MSI P965 NEO-F - Motherboard - ATX, User Manual

Page 1: ...i P965Neo F V2 Series MS 7235 V2 X Mainboard G52 72351XC...

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Page 3: ...ace 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 warn...

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: ...Hard Disk Connector IDE1 2 12 Connectors 2 12 Serial ATAII Connectors SATA1 2 3 4 7 2 13 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 NBFAN1 SYSFAN1 2 14 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCASE1 2 14 SPDIF Out Conne...

Page 9: ...ement Setup 3 12 PNP PCI Configurations 3 17 Cell Menu 3 18 H W Monitor 3 19 Load Optimized Defaults 3 23 BIOS Setting Password 3 23 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A 1 Installation for Windows 2000 X...

Page 10: ...7235 v2 X ATX mainboard The P965Neo F V2 Series mainboards are based on Intel P965 G965 ICH8 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 LGA775 series processor...

Page 11: ...emory Support DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAM 8GB Max 4 DDRII DIMMs 240pin 1 8V For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php L...

Page 12: ...1000 6 flexible audio jacks 1 1394 port optional On Board Pinheaders 3 USB 2 0 pinheaders 1 1394 pinheader optional 1 S PDIF pinheader optional 1 Front Audio pinheader 1 IrDA pinheader 1 Chassis intr...

Page 13: ...C888 Intel ICH8 Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top Parallel Port Bottom COM portA VGA port G965 only Top LAN Jack Bottom USB ports Top 1394 optional Bottom USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M C...

Page 14: ...cklist Power Cable SATA Cable User s Guide MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD Back IO Shield Standard Cable for IDE Devices The pictures are for reference only Your packing contents may vary depend...

Page 15: ...s The Core Center is a new utility you can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect view and adjust the PC hardware and system status during real time operation...

Page 16: ...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 values Right wing PC hardware status duri...

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: ...Slots p 2 21 IDE1 p 2 12 SYSFAN1 p 2 14 CPUFAN1 p 2 14 PCI Express slots p 2 21 CPU p 2 3 JSPI1 p 2 19 JPW1 p 2 9 SATA7 p 2 13 SATA1 4 p 2 13 JFP2 p 2 16 JFP1 p 2 16 JUSB2 4 p 2 18 JBAT1 p 2 20 FDD1...

Page 19: ...sly damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between...

Page 20: ...lling the CPU make sure the CPU has a cooler at tached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not have the cooler contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer M...

Page 21: ...U packing 6 After confirming the CPU direction for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket housing frame Be sure to grasp on the edge of the CPU base Note that the align ment keys are matched 8...

Page 22: ...ainboard with the heatsink Push down the cooler until its four clips get wedged into the holes of the mainboard 12 Turn over the mainboard to con firm that the clip ends are cor rectly inserted 11 Pre...

Page 23: ...on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php Dual Channel Memory Population Rules 64x2 128 pin 56x2 112 pin DDRII 240 pin 1 8V Single...

Page 24: ...R DIMM slots To enable successful system boot up always insert the memory modules into the DIMM1 first Installing DDRII Modules 1 The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit i...

Page 25: ...tem stability 3 ATX 12V power connection should be greater than 18A ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATXPWR1 This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 24 pin power s...

Page 26: ...el port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode Serial Port Connector The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications...

Page 27: ...ferent audio sound effects Blue audio jack Line In Green audio jack Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones Pink audio jack Mic In is a connector for microphones Black audio jack Rear Surro...

Page 28: ...g the jumper accordingly Hard Disk Connector IDE1 The mainboard provides a one channel Ultra ATA 133 bus Master IDE controller that supports PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function Y...

Page 29: ...2nd genera tion serial ATA data rates of 300MB s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 2 0 specifications Each Serial ATAII connector can connect to 1 SATA device SATA1 Important Please do not fold...

Page 30: ...onnectors 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 c...

Page 31: ...ted to the analog header PRESENCE 0 when a High Definition Audio dongle is connected 5 PORT 2R Analog Port 2 Right channel 6 SENSE1_RETIRN Jack detection return from frontpanel JACK1 7 SENSE_SEND Jack...

Page 32: ...ull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switch...

Page 33: ...ers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports via an external IEEE1394 bracket optional Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cablepower 8 Cablepower 9 Key n...

Page 34: ...ughput 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 dems and the like 1 2 9...

Page 35: ...ou must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function JIR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Pin Signal 1 IRRX 2 IRTX 3 GND 4 VCC5 5 NC 6 NC Pin D...

Page 36: ...OS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Important You can clear CMOS by short...

Page 37: ...ultimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de...

Page 38: ...pically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTA INT B INTC INTD PCI Slot 2 INT B INTC INTD INTA Important When adding or removing expansion cards make...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...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 41: ...the 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 p...

Page 42: ...alues in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Features Use this menu t...

Page 43: ...ptimized 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 passw...

Page 44: ...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 you want us...

Page 45: ...User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Access Mode Choose the access mode forthis hard disk Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drive installed Available o...

Page 46: ...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 Hyper Threading Function The processor uses Hyper Threadin...

Page 47: ...Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of...

Page 48: ...ns on the SPD Selecting Disabled allows users to configure the DRAM timings and the follow ing related items manually Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserve...

Page 49: ...oard LAN controller Onboard LAN Option ROM The item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process Onboard IEEE1394...

Page 50: ...to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Normal RS 232C Serial Port IrDA IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Parallel Port There is a built in paralle...

Page 51: ...ndby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware ma...

Page 52: ...mputer enters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot...

Page 53: ...I is detected Resume by RTC Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the S3 S4 and S5 power off state Date of Month Alarm The field sp...

Page 54: ...only PEG PCI The system initializes the PEG PCI Express graphic first If a PCI Express graphic card is not available it will initialize the PCI graphic card PCI Latency Timer This item controls how lo...

Page 55: ...able for PCI and PnP devices DMA Resources Setup Press Enter and you will enter the sub menu of the items DMA Resources 0 1 3 5 6 7 for setting determine if BIOS should remove a DMA from the available...

Page 56: ...fan reaches the 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...

Page 57: ...st CPU frequency automatically When the motherboard detects CPU is running programs it will speed up CPU automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster When the CPU is temporarily suspendin...

Page 58: ...y and overclock the PCI Express card by adjusting to a higher frequency Adjust NB SB FSB VTT Voltage V NorthBridge SouthBridge and FSB VTT voltage are adjustable in these field allowing you to increas...

Page 59: ...and the Memory Please refer to the descriptions of these fields for more information 2 At the fourth reboot BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed and restore the default setting...

Page 60: ...specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard 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 mess...

Page 61: ...d 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 confirm...

Page 62: ...ndix A 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 Out Left and...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...A 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 65: ...annel 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 clic...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...spectively 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 me...

Page 70: ...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 for e...

Page 71: ...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 cont...

Page 72: ...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 ALC...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...ks 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...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 selected Back Panel 1 Line In 2 Line Out...

Page 81: ...ine Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoo...

Page 82: ...kers to the rear channel Line out connector and two s peaker s to the c enter subwoofer channel Line Out connector 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Re...

Page 83: ...o the rear channel Line out connector two speak ers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connector and two speakers to the side chan nel Line Out connector 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In...