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...Alternatively, please try the following help resources 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 Windows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP are under continual improvement...contents. Our products are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PS/2 and OS®/2 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. AMD, Athlon™,...
...Alternatively, please try the following help resources 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 Windows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP are under continual improvement...contents. Our products are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PS/2 and OS®/2 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. AMD, Athlon™,...
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... Power Connector: ATX 2-12 ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 2-12 v Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Color Management 1-5 Core Center 1-6 Core Cell™ Chip 1-9 Dynamic Overclocking Technology 1-10 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-11 Live Monitor 1-12 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-13 Chapter 2. CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iii...
... Power Connector: ATX 2-12 ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 2-12 v Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Color Management 1-5 Core Center 1-6 Core Cell™ Chip 1-9 Dynamic Overclocking Technology 1-10 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-11 Live Monitor 1-12 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-13 Chapter 2. CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iii...
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Updates the BIOS online. Ø Live Driver - Updates the VGA driver online. Ø Live OSD - Double click the "MSI Live Update 3" icon, and the following screen will appear on the screen. After the installation, the "MSI Live Update 3" icon (as shown on the right) will appear: Five buttons are placed on the update instructions, insert...
Updates the BIOS online. Ø Live Driver - Updates the VGA driver online. Ø Live OSD - Double click the "MSI Live Update 3" icon, and the following screen will appear on the screen. After the installation, the "MSI Live Update 3" icon (as shown on the right) will appear: Five buttons are placed on the update instructions, insert...
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... Monitor" icon at the lower-right corner of the taskbar, and the following dialog box will automatically search for the BIOS/drivers version you need to install the "MSI Live Update 3" application. You can specify how often the system will appear. z Exit - z FAQ - Provides a ... to schedule the search for users to a database which contains various possible questions about MSI's products for the latest BIOS/drivers version on the screen. z Preference - You can right-click the MSI Live Monitor icon to run the application. Configures the Search function, including the Search...
... Monitor" icon at the lower-right corner of the taskbar, and the following dialog box will automatically search for the BIOS/drivers version you need to install the "MSI Live Update 3" application. You can specify how often the system will appear. z Exit - z FAQ - Provides a ... to schedule the search for users to a database which contains various possible questions about MSI's products for the latest BIOS/drivers version on the screen. z Preference - You can right-click the MSI Live Monitor icon to run the application. Configures the Search function, including the Search...
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...to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up the system or prevent the system from entering the power saving modes. Therefore, if the AGP driver of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 (Suspend to Enabled will be activated. USB Device Wakeup From S3 This item ..., Disabled. If set to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock. Display Activity These items specify if the BIOS will need an AGP driver to prevent the CPU overheating problem. Settings: Monitor, Ignore. Suspend When you disable the function, but if the button is pressed for more than ...
...to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up the system or prevent the system from entering the power saving modes. Therefore, if the AGP driver of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 (Suspend to Enabled will be activated. USB Device Wakeup From S3 This item ..., Disabled. If set to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock. Display Activity These items specify if the BIOS will need an AGP driver to prevent the CPU overheating problem. Settings: Monitor, Ignore. Suspend When you disable the function, but if the button is pressed for more than ...
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... to the ECP mode. USB Controller This setting is set to Auto, the item shows Auto indicating that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. When the function is enabled, the USB keyboard is set to Auto, the field will show Auto indicating...
... to the ECP mode. USB Controller This setting is set to Auto, the item shows Auto indicating that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. When the function is enabled, the USB keyboard is set to Auto, the field will show Auto indicating...
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...to 4-/6-channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Click Realtek AC97 Audio Driver. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. The following illustrations are ...on Windows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this appendix may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be...to enhance audio applications. MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function properly before you must install ...
...to 4-/6-channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Click Realtek AC97 Audio Driver. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. The following illustrations are ...on Windows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this appendix may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be...to enhance audio applications. MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function properly before you must install ...
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MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to adjust. Sound Effect Here you can select a sound effect you wish by clicking the Edit button, then just scroll the bar in the bottom for each property to use the 4-/6-channel audio feature now. A-4 You may also edit the properties for an environment as you like from the window tray at the lowerright corner of the screen to activate the AC97 Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the Environment list.
MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to adjust. Sound Effect Here you can select a sound effect you wish by clicking the Edit button, then just scroll the bar in the bottom for each property to use the 4-/6-channel audio feature now. A-4 You may also edit the properties for an environment as you like from the window tray at the lowerright corner of the screen to activate the AC97 Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the Environment list.
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or 6-Channel Audio Function General In this tab it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. Using 4- You may also select the language of this AC97 Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & AC97 Codec. A-11
or 6-Channel Audio Function General In this tab it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. Using 4- You may also select the language of this AC97 Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & AC97 Codec. A-11
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For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software, proceed to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of the data can be combined together through a ... RAID 1 2 Smallest size Data protection (Mirroring) B-2 The RAID levels which the VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Host Controller supports are called "members". Fault tolerance is to Driver and RAID Software Installation section. Hard disk drives can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. Different RAID levels represent different performance...
For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software, proceed to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of the data can be combined together through a ... RAID 1 2 Smallest size Data protection (Mirroring) B-2 The RAID levels which the VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Host Controller supports are called "members". Fault tolerance is to Driver and RAID Software Installation section. Hard disk drives can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. Different RAID levels represent different performance...
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...files and then continue the Windows XP installation h Existing Windows XP Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . 4. When the Windows Setup window is generated, press S to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears. 2. Depending on your operation system, choose VIA Serial ...run and the setup screen will be installed, do so at this time. MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in front of the drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to specify an Additional Device(s)....
...files and then continue the Windows XP installation h Existing Windows XP Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . 4. When the Windows Setup window is generated, press S to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears. 2. Depending on your operation system, choose VIA Serial ...run and the setup screen will be installed, do so at this time. MS-6702 ATX Mainboard Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in front of the drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to specify an Additional Device(s)....
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VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Installation of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features: h Serial ATA RAID driver for Windows XP h VIA SATA RAID utility h RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA SATA RAID Utility to install the software. This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables highperformance RAID 0 arrays in the Windows* XP operating system. B-15
VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Installation of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features: h Serial ATA RAID driver for Windows XP h VIA SATA RAID utility h RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA SATA RAID Utility to install the software. This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables highperformance RAID 0 arrays in the Windows* XP operating system. B-15