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or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Testing the Connected Speakers A-14 Playing KaraOK A-15 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii Entering Setup 3-2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Power Management Features 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-...
or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Testing the Connected Speakers A-14 Playing KaraOK A-15 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii Entering Setup 3-2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Power Management Features 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-...
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... bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, which use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures. Decompressing BIOS image to debug the system. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional) D-Bracket™ 2 is very useful for fast booting. Initializing Keyboard Controller.
... bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, which use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures. Decompressing BIOS image to debug the system. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional) D-Bracket™ 2 is very useful for fast booting. Initializing Keyboard Controller.
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... showing information about logo, processor brand name, etc.... Initializing Hard Drive Controller - Initializing Floppy Drive Controller - This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Operating System Booting 1-9 Testing base memory from 240K to all ISA. This will initializing Floppy Drive and controller. This will initialize IDE drive and controller. Assign...
... showing information about logo, processor brand name, etc.... Initializing Hard Drive Controller - Initializing Floppy Drive Controller - This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Operating System Booting 1-9 Testing base memory from 240K to all ISA. This will initializing Floppy Drive and controller. This will initialize IDE drive and controller. Assign...
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... to clear the system configuration, use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to change your motherboard's function through the use of system configuration. Then return to clear the data: 1 1 3 Keep CMOS 3 Clear CMOS 1 3 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You... With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin... while the system is a CMOS RAM on ; You can automatically boot OS every time it will explain how to clear data. If you to...
... to clear the system configuration, use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to change your motherboard's function through the use of system configuration. Then return to clear the data: 1 1 3 Keep CMOS 3 Clear CMOS 1 3 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You... With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin... while the system is a CMOS RAM on ; You can automatically boot OS every time it will explain how to clear data. If you to...
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... may result in a failure to insert the AGP 1.5V graphics card. If users have inserted a 3.3V AGP card into the slot, the MSI routing device will disable the computer's boot-up system will return to directly access main memory. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the throughput demands of causing damages... to the mainboard, the AGP slot is an interface specification designed for the graphics controller to normal. 2-28 To avoid the risk of 3D graphics. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit Master PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot.
... may result in a failure to insert the AGP 1.5V graphics card. If users have inserted a 3.3V AGP card into the slot, the MSI routing device will disable the computer's boot-up system will return to directly access main memory. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the throughput demands of causing damages... to the mainboard, the AGP slot is an interface specification designed for the graphics controller to normal. 2-28 To avoid the risk of 3D graphics. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit Master PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot.
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You may need to run the Setup program when: ” An error message appears on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to run SETUP. ” You want to configure the system for customized features. 3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3. BIOS Setup BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to change the default settings for optimum use.
You may need to run the Setup program when: ” An error message appears on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to run SETUP. ” You want to configure the system for customized features. 3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3. BIOS Setup BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to change the default settings for optimum use.
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MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will boot from by turning it will list all the bootable devices. Select the one you still wish to enter Setup. DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you want to boot... start POST (Power On Self Test) process. If so, restart the system and press after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to boot up. 3-2 The selection will not make changes to respond in the BIOS setup utility, so next time when you to the settings in ...
MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will boot from by turning it will list all the bootable devices. Select the one you still wish to enter Setup. DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you want to boot... start POST (Power On Self Test) process. If so, restart the system and press after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to boot up. 3-2 The selection will not make changes to respond in the BIOS setup utility, so next time when you to the settings in ...
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... Protection The item is attempted. MSI Reminds You... This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard disk. 3-7 Available options: Not Installed, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½ and 2.88 MB 3½. Setting options: Disabled ... write precomp cylinder Enter sector number Read the maximal HDD capacity Select Auto for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is to set the Virus Warning feature for a hard...
... Protection The item is attempted. MSI Reminds You... This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard disk. 3-7 Available options: Not Installed, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½ and 2.88 MB 3½. Setting options: Disabled ... write precomp cylinder Enter sector number Read the maximal HDD capacity Select Auto for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is to set the Virus Warning feature for a hard...
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...screen. 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to show the company logo on the full screen at boot. tings are : IDE-0 The system will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled, Disabled. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to ...Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will boot from the first HDD. 3-8 Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you ...
...screen. 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to show the company logo on the full screen at boot. tings are : IDE-0 The system will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled, Disabled. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to ...Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will boot from the first HDD. 3-8 Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you ...
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...drive. Available settings for "1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device" vary depending on the bootable devices you have installed. Disabled Disable this sequence. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the Network drive. MSI Reminds You... 1. BBS-2 The system will boot from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. ARMD...-FDD The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Legacy The system will boot from ARMD device, such as...
...drive. Available settings for "1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device" vary depending on the bootable devices you have installed. Disabled Disable this sequence. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the Network drive. MSI Reminds You... 1. BBS-2 The system will boot from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. ARMD...-FDD The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Legacy The system will boot from ARMD device, such as...
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... on or when end users try to run Setup. Setting options: On, Off. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on the numeric keypad. First A: will move data from the 1st/2nd/3rd... key when the system is powered on . S.M.A.R.T is implemented. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from a hard disk that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure...
... on or when end users try to run Setup. Setting options: On, Off. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on the numeric keypad. First A: will move data from the 1st/2nd/3rd... key when the system is powered on . S.M.A.R.T is implemented. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from a hard disk that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure...
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... the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by your operating system. MSI Reminds You... and *OS: An operating system that are currently being held in cache. WriteBack & WriteThru refer to the cache's write policy, which ...or disable the Hyper Threading function. When you choose No, you cannot run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. BIOS Setup Boot To OS/2 for DRAM > 64MB This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. But it handles writes ...
... the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by your operating system. MSI Reminds You... and *OS: An operating system that are currently being held in cache. WriteBack & WriteThru refer to the cache's write policy, which ...or disable the Hyper Threading function. When you choose No, you cannot run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. BIOS Setup Boot To OS/2 for DRAM > 64MB This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. But it handles writes ...
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... are forwarded to use as the display(s) of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256 MB. Setting options: 512KB, 1MB, 8MB, Disabled. ****Display Setting**** Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to the AGP without any translation.
... are forwarded to use as the display(s) of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256 MB. Setting options: 512KB, 1MB, 8MB, Disabled. ****Display Setting**** Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to the AGP without any translation.
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BIOS Setup Resume By Alarm This is set a password (max. 5 letters) for the Keyboard Wakeup From S3 function. Available settings for... 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of booting up the system from S3 (Suspend to Enabled, the system will work. sume (boot up until it enters the operating system...up the system on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you must let the system boot up ) on a scheduled time/date from S3 (Suspend to wake up the system from the soft off (S5...
BIOS Setup Resume By Alarm This is set a password (max. 5 letters) for the Keyboard Wakeup From S3 function. Available settings for... 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of booting up the system from S3 (Suspend to Enabled, the system will work. sume (boot up until it enters the operating system...up the system on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you must let the system boot up ) on a scheduled time/date from S3 (Suspend to wake up the system from the soft off (S5...
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... it is where the BIOS stores resource information for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. Settings range from 32 to higher values. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) This item... allows I/O devices to No automatically. When set the setting of the item back to operate at a 32 increment. 3-20 PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is booted up and then set to the default settings.
... it is where the BIOS stores resource information for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. Settings range from 32 to higher values. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) This item... allows I/O devices to No automatically. When set the setting of the item back to operate at a 32 increment. 3-20 PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is booted up and then set to the default settings.
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.... The setting to six characters in length, and press . If set to Always, the password is the PASSWORD CHECK option of your computer. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up confirming...the password. A message will show up to determine when the password prompt is required is required both at boot and at entry to abort the selection and not enter a password. MSI Reminds You... User password: Can only enter but do not have AMIBIOS to change the settings of your...
.... The setting to six characters in length, and press . If set to Always, the password is the PASSWORD CHECK option of your computer. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up confirming...the password. A message will show up to determine when the password prompt is required is required both at boot and at entry to abort the selection and not enter a password. MSI Reminds You... User password: Can only enter but do not have AMIBIOS to change the settings of your...
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... or D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? At the back cover of the mainboard? All MSI motherboard using an ATA-66 or ATA100 HDD, but when I boot up my system I find the model number of the user's manual. Q: I have high speed CPU cooling fan like "...re using Award BIOS comes with Phoenix logo sticker. Q: What do I install the fan directly to the motherboard? Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q: Where will I saw that you shall find MS-xxxx or the marketing name like Taisol CGK760092, Vantec CCK6035D & GlobalWin WBK38. A: Phoenix & Award already merged...
... or D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? At the back cover of the mainboard? All MSI motherboard using an ATA-66 or ATA100 HDD, but when I boot up my system I find the model number of the user's manual. Q: I have high speed CPU cooling fan like "...re using Award BIOS comes with Phoenix logo sticker. Q: What do I install the fan directly to the motherboard? Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q: Where will I saw that you shall find MS-xxxx or the marketing name like Taisol CGK760092, Vantec CCK6035D & GlobalWin WBK38. A: Phoenix & Award already merged...
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MS-6580 ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can't. com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm but it . A: This can be solved by one of MSI office near your place for new BIOS chip http:// www.msi.com.tw/contact/main.htm Q: Should I have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http:/ /www.msi... due to clear the CMOS If problem still persists, ask your motherboard, as described in http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/boot.htm 2. Disable "WebTrap" of the following suggestions: 1. A: Please refer to boot, what should I use a 3-Pin to your reseller for unknown...
MS-6580 ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can't. com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm but it . A: This can be solved by one of MSI office near your place for new BIOS chip http:// www.msi.com.tw/contact/main.htm Q: Should I have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http:/ /www.msi... due to clear the CMOS If problem still persists, ask your motherboard, as described in http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/boot.htm 2. Disable "WebTrap" of the following suggestions: 1. A: Please refer to boot, what should I use a 3-Pin to your reseller for unknown...
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... not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to the new BIOS will be worth it. A: Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in the format: 1. A word of advice, though... to the date this BIOS is released. V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 091096 refers to the processor class as MS = all standard customers. A: Please refer to the date this BIOS is released. 2. Troubleshooting 3. Q: How do I...486, 7 = 586, 8 = 686. 4th digit is incremental. 091096 refers to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for details. T-3 Bugs are found 4.
... not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to the new BIOS will be worth it. A: Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in the format: 1. A word of advice, though... to the date this BIOS is released. V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 091096 refers to the processor class as MS = all standard customers. A: Please refer to the date this BIOS is released. 2. Troubleshooting 3. Q: How do I...486, 7 = 586, 8 = 686. 4th digit is incremental. 091096 refers to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for details. T-3 Bugs are found 4.
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... take less than 2 minutes before screen comes out) Re-flash the BIOS & reboot. awdfl535 a619mj21.bin Boot up system with the said floppy disk Create an autoexec.bat with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the floppy drive. e.g. T-4 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Q: After flashing the bios and rebooting the system, the screen went blank. Turn On...
... take less than 2 minutes before screen comes out) Re-flash the BIOS & reboot. awdfl535 a619mj21.bin Boot up system with the said floppy disk Create an autoexec.bat with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the floppy drive. e.g. T-4 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Q: After flashing the bios and rebooting the system, the screen went blank. Turn On...
