS latency, which determines the timing delay before
RAM starts a read command after receiving it. Settings: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4.

TRCD

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for SDRAM
parameters Trcd. Trcd specifies the minimum clock cycles required for the
active command to be transferred to the re-active command. Settings: 1, 2, 3,

4.

TRP

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for the
SDRAM parameters Trp. Trp specifies the minimum clock cycles required for
the precharge command to be transferred to the active command. Settings: 1,

2, 3, 4.

TRAS

This item allows you to control the number of SDRAM clocks used for SDRAM
parameters Tras. Tras specifies the minimum clock cycles required for the

active command to be transferred to the precharge command. Settings: 1~8.

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AGP Aperture Size

This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for
video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range
dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture
range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows the
selection of an aperture size of 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB,

2GB and None.

Onboard VGA Frame Buffer

Frame Buffer is the video memory that stores data for video display (frame).
This field is used to determine the memory size for Frame Buffer. Larger frame
buffer size increases video performance. Settings: 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128MB

and None.

Video Display Devices

Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of
the system. Settings: Auto, CRT Only, CLD Only, DFP Only, TV Only, CRT

Force Other Auto, TV Force Other Auto, CRT Force TV Force.

TV Standard

Select the TV standard which is used as the video signal format of your TV if
you have connected a TV to the system. Setting are: NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, PAL-

60, NTSC-JAP, PAL-CN, PAL-N, SCART_RGB.

Memory Hole

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for
ISA peripherals. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below
16MB. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. Settings: Disabled,

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Integrated Peripherals

OnBoard IDE Device

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

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of the
IDE Hard Drive. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support

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for two IDE channels. Choose [Enabled] to activate each channel
separately. Settings: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching, for faster drive
accesses. When you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE
interface, set this option to Disabled if the interface does not support

prefetching. Settings: Enabled, Disabled.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for
each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3,
Mode 4.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UltraDMA

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, Ultra DMA/
66 and Ultra DMA/100 select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings
are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple
sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new
drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number
of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. Settings: Enabled,

Disabled.

Onboard PCI Device

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

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Onboard AC97 Audio

Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If
an audio device is detected, the onboard AC’97 (Audio Codec’97) con­troller will be enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you
want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device. Settings:
Auto, Disabled.

Onboard MC97 Modem

Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used. If a mo­dem is detected, the onboard MC’97 modem controller will be enabled; if
not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other control­ler cards to connect a modem. Settings: Auto, Disabled.

USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB)
controller and you have USB peripherals. Settings: Enabled, Disabled.

USB 2.0 Controller

This item is used to enable/disable the USB 2.0 Support. Settings: Enabled,
Disabled.

USB Keyboard/Mouse Support

Set to Enabled if you need to use a USB keyboard/mouse in the operating
system that does not support or does not have any USB driver installed,
such as DOS and SCO Unix. Settings: Enabled, Disabled.

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Onboard LAN Device

This item allows you to enable/disable the LAN controller. Setting options:
Enabled and Disabled.

Onboard 1394 Device

This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller.
Setting options: Enabled and Disabled.

Onboard Super IO Device

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

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed
on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or
the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The settings
are: Enabled and Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Serial Port 1. The set­tings are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

Onboard Parallel Port

This specifies the I/O port address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port.
Settings: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

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Parallel Port Mode

SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port
ECP + EPP: Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
Normal

SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP

To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port
only, choose “SPP.” 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.

EPP Mode Select

The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses
the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message
will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either
EPP 1.7 spec or EPP 1.9 spec can be chosen.

ECP Mode Use DMA

The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard
parallel port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following mes­sage will appear: “ECP Mode Use DMA.” At this time, the user can
choose between DMA channel 3 or 1.

Init Display First

This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Settings:
PCI Slot and OnChip VGA/AGP.

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Power Management Setup

Sleep State

This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operat­ing system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Win­dows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3
(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Options are:

S1/POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no

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

S3/STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in

formation of system configuration and open applications/
files is saved to main memory that remains powered
while most other hardware components turn off to save
energy. The information stored in memory will be used
to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs.

S1 & S3 The system will decide when to enter S1 or S3 state.

MSI Reminds You...

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

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Power Management Option

This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related
to these modes: Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down. There are three op-
tions for power management:

Min Saving Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode=1 Hour
Max Saving Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode=1 Min
User Define Allows end users to configure each mode separately.

HDD Power Down

If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field,
the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain
active. Settings are Disabled and 1 through 15 Min.

Suspend Mode

When you choose User Define in the Power Management item, this item is
selectable. This setting allows you to select the type of Suspend mode. Setting
options: Disabled (default setting), 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, 10 min,
20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 1 hour.

Video Off Option

This setting is used to control the mode in which the monitor will shut down.
Setting options:

Always On Monitor remains on during power-saving modes.
Suspend -> Off Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend

mode.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off

the vertical and rizontal synchronization ports
and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Support Initial display power menagement signaling

MODEM Use IRQ

This setting names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if
any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.
Setting options: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

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Soft-Off by PWRBTN

This feature allows users to configure the power button function. Settings
are:

Instant-Off The power button functions as a normal power-on/-

off button.

By HardWare When you press the power button, the computer

enters the suspend/sleep mode, but if the button is
pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is
turned off.

PowerOn by PCI card

This item specifies whether the system will be awakened from power saving
modes (S1, S3, S4) when activity or input signal of the specified hardware
peripheral is detected. Settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Power ON Function

This item controls how the PS/2 mouse or keyboard can power on the
system. Settings: Password, Hot Key, Mouse Left, Mouse Right, Any, Key,
BUTTON ONLY and Keyboard 98.

Keyboard Power ON Password

If Power ON Function is set to Password, then you can set a password in the
field for the PS/2 keyboard to power on the system.

Hot Key Power ON

If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY, you can sssign a hot key combi­nation in the field for the PS/2 keyboard to power on the system. Settings:
Ctrl-F1 through Ctrl-F12.

PWRON After PWF-Fail

This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or
interrupt occurs. Available settings are:

Off Leaves the computer in the power off state
On Reboots the computer
Former-Sts Restores the system to the status before power

failure or interrupt occurred.

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RTC Alarm Resume

This function is for setting time for your computer to boot up. Setting options:
Disabled, Enabled.

Date (of Month)

When Resume By Alarm is set to Enabled, the field specifies the month for
Resume By Alarm. Settings: NA, 1-12.

Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)

You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.

IRQ/Event Activity Detect

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

Modem Ring Resume

This item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system
from S3 (Suspend to RAM) state. Settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

IRQ3~IRQ15

IRQ3~IRQ15 enable or disable the monitoring of the specified IRQ line. If
set to [Enabled], the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the
system from entering power saving modes or awaken it from power sav­ing modes.

MSI Reminds You...

If you have changed this setting, you must let the system boot up
until it enters the operating system, before this function will work.

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PNP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play)
feature. PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which al­lows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses
when communicating with its special components. This section covers some
very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced
users should make any changes to the default settings.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended Sys­tem Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a
new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict
that the operating system can not boot. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Resource Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure
all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability
means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system
such as Windows® 95/98. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific
resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field (a sub
menu is preceded by a “Ø”). The settings are: Auto (ESCD), Manual.

IRQ Resources

The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual.

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Press <Enter> and you will enter the sub-menu of the items. IRQ Resources list
IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 for users to set each IRQ a type depending on the
type of device using the IRQ. Settings are:

PCI Device For Plug & Play compatible devices designed for PCI

bus architecture.

Reserved The IRQ will be reserved for further request.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

When set to Enabled, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can
handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video
device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is
the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled). For example, if there are two VGA
devices in the computer (one PCI and one ISA) and the:

The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires
VGA palette snooping.

Assign IRQ for VGA/USB

The items allow you to assign an IRQ line to the VGA card and USB device
separately. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Latency Timer (PCI CLK)

This feature controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before
another takes over. The larger the value, the longer the PCI device can retain
control of the bus. As each access to the bus comes with an initial delay
before any transaction can be made, low values for the PCI Latency Timer
will reduce the effective PCI bandwidth while higher values improve it. Key
in a DEC number between 0 and 255.

VGA Palette Snoop

Bit Setting Action

Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI

VGA device’s palette registers.

Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI

VGA device’s palette registers and the ISA VGA device’s
palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both VGA
devices to be identical.

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PC Health Status

This section shows the status of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc.
Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism
onboard.

CPU Warning Temperature

This item is used to specify a thermal limit for CPU. If CPU temperature
reaches the specified limit, the system will issue a warning which allows you
to prevent the CPU overheat problem. Settings: Disabled, 50oC/122oF, 53oC/
127oF, 56oC/133oF, 60oC/140oF, 63oC/145oF, 66oC/151oF and 70oC/158oF.

System/CPU/IGP Temperature, System/CPU Fan Speed, Vcore, VTT, 3.3V,
+5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, Battery, 5VSB(V)

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

Shutdown Temperature

If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting, the system
will be shut down automatically. This helps you to prevent the CPU overheating
problem. This item is available only when your OS supports this function, such
as Windows ME. Settings: Disabled, 60oC/140oF, 65oC/149oF, 70oC/158oF,
75oC/167oF.

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

Frequency/Voltage Control

Current CPU FSB Clock

This shows the current front side bus clock frequency of the processor.

PCI Clock Auto Detect

This feature enables the BIOS to auto detect PCI device and set PCI slot clock.
Options are: Enabled, Disabled.

DRAM Power Voltage

Adjusting the DDR voltage can increase the DDR speed. Any changes made
to this setting may cause a stability issue, so changing the DDR voltage for
long-term purpose is NOT recommended.

IGP/AGP Power Voltage

This field allows you to adjust the IGP and AGP voltage for better performance
of your IGP/AGP display card when overclocking. Any changes made to this
setting may cause a stability issue, so changing the IGP/AGP voltage for
long-term purpose is NOT recommended.

Spread Spectrum

When the motherboard’s clock generator pulses, the extreme values (spikes)
of the pulses creates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference). The Spread Spec­trum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the

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spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves. 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 Enabled for EMI reduction.
Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a
slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clockspeed which may just
cause your overclocked processor to lock up. Available options: Enabled,

Disabled.

CPU FSB Clock

This item allows you to select the CPU clock frequency (in MHz) and overclock
the processor by adjusting the clock to a higher frequency. Key in a DEC
number between 100~232.

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Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults

The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS
settings to the High Performance or BIOS Setup Defaults. The High
Performance Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer
specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. The BIOS Setup
Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system
performance.

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

Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance.

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

Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal system
performance.

MSI Reminds You...

The option is for power or overclocking users only. Use of high
performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the
system performance. Therefore, a high-end system configura­tion is a must, which means you need high-quality VGA adapter,
RAM and so on. We don’t recommend that users should apply

the high performance defaults in their regular systems.

Otherwise, the system may become unstable or even crash. If the
system crashes or hangs after enabling the feature, please CLEAR
CMOS DATA to resolve the problem. For more information, re­fer to “Clear CMOS Jumper:JBAT1” in Chapter 2.

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Set Supervisor/User Password

When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The
password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS
memory. You will be prompted to confirm 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 confirming the password will be
disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can
enter Setup without entering any password.

When a password has been set, you will be prompted to enter it every time
you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing
any part of your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also have BIOS to request
a password each time the system is booted. This would prevent unauthorized
use of your computer. The setting to determine when the password prompt is
required is the Security Option of the Advanced BIOS Feature menu. If the
Security Option is set to System, the password is required both at boot and at
entry to Setup. If set to Setup, password prompt only occurs when you try to
enter Setup.

MSI Reminds You...

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.

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Appendix A: Using 2-, 4- & 6-Channel

Audio Function

The mainboard is equipped with Realtek ALC655 chip, which provides
support for 6-channel audio output, including 2 Front, 2 Rear, 1 Center and 1
Subwoofer channel. ALC655 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for
better surround sound effect. The section will tell you how to install and use
the 2-/4-/6-channel audio function on the board.

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Installing the Audio Driver

You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function
properly before you can get access to 2-/4-/6-channel audio operations. Follow
the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating
systems.

Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

For Windows® 2000, you must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack2 or

later before installing the driver.

The following illustrations are based on Windows® XP environment and
could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating
systems.

1. Insert the companion CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen

will automatically appear.

2. Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers.

MSI Reminds You...

The AC97 Audio Configuration software utility is under
continuous update to enhance audio applications. Hence, the
program screens shown here in this appendix may be slightly
different from the latest software utility and shall be held for
reference only.

Click here

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3. Click Next to install the AC’97 Audio software.

Click here

4. Click Finish to restart the system.

Click here

Select this
option

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Software Configuration

After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-/4-/6-channel
audio feature now. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower­right corner of the screen to activate the AC97 Audio Configuration.

Sound Effect

Here you can select a sound effect you like from the Environment list.

You may also edit the properties for an environment as you wish by
clicking the Edit button, then just scroll the bar in the bottom for each property
to adjust.

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Here it provides the Karaoke function which will automatically remove
human voice (lyrics) and leave melody for you to sing the song. Note that this
function applies only for 2-channel audio operation.

Just check the Voice Cancellation box and then click OK to activate the
Karaoke function.

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Equalizer

Here you regulate each equalizer for current playing digital sound sources.

You may choose the provided sound effects, and the equalizer will adjust
automatically. If you like, you may also load an equalizer setting or make an
new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the buttons Load and
Save. Or you may click Reset to use the default value.

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Speaker Configuration

In this tab, you can easily configure your multi-channel audio function

and speakers.

1. Select a desired multi-channel operation from Number of Speakers.

a. Headphone for the common headphone
b. 2-Channel Mode for Stereo-Speaker Output
c. 4-Channel Mode for 4-Speaker Output
d. 6-Channel Mode for 5.1-Speaker Output

2. Select or clear the Default Phonejack check box to decide which

audio devices you wish to use for audio outputs.
NOTE: If you intend to use the S-Bracket, select Default Phonejack.

3. The audio output selections listed under S-Bracket (OPTION) are

available only when S-Bracket is connected to the mainboard.

4. Then click OK to apply the configuration.

1

2

3

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Speaker Test

You can use this tab to test each connected speaker to ensure if 4- or 6­channel audio operation works properly. If any speaker fails to make sound,
then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the
bad speakers with good ones.

Select the speaker by clicking it to test its functionality. The one you
select will light up and make testing sound.

Subwoofer

Front Right

Rear Right

Center

Front Left

Rear Left

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MSI Reminds You...

1. 6 speakers appear on the “Speaker Test” tab only when you

select “6-Channel Mode” in the “Number of Speakers” col-
umn in “Speaker Configuration” tab. If you select “4-Chan­nel Mode”, only 4 speakers appear on the window.

2. While you are testing the speakers in 6-Channel Mode, if the
sound coming from the center speaker and subwoofer is
swapped, you should select Swap Center/Subwoofer Output
to readjust these two channels.

S/PDIF-Out

In this tab you may slelect the format of SPDIF out.

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HRTF Demo

In this tab you may adjust your HRTF (Head Related Transfer Functions)
3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applications like gaming. You may
also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you
like.

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General

In this tab it provides some information about the AC97 Audio Configu­ration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Control­ler & AC97 Codec. You may also select the language of this utility by choosing
from the Language list.

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Using 2-, 4- & 6- Channel Audio Function

After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 4-/6-channel
audio feature now. To enable 4- or 6-channel audio operation, first connect 4 or
6 speakers to the appropriate audio connectors, and then select 4- or 6-channel
audio setting in the software utility.

There are two ways to utilize the function and connect the speakers to
your computer:

n Using the optional S-Bracket

If your motherboard supports S-Bracket and you have installed S­Bracket in the computer, you can connect two speakers to back
panel’s Line-Out connector, and the rest of speakers to S-Bracket.

n Using the back panel only

If you do not have a S-Bracket, you can connect all speakers to the
audio connectors on the back panel.

Using the Optional S-Bracket

S-Bracket integrates the SPDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interface) and
analog LINE OUT connectors together. With this optional accessory, users
will be able to decide either analog or digital audio output when applying the
speakers to the connectors.

Read the following instructions to have the Multi-Channel Audio Function
mode properly set in the software configuration, and then have your speakers
correctly connected to the S-Bracket.

MSI Reminds You...

If you intend to use the S-Bracket, select Default Phonejack in the
Speaker Configuration tab.

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n 2-Channel Mode for Stereo-Speaker Output

When this mode is selected, it is recommended to attach the speakers
to the Line Out connector on the back panel instead of the Line Out
connector on the S-Bracket.

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each
phone jack on the back panel when 2-Channel mode is selected.

Connecting the Speakers

When you have set the Multi-Channel Audio Function mode properly in

the software utility, connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in

accordance with the setting in software configuration.

Back Panel

2

3

1

S-Bracket

4

5

1 MIC
2 Line In
3 Line Out (Front channels)
4 Optical SPDIF jack
5 Coaxial SPDIF jack

Select “Default Phone jack”

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n 4-Channel Mode for 4-Speaker Output

When this mode is selected, plug the two front speakers to the Line
Out connector on the back panel, and the other two rear speakers to
the Line Out connector on the S-Bracket.

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each
phone jack on the back panel and S-Bracket when 4-Channel mode is
selected.

S-Bracket

4

5

6

7

Back Panel

2

3

1

1 MIC
2 Line In
3 Line Out (Front channels)
4 Optical SPDIF jack
5 Coaxial SPDIF jack
6 Line Out (Reserved for Center and Subwoofer channel, but it is not

functioning here)

7 Line Out (Rear channels)

Select “Default Phone jack”

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n 6-Channel Mode for 6-Speaker Output

When this mode is selected, plug the two front speakers to the Line
Out connector on the back panel, and the other two rear speakers to
the Line Out connector on the S-Bracket.

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each
phone jack on the back panel and S-Bracket when 6-Channel mode is
selected.

S-Bracket

4

5

6

7

Back Panel

2

3

1

MSI Reminds You...

If the Center and Subwoofer speaker exchange their audio
channels when you play video or music on the computer, a
converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio
signals. You can purchase the converter from a speaker store.

1 MIC
2 Line In
3 Line Out (Front channels)
4 Optical SPDIF jack
5 Coaxial SPDIF jack
6 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channels)
7 Line Out (Rear channels)

Select “Default Phone jack”

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n Digital Audio Output

When any Multi-Channel Audio Function mode is selected, you may
also connect your speakers to the Optical or Coaxial SPDIF phone
jack on the S-Bracket to exprience digital surround sound effect.

Remove the plug from the optical SPIDF phone jack before inserting
the fiber-optic cable, and read the following diagram and captions for
the function of each phone jack on the S-Bracket.

S-Bracket

1 Optical SPDIF jack
2 Coaxial SPDIF jack

1

2

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Using the Back Panel only

In addition to a default 2-channel analog audio output function, the audio
connectors on the Back Panel also provide 4- or 6-channel analog audio output
function if a proper setting is made in the software utility.

Read the following steps to have the Multi-Channel Audio Function
properly set in the software utility, and have your speakers correctly connected
to the Back Panel.

Connecting the Speakers

When you have set the Multi-Channel Audio Function mode properly in

the software utility, connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in

accordance with the setting in software configuration.

n 2-Channel Mode for Stereo-Speaker Output

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each
phone jack on the back panel when 2-Channel Mode is selected.

1 MIC
2 Line In
3 Line Out (Front channels)

Back Panel

2

3

1

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1 MIC
2 * Line Out (Rear channels)
3 Line Out (Front channels)

* Line In function is converted to Line Out function when 4-Channel

Mode for 4-Speaker Output is selected.

n 4-Channel Mode for 4-Speaker Output

The audio jacks on the back panel always provide 2-channel analog
audio output function, however these audio jacks can be transformed
to 4- or 6- channel analog audio jacks by selecting the corresponding
multi-channel operation from No. of Speakers.

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the founction of each
jack on the back panel when 4-Channel Mode is selected.

Back Panel

2

3

1

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1 * Line Out (Center and

Subwoofer channel)

2 * Line Out (Rear channels)
3 Line Out (Front channels)

* Both Line In and MIC function are converted to Line Out function

when 6-Channel Mode for 6-Speaker Output is selected.

n 6-Channel Mode for 6-Speaker Output

Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each
jack on the back panel when 6-Channel Mode is selected.

MSI Reminds You...

If the Center and Subwoofer speaker exchange their audio
channels when you play video or music on the computer, a
converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer
audio signals. You can purchase the converter from a speaker
store.

Back Panel

2

3

1

B-1

Memory Modules

System Configuration

Manufacturer Model No. Spec.

Processor

Intel P-4 2.0G 400MHz

Memory As Follows

VGA Card On Board

Lan Card

On Board

Sound Card On Board

Hard Drive Maxtor Diamond Max Plus & 6E030L0-1A UDMA 133 30GB

CD-ROM

MSI MS8216 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drive TEAC FD-235HF

Power Supply

JOU-JYE JJ-300T(12V)

Mouse Acer MS69

Keyboard Acer 6511-)OX

Device Configuration

Monitor

Acer AcerView 77C

VGA BIOS

VGA Driver (from OM- CD)

SW Info

PC2100 DDR RAM (DDR266)

Model Size Memory Slot Memory Bendwidth R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Hyundai (TwinMOS) 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

HY5DU28822T-H

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT4VDDT1664AG-265B1 US)

128MB

ü ü

OK OK

MT46V16M16TG-75B

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT8VDDT1664AG-265B1 SG)

128MB

ü

OK

OK

MT46V16M8TG-75B

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT8VDDT3264AG-265B1 SG)

256MB

ü ü

OK

OK

MT46V32M8TG-75B

ü

OK

OK

Winbond (Kingston KVR266X64C25/256)

256MB

ü

OK

OK

W942508BH-75

ü

OK

OK

PSC Mira 512MB

ü

OK

OK

P2S56D30TP-11590A00-75

ü

OK

Appendix B:
Recommended Memory Modules

B-2

MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

Model Size Memory Slot Memory Bandwidth R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK OK

Toshiba TC59WM807BFT-70 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

Toshiba TC59WM807BFT-70 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

PSC Mira P2S56D30TP-75 512MB

Infineon HYB25D256800AT-7A 512MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H560838D-TCBO 512MB

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

OK OK

SEC K4H560838D-TCBO 512MB

B-3

Memory Modules

System Configuration

Manufacturer Model No. Spec.

Processor

Intel P-4 2.4G (533)MHz

Memory As Follows

VGA Card On Board

Lan Card

On Board

Sound Card On Board

Hard Drive Maxtor Diamond Max Plus & 6E030L0-1A UDMA 133 30GB

CD-ROM

MSI MS8216 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drive TEAC FD-235HF

Power Supply

JOU-JYE JJ-300T(12V)

Mouse Acer MS69

Keyboard Acer 6511-)OX

Device Configuration

Monitor

Acer AcerView 77C

VGA BIOS

VGA Driver (from OM- CD)

SW Info

PC2100 DDR RAM (DDR266)

Model Size Memory Slot Memory Bendwidth R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Hyundai (TwinMOS) 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

HY5DU28822T-H

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT4VDDT1664AG-265B1 US)

128MB

ü ü

OK OK

MT46V16M16TG-75B

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT8VDDT1664AG-265B1 SG)

128MB

ü

OK

OK

MT46V16M8TG-75B

ü

OK OK

Micron (MT16VDDT3264AG-265B1 SG)

256MB

ü

OK

OK

MT46V16M8TG-75B

ü

OK

OK

Micron (MT8VDDT3264AG-265B1 SG)

256MB

ü ü

OK

OK

MT46V32M8TG-75B

ü

OK

OK

Winbond (Kingston KVR266X64C25/256)

256MB

ü

OK

OK

W942508BH-75

ü

OK

OK

PSC Mira 512MB

ü

OK

OK

P2S56D30TP-11590A00-75

ü

OK OK

B-4

MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

Model Size Memory Slot Memory Bandwidth R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK OK

Toshiba TC59WM807BFT-70 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

Toshiba TC59WM807BFT-70 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

Micron MT46V16M8TG-75B 256MB

Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-75B 256MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

PSC Mira P2S56D30TP-75 512MB

Infineon HYB25D256800AT-7A 512MB

OK

OK

SEC K4H560838D-TCBO 512MB

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

SEC K4H280838D-TCB0 256MB

OK OK

SEC K4H560838D-TCBO 512MB

B-5

Memory Modules

System Configuration

Manufacturer Model No. Spec.

Processor Intel P-4 2.4G (533)MHz

Memory As Follows

VGA Card On Board

Lan Card On Board

Sound Card

On Board

Hard Drive Maxtor Diamond Max Plus & 6E030L0-1A UDMA 133 30GB

CD-ROM

MSI MS8216 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drive TEAC FD-235HF

Power Supply

JOU-JYE JJ-300T(12V)

Mouse Acer MS69

Keyboard Acer 6511-)OX

Device Configuration

Monitor Acer AcerView 77C

VGA BIOS

VGA Driver

(from OM- CD)

SW Info

PC2700 DDR RAM (DDR333)

B-6

MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

Model Size Memory Slot

Memory Bandwidth

R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Hynix HYMD116645B8J-J 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU28822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Infineon HYS64D16301GU-6-B 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Infineon HYB25D256160BT-6B)

ü

OK OK

Micron MT4VDDT1664AG-335C3 SG 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Micron MT46V16M16TG-6T C)

ü

OK OK

Nanya NT128D64SH4B1G-6K 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Nanya NT5DS16M16BT-6K)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L1713DTM-CB3 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H280838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

CORSAIR CMX256A-2700C2 XMS2700V1.1 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD232646A8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822AT-J)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD232646B8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD132645B8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU28822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Infineon HYS64D32300GU-6-B 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Infineon HYB25D256800BT-6B)

ü

OK

OK

Kingston KVR333X64C25/256 (9905192-001) 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Winbond W942508BH-6)

ü

OK OK

Micron MT8VDDT3264AG-335C4 US 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Micron MT46V32M8TG-6T C)

ü

OK OK

B-7

Memory Modules

Model Size Memory Slot Memory Bandwidth

R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Nanya NT256D64S88B1G-6K 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-6K)

ü

OK OK

Nanya NT256D64S8HA1G-6K 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Nanya NT5DS16M8AT-6K)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L3223DTM-CB3 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H560838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L3223ETN-CB3 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H560838E-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

Spectek P32M648HHC-6A 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Spectek AES80032VMCTW-6A)

ü

OK OK

Transcend 256MB

ü

OK OK

(SEC K4H280838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

Transcend TS32MLD64V3F5 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Mosel V58C2256804SAT6)

ü

OK OK

Apacer 77.10728.460 512MB

ü

OK OK

(SEC K4H560838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

Crucial/Micron BG111DR.7G 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Micron MT46V32M8TG-6T)

ü

OK OK

GeIL GE5122700 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

(GL3LC32G88TG-6)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD264646A8J-J 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822AT-J)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD264646B8J-J 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Infineon HYS64D64320GU-6-B 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Infineon HYB25D256800BT-6B)

ü

OK OK

Micron MT16VDDT6464AG-335C4 US 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Micron MT46V32M8TG-6T C)

ü

OK OK

Nanya NT512D64S8HB1G-6K 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Nanya NT5DS32M8BT-6K)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L6423DTM-CB3 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H560838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L6423ETN-CB3 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H560838E-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

Spectek P64M6416HHB-6A 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Spectek AHS40064VMBTW-6A)

ü

OK OK

Transcend TS64MLD64V3F5 512MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Mosel V58C2256804SAT6)

ü

OK OK

B-8

MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

System Configuration

Manufacturer Model No. Spec.

Processor Intel P-4 2.8G (800)MHz

Memory

As Follows

VGA Card On Board

Lan Card

On Board

Sound Card On Board

Hard Drive

Maxtor Diamond Max Plus & 6E030L0-1A UDMA 133 30GB

CD-ROM MSI MS8216 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drive

TEAC FD-235HF

Power Supply JOU-JYE JJ-300T(12V)

Mouse

Acer MS69

Keyboard Acer 6511-)OX

Device Configuration

Monitor

Acer AcerView 77C

VGA BIOS

VGA Driver (from OM- CD)

SW Info

PC2700 DDR RAM (DDR333)

B-9

Memory Modules

Model Size Memory Slot

Memory Bandwidth

R.S.T

1 2 3 4

Benchmark

Hynix HYMD116645B8J-J 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU28822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Infineon HYS64D16301GU-6-B 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Infineon HYB25D256160BT-6B)

ü

OK OK

Micron MT4VDDT1664AG-335C3 SG 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Micron MT46V16M16TG-6T C)

ü

OK OK

Nanya NT128D64SH4B1G-6K 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Nanya NT5DS16M16BT-6K)

ü

OK OK

SEC M368L1713DTM-CB3 128MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(SEC K4H280838D-TCB3)

ü

OK OK

CORSAIR CMX256A-2700C2 XMS2700V1.1 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD232646A8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822AT-J)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD232646B8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU56822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Hynix HYMD132645B8J-J 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Hynix HY5DU28822BT-J)

ü

OK OK

Infineon HYS64D32300GU-6-B 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Infineon HYB25D256800BT-6B)

ü

OK

OK

Kingston KVR333X64C25/256 (9905192-001) 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

(Winbond W942508BH-6)

ü

OK OK

Micron MT8VDDT3264AG-335C4 US 256MB

ü ü

OK OK

*

(Micron MT46V32M8TG-6T C)

ü

OK OK

B-10

MS-7003 M-ATX Mainboard

System Configuration

Manufacturer Model No. Spec.

Processor Intel P-4 2.8G (800)MHz

Memory

As Follows

VGA Card On Board

Lan Card

On Board

Sound Card On Board

Hard Drive

Maxtor Diamond Max Plus & 6E030L0-1A UDMA 133 30GB

CD-ROM MSI MS8216 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drive

TEAC FD-235HF

Power Supply JOU-JYE JJ-300T(12V)

Mouse

Acer MS69

Keyboard Acer 6511-)OX

Device Configuration

Monitor

Acer AcerView 77C

VGA BIOS

VGA Driver (from OM- CD)

SW Info

PC3200 DDR RAM (DDR400)