MSI MS-7166, User Manual

Page 1: ...i G52 M7166X1 MS 7166 v1 X ATX Mainboard 915P Neo3 915G Neo3...

Page 2: ...nt 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 expres...

Page 3: ...ks or trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a...

Page 4: ...he 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 ob...

Page 5: ...Mouse Keyboard Connector 2 10 VGA Connector Optional for 915G only 2 10 Serial Port Connector COM Port 2 11 USB Connectors 2 11 LAN RJ 45 Jack 2 12 Audio Port Connectors 2 12 Parallel Port Connector L...

Page 6: ...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 10 Integrated Peripherals 3 12 Power Management Features 3 16 PNP PCI...

Page 7: ...oftware 5 8 Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 5 8 Installation of Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 5 9 RAID Migration Instructions 5 14 Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk 5 15 Chapter 6 V...

Page 8: ...ool 6 18 Chapter 7 Itroduction to Realtek ALC880 7 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver 7 3 Installation for Windows 2000 XP 7 3 Software Configuration 7 5 Sound Effect 7 5 Mixer 7 9 Microphone 7...

Page 9: ...rd The 915P Neo3 915G Neo3 mainboard is based on Intel 915P 915G and Intel ICH6R ICH6 chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processor the 9...

Page 10: ...erial ATA ports with transfer rate 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 Serial ATA 150 RAID 0 RAID 1 and Matrix RAID for ICH6R on...

Page 11: ...t 8 USB ports Rear 4 Front 4 1 RJ 45 LAN jack optional LAN Realtek RTL 8100C 8110S Supports 10 100 Mb s or 1000 Mb s Compliane with PCI 2 2 Supports ACPI Power Management 1394 optional Supports two IE...

Page 12: ...SATA4 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 SYSFAN1 PWRFAN1 JLPC1 JBAT1 SATA1 SATA3 JFP2 JFP1 FDD1 IDE1 ATX1 NBFAN1 CPUFAN1 JPW1 BIOS BATT Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top Parallel Port Bottom COM port VGA port 915G...

Page 13: ...ide D Bracket 2 Optional MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD Standard Cable for IDE Devices Back IO Shield Standard Cable for Floppy Disk The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the pa...

Page 14: ...les 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 inst...

Page 15: ...p 2 16 JLPC1 p 2 15 JBAT1 p 2 23 CPUFAN1 p 2 14 DIMM1 4 p 2 7 JCI1 p 2 23 FDD1 p 2 14 IDE1 p 2 15 IDE2 IDE3 p 2 15 JFP1 JFP2 p 2 17 JDB1 p 2 20 JUSB1 JUSB2 p 2 18 J1394_1 J1394_2 p 2 19 JAUD1 p 2 18 J...

Page 16: ...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 Overcloc...

Page 17: ...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 d...

Page 18: ...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 yo...

Page 19: ...e lever 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...

Page 20: ...DDR but there are some rules while using dual channel DDR Please refer to the suggested DDR population table below Users may install memory modules of different type and density on different channel...

Page 21: ...f the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch Memory Module Population Rules Install at least one DIMM module on the slots Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of 1GB Users can install e...

Page 22: ...nnector allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 24 pin power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Th...

Page 23: ...NAL 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 COM Port USB Ports...

Page 24: ...tReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Pin Definition 9 Pin Male DIN Connector COM Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USB Connectors The mainboard provides an OHCI Open Host Controlle...

Page 25: ...tion provided by Realtek ALC880 to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio Giga bit LAN Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DES...

Page 26: ...P 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...

Page 27: ...e 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 Har...

Page 28: ...nds 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 set...

Page 29: ...0 MB 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 GN...

Page 30: ..._LED_P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FPPWR 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 PowerSwitch high...

Page 31: ...L PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key 10 USBOC JUSB1 JUSB2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 PORT 1L Analog Port 1 Left channel 2 GND Ground 3 PORT 1R Analog Por...

Page 32: ...le power 8 Cablepower 9 Key no pin 10 Ground How to attach the IEEE 1394 Port Foolproof design Connected to J1394_1 J1394_2 IEEE1394 Bracket Optional IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 The connector all...

Page 33: ...or green color 8 DBR4 high for red color 9 Key 10 NC Pin Definition JDB1 1 9 2 10 D Bracket 2 Optional Connected to JUSB1 the USB pinheader in YELLOW color Connected to JDB1 LEDs D Bracket 2 is an ext...

Page 34: ...essing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting Initializing Keyboard Controller Testing VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign on message to the screen Processor Initialization This will show informatio...

Page 35: ...B using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller D Bracket 2 Description Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This...

Page 36: ...configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then...

Page 37: ...rpose I O Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express ar...

Page 38: ...der 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 PCI Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert th...

Page 39: ...OS category described 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 referenc...

Page 40: ...em 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 s...

Page 41: ...this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your syste...

Page 42: ...menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance Set Password Use these two menus to set the passwords for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup...

Page 43: ...y 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...

Page 44: ...ad Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed...

Page 45: ...options Thermal Monitor 1 Thermal Monitor 2 Limit CPUID MaxVal Setting options Enabled Disabled NX BIOS Control Setting options Enabled Disabled Boot Sequence Press Enter to enter the sub menu The ori...

Page 46: ...rating system Boot From Other Devices Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Settings are Disabl...

Page 47: ...g system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 Boot to OS 2 This allows yo...

Page 48: ...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 d...

Page 49: ...select the PCI E specification version Setting options v1 0a v1 0 VGA Setting On Chip VGA This setting determines whether the system RAM can be allocated to on chip video controller for video purposes...

Page 50: ...as DOS and SCO Unix Settings Enabled Disabled Azalia AC97 Selection Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If an audio device is detected the onboard AC 97 Audio Codec 97...

Page 51: ...rt addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Disabled UR2 Duplex M...

Page 52: ...the EPP function the following message will be dis played on the screen EPP Mode Select At this time either EPP 1 7 spec or EPP 1 9 spec can be chosen ECP Mode Use DMA The ECP mode has to use the DMA...

Page 53: ...nu and the following screen appears On Chip Serial ATA Setting SATA Mode This setting is used to select the SATA mode The setting are IDE no AHCI no RAID SATA AHCI enabled RAID enabled AHCI AHCI enabl...

Page 54: ...a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy...

Page 55: ...ur system to be awakened by PCI Express Device from the power saving modes through any event on PME Power Management Event Setting options Disabled Enabled Resume From S3 by USB The item allows the ac...

Page 56: ...hot key combination in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Settings Ctrl F1 through Ctrl F12 Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a...

Page 57: ...ions are PCI Slot The system initializes the PCI Graphic card first If a PCI Graphic card is not available it will initialize the PCI Express graphic Onboard The system initializes the Onboard Graphic...

Page 58: ...e 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 d...

Page 59: ...sub menu appears System CPU Environment Temperature Current System CPU Fan Speed Vcore V 3 3V 5 V 12 V VBAT V 5VSB V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices co...

Page 60: ...aster When the CPU is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users...

Page 61: ...p CPU Clock This item specifies the clock frequency of CPU host bus FSB AGP 3V66 and PCI bus It provides a method for end users to overclock the processor Setting options Give a DEC value by entering...

Page 62: ...ting may cause a stability issue so changing the DDR voltage for long term purpose is NOT recommended PCI Express Voltage Adjusting the PCI Express voltage can increase the device speed Any changes ma...

Page 63: ...on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default values When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for...

Page 64: ...u 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...

Page 65: ...anagement 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...

Page 66: ...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 re...

Page 67: ...tem 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...

Page 68: ...stic 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...

Page 69: ...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 t...

Page 70: ...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...

Page 71: ...mputers simultaneously 2 If you are getting on Internet 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 S...

Page 72: ...tion 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 Association Control This option allows you t...

Page 73: ...on the right will appear on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear Several buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired butto...

Page 74: ...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...

Page 75: ...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 o...

Page 76: ...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 com...

Page 77: ...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 th...

Page 78: ...st the PC hardware and system status during real time operation In the left side it shows the current system status including the Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V In the right side it shows the current PC hardwa...

Page 79: ...so you may click Auto to start testing the maximum CPU overclocking value The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots Or you may click Default to restore the default...

Page 80: ...er to 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 prese...

Page 81: ...nges 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 ens...

Page 82: ...on Date 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 yo...

Page 83: ...r 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 ma...

Page 84: ...eature 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...

Page 85: ...g elevator seek and packet chain command Intel ICH6R includes the RAID level 0 striping RAID level 1 mirroring and a combination of the two called Intel Matrix RAID Technology which has two volume in...

Page 86: ...or details to create delete and reset RAID volumes After the above message shows press Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility Using the Intel RAID Option ROM 1 Creating...

Page 87: ...1 Create RAID Volume 1 Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter key The following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go...

Page 88: ...ilable values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The avail able values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the p...

Page 89: ...creation is finished MSI Reminds You Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an examp...

Page 90: ...ID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to accept...

Page 91: ...RAID structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection MSI Reminds You 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you...

Page 92: ...ion or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen...

Page 93: ...ate the hard drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains impor tant data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however...

Page 94: ...5 10 MS 7166 ATX Mainboard The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 95: ...Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to cont...

Page 96: ...Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the program icon Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and click Next but...

Page 97: ...roduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation...

Page 98: ...plication Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup Refer to P 5 8 Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver during Windows Setup 3 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAI...

Page 99: ...Volume from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead...

Page 100: ...ed for data redundancy will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage Strip Sizes Select the desired stri...

Page 101: ...s the source disk the one containing all of the information to be migrated and which one is the target disk On a RAID Ready system this can be determined by making a note during POST of which port e g...

Page 102: ...r disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted...

Page 103: ...space the rest hard drive space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive...

Page 104: ...e you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets inter rupted and your system is rebooted...

Page 105: ...channels and maximum connection of four hard disk drives allowed 4 Supports Ultra DMA mode 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA mode 2 1 0 and PIO mode 4 3 2 1 0 5 Supports PCI Plug and Play PCI interrupt sharing and co...

Page 106: ...sical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels repre...

Page 107: ...the data access Another unique feature of RAID 0 1 is dual fault tolerance In some cases two drives can fail simultaneously and still maintain the integrity of the data The data can still be accessed...

Page 108: ...b key to enter the BIOS configuration The VIA IDE RAID volume may be configured using the VIA Tech RAID BIOS Always use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu use up and down arrow key to select eac...

Page 109: ...press Enter a list of array modes will appear Highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press Enter to confirm the selection If RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 is selected an option list will po...

Page 110: ...Drives Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and dupli cate for RAID 1 It is...

Page 111: ...ontent in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation MSI Reminds You Even though 64KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the block size value which is best suited t...

Page 112: ...Enter The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press Enter A warning message will show up press Y to delete or press N to cancel Deleting a disk a...

Page 113: ...can be selected as a spare drive for the RAID 1 array Select Create Delete Spare and press Enter the channel column will then be activated Select the drive that you want to use as a spare drive and pr...

Page 114: ...n If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen Select Boot Array User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array Boot disk...

Page 115: ...sistencies between user data and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order...

Page 116: ...D 1 or 0 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to solve such problem 1 Power off and Check the Failed Drive This item turns o...

Page 117: ...er choosing a hard drive the channel column will be activated Highlight the target hard drive and press Enter a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to canc...

Page 118: ...on or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen...

Page 119: ...package that enables high perform ance in the Windows XP 2000 operating system This version of VIA IDE RAID Utility contains the following key features IDE RAID driver VIA IDE RAID utility RAID0 RAID...

Page 120: ...llShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window Select I Agree to accept the VIA Software License Agreement and c...

Page 121: ...IA VT6410 IDE RAID 6 17 Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want Then click Next button to proceed the installation Remember to restart your computer before using this newly i...

Page 122: ...ecific functions The left window pane displays the controller and disk drives The right window pane displays the details of the controller or disk drives In this model the available features are as fo...

Page 123: ...ils of each disk Click on or button to determine the viewing type of left window pane There are two viewing types By controllers and by device Click on the object in the left window pane to display th...

Page 124: ...MS 7166 ATX Mainboard 6 20 Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 1 to see the details of each disk You may also use the same or button to view the status of Array 0 RAID 1...

Page 125: ...which provides sup port for 8 channel audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 2 Side 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC880 allows the board to attach 2 4 6 or 8 speakers for better surround sound effe...

Page 126: ...ows XP you must install Windows XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install...

Page 127: ...7 3 Introduction to Realtek ALC 880 4 Click Finish to restart the system 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Click here Select this option...

Page 128: ...o use the 2 4 6 or 8 channel audio feature now Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable t...

Page 129: ...e a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equalizer models for you to choose by clicking Others under the Equalizer part Load EQ Setting Reset EQ Setting Save Preset Delete EQ Setting EQ Sett...

Page 130: ...t without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are c...

Page 131: ...can be that singer 2 Key Adjustment Using Up Down Arrow to find a key which better fits your vocal range Raise the key Lower the key Remove the human voice Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek r...

Page 132: ...from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will ap...

Page 133: ...played from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source...

Page 134: ...completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed total 13 items to be chosen Advanced controls Enable pla...

Page 135: ...you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Advanced control is a Microphone Boost icon Once this item is checked you will find advanced icon beside Front Pink In M...

Page 136: ...rt recording in this case If you d like to connect your microphone to the front audio panel You may control the microphone volume by Mic Volume or front mic in on the mixer MSI Reminds You Only the sp...

Page 137: ...to be chosen to perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking 1 Audio I O aims to help you set jacks right Moreover other than blue to blue pink to...

Page 138: ...d the dialogue connected device pops up the default setting of blue jack is Line in Check the headphone anyway then click OK You should notice the icon beside blue jack remains the same without any ch...

Page 139: ...is playing from the back panel will be stopped 2 Disable front panel jack detection option Find no function on front panel jacks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks I...

Page 140: ...signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog 1 Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or...

Page 141: ...light up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto...

Page 142: ...ne Select the Noise Suppression to remove the possible noise during recording or select Acoustic Echo Cancelltion to cancel the acoustic echo druing recording Also please use the drop down list to cho...

Page 143: ...Realtek ALC 880 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applications like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable...

Page 144: ...n Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show...

Page 145: ...front panel according to page 2 18 2 Select AC97 or Azalia in the BIOS setting page 3 14 3 If you are using Azalia setting the microphone function on the front panel is fixed but the headphone jack w...

Page 146: ...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...

Page 147: ...to back panel s Line Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 3 1 2 6 4 5 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoof...

Page 148: ...l s Line Out connector two speakers to the rear channel and two speakers to the cen ter subwoofer channel Line Out connectors 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4...

Page 149: ...Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Optical SPDIF jack Description Connect two speakers to back panel s Line Out connector two speakers to...