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Revision History Revision V1.0 Revision History First release for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your... place of purchase or local distributor. We take every care in the United States and/or other information: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php? AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. PS/2 and OS...
Revision History Revision V1.0 Revision History First release for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your... place of purchase or local distributor. We take every care in the United States and/or other information: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php? AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. PS/2 and OS...
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... ...3-16 BIOS Setting Password 3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 USERSETTINGS 3-23 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 viii
... ...3-16 BIOS Setting Password 3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 USERSETTINGS 3-23 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 viii
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Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B NVIDIA RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 RAID Configuraiton B-3 Installing Driver ...B-7 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-8 Using the NVMediaShield Software B-11 Appendix C JM icron RAID Introduction C-1 Introduction ...C-2 JMicron RAID BIOS Utility C-3 Installing Driver C-11 JMicron RAID Configurer C-13 Appendix D Dual Core Center D-1 Activating Dual Core Center D-2 Main ...D-3 DOT(Dyanmic OverClocking D-5 Clock ...D-6 Voltage ...D-7 FAN Speed ...D-8 Temperature ...D-9 User Profile ...D-10 ix
Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B NVIDIA RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 RAID Configuraiton B-3 Installing Driver ...B-7 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-8 Using the NVMediaShield Software B-11 Appendix C JM icron RAID Introduction C-1 Introduction ...C-2 JMicron RAID BIOS Utility C-3 Installing Driver C-11 JMicron RAID Configurer C-13 Appendix D Dual Core Center D-1 Activating Dual Core Center D-2 Main ...D-3 DOT(Dyanmic OverClocking D-5 Clock ...D-6 Voltage ...D-7 FAN Speed ...D-8 Temperature ...D-9 User Profile ...D-10 ix
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable Floppy Cable external SATA Cable (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable Floppy Cable external SATA Cable (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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... the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. After the hardware installation is disabled. 2-22 A configuration panel will be provided for the onboard graphics cards (concerning the details of SLI settings, please refer to enable the SLI function for SLI control. Restart your graphics card manual) . Select the Enable SLI technology (recommended) item to your...
... the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. After the hardware installation is disabled. 2-22 A configuration panel will be provided for the onboard graphics cards (concerning the details of SLI settings, please refer to enable the SLI function for SLI control. Restart your graphics card manual) . Select the Enable SLI technology (recommended) item to your...
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...supports Windows Vista only. The Hybrid modes are simultaneously active and working collaboratively to the onboard video output. 2. Enabling Hybrid SLI Technology Power off and mGPU renders and drives the display (HybridPower). The chipset will work. Hybrid-Performance M ode - After... power on the system and install the "NVIDIA hSLI Driver" which be embedded in Performance mode and that supports Hybrid SLI technology. Hardware Setup NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology Hybrid SLI technology, based on NVIDIA's industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU benefits when an NVIDIA mainboard...
...supports Windows Vista only. The Hybrid modes are simultaneously active and working collaboratively to the onboard video output. 2. Enabling Hybrid SLI Technology Power off and mGPU renders and drives the display (HybridPower). The chipset will work. Hybrid-Performance M ode - After... power on the system and install the "NVIDIA hSLI Driver" which be embedded in Performance mode and that supports Hybrid SLI technology. Hardware Setup NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology Hybrid SLI technology, based on NVIDIA's industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU benefits when an NVIDIA mainboard...
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... following fields, and use the following sub-menu appears. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to initialize the VGA card. Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system... W hen you disable the function, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Resume From...
... following fields, and use the following sub-menu appears. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to initialize the VGA card. Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system... W hen you disable the function, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Resume From...
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...screen will automatically appear. 2. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for reference only. For Windows® XP, you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later... before you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista For W ...
...screen will automatically appear. 2. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for reference only. For Windows® XP, you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later... before you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista For W ...
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Click Next to restart the system. Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3
Click Next to restart the system. Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3
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Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. It is also available to enable the HD Audio Configuration by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- MS-7374 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration. channel audio feature now. Double click A-4 or 8-
Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. It is also available to enable the HD Audio Configuration by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- MS-7374 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration. channel audio feature now. Double click A-4 or 8-
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Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this utility by choosing from the Language list. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. MS-7374 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. You may also select the language of . Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray.
Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this utility by choosing from the Language list. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. MS-7374 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. You may also select the language of . Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray.
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A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. MS-7374 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side channels) Important To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system, you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. MS-7374 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side channels) Important To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system, you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
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... PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to save the configuration and exit. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to press F10. The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Striping Block is set up the NVRAID BIOS. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks...
... PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to save the configuration and exit. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to press F10. The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Striping Block is set up the NVRAID BIOS. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks...
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... to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to set up , then press Enter. If you want to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. The Array List window appears, where you want to select the array...
... to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to set up , then press Enter. If you want to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. The Array List window appears, where you want to select the array...
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... For W indows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install W indows Vista, please click on the "Load Driver" button to select "Specify Additional Device". 3. Notice: Each time you are already in the right place and are ready to a medium ...to install W indows XP. B-7 d. Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press ENTER. 8. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive,and then press ENTER. Select the "NVIDIA RAID Driver" and press ENTER. 6. W hen you start installing W indows XP, you install the RAID management tool. ...
... For W indows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install W indows Vista, please click on the "Load Driver" button to select "Specify Additional Device". 3. Notice: Each time you are already in the right place and are ready to a medium ...to install W indows XP. B-7 d. Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press ENTER. 8. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive,and then press ENTER. Select the "NVIDIA RAID Driver" and press ENTER. 6. W hen you start installing W indows XP, you install the RAID management tool. ...
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... completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. Select the NVIDIA MediaShield. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the W indows SATA driver and install the RAID software. 1. B-8 MS-7374 ...NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing W indows Serial ATA driver must be sure to reboot the PC. 5. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array....
... completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. Select the NVIDIA MediaShield. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the W indows SATA driver and install the RAID software. 1. B-8 MS-7374 ...NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing W indows Serial ATA driver must be sure to reboot the PC. 5. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array....
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.... During boot up (POST), press CTRL+J to Non-RAID - Exit the BIOS utility without any saving. C-3 RAID Disk Driver List The menu shows the current configuration of each section is lost. Hard Disk Driver List The menu shows the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to non-RAID. Revert...
.... During boot up (POST), press CTRL+J to Non-RAID - Exit the BIOS utility without any saving. C-3 RAID Disk Driver List The menu shows the current configuration of each section is lost. Hard Disk Driver List The menu shows the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to non-RAID. Revert...
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Deleting RAID set you want to delete. C-7 Then press . In the RAID Disk Driver List menu, use key to accept the deletion when a deletion message is appeared. JMicron RAID 2. Then press key. 3. Press "Y" to select the RAID set 1. Select "Delete RAID Disk Drive".
Deleting RAID set you want to delete. C-7 Then press . In the RAID Disk Driver List menu, use key to accept the deletion when a deletion message is appeared. JMicron RAID 2. Then press key. 3. Press "Y" to select the RAID set 1. Select "Delete RAID Disk Drive".
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You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. C-8 The following screen appears, press key to remove any internal RAID structures when you want to select the disks you perform this operation. 2. MS-7374 Mainboard Revert HDD to non-RAID Select Revert HDD to non-RAID' could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. Important 1. Possible reasons to 'Revert HDD to non-RAID and press . In the Hard Disk Driver List menu use key to revert then click key.
You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. C-8 The following screen appears, press key to remove any internal RAID structures when you want to select the disks you perform this operation. 2. MS-7374 Mainboard Revert HDD to non-RAID Select Revert HDD to non-RAID' could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. Important 1. Possible reasons to 'Revert HDD to non-RAID and press . In the Hard Disk Driver List menu use key to revert then click key.
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... menu and highlight the RAID set the source drive and rebuild the Mirror drive according to determine which of the rebuilding. In the Hard Disk Driver List menu use key to select the disks you want to set as source drive. A status bar at the bottom of the screen shows the...
... menu and highlight the RAID set the source drive and rebuild the Mirror drive according to determine which of the rebuilding. In the Hard Disk Driver List menu use key to select the disks you want to set as source drive. A status bar at the bottom of the screen shows the...