User Guide
Page 5
...Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-5 Packing Contents 1-6 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 939 2-4 Installing AMD Athlon64 CPU Cooler Set 2-5 Memory ...2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DIMM Module Combination 2-7 Recommended Memory Combination List 2-8 Installing DDR Modules 2-9 Power Supply 2-10 ATX... 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-10 ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 2-10 Important Notification about Power Issue...
...Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-5 Packing Contents 1-6 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 939 2-4 Installing AMD Athlon64 CPU Cooler Set 2-5 Memory ...2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DIMM Module Combination 2-7 Recommended Memory Combination List 2-8 Installing DDR Modules 2-9 Power Supply 2-10 ATX... 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-10 ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 2-10 Important Notification about Power Issue...
User Guide
Page 9
... h Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB h Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM (For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.) Slots h One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot - AGP3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s (... USB Interface h 8 USB ports - Transfer rate is reserved as a communication slot. IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC for four drives - MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket-939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 (Socket939) processor h Supports up to the AMD Athlon 64/Athlon...
... h Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB h Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM (For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.) Slots h One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot - AGP3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s (... USB Interface h 8 USB ports - Transfer rate is reserved as a communication slot. IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC for four drives - MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket-939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 (Socket939) processor h Supports up to the AMD Athlon 64/Athlon...
User Guide
Page 10
... out - 1 IrDA pinheader - 1 D-Bracket2 pinheader - 3 IEEE1394s (Rear * 1 / Front * 2)(Optional) - 8 USB1.1/2.0 ports (Rear * 4 / Front * 4) BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. Getting Started NV RAID (Software...
... out - 1 IrDA pinheader - 1 D-Bracket2 pinheader - 3 IEEE1394s (Rear * 1 / Front * 2)(Optional) - 8 USB1.1/2.0 ports (Rear * 4 / Front * 4) BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. Getting Started NV RAID (Software...
User Guide
Page 16
...When you do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to protect the CPU from grounded outlet first to operate beyond product specifications. 2-3 If you are able to prevent overheating. We do not have the heat sink...the CPU While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply's power cord from overheating. Any attempt to ensure the safety of CPU. Overclocking This motherboard is not recommended. MSI Reminds You... Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit: CPU The ...
...When you do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to protect the CPU from grounded outlet first to operate beyond product specifications. 2-3 If you are able to prevent overheating. We do not have the heat sink...the CPU While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply's power cord from overheating. Any attempt to ensure the safety of CPU. Overclocking This motherboard is not recommended. MSI Reminds You... Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit: CPU The ...
User Guide
Page 31
SATA1~SATA4 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to the nVidia RAID Introduction for CD-ROM ... 2 TXP 4 GND 6 RXP Serial ATA cable Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices Connect to serial ATA ports MSI Reminds You... MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by nForce3 Ultra: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4 The Southbridge of this mainboard is for detail...
SATA1~SATA4 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to the nVidia RAID Introduction for CD-ROM ... 2 TXP 4 GND 6 RXP Serial ATA cable Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices Connect to serial ATA ports MSI Reminds You... MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by nForce3 Ultra: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4 The Southbridge of this mainboard is for detail...
User Guide
Page 35
...to the screen. 2-22 This special feature is damaged or 3 4 not installed properly. Decompressing BIOS image to debug the system. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard D-Bracket™ 2 is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, which use the feature to detect if there are any problems ... System Power ON 1 2 The D-LED will hang here if the processor is very useful for fast booting. D-Bracket™ 2 supports both USB 1.1 & 2.0 specification. Initializing Keyboard Controller. The 4 LEDs can use graphic signal display to help users understand their system.
...to the screen. 2-22 This special feature is damaged or 3 4 not installed properly. Decompressing BIOS image to debug the system. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard D-Bracket™ 2 is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, which use the feature to detect if there are any problems ... System Power ON 1 2 The D-LED will hang here if the processor is very useful for fast booting. D-Bracket™ 2 supports both USB 1.1 & 2.0 specification. Initializing Keyboard Controller. The 4 LEDs can use graphic signal display to help users understand their system.
User Guide
Page 38
... C# INT D# INT B# Order 2 INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A# INT C# Order 3 INT C# INT D# INT A# INT B# INT D# Order 4 INT D# INT A# INT B# INT C# INT A# 2-25 AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card, such as a communcation slot, which devices can send interrupt signals to insert the AGP graphics card. It introduces a 66MHz, 32...
... C# INT D# INT B# Order 2 INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A# INT C# Order 3 INT C# INT D# INT A# INT B# INT D# Order 4 INT D# INT A# INT B# INT C# INT A# 2-25 AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card, such as a communcation slot, which devices can send interrupt signals to insert the AGP graphics card. It introduces a 66MHz, 32...
User Guide
Page 44
...category. month The month from Jan. date The date from 1 to 31 can be adjusted by users. The time format is . Note that the specifications of cylinders. 3-6 This information should be entered to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. Read-only. If your hard disk... time that you want (usually the current date). The format is . Access Mode The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and...
...category. month The month from Jan. date The date from 1 to 31 can be adjusted by users. The time format is . Note that the specifications of cylinders. 3-6 This information should be entered to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. Read-only. If your hard disk... time that you want (usually the current date). The format is . Access Mode The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and...
User Guide
Page 46
...L2) cache. Virus Warning The item is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Full Screen LOGO Display This item enables you to turn on or off CPU's internal (L1) cache. Then you may use...boot. [Enabled] Shows a still image (EPA logo) on the bootup screen. External Cache The item allows you to show the EPA logo (brand specific graphics) on the full screen at boot. [Disabled] Shows the POST messages at boot. Small Logo(EPA) Display This item enables you to enter...
...L2) cache. Virus Warning The item is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Full Screen LOGO Display This item enables you to turn on or off CPU's internal (L1) cache. Then you may use...boot. [Enabled] Shows a still image (EPA logo) on the bootup screen. External Cache The item allows you to show the EPA logo (brand specific graphics) on the full screen at boot. [Disabled] Shows the POST messages at boot. Small Logo(EPA) Display This item enables you to enter...
User Guide
Page 47
.../2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow users to use the arrow keys on . When [Normal] is selected, A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device. Boot Up Num...
.../2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow users to use the arrow keys on . When [Normal] is selected, A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device. Boot Up Num...
User Guide
Page 48
... Function This field is able to run in APIC mode. To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Security Option This specifies the type of your operating system. A password prompt appears every time when...
... Function This field is able to run in APIC mode. To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Security Option This specifies the type of your operating system. A password prompt appears every time when...
User Guide
Page 58
...when communicating with its special components. If you set this field to [Manual], choose specific resources by going into each IRQ a type depending on the type of the sub ...Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to I /O devices to [Manual]. MSI Reminds You... However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you will enter the sub-menu of the ...at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself and perform the service required by a "`"). MS-7025 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) ...
...when communicating with its special components. If you set this field to [Manual], choose specific resources by going into each IRQ a type depending on the type of the sub ...Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to I /O devices to [Manual]. MSI Reminds You... However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you will enter the sub-menu of the ...at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself and perform the service required by a "`"). MS-7025 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) ...
User Guide
Page 60
Monitor function is available only if there is once opened. W83627THF provides the Smart Fan system which can select a fan tolerance value here for the specific range for cooling down to [Reset]. On the contrary if the current temperatures reach the minimum threshold (the set here), the fans will automatically .... If the current temperatures of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. PC Health Status Press and the following sub-menu appears. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard H/W Monitor This section shows the status of the 2 fans reach the maximum threshold (the temperatures set in...
Monitor function is available only if there is once opened. W83627THF provides the Smart Fan system which can select a fan tolerance value here for the specific range for cooling down to [Reset]. On the contrary if the current temperatures reach the minimum threshold (the set here), the fans will automatically .... If the current temperatures of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. PC Health Status Press and the following sub-menu appears. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard H/W Monitor This section shows the status of the 2 fans reach the maximum threshold (the temperatures set in...
User Guide
Page 65
... appears: Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for optimal system performance. 3-27 The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for stable system performance. BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the...
... appears: Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for optimal system performance. 3-27 The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for stable system performance. BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the...
User Guide
Page 86
... Windows XP operating system), please enter the password for Windows 2000 & Windows XP. -- It supports the following situations: 1. If you are using a computer with one specific user. Enable Auto Login Enable this setting if you want to auto power-on in this Auto Login function in office, and you need to...
... Windows XP operating system), please enter the password for Windows 2000 & Windows XP. -- It supports the following situations: 1. If you are using a computer with one specific user. Enable Auto Login Enable this setting if you want to auto power-on in this Auto Login function in office, and you need to...
User Guide
Page 100
... equally simple ways of accomplishing the same task. Select Designate Spare from the menu to an array. 1. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array, Step 1: Mark the Disk as free is not part of any array (if one exists). 3.
... equally simple ways of accomplishing the same task. Select Designate Spare from the menu to an array. 1. MS-7025 ATX Mainboard Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array, Step 1: Mark the Disk as free is not part of any array (if one exists). 3.