MSI MS-6764, User Manual

Page 1: ...i KT2 Combo Version 1 0 G52 M6764X1 K01 MS 6764 v1 X ATX Mainboard ...

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 will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to o...

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Page 4: ...r 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 get the equipment checked by a service personnel z The power cord or plug is damaged z Liquid has penetrated into the equipment z The equipment has been exposed to moisture z The equipment has not w...

Page 5: ... Alert 4 1 10 CPU Thermal Protection 1 12 Chapter2 HardwareSetup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 462 2 4 Installing AMD Athlon CPU Socket 462 Cooler Set 2 5 Memory 2 6 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 6 DDR DIMM Module Combination 2 7 Installing DDR Modules 2 7 SDR DIMM Module Combination 2 8 I...

Page 6: ... Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 2 17 CD In Connector J10 2 18 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector J3 2 18 Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 2 19 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 20 D Bracket Connector JLED 2 21 Front USB Connectors JUSB2 JUSB3 2 22 Jumpers 2 24 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 24 FSB Clock Override Jumper SW3 2 25 Slots 2 26 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 26 PCI Peripheral Compo...

Page 7: ...Configurations 3 21 Integrated Peripherals 3 23 PC Health Status 3 27 Frequency Voltage Control 3 28 Set Supervisor User Password 3 30 Load Optimal High Performance Defaults 3 31 Appendix Using4 or6 ChannelAudioFunction A 1 Installing the Audio driver A 2 Using 4 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the connected speakers A 14 Playing KaraOK A 16 Troubleshooting T 1 Glossary G 1 ...

Page 8: ...TX mainboard The KT2 Combo is based on VIA KT266A VT8235 chipsets and provides six USB 2 0 ports for high speed data transmission Designed to fit the advanced AMD Athlon Athlon XPor Duron processors theKT2Combo delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution Getting Started ...

Page 9: ...er mode PCI EIDE controller Integrated USB2 0 Host Controller ACPI MainMemory h Support two 184 pin unbuffered PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAM or two 168 pin unbuffered PC100 133 SDRAM h Supports up to 2GB memory size Slots h One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP specification compliant Supports AGP 2 0 4x h Six 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots h Supports 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface On Board IDE h An IDE co...

Page 10: ... 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 function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension hATX Form Factor 30 4 cm L x 22 cm W Mounting h 6 mounting holes Others h Suspend to RAM Disk S3 S4 hPC2001compliant h Voltage independent adjustmen...

Page 11: ... SOCKET 462 BIOS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 SW3 JBAT1 JFP1 JFP2 JUSB2 JUSB3 JLED T LAN jack Optional B USB ports Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A COM B Top mouse Bottom keyboard J10 CFAN1 JPW1 IDE 2 IDE 1 SFAN1 Winbond W83697HF Codec Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD 1 AGP Slot DIMM 3 DIMM 4 ...

Page 12: ...k 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 value To enable the system running at the specified FSB every time when you click Turbo click Save to save the desired FSB first If you want to know the maximal CPU overclocking value click Auto to start test...

Page 13: ...e 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 Ø Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Ø Live Driver Updates the drivers online Ø Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Ø Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Ø Live Utility Updates the utilities online If the...

Page 14: ... Monitor 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 installation the MSI Live Monitor icon as shown on the right will appear on the screen Double click this icon to run the application Double click the MSI Live Monitor icon at the lower right corner of the t...

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 graphic signal display to help users understand their system The LEDs provide up to 16 combinations of signals to debug the system The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that fail the system such as VGA RA...

Page 16: ...video 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 using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initializing Floppy D...

Page 17: ...al 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 the condition returns to the normal status Users can use the Adjusting Keys to change the minimum and maximum threshold of each item for the system to send out a warning message Click Temperature to select the temperature modes of either Fahrenheit o F o...

Page 18: ...nding on your system s status To better protect the CPU from overheating a new feature COOLER XP has been added to decrease the temperature of AMD Athlon XP CPU To do so simply click COOLER XP and the screen will show the Cute skin as shown below with information about the CPU and chipset Right click the mouse to select the skin you want to switch to Cute ...

Page 19: ... CPU platform This CPU Thermal Protection mechanism works on a thermal signal sensor If the mechanism senses an abnormal temperature rise it will automatically shut down the system and the CPU temperature will then drop down and resume normal With this unique feature users can better protect their CPU Please note that this feature is for AMD Athlon XP CPU only ...

Page 20: ...dules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the peripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup ...

Page 21: ... p 2 6 CPU p 2 4 Back Panel I O p 2 10 CFAN1 p 2 17 FDD1 p 2 15 SFAN1 p 2 17 JBAT1 p 2 24 IDE1 IDE2 p 2 16 JFP2 p 2 19 JFP1 p 2 19 JUSB3 p 2 22 JUSB2 p 2 22 J10 p 2 18 JPW1 p 2 9 JWR1 p 2 9 J3 p 2 18 AGP Slot p 2 26 PCI Slots p 2 26 SDR DIMMs p 2 6 SW3 p 2 25 JAUD1 p 2 20 ...

Page 22: ...em before turning on the computer Thermal Issue for CPU As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable operation As such the processor must be maintained in the specified thermal requirements AMD recommends the use of high performance ...

Page 23: ... 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 the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed always close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on top of the CPU to make sure the CPU is properly and completely emb...

Page 24: ... the clip to hook the latch of the CPU sliding plate 3 Hook the other latch to fix the cooling fan set You may need a screw drive to press down the other side of the clip 4 Connect the fan to the power sup ply connector provided on your mainboard Installing AMD Athlon CPU Socket 462 Cooler Set Apply some heat sink paste MSI Reminds You Please apply some heat sink paste on top of CPU to dissipate t...

Page 25: ...to 2GB To operate properly at least one DIMM module must be installed SDR DIMM Slots DIMM 3 4 DDR DIMM Slots DDR1 2 MSI Reminds You Make sure that you install only one type of memory modules either SDR or DDR at one time DO NOT install both types at the same time For security reason the system will automati cally power off if you simultaneously install SDR DDR memory modules onboard ...

Page 26: ...f 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 until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close S Single Side D Double Side Slot Memory Module Total Memory DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 S D 64MB 1GB DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 S D 64...

Page 27: ...se SDR Module Combination At least one DIMM module should be installed on the motherboard Memory modules can be installed on the slots in any order The single double sided memory modules that each DIMM slot supports are listed as below S Single Side D Double Side Slot Memory Module Total Memory DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 S D 64MB 1GB Maximum System Memory Supported 64MB 2GB DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 S D 64MB 1GB Volt ...

Page 28: ...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 Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5...

Page 29: ... 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC No connection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 Mouse Keyboard USB Parallel COM A COM B L out L in MIC Midi Joystick LAN Optional ...

Page 30: ...Pin Definition PS 2 Keyboard 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 devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND...

Page 31: ... Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Pin Definition 9 Pin Male DIN Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RJ 45 LAN Jack Optional The mainboard provides one standard RJ 45 jack for connection to Lo cal Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION ...

Page 32: ...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 Paper End 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED Automatic Feed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN Select In 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Groun...

Page 33: ... Connectors 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 offer support for 6 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 6 channel audio For more information on 6 channel audio operation please refer to Appendix Using 4 ...

Page 34: ...nnect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System Power Supply FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector 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 ...

Page 35: ...rface is one third faster than earlier record breaking Ultra ATA 100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing Ultra ATA interface IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 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...

Page 36: ... 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 CFAN1 SENSOR 12V GND SFAN1 SENSOR 12V GND MSI Reminds You 1 Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert u...

Page 37: ...hassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record J3 2 1 GND CINTRU CD In Connector J10 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector J10 GND R L ...

Page 38: ...eaker 1 2 7 8 JFP2 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 down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use ...

Page 39: ...udio 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 from front panel Pin Definition MSI Reminds You If you don t want to connect to the front ...

Page 40: ...rates four LEDs and allows users to identify system problem through 16 various 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 green color 4 DBR2 high for red color 5 DBG3 high for green color 6 DBR3 high for red color 7 DBG4 high for green color ...

Page 41: ...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 cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 USBPWR 2 USBPWR 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 USBOC JUSB2 3 Pin Definition 1 1 9 2 10 JUSB3 USB 2 0 Intel spe...

Page 42: ...USB2 pinheader and D Bracket 2 to the yellow JUSB3 pinheader 4 Place the USB 2 0 bracket and D Bracket 2 into the appropriate slot of the system case D Bracket 2 Connected to JUSB3 the yellow USB pinheader Connected to JLED Connected to JUSB2 the blue USB pinheader USB 2 0 Bracket This USB 2 0 port will not function when a Bluetooth module is connected to the onboard Bluetooth pinheader JBT1 If no...

Page 43: ...attery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers JBAT1 1 MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avo...

Page 44: ... SW3 This jumper provides 100MHz and 133MHz Front Side Bus frequency selection Changing the PSB Processor System Bus speed using this jumper may result in unsupported timing configurations Please make sure the BIOS timings are configured properly for the processor speed SW3 1 ...

Page 45: ...vels of throughputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs 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 ...

Page 46: ...terrupt 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 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 Slot 6 INT C INT D INT A INT B ...

Page 47: ...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 SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features BIOS Setup ...

Page 48: ...tility 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 restart the system and press F11 after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by usin...

Page 49: ...s provide stable performance 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 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 nu...

Page 50: ...ge 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 appears if your system supports PnP PCI Once you enter AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arr...

Page 51: ...sword 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 but the system stability may be affected Load BIOS Setup Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Save Exit Setup Save changes to...

Page 52: ...o set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second System Date This 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 from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys yea...

Page 53: ...ammed I O Select Auto to enhance hard disk perform Modes ance 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 floppy drives installed Available options Not Installed 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warnin...

Page 54: ...s since it will skip some check items Available options Enabled Disabled Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Settings are Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot Boot Sequency Press Enter to enter the sub menu screen ...

Page 55: ...BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 1 The system will boot from the second BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 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 BBS 4 The system will boot from the fifth BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 5...

Page 56: ... 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 Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Floppy Drive Swap Setting to Enabled will s...

Page 57: ...ata 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 also known as L1 or level 1 cache Setting to WriteBack will speed up the system performance System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any prog...

Page 58: ... to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS ver sion supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 Option Description Disabled The specified ROM is not copied to RAM Enabled The contents of specified ROM are copied to RAM for faster system...

Page 59: ...This item shows the current CPU frequency Configure SDRAM Timing by Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD Serial Presence Detect EEPROM on the DRAM module Setting to SPD enables SDRAM Frequency SDRAM CAS Latency Row Precharge Time RAS MSI Reminds You Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset ...

Page 60: ...e is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system Available settings Auto 2T 3T RAS Pulse Width This setting allows you to select the number of clock cycles allotted for the RAS pulse width according to DRAM specifications The less the clock cycles ...

Page 61: ...ler to run at 1T T clock cycles rate Selecting Disabled makes SDRAM signal controller run at 2T rate 1T is faster than 2T Setting options Disabled Enabled Fast Command This item controls the internal timing of CPU Selecting Ultra allows CPU to handle data instructions at the fastest speed Fast enables CPU to handle at a faster speed while Normal let CPU handle them at the slowest rate AGP Timing C...

Page 62: ...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 AGP Master 1 W S Write The field allows users to insert one wait state into the AGP write cycle Settings Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 W S Read The field allows users to insert one wait state into the AGP read cycle Settings Enabled Disabled AGP Read Synchronization The...

Page 63: ...e 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 maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that rem...

Page 64: ...ment APM Setting to Enabled will activate an Advanced Power Management APM device to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock Settings Disabled Enabled Power Sleep LED This item configures how the system uses power LED on the case to indicate the sleep suspend state Available options are Single LED The power LED turns off to indicate the sleep suspend state Dual LED The power LED change...

Page 65: ...omputer is turned off After AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Reboots the computer Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Set WakeUp Events Press Enter and the following sub menu a...

Page 66: ...Every Day Alarm Hour 00 23 Alarm Minute 00 59 Alarm Second 00 59 MSI Reminds You If you have changed this setting you must let the system boot up until it enters the operating system before this function will work MSI Reminds You 1 You need to install a modem card supporting power on func tion for Wake Up On Ring function 2 For Wake Up Key function the option Specific Key re fers to the password y...

Page 67: ...the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98 2000 or ME When set to No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Select Yes if the operating system is Plug Play Clear NVRAM The ESCD Extended 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 i...

Page 68: ... PCI local bus has bus mastering capability Settings options Disabled Enabled Primary Graphics Adapter This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Setting options PCI AGP PCI Slot1 IRQ PCI Slot2 5 IRQ PCI Slot3 6 IRQ PCI Slot4 IRQ These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot Setting options 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Auto Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine ...

Page 69: ...ate the onboard LAN controller Setting options Disabled Enabled AC 97 Audio The item is used to enable or disable the onboard AC 97 Audio Codec 97 controller Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device Settings Enabled Disabled MC 97 Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is detected the onboard MC 97 Modem Codec...

Page 70: ...hen the function is enabled the USB keyboard is allowed to type some special combination keys Set Super I O Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Floppy Disk Controller This is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller Serial Port 1 2 These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Serial Port 2 COM B Selecting Auto allo...

Page 71: ...cts the EPP version used by the parallel port if the port is set to EPP mode Settings 1 7 1 9 Port IRQ When OnBoard Parallel Port is set to Auto the item shows Auto indicating that BIOS determines the IRQ for the parallel port automatically Port DMA This feature needs to be configured only when Parallel Port Mode is set to the ECP mode When Parallel Port is set to Auto the field will show Auto ind...

Page 72: ...3 26 MS 6764 ATX Mainboard OnBoard Game Port This item is used to specify the address for the onboard game port Settings Disabled 200h 208h ...

Page 73: ...n Detection When enabled the system will automatically monitor the CPU fan during boot up If it detects that the CPU fan is not rotating the system will show an error message on the screen and halt the boot up process The function is built with CPU fan power connector CFAN1 only and enables you to protect the CPU form possible overheating problem If you don t connect the CPU fan to the CPU fan pow...

Page 74: ...mal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI setting to Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clockspeed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up CPU FSB Clock This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz and overclo...

Page 75: ...long term purpose is NOT recommended AGP Voltage V AGP voltage is adjustable in the field allowing you to increase the perfor mance of your AGP display card when overclocking but the stability may be affected MSI Reminds You Changing CPU Ratio Vcore could result in the instability of the system therefore it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long term usage ...

Page 76: ...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 AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer The setting to determine when the password ...

Page 77: ...ystem 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 system performance MSI Reminds You The option is for power or overclocking users only Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the system performance Therefore a high end sy...

Page 78: ... 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 use 4 6 channel audio function on the board TOPICS Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the Connected Speakers A 8 Playing KaraOK A 9 ...

Page 79: ...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 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 2 Click Avance A...

Page 80: ...A 3 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here Select this option ...

Page 81: ... Setting later in the section Make sure all speakers are connected to Line Out connectors Diverse connector configurations for 2 4 and 6 channel using back panel connectors are described on the next page Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 4 6 channel audio feature now To enable 4 or 6 channel audio operation first connect 4 or 6 speakers t...

Page 82: ...on 1 2 3 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line Out Rear channels 3 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration 1 2 3 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line Out Rear channels 3 MIC Description Line In is converted to Line Out function under 4 channel configura...

Page 83: ...from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab 4 The following window appears Click here Click here and the pull down menu will appear ...

Page 84: ...A 7 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 5 Select the multi channel operation you prefer from No of Speakers 6 Click OK ...

Page 85: ...e the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears 4 Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking on 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 select 6 channe...

Page 86: ...song The function is applied only for 2 channel audio operation so make sure 2 channels mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected 3 Select Voice Cancellation in the KaraOK column 4 Click OK Click this ...

Page 87: ...n CPU FSB 133 will not be autodetected by the motherboard So user need to set the FSB manually to 133 Q Why my motherboard BIOS sticker is Phoenix BIOS but when 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 bracketlightmean A Please follow the spe...

Page 88: ...downloadtheMSILiveUpdateutilityfromhttp www msi com tw support liveupdate livedriver htmbutitkeepsonfailing A This can be solved by one of the following suggestions 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 WinXP Download it from http www msi com tw su...

Page 89: ...IOS unless you really have to Q HowdoIupdatetheBIOS A Please refer to http www msi com tw support bios note htm for details Q HowdoIidentifytheBIOSversion A 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 PHOENIX R 2nd digit refers to the internal chips...

Page 90: ...OM Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive Turn On the system and press 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 BIOS Make a bootable floopy disk Copy the Award flash utility BIOS file to the said floppy disk Create an autoexec bat with awdf...

Page 91: ...y 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 unique 48 bit address from the IEEE 802 standard Connections can be point to point or multipoint The maximum range is 10 meters Data can be exchanged at a rate of 1 megabit per second up to 2 Mbps in th...

Page 92: ...ry 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 device For personal computers clock cycles generally refer to the main system clock which runs at 66 MHz This means that there are 66 million clock cycles per second Since modern CPUs run much faster up ...

Page 93: ... 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 most common is Mode 4 which supports transfer rates of 16 6 MBps There is also a new mode called ATA 3 or Ultra ATA that supports transfer rates of 33 MBps EISA Extended Industry Standard Architectu...

Page 94: ...errupt 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 DIP switch This specifies which interrupt line the device may use IRQ conflicts used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards but the Plug and Play specification has removed this headache i...

Page 95: ...ts 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 speed for example setting an Intel 166 MHz megahertz microprocessor to run at 200 Mhz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1...

Page 96: ...evices 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 SCSI port so that SCSI is really an I O bus rather than simply an interface USB Universal Serial Bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such as the keyboard mouse joystick etc USB provide...