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Mainboard MS-6191

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User manual

MS-6191

Version 1.0

Manual Rev: 1.0
Release Date: October 1999

Summary of Contents for MS-6191

Page 1: ...Mainboard MS 6191 1 User manual MS 6191 Version 1 0 Manual Rev 1 0 Release Date October 1999 ...

Page 2: ...ruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment 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 equip...

Page 3: ...ake changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners AMD and Athlon are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc C...

Page 4: ... 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 service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has pene...

Page 5: ...ures the S2k system interface supports a 100Mhz clock and double data rate DDR transfers the 33MHz 32 bit bus interface supports up to three masters the 66MHz AGP 1 0 compliant interface supports 2x data transfer mode and High Speed memory designed to support a 100MHz SDRAM PC 100 compatible DIMM with serial presence detect PSD The AMD 756 peripheral bus controllers feature an integrated ISA bus c...

Page 6: ...MD 756TM Viper chipset Southbridge OHCI USB APIC ACPI Power Management Front Side Bus FSB 100MHz clock is supported Main Memory Supports two memory banks using two 168 pin unbuffered DIMM sockets Supports a maximum memory size of 512MB for SDRAM Supports 3 3v PC100 SDRAM DIMM Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP specification compliant AGP 66 133MHz 3 3v device support Three 32 bit Mas...

Page 7: ...ts 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 serial ports COMA COMB 1 parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 4 USB ports 1 IrDA connector for SIR BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Dim...

Page 8: ...COM 1 COM2 T Midi B Line Out Line In Mic ATX Power Supply SLOT 1 AMD 751 chipset DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FDD IDE 2 IDE 1 BIOS AGP Slot PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 J12 J16 J14 J15 J9 USB2 JSLP1 J6 JBAT1 IR JFP1 BATT VT82C596 B JWOL JMODEM Creative ES1373 MS 6191 MICRO ATX IR2 Mainboard ...

Page 9: ... 2 Install the Processor Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card Step 3 Lock the Processor Lock the processor by pulling up the Retention Mechanism processor lock shown above Note The Retention Mechanism processor lock can only lock S E C C 2 and S E P P processor Secure the processor by pulling up the Retention Mechanism Processor Lock To release the processor push the Retention ...

Page 10: ...Core Speed Derivation Procedure The Mainboard can auto detect the processor speed Just insert the AMD Athlon processor into Slot A If CPU Clock 100MHz Core Bus ratio 5 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 100MHz x 5 500MHz ...

Page 11: ...When connecting the wire to the connector 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 J12 Power Supply Fan J9 Processor Fan J6 System Chassis Fan Note 1 Always consult vendor for proper CPU cooling fan J9 J12 J6 12V GND SENSOR GND 12V Sensor SENSOR 12V GND ...

Page 12: ...RAM Short 1 2 pins of JBAT1 to store the CMOS data Note 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 Always unplug the power cord from the wall socket 1 3 JBAT1 1 2 3 1 2 3 Keep Data Clear Data ...

Page 13: ...Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard supports a maximum memory size of 768MB for SDRAM It provides two 168 pin unbuffered DIMMs Double In Line Memory Module sockets It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module DIMM1 Bank0 Bank1 DIMM2 Bank2 Bank3 ...

Page 14: ...A How to install a DIMM Module Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM 1 The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key VOLT and DRAM so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in DRAM VOLT ...

Page 15: ...ports 3 3 volt DIMM 5 The DRAM addressing and the size supported by the mainboard is shown below Table 2 3 1 SDRAM Memory Addressing Address Size MB DIMM DRAM Tech DRAM Density Width DRAM Addressing Row Column Single no Side S pcs Double no Side D pcs 16M 1Mx16 ASYM 11 8 8MBx4 16MBx8 2Mx8 ASYM 11 9 16MBx8 32MBx16 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 11 9 32MBx2 64MBx4 2Mx32 ASYM 12 8 16MBx2 32MBx4 4Mx16 ASYM 11 10 32MB...

Page 16: ...4 Case Connector JFP1 The Power Switch Reset Switch Power LED Speaker Keylock and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block Reset Switch JFP1 Power Switch Keylock Dual Color LED Power Switch Speaker HDD LED 15 14 ...

Page 17: ...al color LED ACPI request a 3 pin single color LED connect to pin 4 5 6 This LED will lit when the system is on b 2 pin dual color LED connect to pin 5 6 GREEN Color Indicate the system is full on mode ORANGE Color Indicate the system is in suspend mode 2 4 4 Speaker Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin If on board Buzzer is available Short pin 14 15 On board Buzzer Enabled Open p...

Page 18: ...5 Floppy Disk Connector FDD The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDD that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 1 FDD ...

Page 19: ... provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 function It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2 These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable 1 IDE1 1 IDE2 ...

Page 20: ...t Power Off are supported by this mainboard This power connector supports instant power on function which means that system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board PIN DEFINITION PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V 11 1 20 10 ATX Power Connector ...

Page 21: ...g the power connector to ensure that no damage will be done 2 8 IrDA Infrared Module Connector IR The mainboard provides one 5 pin infrared IR connector for IR modules This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function IR VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX 1 ...

Page 22: ...cation port that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connector Serial Port 9 pin male PIN DEFINITION PIN SIGNAL 1 DCD Data carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicate COM COM 12345 6789 ...

Page 23: ...so supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended capabilities Parallel Port ECP See connector and pin definition below Parallel Port 25 pin Female PIN DEFINITION PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 DATA0 15 ERR 3 DATA1 16 INIT 4 DATA2 17 SLIN 5 DATA3 18 GND 6 DATA4 19 GND 7 DATA5 20 GND 8 DATA6 21 GND 9 DATA7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND LPT 13 1 26 14 ...

Page 24: ... The connector location and pin definition are shown below 2 12 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a keyboard You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector Pin6 NC Pin4 VCC Pin2 NC Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 Mouse DATA PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female Pin6 NC Pin4 VCC Pin2 NC Pin5 KBD Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 KBD DATA PS 2 Ke...

Page 25: ...game pads to this connector 2 14 Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape layer or other audio devices Mic is a connector for the microphones Joystick MIDI Line Out Line In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors ...

Page 26: ...es a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB device directly to this connector PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 Data0 3 GND 4 Data0 USB Port 2 1 2 3 4 USB Port 1 ...

Page 27: ...Mainboard MS 6191 27 2 16 USB Front Connector The mainboard provides a front Universal Serial Bus connector This is an optional USB connector for Front Panel USB2 1 ...

Page 28: ...N function To use this function you need to set the Wake Up on Lan to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 MP_WAKEUP Note LAN wake up signal is active high Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature 750 ma power supply with 5V Stand by 3 1 JWOL ...

Page 29: ...rd MS 6191 29 2 18 Power Saving Switch Connector JSLP1 Attach a power saving switch to JSLP1 When the switch is pressed the system immediately goes into suspend mode Press any key and the system wakes up JSLP1 ...

Page 30: ...tor is for use with Modem add on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function To use this function you need to set the Modem Ring Resume to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup PIN SIGNAL 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB Note Modem wake up signal is active low JMODEM ...

Page 31: ...t provide enough power for this feature 750 ma power supply with 5V Stand by 2 20 Modem In J16 The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector SPK_IN is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector MIC_OUT is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector SPK IN MIC OUT GND J16 ...

Page 32: ...Mainboard MS 6191 32 2 21 AUX Line In Connector J15 This connector is used for DVD Add on Card with Line In connector L R GND J15 ...

Page 33: ...Mainboard MS 6191 33 2 22 CD In Modem Connector J14 This connector is for CD ROM voice connector GND L R J14 ...

Page 34: ...SETUP Award BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off ...

Page 35: ...again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP 3 2 Getting Help Main Menu The on line descript...

Page 36: ...This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Change set or disable onboard I O IRQ and DMA assignment Power Management Setup This category determines the power con...

Page 37: ...Mainboard MS 6191 37 Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 38: ... not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually If you select Manual related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vend...

Page 39: ...Mainboard MS 6191 39 Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precom Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors ...

Page 40: ...Fast Disabled 6 250 Setup Non OS2 Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear For the meantime you can run an anti virus program to locate the problem The settings are Enabled or Disabled Disabled No...

Page 41: ...eing designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On On Keypad is numeric keys Off default Keypad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Normal The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller...

Page 42: ...Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Video shadow will increase the video performance Enabled default Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CFFFF Shadow E8000 EFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM...

Page 43: ...iar with the chipset Item Help Menu Level System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB 128 AGP ISA Aliasing Enabled K7 CLK CTL Select Optimal SDRAM ECC Setting Disabled SDRAM Timing setting by Auto SDRAM PH Limit 32 Cycle SDRAM Idle Limit 8 Cycle SDRAM Trc Timing Value 8 Cycle SDRAM Trp Timing Value 3 Cycle SDRAM Tras Timing Value...

Page 44: ...scusses their memory requirements The settings are Enabled and Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation AGP ISA Aliasing This item allows you to enabled or di...

Page 45: ...The settings are 3 4 5 6 7 8 cycles or reserved SDRAM Trp Timing Value This item specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The settings are 3 2 1 cycles SDRAM Tras Timing Value This item specify the minimum bank active time The settings are 2 3 4 5 6 7 cycles or reserved SDRAM CAS latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the...

Page 46: ...IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The settings are Enabled and Disabled USB Host Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Item Help Menu Level IDE Read Write Prefetch Disabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto ...

Page 47: ...ish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard IR Controller This item allows you to Enabled or Disabled the onboard ...

Page 48: ...essage will appear ECP Mode Use DMA At this time the user can choose between DMA channels 3 or 1 The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function the following message will be displayed on the screen EPP Mode Select At this time either EPP 1 7 spec or EPP 1 9 spec Can be chosen Power Status LED This item determines which stat...

Page 49: ...etermines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling Item Help Menu Level ACPI Function Enabled Power Management User Define Vide...

Page 50: ...ng Off after every AC Power Loss the system will be shutdown RI Resume WOL To use this function you need a LAN add on card which support power on functions It should also support the wake up on LAN jumper JWOL Enabled Wake up on LAN supported Disabled Wake up on LAN not supported Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The settings are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA RTC Resume This fu...

Page 51: ...ondary IDE 1 Parallel Port Serial Port IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQ15 Reserved ...

Page 52: ...ard Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 98 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a The settin...

Page 53: ...Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ...

Page 54: ...he selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthori...

Page 55: ...nthesizer Full DOS Game Compatibility PCI Bus Master for fast DMA Fully Compliant with PC97 Power Management Specification 1 2 System Requirements This section describes system requirements for the Audio Driver installation and Usage Computer AMD Athlon processor or higher Operating system DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 95 98 Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 or OS 2 CD ROM Double Speed or Higher Chipset Creative...

Page 56: ... this hardware onboard PCI Multimedia Audio Device and Gameport Joystick You need to click Next then Finish Do not click on the Cancel The driver need these ID 2 1 1 Audio Driver Installation Procedure Step 1 Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 Click on Creative AudioPCI icon S...

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