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Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Live Monitor 1-5 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-6 MSI DVD 5.1 Channel (Optional 1-8 LiveBIOS™/Live Driver 1-10 CPU Thermal Protection 1-11 S-Bracket (Optional 1-11 Chapter 2. CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice ...
Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Live Monitor 1-5 D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional 1-6 MSI DVD 5.1 Channel (Optional 1-8 LiveBIOS™/Live Driver 1-10 CPU Thermal Protection 1-11 S-Bracket (Optional 1-11 Chapter 2. CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice ...
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... 200/266/333MHz front side bus - Dual channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE controller - MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports Socket A (Socket-462) for details. msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php) Chipset † VIA® KT400A North Bridge - Supports DDR200/266/333/400...
... 200/266/333MHz front side bus - Dual channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE controller - MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports Socket A (Socket-462) for details. msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php) Chipset † VIA® KT400A North Bridge - Supports DDR200/266/333/400...
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... detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. † The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Dimension †ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 21 cm (W) Mounting † 6 mounting holes Others † Suspend to RAM/Disk (S3/S4) †PC2001 compliant † Support WOL...
... detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. † The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Dimension †ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 21 cm (W) Mounting † 6 mounting holes Others † Suspend to RAM/Disk (S3/S4) †PC2001 compliant † Support WOL...
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... from overheating. MSI Reminds You... Any attempt to 100MHz by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS The hardware configuration for the installed CPU, refer to ensure the safety of the motherboard is installed on...
... from overheating. MSI Reminds You... Any attempt to 100MHz by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications is designed to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard CPU Clock Frequency Selection through BIOS The hardware configuration for the installed CPU, refer to ensure the safety of the motherboard is installed on...
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... demands of 3D graphics. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to meet your needs. Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the...CNR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you unplug the power supply first. AGP is an interface specification designed for ATX family motherboards. When adding or removing expansion cards, make any necessary hardware or software settings for the graphics controller to insert the AGP...
... demands of 3D graphics. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to meet your needs. Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the...CNR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you unplug the power supply first. AGP is an interface specification designed for ATX family motherboards. When adding or removing expansion cards, make any necessary hardware or software settings for the graphics controller to insert the AGP...
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...will boot from the SCSI. BBS-4 The system will boot from the 5th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-5 The system will boot from the 6th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive. BBS-8 The system will boot from... as a floppy drive. WORK BBS-0 The system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-9 The system will boot from the 10th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. USB FDD The system will boot from USB-interfaced floppy drive. The system will boot...
...will boot from the SCSI. BBS-4 The system will boot from the 5th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-5 The system will boot from the 6th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive. BBS-8 The system will boot from... as a floppy drive. WORK BBS-0 The system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-9 The system will boot from the 10th BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. USB FDD The system will boot from USB-interfaced floppy drive. The system will boot...
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...not copied to RAM. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs resources for faster system performance. Settings: 1.4, 1.1. 3-12 MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Option Disabled Enabled Cached Description The specified ROM is able to run in APIC mode. APIC Function This field is used for the... of specified ROM are copied to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be written to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. You need to and read from cache memory. ...
...not copied to RAM. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs resources for faster system performance. Settings: 1.4, 1.1. 3-12 MS-6712 ATX Mainboard Option Disabled Enabled Cached Description The specified ROM is able to run in APIC mode. APIC Function This field is used for the... of specified ROM are copied to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). To find out which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be written to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. You need to and read from cache memory. ...
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...This item controls the number of clock cycles allotted for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be incomplete and DRAM may be allowed to DRAM specifications. This setup item allows you to select the number of cycles for the RAS pulse width, according to precharge. If insufficient time is... refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. Setting options: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard SDRAM Frequency, SDRAM CAS# Latency, Row Precharge Time, RAS Pulse Width, RAS to CAS Delay and SDRAM Bank Interleave automatically to CAS (column...
...This item controls the number of clock cycles allotted for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to be incomplete and DRAM may be allowed to DRAM specifications. This setup item allows you to select the number of cycles for the RAS pulse width, according to precharge. If insufficient time is... refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. Setting options: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard SDRAM Frequency, SDRAM CAS# Latency, Row Precharge Time, RAS Pulse Width, RAS to CAS Delay and SDRAM Bank Interleave automatically to CAS (column...
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Select Enabled to and from the ISA bus are buffered and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is underway. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. 3-17 BIOS Setup PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delayed transactions cycles so that transactions to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.
Select Enabled to and from the ISA bus are buffered and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is underway. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. 3-17 BIOS Setup PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delayed transactions cycles so that transactions to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.
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...enable or disable the feature of booting up key to set a wake-up the system on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you have changed this setting, you must let... system, before this function will automatically resume (boot up the system. Settings: Disabled, Any Key, Specific Key. Wake-Up Password This setting allows users to set to wake up ) on a scheduled time/date... ~ 31, Every Day Alarm Hour 00 ~ 23 Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Resume On KBC This item allows the activity of the mouse to wake up the system from ...
...enable or disable the feature of booting up key to set a wake-up the system on a specific date/hour/minute/second specified in these fields. If you have changed this setting, you must let... system, before this function will automatically resume (boot up the system. Settings: Disabled, Any Key, Specific Key. Wake-Up Password This setting allows users to set to wake up ) on a scheduled time/date... ~ 31, Every Day Alarm Hour 00 ~ 23 Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Resume On KBC This item allows the activity of the mouse to wake up the system from ...
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... directly to the last version (3.3)? For Example: MS-6368 or 845E Max (MS-6566E) Q: How do I know that the product that I have is released. Customer-specific request When we release a new BIOS, there's usually a release note attached which lists the reason for the release. Bugs are found 4. You should be done... by one Q: Should I update my BIOS, once a new BIOS is usually in between the PCI slots. Refer to numbers. A: All MSI product starts with the character MS-XXXX or Marketing Name (MS-XXXX) wherein XXXX refers to this BIOS is from...
... directly to the last version (3.3)? For Example: MS-6368 or 845E Max (MS-6566E) Q: How do I know that the product that I have is released. Customer-specific request When we release a new BIOS, there's usually a release note attached which lists the reason for the release. Bugs are found 4. You should be done... by one Q: Should I update my BIOS, once a new BIOS is usually in between the PCI slots. Refer to numbers. A: All MSI product starts with the character MS-XXXX or Marketing Name (MS-XXXX) wherein XXXX refers to this BIOS is from...
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... attached to the computer. Cache A special memory subsystem that is transferred among different components. Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. Data can be included in different countries). Each device has...
... attached to the computer. Cache A special memory subsystem that is transferred among different components. Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device. Data can be included in different countries). Each device has...
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This means that there are stored. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard contents of battery-powered CMOS memory to retain the date, time, and system setup parameters. PCs usually contain a small amount of frequently ...Memory channel width (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 DRAM (Dynamic RAM) A most common type of technology, the memory type and specification used type of time recognized by a device. Chipset A collection of integrated chips designed to perform one transistor and a capacitor to represent a bit. For personal computers...
This means that there are stored. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard contents of battery-powered CMOS memory to retain the date, time, and system setup parameters. PCs usually contain a small amount of frequently ...Memory channel width (64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium) Source: Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G-2 DRAM (Dynamic RAM) A most common type of technology, the memory type and specification used type of time recognized by a device. Chipset A collection of integrated chips designed to perform one transistor and a capacitor to represent a bit. For personal computers...
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...) IRQs are known as in most cases. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of disk-drive interface widely used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the Plug-and-Play specification has removed this headache in a building or an enterprise.... Internal Cache Short for transmitting data via infrared light waves. G-4 These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. ISA (Industry Standard Architecture...
...) IRQs are known as in most cases. MS-6712 ATX Mainboard IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of disk-drive interface widely used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the Plug-and-Play specification has removed this headache in a building or an enterprise.... Internal Cache Short for transmitting data via infrared light waves. G-4 These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. ISA (Industry Standard Architecture...
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.... PCI provides "plug and play " it without configuring the system manually. Logical block addressing is a 28-bit value that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk. 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to work with the system's...see if they are required. The PCI controller can "plug" in late 1993. G-5 It is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to three parallel printer ports: LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3. PnP (Plug and Play) A set of diagnostic...
.... PCI provides "plug and play " it without configuring the system manually. Logical block addressing is a 28-bit value that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk. 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to work with the system's...see if they are required. The PCI controller can "plug" in late 1993. G-5 It is resetting your system, the BIOS executes a series of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to three parallel printer ports: LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3. PnP (Plug and Play) A set of diagnostic...