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... Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions iv Chapter 1. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 Memory Speed/CPU FSB Support Matrix 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 2-5 Installing the CPU Fan 2-5 Memory 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 Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special...
... Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice iii Revision History iii Safety Instructions iv Chapter 1. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 Memory Speed/CPU FSB Support Matrix 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 2-5 Installing the CPU Fan 2-5 Memory 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 Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special...
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...A-11 vii 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 3-12 Power Management Features 3-14 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-18 Integrated Peripherals 3-21 PC Health Status 3-26 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-27 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-31 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-32 Appendix A: Using 2-, 4- & 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing the Audio Driver A-2 Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Sound Effect A-4 Equalizer A-6 Speaker Configuration...
...A-11 vii 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 3-12 Power Management Features 3-14 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-18 Integrated Peripherals 3-21 PC Health Status 3-26 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-27 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-31 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-32 Appendix A: Using 2-, 4- & 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing the Audio Driver A-2 Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Sound Effect A-4 Equalizer A-6 Speaker Configuration...
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...-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. Supports FSB 800/533/400MHz. - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes. - Supports both ACPI and legacy APM power management. h Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400/433/466/500/533 MHz and up to two Serial ATA drives. 1-2 PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. - h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5. - Can connect up . (DDR433/466/500/533 are overclocking spec) Slots h One AGP slot supports 8x/4x. Main Memory h Supports...
...-6728 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Intel® P4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors. Supports FSB 800/533/400MHz. - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes. - Supports both ACPI and legacy APM power management. h Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400/433/466/500/533 MHz and up to two Serial ATA drives. 1-2 PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC. - h Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5. - Can connect up . (DDR433/466/500/533 are overclocking spec) Slots h One AGP slot supports 8x/4x. Main Memory h Supports...
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... memory capacity. When you click the Core Center button in the top, a screen pops up for users to overclock, overspec or to adjust the thresholds of system to choose the "Auto mode" or "User mode" of the popular PC Alert and Fuzzy Logic. Including powerful function with hardware monitor, system alert and instinctive UI of overclocking, CoreCenter is advanced combination of CPU fan. 1-6 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard...
... memory capacity. When you click the Core Center button in the top, a screen pops up for users to overclock, overspec or to adjust the thresholds of system to choose the "Auto mode" or "User mode" of the popular PC Alert and Fuzzy Logic. Including powerful function with hardware monitor, system alert and instinctive UI of overclocking, CoreCenter is advanced combination of CPU fan. 1-6 MS-6728 ATX Mainboard...
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... screen. Double click the "MSI Live Update 3" icon, and the following screen will appear on the update instructions, insert the companion CD and refer to the "Live Update Guide" under the "Manual" Tab. 1-13 Updates the drivers online. Ø Live VGA BIOS - Getting Started Live BIOS™/Live Driver™ The Live BIOS™/Live Driver™ is displayed. Updates the BIOS online. Ø Live Driver - Updates the VGA driver online. Ø Live OSD - To use...
... screen. Double click the "MSI Live Update 3" icon, and the following screen will appear on the update instructions, insert the companion CD and refer to the "Live Update Guide" under the "Manual" Tab. 1-13 Updates the drivers online. Ø Live VGA BIOS - Getting Started Live BIOS™/Live Driver™ The Live BIOS™/Live Driver™ is displayed. Updates the BIOS online. Ø Live Driver - Updates the VGA driver online. Ø Live OSD - To use...
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... conventional SDRAM, but there are some rules while using dual-channel DDR, or instability may install memory modules of 1GB. Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides 4 slots for overclocking spec. (For the list of qualified test memory modules, please refer to P.10 "Memory Modules" in SDR SDRAM, and requires 184-pin DIMM modules rather than 168-pin DIMM modules used by transferring data twice per cycle. To...
... conventional SDRAM, but there are some rules while using dual-channel DDR, or instability may install memory modules of 1GB. Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides 4 slots for overclocking spec. (For the list of qualified test memory modules, please refer to P.10 "Memory Modules" in SDR SDRAM, and requires 184-pin DIMM modules rather than 168-pin DIMM modules used by transferring data twice per cycle. To...
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.... Giga-bit LAN enables data to Local Area Network (LAN). Note that sends/receives16 bytes FIFOs. The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that Pin 1/2, 3/6, 4/5, 7/8 must work in pairs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to either LAN jack. You can connect a network cable to the connectors. Please refer to the Pin Definition for connection to be transferred at 1000, 100 or 10Mbps. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Serial Port Connectors: COM A The mainboard...
.... Giga-bit LAN enables data to Local Area Network (LAN). Note that sends/receives16 bytes FIFOs. The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that Pin 1/2, 3/6, 4/5, 7/8 must work in pairs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to either LAN jack. You can connect a network cable to the connectors. Please refer to the Pin Definition for connection to be transferred at 1000, 100 or 10Mbps. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Serial Port Connectors: COM A The mainboard...
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... Microphone power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered +5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel MSI Reminds You... MS-6728 ATX Mainboard IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 The connector allows you don't want to connect to the front audio header, 9 5 pins 5 & 6, 9 & 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports. 10...
... Microphone power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered +5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel MSI Reminds You... MS-6728 ATX Mainboard IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 The connector allows you don't want to connect to the front audio header, 9 5 pins 5 & 6, 9 & 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports. 10...
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MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Jumpers The mainboard provides the following jumpers for you want to keep the data of jumpers. Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is off. Then return to set the computer's function. With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to clear the system configuration, use of system configuration. You can automatically boot OS every time it...
MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Jumpers The mainboard provides the following jumpers for you want to keep the data of jumpers. Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is off. Then return to set the computer's function. With the CMOS RAM, the system can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to clear the system configuration, use of system configuration. You can automatically boot OS every time it...
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... send interrupt signals to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. Hardware Setup Slots The mainboard provides one AGP slot and five 32-bit PCI bus slots. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to meet your needs. The slot supports 8x/4x AGP card. AGP Slot PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to directly access main memory. PCI Slots PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, acronym...
... send interrupt signals to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. Hardware Setup Slots The mainboard provides one AGP slot and five 32-bit PCI bus slots. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to meet your needs. The slot supports 8x/4x AGP card. AGP Slot PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to directly access main memory. PCI Slots PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, acronym...
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... you still wish to trigger the boot menu. Select First Boot Device Floppy IDE-0 CDROM : 1st Floppy : IBM-DTLA-307038 : ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X M [Up/Dn] Select [RETURN] Boot [ESC] cancel The boot menu will boot from by turning it will still use the original first boot device to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by simultaneously pressing , , and keys. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system...
... you still wish to trigger the boot menu. Select First Boot Device Floppy IDE-0 CDROM : 1st Floppy : IBM-DTLA-307038 : ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X M [Up/Dn] Select [RETURN] Boot [ESC] cancel The boot menu will boot from by turning it will still use the original first boot device to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by simultaneously pressing , , and keys. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system...
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... supports HT Technology. Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Setting options are described below. Option Setup Always Description The password prompt appears only when end users try to run the OS/2® operating system with HT Technology; * Chipset: An Intel® Chipset that supports HT Technology; * BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it is used to HDD This allows you choose Yes. Setting options: No, Yes. Setting to : www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading 3-10 Save Current ROM...
... supports HT Technology. Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Setting options are described below. Option Setup Always Description The password prompt appears only when end users try to run the OS/2® operating system with HT Technology; * Chipset: An Intel® Chipset that supports HT Technology; * BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it is used to HDD This allows you choose Yes. Setting options: No, Yes. Setting to : www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading 3-10 Save Current ROM...
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... Controller). APIC ACPI SCI IRQ This field is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). Setting to WriteBack will expand available IRQs resources for the system. BIOS Setup MPS Revision This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be written to and read from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by your operating system. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. Enabling APIC mode...
... Controller). APIC ACPI SCI IRQ This field is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). Setting to WriteBack will expand available IRQs resources for the system. BIOS Setup MPS Revision This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be written to and read from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by your operating system. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. Enabling APIC mode...
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... the setting of system configuration and open applications/files is a low power state. In this field. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000, you disable the function, but system will be used to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up " event occurs. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Power Management Features ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function...
... the setting of system configuration and open applications/files is a low power state. In this field. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000, you disable the function, but system will be used to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up " event occurs. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Power Management Features ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function...
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... When set to higher values, every PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. Clear NVRAM The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) is a system which allows I/O devices to No automatically. PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) This item controls how long each PCI device can conduct transactions for both PNP and non-PNP devices in a bit string format. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations...
... When set to higher values, every PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. Clear NVRAM The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) is a system which allows I/O devices to No automatically. PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) This item controls how long each PCI device can conduct transactions for both PNP and non-PNP devices in a bit string format. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations...
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..., it will initialize the PCI VGA card. The available IRQ pool is your primary graphics adapter. The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first. PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot2/5 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot. If a PCI VGA card is used. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Selecting Auto allows BIOS to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10...
..., it will initialize the PCI VGA card. The available IRQ pool is your primary graphics adapter. The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first. PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot2/5 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot. If a PCI VGA card is used. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Selecting Auto allows BIOS to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10...
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... using Windows 98/Me, please also refer to the following when you enter the BIOS setup program. P-ATA Keep Enabled This item is available for you to select the combined mode which boots first. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard On-ChipATA(s) Operate Mode This setting allows you to determine how the RAID controller on your computer, and configure the settings listed as following settings for you to enable/disable the onboard P-ATA. Setting options: Disabled...
... using Windows 98/Me, please also refer to the following when you enter the BIOS setup program. P-ATA Keep Enabled This item is available for you to select the combined mode which boots first. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard On-ChipATA(s) Operate Mode This setting allows you to determine how the RAID controller on your computer, and configure the settings listed as following settings for you to enable/disable the onboard P-ATA. Setting options: Disabled...
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... mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used . if not, the controller is detected, the onboard AC'97 controller will be enabled; Settings: Disabled and Auto. 3-23 Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. When choosing P-ATA 1st Channel, you to connect an audio device. Load OnBoard LAN BIOS This item is available for you can use SATA1 & SATA2, IDE2. If an audio device is disabled. BIOS Setup On-Chip IDE Settings in Windows XP/2000 Settings in Windows 98/ME Configuration (Maximum of 6 devices) (Maximum of 4 devices) On-Chip ATA(s) Legacy Mode...
... mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used . if not, the controller is detected, the onboard AC'97 controller will be enabled; Settings: Disabled and Auto. 3-23 Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. When choosing P-ATA 1st Channel, you to connect an audio device. Load OnBoard LAN BIOS This item is available for you can use SATA1 & SATA2, IDE2. If an audio device is disabled. BIOS Setup On-Chip IDE Settings in Windows XP/2000 Settings in Windows 98/ME Configuration (Maximum of 6 devices) (Maximum of 4 devices) On-Chip ATA(s) Legacy Mode...
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.... Monitor function is available only if there is once opened. To clear the warning message, set the field to Enabled later. Settings: Enabled, Reset, Disabled. The setting of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard PC Health Status This section shows the status of the monitored hardware devices/ components such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans' speeds...
.... Monitor function is available only if there is once opened. To clear the warning message, set the field to Enabled later. Settings: Enabled, Reset, Disabled. The setting of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard PC Health Status This section shows the status of the monitored hardware devices/ components such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans' speeds...
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...-ROM drive. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function properly before installing the driver. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers. The AC97 Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to 4-/6-channel audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for Windows...
...-ROM drive. MS-6728 ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function properly before installing the driver. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Hence, the program screens shown here in different operating systems. 1. Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers. The AC97 Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to 4-/6-channel audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for Windows...