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... iv W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Core Center 1-5 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Installation... Procedures for Socket 940 2-4 Installing AMD OpteronTM CPU Cooling System 2-5 Memory ...2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-7 Memory Population Rules 2-8 Power Supply ...2-9 SSI 4-Pin VGA Power Connector: JPWR2 (Optional 2-9 SSI 8-Pin CPU Power ...
... iv W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement v Chapter 1. Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Core Center 1-5 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Installation... Procedures for Socket 940 2-4 Installing AMD OpteronTM CPU Cooling System 2-5 Memory ...2-7 Installing DDR Modules 2-7 Memory Population Rules 2-8 Power Supply ...2-9 SSI 4-Pin VGA Power Connector: JPWR2 (Optional 2-9 SSI 8-Pin CPU Power ...
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... (at 200, 266, 333 and 400MHz) to provide the maximum of 8 GB memory capacity. Based on the innovative VIA® K8T800 Pro and VIA® VT8237R chipsets for choosing the K8T Master2-FAR7 (MS-9617 v1.x), an excellent ATX workstation board from MSI. Getting Started Chapter 1. This mainboard provides a cost-effective and professional solution for...
... (at 200, 266, 333 and 400MHz) to provide the maximum of 8 GB memory capacity. Based on the innovative VIA® K8T800 Pro and VIA® VT8237R chipsets for choosing the K8T Master2-FAR7 (MS-9617 v1.x), an excellent ATX workstation board from MSI. Getting Started Chapter 1. This mainboard provides a cost-effective and professional solution for...
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...at up to 4 IDE devices † Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in a failed x 4 memory device (For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi. Supports eight high-speed USB 2.0 ports at 200/266/333/400 MHz † Supports four ...PS/2 keyboard port and 1 x PS/2 mouse port † 2 x serial ports † 1 x parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode 1-2 MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports dual Socket 940 for AMD OpteronTM processors, from 1.4 ~ 3.6 GHz (For more information on compatible components, please visit ...
...at up to 4 IDE devices † Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in a failed x 4 memory device (For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi. Supports eight high-speed USB 2.0 ports at 200/266/333/400 MHz † Supports four ...PS/2 keyboard port and 1 x PS/2 mouse port † 2 x serial ports † 1 x parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode 1-2 MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports dual Socket 940 for AMD OpteronTM processors, from 1.4 ~ 3.6 GHz (For more information on compatible components, please visit ...
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...automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots. Or you may vary depending on Core Center may click Default to restore the default values. MSI Reminds You... Right-side: PC hardware status during real time operation In the right sub-menu, here you can click Save to save the desired... you just configured. You may adjust the CPU fan speed in front of FSB, Vcore, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button in 8 different modes, from Stop to Full speed. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Left-side: Current system status In the left sub-menu, you can configure the...
...automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots. Or you may vary depending on Core Center may click Default to restore the default values. MSI Reminds You... Right-side: PC hardware status during real time operation In the right sub-menu, here you can click Save to save the desired... you just configured. You may adjust the CPU fan speed in front of FSB, Vcore, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button in 8 different modes, from Stop to Full speed. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Left-side: Current system status In the left sub-menu, you can configure the...
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...side of module. MSI Reminds You... The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1~4). DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1~4) Installing DDR Modules 1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is properly ... slot will only fit in the right orientation. 2. Volt Notch 2-7 Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides four slots for 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM (Double In-Line Memory Module) modules and supports up to 8GB memory size. You can barely see the golden finger if the module is deeply inserted...
...side of module. MSI Reminds You... The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1~4). DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1~4) Installing DDR Modules 1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is properly ... slot will only fit in the right orientation. 2. Volt Notch 2-7 Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides four slots for 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM (Double In-Line Memory Module) modules and supports up to 8GB memory size. You can barely see the golden finger if the module is deeply inserted...
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... on their needs. tw/program/products/server/svr/pro_svr_qvl.php . Users can be installed in any combination as follows: Slot DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Memory Module Population Rules (Dual channel - 128 bits) Install Install Install Install Install Install Install Install Slot DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM... on DDR DIMMs. 2-8 Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of the same type and density on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com. MSI Reminds You... MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Memory Population Rules The mainboard supports DDR200/266/333/400...
... on their needs. tw/program/products/server/svr/pro_svr_qvl.php . Users can be installed in any combination as follows: Slot DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Memory Module Population Rules (Dual channel - 128 bits) Install Install Install Install Install Install Install Install Slot DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM... on DDR DIMMs. 2-8 Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of the same type and density on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com. MSI Reminds You... MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Memory Population Rules The mainboard supports DDR200/266/333/400...
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...LEDs D-Bracket™ 2 Description System Power ON 1 2 The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly. Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or 3 4 not installed ...properly. Bracket™ 2 is an external USB Bracket that supports both USB1.1 & 2.0 spec. D- MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board ...
...LEDs D-Bracket™ 2 Description System Power ON 1 2 The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly. Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or 3 4 not installed ...properly. Bracket™ 2 is an external USB Bracket that supports both USB1.1 & 2.0 spec. D- MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board ...
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... INT 19h. 2-21 Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. Testing VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign-on message to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns. Processor Initialization This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc...) Testing RTC (Real Time Clock...
... INT 19h. 2-21 Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. Testing VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign-on message to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns. Processor Initialization This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc...) Testing RTC (Real Time Clock...
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... run the Setup program when: ² An error message appears on the screen during the system boot- ing up , the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in this BIOS was released. 3-1 V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 150305 refers to the date this chapter are under each BIOS... the model number. 6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and V = VIA. 7th - 8th digit refers to configure the system for customized features. MSI Reminds You... 1.
... run the Setup program when: ² An error message appears on the screen during the system boot- ing up , the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in this BIOS was released. 3-1 V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 150305 refers to the date this chapter are under each BIOS... the model number. 6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and V = VIA. 7th - 8th digit refers to configure the system for customized features. MSI Reminds You... 1.
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... stops when any detected error. [All, But Keyboard] [All, But Diskette] [All, But Disk/Key] The system doesn't stop for a keyboard error. Base/Extended/Total Memory The three items show the memory status of sectors. The system doesn't stop for either a disk or a key-
... stops when any detected error. [All, But Keyboard] [All, But Diskette] [All, But Disk/Key] The system doesn't stop for a keyboard error. Base/Extended/Total Memory The three items show the memory status of sectors. The system doesn't stop for either a disk or a key-
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...: [Disabled], [Enabled]. If you set this frequency. Options: [At least not], [All present are ]. S/W M emory Hole Remapping This field enables software to remap the physical memory to [Manual], the following fields will AUTO detect the capability of the DRAM timing. CAS# Latency (Tcl) W hen the Timing Mode is set to [Manual...
...: [Disabled], [Enabled]. If you set this frequency. Options: [At least not], [All present are ]. S/W M emory Hole Remapping This field enables software to remap the physical memory to [Manual], the following fields will AUTO detect the capability of the DRAM timing. CAS# Latency (Tcl) W hen the Timing Mode is set to [Manual...
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... sub-menu appears: Upstream / Downstream LDT Bus Width These two item control the utilized widths of the link's transmitter clock. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board MTRR Mapping Mode This setting controls the MTRR mapping mode. Setting options: [Auto], [800 MHz], [600 MHz], [400...Disabled]. Options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. ECC Redirection Enable Scrubber to enable/disable Chip-Kill ECC on Nodes with all memory in DRAM during normal CPU requests (foreground scrubbing). Setting options: [8 bit], [16 bit]. Chip-Kill Mode Enable This item allows you to ...
... sub-menu appears: Upstream / Downstream LDT Bus Width These two item control the utilized widths of the link's transmitter clock. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board MTRR Mapping Mode This setting controls the MTRR mapping mode. Setting options: [Auto], [800 MHz], [600 MHz], [400...Disabled]. Options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. ECC Redirection Enable Scrubber to enable/disable Chip-Kill ECC on Nodes with all memory in DRAM during normal CPU requests (foreground scrubbing). Setting options: [8 bit], [16 bit]. Chip-Kill Mode Enable This item allows you to ...
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... for video purposes. AGP Aperture Size This setting controls just how much system RAM can enable or disable the ability of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are executed with PCI specification version 2.1. PCI1/PCI2 Post Write You can be...
... for video purposes. AGP Aperture Size This setting controls just how much system RAM can enable or disable the ability of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are executed with PCI specification version 2.1. PCI1/PCI2 Post Write You can be...
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...been set password from changing any previously set , you will replace any part of your system configuration. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. If the Security Option is required both at boot and at entry to Setup. To clear a set to [System], the password is set... password, just press when you select this function, a message as below will be disabled. MSI Reminds You... MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Set Supervisor/User Password W hen you are prompted to enter the password. The setting to abort the selection and not enter...
...been set password from changing any previously set , you will replace any part of your system configuration. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. If the Security Option is required both at boot and at entry to Setup. To clear a set to [System], the password is set... password, just press when you select this function, a message as below will be disabled. MSI Reminds You... MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Set Supervisor/User Password W hen you are prompted to enter the password. The setting to abort the selection and not enter...