MSI Midas 915GM, User Manual

Page 1: ...i MS 7177 v2 X Micro ATX Mainboard 915GM6 PM6 GVM6 Series G52 M7177X1 ...

Page 2: ...ful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct 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 Connec the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the rece...

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Page 4: ...rvice personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped and damaged The equipment has obvious sign of breakage 12 Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned storage temperature above 600 C 1400...

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Page 8: ...ules 2 8 Power Supply 2 9 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATX1 2 9 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Mouse Keyboard Connector 2 10 VGA Connector Optional for 915G 915GV only 2 10 Serial Port Connector COM1 COM2 2 11 USB Connectors 2 11 LAN RJ 45 Jack 10 100 LAN 8100C Giga bit LAN 8110S is optional 2 12 Audio Port Connectors 2 13 Parallel Port Connector LPT1 2 14 Connectors 2 15 Floppy Di...

Page 9: ...ntering Setup 3 2 Control Keys 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 Main Menu 3 2 Default Settings 3 2 The Main Menu 3 3 Standard CMOS Features 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features 3 7 Advanced Chipset Features 3 12 Integrated Peripherals 3 15 Power Management Features 3 20 PNP PCI Configurations 3 24 PC Health Status 3 27 Frequency Voltage Control 3 28 BIOS Setting Password 3 30 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 31 Chap...

Page 10: ... real time operation 4 15 Audio Speaker Setting 4 16 Power on Agent 4 18 Power On 4 18 Power Off Restart 4 19 Start With 4 19 Auto Login 4 20 Chapter 5 Introduction to Realtek ALC655 5 1 Installing the Audio Driver 5 2 Installation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 5 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 5 4 Using the Back Panel 5 4 Testing the Connected Speakers 5 9 Playing KaraOK 5 11 ...

Page 11: ...nboard The 915GM6 PM6 GVM6 Se ries mainboard is based on Intel 915G P GV and Intel ICH6 chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processor the 915GM6 PM6 GVM6 Series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started ...

Page 12: ...up to 1 5Gb s 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller PCI Master v2 3 I O APIC ACPI 2 0 Compliant Main Memory Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1 8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM Supports up to 4GB memory size Supports Dual channel DDR2 memory architecture Supports DDR2 400 533 memory interface For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_...

Page 13: ...and PHY in one chip Supports 10Mb s 100Mb s and 8110S supports up to 1000Mb s Compliance with PCI v2 2 Supports ACPI Power Management Audio AC97 link controller integrated in ICH6 6 channels S W audio codec Realtek ALC655 codec Compliance with AC97 2 3 Spec Meets PC2001 audio performance requirement BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion ...

Page 14: ... PCI E1 optional PCI 2 PCI3 BATT CD_IN AUX_IN1 COM2 WOL CLR_CMOS1 JFP2 JFP1 Intel ICH6 PWR_FAN JLPC1 SA TA2 SA TA1 SATA4 IDE FDD Winbond W83627THF CPU_FAN JC1 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 SYS_FAN ATX1 SATA3 F_USB1 F_USB2 F_AUD JPW1 BIOS T mouse B keyboard T Line Out B Mic Line In M ALC655 LAN CHIP Intel 915P G GV ...

Page 15: ...ules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the periph eral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the compo nents and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup ...

Page 16: ...AN p 2 15 ATX1 p 2 9 JFP1 p 2 18 PCI Slots 1 3 p 2 22 F_USB1 F_USB2 p 2 20 SATA1 SATA4 p 2 17 CLR_CMOS1 p 2 21 JC1 p 2 19 JPW1 p 2 9 PCI Express x16 p 2 22 FDD1 p 2 15 IDE p 2 16 SYS_FAN p 2 15 F_AUD p 2 20 CD_IN p 2 16 AUX_IN p 2 16 WOL p 2 19 COM2 p 2 21 PWRFAN p 2 15 JFP2 p 2 18 JLPC1 p 2 18 ...

Page 17: ...U from overheating Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond pr...

Page 18: ...er on the bottom to protect the CPU contact from damage Rotate it to make the pin 1 indicator yellow triangle in the right bottom corner 2 Take out the accompanying CPU Clip and rotate it for the same direction as the CPU Pin 1 indicator is in the left bottom corner land side cover MSI Reminds You 1 Confirm if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on your system 2 Do not touch the CPU...

Page 19: ... pins of socket reveal 7 Lift the load lever up and open the load plate 8 Correctly align the triangle of CPU Clip with the CPU chamfer and the square on the CPU Clip to the hook of the socket 9 Use your thumb and the middle fin gers to push the clips to release the CPU then press down the CPU with your index finger to allow the whole module to be installed onto the CPU socket 10 The CPU is instal...

Page 20: ...r with the hook under reten tion tab 11 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket then remove the CPU Clip with 2 fingers Then cover the load plate onto the package 13 Align the holes on the mainboard with the cooler Push down the cooler until its four clips get wedged into the holes of the mainboard 14 Press the four hooks down to fasten the cooler Then rotate the locking switch ...

Page 21: ...s a new technology of memory module and its speed is the top limit of current DDR1 technology DDR2 uses a 1 8V supply for core and I O voltage com pared to 2 5V for DDR1 and requires 28 less power than DDR1 chips DDR2 truly is the future of memory but will require some changes as the technology is not backwardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDR2 memory will be able to...

Page 22: ...m size of 1GB Users can install either single or double sided modules to meet their own needs Please note that each DIMM can work respectively for single channel DDR2 while both channels in the same color populated with same amount of memory size will work as dual channel DDR2 However memory modules of the same type and density are required while using dual channel DDR2 or instability may happen D...

Page 23: ...pply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with pin 1 pin 13 refer to the image at the right hand There is also a foolproof design on pin 11 ...

Page 24: ... 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Keyboard Data Mouse Keyboard data 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse KeyboardClock Mouse Keyboardclock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition Keyboard COM1 USB Ports Mic L Out L In Mouse Parallel LAN VGA port for 915G GV VGA Connector Optional for 915G 915GV only The mainboard provides a DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor VGA Connector DB 1...

Page 25: ...und 6 DSR DataSetReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Pin Definition 9 Pin Male DIN Connector COM1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USB Connectors The mainboard provides an OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector USB Ports 1 2...

Page 26: ... Pair0 2 D0N Differential Pair 0 3 D1P Differential Pair1 4 D2P Differential Pair2 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 D1N Differential Pair 1 7 D3P Differential Pair3 8 D3N Differential Pair 3 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 4 NC Not Used 5 NC Not Used 6 RDN Receive Differential Pair 7 NC Not Used 8 NC Not Used LED C...

Page 27: ... other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones However there is an advanced audio application provided by Realtek ALC655 to offer support for 5 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 channel audio MSI Reminds You For the advanced functions of the audio codec please refer to Chapter 4 Introduction to Realtek ALC655 Audio Codec for details Line ...

Page 28: ...rt ECP mode 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTOFEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN SelectIn 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Gr...

Page 29: ...nector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control CPU_FAN SENSOR 12V GND Control SYS_FAN Sensor 1...

Page 30: ... drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE blue Aux Line In Connector AUX_IN The connector is for DVD add on card with Li...

Page 31: ...s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND SATA1 SATA4 Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90 degree angle since this might cause the loss of data during the transmission Connect to serial ATA ports Take ou...

Page 32: ...R SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FPPWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P PowerSwitchhigh reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N PowerSwitch lowreferencepull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SP...

Page 33: ...ou to connect to a LAN card with Wake On LAN function You can wake up the computer via remote control through a local area network WOL 5VSB GND MP_WAKEUP 1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 LCLK 2 Key no pin 3 LRST 4 VCC3 5 LAD0 6 FID0_LRST 7 LAD1 8 VCC5 9 LAD2 10 Key no pin 11 LAD3 12 GND 13 LFRAME 14 GND FWH LPC Debugging Pin Header JLPC1 The pin header is for internal debugging only JLPC1 ...

Page 34: ... Key 10 USBOC Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly or it may cause some damage MSI Reminds You If you don t want to connect to the front audio header pins 5 6 9 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports Otherwise the Line Out connector on the back panel will not function 5 6 10 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIP...

Page 35: ...ry to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can automati cally boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 1 2 pin while the system is off Then return to 2 3 pin position Avoid clearing...

Page 36: ...ns Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers You can insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first PCI Perip...

Page 37: ...d I R Q are hard ware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTA INT B INTC INTD PCI Slot 2 INT B INTC INTD INTA PCI Slot 3 INTC INTD INTA INT B ...

Page 38: ...ribed in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 While booting up the BIOS version is shown in the 1st line ap pearing after the memory count It is usually in the format example W7177IMS V1 0BH 07 29 05 where 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W AWA...

Page 39: ...item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Default Settings The preset Optimal Defaults of the BIOS setup program provide optimal performance settings for all devices and the system Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exi...

Page 40: ...this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health This entry shows the status of your CPU fan warning for overall system status Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage con...

Page 41: ...nce Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard Set Supervisor User Password Use these two menus to set the passwords for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 42: ...month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users Time HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 2 3 4 Master Press or to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard disk ...

Page 43: ...s installed 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 Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in Setup Setting options EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphi...

Page 44: ...rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system Boot From Other Deivce Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the First Second Third boot device MSI Reminds You Available settings for 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device vary depending on the bootable devices y...

Page 45: ...T4 0 operating system Disabled Set to Disabled if you have operating system other than NT4 0 No Execute Memory Protect No eXecute Support function is designed for memory buffer overflow protection it can prevent viruses from proliferating Setting options Enabled Disabled Virus Warning The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If the function is enabled a...

Page 46: ...s to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory When the default value Fast is selected the Gate A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance When Normal is selected A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardwa...

Page 47: ... the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 OS Select for DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM on your system HDD S M A R T Capability This item 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 monitors your disk status to predict hard d...

Page 48: ...ls menu Setting options No Yes Full Screen LOGO Display This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Setting options are Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot Small Logo EPA Display This item enables you to show the EPA logo brand specific graphics on the bootup screen Setting options are Disabled Shows the norma...

Page 49: ...s the system performance the most while 3 provides the most stable performance DRAM RAS to CAS Delay When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Setting options Auto 2 3 4 5 DRAM RAS Prechar...

Page 50: ...performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA peripherals This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Settings Disabled Enabled PCI Express Root Port Func Pres...

Page 51: ...gy version FIXED Memory Size This field specifies the size of system memory to allocate for video memory Setting options 64MB 128MB Boot Display Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display s of the system Setting options Auto CRT TV EFP The option EFP refers to the LCD display ...

Page 52: ...tting options Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If an audio device is detected the onboard AC97 Audio Codec 97 controller will be enabled if not it is disabled Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device Settings Auto Disabled AC 97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem...

Page 53: ...ed Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM1 Serial Port 2 COM2 Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Setting options Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled UART Mode Select This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Setting options Norma...

Page 54: ...Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to sup port both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously EPP Mode Select The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the onboard parallel ...

Page 55: ...Enabled to activate the channel Setting options Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Setting options Au...

Page 56: ...low for the combination Enhanced Enable both S ATA and P ATA devices and maximum of 6 devices are supported maxinum of 4 SATA devices Auto Let the system arrange automatically SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode PATA IDE Mode SATA Port This Item allows you to set the parallel IDE and the SATA port operation mode Setting options Primary Secondary On Chip Serial ATA Combined SATA Only SATA 1 ...

Page 57: ...n If your operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware main tains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower powe...

Page 58: ...ed V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signalling Video Off In Suspend This option enables the monitor to be turned off during the suspend mode Setting options Yes No Suspend ...

Page 59: ...o the power saving modes If the monitoring of the listed hardware peripherals or components is enabled the activity of the specified peripherals or components will awaken the system or reload the original count of global timer when they are accessed Wakeup Event Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears PCI Express PME When setting to Enabled this setting allows your...

Page 60: ... Resume by RTC Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the S3 S4 and S5 power off state Setting options Disabled Enabled Date of Month Alarm The field specifies the date for Resume by RTC Alarm Settings 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm The field specifies the time for Resume by RTC Alarm Format is hour minute second ...

Page 61: ...initializes the Onboard VGA port first Reset Configuration Data The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Ac cess Memory is where the BIOS stores resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format When the item is set to Yes the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and then set the setting of the item back to No auto...

Page 62: ...operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires VGA palett...

Page 63: ...ing options 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Auto Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically deter mine the IRQ line for each PCI slot PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size This item allows you to set the maximum TLP transaction layer packet payload size for the PCI Express devices Setting options 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 ...

Page 64: ...ing the system will shotdown automatically Setting options 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F Disabled CPU Smart Fan Temp When the current temperature of the CPU fan reaches the value you specify here the CPU fan will speed up for cooling down to avoid the CPU damage on the contrary if the CPU fan current temperature is lower than the specified value the CPU fan will slow down its speed t...

Page 65: ...lectromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves 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 Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum function if you are ...

Page 66: ...he performance of your PCI Express card when overclocking but the stability may be affected MSI Reminds You The settings shown in different color in Memory Voltage and PCI Express Voltage help to verify if your setting is proper for your system Gray Default setting Yellow High performance setting Red Not recommended setting and the system may be unstable Changing Memory Voltage and AGP PCI Express...

Page 67: ...ssword 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 prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to...

Page 68: ...er specifically for optimal 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 Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the d...

Page 69: ...management and communication 802 11g WLAN settings Moreover with this unique utility you will be able to activate the MSI well known features Live Update and Core Center which makes it easier to update the BIOS drivers online and to monitor the system hard ware status CPU Fan temperature and speed or to overclock the CPU memory Once you have your DigiCell installed locate the setup source file in ...

Page 70: ...ub menu to make further configuration MSI Click on this button to link to MSI website http www msi com tw Quick Guide Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you to review H W Diagnostic In this sub menu it provides the information of each DigiCell button for you to check if the representing peripherals cards drivers are correctly installed Comm In this sub menu ...

Page 71: ...stem this icon will be lit up Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player and then you can load media files from your MEGA STICK or the system and edit the preferred playlist Audio Speaker Setting In this sub menu you can configure and test the multi channel audio function speakers sound effect and environment Power on Agent In this sub menu you can configure date time and auto execute...

Page 72: ...nostic sub menu you can see the information status and note of each DigiCell You may double check the connection and installation of the item marked as gray You may also click on the Mail to MSI button to send your questions or suggestions to MSI s technical support staff ...

Page 73: ... your system Click on each item for details This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN which is read only The second icon indicates the wireless connection You may click this icon to configure the advanced settings in the WLAN Card Mode dialogue box see the image on p 4 8 Please note that it is only available when the Software Access Point is set to WLAN Card Mode The...

Page 74: ...oc network is a local area network or other small network especially one with wireless or temporary plug in connections in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communi cations session Users in the network can share files print to a shared printer and access the Internet with a shared modem In this kind of network new devices can be quickly added howe...

Page 75: ...ernet in office usually the LAN card will automatically get the IP this computer uses In this case you don t have to enable this function SSID Means Service Set Identifier a unique name shared among all points in a wireless network It must be identical for all points in the network Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID Channel Specifies the operating radio fre...

Page 76: ...ou are selecting is encrypted WEP shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You need to enter the correct WEP key defined by AP in the specified WEP Key 1 4 fields to make the connection enable this feature only PCs with MAC address located in Association Control List can connect to the wireless LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware...

Page 77: ...ar on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear Six buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Live Driver Updates the drivers online Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Live OSD Updates the firmware of the...

Page 78: ...n the Play List field and use Delete button to remove the media file from the play list You may remove multi media files simultaneously by using Ctrl to select multi files Shuffle To play the media file in the Play List in a random order Repeat To repeat the selected files in the Play List Print This button has 2 functions 1 To print out the details of current play list through your printer with t...

Page 79: ...d rewind Right click on the MP3 file and choose Info a MP3 Info dialogue will pop up to show the information of the file including the title artist album release year and others You may also add your own comment in the comment field Then click Save to save the change click Cancel to discard the change or click Remove to remove all this information play forward rewind bar song s information stop pa...

Page 80: ...n install the Supplemental Language Support provided by Microsoft to solve this problem You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared in the CD ROM The system will start to install the necessary components after the settings are configured here Follow the steps described below 1 Go to Control Panel and choose Regional and Languages Options 2 Go to the Languages tab and enable the check box of ...

Page 81: ...d select the language you want to be supported the language of the filename in the MegaStick from the drop down list in the Language for non Unicode programs then click Apply The system will install the necessary components from your Microsoft Setup CD immediately ...

Page 82: ...t shows the current PC hardware status such as the CPU system temperatures On the middle of the screen it shows the current system status includiing the Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V The under screen shows the current fan speeds When you click the MENU button an menu list will appear for users to select Click the Sys Info WMI Info it will show the system peripheral informations Click the Settings you can ...

Page 83: ...o regulate the current playing digital sound source Also you may click on the on button to enable disable the equalizer function Once the equalizer function is enabled you can choose several preset equalizers for your preference You may also right click anywhere to execute this function After you have chosen one equalizer it will be indicated next to the on button in yellow The Environment setting...

Page 84: ...he changes Then the following screen will appear In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box first select the correct item from the Speaker mode drop down list and then click on each connected speaker to ensure if Headphone 2 4 5 1 or 7 1 channel audio operation is working properly If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is in serted firmly to the connector or replace the ba...

Page 85: ...ate Use the drop down list to select the date for power on Time Use the arrow keys to select the hour minute second for power on power off and restarting Then click Apply to save the changes As you click Apply the following dialogue will appear to show you the next power on schedule and the system will start to count down to restart Click OK to restart the computer right away or click Later to res...

Page 86: ...Explorer Step 2 Click on OK to apply the setting Step 3 For specified file or specified website you may enter the file name with the complete path or the website link in the Parameters field Of course you may use the button Delete to remove the added programs or you can right click on the selected program and click Delete add the desired start with program To activate Outlook as DigiCell is enable...

Page 87: ...re It supports the following operating systems Win9X Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Default User Name It is only available for Windows 2000 Windows XP If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office please enter your login user name in this field If you are using a computer with multi users for Windows XP operating system please enter the user name you d like to auto power on in th...

Page 88: ...hannel audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC655 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and use 4 6 channel audio function on the board Chapter 5 Intel ICH6R RAID Introduc tion Introduction to Realtek ALC655 ...

Page 89: ... illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear Please note the screen below might be different depending on the different mainboard you purchased 2 Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers MSI Reminds You The AC97 Audio C...

Page 90: ...5 3 Introduction to Realtek ALC 655 3 Click Next to start installing files into the system 4 Click Finish to restart the system Select this option ...

Page 91: ...ht corner of the screen 2 Select a desired surround sound effect from the Environment drop down menu 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab 4 Select Synchronize the phonejack switch with the settings 5 Select a desired multi channel operation from No of Speakers a Headphone b 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output c 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output d 6 Channel Mode for 5 1 Speaker Output 6 Cli...

Page 92: ...5 5 Introduction to Realtek ALC 655 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 93: ...ility connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility n 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected 1 MIC 2 Line In 3 Line Out Front channels Back Panel 3 1 2 ...

Page 94: ...nel always provide 2 channel analog audio output function however these audio jacks can be transformed to 4 or 6 channel analog audio jacks by selecting the corresponding multi channel operation from No of Speakers Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each jack on the back panel when 4 Channel Mode is selected Back Panel 3 1 2 1 MIC 2 Line In Rear channels 3 Line Out Fron...

Page 95: ...ted n 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each jack on the back panel when 6 Channel Mode is selected Back Panel 3 1 2 MSI Reminds You If the Center and Subwoofer speaker exchange their audio channels when you play video or music on the computer a converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio signals You can purchase...

Page 96: ...r replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking it Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left MSI Reminds You 6 speakers appear on the Speaker Test window only when you ...

Page 97: ...ard 4 While you are testing the speakers in 6 Channel Mode if the sound coming from the center speaker and subwoofer is swapped you should select Swap Center Subwoofer Output to readjust these two channels Select this function ...

Page 98: ...rics and leave melody for you to sing the song Note that this function applies only for 2 channel audio operation Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 In the Sound Effect tab select Voice Cancellation under KaraOK 3 Click OK to close this window 2 3 ...