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...Revision History Update Audio codec Date November 2006 Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Award®... a registered trademark of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, ...
...Revision History Update Audio codec Date November 2006 Technical Support If a problem arises with your place of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Award®... a registered trademark of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, ...
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D-Bracket™ 2 Connector: JDB1 2-19 Button ...2-20 Clear CMOS Button: SW2 2-20 Slots ...2-20 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots 2-21 NV SLI Technology 2-22 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots 2-24 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2-24 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup ...3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 General Help
D-Bracket™ 2 Connector: JDB1 2-19 Button ...2-20 Clear CMOS Button: SW2 2-20 Slots ...2-20 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots 2-21 NV SLI Technology 2-22 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots 2-24 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2-24 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup ...3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 General Help
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Summary of RAID Configurations B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 Basic Configuration Instructions B-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS B-3 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array B-7 NVIDIA IDE Driver/ RAID Utility Installation B-9 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows (for Non-bootable RAID Array B-9 Initializing and Using the ... Plug Array B-18 Initializing a RAID Array B-19 Rebuilding a RAID Array B-22 Synchronizing a RAID Array B-25 Appendix C nVidia System Driver C-1 nVidia System Driver Installation C-2 NVIDIA System Driver C-2 nVidia Utility Installation C-5 x
Summary of RAID Configurations B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 Basic Configuration Instructions B-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS B-3 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array B-7 NVIDIA IDE Driver/ RAID Utility Installation B-9 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows (for Non-bootable RAID Array B-9 Initializing and Using the ... Plug Array B-18 Initializing a RAID Array B-19 Rebuilding a RAID Array B-22 Synchronizing a RAID Array B-25 Appendix C nVidia System Driver C-1 nVidia System Driver Installation C-2 NVIDIA System Driver C-2 nVidia Utility Installation C-5 x
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MS-7250 Mainboard Packing Checklist MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Power Cable SATA Cable Standard Cable for IDE Devices (optional) Back IO Shield User's Guide SLI Video Link Card (for K9N SLI series only) * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-6
MS-7250 Mainboard Packing Checklist MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Power Cable SATA Cable Standard Cable for IDE Devices (optional) Back IO Shield User's Guide SLI Video Link Card (for K9N SLI series only) * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-6
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..., you have to external speakers through a fiber cable. 2-11 Blue audio jack - Mic In, is provided for digital audio transmission to install the Realtek Audio Driver. You can differentiate the color of the audio jacks for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other audio devices. Black audio jack - Rear...
..., you have to external speakers through a fiber cable. 2-11 Blue audio jack - Mic In, is provided for digital audio transmission to install the Realtek Audio Driver. You can differentiate the color of the audio jacks for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other audio devices. Black audio jack - Rear...
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... cards (concerning the details of multi-GPU settings, please refer to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure the "MultiGPU" function is completed, restart the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. Important If you want to your system and a pop-up message will be provided for Multi...
... cards (concerning the details of multi-GPU settings, please refer to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure the "MultiGPU" function is completed, restart the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. Important If you want to your system and a pop-up message will be provided for Multi...
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...applications. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for Realtek ALC888 codec to function... you must install W indows® XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. MS-7250 Mainboard Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for reference only. channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically...
...applications. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for Realtek ALC888 codec to function... you must install W indows® XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. MS-7250 Mainboard Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for reference only. channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically...
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Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3 Click Next to restart the system.
Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3 Click Next to restart the system.
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or 8- Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- channel audio feature now. Double click a A-4 MS-7250 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration.
or 8- Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to use the 2-, 4-, 6- channel audio feature now. Double click a A-4 MS-7250 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration.
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Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of . Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. MS-7250 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. a A-18
Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of . Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. MS-7250 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list. a A-18
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... speakers to the rear-channel Line out connector, two speakers to the center/subwooferchannel Line Out connector and two speakers to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
... speakers to the rear-channel Line out connector, two speakers to the center/subwooferchannel Line Out connector and two speakers to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
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... until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS.) 2. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.B-7 for details.) 4. Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA 0/ 1/ 2 Primary/ Secondary Channel...
... until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS.) 2. Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.B-7 for details.) 4. Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA 0/ 1/ 2 Primary/ Secondary Channel...
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After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Array Detail window appears. 4. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows" on B-9. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, ...
After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Array Detail window appears. 4. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows" on B-9. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, ...
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...: Important Please follow - Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3. The driver disk for bootable RAID Array) 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for the W indows Setup screen to a formatted floppy disk. 4. nVidia RAID Installing the...
...: Important Please follow - Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3. The driver disk for bootable RAID Array) 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for the W indows Setup screen to a formatted floppy disk. 4. nVidia RAID Installing the...
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... is completed, then take out the floppy. 5. Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed. B-8 After that, the driver will have to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of W indows XP installation...
... is completed, then take out the floppy. 5. Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed. B-8 After that, the driver will have to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of W indows XP installation...
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...want to reboot the PC. 5. Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is enabled). Make sure that you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver, NVIDIA RAID will upgrade the W indows IDE driver and install the RAID software. 1. Important You must be upgraded to run ...install the RAID software which will not be enabled. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to enable NVIDIA RAID. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-9 nVidia RAID NVIDIA IDE Driver/ RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable ...
...want to reboot the PC. 5. Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is enabled). Make sure that you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver, NVIDIA RAID will upgrade the W indows IDE driver and install the RAID software. 1. Important You must be upgraded to run ...install the RAID software which will not be enabled. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to enable NVIDIA RAID. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-9 nVidia RAID NVIDIA IDE Driver/ RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable ...
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C-1 Installation of nVidia System Driver Appendix C nVidia System Driver MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
C-1 Installation of nVidia System Driver Appendix C nVidia System Driver MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
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Please follow the following step to continue. C-2 NVIDIA System Driver This driver is only available for your Windows OS. Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display. Then the welcome dialogue will display. Click Next to install the driver correctly. 1. MS-7250 Mainboard nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the NVIDIA MCP55 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system.
Please follow the following step to continue. C-2 NVIDIA System Driver This driver is only available for your Windows OS. Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display. Then the welcome dialogue will display. Click Next to install the driver correctly. 1. MS-7250 Mainboard nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the NVIDIA MCP55 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system.
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Then click Next. 3. All the components shown here will start installing the selected driver components automatically. 4. Click Next to install. C-3 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation. Installation of nVidia System Driver 2. Then the following screen displays the available components to continue. The system will be selected to be installed by default.
Then click Next. 3. All the components shown here will start installing the selected driver components automatically. 4. Click Next to install. C-3 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation. Installation of nVidia System Driver 2. Then the following screen displays the available components to continue. The system will be selected to be installed by default.
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The following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click Yes to restart it later. C-4 Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to continue. 6. MS-7250 Mainboard 5. Then the following screen indicates that the installation is complete.
The following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click Yes to restart it later. C-4 Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to continue. 6. MS-7250 Mainboard 5. Then the following screen indicates that the installation is complete.