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... 2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DDR Population Rules 2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-8 Power Supply 2-9 ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-9 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Super Pack 1-5 Core Center 1-6 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-8 Live...
... 2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DDR Population Rules 2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-8 Power Supply 2-9 ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-9 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement iii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Super Pack 1-5 Core Center 1-6 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-8 Live...
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... - h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5/ICH5R. - Can connect up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds. - Chipset h Intel® 865PE/G chipset - Supports FSB 800/533/400MHz. - Supports DDR 400/333/266 memory interface. h Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400 MHz and ...to 3.6GHz or higher speed. Serial ATA/150 RAID 0 (Optional). Up to four Ultra ATA drives. Supports SATA RAID 0 (Optional). 1-2 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/...
... - h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5/ICH5R. - Can connect up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds. - Chipset h Intel® 865PE/G chipset - Supports FSB 800/533/400MHz. - Supports DDR 400/333/266 memory interface. h Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400 MHz and ...to 3.6GHz or higher speed. Serial ATA/150 RAID 0 (Optional). Up to four Ultra ATA drives. Supports SATA RAID 0 (Optional). 1-2 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/...
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Can support SPDIF Out via S-Bracket only. BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement. - Compliance with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes - 1 serial port COM1, 1.... - h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. Dimension h ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 24.4 cm (W). On-Board Peripherals h On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with PCI...
Can support SPDIF Out via S-Bracket only. BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement. - Compliance with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes - 1 serial port COM1, 1.... - h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. Dimension h ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 24.4 cm (W). On-Board Peripherals h On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with PCI...
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...them before turning on the top to prevent overheating. If you are able to protect the CPU from overheating. Overclocking This motherboard is not recommended. Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit: CPU The mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 Northwood/Prescott processor... to support overclocking. When you do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to operate beyond product specifications. 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock = 100MHz Core/Bus ratio = 16 then CPU core speed...
...them before turning on the top to prevent overheating. If you are able to protect the CPU from overheating. Overclocking This motherboard is not recommended. Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit: CPU The mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 Northwood/Prescott processor... to support overclocking. When you do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to operate beyond product specifications. 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock = 100MHz Core/Bus ratio = 16 then CPU core speed...
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... ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by ICH5/ ICH5R: SATA1, SATA2 (Optional) The Southbridge of 150 MB/s. SATA1 & SATA2 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications.
... ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by ICH5/ ICH5R: SATA1, SATA2 (Optional) The Southbridge of 150 MB/s. SATA1 & SATA2 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications.
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And STAT3 & SATA4 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Both connectors are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Please refer to 1 hard disk device. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of ... ATA connector can connect up to 2 hard disk drives---one IDE master and one IDE connector IDE3 and two serial connectors SATA1& SATA2. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Serial ATA /Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by Promise 20378: IDE3, SATA3 & SATA4 (Optional) The brand new Promise 20378 chipset supports one IDE slave...
And STAT3 & SATA4 are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Both connectors are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Please refer to 1 hard disk device. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of ... ATA connector can connect up to 2 hard disk drives---one IDE master and one IDE connector IDE3 and two serial connectors SATA1& SATA2. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Serial ATA /Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by Promise 20378: IDE3, SATA3 & SATA4 (Optional) The brand new Promise 20378 chipset supports one IDE slave...
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... 8x/4x AGP card. Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot and five 32-bit PCI bus slots. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. 2-33 AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card to insert the AGP...
... 8x/4x AGP card. Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot and five 32-bit PCI bus slots. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. 2-33 AGP is an interface specification designed for the expansion card to insert the AGP...
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... item allows you to enhance hard disk perfor- Available options: Not Installed, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½ and 2.88 MB 3½. 3-7 The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to set the type of BIOS. Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave...
... item allows you to enhance hard disk perfor- Available options: Not Installed, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½ and 2.88 MB 3½. 3-7 The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to set the type of BIOS. Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave...
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... as a floppy drive. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the USB-interfaced CD-ROM. BBS-2 The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-8 The system will boot from USB-interfaced floppy drive. USB RMD-FDD The system will boot from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM... hard disk drive. USB HDD The system will boot from the SCSI. USB RMD-HDD The system will boot from the 6th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-4 The system will boot from the USB-interfaced HDD. BBS-5 The system will boot from the 10 BBS (BIOS Boot...
... as a floppy drive. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the USB-interfaced CD-ROM. BBS-2 The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-8 The system will boot from USB-interfaced floppy drive. USB RMD-FDD The system will boot from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM... hard disk drive. USB HDD The system will boot from the SCSI. USB RMD-HDD The system will boot from the 6th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-4 The system will boot from the USB-interfaced HDD. BBS-5 The system will boot from the 10 BBS (BIOS Boot...
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... specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is used for your operating system. When you choose No, you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to Enabled will increase the system performance...
... specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is used for your operating system. When you choose No, you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to Enabled will increase the system performance...
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...31, Every Day Alarm Hour 00 ~ 23 Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Settings: Disabled, (double-click) Left-button, (double-click) Right-button. 3-19 Settings: Any Key, Specific Key, Disabled. Mouse PowerOn Function This item allows the activity of the mouse to Enabled, the ... allows users to set to wake up ) on the system. Keyboard PowerOn Function This controls how the PS/2 keyboard can power on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you have changed this setting, you must let the system boot up until it enters...
...31, Every Day Alarm Hour 00 ~ 23 Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Settings: Disabled, (double-click) Left-button, (double-click) Right-button. 3-19 Settings: Any Key, Specific Key, Disabled. Mouse PowerOn Function This item allows the activity of the mouse to Enabled, the ... allows users to set to wake up ) on the system. Keyboard PowerOn Function This controls how the PS/2 keyboard can power on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you have changed this setting, you must let the system boot up until it enters...
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New BIOS source code 3. Bugs are found 4. Customer-specific request When we release a new BIOS, there's usually a release note attached which lists the reason for details. For newer model number: W5139MS V1.0 091096 where: ... it. A word of advice, though, do I identify the BIOS version? T-3 Q: How do not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for the release. A: A new BIOS is released. 2. Q: How do I update the BIOS? Troubleshooting Q: Should I update my BIOS, once a new...
New BIOS source code 3. Bugs are found 4. Customer-specific request When we release a new BIOS, there's usually a release note attached which lists the reason for details. For newer model number: W5139MS V1.0 091096 where: ... it. A word of advice, though, do I identify the BIOS version? T-3 Q: How do not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for the release. A: A new BIOS is released. 2. Q: How do I update the BIOS? Troubleshooting Q: Should I update my BIOS, once a new...
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... for high graphics quality and performance. The maximum range is transferred among different components. Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. AGP provides a direct channel (32-bit wide bus) between the...
... for high graphics quality and performance. The maximum range is transferred among different components. Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. AGP provides a direct channel (32-bit wide bus) between the...
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...such as SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, and RDRAM. This means that there are stored. As the development of technology, the memory type and specification used type of semiconductor, which runs at 66 MHz. For further instruction, please see the table below: Dynamic RAM (DRAM) Memory ... (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 PCs usually contain a small amount of computer memory. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard contents of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data items are 66 million clock cycles per second. Since modern CPUs...
...such as SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, and RDRAM. This means that there are stored. As the development of technology, the memory type and specification used type of semiconductor, which runs at 66 MHz. For further instruction, please see the table below: Dynamic RAM (DRAM) Memory ... (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 PCs usually contain a small amount of computer memory. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard contents of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data items are 66 million clock cycles per second. Since modern CPUs...
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MS-6728 ATX Mainboard IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of device vendors, including computer, component and...you to transfer data from one device to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the Plug-and-Play specification has removed this headache in a building or an enterprise. This specifies which the controller electronics is integrated into the ... can send interrupt signals to 63 external devices. It is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. Internal Cache Short for Level 1 cache, a memory cache built into the drive itself, eliminating the need to flow ...
MS-6728 ATX Mainboard IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of device vendors, including computer, component and...you to transfer data from one device to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the Plug-and-Play specification has removed this headache in a building or an enterprise. This specifies which the controller electronics is integrated into the ... can send interrupt signals to 63 external devices. It is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. Internal Cache Short for Level 1 cache, a memory cache built into the drive itself, eliminating the need to flow ...
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...supports PnP and a PnP expansion card are properly connected and operating. Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to run at a time. Glossary LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Logical block addressing is a ... is a 28-bit value that converts electrical energy into light. LED (Light Emitting Diode) A semiconductor device that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk. 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to see if they...
...supports PnP and a PnP expansion card are properly connected and operating. Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to run at a time. Glossary LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Logical block addressing is a ... is a 28-bit value that converts electrical energy into light. LED (Light Emitting Diode) A semiconductor device that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk. 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to see if they...
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... 2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DDR Population Rules 2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-8 Power Supply 2-9 ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-9 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions iv Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Color Management 1-5 CoreCenter 1-6 Core CellTM Chip 1-8 Round Cable 1-9 CPU...
... 2-7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2-7 DDR Population Rules 2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-8 Power Supply 2-9 ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 2-9 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions iv Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Color Management 1-5 CoreCenter 1-6 Core CellTM Chip 1-8 Round Cable 1-9 CPU...
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... PCI bus interface). h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5. - h FSB 400 (for Northwood only), 533, 800MHz. Chipset h Intel® 865PE chipset - Up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds. - MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, 8 ports. - 2 Serial...
... PCI bus interface). h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5. - h FSB 400 (for Northwood only), 533, 800MHz. Chipset h Intel® 865PE chipset - Up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds. - MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, 8 ports. - 2 Serial...
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Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s. - Dimension h ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 24.5 cm (W). Compliance with PCI 2.2. - BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement. LAN h Realtek® 8110S - Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec. - h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects...
Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s. - Dimension h ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 24.5 cm (W). Compliance with PCI 2.2. - BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which records your mainboard specifications. Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement. LAN h Realtek® 8110S - Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec. - h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects...
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MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Core CellTM Chip By diagnosing the current system utilization, the CoreCell™ Chip automatically tunes your motherboard to the optimal state, leading to 65% power. -- Saves up to 50% of CoreCell™ Speedster -- Prevents components from operating beyond specifications. 1-8 Superior O.C. Diagnoses current system utilization & temperature. -- Maintains motherboard & CPU in constant temperature...
MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Core CellTM Chip By diagnosing the current system utilization, the CoreCell™ Chip automatically tunes your motherboard to the optimal state, leading to 65% power. -- Saves up to 50% of CoreCell™ Speedster -- Prevents components from operating beyond specifications. 1-8 Superior O.C. Diagnoses current system utilization & temperature. -- Maintains motherboard & CPU in constant temperature...