MSI MS-7357 (V1.X), Manual

Page 1: ...i G33M Series MS 7357 V1 X Mainboard G52 73571X1...

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Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and war...

Page 4: ...interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on...

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Page 8: ...ponents Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 7 Power Supply 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Connectors 2 12 Jumper 2 19 Slots 2 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 The Main Menu 3 4 Stand...

Page 9: ...ix Voltage A 7 FAN Speed A 8 Temperature A 9 User Profile A 10 Appendix B Realtek ALC888 Audio B 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver B 2 Software Configuration B 4 Hardware Setup B 19...

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Page 11: ...ATX mainboard The G33M Series mainboards are based on Intel G33 ICH9 ICH9R chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Core 2 Extreme Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Pentium and...

Page 12: ...l msi com tw index php func testreport LAN Supports PCIE LAN 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E8056 IEEE 1394 Optional Chip integrated by VIA VT6308P Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Audio Chip in...

Page 13: ...xible audio jacks On Board Pinheaders Connectors 1 Front Panel Audio pinheader 1 CD In connector 1 SPDIF Out or SPDIF In pinheader 1 IEEE 1394 pinheader Optional 3 USB 2 0 pinheaders 1 Chassis Intrusi...

Page 14: ...ts eSATA Ports T Line In M Line Out B Mic T RS Out M CS Out B SS Out CPUFAN1 PCI E1 PCIE1X1 PCI1 PCI2 LAN CHIP Codec JAUD1 JCD_IN1 JSPDIF1 SYSFAN1 J1394_2 Optional JUSB3 JUSB1 JUSB2 JFP1 JFP2 Intel IC...

Page 15: ...TA Cable User s Guide MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased Back IO Shield Standard Cable for ID...

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Page 17: ...dures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work...

Page 18: ...p 2 7 JFP1 2 p 2 18 JPW1 p 2 9 SATA1 4 7 p 2 13 CPUFAN1 p 2 14 JUSB1 3 p 2 16 SYSFAN1 p 2 14 PCI Slots p 2 20 FDD1 p 2 12 PCI Express Slots p 2 20 CPU p 2 3 JAUD1 p 2 15 JCD_IN1 p 2 14 JCASE1 p 2 14 A...

Page 19: ...dicator Alignment Key Alignment Key Important Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Ma...

Page 20: ...to protect the contact from damage Before you install the CPU always cover it to protect the socket pin CPU Cooler Installation When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a cooler attached...

Page 21: ...me Be sure to grasp on the edge of the CPU base Note that the align ment keys are matched 8 Cover the load plate onto the package 7 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not ta...

Page 22: ...orrect di rection marked on it to lock the hooks 9 Press down the load lever lightly onto the load plate and then se cure the lever with the hook under retention tab locking switch Important 1 Read th...

Page 23: ...ules For more information on compatible components please visit http global msi com tw index php func testreport Dual Channel mode Population Rule In Dual Channel mode the memory modules can transmit...

Page 24: ...the memory module is properly inserted in the DIMM slot Volt Notch Important DDR2 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDR2 standard is not backwards compatible You should always i...

Page 25: ...nector 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 The...

Page 26: ...cal Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it eSATA Port The eSATA port is for attaching the eSATA external hard drive about specification content please refer to Intel website Back Panel...

Page 27: ...or for microphones RS Out Black Rear Surround Out in 4 5 1 7 1 channel mode CS Out Orange Center Subwoofer Out in 5 1 7 1 channel mode SS Out Gray Side Surround Out 7 1 channel mode Important eSATA fo...

Page 28: ...E Connector IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives optical disk drives and other IDE devices Important If you install two IDE devices on the same cable you must configure the drives separat...

Page 29: ...e optional This connector is a high speed Serial ATA interface port Each connector can con nect to one Serial ATA device SATA3 Optional SATA4 Optional SATA1 SATA2 SATA7 Important Please do not fold th...

Page 30: ...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 s...

Page 31: ...is connected 5 LINEout_R Analog Port Right channel 6 MIC_JD Jack detection return from front panelmicrophone JACK1 7 Front_JD Jackdetectionsenselinefrom theHighDefinitionAudioCODEC jackdetection resis...

Page 32: ...eives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial device PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC Pin Definition 1 2 9 10 JUSB1 2 3 USB 2 0 Bracket Op...

Page 33: ...terface for digital audio transmission IEEE1394 Connector J1394_2 Optional This connector allows you to connect the IEEE1394 device via an optional IEEE1394 bracket Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNA...

Page 34: ...werSwitch low reference pull up 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 GND Ground 2 SPK Speaker 3 SLED SuspendLED 4 BUZ Buzzer 5 PLED PowerLED 6 BUZ Buzzer 7 NC Noc...

Page 35: ...h the CMOS RAM the system can auto matically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the jumper to clear data Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3...

Page 36: ...ith PCI specifications PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot 32 bit PCI Slot Important 1 When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the...

Page 37: ...IOS 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...

Page 38: ...HOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS...

Page 39: ...Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provid...

Page 40: ...egrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry...

Page 41: ...lt values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS...

Page 42: ...rrent 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 fu...

Page 43: ...you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives...

Page 44: ...rives installed Available options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in System Information Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears This sub me...

Page 45: ...e BIOS After updating the BIOS you should immedi ately re enable it to protect it against viruses Full Screen Logo Display This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Settings...

Page 46: ...Execute Bit Support Intel s Execute Bit Support functionality can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system This functionality allo...

Page 47: ...be used by the graphics core DVMT mode the driver of the graphics core uses the system memory like any other OS component or application does Boot Sequence Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the f...

Page 48: ...AN Controller This item is used to enable disable the onboard LAN controller LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN controller Onboard IEEE1394 Controller...

Page 49: ...r ICH9R only The SATA RAID Mode supports RAID0 1 5 10 If AHCI is chosen it allows you to enable SATA Stagger Spinup Support not RAID mode and take all hard disks on board as master I O Devices Press E...

Page 50: ...STR fashion through the setting of this field Set tings are S1 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 S...

Page 51: ...will be shut off Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the power button Settings are Power Off The power button functions as normal power off button Suspend When you press the power...

Page 52: ...ing modes when input signal of the PS 2 mouse is detected Resume By PCI Device PME When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PM...

Page 53: ...PCI performance you should set the item to higher values PCI Slot 1 2 IRQ These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus syste...

Page 54: ...end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an Reserved setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as Available If all IRQs are...

Page 55: ...erature to keep it with in a specific range You can select a fan target value here If the current CPU fan temperature reaches to the target value the smart fan function will be activated It provides s...

Page 56: ...alled the CPU which support speedstep technology Adjust CPU FSB Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz and overclock the processor by adjusting the FSB...

Page 57: ...RAM starts a read command after receiving it DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field allows you to set the number of cycles for a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written...

Page 58: ...mand Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA peripherals This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it c...

Page 59: ...it to Disabled 1 If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI select the value of Spread Spectrum for EM...

Page 60: ...ard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Selecting Ok and pressing Ente...

Page 61: ...nd press Enter You 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 confir...

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Page 63: ...ainboard MSI Graphics card in windows such as CPU GPU clock voltage fan speed and temperature Before you install the Dual CoreCenter please make sure the system has meet the following requirements 1 I...

Page 64: ...our mainboard path Utility MSI Utility Dual Core Center it will have an icon in the system tray a short cut icon on the desktop and a short cut path in your Start up menu You may double click on each...

Page 65: ...brand only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would be available Introduction Click each button appearing above to enter sub menu to make further configuration or to execute the function M B Click...

Page 66: ...you can adjust and monitor the fan speeds of MB and graphics card Temperature In this sub menu you can monitor the temperatures of MB and graphics card User Profile In this sub menu you can set the v...

Page 67: ...e it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC runs huge amount of data like 3D games or video process and the motherboar...

Page 68: ...rease the clock or click the minus sign button to decrease the clock And finally click the Apply button to apply the values adjusted If you do not want to apply the adjustments click the Cancel button...

Page 69: ...age or click the minus sign button to decrease And finally click the Apply button to apply the adjustments If you do not want to apply the adjustments click the Cancel button to cancel Or click the De...

Page 70: ...section or click the minus sign button to decrease Or click the Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the fan speed Only the curves of the item which the...

Page 71: ...perature In the Temperature sub menu you can see temperature status of your system On the underside it shows the graphs of the temperatures Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with...

Page 72: ...u click the setting button that besides the user profile bar and the next screen will appear Here you can define the clock fan speed voltage by your need click the button to choose a value quickly or...

Page 73: ...draw bar to set the minimal fan speed When the fan speed is lower than the threshold you defined the system will pop up a warning message Finally you can choose the user profile by click the button in...

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Page 75: ...88 Audio Appendix B The Realtek ALC888 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front...

Page 76: ...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 the drivers in different operating...

Page 77: ...B 3 Realtek ALC888 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here...

Page 78: ...el 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 the audio driver by clickin...

Page 79: ...nt You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by us...

Page 80: ...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 cr...

Page 81: ...Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the mus...

Page 82: ...nd let them output respectively 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...

Page 83: ...d from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio 2nd output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for ex...

Page 84: ...gle or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls...

Page 85: ...completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming Tool Mute Important AL...

Page 86: ...H Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Ple...

Page 87: ...jack detection option Jack detection function only works with HD audio front panel Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in On...

Page 88: ...ability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended w...

Page 89: ...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 test...

Page 90: ...rom being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speaker...

Page 91: ...888 Audio 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable envi...

Page 92: ...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 i...

Page 93: ...to the correct phone jacks in accordance 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...

Page 94: ...MS 7357 Mainboard B 20 n 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 No function 6 No function 3 1 2 6 4 5...

Page 95: ...ALC888 Audio n 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 No functio...

Page 96: ...B 22 n 8 Channel Mode for 8 Speaker Output 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side cha...