MSI MS-6555, Manual

Page 1: ... based on Intel Brookdale G ICH4 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors in the 478 pin package the MS 6555 delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution TOPICS Mainboard Specification 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Quick Components Guide 1 5 MSI Special Features 1 6 ...

Page 2: ... Host controller MainMemory Supports four memory banks using two 184 pin DDR DIMM Supports up to 2GB PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAMs Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 4x slot 1 5V only ThreePCI2 232 bitMasterPCIbusslots support3 3V 5VPCIbusinterface On BoardIDE An IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA66 100 operation mod...

Page 3: ... requirement LAN optional RealTekRTL8100BL BIOS PnP Plug Play BIOS to detect peripheral devices and expansion cards automatically DMI Desktop Management Interface function to record motherboard specification Provide WOL chassis intrusion and SMBus for system management Dimension Micro ATX Form Factor 9 6 x 8 82 Mounting 6 mounting holes Others Modem External Internal Ring Wake Up Function LAN Wake...

Page 4: ... LAN Jack B USB ports Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A VGA Port Top mouse Bottom keyboard JCASE optional Codec RTL8100BL Winbond 83627HF AW CD_IN2 optional CD_IN1 ATX12V PWR_FAN CPU_FAN PWRSW1 optional SYS_FAN Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD 1 COM 2 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 JFP1 USB3 optional USB4 optional USB1 USB2 LAN_EN optional BIOS_WP optional CNR Mainboard Layout MS 6555 v1 X Micro ATX Main...

Page 5: ...dependent power switch See p 2 13 IDE1 IDE2 Hard disk connectors See p 2 14 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD in connector See p 2 15 MDM_IN1 Modem in connector See p 2 15 CPUFAN1 PWR SYS_FAN Fan power connectors See p 2 16 JCASE Chassis intrusion switch See p 2 17 IR1 IrDA infrared module connector See p 2 17 WOM1 Wake On Ring connector See p 2 18 WOL1 Wake On LAN connector See p 2 18 JFP1 or PANEL1 Front panel con...

Page 6: ...uring real time operation monitor CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until users disable the warning Note Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system s s...

Page 7: ...is chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation 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 strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 8: ...e sure the CPU is properly completely embedded into the socket CPU Installation Procedures Open Lever Dot Cut edge Sliding Plate Close Lever The mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 processor in the 478 pin package The mainboard uses a CPU socket called PGA478 for easy CPU installation When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a heat sinkandacoolingfanattachedonthetoptopreventoverheating...

Page 9: ...of the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink Fan 2 Position the heatsink onto the reten tion mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the motherboard 3 Mount the fan on top of the heatsink Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the reten tion mechanism 4 Press the two levers down to fasten the fan Each lever can be pressed down in on...

Page 10: ... pin fan power connector on the board fan power cable 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 product specifications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifica...

Page 11: ...imilar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM mod ules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM Two types of DDRareavailableatthetimeofwriting PC1600 PC2100 PC1600DDRSDRAM running at 100MHz will produce about 1 6GB s memory bandwidth PC2100 running at 133MHz will...

Page 12: ...can install memory modules in any combination as follows DDR Module Combination Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt notch S Single Side D Double Sid...

Page 13: ...when the power supply connector is inserted on the board The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V ATX12V Pi...

Page 14: ...ouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 Mouse Keyboard USB Parallel COM A L out L in MIC Midi Joystick LAN optional VGA ...

Page 15: ...ard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into ths connector USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC...

Page 16: ... a VGA monitor DB 15 Pin Female Connector 5 1 15 11 Analog Video Display Connector DB 15S PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Notused 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Power 10 Ground 1 1 Notused 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL Pin Definition 2 10 1 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 ...

Page 17: ...or for microphones 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors Line Out Line In MIC RJ 45 LAN Jack Optional The mainboard provides one standard RJ 45 jack for connection to Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack Pin Definition 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 Re...

Page 18: ...ode 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 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED 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 Ground 2...

Page 19: ...tor FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors FDD1 Independent Power Switch Connector PWRSW1 Optional The connector is connected to an independent power switch on the case Touch the power switch s touch pad will turn on off the computer PWRSW1 GND 5VSB PS ON 1 ...

Page 20: ...ded IDE hard disk cable IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave ...

Page 21: ...In Connector CD_IN1 CD_IN2 Optional The connector is for CD ROM audio connector Modem In Connector MDM_IN1 Optional The connector is for modem with internal audio connector MDM_IN1 GND Phone_In Mono_Out CD_IN1 CD_IN2 GND R L ...

Page 22: ...d 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 Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CP...

Page 23: ...will be short The system will record this status To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS settting and clear the status JCASE PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX IR1 Pin Definition IrDA Infrared Module Header IR1 The connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function IR1 1 5 ...

Page 24: ...eived through the modem card Wake On LAN Connector WOL Optional This connector allows you 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 Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provides enough power for this feature 750 mA 5V Stand by MDM_WAKEUP 5VSB GND WOM 1 WOL 5VSB GND MP_WAKEUP 1 ...

Page 25: ...uide 1 2 9 10 JFP1 HDD LED Reset Switch Power LED Power Switch PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull...

Page 26: ...og audio circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier 8 KEY No pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left channel audio signal to front panel 10 AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return fr...

Page 27: ...or headphones attached to the Line out connector on the back panel But front panel audio connector is enabled at this point and allows you to connect speakers or head phones through the front panel Enable Line out connector on the back panel Disable Front Panel Audio Connector Disable Line out connector on the back panel Enable Front Panel Audio Connector SHORT pin 5 6 and 9 10 JAUDIO1 OPEN pin 5 ...

Page 28: ...ases data transfer rate up to a maximum through put of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connect ing high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like Pin Description Pin Description 1 5V SB 2 GND 3 USB0 4 Cut away 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 USB1 9 GND 10 5V SB USB3 4 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 USBPWR 2...

Page 29: ...he system configuration use the CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instruc tions below to clear the data Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of the jumper You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Av...

Page 30: ...en LAN is integrated on the mainboard LAN_EN 1 Onboard LAN Disable Onboard LAN Enable 3 1 3 1 BIOS Flash Jumper BIOS_WP Optional This jumper is used to lock or unlock the boot block area on BIOS When unlocked the BIOS boot block area can be updated When locked the BIOS boot block area cannot be updated BIOS_WP BIOS Flash Unlocked BIOS Flash Locked ...

Page 31: ...ds When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration CNR Communication Network Riser The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards CNR is a specially designed network audi...

Page 32: ... INT A PCI Slot 3 INTC INTD INT A INTB PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware 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 ...

Page 33: ...ealth Status 4 25 Frequency Voltage Control 4 26 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 4 28 Set Supervisor User Password 4 29 3 AWARD BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the AWARD BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum 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 SET...

Page 34: ...trl Alt and Delete keys 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 Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu PU Increase the numeric value or make changes PD Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu ...

Page 35: ...fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter You can use control keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc GeneralHelp F1 The BIOS setup prog...

Page 36: ...d optimize your system s performance IntegratedPeripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals PowerManagementSetup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys t...

Page 37: ...ol LoadFail SafeDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for minimal but stable system performance LoadOptimizedDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system operations Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save ExitSetup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup ExitWithoutSaving Aba...

Page 38: ...Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually If you select Manual related information is asked to be entered to the follow The items in Standard CMOS Features ...

Page 39: ... Sector Number of sectors Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options are None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and Mono HaltOn The setting determines whether the system will stop i...

Page 40: ...a the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The settings enable disable the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache and external cache also known as L2 or level 2 cache Setting options Disabled Enabled FastBoot The setting allows the system to boot within 10 seconds which is compliant with PC2001 spec Fast Boot saves mor...

Page 41: ... Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device SwapFloppy Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A and B SeekFloppy Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy drive A before booting the system Settings Disabled and Enabled BootUpNum LockLED This item is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting ...

Page 42: ...APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Settings Enabled and Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS ...

Page 43: ...etup 3 11 Full Screen LOGO Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Set tings are Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot ...

Page 44: ...e SPD Setting options By SPD By User CAS Latency The field controls the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Setting options 1 5 2 2 5 1 5 increases system performance while 2 5 provides more stable system performance Precharge Delay This setting controls the number of clock cycles for DRAM to be allowed to precharge from the active st...

Page 45: ...o support delayed transactions cycles so that transactions to and from the ISA bus are buffered and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is underway Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification ver sion 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video purposes T...

Page 46: ...emperature reaches a factory preset level a thermal monitoring mechanism will be enabled following the appropriate timing delay specified in this field With the thermal monitoring enabled clock modulation controlled by the processor s internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep the proces sor within allowable temperature limit Setting options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min ...

Page 47: ... a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 4 provide increased performance In Auto mode BIOS automatically deter mines the best mode for each IDE device IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster SlaveUDMA Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE device supports it and your operating environment contains a DMA driver If both yo...

Page 48: ...ettings Auto and Disabled AC 97Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is used the onboard MC 97 Modem Codec 97 controller will be enabled if not it is disabled Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem Settings Auto and Disabled Onboard CNRLANSelection The field determines which LAN device is activated onboard LAN c...

Page 49: ... setting determines whether the IR transmission rate will be delayed while converting to receiving mode Setting options Disabled Enabled IRDuplexMode This setting controls the operating mode of IR transmission reception Setting options Full Half Under Full Duplex mode synchronous bi directional transmission reception is allowed Under Half Duplex mode only asynchronous bi directional transmission r...

Page 50: ... onboard parallel port with the EPP function the following message will be displayed on the screen EPP Mode Select At this time either EPP 1 7 spec or EPP 1 9 spec can be chosen ECPModeUseDMA The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature After selecting it the following message will appear ECP Mode Use DMA At this time the user can choose between ...

Page 51: ...n Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chipset is lost and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a power down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wake capable devices and all system con text is saved to main memory The information stored in The Power Management ...

Page 52: ...Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Settings are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and NA SuspendTimeOut If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field all devices except CPU will be shut off Settings are Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour PowerButtonFunction This setting determines the function of the power button When set t...

Page 53: ...KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right Any KEY BUTTON ONLY and Keyboard 98 Please note that this function will only work under S3 mode KBPowerONPassword If POWER ON Function is set to Password then you can set a password in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Please note that this function will only work under S3 mode HotKeyPowerON If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY you can assign a hot...

Page 54: ...lobal Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode ...

Page 55: ...tion Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolute...

Page 56: ...lette 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 palette snooping VGAPaletteSnoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written...

Page 57: ...rusion on the system chassis will be recorded The next time you turn on the system it will show a warning message To be able to clear those warnings choose Reset After clearing the message it will go back to Enabled CPUCriticalTemperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting the warn ing mechanism will be activated This helps you to prevent the CPU overheat problem...

Page 58: ...tic interference EMI Setting options Enabled Disabled SpreadSpectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spec trum 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 Disa...

Page 59: ...cifies the clock frequencies of the CPU host bus FSB AGP VGA bus and PCI buses It provides a method for end users to overclock the processor accordingly When set to Default the BIOS will use the default clock frequencies for the CPU host bus AGP bus and PCI buses ...

Page 60: ...t Fail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for opti mal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default val ues 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 minim...

Page 61: ... password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have Award BIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unau thorized use of your computer The setting to determine when...