MSI MS-6580-060 - 845GE Max-L Motherboard, User Manual

Page 1: ...i Version 2 0 G52 M6580X3 MS 6580 v2 X ATX Mainboard 845GE Max...

Page 2: ...e with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user wi...

Page 3: ...oration Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a re...

Page 4: ...module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri cal shock 11 If any of the following situations arises...

Page 5: ...1 7 D Bracket 2 optional 1 8 LiveBIOS LiveDriver 1 10 S Bracket optional 1 11 MSI DVD 5 1 Channel optional 1 12 Chapter2 HardwareSetup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 3 C...

Page 6: ...an Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SYS_FAN1 2 18 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 19 Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 2 20 S Bracket Connector JSP1 2 21 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 2 22 D Bracket 2 C...

Page 7: ...t Features 3 16 PNP PCI Configurations 3 20 Integrated Peripherals 3 23 PC Health Status 3 27 Frequency Voltage Control 3 28 Set Supervisor User Password 3 30 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults...

Page 8: ...mainboard The 845GE Max mainboard is based on Intel 845GE ICH4 chipsets for optimal system efficiency De signed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Celeron processor in the 478 pin package the 845GE...

Page 9: ...100 Bus Master IDE controller SMBus 2 0 support Integrated LAN controller MainMemory hSupports two 184 pin DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 DIMMs hSupports Max memory size of 2GB Slots h One AGP Accelerated Grap...

Page 10: ...ional BIOS h The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the pe ripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI...

Page 11: ...P1 JBT1 ATX Power Supply IDE 1 IDE 2 Winbond W83627HF AW Top mouse Bottom keyboard T LAN jack optional B USB ports CD_IN1 JPW1 JBAT1 JIR1 Codec Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD1 AGP Slot...

Page 12: ...in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning To better protect the CPU from overheating a new feature COOLER XP has been added to decrease the temperature of AMD Athlon XP CPU...

Page 13: ...rclock the CPU FSB Front Side Bus frequency under the Windows operating system click FSB and use the right and left arrow keys to select the desired FSB and then click Apply to apply the new setup val...

Page 14: ...itor is a tool used to schedule the search for the latest BIOS drivers version on the MSI Web site To use the function you need to install the MSI Live Update Series 2 application After the installati...

Page 15: ...This will start writing VGA sign on message to the screen 1 2 3 4 Red Green D Bracket 2 1 2 3 4 D Bracket 2 Optional D Bracket 2 is an external USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs which use g...

Page 16: ...ideo adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB u...

Page 17: ...k the MSI Live Update Series 2 icon and the following screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process Live BIOS Updat...

Page 18: ...ration for wonderful surround sound effect or connect to Sony Philips Digital Interface SPDIF speakers for audio transmission with better quality The S Bracket offers two types of SPDIF connectors one...

Page 19: ...e audio codec s software utility Otherwise the 6 channel audio function will not work properly For information on how to select 6 channel mode in the audio software utility refer to Appendix Using 4 o...

Page 20: ...information about MSI DVD you can refer to the online help coming with the application To enter the online help 1 Click on the icon at the bottom right corner of the control panel 2 The following win...

Page 21: ...les and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jump ers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on con necting the peripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the ins...

Page 22: ...9 CPU p 2 3 Back Panel I O p 2 10 CPUFAN1 p 2 18 FDD1 p 2 16 SYS_FAN1 p 2 18 JUSB1 JUSB 2 p 2 22 IDE1 IDE2 p 2 17 JFP1 JFP2 p 2 20 COM 2 p 2 13 JBT1 p 2 25 JAUD1 p 2 19 JIR1 p 2 26 JDB1 p 2 24 CD_IN1...

Page 23: ...d install them before turning on the computer MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system al ways make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU fr...

Page 24: ...he pins should be completely 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 5 Press th...

Page 25: ...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...

Page 26: ...2 6 MS 6580 ATX Mainboard 5 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3 pin fan power connector on the board fan power cable NOTES...

Page 27: ...M slots DDR 1 2 Memory DDR DIMM Slots DDR 1 2 Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2...

Page 28: ...of module The mod ule will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply in ser...

Page 29: ...ect to the ATX power supply 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 ATX 12V Powe...

Page 30: ...nnector KBMS1 The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connec tor for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keybo...

Page 31: ...6 NC No connection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devi...

Page 32: ...ferential 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 VGA Connector The mainboard prov...

Page 33: ...receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to them 6 7 8 9 COM A 1 2 3 4 5 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SO...

Page 34: ...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 1...

Page 35: ...nectors Line Out Line In MIC Joystick Midi Connector You can connect a joystick or game pad to this connector MSI Reminds You For advanced audio application RealTek ALC650 audio chip is provided to of...

Page 36: ...ors to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 72...

Page 37: ...wo 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 IDE1 I...

Page 38: ...the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Moni tor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advant...

Page 39: ...t connector on the back panel will not function PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power 4 AU...

Page 40: ...SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SPK JFP2 Pin Definition 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...

Page 41: ...g from the jack first The two SPDIF jacks support SPDIF out put only For more information on the S Bracket refer to Appendix Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function S Bracket SPDIF jack optical SPDIF jack...

Page 42: ...y increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital came...

Page 43: ...2 0 port will not function when a Bluetooth module is connected to the onboard Bluetooth pinheader JBT1 If no Bluetooth function is applied remove the sticker to utilize this port D Bracket 2 optional...

Page 44: ...combinations of LED signals For definitions of 16 signal combinations please refer to D Bracket 2 Optional in Chapter 1 Pin Signal 1 DBG1 high for green color 2 DBR1 high for red color 3 DBG2 high for...

Page 45: ...tion PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC5 2 3VDUAL 3 D USB signal 4 GND 5 D USB signal 6 GND JBT1 Pin Definition 1 2 JBT1 7 8 MSI Reminds You Because the bluetooth connector shares the USB interface with blue...

Page 46: ...dules You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function The JIR1 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide CD In Connector CD_IN1 The connectors are fo...

Page 47: ...clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system con...

Page 48: ...e AGP slot does not support 3 3V AGP card Use of 3 3V AGP cards may result in a failure to restart the system To avoid the risk of causing damages to the mainboard the AGP slot is protected with MSI e...

Page 49: ...s you to insert the CNR expansion cards CNR is a specially designed network audio or modem riser card for ATX family motherboards Its main processing is done through software and controlled by the mot...

Page 50: ...er 4 AGP INT A INT B PCI Slot 1 INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 2 INT B INT C INT D INT A PCI Slot 3 INT C INT D INT A INT B PCI Slot 4 INT D INT A INT B INT C PCI Slot 5 INT B INT C INT D INT A PCI...

Page 51: ...etup 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 r...

Page 52: ...ility by pressing F11 When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restar...

Page 53: ...ormance settings for all devices and the system while High Performance defaults provide the best system performance but may affect the system stability Move to the previous item Move to the next item...

Page 54: ...the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appe...

Page 55: ...word Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Load High Performance Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance...

Page 56: ...t 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 from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be key...

Page 57: ...perfor Modes mance by optimizing the hard disk timing 32 Bit Transfer Mode Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate Floppy Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of flop...

Page 58: ...item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Set tings are Silent Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot BIOS Shows the POST messages at boot Boot Device Select Press E...

Page 59: ...BS 2 The system will boot from the third BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 3 The system will boot from the fourth BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device USB FDD The system will bo...

Page 60: ...at is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Settings Enabled Disabled BootUp Num Lock This item is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Set ting to On...

Page 61: ...DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The setting controls the internal cache al...

Page 62: ...hing of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled C000 32...

Page 63: ...onfigure the clock frequency of the installed DRAM Settings are SPD 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz 533MHz FSB Auto Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD Serial Prese...

Page 64: ...tings 2 clocks 3 clocks 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...

Page 65: ...ed to the AGP without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256 MB Internal Graphics Select The field specifies the size of system mem...

Page 66: ...E and Win dows 2000 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 sy...

Page 67: ...nd stop CPU internal clock Settings Disabled Enabled Suspend Time Out Minute After the selected period of system inactivity all devices except the CPU shut off Settings Disabled 1 2 4 8 10 20 30 40 50...

Page 68: ...g modes Settings Monitor Ignore Set WakeUp Events Press Enter and the following sub menu appears Resume On Ring When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving...

Page 69: ...f the USB device to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Settings Enabled Disabled Keyboard Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the keyboard to wake up the system from S3...

Page 70: ...ded System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Access 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...

Page 71: ...nstalled PCI VGA card first If a PCI VGA card is not available it will initialize the AGP card PCI Int VGA The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first If a PCI VGA card is not available it...

Page 72: ...nboard I O are configured as PCI PnP If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ 9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices Available settings ISA EIS...

Page 73: ...operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix Set to No Mice if you want to use any USB device except the mouse Setting options Disabled No Mice All...

Page 74: ...Disabled AC 97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is detected the onboard AC 97 modem controller will be enabled if not it is disabled Disable the controller...

Page 75: ...dress of the onboard parallel port Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto 378 278 3BC Disabled Parallel Port Mode This item selects th...

Page 76: ...3 26 MS 6580 ATX Mainboard Midi IRQ Select The item is used to select the IRQ line for onboard Midi port OnBoard Game Port This item is used to specify the address for the onboard game port...

Page 77: ...function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard CPU System Temperature CPU System Fan Speed Vcore 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V 12 0V 5 0V Battery 5V SB These items display the current...

Page 78: ...m stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI select Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temp...

Page 79: ...red CPU core voltage Vcore in this field if CPU Vcore Adjust is preset to Yes DDR AGP Power Voltage Adjusting the DDR AGP voltage can increase the DDR AGP speed Any changes made to these settings may...

Page 80: ...hen 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 whe...

Page 81: ...stem performance but may lead to a stability issue When you select Load BIOS Setup Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Enter loads the default values that are factory settings for stable syst...

Page 82: ...audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC650 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and u...

Page 83: ...tallation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP For Windows 2000 you must install Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment...

Page 84: ...A 3 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here Select this option...

Page 85: ...onnect all speakers to the audio connectors on the back panel Use the Optional S Bracket S Bracket integrates the SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface and analog LINE OUT connectors together With this...

Page 86: ...nejack to decide which audio device that you wish to use as the audio output connectors If Default Phonejack is selected the speakers should be con nected to the phonejacks on the S Bracket If Default...

Page 87: ...ith the setting in software utility 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output When this mode is selected it is recommended to attach the speakers to the Line Out connector on the back panel instead of...

Page 88: ...ach phonejack on the back panel and S Bracket when 4 Channel mode is selected 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC 4 Optical SPDIF jack 5 Coaxial SPDIF jack 6 Line Out Reserved for Center and Sub...

Page 89: ...3 MIC 4 Optical SPDIF jack 5 Coaxial SPDIF jack 6 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channels 7 Line Out Rear channels Select Default Phonejack Deselect Default Phonejack 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Rear S...

Page 90: ...onnect your speakers to the Optical or Coaxial SPDIF phonejack on the S Bracket to exprience digital surround sound effect Remove the plug from the optical SPIDF phonejack before insert ing the fiber...

Page 91: ...ve your speakers correctly connected to the Back Panel Configuration in the Software Utility 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 Select a desired surr...

Page 92: ...Multi Channel Audio Function mode properly in the software utility connect your speakers to the correct phonejacks in accordance with the setting in software utility 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker...

Page 93: ...nel Mode for 4 Speaker Output The audio jacks on the back panel always provide 2 Channel analog audio output function however these audio jacks can be transformed to 4 or 6 channels analog audio jacks...

Page 94: ...Center and Subwoofer channel Both Line In and MIC function are converted to Line Out function when 4 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output is selected 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output Refer to the fol...

Page 95: ...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 Se...

Page 96: ...Function 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 tw...

Page 97: ...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 cornerof the...

Page 98: ...I boot up my system I saw that Award BIOS is being used A Phoenix Award already merged as one company All MSI motherboard using Award BIOS comes with Phoenix logo sticker Q HowdoIknowwhatMSID LEDorD b...

Page 99: ...ggestions 1 Dont install zonealarm 2 Disable WebTrap of PC cillion 2000 3 Disable any web based anti virus Software Q Can Live Update Series support WinXP A Live Update Series version 215 can support...

Page 100: ...Upon boot up the 1st line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS version It is usually in the format 1 For older model number AG76091096where 1stdigitreferstoBIOSmakerasA AMI R W AWARD R P PHOEN...

Page 101: ...s and hold Ctrl Home to force update It will read the AMIBOOT ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer For Award BI...

Page 102: ...unused frequency band of 2 45 GHz that is available globally with some variation of bandwidth in different countries In addition to data up to three voice channels are available Each device has a uni...

Page 103: ...y circuits for transmitting and receiv ing data a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems Clock Cycle Clock cycle or tick is the smallest unit of time recognized by a devi...

Page 104: ...mass storage devices of up to 8 4 gigabytes whereas the old standard was limited to 528 MB Because of its lower cost enhanced EIDE has replaced SCSI in many areas There are four EIDE modes defined The...

Page 105: ...rrupt Request Line IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor When you add a new device to a PC you sometimes need to set its IRQ number by setting a D...

Page 106: ...s LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 It is frequently used by the OS to identify a printer Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your computer so that the microprocessor runs faster than the manufacturer specified s...

Page 107: ...vices to computers SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates up to 80 megabytes per second than standard serial and parallel ports In addition you can attach many devices to a single...