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Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-5 Live Monitor 1-6 PC Alert™ 4 1-7 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 2-4 Installing the ...
Getting Started 1-1 Mainboard Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 MSI Special Features 1-5 Live BIOS™/Live Driver 1-5 Live Monitor 1-6 PC Alert™ 4 1-7 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2-3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 478 2-4 Installing the ...
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Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-9 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Integrated Peripherals 3-16 Power Management Setup 3-23 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-27 PC Health Status 3-29 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-31 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-33 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-34 Appendix: Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing C-Media Driver A-2 Hardware Configuration A-4 Software Configuration A-5 Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-18 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii
Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-9 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Integrated Peripherals 3-16 Power Management Setup 3-23 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-27 PC Health Status 3-29 Frequency/Voltage Control 3-31 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults 3-33 Set Supervisor/User Password 3-34 Appendix: Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-1 Installing C-Media Driver A-2 Hardware Configuration A-4 Software Configuration A-5 Using 2-, 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-18 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii
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...above is a utility you can use the Adjusting Keys to change the minimum and maximum threshold of either Fahrenheit (oF) or Celsius (oC). The PC Alert™ 4 icon on the Status Area will continue to be immediately shown on the screen, with the abnormal item highlighted in the CD-...ROM disk. Click Temperature to select the temperature modes of each item for the system to send out a warning message. Getting Started PC Alert™ 4 The PC AlertTM 4 is abnormal, the program main screen will be shown until the condition returns to the normal status. This will show the current...
...above is a utility you can use the Adjusting Keys to change the minimum and maximum threshold of either Fahrenheit (oF) or Celsius (oC). The PC Alert™ 4 icon on the Status Area will continue to be immediately shown on the screen, with the abnormal item highlighted in the CD-...ROM disk. Click Temperature to select the temperature modes of each item for the system to send out a warning message. Getting Started PC Alert™ 4 The PC AlertTM 4 is abnormal, the program main screen will be shown until the condition returns to the normal status. This will show the current...
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Items shown on PC Alert 4 vary depending on your mainboard supports AMD Athlon™ XP CPU. 2. Cute MSI Reminds You... 1. Right-click the mouse to select the skin you want to switch to take effect. 1-8 Whenever the minimum or maximum threshold of AMD ... protect the CPU from overheating, a new feature, COOLER XP, has been added to decrease the temperature of each item has been changed, please close the PC Alert 4 program for the new settings to . To do so, simply click COOLER XP and the screen will work only if your system's status. 3.
Items shown on PC Alert 4 vary depending on your mainboard supports AMD Athlon™ XP CPU. 2. Cute MSI Reminds You... 1. Right-click the mouse to select the skin you want to switch to take effect. 1-8 Whenever the minimum or maximum threshold of AMD ... protect the CPU from overheating, a new feature, COOLER XP, has been added to decrease the temperature of each item has been changed, please close the PC Alert 4 program for the new settings to . To do so, simply click COOLER XP and the screen will work only if your system's status. 3.
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... DDR SDRAM DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM is similar to 2GB. DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides 2 slots for high performance PC, workstations and servers. 2-7 It uses 2.5 volts as opposed to 3.3 volts used in SDR SDRAM, and requires 184-pin DIMM modules rather than 168-pin DIMM...
... DDR SDRAM DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM is similar to 2GB. DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides 2 slots for high performance PC, workstations and servers. 2-7 It uses 2.5 volts as opposed to 3.3 volts used in SDR SDRAM, and requires 184-pin DIMM modules rather than 168-pin DIMM...
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... Mainboard IEEE1394 Port (Optional) The mainboard provides one standard IEEE1394 port. You can attach a serial mouse or other PCs, and portable devices. The IEEE1394 high-speed serial bus complements USB by providing enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage peripherals, other serial device directly...
... Mainboard IEEE1394 Port (Optional) The mainboard provides one standard IEEE1394 port. You can attach a serial mouse or other PCs, and portable devices. The IEEE1394 high-speed serial bus complements USB by providing enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage peripherals, other serial device directly...
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... to set User Password. Load BIOS Setup Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for frequency/voltage control. BIOS Setup PC Health Status This entry shows your settings for stable system performance operations. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup. 3-5 Frequency/Voltage Control Use...
... to set User Password. Load BIOS Setup Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for frequency/voltage control. BIOS Setup PC Health Status This entry shows your settings for stable system performance operations. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup. 3-5 Frequency/Voltage Control Use...
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... , 65 -149 , 70 158 , 75 -167 and Disabled. The setting of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. Setting options: Enabled, Reset, Disabled. BIOS Setup PC Health Status This section shows the status of the field will shotdown automatically.
... , 65 -149 , 70 158 , 75 -167 and Disabled. The setting of your CPU, fan, overall system status, etc. Setting options: Enabled, Reset, Disabled. BIOS Setup PC Health Status This section shows the status of the field will shotdown automatically.
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...-,g4-4o-r 6o-rCh6a-nCnhelaAnundeiol AFuundcitoioFn unction The motherboard comes with C-Media 9739A AC'97 audio chip, which provides exclusive Xear 3DTM technology, a value-add PC audio total solution.In addtion, C-Media designs a Universal Driver Architecture (UDA driver) which has a flexible interface so that it can be applied to install and...
...-,g4-4o-r 6o-rCh6a-nCnhelaAnundeiol AFuundcitoioFn unction The motherboard comes with C-Media 9739A AC'97 audio chip, which provides exclusive Xear 3DTM technology, a value-add PC audio total solution.In addtion, C-Media designs a Universal Driver Architecture (UDA driver) which has a flexible interface so that it can be applied to install and...
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Please use this option will function as it , as the figure showed below. Please confirm you have opposite definition. PC speaker manufactures define typically that the center signal is delivered by tip of the stereo plug and the bass signal is by ring of it ...
Please use this option will function as it , as the figure showed below. Please confirm you have opposite definition. PC speaker manufactures define typically that the center signal is delivered by tip of the stereo plug and the bass signal is by ring of it ...
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... issue. A: A new BIOS is released? Disable any web based anti-virus Software. com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm but it from http://www.msi. Please use more than 512MB memory on failing? New BIOS source code T-2 MS-6743 M-ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can be ...solved by one of PC-cillon 2000 3. Q: Can I have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http:/ /www.msi.com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm Q: After flashing the BIOS, my system for new BIOS chip ...
... issue. A: A new BIOS is released? Disable any web based anti-virus Software. com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm but it from http://www.msi. Please use more than 512MB memory on failing? New BIOS source code T-2 MS-6743 M-ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can be ...solved by one of PC-cillon 2000 3. Q: Can I have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http:/ /www.msi.com.tw/support/liveupdate/livedriver.htm Q: After flashing the BIOS, my system for new BIOS chip ...
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... in the second generation of the technology). It stores the G-1 Each device has a unique 48bit address from the IEEE 802 standard. In a PC, the term bus usually refers to a local bus that contains all the control code of input/output interface (such as keyboard, disk drives, ... control the amount of power given to each device. The maximum range is transferred among different components. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) On PCs, an essential software that connects the internal components to the computer. Cache A special memory subsystem that based on booting the system, starts the...
... in the second generation of the technology). It stores the G-1 Each device has a unique 48bit address from the IEEE 802 standard. In a PC, the term bus usually refers to a local bus that contains all the control code of input/output interface (such as keyboard, disk drives, ... control the amount of power given to each device. The maximum range is transferred among different components. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) On PCs, an essential software that connects the internal components to the computer. Cache A special memory subsystem that based on booting the system, starts the...
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CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) CMOS is the smallest unit of time recognized by a device. PCs usually contain a small amount of battery-powered CMOS memory to represent a bit. As the development of technology, the memory type and specification... used type of semiconductor, which runs at 66 MHz. It usually uses one or more related functions. a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving data; For personal computers, clock cycles generally refer to perform ...
CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) CMOS is the smallest unit of time recognized by a device. PCs usually contain a small amount of battery-powered CMOS memory to represent a bit. As the development of technology, the memory type and specification... used type of semiconductor, which runs at 66 MHz. It usually uses one or more related functions. a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving data; For personal computers, clock cycles generally refer to perform ...
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...network that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. The L1 cache is integrated into the microprocessor. When you add a new device to a PC, you to transfer data from one device to 63 external devices. Also see EISA and MCA. ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) ISA is made ...up to another without any cables. Internal Cache Short for transmitting data via infrared light waves. These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that many users can send interrupt signals to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the...
...network that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard. The L1 cache is integrated into the microprocessor. When you add a new device to a PC, you to transfer data from one device to 63 external devices. Also see EISA and MCA. ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) ISA is made ...up to another without any cables. Internal Cache Short for transmitting data via infrared light waves. These individual PCs and devices on the LAN, so that many users can send interrupt signals to be a common problem when adding expansion boards, but the...
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... that supports PnP and a PnP expansion card are properly connected and operating. To implement this useful feature, both the BIOS that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to 8.4 gigabytes in data storage capacity. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) A local bus standard developed by Intel that allows...either 32 bits or 64 bits at 200 Mhz). Glossary LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Logical block addressing is a technique that first appeared on PCs in late 1993. A logical block address is a 28-bit value that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk....
... that supports PnP and a PnP expansion card are properly connected and operating. To implement this useful feature, both the BIOS that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to 8.4 gigabytes in data storage capacity. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) A local bus standard developed by Intel that allows...either 32 bits or 64 bits at 200 Mhz). Glossary LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Logical block addressing is a technique that first appeared on PCs in late 1993. A logical block address is a 28-bit value that maps to a specific cylinder-head-sector address on the disk....
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...Redundant Array of code that infects computer files by another device, such as a modem. SCSI Acronym for wireless local-area network. Most modern PCs equipped with PS/2 ports so that SCSI is really an I /O operations can be plugged in and unplugged without turning the system off....high-frequency radio waves rather than simply an interface. MS-6743 M-ATX Mainboard PS/2 Port A type of port developed by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many devices to a single SCSI port, so that the special port can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. originally Redundant ...
...Redundant Array of code that infects computer files by another device, such as a modem. SCSI Acronym for wireless local-area network. Most modern PCs equipped with PS/2 ports so that SCSI is really an I /O operations can be plugged in and unplugged without turning the system off....high-frequency radio waves rather than simply an interface. MS-6743 M-ATX Mainboard PS/2 Port A type of port developed by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many devices to a single SCSI port, so that the special port can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. originally Redundant ...