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...Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of purchase or local distributor. func=faqIndex Contact our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/ ii Trademarks All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. PS/2 and OS®/2 are the properties of International... Notice The material in the United States and/or other information: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php? Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. We take every care in the preparation of this...
...Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of purchase or local distributor. func=faqIndex Contact our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/ ii Trademarks All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. PS/2 and OS®/2 are the properties of International... Notice The material in the United States and/or other information: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php? Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. We take every care in the preparation of this...
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... 3-14 H/W Monitor ...3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-23 BIOS Setting Password 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 viii Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 Packing Checklist 1-5 Chapter 2. CONTENTS Copyright Notice ...ii Trademarks ...ii...
... 3-14 H/W Monitor ...3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-23 BIOS Setting Password 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 viii Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 Packing Checklist 1-5 Chapter 2. CONTENTS Copyright Notice ...ii Trademarks ...ii...
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Back IO Shield Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable User's Guide * 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 Back IO Shield Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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... system from S3. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to [S3], users can select the options in this field. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the USB device to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Settings are : [Power On/ Off...
... system from S3. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to [S3], users can select the options in this field. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the USB device to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Settings are : [Power On/ Off...
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...for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later before installing the driver. Click here Important The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. A-2 Insert the application ...CD into the CD-ROM drive. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP ...
...for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later before installing the driver. Click here Important The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. A-2 Insert the application ...CD into the CD-ROM drive. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP ...
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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 Click Next to restart the system. Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4.
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MS-7508 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able 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 activate the HD Audio Configuration. channel audio feature now. Double click A-4 It is also available to use the 2-, 4-, 6- Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. or 8-
MS-7508 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able 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 activate the HD Audio Configuration. channel audio feature now. Double click A-4 It is also available to use the 2-, 4-, 6- Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. or 8-
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Switch it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of . MS-7508 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. 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. You may also select the language of . MS-7508 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. 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
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MS-7508 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. Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. A-22
MS-7508 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. Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. A-22
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... software prompting you want to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.B-7 for details.) 4. nVidia RAID RAID Configuration Basic Configuration Instructions The following are to be RAID enabled...
... software prompting you want to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.B-7 for details.) 4. nVidia RAID RAID Configuration Basic Configuration Instructions The following are to be RAID enabled...
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... out all the data, otherwise press N. 6. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. If you have set up . 3. The Array List window appears, where you...
... out all the data, otherwise press N. 6. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. If you have set up . 3. The Array List window appears, where you...
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... Notice: Each time you are already in the right place and are ready to continue with W indows XP Installation. nVidia RAID Installing Driver Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP † New Windows Vista/ XP Installation The following details the installation of W indows setup. 2. Press ...the "S" key to be installed. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive,and then press ENTER. 4. B-7 Please refer the Important notice above to load RAID driver. For W indows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to ...
... Notice: Each time you are already in the right place and are ready to continue with W indows XP Installation. nVidia RAID Installing Driver Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP † New Windows Vista/ XP Installation The following details the installation of W indows setup. 2. Press ...the "S" key to be installed. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive,and then press ENTER. 4. B-7 Please refer the Important notice above to load RAID driver. For W indows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to ...
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... Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing W indows Serial ATA driver must be sure to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. This section describes how to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which...
... Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing W indows Serial ATA driver must be sure to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. This section describes how to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which...
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... would be available. DOT Click DOT button to execute the function. If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility, we have to read current CPU temperature, FSB and...
... would be available. DOT Click DOT button to execute the function. If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility, we have to read current CPU temperature, FSB and...