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... please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/ faq/esc_faq_list.php Contact our technical staff at: support@msi.com.tw ii AMI® is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd....release Date June 2005 Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of purchase or local distributor. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. Copyright Notice The material in the preparation of this document is the intellectual property of M ICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL....
... please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/ faq/esc_faq_list.php Contact our technical staff at: support@msi.com.tw ii AMI® is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd....release Date June 2005 Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of purchase or local distributor. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. Copyright Notice The material in the preparation of this document is the intellectual property of M ICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL....
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Channel Audio Function B-1 Installing the Audio Driver B-2 Installation for W indows 98SE/ME/2000/XP B-2 ix or 8- Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1/2, SFAN1, NBFAN1 2-17 IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 2-18 Front Panel Audio .../Voltage Control 3-24 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults 3-25 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-26 Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID A-1 Introduction ...A-2 BIOS Configuration A-3 Installing RAID Software & Drivers A-10 Using VIA RAID Tool A-13 Appendix B: Using 2-, 4-, 6-
Channel Audio Function B-1 Installing the Audio Driver B-2 Installation for W indows 98SE/ME/2000/XP B-2 ix or 8- Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1/2, SFAN1, NBFAN1 2-17 IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 2-18 Front Panel Audio .../Voltage Control 3-24 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults 3-25 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-26 Appendix A: VIA VT8237R SATA RAID A-1 Introduction ...A-2 BIOS Configuration A-3 Installing RAID Software & Drivers A-10 Using VIA RAID Tool A-13 Appendix B: Using 2-, 4-, 6-
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... safety of the heatsink to purchase and install them before turning on the computer. u For CPU2 1. Locate the 4 screws of CPU. 2-5 screw holes MSI Reminds You... If you are installing the CPU, make sure the c ooling fan c an work properly to prevent the intervention with AGP card. Use the... screw driver to the recommended CPU fans at AMD® official website or consult the vendors for CFAN2 should be the same as shown below to protect...
... safety of the heatsink to purchase and install them before turning on the computer. u For CPU2 1. Locate the 4 screws of CPU. 2-5 screw holes MSI Reminds You... If you are installing the CPU, make sure the c ooling fan c an work properly to prevent the intervention with AGP card. Use the... screw driver to the recommended CPU fans at AMD® official website or consult the vendors for CFAN2 should be the same as shown below to protect...
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... BIOS support. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. If your hard drive and your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (W indows ME, XP or a third-party IDE bus master...
... BIOS support. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. If your hard drive and your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (W indows ME, XP or a third-party IDE bus master...
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...Disabled], [Enabled]. USB Controller Select [Enabled] if your system integrates a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have any USB 2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Onboard Broadcom NIC This item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup...you want to boot from. [KB/MS] Supports USB keyboard/mouse under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board AC97 Audio [Auto] allows the motherboard's BIOS to detect whether you're using any USB 2.0 device in the operating system that does not support or...
...Disabled], [Enabled]. USB Controller Select [Enabled] if your system integrates a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have any USB 2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Onboard Broadcom NIC This item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup...you want to boot from. [KB/MS] Supports USB keyboard/mouse under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board AC97 Audio [Auto] allows the motherboard's BIOS to detect whether you're using any USB 2.0 device in the operating system that does not support or...
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... to the operating system. For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software, proceed to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is to Driver and RAID Software Installation section. The disk array data capacity is equal to ...can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. Under a RAID 1 setup, an extra drive called "members". MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID-related background knowledge and a brief introduction on another drive. The configuration ...
... to the operating system. For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software, proceed to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is to Driver and RAID Software Installation section. The disk array data capacity is equal to ...can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. Under a RAID 1 setup, an extra drive called "members". MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID-related background knowledge and a brief introduction on another drive. The configuration ...
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...ATX Workstation Board Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS † New Windows XP Installation The following details the installation of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to continue with installation. 6. folders ) in front of the drivers... Device(s). 3. Choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) from the list that appears on VIA SATA/ IDE Drivers. 4. Setup will appear. 3. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will now load all device...
...ATX Workstation Board Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS † New Windows XP Installation The following details the installation of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. Press F6 when the message "Press F6 if you need to continue with installation. 6. folders ) in front of the drivers... Device(s). 3. Choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) from the list that appears on VIA SATA/ IDE Drivers. 4. Setup will appear. 3. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will now load all device...
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...install the software. This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features: † Serial ATA RAID driver for reference only. A-11 VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Installation of MSI CD shown here may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for W indows XP †...; VIA SATA RAID utility † RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA Serial ATA to the different specification of the mainboard you purchased, the screen of VIA SATA RAID Utility The...
...install the software. This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features: † Serial ATA RAID driver for reference only. A-11 VIA VT8237R SATA RAID Installation of MSI CD shown here may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for W indows XP †...; VIA SATA RAID utility † RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA Serial ATA to the different specification of the mainboard you purchased, the screen of VIA SATA RAID Utility The...
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...Sound. The AC97 Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC850 codec to function properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack2 ... XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this appendix may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only. Click here MSI Reminds You... Hence, the program screens shown here in different ...
...Sound. The AC97 Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC850 codec to function properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack2 ... XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this appendix may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only. Click here MSI Reminds You... Hence, the program screens shown here in different ...
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Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. B-4 It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Sound Effect Manager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- channel audio feature now. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the AC97 Audio Configuration. or 8-
Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. B-4 It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Sound Effect Manager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- channel audio feature now. MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the AC97 Audio Configuration. or 8-
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MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board General In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. You may also select the language of . Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this AC97 Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & AC97 Codec. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. B-10 Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray.
MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board General In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. You may also select the language of . Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this AC97 Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & AC97 Codec. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. B-10 Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray.