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... for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/ Contact our technical staff at: support@msi.com.tw iii We take every care in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your system and no guarantee is given as to make changes without notice. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon...
... for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/ Contact our technical staff at: support@msi.com.tw iii We take every care in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your system and no guarantee is given as to make changes without notice. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon...
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...Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-6 Live Monitor 1-6 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-7 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-8 PC Alert™ 4 1-10 InterVideo WinDVD 4 (Optional 1-12 CPU Thermal Protection 1-14 S-Bracket (Optional 1-14 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 Thermal Issue for CPU 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 462 2-4 Installing AMD Athlon CPU (Socket 462) Cooler Set 2-5 CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS...
...Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-6 Live Monitor 1-6 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-7 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-8 PC Alert™ 4 1-10 InterVideo WinDVD 4 (Optional 1-12 CPU Thermal Protection 1-14 S-Bracket (Optional 1-14 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 Thermal Issue for CPU 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 462 2-4 Installing AMD Athlon CPU (Socket 462) Cooler Set 2-5 CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS...
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or 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing the Audio Drivers A-2 Using 4- BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup 3-2 Control Keys 3-2 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-12 Integrated Peripherals 3-16 Power Management Features 3-21 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-25 PC Health Status 3-27 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-28 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-30 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-31 Appendix: Using 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Using the Optional S-Bracket A-4 Using the Back Panel Only ...
or 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing the Audio Drivers A-2 Using 4- BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup 3-2 Control Keys 3-2 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-12 Integrated Peripherals 3-16 Power Management Features 3-21 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-25 PC Health Status 3-27 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-28 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-30 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-31 Appendix: Using 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Using the Optional S-Bracket A-4 Using the Back Panel Only ...
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... fastest hard disk throughput - USB 2.0 EHCI/1.1 OHCI controller - MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket A (Socket-462) for AMD® Athlon™/Athlon™ XP /Duron™ processors @ FSB 100/133/166 h Supports 600MHz up to 3GB h Supports both 64-bit and 128-bit DDR SDRAM Slots h One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 1.5V 4x/8x slot h Five 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface) h One ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) slot On-Board IDE h An IDE controller on card - Audio Processing...
... fastest hard disk throughput - USB 2.0 EHCI/1.1 OHCI controller - MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket A (Socket-462) for AMD® Athlon™/Athlon™ XP /Duron™ processors @ FSB 100/133/166 h Supports 600MHz up to 3GB h Supports both 64-bit and 128-bit DDR SDRAM Slots h One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 1.5V 4x/8x slot h Five 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface) h One ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) slot On-Board IDE h An IDE controller on card - Audio Processing...
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Connect the fan to press down the other latch to fix the cooling fan set onto the CPU. 2. Hardware Setup Installing AMD Athlon CPU (Socket 462) Cooler Set The following instructions will guide you through the heat sink installation process. Position your CPU to hook the latch of the clip. 4. Hook the other side of the CPU sliding plate. 3. You may need a screw drive to the power supply connector provided on...
Connect the fan to press down the other latch to fix the cooling fan set onto the CPU. 2. Hardware Setup Installing AMD Athlon CPU (Socket 462) Cooler Set The following instructions will guide you through the heat sink installation process. Position your CPU to hook the latch of the clip. 4. Hook the other side of the CPU sliding plate. 3. You may need a screw drive to the power supply connector provided on...
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... make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of the motherboard is designed to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. BIOS Setup. Any attempt to Frequency/ Voltage Control in the BIOS setup utility. Overclocking This motherboard is set the clock frequency for CPU clock frequency of CPU. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS The hardware configuration for the installed CPU, refer to operate beyond product specifications. 2-6
... make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of the motherboard is designed to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. BIOS Setup. Any attempt to Frequency/ Voltage Control in the BIOS setup utility. Overclocking This motherboard is set the clock frequency for CPU clock frequency of CPU. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS The hardware configuration for the installed CPU, refer to operate beyond product specifications. 2-6
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Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is off. If you to change your motherboard's function through the use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to keep the data of jumpers. Follow the instructions below to 1-2 pin position. Then return to clear the data: 3 3 1 Keep Data 1 Clear Data 3 1 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You... With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to clear data...
Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is off. If you to change your motherboard's function through the use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to keep the data of jumpers. Follow the instructions below to 1-2 pin position. Then return to clear the data: 3 3 1 Keep Data 1 Clear Data 3 1 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You... With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to clear data...
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... the power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the graphics controller to meet your needs. The mainboard supports 4x/8x 1.5V AGP card. AGP Slot PCI Slots ACR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the expansion cards to directly access main memory. AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. 2-33 Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, five 32-bit PCI bus slots...
... the power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the graphics controller to meet your needs. The mainboard supports 4x/8x 1.5V AGP card. AGP Slot PCI Slots ACR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the expansion cards to directly access main memory. AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. 2-33 Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, five 32-bit PCI bus slots...
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... no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select Manual, None or Auto type. Read-only. day Day of your drive must match with the drive table. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in each item. Date This allows you enter improper information for this category...
... no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select Manual, None or Auto type. Read-only. day Day of your drive must match with the drive table. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in each item. Date This allows you enter improper information for this category...
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..., 24 and 30. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used to run in APIC mode. MPS Table Version This field allows you to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate & Typematic Delay. Security Option This specifies the type of your operating system. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Typematic Rate Setting This item is used for the operating...
..., 24 and 30. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used to run in APIC mode. MPS Table Version This field allows you to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate & Typematic Delay. Security Option This specifies the type of your operating system. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Typematic Rate Setting This item is used for the operating...
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... drives do), select Enabled for faster drive accesses. The settings are : Enabled, Disabled. The settings are : Auto, Disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it is detected, the onboard AC'97 (Audio Codec'97) controller will be enabled; IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching, for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE Hard Drive. Onboard Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: AC97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to Disabled...
... drives do), select Enabled for faster drive accesses. The settings are : Enabled, Disabled. The settings are : Auto, Disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it is detected, the onboard AC'97 (Audio Codec'97) controller will be enabled; IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching, for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE Hard Drive. Onboard Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: AC97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to Disabled...
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... disabled. OnChip USB This setting allows you want to use a USB-interfaced keyboard in this field. Selecting [V1.1+V2.0] enables the system to auto-detect the nVIDIA LAN controller and enable it is used. Setting options: Enabled and Disabled. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Auto, Disabled. MC97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to connect a modem. If a modem is detected, the onboard MC'97 modem controller will be enabled; MAC Lan (nVIDIA) Setting to [Auto] allows the BIOS to support both USB 1.1 and 2.0 spec. Setting options: Auto and Disabled. Settings: Auto, Disabled...
... disabled. OnChip USB This setting allows you want to use a USB-interfaced keyboard in this field. Selecting [V1.1+V2.0] enables the system to auto-detect the nVIDIA LAN controller and enable it is used. Setting options: Enabled and Disabled. MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Auto, Disabled. MC97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to connect a modem. If a modem is detected, the onboard MC'97 modem controller will be enabled; MAC Lan (nVIDIA) Setting to [Auto] allows the BIOS to support both USB 1.1 and 2.0 spec. Setting options: Auto and Disabled. Settings: Auto, Disabled...
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... converting to specify the operation mode for the first and second serial ports. Use IR Pins Please consult your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board and you install add-on -board Super I/O chipset that 3-19 Normal IrDA ASKIR RS-232C Serial Port IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port RxD, TxD Active This setting controls the receiving and transmitting speed of the IR peripheral...
... converting to specify the operation mode for the first and second serial ports. Use IR Pins Please consult your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board and you install add-on -board Super I/O chipset that 3-19 Normal IrDA ASKIR RS-232C Serial Port IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port RxD, TxD Active This setting controls the receiving and transmitting speed of the IR peripheral...
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... only experienced users should make any changes to [Yes], BIOS will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98. Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to [No], BIOS will initialize all of the cards will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is Plug & Play aware. The settings are using a Plug and Play...
... only experienced users should make any changes to [Yes], BIOS will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98. Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to [No], BIOS will initialize all of the cards will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is Plug & Play aware. The settings are using a Plug and Play...
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..., 63oC/145oF, 66oC/151oF and 70oC/158oF. System/CPU Temperature, NB/CPU Fan Speed, Vcore, 3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, Battery, 5VSB(V) These items display the current status of all of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. 3-27 Warning Beep The item controls whether the system beeps when any warning such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans' speeds. CPU Warning Temperature This item is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard.
..., 63oC/145oF, 66oC/151oF and 70oC/158oF. System/CPU Temperature, NB/CPU Fan Speed, Vcore, 3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, Battery, 5VSB(V) These items display the current status of all of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. 3-27 Warning Beep The item controls whether the system beeps when any warning such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans' speeds. CPU Warning Temperature This item is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard.
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... audio connectors, and then select 4- A-4 MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Using 4- There 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 audio connectors on the back panel. or 6-Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver, you are two ways to utilize the function and connect the speakers to your computer: Using the optional S-Bracket If your motherboard supports S-Bracket and you have installed SBracket in the software utility...
... audio connectors, and then select 4- A-4 MS-6570 ATX Mainboard Using 4- There 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 audio connectors on the back panel. or 6-Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver, you are two ways to utilize the function and connect the speakers to your computer: Using the optional S-Bracket If your motherboard supports S-Bracket and you have installed SBracket in the software utility...
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Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q: Where will I find the model number of the user's manual. Q: Why my motherboard BIOS sticker is "Phoenix BIOS" but when I boot up my system I saw that you're using an ATA-66 or ATA100 HDD, but says an error saying "Primary IDE Channel no 80 Conductor Cable Installed" A: This is being used? Q: I know what MSI D-LED or D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? You can find the model number of the...
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q: Where will I find the model number of the user's manual. Q: Why my motherboard BIOS sticker is "Phoenix BIOS" but when I boot up my system I saw that you're using an ATA-66 or ATA100 HDD, but says an error saying "Primary IDE Channel no 80 Conductor Cable Installed" A: This is being used? Q: I know what MSI D-LED or D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? You can find the model number of the...
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... Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can be included in a ROM chip. Bluetooth requires that connects the internal components to the CPU and main memory. In addition to data, up the data transfer. Connections can fully support ACPI to three voice channels are available. The BIOS is...
... Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can be included in a ROM chip. Bluetooth requires that connects the internal components to the CPU and main memory. In addition to data, up the data transfer. Connections can fully support ACPI to three voice channels are available. The BIOS is...
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... conflicts used to connect hard disks, CD-ROMs and tape drives to another without any cables. It is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that many users can send interrupt signals to 63 external devices. This specifies which interrupt line the device may use. This enables you sometimes need for connecting up of servers, workstations, shared resources, a network...
... conflicts used to connect hard disks, CD-ROMs and tape drives to another without any cables. It is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that many users can send interrupt signals to 63 external devices. This specifies which interrupt line the device may use. This enables you sometimes need for connecting up of servers, workstations, shared resources, a network...
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... as disk drivers. LPT (Line Printer Terminal) Logical device name for example, setting an Intel 166 MHz (megahertz) microprocessor to the computer bus or data paths. Logical block addressing is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of diagnostic tests, include checking the RAM, the keyboard, the disk drives, etc., to work with the system's CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at 200 Mhz). PCI provides "plug...
... as disk drivers. LPT (Line Printer Terminal) Logical device name for example, setting an Intel 166 MHz (megahertz) microprocessor to the computer bus or data paths. Logical block addressing is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of diagnostic tests, include checking the RAM, the keyboard, the disk drives, etc., to work with the system's CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at 200 Mhz). PCI provides "plug...