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...MSI Special Features 1-7 PC Alert™ III 1-7 Fuzzy Logic™ III 1-8 D-LED™&D-Bracket 1-9 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2 CPU Installation Procedures 2-3 Thermal Issue for CPU 2-4 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-5 CPU Clock Frequency Selection: JFSB1 2-5 Recommended Computer Case and Axial Fans 2-6 Memory... Installation 2-7 DDR Module Combination 2-8 DDR Module Installation Procedures 2-9 Power Supply 2-10 ATX 20-Pin Power Supply: JPWR1 2-10 ATX 12V Power Connector: J4 2-11 Back...
...MSI Special Features 1-7 PC Alert™ III 1-7 Fuzzy Logic™ III 1-8 D-LED™&D-Bracket 1-9 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2 CPU Installation Procedures 2-3 Thermal Issue for CPU 2-4 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-5 CPU Clock Frequency Selection: JFSB1 2-5 Recommended Computer Case and Axial Fans 2-6 Memory... Installation 2-7 DDR Module Combination 2-8 DDR Module Installation Procedures 2-9 Power Supply 2-10 ATX 20-Pin Power Supply: JPWR1 2-10 ATX 12V Power Connector: J4 2-11 Back...
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...unbuffered DDR DIMMs Supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports a maximum memory size of physical memory is installed. The 66MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface supports 1x, 2x, and 4x data transfer mode AMD-768™ chipset (492 BGA) - LPC bus to seven bus masters - Note: Because of limitations imposed by the personal... computer architecture and BIOS, the user-accessible memory is less than 4 Gbytes even if 4 Gbytes of 4GB (registered DDR only). A 66/33MHz 64/...
...unbuffered DDR DIMMs Supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports a maximum memory size of physical memory is installed. The 66MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface supports 1x, 2x, and 4x data transfer mode AMD-768™ chipset (492 BGA) - LPC bus to seven bus masters - Note: Because of limitations imposed by the personal... computer architecture and BIOS, the user-accessible memory is less than 4 Gbytes even if 4 Gbytes of 4GB (registered DDR only). A 66/33MHz 64/...
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Features: z Display Current System Status - Vio - Vcore - Memory Clock - CPU Fan - CPU Clock - AGP Clock - Select the CPU frequency you prefer and click Go to apply the frequency or click Save allowing the system to overclock the CPU FSB (Front Side Bus) frequency in the Windows environment. PCI Clock z Adjust CPU FSB Frequency 1-8 Chapter 1 Fuzzy Logic™ III The Fuzzy Logic™ III utility allows users to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is powered on. CPU Temp. -
Features: z Display Current System Status - Vio - Vcore - Memory Clock - CPU Fan - CPU Clock - AGP Clock - Select the CPU frequency you prefer and click Go to apply the frequency or click Save allowing the system to overclock the CPU FSB (Front Side Bus) frequency in the Windows environment. PCI Clock z Adjust CPU FSB Frequency 1-8 Chapter 1 Fuzzy Logic™ III The Fuzzy Logic™ III utility allows users to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is powered on. CPU Temp. -
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...D-Bracket™ , which is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, is damaged or 3 4 not installed properly. Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test - This will start writing VGA sign-on message to RAM for the overclocking users. The D-LED will hang here if the processor...not installed properly. Red D-LED 1 2 3 4 Green D-Bracket Description System Power ON 1 2 - The D-LED will hang if the memory module is very useful for fast booting. Decompressing BIOS image to the screen. 1-9 Four LEDs embedded in the mainboard provide up to debug the...
...D-Bracket™ , which is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, is damaged or 3 4 not installed properly. Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test - This will start writing VGA sign-on message to RAM for the overclocking users. The D-LED will hang here if the processor...not installed properly. Red D-LED 1 2 3 4 Green D-Bracket Description System Power ON 1 2 - The D-LED will hang if the memory module is very useful for fast booting. Decompressing BIOS image to the screen. 1-9 Four LEDs embedded in the mainboard provide up to debug the...
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..., and then detect and initialize the video adapter. BIOS Sign-On - It will initialize floppy drive and controller. It will test base memory from 240K to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller - It will show information of the logo, brand name of the processor ( brand name..., system bus and so on . Assigning Resources to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns. Testing Base and Extended Memory - Boot Attempt - It will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Initializing Floppy Drive Controller -
..., and then detect and initialize the video adapter. BIOS Sign-On - It will initialize floppy drive and controller. It will test base memory from 240K to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller - It will show information of the logo, brand name of the processor ( brand name..., system bus and so on . Assigning Resources to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns. Testing Base and Extended Memory - Boot Attempt - It will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Initializing Floppy Drive Controller -
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... follow the installation procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in the wrong orientation, the components will not work properly. TOPICS Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2 Memory 2-7 Power Supply 2-10 Back Panel 2-12 Connectors 2-17 Jumpers 2-27 Slots 2-28 2-1 For some components, if you with the information about hardware setup procedures. Use...
... follow the installation procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in the wrong orientation, the components will not work properly. TOPICS Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2 Memory 2-7 Power Supply 2-10 Back Panel 2-12 Connectors 2-17 Jumpers 2-27 Slots 2-28 2-1 For some components, if you with the information about hardware setup procedures. Use...
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... 2-7 DDR DIMM Slots (DDR 1~4) You can be installed. Two types of DDR are available at 133MHz will produce about 1.6GB/s memory bandwidth. PC1600 DDR SDRAM running at the time of the clock to conventional SDRAM, but unbuffered DIMMs can install PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules... placed into DDR1~4 but doubles the rate by SDR SDRAM. To operate properly, at 100MHz will produce 2.1GB/s memory bandwidth. DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 Hardware Setup Memory Installation The mainboard provides 4 sockets for high performance PC, workstations and servers. DDR SDRAM uses 2.5 volts as SDRAM...
... 2-7 DDR DIMM Slots (DDR 1~4) You can be installed. Two types of DDR are available at 133MHz will produce about 1.6GB/s memory bandwidth. PC1600 DDR SDRAM running at the time of the clock to conventional SDRAM, but unbuffered DIMMs can install PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules... placed into DDR1~4 but doubles the rate by SDR SDRAM. To operate properly, at 100MHz will produce 2.1GB/s memory bandwidth. DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 Hardware Setup Memory Installation The mainboard provides 4 sockets for high performance PC, workstations and servers. DDR SDRAM uses 2.5 volts as SDRAM...
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Chapter 2 DDR Module Combination To enable normal operation, at its maximum, the system memory installed can install memory modules in the following combination: Devices used on the mainboard. You can be installed on DIMM 64 MB (4Mx4x4 banks) 64 MB (2Mx8x4 banks) 64 ... 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB Note: The maximum address space supported by the AMD-762 system controller is four Gbytes. 2-8 As the AMD-762TM chipset supports 4 DDR memory banks at least one DIMM module must be up to 4 GB.
Chapter 2 DDR Module Combination To enable normal operation, at its maximum, the system memory installed can install memory modules in the following combination: Devices used on the mainboard. You can be installed on DIMM 64 MB (4Mx4x4 banks) 64 MB (2Mx8x4 banks) 64 ... 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB Note: The maximum address space supported by the AMD-762 system controller is four Gbytes. 2-8 As the AMD-762TM chipset supports 4 DDR memory banks at least one DIMM module must be up to 4 GB.
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... zone. LandingZone Cylinder location of the storage device. The system doesn't stop for any error is detected at boot. Base/Extended/Total Memory The three items show the memory status of your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. AWARD® BIOS Setup If you to the following items. Enter the information...
... zone. LandingZone Cylinder location of the storage device. The system doesn't stop for any error is detected at boot. Base/Extended/Total Memory The three items show the memory status of your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. AWARD® BIOS Setup If you to the following items. Enter the information...
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... requested data from the main DRAM into this function is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPU Internal /External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is enabled and someone attempts to write data into cache memory, for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing...
... requested data from the main DRAM into this function is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPU Internal /External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is enabled and someone attempts to write data into cache memory, for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing...
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... Disk Access Control You can select R/W to read and add data to the floppy disk or Read Only to enable/disable the booting of extended memory. Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to read data from the devices in the sequence selected in faster system performance. Boot Other Device...
... Disk Access Control You can select R/W to read and add data to the floppy disk or Read Only to enable/disable the booting of extended memory. Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to read data from the devices in the sequence selected in faster system performance. Boot Other Device...
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..., 24, 30. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item allows you to repeat a key stroke when you to shadow into memory area C0000-C7FFF. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of slower ROM memory. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This allows you hold the key down before it begins to increase a computer... This option allows you to control the MPS version for OS. Chapter 3 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by using highspeed RAM memory in place of times a second to show the company logo on the full screen at boot). 3-10
..., 24, 30. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item allows you to repeat a key stroke when you to shadow into memory area C0000-C7FFF. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of slower ROM memory. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This allows you hold the key down before it begins to increase a computer... This option allows you to control the MPS version for OS. Chapter 3 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by using highspeed RAM memory in place of times a second to show the company logo on the full screen at boot). 3-10
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... system performance. System BIOS Cacheable System BIOS ROM at F000h-F0000h is always copied to this memory area, a system error may result. Choose the "ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES" from cache memory, resulting in the computer. Selecting Enabled allows the contents of the chipset registers. The settings ...are Enabled or Disabled. select [Disable] to change the values of F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to have the Athlon XP or MP processor running in increased system performance. These registers control most of video...
... system performance. System BIOS Cacheable System BIOS ROM at F000h-F0000h is always copied to this memory area, a system error may result. Choose the "ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES" from cache memory, resulting in the computer. Selecting Enabled allows the contents of the chipset registers. The settings ...are Enabled or Disabled. select [Disable] to change the values of F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to have the Athlon XP or MP processor running in increased system performance. These registers control most of video...
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... and 256. But AMD has disabled this area is reserved, it cannot be used for ISA adapter ROM. The user information of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. The settings are : 1x/2x, or 4x. The Fast Write technology allows CPU to have Ahtlon XP processors working like Athlon ... can reserve this option. AGP Aperture Size (MB) This option allows you enable or disable this area of system memory for decoding. The settings are used in decoding. Memory Hole At 15M-16M You can work in MP mode, because AMD did not disable the multi-processing capability in ...
... and 256. But AMD has disabled this area is reserved, it cannot be used for ISA adapter ROM. The user information of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. The settings are : 1x/2x, or 4x. The Fast Write technology allows CPU to have Ahtlon XP processors working like Athlon ... can reserve this option. AGP Aperture Size (MB) This option allows you enable or disable this area of system memory for decoding. The settings are used in decoding. Memory Hole At 15M-16M You can work in MP mode, because AMD did not disable the multi-processing capability in ...
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... system will automatically set the SDRAM Error Correcting Code. The settings are : Disabled or Enabled. Super Bypass Mode When enabled, the chipset internally bypasses certain memory to set the DDR SDRAM Timing Setting. AWARD® BIOS Setup ongoing basis at regular intervals. SDRAM ECC Setting This allows you to set this...
... system will automatically set the SDRAM Error Correcting Code. The settings are : Disabled or Enabled. Super Bypass Mode When enabled, the chipset internally bypasses certain memory to set the DDR SDRAM Timing Setting. AWARD® BIOS Setup ongoing basis at regular intervals. SDRAM ECC Setting This allows you to set this...
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Chapter 3 tains all system context is lost in which the monitor is blanked. Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context. Settings are : Auto, Yes and No. CPU, cache, and chipset context are : Stop Grant (saves the ... saving. This selection will be shut off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to RAM) sleep state. Settings are lost expect system memory. Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This item allows the system to initialize the VGA BIOS from S3 (Suspend to the video buffer. Settings are : Blank...
Chapter 3 tains all system context is lost in which the monitor is blanked. Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context. Settings are : Auto, Yes and No. CPU, cache, and chipset context are : Stop Grant (saves the ... saving. This selection will be shut off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to RAM) sleep state. Settings are lost expect system memory. Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This item allows the system to initialize the VGA BIOS from S3 (Suspend to the video buffer. Settings are : Blank...
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..., you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to change the settings of your computer. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. User password: Can only enter but do not have BIOS to abort the selection and not enter a password. AWARD® BIOS Setup Set Supervisor/User...
..., you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to change the settings of your computer. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. User password: Can only enter but do not have BIOS to abort the selection and not enter a password. AWARD® BIOS Setup Set Supervisor/User...
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ATX A modern shape and layout of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data ... bus that based on booting the system, starts the OS, and provides an interface between the display controller and main memory for the throughput demands of hardware lines within the computer system, through which the data is transferred among different components. Glossary...Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to the CPU and main memory. For G-1 BIOS (basic input/output system) On PCs, an essential software that is stored in a ROM chip. Cache A special...
ATX A modern shape and layout of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data ... bus that based on booting the system, starts the OS, and provides an interface between the display controller and main memory for the throughput demands of hardware lines within the computer system, through which the data is transferred among different components. Glossary...Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to the CPU and main memory. For G-1 BIOS (basic input/output system) On PCs, an essential software that is stored in a ROM chip. Cache A special...
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... 1.1 GBps 16 bits 1.6 GBps 64 bits 1.6 GBps 64 bits 2.1 GBps Volts 5v 5v 3.3v 3.3v 3.3v 2.5v 3.3v 3.3v * Memory channel width (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 COM In MS-DOS system, the name of battery-powered CMOS...; Glossary example, a modem chipset contains all subsystems. CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) CMOS is connected to one transistor and a capacitor to the memory chips whereas a DIMM has 64-bit path. DRAM (Dynamic RAM) A most common type of semiconductor, which features high speed and low power consumption...
... 1.1 GBps 16 bits 1.6 GBps 64 bits 1.6 GBps 64 bits 2.1 GBps Volts 5v 5v 3.3v 3.3v 3.3v 2.5v 3.3v 3.3v * Memory channel width (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 COM In MS-DOS system, the name of battery-powered CMOS...; Glossary example, a modem chipset contains all subsystems. CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) CMOS is connected to one transistor and a capacitor to the memory chips whereas a DIMM has 64-bit path. DRAM (Dynamic RAM) A most common type of semiconductor, which features high speed and low power consumption...
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... to 63 external devices. IEEE 1394 A new, high speed external bus standard, also known as the ATA (AT Attachment) specification. Glossary ECC Memory (error correcting code memory) A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of device vendors, including computer, component and telecommunications, who have developed a standard for transmitting data...
... to 63 external devices. IEEE 1394 A new, high speed external bus standard, also known as the ATA (AT Attachment) specification. Glossary ECC Memory (error correcting code memory) A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of device vendors, including computer, component and telecommunications, who have developed a standard for transmitting data...