MSI MS-7376, User Manual

Page 1: ...i K9A2 Platinum Series MS 7376 v1 X Mainboard G52 73761X1 ...

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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 warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a...

Page 4: ...e 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 a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved...

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Page 8: ...omponents Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 9 Connectors 2 11 Jumper 2 18 Button 2 19 Slots 2 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 3 10 Power Management Setup 3 12 PNP PCI Configurations 3 15 H W Monitor 3 17 Cell Menu 3 18 USERSETTINGS 3 22 Load...

Page 9: ...19 Appendix B Dual Core Center B 1 Activating Dual Core Center B 2 Main B 3 DOT Dyanmic OverClocking B 5 Clock B 6 Voltage B 7 FAN Speed B 8 Temperature B 9 User Profile B 10 Appendix C SATA RAID C 1 RAID Configuration C 2 ...

Page 10: ... v1 X ATX mainboards The K9A2 Platinum Series mainboards are based on AMD 790FX SB600 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD Phenom Athlon Sempron pro cessors in socket AM2 the K9A2 Platinum Series de liver a high performance and professional desktop plat form solution ...

Page 11: ...i com tw index php func testreport LAN Supports 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B 1394 Optional Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Controlled by VIA VT6308P optional Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC888 ALC888T optional Flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1 0 spec IDE 1 IDE port by SB600 Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode Supports PIO Bus Master operation mode ...

Page 12: ...der optional 1 VoIP card pinheader optional 1 S PDIF out pinheader TPM optional Supports TPM Slots 4 PCI Express x16 slots compatible with PCIE 2 0 spec a the mazarine PCIE x16 slots PCI_EX1 PCI_EX4 support up to PCIE 2 0x16 speed b for CrossFire mode please install both graphics cards on both mazarine PCIE x16 slots c the blue PCIE x16 slots PCI_EX3 PCI_EX5 are special design that support up to P...

Page 13: ...PDOUT1 FDD1 PCI2 JUSB3 Optional JCOM1 JUSB2 JBAT1 SYSFAN2 SYSFAN1 JFP1 JFP2 SATA1 SATA2 SATA2 SATA5 SATA3 SATA6 JUSB1 SYSFAN3 J1394_1 optional PCI1 PCI_EX4 PCI_EX3 PCI_EX2 PCI_EX1 AMD SB600 I O Chip Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top LAN Jack Bottom USB ports USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS Out B SS Out eSATA ports Optical S PDIF Out 1394 Port optional IDE 1 ATX 1 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 D...

Page 14: ...ly and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased Power Cable User s Guide and Quick Guide MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD Floppy Cable IDE Cable Back IO Shield 1394 USB Bracket SATA Cable external SATA Cable optional Cross Fire Video Link Cable ...

Page 15: ...edures 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 properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 16: ...2 FDD1 p 2 11 CPU p 2 3 J1394_1 p 2 17 Quick Components Guide JFP2 p 2 16 SYSFAN1 p 2 13 JBAT1 p 2 18 SPDOUT1 p 2 17 JPWR1 p 2 8 JTPM p 2 14 JFP1 p 2 16 JSLIC1 p 2 15 JAUD1 p 2 14 SYSFAN2 p 2 13 JCOM1 p 2 16 SYSFAN3 p 2 13 PCI Slots p 2 23 PCI Express slots p 2 20 JCD1 p 2 13 SYSFAN4 p 2 13 JPW1 p 2 8 RESET p 2 19 POWER p 2 19 ...

Page 17: ...ously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Make sure that you apply an even layer of thermal paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation Replaceing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from the grounded outlet fir...

Page 18: ...ctly 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 your fingers pressing tightly on top of ...

Page 19: ... end of the clip to fasten the cooling set on the top of the retention mechanism Locate the Fix Lever and lift up it 1 Position the cooling set onto the re tention mechanism Hook one end of the clip to hook first 3 Fasten down the lever 4 Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the mainboard Fixed Lever Important 1 Read the CPU status in BIOS Chapter 3 2 Mainboard photos shown in this...

Page 20: ...DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 2 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 3 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Dual Channel Memory Population Rules In Dual Channel mode the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two data bus lines simultaneously Enabling Dual Channel mode can enhance the system performance Please refer to the following illustrations for population rules under Dual Channel mode 64x2 128 pin 56x2 112 pin E...

Page 21: ... the memory module is properly inserted in the DIMM slot Important DDR2 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDR2 standard is not backwards compatible You should always install DDR2 memory modules in the DDR2 DIMM slots In Dual Channel mode make sure that you install memory modules of the same type and density in different channel DIMM slots To enable successful system boot up a...

Page 22: ...pply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power sup ply along with pin 1 pin 13 refer to the image at the right hand There is also a foolproof design on pin 11 12 23 24 to avoid wrong installation 24 13 1 12 Important 1 Maker sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power sup plies to ensure stable operation of the mainboard 2 Power supply o...

Page 23: ...rial Bus port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices LAN The standard RJ 45 LAN jack is for connection to the Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it Keyboard USB Port Line In Mouse RS Out CS Out SS Out Line Out Mic IEEE 1394 Port optional Optical S PDIF Out USB Port eSATA Port LED Color LED State Condition Off LAN link is not estab...

Page 24: ...ffects Line In Blue Line In is used for external CD player tapeplayer or other audio devices Line Out Green Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones Mic Pink Mic is a connector 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 ...

Page 25: ...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 separately to master slave mode by setting jumpers Refer to IDE device s documentation supplied by the vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE1 FDD1 ...

Page 26: ...TA interface port Each connector can con nect to one Serial ATA device Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 SATA6 SATA5 SATA1 2 3 4 connectors are supported by SB600 SATA5 6 connectors are supported by Promise T3 ...

Page 27: ...n with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Important 1 Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN1 supports fan control You can install Dual Core Center utility that will automatically control the CPU fan speed according to the actual CPU temperature 3 Fan heatsink with 3 or 4 pins are both a...

Page 28: ...eto control headphone amplifier 8 KEY No pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left channelaudio signal to frontpanel 10 AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return from front panel Pin Definition TPM Module Connector JTPM optional This connector connects to a TPM Trusted Platform Module module optional Please refer to the TPM security platform manual for more details and usages Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Descr...

Page 29: ...ke 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 Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage 1394 USB Bracket Optional 1 2 9 10 JUSB1 2 3 VoIP Card Connector JSLIC1 optional for ALC888T only This connector connects to the VoIP card Please refer to the instruction of the VoIP card J...

Page 30: ...s compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 GND Ground 2 SPK Speaker 3 SLED SuspendLED 4 BUZ Buzzer 5 PLED PowerLED 6 BUZ Buzzer 7 NC Noconnection 8 SPK Speaker JFP2 Pin Definition Serial Port Connector JCOM1 optional This connector is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial device PIN SIGNAL DE...

Page 31: ...SIGNAL 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cablepower 8 Cablepower 9 Key no pin 10 Ground S PDIF Bracket optional S PDIF Out Connector SPDOUT1 This connector is used to connect S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format interface for digital audio transmission J1394_1 1 2 9 10 SPDOUT1 VCC SPDIF GND 1394 USB Bracket Optional connect the GREEN connector to J1394_1r ...

Page 32: ...ith 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 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard JBAT1 1 Clear Data 1 3 Keep Data 1 3 ...

Page 33: ...explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of button Power Button POWER This power button is used to turn on or turn off the system Press the button to turn on or turn off the system Button Reset Button RESET This reset button is used to reset the system Press the button to reset the system RESET POWER ...

Page 34: ...ral Component Interconnect Express Slot The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card The PCI Express 2 0x 16 supports up to 8 0 GB s transfer rate The PCI Express 2 0x 8 supports up to 4 0 GB s transfer rate ssThe PCI Express x1 supports up to 250 MB s transfer rate Mazarine PCI Express x16 Slots support up to PCI Express 2 0x16 speed PCI_EX1 PCI_EX4 White PCI Express x 1...

Page 35: ...ine PCIEx16 PCI_EX4 slot 2 With two cards installed an Cross Fire Video Link cable is required to connect the golden fingers on the top of these two graphics cards refer to the picture below Please note that although you have installed two graphics cards only the video outputs on the CrossFire Edition graphics card will work Hence you only need to connect a monitor to the CrossFire Edition graphic...

Page 36: ... a setting in the Catalyst Control Center that needs to be enabled for CrossFire to operate The following aspect appears in Catalyst Control Center Important A CrossFire system has four possible display modes SuperTiling Scissor Mode Alternate Frame Rendering Super Anti aliasing for more details please consult the graphics card manual from the manufacturer Select the Advanced View from the view dr...

Page 37: ...ch 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 INTG INTH INTE INT F PCI Slot 2 INT F INTG INTH INTE Important When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to configure any ...

Page 38: ...BIOS 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 cus tomized features ...

Page 39: ...ENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia A AMD and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 122507 refers to the date this BIOS was released Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key ...

Page 40: ...e sub menu 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 provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted it...

Page 41: ...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 system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry shows your PC health status Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control and overclocking USER SETTINGS Use this menu to save load your s...

Page 42: ...ance Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default 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 and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 43: ...m 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 year The year can be adjusted by users HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Master Slave SATA1 2 3 4 Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following scr...

Page 44: ... 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 you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed System Information Press Enter t...

Page 45: ...item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Boot Up Num Lock LED This setting 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 users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the A...

Page 46: ...t You can enable it and it will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods Port 02 03 11 12 High Speed Mode These items are used to define the PCIE 2 0 or PCIE 1 0 mode for PCIE x16 slots Select Disabled all the PCIE x16 slots are compatible with PCIE 1 0 Boot Sequence Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device The items all...

Page 47: ...lows you to enable disable the onboard LAN controller LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the onboard LAN Onboard 2nd LAN Controller This item is used to enable disable the onboard 2nd LAN controller LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the 2nd LAN controller Onboard IEEE1394 Controller This item allows you to enable ...

Page 48: ...le disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives On Chip SATA Controller for SB600 RAID These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller SATA Mode for SB600 RAID This item is used to enable disable the RAID function for SATA devices I O Devices Press Enter to enter the sub menu COM Port 1 This item specifies the base I O port addresses of the onboard Seria...

Page 49: ...h 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 main tains all system context S3 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 remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save ...

Page 50: ...eaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wake Up Event Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Resume From S3 By PS 2 Keyboard This controls how the PS 2 keyboard is able to power...

Page 51: ...When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PCIE device Resume by RTC Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date ...

Page 52: ...tter PCI performance you should set the item to higher values PCI Slot 1 2 IRQ This setting specifies IRQ for PCI devices PNP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP Plug Play feature PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special co...

Page 53: ...7 9 10 11 14 15 These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of avail able IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the IRQ pool the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assi...

Page 54: ...g on the current temperature 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 several sections to speed up for cooling down automaticlly SYS FAN1 Control This item allows users to select how percentage of speed for the SYS FAN1 PC Health Status CPU System Te...

Page 55: ...cking percentage for each step When the CPU loading reaches to 20 the CPU PCIE frequencies will overclock according the setting of step1 When the CPU loading reaches to 50 the CPU PCIE frequencies will overclock according the setting of step2 When the CPU loading reaches to 80 the CPU PCIE frequencies will overclock according the setting of step3 Cell Menu Important Change these settings only if y...

Page 56: ...ncy FSB x Ratio Read only Advance DRAM Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Important To ensure that Cool n Quiet function is ac tivated and will be working properly it is required to double confirm that 1 Run BIOS Setup and select Cell Menu U n d e r C e l l M e n u f i n d A M D Cool n Quiet and set this item to Enable 2 Enter Windows and select Start ...

Page 57: ... the unganged mode FSB Memory Ratio This item will allow you to adjust the FSB Ratio of the memory Adjusted DDR Memory Frequency It shows the adjusted DDR Memory frequency Read only Auto Disable DIMM PCI Frequency When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty DIMM and PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic interference EMI CPU Voltage Momory Voltage NB Voltage Hypertrans...

Page 58: ...tion 2 The greater the Spread Spectrum value is the greater the EMI is reduced and the system will become less stable For the most suitable Spread Spectrum value please consult your local EMI regulation 3 Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up ...

Page 59: ...tings 1 2 These items are used to save the settings set by yourself to CMOS Load Settings 1 2 These items are available after you save your settings in Save Settings 1 2 items and are used to load the settings from CMOS USER SETTINGS ...

Page 60: ...board 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 Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Selecting Ok and pressing Y loads the default factory se...

Page 61: ...ord and 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 confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to en...

Page 62: ...0 channel DAC that simul taneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 channels multiple streaming of independent stereo sound out put through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels Multiple streaming function is for ALC888 only the ALC888T supports 7 1 channel only ...

Page 63: ...ll 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 the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Important The...

Page 64: ...A 3 Realtek Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here ...

Page 65: ...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 the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio Manager from the Control Panel Double click Software Configuration ...

Page 66: ... 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 using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting button to remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equali...

Page 67: ...ct 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 created from previous steps Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from 10...

Page 68: ... 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 music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song wou...

Page 69: ... 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 the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important Before set up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on th...

Page 70: ...rom 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 for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel ...

Page 71: ...te single 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 Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back pan...

Page 72: ...tely 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 Realtek Audio allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record ...

Page 73: ...6CH 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 Please select the device you have plugged in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not...

Page 74: ...s Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in ...

Page 75: ... viability 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 while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio 192KHz This is recommended while playing High quality Audio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio f...

Page 76: ... 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 button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Side Left Side Right ...

Page 77: ...nd from being recorded by microphone 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 speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With ...

Page 78: ... 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 environment you like ...

Page 79: ...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 in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 80: ...n mode properly in the software utility connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility n 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 No function 5 No function 6 No function Hardware Setup 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Page 81: ...MS 7376 Mainboard A 20 a 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 82: ...tek 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 function 1 2 6 4 5 3 ...

Page 83: ...ne Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side channels 1 2 6 4 5 3 Important To enable 7 1 channel audio out function on Vista operating system you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver Or the mainboard will support 5 1 channel audio out only ...

Page 84: ...status of MSI Mainboard 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 Intel Pentium4 Celeron AMD Athlon XP Sempron or newer CPU 2 256MB system memory 3 CD ROM drive for software installation 4 Operation system Windows XP 5 DotNet Frame Work 2 0 Appendix B ...

Page 85: ...your 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 icon to enable Dual Core Center short cut icon in the system tray short cut path in the start up menu path S tar t P r ograms MSI DualCoreCenter DualCoreCenter ...

Page 86: ...r 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 MB button to read current CPU temperature FSB and CPU clock of mainboard will show below VGA Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature GPU clock and memory clock of graphics card will show bel...

Page 87: ...u 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 values of clock voltage and fan speed by your need and save them in a profile You can save 3 profiles for further use Important Click on the icon the clock voltage fan and temperature buttons will app...

Page 88: ...ce 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 motherboard graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button include increase rate and decrease rate buttons to select ...

Page 89: ...crease 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 to cancel Or click the Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the clocks Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be s...

Page 90: ...tage 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 Default button to restore the default values On the underside it shows the graphs of the voltages Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown I Important In the ...

Page 91: ... 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 button is lit up with red color will be shown Important 1 When you set the fan speed manually please make sure to disabled the CPU Smart FAN Target item in the BIOS 2 In the user profile clicking th...

Page 92: ...mperature 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 red color will be shown ...

Page 93: ...nu 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 click the plus minus sign button to increase decrease the value ...

Page 94: ... 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 the left side and click the Apply button to load the user profile After setting all values you need you can change the user profile name in the box then click the save button to save all changes in ...

Page 95: ... by concurrently striping data across multiple drives RAID 1 makes sure data is not lost if a drive fails as data is simultaneously written to two drives Drives configured for RAID Striping are said to form a RAID 0 set while drives configured for RAID Mirroring are said to form a RAID 1 set RAID 0 1 is implemented as a mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays RAID 0 1 has same fault tolera...

Page 96: ...n similar to the one below will appear for about few seconds Press Ctrl F to enter FastBuild utility The FastBuild menu screen will appear The Main Menu is used to choose the opera tion to be performed Important Be sure to enable the RAID function for SATA device in BIOS please refer the Intergrated Peripherals section in BIOS before configuting the Fastbuild Utility ...

Page 97: ... displays the model number capacities and assignment of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter Important Please visit the MSI websit http www msi com tw to get the Promise T3 RAID application program for more Promise RAID applications ...

Page 98: ...AID sets can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually 1 Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to enter the Define LD Menu 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight an logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it and press Enter to select it 3 On the next screen use the space key to choose a RAID mode RAID 0 1 0 1 and use the arrow key to move to the...

Page 99: ...ves which you want to make part of the LD use the space key to change the assignment to Y Then press Ctrl Y to save the configuration 5 A message will show up on the bottom press any key to save the configura tion or press Ctrl Y to allocate the RAID capacity manually Important 1 The default capacity is the full capacity of the selected hard drives 2 If you allocate the first LD capacity manually ...

Page 100: ...ation is done the screen shows the LD information as below Press ESC key to the main screen 7 Press ESC key to exit the utility a message System is going to REBOOT Are You Sure will display answer Y to exit it and the system will reboot ...

Page 101: ...D on the main screen 2 Choose a LD No you want to delete and press Del or Alt D delete the RAID set 3 On the next screen a message will display to inform you press Ctrl Y to delete the RAID set or other key to abort it Press Ctrl Y to complete the deletion ...

Page 102: ...ersion system and then press ENTER 8 The next screen should confirm that you have selected the RAID controller Press ENTER again to continue 9 You have successfully installed the RAID driver and Windows setup should continue 10 Leave the disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots itself Windows setup will need to copy the files from the floppy again after the RAID volume is formatted and Wi...

Page 103: ... the CD ROM drive 2 The CD will auto run and the setup screen will appear 3 Under the Driver tab click on ATI System Driver or Promise PDC42819 Driver by your need The ATI System Driver includes RAID Driver 4 The driver will be automatically installed Important You must install the RAID driver to enable RAID ...