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...registered trademarks of the Kensington Technology Group. Windows® 98/2000/NT/ XP are registered trademarks of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. PCMCIA and CardBus are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but...of Microsoft Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to the correctness of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. AMI® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Revision History Revision V1.0 V1.1 Revision History First ...
...registered trademarks of the Kensington Technology Group. Windows® 98/2000/NT/ XP are registered trademarks of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. PCMCIA and CardBus are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Copyright Notice The material in this document, but...of Microsoft Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to the correctness of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. AMI® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Revision History Revision V1.0 V1.1 Revision History First ...
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... - Supports P4 processors FSB (1066/800MHz). - MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU* † Supports Intel® Pentium® 4/ Prescott (LGA 775) processor. † FSB @ 1066/800/533MHz. † Supports Intel P4 Prescott CPU up to 2GB memory size. † Supports DDRII 533/400 memory interface. Supports DDR SDRAM memory (DDRII 533/400). - ACPI & PC2001 compliant...
... - Supports P4 processors FSB (1066/800MHz). - MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU* † Supports Intel® Pentium® 4/ Prescott (LGA 775) processor. † FSB @ 1066/800/533MHz. † Supports Intel P4 Prescott CPU up to 2GB memory size. † Supports DDRII 533/400 memory interface. Supports DDR SDRAM memory (DDRII 533/400). - ACPI & PC2001 compliant...
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... (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s(1000Mb/s for 8110SB only). - Dimension † Micro-ATX Form Factor: 245mm x 220mm. Compliance with AC'97 v2.2 spec. Supports ACPI Power Management. 1394 (optional) † Support two... holes. *For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/ products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php ** For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.ph 1-3 Getting Started Audio ...
... (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s(1000Mb/s for 8110SB only). - Dimension † Micro-ATX Form Factor: 245mm x 220mm. Compliance with AC'97 v2.2 spec. Supports ACPI Power Management. 1394 (optional) † Support two... holes. *For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/ products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php ** For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.ph 1-3 Getting Started Audio ...
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...values you just configured. Items shown on Core Center vary depending on your system status. 1-7 Also you can configure the settings of FSB, Vcore, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button next to each item, then click "OK" to apply the changes. Right-wing: PC hardware ...status during real time operation In the right sub-menu, here you may click "Auto" to start testing the maximum CPU overclocking value. MSI Reminds You... Or you can configure the PC hardware status such as yellow when selected), use the "+" and "-" buttons to adjust, then click ...
...values you just configured. Items shown on Core Center vary depending on your system status. 1-7 Also you can configure the settings of FSB, Vcore, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button next to each item, then click "OK" to apply the changes. Right-wing: PC hardware ...status during real time operation In the right sub-menu, here you may click "Auto" to start testing the maximum CPU overclocking value. MSI Reminds You... Or you can configure the PC hardware status such as yellow when selected), use the "+" and "-" buttons to adjust, then click ...
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Also, it provides the instructions on the mainboard. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. 2-1 Hardware Setup Hardware Setup This chapter tells you how to install the CPU, memory modules, and expansion cards, as well as how to setup the jumpers on connecting the peripheral devices, such as the mouse, keyboard, etc. Hardware Setup Chapter 2.
Also, it provides the instructions on the mainboard. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. 2-1 Hardware Setup Hardware Setup This chapter tells you how to install the CPU, memory modules, and expansion cards, as well as how to setup the jumpers on connecting the peripheral devices, such as the mouse, keyboard, etc. Hardware Setup Chapter 2.
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...pins. Installing DDR2 Modules 1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Introduction to...memory module, and its speed is the top limit of memory, but they will only fit in height. DDR2 truly is not backwardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDR2 memory will automatically close. Hardware Setup Memory... The mainboard provides 2 slots for 240-pin DDR2 DIMM, which supports the memory... the memory module is not backward compatible, you are not...
...pins. Installing DDR2 Modules 1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Introduction to...memory module, and its speed is the top limit of memory, but they will only fit in height. DDR2 truly is not backwardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDR2 memory will automatically close. Hardware Setup Memory... The mainboard provides 2 slots for 240-pin DDR2 DIMM, which supports the memory... the memory module is not backward compatible, you are not...
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... Routing The IRQ, acronym of 3D graphics. The PCI IRQ pins are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to directly access main memory. AGP Slot PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as...
... Routing The IRQ, acronym of 3D graphics. The PCI IRQ pins are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to directly access main memory. AGP Slot PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as...
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... BIOS is released. 3-1 V2.0 refers to the BIOS version. 10/23/05 refers to the date this chapter are under continuous update for optimum use. MSI Reminds You... 1. While booting up , and requests you to BIOS maker as A=AMI(R); It is shown in the format: example: A7222IMS 12.0 102305 ...screen during the system boot up , the BIOS version is usually in the 1st line appearing after the memory count. Therefore, the description may need to run SETUP. ² You want to the customer, MS=all standard customers. W=AWARD(R) 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers ...
... BIOS is released. 3-1 V2.0 refers to the BIOS version. 10/23/05 refers to the date this chapter are under continuous update for optimum use. MSI Reminds You... 1. While booting up , and requests you to BIOS maker as A=AMI(R); It is shown in the format: example: A7222IMS 12.0 102305 ...screen during the system boot up , the BIOS version is usually in the 1st line appearing after the memory count. Therefore, the description may need to run SETUP. ² You want to the customer, MS=all standard customers. W=AWARD(R) 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers ...
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... Information Press to for the sub-menu of each item: Total Memory/BIOS Version This item shows the memory status and BIOS version of your system (read only). 3-6 Available options: [Disabled], [360 KB, 51/4], [1.2 MB, 51/4], [720 KB, 3 1/2], [1.44 MB, 3 1/2], [2.88MB, 3 1/2]. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard DMA Mode This item allows you to set the type...
... Information Press to for the sub-menu of each item: Total Memory/BIOS Version This item shows the memory status and BIOS version of your system (read only). 3-6 Available options: [Disabled], [360 KB, 51/4], [1.2 MB, 51/4], [720 KB, 3 1/2], [1.44 MB, 3 1/2], [2.88MB, 3 1/2]. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard DMA Mode This item allows you to set the type...
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...number of cycles for the RAS to accumulate its charge before SDRAM starts a read from RAS (row address strobe) to a memory cell. The less the clock cycles, the faster the DRAM performance. Read to Precharge (Trtp) This item controls the internal ... the system performance the most while [3/ 5] provides the most stable performance. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is allowed for the installed SDRAM. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard DRAM Timing Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by BIOS based on the configurations on the DRAM module. Setting options: [2T], [3T], [4T...
...number of cycles for the RAS to accumulate its charge before SDRAM starts a read from RAS (row address strobe) to a memory cell. The less the clock cycles, the faster the DRAM performance. Read to Precharge (Trtp) This item controls the internal ... the system performance the most while [3/ 5] provides the most stable performance. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is allowed for the installed SDRAM. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard DRAM Timing Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by BIOS based on the configurations on the DRAM module. Setting options: [2T], [3T], [4T...
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... at 2T rate. [1T] is required to guarantee that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the memory cells before precharge occurs. Selecting [Manual] allows you to graphics memory address space. BIOS Setup Write to Read CMD (Twtr) This item controls the internal Write to adjust ...AGP 3.0 card. Setting options: [8x], [4x]. Host cycles that data in clock cycles) that must elapse after the completion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to adjust the RDSAIT value. AGP Driving Control This field is a portion of a valid write operation, before an active bank ...
... at 2T rate. [1T] is required to guarantee that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the memory cells before precharge occurs. Selecting [Manual] allows you to graphics memory address space. BIOS Setup Write to Read CMD (Twtr) This item controls the internal Write to adjust ...AGP 3.0 card. Setting options: [8x], [4x]. Host cycles that data in clock cycles) that must elapse after the completion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to adjust the RDSAIT value. AGP Driving Control This field is a portion of a valid write operation, before an active bank ...
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MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard AGP Driving Value This item specifies an AGP driving force. Options: [Disabled], [Auto]. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. AGP 3.0 Calibration cycle This setting disables/enables the AGP auto calibration. VGA Share Memory Size Press and the following sub-menu appears. PCI ...South Bridge. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Setting options: [Disabled], [16M], [32M], [64M]. VGA Share Memory Size The system shares memory to support delay transactions cycles. PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to the ...
MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard AGP Driving Value This item specifies an AGP driving force. Options: [Disabled], [Auto]. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. AGP 3.0 Calibration cycle This setting disables/enables the AGP auto calibration. VGA Share Memory Size Press and the following sub-menu appears. PCI ...South Bridge. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Setting options: [Disabled], [16M], [32M], [64M]. VGA Share Memory Size The system shares memory to support delay transactions cycles. PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to the ...
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...Enabled] allows BIOS to call VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card. ACPI Function This item is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. If your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.... S3-related functions described in memory will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up " event occurs. Setting options: [Enabled...a "wake up (resumes) from S3. 3-17 In this field. BIOS Setup Power Management Features MSI Reminds You...
...Enabled] allows BIOS to call VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card. ACPI Function This item is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. If your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode.... S3-related functions described in memory will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up " event occurs. Setting options: [Enabled...a "wake up (resumes) from S3. 3-17 In this field. BIOS Setup Power Management Features MSI Reminds You...
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You may also press to confirm the password. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard Load Optimized Defaults The two options on the screen: Type the password, up confirming the password will replace any previously set password, just press ... the BIOS settings to six characters in length, and press . To clear a set password from changing any password. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. When you try to enter it every time you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal...
You may also press to confirm the password. MS-7222 Micro-ATX Mainboard Load Optimized Defaults The two options on the screen: Type the password, up confirming the password will replace any previously set password, just press ... the BIOS settings to six characters in length, and press . To clear a set password from changing any password. This prevents an unauthorized person from CMOS memory. When you try to enter it every time you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal...