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... trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. W indows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. AMI® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of...
... trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. W indows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries. AMI® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of...
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Appendix A Realtek Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B Dual Core Center B-1 Activating Dual Core Center B-2 Main ...B-3 DOT (Dynamic OverClocking B-5 Clock ...B-6 Voltage ...B-7 FAN Speed ...B-8 Temperature ...B-9 User Profile ...B-10 Appendix C SATA RAID C-1 RAID Configuration C-2 ix
Appendix A Realtek Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B Dual Core Center B-1 Activating Dual Core Center B-2 Main ...B-3 DOT (Dynamic OverClocking B-5 Clock ...B-6 Voltage ...B-7 FAN Speed ...B-8 Temperature ...B-9 User Profile ...B-10 Appendix C SATA RAID C-1 RAID Configuration C-2 ix
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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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... for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. Unleash the graphics performance. Graphic card based on the system and ins tall the driver of Hybrid CrossfireXTM. Mainboard based on an ATI Hybrid CrossfireXTM-supported chipset. Click the icon and then following aspect appears in the system tray. Hardware...
... for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. Unleash the graphics performance. Graphic card based on the system and ins tall the driver of Hybrid CrossfireXTM. Mainboard based on an ATI Hybrid CrossfireXTM-supported chipset. Click the icon and then following aspect appears in the system tray. Hardware...
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..., the computer is able to power on the system. 3-14 Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to initialize the VGA card. Settings are : [Off] Always leaves the computer in the power off state. [On] Always leaves the computer in this field...
..., the computer is able to power on the system. 3-14 Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA driver to initialize the VGA card. Settings are : [Off] Always leaves the computer in the power off state. [On] Always leaves the computer in this field...
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... only. 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 Windows XP /Vista For W... here in different operating systems. 1. channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. Click here Important The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. MS-7551 Mainboard Installing the Realtek HD...
... only. 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 Windows XP /Vista For W... here in different operating systems. 1. channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver. Click here Important The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. MS-7551 Mainboard Installing the Realtek HD...
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Click Next to restart the system. Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Click here Select this option A-3 Realtek Audio 3.
Click Next to restart the system. Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Click here Select this option A-3 Realtek Audio 3.
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channel audio feature now. 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- MS-7551 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Double click a A-4 Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. or 8-
channel audio feature now. 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- MS-7551 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Double click a A-4 Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. or 8-
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You may also select the language of . MS-7551 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. 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. a A-18 Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
You may also select the language of . MS-7551 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. 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. a A-18 Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
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MS-7551 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 8-Channel Analog Audio Output 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 A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only.
MS-7551 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 8-Channel Analog Audio Output 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 A-22 Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only.
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...below . VGA Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature, GPU clock and memory clock of the MSI mainboard would be available. DOT Click DOT button to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility, we have to remind... you install a graphics card of other brand, only hardware status of graphics card will show below . If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to enable...
...below . VGA Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature, GPU clock and memory clock of the MSI mainboard would be available. DOT Click DOT button to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility, we have to remind... you install a graphics card of other brand, only hardware status of graphics card will show below . If you : only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to enable...
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.... 9. Click the "Browse CD" on the "Load Driver" button to load RAID driver. Select the compatible RAID controller for bootable RAID Array) For W indows XP: 1. After you can copy the files to select "Specify Additional Device". Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The next screen... should be shown a list of available SCSI Adapters. 6. Press ENTER again to copy the files from the W indows CD, and the W indows XP Setup program starts. 2. C-8 MS-7551 Mainboard Installing the RAID Driver (for 32-...
.... 9. Click the "Browse CD" on the "Load Driver" button to load RAID driver. Select the compatible RAID controller for bootable RAID Array) For W indows XP: 1. After you can copy the files to select "Specify Additional Device". Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The next screen... should be shown a list of available SCSI Adapters. 6. Press ENTER again to copy the files from the W indows CD, and the W indows XP Setup program starts. 2. C-8 MS-7551 Mainboard Installing the RAID Driver (for 32-...
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Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The ATI System Driver includes RAID Driver. 4. Under the Driver tab, click on ATI System Driver by your need. C-9 Important You must install the RAID driver to enable RAID. The driver will appear. 3. SATA RAID Installing the RAID Driver Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) 1. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will be automatically installed.
Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The ATI System Driver includes RAID Driver. 4. Under the Driver tab, click on ATI System Driver by your need. C-9 Important You must install the RAID driver to enable RAID. The driver will appear. 3. SATA RAID Installing the RAID Driver Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) 1. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will be automatically installed.