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CONTENTS Copyright Notice ...ii Trademarks ...ii Revision History ...ii Technical Support ...ii Safety Instructions ...iii FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iv W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 Packing Checklist 1-5 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 CPU (Central Processing Unit 2-3 Memory ...2-6 Power Supply ...2-8 Back Panel ...2-10...
CONTENTS Copyright Notice ...ii Trademarks ...ii Revision History ...ii Technical Support ...ii Safety Instructions ...iii FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iv W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 Packing Checklist 1-5 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 CPU (Central Processing Unit 2-3 Memory ...2-6 Power Supply ...2-8 Back Panel ...2-10...
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... mode SATA - 6 SATAII ports by nForce 750a SLI - 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports (back panel) by VIA VT6308P (optional) Audio - AMD® Phenom/ Athlon/ Sempron series processors in AM2/ AM2+ package - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with jack sensing - c om. AM2 CPU supports Hyper Transport 1.0 - DDR2 1066 (for AM2+ CPU only)/ 800/ 667 DRAM (240pin/ 1.8V...
... mode SATA - 6 SATAII ports by nForce 750a SLI - 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports (back panel) by VIA VT6308P (optional) Audio - AMD® Phenom/ Athlon/ Sempron series processors in AM2/ AM2+ package - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with jack sensing - c om. AM2 CPU supports Hyper Transport 1.0 - DDR2 1066 (for AM2+ CPU only)/ 800/ 667 DRAM (240pin/ 1.8V...
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... abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. Any attempt to support overclocking. The Socket AM2/ AM2+ offer a easy CPU installation. For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://global.msi.com.tw/index. Always make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on...thermal tape) between the CPU and the heatsink to prevent overheating. Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply's power cord from overheating. Hardware Setup CPU (Central Processing Unit) The mainboard supports AMD® Phenom/ ...
... abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. Any attempt to support overclocking. The Socket AM2/ AM2+ offer a easy CPU installation. For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://global.msi.com.tw/index. Always make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on...thermal tape) between the CPU and the heatsink to prevent overheating. Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply's power cord from overheating. Hardware Setup CPU (Central Processing Unit) The mainboard supports AMD® Phenom/ ...
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... chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with +12V. CPUFAN1 supports fan control. MS-7374 Mainboard Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1/ 2/ 3/ 4 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control. You can install Dual Core Center utility that the red wire...
... chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with +12V. CPUFAN1 supports fan control. MS-7374 Mainboard Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1/ 2/ 3/ 4 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control. You can install Dual Core Center utility that the red wire...
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... you to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of floppy drives installed. Setting to Auto enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the devices is going to fail to enable or disable the LBA Mode. This...
... you to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of floppy drives installed. Setting to Auto enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the devices is going to fail to enable or disable the LBA Mode. This...
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...enable or disable the AMD SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) mode. Chipset Feature Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: SVM Support (for AM2+ CPU only) This item is used to it , and will request the password when enter both the operating system and the BIOS setup menu. ... Setup Password Check After you set the password in BIOS Setting Password menu, this item will request the password when enter the BIOS setup menu. CPU Feature Press to higher values. On-Chip VGA This item is used to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time...
...enable or disable the AMD SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) mode. Chipset Feature Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: SVM Support (for AM2+ CPU only) This item is used to it , and will request the password when enter both the operating system and the BIOS setup menu. ... Setup Password Check After you set the password in BIOS Setting Password menu, this item will request the password when enter the BIOS setup menu. CPU Feature Press to higher values. On-Chip VGA This item is used to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time...
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... [S3] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of this field. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as W indows 2000/ XP, select [Enabled]. In this section are : [S1] The S1 sleep mode is ...a low power state. If your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. ACPI Function This item is to save energy. tings are available only when your operating system is ACPI-...Setup Important S3-related functions described in this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware main-
... [S3] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of this field. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as W indows 2000/ XP, select [Enabled]. In this section are : [S1] The S1 sleep mode is ...a low power state. If your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. ACPI Function This item is to save energy. tings are available only when your operating system is ACPI-...Setup Important S3-related functions described in this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware main-
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...CPU frequency. Advance DRAM Configuration Press to improve performance, certain space in MHz). DRAM Timing Mode Selects whether DRAM timing is reserved, it cannot be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. This field controls the SDRAM command rate. It is available only when the processor supports...interleave for ISA peripherals. Selecting [1T] makes SDRAM signal controller to run at 1T (T=clock cycles) rate. Adjust CPU Ratio This item is adjustable. Selecting [2T] makes SDRAM signal controller run at different frequency combinations (non-synchronous overclocking). MS-...
...CPU frequency. Advance DRAM Configuration Press to improve performance, certain space in MHz). DRAM Timing Mode Selects whether DRAM timing is reserved, it cannot be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. This field controls the SDRAM command rate. It is available only when the processor supports...interleave for ISA peripherals. Selecting [1T] makes SDRAM signal controller to run at 1T (T=clock cycles) rate. Adjust CPU Ratio This item is adjustable. Selecting [2T] makes SDRAM signal controller run at different frequency combinations (non-synchronous overclocking). MS-...