MSI 770-G45 Series, Manual

Page 1: ...770 G45 series MS 7599 v2 x Mainboard G52 75991X3...

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Page 3: ...rnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by servic...

Page 4: ...ct the interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outl...

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Page 8: ...nboard Layout 1 4 Packing Checklist 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 9 Connectors 2 11 Jumpers 2 17...

Page 9: ...3 28 Appendix A VIA HD Audio A 1 Installing the VIA Audio Driver A 2 Software Introduction A 4 Display Mode A 5 Panel Detail A 6 Hardware Setup A 18 Appendix B SB710 RAID B 1 RAID Configuration B 2 Ap...

Page 10: ...45 Series mainboards are based on AMD 770 SB710 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD AM3 PhenomTM II X4 X3 Athlon X4 X3 X2 proces sors the 770 G45 Series deliver a h...

Page 11: ...3 1600 OC 1333 1066 800 SDRAM total 16 GB Max 4 DDR3 DIMMs 240 pin 1 5V OC overclocking for more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com index php func testreport LAN Suppor...

Page 12: ...ntrusion connector 1 CD In connector 1 TPM Module connector 1 Easy OC switch Slots 1 PCI Express x16 slot PCI_E2 supports up to PCI Express x16 speed 1 PCI Express x16 slot PCI_E3 supports up to PCI E...

Page 13: ...1 4 Getting Started Getting Started 770 G45 Series MS 7599 v2 X ATX Mainboard Mainboard Layout...

Page 14: ...IDE Devices Back IO Shield User s Guide Packing Checklist The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased If you need to purchase accessories an...

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Page 16: ...ion be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist s...

Page 17: ...ck Panel p 2 9 CPU p 2 3 CPUFAN p 2 13 DDR3 p 2 6 FDD1 p 2 11 JPWR1 p 2 8 IDE1 p 2 11 JTPM1 p 2 16 SATA p 2 12 SYSFAN2 p 2 13 JFP1 JFP2 p 2 14 JUSB1 3 p 2 15 JBAT1 p 2 18 JSPI p 2 14 JCD1 p 2 13 PCI p...

Page 18: ...ting Make sure that you apply an even layer of thermal paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the...

Page 19: ...y embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 3 Press the CPU down firmly into the...

Page 20: ...e on your fingers because once the Safety Hook is disconnected from the fixed bolt the fixed lever will spring back instantly Position the cooling set onto the re tention mechanism Hook one end of the...

Page 21: ...explain the population rules for Dual Channel mode 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 2 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Installed Empty Important DDR3 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR2 and the DDR3 stan...

Page 22: ...til the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close when the memory module is properly seated Manuall...

Page 23: ...ply along with pin 1 pin 13 refer to the image at the right hand 1 3 3 3 V 1 3 3 V 1 4 1 2 V 2 3 3 V 1 5 G r o u n d 3 G r o u n d 1 6 P S O N 4 5 V 1 7 G r o u n d 5 G r o u n d 1 8 G r o u n d 6 5 V...

Page 24: ...or other USB compatible devices LAN The standard RJ 45 LAN jack is for connection to the Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it LED Color LED State Condition Left Yellow Off LAN...

Page 25: ...audio jacks Line In Blue Line In is used for external CD player tape player or other audio devices Line Out Green Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones Mic Pink Mic is a connector for mi...

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Page 28: ...take advantage of the CPU fan control 1 G r o u n d 2 1 2 V 3 S e n s o r 4 C o n t r o l 1 G r o u n d 2 1 2 V 3 S e n s o r CPUFAN SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 Important Please refer to the recommended CPU fans...

Page 29: ...1 G r o u n d 3 S u s p e n d L E D 5 P o w e r L E D 7 N o P i n 8 6 4 2 Buzzer Speaker 1 3 1 0 N o P i n 5 R e s e t S w i t c h H D D L E D P o w e r S w i t c h P o w e r L E D 7 9 R e s e r v e...

Page 30: ...D 7 G r o u n d 9 N o P i n 8 G r o u n d 6 U S B D 4 U S B D 2 V C C Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1...

Page 31: ...manual for more details and usages 1 0 N o P i n 1 4 G r o u n d 8 5 V P o w e r 1 2 G r o u n d 6 S e r i a l I R Q 4 3 3 V P o w e r 2 3 V S t a n d b y p o w e r 1 L P C C l o c k 3 L P C R e s e...

Page 32: ...ith the CMOS RAM the system can automati cally boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the jumper to clear data JBAT1 Keep Data Clear Data 1 1 1 Important...

Page 33: ...Easy OC Switch OC_SW1 You can overclock the FSB to increase the processor frequency by changing the switch Follow the instructions below to set the FSB Default Increase 10 speed of FSB Increase 15 sp...

Page 34: ...e sure that you unplug the power sup ply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to configure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers s...

Page 35: ...card in the third PCIE x16 PCI_E3 slot With two cards installed an CrossFireXTM Video Link cable is required to connect the golden fingers on the top of these two graphics cards refer to the picture b...

Page 36: ...ng in the CatalystTM Control Center that needs to be enabled for CrossFireXTM to operate The following aspect appears in CatalystTM Control Center 3 Select the Advanced View from the view drop menu Im...

Page 37: ...dicators CPU Phase LEDs LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 These LEDs indicate the current CPU power phase mode Follow the instructions below to read Blue light Off LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 Mode CPU is in 1 phase power m...

Page 38: ...ws you to configure the system for op timum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to...

Page 39: ...under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly dif ferent from the latest BIOS and should be he...

Page 40: ...he item The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol as shown in the right view ap pears to the left o...

Page 41: ...ated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management H W Monitor This entry shows your...

Page 42: ...BIOS Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the...

Page 43: ...his allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month f...

Page 44: ...d DMA Mode Select DMA Mode Hard Disk S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitor...

Page 45: ...will halt on for 15 seconds and then automatically resume its operation All Error The system stops when any error is detected No Error The system does not stop for any detected error System Informatio...

Page 46: ...s to boot from 1st boot device BIOS Flash Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed w...

Page 47: ...de will expand available IRQ resources for the system MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to...

Page 48: ...interfaced device in the operating system Onboard LAN Controller This setting allows you to enable disable the onboard LAN controller LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the B...

Page 49: ...riting to IDE drives On Chip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller RAID Mode This item is used to select mode for SATA connectors I O Devices Press Enter to e...

Page 50: ...our operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 2000 XP you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Settings are S1 The S1 sleep mode is a...

Page 51: ...l be defined by OS Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 Sus pend to RAM sleep state Resume From S3 By PS 2 Keyboard Mouse These ite...

Page 52: ...can control the CPU fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range You can enable a fan target value here If the current CPU fan temperature reaches t...

Page 53: ...e Control When set to Auto the hardware will auto adjust the CPU power phase according to the loading of CPU to reach the best power saving function Motherboard LED Control This item is used to enable...

Page 54: ...be prompted to confirm the password Retype the password and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are pro...

Page 55: ...Setup BIOS Setup Cell Menu Important Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset Current CPU DRAM CPU NB Frequency These items show the current clocks of CPU Memory CPU NB speed R...

Page 56: ...the following screen appears AMD Cool n Quiet The Cool n Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and power consumption Important To ensure that Cool n Quiet function is activ...

Page 57: ...al base clock The system will boot with the initial base clock and start to overclock from initial base clock to set base clock that you set in Adjust CPU Base Frequency MHz step by step OC Step This...

Page 58: ...successfully Memory Z Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears DIMM1 4 Memory SPD Information Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears This sub men...

Page 59: ...sable the MemClk Tristating during C3 and ATLVID FSB DRAM Ratio This item allows you to select the ratio of FSB DRAM Adjusted DRAM Frequency MHz It shows the adjusted Memory frequency Read only HT Lin...

Page 60: ...ses are reduced to flatter curves Important If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI select the value...

Page 61: ...BIOS via the USB Storage drive directly Update BIOS ROM chip data from selected file which was be download from official website and must be saved in the root directory of the USB Stor age drive It o...

Page 62: ...efer to the block diagram below about the M Flash function Due to the special design of some graphics cards will cause dark screen during M flash operation and you may refer the beeps from the system...

Page 63: ...ific USB drive storage drive to save BIOS file from BIOS ROM chip data Note it only supports FAT FAT32 file system drive Save File Name as Please setup a specific name for the BIOS file which will be...

Page 64: ...erclocking Profile 1 2 3 4 5 6 These items are used to save the currect settings to selected profile and they are also used to load the settings from the selected profile OC Retry Count These items is...

Page 65: ...timal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears...

Page 66: ...HD audio provides 10 channel DAC that simul taneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 channels of independent stereo sound output through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels Appendix A...

Page 67: ...the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems Insert the application DVD into t...

Page 68: ...k here Click here After the installation is completed click Finish to restart the system 5 After installed the audio driver you are able to use the 2 4 6 or 8 channel audio feature now Click the audio...

Page 69: ...n features of Adeck include Supports various sound enhancement settings with detailed user customization Supports active jack detection Supports jack Function configuration Supports configurations for...

Page 70: ...cludes peak meter number of channels S PDIF out status or sound effect status etc If you want to control the sound effects in detail you can click on the buttons located on the lower portion of the pa...

Page 71: ...ght of the peak meter there is a display showing the number of audio channels that is being used in the system The number of channels can be changed in the speaker configuration panel Peak Meter The v...

Page 72: ...control To test a speaker to see if it is connected single click on the desired speaker To test all speakers just click the Test button Mixer Configuration Panel As page A 10 shows it contains the ba...

Page 73: ...To test a speaker single click on the speaker to hear the test audio clip A Test button is also provided through which a user can test all the speakers accordingly Below side of the speaker configura...

Page 74: ...headphone volume controls are as shown below To switch back to the speaker volume controls click on the speaker icon at the bottom right corner Headphone Test Click here to return to speaker control H...

Page 75: ...has a volume balance and mute control The user can also select the default playback device from a drop down menu User could redirect the analog input sources Microphone Line In Front Microphone etc to...

Page 76: ...ditionally the user can create custom settings and save them for later use To save the current equalizer setting click on the Save button To delete a setting select the setting to be deleted from the...

Page 77: ...eled to the subwoofer Each speaker except for the subwoofer can be configured to have a different low frequency limit For example if the user wants to set the low frequency limit for front left speake...

Page 78: ...the Back Panel controls as shown below the jacks can be distinguished by the dif ferent colors used to identify each jack The user should be able to find matching colors at the rear of the computer sy...

Page 79: ...1 surround sound to watch a movie while simultaneously using the independent headphone feature to make phone calls through a VoIP Internet phone The Redirected Headphone feature enables the user to he...

Page 80: ...rol The S PDIF Out panel allows the user to enable S PDIF output support and select the S PDIF output sampling rate Please note that some S PDIF decoders do not support 176 4 and 192kHz Before enablin...

Page 81: ...plays the current system information System Information The Hot Key Configuration Panel allows the user to set hot keys for controlling the volume and muting To use the hot keys Enable Hot Key Functio...

Page 82: ...key is pressed the screen will show a green volume control bar at the bot tom of the screen and a mute un mute icon at the top right corner of the screen The on screen display can be hidden by pressin...

Page 83: ...Channel Audio Function mode properly in the software utility connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Outpu...

Page 84: ...A 19 MS 7599 4 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels No function No function 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 85: ...A 20 VIA HD Audio 6 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel No function 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 86: ...A 21 MS 7599 8 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Line Out Side channels 1 2 3 4 5 6...

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Page 88: ...ta across multiple drives RAID 1 makes sure data is not lost if a drive fails as data is si multaneously written to two drives Drives configured for RAID Striping are said to form a RAID 0 set while d...

Page 89: ...ID BIOS During boot up a screen similar to the one below will appear for about few seconds Press Ctrl F to enter FastBuild utility Important Be sure to enable the RAID function for SATA device in BIOS...

Page 90: ...MS 7599 B 3 MS 7599 View Drives Assignments This window displays the model number capacities and assignment of the drives physi cally attached to the SATA host adapter...

Page 91: ...f the system and plan the data storage strategy RAID sets can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to enter the Define LD Menu...

Page 92: ...e arrow key to choose the hard drives which you want to make part of the LD use the space key to change the assignment to Y Then press Ctrl Y to save the configuration 4 A message will show up on the...

Page 93: ...ion was done the screen shows the LD information as below Press ESC key to the main screen 6 Press ESC key to exit the utility a message System is going to REBOOT Are You Sure will display answer Y to...

Page 94: ...D on the main screen Choose a LD No you want to delete and press Del or Alt D delete the RAID set 1 2 On the next screen a message will display to inform you press Ctrl Y to delete the RAID set or oth...

Page 95: ...es Drivers SBDrv SB7xx RAID x86 for 32bit or x64 for 64bit The driver disk for RAID controller is done For Windows Vista During the Operating system installation after selecting the location to instal...

Page 96: ...table RAID Array Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD ROM drive The DVD will auto run and the setup screen will appear Under the Driver tab click on AMD chipset drivers by your need The AMD chipset drivers...

Page 97: ...e hardware status of MSI Mainboard in windows such as CPU clock voltage fan speed and temperature Before you install the Overclocking Center please make sure the system has meet the following requirem...

Page 98: ...ing with your mainboard path Utility MSI Utility Over clocking Center it will have a short cut icon on the desktop and a short cut path in your Start up menu You may double click on each icon to activ...

Page 99: ...y PCI Motherboard Click Motherboard to read the information of motherboard BIOS installed CPU and installed graphics card Important The pictures in this appendix are for reference only and may vary fr...

Page 100: ...ocking Center Memory Click Memory to read the information of each memory DIMM slot You can select a DIMM slot you want to read from the SPD list PCI Click PCI to read the information of devices on the...

Page 101: ...ck ing in Advance menu Novice In the Novice menu it provides one default setting and several common settings for different environments You may choose one of the settings that you need The settings in...

Page 102: ...dvance menu you can adjust the values for each environment setting default setting Click the Cooling Silence Default Game Cinema button to enter it s setting menu Please refer to the following descrip...

Page 103: ...the button then select a value Click the arrow sign and the drop down menu will appear In the System Warning block you can set the maximum CPU system temperature and the minimum CPU system fan speed...

Page 104: ...Important It provides you to save up to 20 user settings Click the Load button and choose a saved user setting to load the settings for the sys tem Click the Load button and choose a saved user settin...