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...174; are the properties of Intel Corporation. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. PS/2 and OS®/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. W indows® 95.../98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netware® is a registered trademark of AMD Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks or ...
...174; are the properties of Intel Corporation. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. PS/2 and OS®/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. W indows® 95.../98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netware® is a registered trademark of AMD Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks or ...
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... 3-14 H/W Monitor ...3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-23 BIOS Setting Password 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 viii
... 3-14 H/W Monitor ...3-17 Cell Menu ...3-18 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-23 BIOS Setting Password 3-24 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 viii
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Back IO Shield Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Back IO Shield Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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... to wake up events. Selecting [Yes] allows BIOS to call VGABIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up events will need an VGA driver to RAM) sleep state. Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work...] Restores the system to [OS], the wake up (resumes) from S3. Setting to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the power button.
... to wake up events. Selecting [Yes] allows BIOS to call VGABIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up events will need an VGA driver to RAM) sleep state. Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the card does not support the initialization feature, the display may work...] Restores the system to [OS], the wake up (resumes) from S3. Setting to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the power button.
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...properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later before installing the driver. Follow the procedures described below to enhance audio applications. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. A-2 The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look ...slightly different if you must install W indows® XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver. For Windows® XP, you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Insert the application CD...
...properly before you must install W indows® 2000 Service Pack4 or later before installing the driver. Follow the procedures described below to enhance audio applications. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. A-2 The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look ...slightly different if you must install W indows® XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver. For Windows® XP, you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Insert the application CD...
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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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Double click A-4 channel audio feature now. or 8- It is also available to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to enable the HD Audio Configuration by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the Control Panel. MS-7508 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6-
Double click A-4 channel audio feature now. or 8- It is also available to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to enable the HD Audio Configuration by clicking the Realtek HD Audio M anager from the Control Panel. MS-7508 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6-
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MS-7508 Mainboard Information 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 HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
MS-7508 Mainboard Information 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 HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
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A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. MS-7508 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side channels) Important To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system, you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. MS-7508 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side channels) Important To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system, you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver.
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Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (...
Choose the hard disks that has the RAID driver to make part of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (...
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... press N. 6. B-6 The Array Detail window appears. 4. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array...
... press N. 6. B-6 The Array Detail window appears. 4. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under W indows" on B-8. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array...
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...Driver Install Driver...Device". 3. The driver diskette for that , the driver will not have to...installed. Select the "NVIDIA RAID Driver" and press ENTER. 6. ... to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to supply the driver. Press the "S" key to a ...indows Vista, please click on the "Load Driver" button to complete the whole installation. After...drivers while installing W indows XP. 1. And then, follow the instruction below to make an "NVIDIA RAID Driver...notice above to make a RAID Driver medium. W hen you start ...the NVIDIA RAID driver into the CD-ROM drive. 2....
...Driver Install Driver...Device". 3. The driver diskette for that , the driver will not have to...installed. Select the "NVIDIA RAID Driver" and press ENTER. 6. ... to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to supply the driver. Press the "S" key to a ...indows Vista, please click on the "Load Driver" button to complete the whole installation. After...drivers while installing W indows XP. 1. And then, follow the instruction below to make an "NVIDIA RAID Driver...notice above to make a RAID Driver medium. W hen you start ...the NVIDIA RAID driver into the CD-ROM drive. 2....
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... array. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-8 This section describes how to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the W indows SATA... driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. MS-7508 Mainboard NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software...
... array. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-8 This section describes how to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the W indows SATA... driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA Serial ATA driver. MS-7508 Mainboard NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software...
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... brand, only hardware status of this utility. If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of the MSI mainboard would be available. MB Click MB button to read current CPU temperature, FSB...
... brand, only hardware status of this utility. If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of the MSI mainboard would be available. MB Click MB button to read current CPU temperature, FSB...