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... A-1 Installing the Audio Driver A-2 Using 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Testing the Connected Speakers A-14 Playing KaraOK A-15 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii Entering Setup 3-2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Power Management Features 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations...
... A-1 Installing the Audio Driver A-2 Using 4- or 6-Channel Audio Function A-4 Testing the Connected Speakers A-14 Playing KaraOK A-15 Troubleshooting T-1 Glossary ...G-1 vii Entering Setup 3-2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-13 Power Management Features 3-16 PNP/PCI Configurations...
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... for fast booting. The 4 LEDs can use graphic signal display to help users understand their system. D-Bracket™ 2 1 2 3 4 Red Green D-BracketTM2 Description System Power ON 1 2 - These users can debug all problems that fail the system, such as VGA, RAM or other failures. Testing onboard memory size. Initializing Keyboard Controller. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard...
... for fast booting. The 4 LEDs can use graphic signal display to help users understand their system. D-Bracket™ 2 1 2 3 4 Red Green D-BracketTM2 Description System Power ON 1 2 - These users can debug all problems that fail the system, such as VGA, RAM or other failures. Testing onboard memory size. Initializing Keyboard Controller. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard...
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... D-BracketTM2 Description Processor Initialization 1 3 2 4 - This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Testing Base and Extended Memory - Initializing Hard Drive Controller - Operating System Booting 1-9 BIOS Sign On - Assign Resources to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various... patterns. Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. Initializing Floppy Drive Controller - Boot Attempt - Testing base memory from 240K to all ISA. This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system...
... D-BracketTM2 Description Processor Initialization 1 3 2 4 - This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h. Testing Base and Extended Memory - Initializing Hard Drive Controller - Operating System Booting 1-9 BIOS Sign On - Assign Resources to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various... patterns. Then, detect and initialize the video adapter. Initializing Floppy Drive Controller - Boot Attempt - Testing base memory from 240K to all ISA. This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system...
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...clear the system configuration, use of system configuration. This section will damage the mainboard. 2-27 You can automatically boot OS every time it will explain how to change your motherboard's function through the use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to keep the data of jumpers. Avoid clearing... the CMOS while the system is a CMOS RAM on ; it is off. If you to clear the data: 1 1 3 Keep CMOS 3 Clear CMOS 1 3 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You......
...clear the system configuration, use of system configuration. This section will damage the mainboard. 2-27 You can automatically boot OS every time it will explain how to change your motherboard's function through the use the JBAT1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to keep the data of jumpers. Avoid clearing... the CMOS while the system is a CMOS RAM on ; it is off. If you to clear the data: 1 1 3 Keep CMOS 3 Clear CMOS 1 3 JBAT1 MSI Reminds You......
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... 3.3V AGP card into the slot, the MSI routing device will disable the computer's boot-up system will return to restart the system. To avoid the risk of 3.3V AGP cards may result in a failure to normal. 2-28 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit Master ...PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot. AGP is protected with MSI electrical...
... 3.3V AGP card into the slot, the MSI routing device will disable the computer's boot-up system will return to restart the system. To avoid the risk of 3.3V AGP cards may result in a failure to normal. 2-28 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot, six 32-bit Master ...PCI bus slots, and one CNR slot. AGP is protected with MSI electrical...
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BIOS Setup BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to change the default settings for optimum use. You may need to run SETUP. You want to configure the system for customized features. 3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3.
BIOS Setup BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to change the default settings for optimum use. You may need to run SETUP. You want to configure the system for customized features. 3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3.
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...entering the BIOS setup utility by simultaneously pressing , , and keys. Select the one you power on the screen, press to trigger the boot menu. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the screen, press key to enter Setup. When the message below appears on the computer and the system ...listed above appears on the system, it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to boot from the selected device. The system will boot from by turning it will list all the bootable devices. If so, restart the system and press ...
...entering the BIOS setup utility by simultaneously pressing , , and keys. Select the one you power on the screen, press to trigger the boot menu. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the screen, press key to enter Setup. When the message below appears on the computer and the system ...listed above appears on the system, it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to boot from the selected device. The system will boot from by turning it will list all the bootable devices. If so, restart the system and press ...
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...Enter cylinder number Enter head number Enter write precomp cylinder Enter sector number Read the maximal HDD capacity Select Auto for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to set the Virus Warning feature ...partition table of floppy drives installed. This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard disk. 3-7 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the type of the HDD is attempted. BIOS Setup selection. MSI Reminds You... Setting options: Disabled and Enabled. Available options: Not...
...Enter cylinder number Enter head number Enter write precomp cylinder Enter sector number Read the maximal HDD capacity Select Auto for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to set the Virus Warning feature ...partition table of floppy drives installed. This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard disk. 3-7 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the type of the HDD is attempted. BIOS Setup selection. MSI Reminds You... Setting options: Disabled and Enabled. Available options: Not...
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... The items allow you to show the company logo on the full screen at boot. Set- BIOS Shows the POST messages at boot. tings are : IDE-0 The system will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled, Disabled. The settings are : Silent Shows a still image (logo) on... the bootup screen. Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to...
... The items allow you to show the company logo on the full screen at boot. Set- BIOS Shows the POST messages at boot. tings are : IDE-0 The system will skip some check items. Available options: Enabled, Disabled. The settings are : Silent Shows a still image (logo) on... the bootup screen. Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to...
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... drive. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. USB HDD The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Network BBS-0 The system will boot from ARMD device, such as MO or ZIP drive, that functions as hard disk drive. MSI Reminds You... 1. USB RMD...
... drive. USB CDROMThe system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. USB HDD The system will boot from the third BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. Network BBS-0 The system will boot from ARMD device, such as MO or ZIP drive, that functions as hard disk drive. MSI Reminds You... 1. USB RMD...
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... keys on or when end users try to move back and forth once. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on . Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on... A: and B:. First A: will move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to predict hard disk failure. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to search for floppy disk drives at...
... keys on or when end users try to move back and forth once. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on . Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on... A: and B:. First A: will move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to predict hard disk failure. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to search for floppy disk drives at...
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... to the cache's write policy, which version to memory locations that supports HT Technology. Enabling the functionality of your operating system. BIOS Setup Boot To OS/2 for DRAM > 64MB This allows you to enable or disable the Hyper Threading function. Hyper Threading Function This field is much...held in cache. But it handles writes to use, consult the vendor of Hyper-Threading Technology for even faster access by your operating system. MSI Reminds You... The setting controls the internal cache (also known as L1 or level 1 cache) and external cache (also known as L2 ...
... to the cache's write policy, which version to memory locations that supports HT Technology. Enabling the functionality of your operating system. BIOS Setup Boot To OS/2 for DRAM > 64MB This allows you to enable or disable the Hyper Threading function. Hyper Threading Function This field is much...held in cache. But it handles writes to use, consult the vendor of Hyper-Threading Technology for even faster access by your operating system. MSI Reminds You... The setting controls the internal cache (also known as L1 or level 1 cache) and external cache (also known as L2 ...
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Internal Graphics Select The field specifies the size of the system. Setting options: 512KB, 1MB, 8MB, Disabled. ****Display Setting**** Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of system memory allocated for video purposes. ...
Internal Graphics Select The field specifies the size of the system. Setting options: 512KB, 1MB, 8MB, Disabled. ****Display Setting**** Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of system memory allocated for video purposes. ...
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...click) Right-button. 3-19 Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Settings: Disabled, Any Key, Specific Key. sume (boot up until it enters the operating system, before this function will automatically re- Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This ... Alarm This is set a password (max. 5 letters) for the Keyboard Wakeup From S3 function. Mouse Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of booting up the system from S3 (Suspend to... Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Available settings for Wakeup This setting allows users to RAM) sleep state...
...click) Right-button. 3-19 Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Settings: Disabled, Any Key, Specific Key. sume (boot up until it enters the operating system, before this function will automatically re- Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This ... Alarm This is set a password (max. 5 letters) for the Keyboard Wakeup From S3 function. Mouse Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of booting up the system from S3 (Suspend to... Alarm Minute 00 ~ 59 Alarm Second 00 ~ 59 MSI Reminds You... Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Available settings for Wakeup This setting allows users to RAM) sleep state...
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... reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is where the BIOS stores resource information for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. When set to 248 at ... When the item is set to higher values. Clear NVRAM The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) is booted up and then set the item to higher values, every PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. This section covers some very...
... reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is where the BIOS stores resource information for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. When set to 248 at ... When the item is set to higher values. Clear NVRAM The ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) is booted up and then set the item to higher values, every PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. This section covers some very...
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...the setup menu. 3-30 You may also press to confirm the password. A message will boot and you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any previously set...right to change the settings of your system configuration. If set password from CMOS memory. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Set Supervisor/User Password When you are prompted to enter the password. To ...the system is the PASSWORD CHECK option of your computer. The setting to enter Setup. MSI Reminds You... This would prevent unauthorized use of the setup menu. Additionally, when a password...
...the setup menu. 3-30 You may also press to confirm the password. A message will boot and you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any previously set...right to change the settings of your system configuration. If set password from CMOS memory. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Set Supervisor/User Password When you are prompted to enter the password. To ...the system is the PASSWORD CHECK option of your computer. The setting to enter Setup. MSI Reminds You... This would prevent unauthorized use of the setup menu. Additionally, when a password...
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...install the fan directly to the motherboard? T-1 A: Please follow the special tech issue, http://www.msi.com.tw/support/ techexpress/special_tech/smartled.htm Q: I have high speed CPU cooling fan like "K7T Turbo". Saying PCB version 1 is "Phoenix BIOS" but when I boot up my system I saw that ... D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? Q: I have got MSI Motherboard and when it says detecting drives, it . 2. Q: How do you can also find the version number beside it detects them but you shall find MS-xxxx or the marketing name like Taisol CGK760092, Vantec CCK6035D & GlobalWin...
...install the fan directly to the motherboard? T-1 A: Please follow the special tech issue, http://www.msi.com.tw/support/ techexpress/special_tech/smartled.htm Q: I have high speed CPU cooling fan like "K7T Turbo". Saying PCB version 1 is "Phoenix BIOS" but when I boot up my system I saw that ... D-bracket light mean by PCB version 1? Q: I have got MSI Motherboard and when it says detecting drives, it . 2. Q: How do you can also find the version number beside it detects them but you shall find MS-xxxx or the marketing name like Taisol CGK760092, Vantec CCK6035D & GlobalWin...
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...A: Live Update Series version 215 can 't. New BIOS source code T-2 You can be solved by one of MSI office near your motherboard, as described in http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/boot.htm 2. com/support/kb/articles/Q108/0/79.ASP Q: I update my BIOS, once a new BIOS is usually... together with the fan. Download it from http://www.msi. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can support WinXP. Dont install zonealarm 2. A: A new BIOS is released? Q: Can Live Update Series support WinXP? Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as it draws so much power, that...
...A: Live Update Series version 215 can 't. New BIOS source code T-2 You can be solved by one of MSI office near your motherboard, as described in http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/boot.htm 2. com/support/kb/articles/Q108/0/79.ASP Q: I update my BIOS, once a new BIOS is usually... together with the fan. Download it from http://www.msi. MS-6580 ATX Mainboard A: We strongly recommend that you can support WinXP. Dont install zonealarm 2. A: A new BIOS is released? Q: Can Live Update Series support WinXP? Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as it draws so much power, that...
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A word of advice, though, do I identify the BIOS version? A: Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in the format...will be worth it. Q: How do not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for the release. It is the BIOS version. Bugs are found 4. Customer-specific...For newer model number: W5139MS V1.0 091096 where: 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as MS = all standard customers. Troubleshooting 3. Refer to this BIOS is released. A: Please refer to . Q: How do I update the BIOS?...
A word of advice, though, do I identify the BIOS version? A: Upon boot-up, the 1st line appearing after the memory count is usually in the format...will be worth it. Q: How do not upgrade to the new BIOS, unless you really have to http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/note.htm for the release. It is the BIOS version. Bugs are found 4. Customer-specific...For newer model number: W5139MS V1.0 091096 where: 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as MS = all standard customers. Troubleshooting 3. Refer to this BIOS is released. A: Please refer to . Q: How do I update the BIOS?...
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Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl-Home to AMIBOOT.ROM Insert this floppy disk in the content e.g. e.g. T-4 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Q: After flashing the bios and rebooting the system, the screen went blank. For Award BIOS Make a bootable floopy disk Copy the Award flash ... BIOS & reboot. Rename A569MS23.ROM to force update. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer. awdfl535 a619mj21.bin Boot up system with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the floppy drive.
Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl-Home to AMIBOOT.ROM Insert this floppy disk in the content e.g. e.g. T-4 MS-6580 ATX Mainboard Q: After flashing the bios and rebooting the system, the screen went blank. For Award BIOS Make a bootable floopy disk Copy the Award flash ... BIOS & reboot. Rename A569MS23.ROM to force update. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer. awdfl535 a619mj21.bin Boot up system with "awdfl535 biosfilename" in the floppy drive.