MSI MS-7184, Manual

Page 1: ...i MS 7184 v1 X AmethystM Micro ATX Mainboard ATI RS482 SB400 Based English Version ...

Page 2: ...ent 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 responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to com...

Page 3: ...ration Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet and nForce are registered trademarks 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 AM...

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

Page 5: ... 7 Installing DDR Modules 2 9 Power Supply 2 9 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATX1 2 9 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Connectors 2 11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 11 Fan Power Connectors CFAN1 SFAN1 2 11 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 2 12 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 2 13 CD In Connector JCD1 2 14 Aux Line In Connector JAUX1 2 14 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2...

Page 6: ...vi PCI Express Slots 2 18 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 17 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 19 ...

Page 7: ... 7184 Series MS 7184 v1 X Micro ATX mainboard The MS 7184 Series mainboards are based on ATi RS482 ATi SB400 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor the MS 7184 Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution ...

Page 8: ...ntroller up to 150MB s with RAID 0 or RAID 1 or 0 1 Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster Direct Sound AC97 audio Ultra DMA 33 66 100 master mode PCI EIDE controller ACPI PC2001 compliant enhanced power management Supports USB2 0 up to 8 ports Main Memory Supports dual channel eight memory banks DDR 333 400 using four 184 pin DDRDIMMs Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB without ECC Supports 2 5v ...

Page 9: ... 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 VGA port 1 SPDIF Out connector 1 parallel port supporting SPP EPP ECP mode 8 USB2 0 ports Rear 4 Front 4 1 Audio Line In Line Out MIC port 1 RJ 45 LAN Jack MSI Reminds You 1 Please note that users cannot install OS either WinME or Win98 in their SATA hard drives Under these two OSs SATA can only be used as an ordinary storage device 2 To create a bootable RAID vol...

Page 10: ...vice 1 1 2 0 and SATA HDD Dimension Micro ATX Form Factor 24 4cm X 24 4cm Mounting 8 mounting holes MSI Reminds You 1 Each board will be given a unique 1394 GUID from the manufacturer s default settings in the system BIOS 2 Use the flash utility or Live Update from MSI s website for BIOS update The 1394 GUID address is burnt in the BIOS core If the 1394 GUID address is lost due to an unpredictable...

Page 11: ... JUSB1 JUSB2 JFP1 JCD1 Codec JAUD1 BATT ATX1 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 ID E1 IDE2 JPWD1 JLPC1 JCMOS1 FDD 1 CFAN1 SMSC LPC47M997 NR BIOS SATA1 SATA2 T M B Line In Line Out Mic T LAN jack B USB ports SPDIF out Top Parallel Port Bottom VGA Port optional Top mouse Bottom keyboard T 1394 Port B USB ports PCIE16X1 ATI ATI RS482 SB400 ...

Page 12: ...ules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the pe ripheral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the compo nents and follow the installation procedures Hardware Setup ...

Page 13: ...el I O p 2 10 JPW1 p 2 9 IDE1 2 p 2 12 ATX1 p 2 9 CFAN1 p 2 11 FDD1 p 2 11 SFAN1 p 2 11 JAUX1 p 2 14 J1394_1 p 2 15 PCI Express Slot p 2 18 PCI Slots p 2 18 JAUD1 p 2 14 JCD1 p 2 14 JFP1 p 2 16 JPWD1 p 2 17 JUSB1 JUSB2 p 2 16 SATA1 2 p 2 13 JCMOS1 p 2 17 CPU p 2 3 JLPC1 p 2 15 ...

Page 14: ... mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard...

Page 15: ...onto the socket 4 If the CPU is correctly installed the 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 the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed al ways close the lever with you...

Page 16: ...plate s paster 2 Turn over the mainboard and install the backplate to the proper position 3 Turn over the mainboard again and place the mainboard on the flat surface Locate the two screw holes of the mainboard 4 Align the retention mechanism and the backplate Fix the retention mechanism and the backplate with two screws retention mechanism MSI Reminds You Mainboard photos shown in this section are...

Page 17: ...t on the top of the retention mechanism 7 Fasten down the lever 8 Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention mechanism Safety Hook Fixed Bolt Fixed Lever 9 Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the mainboard MSI Reminds You While disconnecting the Safety Hook from the fixed bolt it is neces sary to keep an eye on your fingers because once the Safety ...

Page 18: ...slots DIMM 1 4 DIMM1 DIMM4 from left to right DIMM1 CH A DIMM2 CH B DIMM3 CH A DIMM4 CH B Mode 128MB 1GB Single Channel 128MB 1GB Single Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Single Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Dual Channel BLUE Slots BLACK Slots MSI Reminds You The system operates ONLY when the DDR modules are installed in...

Page 19: ...of module The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 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 Volt Notch ...

Page 20: ...s you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To con nect 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 Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with pin 1 pin 13 r...

Page 21: ...2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N C 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5V 10 GND 11 N C 12 SDA 13 HorizontalSync 14 VerticalSync 15 SCL PIN SIGNAL 1 PWR 2 GND 3 TPB 4 TPB 5 TPA 6 TPA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pin1 Mouse KBD DATA Pin2 NC Pin3 GND Pin4 VCC Pin5 Mouse KBD Clock Pin6 NC PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 4 NC Not Used 5 NC Not Used 6 RDN...

Page 22: ... wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control MSI Reminds You Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD official ...

Page 23: ...s jumper Refer to the hard disk docu mentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions ATA100 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66 100 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 function You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices The Ultra ATA100 interface boosts da...

Page 24: ... ATI SB400 SouthBridge supports two serial ATA connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA1 SATA2 are high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each supports 1st genera tion serial ATA data rates of 150MB s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device 7 1 SATA1 SATA2 MSI Reminds You Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Ot...

Page 25: ...L DESCRIPTION 1 AUD_MIC Front panelmicrophone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground usedbyanalog audio circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphonepower 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved forfuture useto control headphone amplifier 8 KEY No pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left c...

Page 26: ...PA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cablepower 8 Cablepower 9 Key no pin 10 Ground Foolproof design Connected to J1394_1 IEEE1394 Bracket J1394_1 1 2 9 10 JLPC1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 LCLK 2 Key no pin 3 LRST 4 VCC3 5 LAD0 6 FID0_LRST 7 LAD1 8 VCC5 9 LAD2 10 Key no pin 11 LAD3 12 GND 13 LFRAME 14 GND FWH LPC Debugging Pin Header JLPC1 The pin header is for internal debugging o...

Page 27: ... GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 The mainboard provides two standard USB 2 0 pin headers JUSB1 JUSB2 USB 2 0 technology 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 mo...

Page 28: ...ernal battery 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 set the JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Normal Clear JPWD1 JCMOS1 1 Clear Data 1 3 Keep Data 1 3 MSI Reminds You To clear CMOS you should 1 switch off the system and short 2 3 pin of the JCMOS1 2 switch on the ...

Page 29: ... highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers You can insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or ...

Page 30: ...nounced I R Q are hard ware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTE INT F INTG INTH PCI Slot 2 INT F INTG INTH INTE PCI Slot 3 INTG INTH INTE INT F ...