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1. 3 1 3 Doo DoE BIOS flash locked BIOS flash unlocked e D Buzzer Enable Disable Jumper J16 This jumper is used to enable disable the onboard buzzer 1 3 1 3 OO ooo Disable Buzzer Enable Buzzer J16 100E 2 23 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard ASR Enable Disable Jumper J17 This jumper is used to enable disable the ASR Auto Server Reboot function J17 LE Disable ASR Enable ASR 2 24 Hardware Setup P Slots The motherboard provides one AGP Pro slot one 32 bit Master PCI slot one Mini PCI slot and four 64 bit PCI X slots E amp Tn y E g AGP Pro
2. Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 2 3 4 VCCS SCSILED HDD LED VCCS J18 ood A1 Front USB Connector JUSB3 The mainboard provides one front Universal Serial Bus connector for users to connect optional USB ports eme L Ip E a BE T a Pin Definition Pin Description Pin Description N o 1 5V 6 USBP3 be i 2 5V 7 GND 3 3 USBP2 8 GND eg 4 USBP3 9 NC i LZ 5 USBP2 10 Key Removed 20 n n n 10 10 n n n ng 2 18 JUSB3 Hardware Setup CD In Connector JCD1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector Wake On LAN Connector JWL1 This connector allows you to connect to a LAN card with Wake On LAN function You can wake up the computer via remote control through a local area network G svsB MP
3. DIMM1 4 A gw dtl p 2 6 s C HE 3 H le FDD1 d p 2 14 IDE1 2 H Le R Eg p 2 15 i L C E S jc p 2 14 7 7 ta J BAT1 p 2 21 1 __ 2lly12 p 2 22 EE W scsi 1 J14 p 2 23 e 8 SCSI 2 a ah p 2 20 p 2 25 t p 2 24 Drake L FP3 p 2 17 SYSFAN3 EES pe p 2 26 SYSFAN4 USB3 p 2 18 SYSFANS J16 p 2 23 palo J18 p 2 18 WL1 p 2 19 2 2 Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit CPU The mainboard supports Single Dual Intel Xeon processors and uses two CPU sockets called Socket 604 for easy CPU installation You can install SINGLE or DUAL CPUs on the board to meet your own needs Keep the following points in mind before installing CPU s 1 If SINGLE CPU is intended always install the CPU on the CPU1 socket CPU1 2 To install DUAL CPUs on the board you must use the same type of CPUs running at the same FSB frequency When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not find the Heat Sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer 23 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Va CPU Installation Procedures L Please turn off
4. BIOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals SuperI0 Device Press Enter Item Help OnChip IDE Device Onboard Device Onboard LAN Selection Onboard SCSI Selection tl Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Super IO Device Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears SuperI0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDD in stalled on the system board and you wish 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 315 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard serial ports The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2ES IRO3 3ES IRQ4 2FS IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Setting options Standard IrDA SIR Sharp IR Standard RS 232C Serial Port IrDA SIR IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port Sharp IR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Onboard Parallel Port
5. Disabled The system will boot from floppy drive The system will boot from LS 120 drive The system will boot from the first HDD The system will boot from the SCSI device The system will boot from the CD ROM The system will boot from the second HDD if available The system will boot from the third HDD if available The system will boot from the fourth HDD if available The system will boot from ATAPI ZIP drive The system will boot from the network drive Disable this sequence MSI Reminds You Available settings for First Second Third Boot Device vary depending on the bootable devices you have installed For example if you did not install a floppy drive the setting Floppy does not show up 39 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Boot Other Device Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the Ist 2nd 3rd boot device Swap Floppy Drive Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A and B Boot Up Floppy Seek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When enabled the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once First A will be done and then B if it exists Setting options Disabled Enabled Floppy Disk Access Control This setting controls the write protection for floppy drives Setting options R W Re
6. Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Disabled tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode ACPI Suspend Type This setting specifies the power saving mode for ACPI function if your oper ating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME and Win dows 2000 The default setting S1 POS 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 Power Management This item is used to select the degree or type of power saving and is related to these modes Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down There are three op tions for power management Min Saving Minimum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Hour Max Saving Maximum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Min User Define Allows end users to configure each mode separately 319 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Video Off Method This determines 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 Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This setting determines whether the monitor will be turned off during
7. There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following options Disabled 3BC IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 276 IRO5 Line Printer port 2 378 IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP 1 7 EPP 1 9 Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP Extended Capability Port Enhanced Parallel Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard paral lel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously ECP Mode Use DMA The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature After selecting it the following mes sage will appear ECP Mode Use DMA At this time the user can choose between DMA channel 3 or PWRON After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail ure or interrupts occurs Available settings are 3 16 BIOS Setup Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs OnChip IDE Device Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and th
8. During booting up your system the BIOS executes a series of diagnostic tests include checking the RAM the keyboard the disk drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating G5 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem RAID RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks originally Redundant Array of Inex pensive Disks is a way of storing the same data in different places thus redundantly on multiple hard disks By placing data on multiple disks I O operations can overlap in a balanced way improving performance Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failure MTBF storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance SCSI Acronym for Small Computer System Interface Pronounced scuzzy SCSI is a par allel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers PCs and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates up to 80 megabytes per second than standard serial and parallel ports In addition you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port so that SCSI is really an I O bus rather than simply an interface USB Universal Serial Bus A hardware interface for low speed p
9. Slot 32 bit PCI Slot 64 bit PCI X Bi a D BEA Ea Mini PCI Slot AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Pro Slot The AGP Pro slot allows you to insert the AGP AGP Pro graphics card AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics It introduces a 66MHz 32 bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration One PCI slot is conven tional 32 bit PCI bus slot and the other four are 64 bit PCI bus also called PCI X slots 32 bit PCI bus The bus has 32 data lines and runs at 33MHz 64 bit PCI X bus The bus has 64 data lines and runs at 1O0MHz With twice data lines and much faster PCI clock the 64 bit PCI bus increases the throughput and overall system performance The 64 bit PCI X Slot 3 in GREEN color is the only PCI slot where the Zero Channel RAID ZCR card can be installed 225 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard a N Mini PCI bus This bus is used to connect the MS 9513 VGA card or MS 9514 IEEE 1
10. Utility Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Spread Spectrum ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio This setting controls the multiplier that is used to determine the internal clock speed of the processor relative to the external or motherboard clock speed Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This setting is used to auto detect the DIMM PCI slots When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty DIMM PCI slots to mini mize the electromagnetic interference EMI Setting options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spec trum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves 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 setting to Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clockspeed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up 3 25 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS sett
11. VERRE Se EVER Re tie Ge ee Eg se ee 3 3 The Main M nu ss renee ee cet ott reget a E PETTEE ES 34 vi Standard CMOS Features ENEE EEN 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features saniram ee GR Ge ee Ge ee Se e 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 12 Integrated Peripherals A 3 15 Power Management Setup oe eee ese ee ee ee Ge AR GR Re Re Gee ee 3 19 PNP PCI Configurations sis EER SE ESE VD e DE ERG SAD ES bee EES Re SEENEN 3 22 PC Health Status RE RO EE AE IE 3 24 Frequency Voltage Control 3 25 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults eee es Re Se Re Gee ee ee 3 26 Set Supervisor User Password 3 27 Troubleshooting EE AA RE EG OE EE a Spi a vii Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the E7505 Master LS2 MS 9121 v1 X E ATX mainboard The E7505 Master LS2 is a superior computer mainboard based on Intel E7505 amp ICH4 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Xeon processor with 512K L2 cache this mainboard provides a cost effective and professional solution for high end workstation and server markets MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU Supports single dual Intel Xeon processors with 512K L2 cache gt Supports 1 8GHz 2 8GHz and up Chipset gt Intel E7505 North Bridge Supports 100MHz 133MHz system clock Intel NetBurst micro architecture supports 400MHz 533MHz system bus System bus bandwidth of 3 2GB s amp 4 27GB s Supports DDR266 20
12. a sub menu can be launched from this field A IDE Primary Master sub menu contains additional options for a IDE Primary Slave field parameter You can use arrow keys IDE Secondary Master TN to highlight the field and press lt Enter gt E Sacaniary Siane to call up 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 lt Esc gt General Help lt F1 gt The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing lt F1 gt The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen ck MSI Reminds You The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the lat est BIOS and should be held for reference only 33 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Once you enter Award Workstation BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to move among the items and press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item Save amp Exit
13. addressing is one of the defining features of Enhanced IDE EIDE a hard disk interface to the computer bus or data paths LED Light Emitting Diode A semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into light Since it lights up usually red when electricity is passed through it it is usually used for the activity lights on computer s component such as disk drivers LPT Line Printer Terminal Logical device name for a line printer a name reserved by the MS DOS for up to three parallel printer ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 It is frequently used by the OS to identify a printer Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your computer so that the microprocessor runs faster than the manufacturer specified speed for example setting an Intel 166 MHz megahertz microprocessor to run at 200 Mhz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1993 PCI provides plug and play capability and allows IRQs to be shared The PCI controller can exchange data with the system s CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at a time PnP Plug and Play A set of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to work with peripherals The user can plug in a peripheral device and play it without configur ing the system manually To implement this useful feature both the BIOS that sup ports PnP and a PnP expansion card are required POST Power On Self Test
14. away from the CPU the L3 cache is slower than the L1 amp L2 caches This setting allows you to turn on or off the L3 cache Setting options Enabled Disabled CPU Hyper Threading With Intel Hyper Threading Technology a single Hyper Threading enabled 3 8 BIOS Setup processor can simultaneously process two threads of code improving the per formance of multi threaded code running on a single processor platform Set ting this function to Enabled will improve overall system performance in crease number of users a platform can support improve reaction and response time and increase number of transaction that can be executed Setting options Enabled Disabled L Gei MSI Reminds You Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platform Components CPU Intel Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors with HT Technology Chipset Intel Chipsets that support HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hyper threading Technology go to http www intel com info hyperthreading First Second Third Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system The settings are us Floppy LS120 HDD O SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN
15. insert the companion CD and refer to the Live Update Guide under the Manual Tab 17 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Live Monitor The Live Monitor is a tool used to schedule the search for the latest BIOS drivers version on the MSI Web site To use the function you need to install the MSI Live Update 2 application After installation the MSI Live Monitor icon as shown on the right will appear on the screen Double click this icon to run the application Double click the MSI Live Monitor icon at the lower right corner of the taskbar and the following dialog box will appear You can specify how often the system will automatically search for the BIOS drivers version or change the LAN settings right from the dialog box ce x xp Link to the Future Live Update Seege Live BIOS Live Driver Auto Search Frequency Setting Live VGA BIOS Live VGA Driver Live Utility Configuration About and Support Frequency Day of Week Day of Month DI Time 12 7 How 00 zl Min LAN Setting You can right click the MSI Live Monitor icon to perform the functions listed below Auto Search Searches for the BIOS drivers version you need immediately View Last Result Allows you to view the last search result if there is any Preference Configures the Search function including the Search schedule Exit Exits the Live Monitor application
16. suspend mode Setting options Yes No Suspend Type This setting allows you to select the type of Suspend mode Setting options Stop Grant saves the state of the entire system to disk and then powers off the system PwrOn Suspend the CPU and core system remain powered on in a very low power mode Modem Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Settings are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and NA Suspend Mode If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field all devices except CPU will be shut off Settings are Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The settings are Disable 1 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This feature allows users to configure the power button function Settings are Instant Off The power button functions as a normal power on off button Delay 4 Sec When you press the power button the computer en 3 20 BIOS Setup ters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off Wake Up by PCI Card Power On by Ring These settings specify whether the system will be awakened from power sav ing modes when activity or input signal of
17. the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected Setting options Enabled Disabled pen MSI Reminds You l You need to install a modem card supporting power on function for Power On by Ring function Resume By Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date Date of Month Alarm The field specifies the date for Resume by Alarm Settings 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm The field specifies the time for Resume by Alarm Format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt Jms MSI Reminds You If you have changed this setting you must let the system boot up until it enters the operating system before this function will work Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a de vice that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode 321 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP Plug amp 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 components This
18. this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V10 First release Oct 2002 Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user s manual please contact your place of purchase or local distributor Alternatively please try the following help resources for further guidance Q Visit the MSI website for FAQ technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com tw Contact our technical staff at support msi com tw iii Safety Instructions AWN oo 10 11 12 Always read the safety instructions carefully Keep this User s Manual for future reference Keep this equipment away from humidity Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up The
19. to the CPU 24 a 13 EET i 2 POWER 8 5 4 1 POWER2 POWER Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS ON POWER2 Pin Definition 5 GND 17 GND 6 45V 18 GND PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 7 GND 19 GND 1 GND 5 12V 8 PWR OK 20 3VSB 2 GND 6 12V 9 5VSB 21 5V 3 GND 7 12V 10 12V 22 5V 4 GND 8 12V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 GND Hardware Setup Back Panel The back panel provides the following connectors Parallel MIC ole L In H E Q L Out Keyboard USB COMA COM B LAN Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 6 NC No connection 29 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Keyboard Connector The mainboard provide
20. 0 memory Supports AGP 8x 4x gt Intel ICH4 South Bridge Hi Speed USB USB2 0 controller 480Mb sec 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller PCI Master 2 2 V O APIC AC 97 2 2 interface 3 UHCI Host controllers and 1 EHCI Host controller gt Intel P64H2 chipset Supports 64 bit PCI X slots at 1OOMHz Connects directly to the MCH and provides a dedicated path for high performance I O MainMemory gt Supports eight memory banks using four 184 pin DDR DIMMs gt Supports up to 8GB PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAMs gt Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM Slots gt 1 x 8X AGP Pro 50 Watts slot gt 1 x 64bit 100MHz PCI X slot with support for Zero Channel RAID PCIX3 gt 3 x 64bit 100MHz PCI X slots gt 1 x 32bit 33MHz PCI slot gt 1 x mini PCI slot gt PCI 2 2 PCI X and AGP 3 0 compliant Getting Started OnboardIDE gt An IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA 100 66 33 operation modes gt Can connect up to four IDE devices On Board Peripherals gt On Board Peripherals include x floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 x serial ports COM A COM B 1 x parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 1 x RJ 45 LAN port 2 x SCSI connectors 2 x IEEE 1394 ports Rear x 1 Front x 1 provided by add in card Optional 4 x USB 2 0 ports Rear x 2 Front x 2 Onboard SCSI gt Integrated
21. 1 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MST SCSI 2 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 0 64 A0 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 2 20 Hardware Setup emm Jumpers The motherboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data JBAT1 foto o 3 Bolo a Keep Data Clear Data MSI Reminds You 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 MSI 221 MS 9121
22. 1 2 3 6 4 5 7 8 must work in pairs Please refer to the following for details Speed Indicator 7 Activity Indicator LIDD T RJ 45 LAN Jack 10 100 LAN Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 4 NC Not Used 5 NC Not Used 6 RDN Receive Differential Pair 7 NC Not Used 8 NC Not Used Giga bit LAN Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DOP Differential Pair 0 2 DON Differential Pair 0 3 DIP Differential Pair 1 4 D2P Differential Pair 2 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 DIN Differential Pair 1 7 D3P Differential Pair 3 8 D3N Differential Pair 3 213 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System Power Supply FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types a N HHA G FDD1 dooo0o00o000o000000 oooogooonoooon o a D Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector ICH This connector is connected to a 2 p
23. 2 28 Hardware Setup Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor DEVICE INT AR INT B INT C INT Di AGP PIROA L PIRQB_L N A N A PCI Slot 1 PIROF L PIRQG_L PIRQH_L PIRQE_L PCI Slot 2 Mini PCI PIRQG_L N A N A N A P64H2 PIRQC_L N A N A N A LSI53C1030 PAIROS PAIRQ9 N A N A PCI X Slot 3 SCSIRAID PAIRQO PAIRQI N A N A PCI X Slot 4 PAIRQ4 PAIRQ5S PAIRQ6 PAIRQ7 GIGABIT LAN PBIROO N A N A N A PCI X Slot 1 PBIRQ4 PBIRQ5 PBIRQ6 PBIRQ7 PCI X Slot 2 PBIRQ8S PBIRQ9 PBIRQIO PBIRQI1 MS 9513 VGA Card PIRQG_L N A N A N A MS 9514 1394 Card PIRQG_L N A N A N A 229 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup pro gram 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 customized features MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press lt DEL gt key to enter Setup Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to ente
24. 394 card SC MS 9513 VGA card MS 9514 IEEE 1394 card Installing the card Mini PCI slot 1 Locate the Mini PCI slot on the mainboard 2 Place the card over the Mini PCI slot and gently insert both ends of the card slantways at an angle of 45 degrees into the slot until the golden finger of the card gets fully inserted into the slot MSI Reminds You You can barely see the golden finger if the card is properly inserted in the socket MSI 2 26 3 Locate the supporters on the mainboard one on the right end and the other on the left end Align the two fixing holes on the card with the sup porters and press the card carefully down until the fixing holes get locked by the supporters 4 Push the retaining clips on two ends of the slot inwards until they lock onto the notches in the ends of the card The card should securely fit into the slot Removing the card 1 Gently push the retaining clips outwards Hold the card lightly but firmly Use long nose pliers to clip one of the supporters and press it down wards until it withdraws from the fix ing hole 227 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard 5 a N 2 Clip the other supporter and press it downwards until it withdraws from the fixing hole 3 The card will automatically bound upwards after being released from the supporters 4 Remove the card from the Mini PCI slot
25. BIOS version It is usually in the format 1 For older model number AG76 091096 where Ist digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W AWARD R P PHOENIX R 2nd digit refers to the internal chipset code 3rd digit refers to the processor class as 5 486 7 586 8 686 Ath digit is incremental 091096 refers to the date this BIOS is released 2 For newer model number WS5139MS V1 0 091096 where Ist digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W AWARD R P PHOENIX R 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th 7th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 091096 refers to the date this BIOS is released MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Q After I flashed the BIOS and rebooted the system the screen went blank A For AMI BIOS Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT ROM and save it on a floppy disk e g Rename AS69MS23 ROM to AMIBOOT ROM Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl Home to force update It will read the AMIBOOT ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer For Award BIOS Make a bootable floopy disk Copy the Award flash utility amp BIOS file to the said floppy disk Create an autoexec bat with awdf1535 biosfilename in the content e g awdf1535 a619mj21 bin Boot up system with the said floppy it will take less than 2 minutes b
26. Dont install zonealarm 2 Disable WebTrap of PC cillion 2000 3 Disable any web based anti virus Software Q Can Live Update Series support WinXP A Live Update Series version 215 can support WinXP Download it from http www msi com tw support liveupdate livedriver htm Q After flashing the BIOS my system for unknown reason fails to boot What should I do A Please refer to the following suggestions 1 Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as described in http www msi com tw support bios boot htm 2 Try to clear the CMOS If problem still persists ask your reseller for new BIOS chip or contact one of MSI office near your place for new BIOS chip http www msi com tw contact main htm Q Should I update my BIOS once a new BIOS is released A A new BIOS is usually released due to the following reasons 1 New function is supported Troubleshooting 2 New BIOS source code 3 Bugs are found 4 Customer specific request When we release a new BIOS there s usually a release note attached which lists the reason for the release Refer to this release note and decide for yourself if upgrading to the new BIOS will be worth it A word of advice though do not upgrade to the new BIOS unless you really have to Q How do I update the BIOS A Please refer to http www msi com tw support bios note htm for details Q How do I identify the BIOS version A Upon boot up the Ist line appearing after the memory count is the
27. E ATX Mainboard System Configure Jumper J12 The J12 jumper determines which mode the system will enter while powered on During Normal Mode the system will enter the assigned OS as usual During Configure Mode the system will directly enter BIOS setup utility This enables you to modify the BIOS configurations During Recovery Mode you have to insert certain boot disk into the floppy drive before power ing on the system After powered on the system will read the boot disk and enter DOS This enables you to update the BIOS with a Flash utility if necessary TE J12 1 2 a n 3 O oJ EE o Normal Mode Configure Mode Recovery Mode 2 22 Hardware Setup BIOS Flash Jumper J14 This jumper is used to protect the BIOS boot block from virus infection When locked the BIOS boot block cannot be accessed making BIOS update impossible When BIOS update is intended short pin 2 amp 3 to disable BIOS flash protection
28. E7505 Master LS2 MS 9121 v1 X E ATX Mainboard Version 1 0 G52 S9121X1 Manual Rev 1 0 Release Date Oct 2002 CE CG m FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equip ment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instruction 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 respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits VOIR LA NOTICE D INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU Micro Star International MS 9121 C Tested to comply with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL We take every care in the preparation of
29. FAQ Provides a link to a database which contents various possible questions about MSI s products for users to inquire Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hard ware setup procedures 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 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Ms 9121 E ATX Mainboard emm Quick Components Guide Back Panel 1 0 p 2 9 CPUFAN2 SYSFAN2 p 2 16 JCD1 p 2 19 sE AI AGP Pro p 2 25 PCI Slots J17 Mini PCI CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 p 2 16 CPU p 2 3 POWER p 2 8 POWER2 p 2 8
30. LSI 53C1030 Ultra320 SCSI controller gt Supports dual channels OnboardLAN gt Integrated Broadcom BCM5703CKHB Gigabit Ethernet controller gt 64bit 100MHz PCI X bus interface Onboard Audio AC 97 audio codec integrated in ICH4 south bridge gt AD 1885 software audio codec Vertical audio phonejacks MIC Line In Line Out onboard Video Add In Card Optional gt ATI Rage XL video controller with 8MB memory gt Mini PCI interface TEEE 1394 Add In Card Optional gt TITSB43AB22 1394a Link Layer Controller gt Mini PCI interface MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug amp Play BIOS which detects the pe ripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically gt The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension gt Extended ATX Form Factor 12 x 13 gt Compliant with SSI EEB 3 0 Mounting gt 9 mounting holes I 1 4 L duc MSI Reminds You Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platform Components CPU Intel Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors with HT Technology Chipset Intel Chipsets that support HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hype
31. NEE dota Ee See il Safety IMStuCtons E iv Chapter 1 Getting Started susse sesse soe ee EE EE ee Ee Se ee Se Ge ee eg 1 1 Mainboard Specifications 2 0 0 0 eee see se Ge Ge Ge ee Ge ee ee ee ee 1 2 Mainboard Ee EE EE EE asos 1 5 MSI Special Features eee ssnipe ee Ge ee ee ee Ge ee 1 6 PC NOR IE RE EE EE OER ee 1 6 Live BIOS Eive mert ies Be Es e E see si ET eboek Kees ee eak 1 6 Live Monitor ee DEE EG Ge Ee Ge ites EED Ge GE Ge BOERE ee DR ee Ee EEN 1 8 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup sesse sesse see soe ee EE Ee GE ee Ee Se ee Se ee 2 1 Quick Components Guide A 2 2 Central Processing Unit CPU ose se se ee se ee Ge ee ee ee ee 2 3 CPU Installation Procedures 0 ee eeseesecesseceeeeceseeeneeceneecseeeeneens 24 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure iese sesse see see ee ee ee 2 5 Ene SE N OO N EE KOEN 2 6 Memory Speed CPU FSB Support Matrix iese see see see see see se ee 2 6 DIMM Module Combination ee sesse ese esse ee Ge ee ee Ge ee 2 6 Installing DDR Modules AAA 2 7 de UR AE EE RE OE LE HA 2 8 SSI 24 Pin Power Connector POWER sesse se ese se ee se ee ee 2 8 SSI 8 Pin Power Connector POWER A 2 8 Baek URE DR EE EE EE Ee 2 9 MOUSE Gee io AE RE 2 9 Keyboard Connector ii is SEGE EE SEGE sss DEER EES erreien 2 10 USB COTINESTOFS edu Ee EER ER DA ER oh Ee EE Ee dee Ee ee 2 10 Serial Port Connector COM A amp COMB ou ee ee se see se 2 11 Audio Port Connectors iese sees ee ee n R
32. OS support Onboard Device Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support ACI Audio USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals Setting options Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Set to Enabled if your need to use an USB keyboard in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix AC 97 Audio This setting is used to enable or disable the onboard AC 97 Audio Codec 97 feature Selecting Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If an audio device is detected the onboard AC 97 controller will be enabled if not the controller is disabled Disable the function if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device Setting options Disabled and Auto Onboard LAN SCSI Selection These settings are used to disable enable the onboard LAN SCSI controllers Setting options Disabled Enabled 3 18 BIOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Power Management User Define Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm Primary IDE O Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0
33. P Aperture Size CMB 4 Override Init Display First tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Fi Optimized Defaults DRAM Timing Control Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears DRAM Timing Control DRAM Timing Configure By SPD CAS Latency Time fActive to Precharge Delay DRAH RAS to CAS Delay DRAM RAS Precharge DRAM Timing Configure This setting determines whether DRAM timing is configured by reading the contents of the SPD Serial Presence Detect EEPROM on the DRAM 3 12 BIOS Setup module Selecting By SPD makes the following settings automatically determined by BIOS according to the configurations on the SPD Setting options By SPD Manual CAS Latency Time This setting controls the timing delay in clock cycles before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Setting options 5 2 2 5 clocks 7 5 clocks increases the system performance the most while 2 5 clocks provides the most stable performance Active to Precharge Delay This setting controls the number of clock cycles for DRAM to be al lowed to precharge from the active state Setting options 7 6 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strob
34. Plug and Play PnP devices in the BIOS Windows and the BIOS access the ESCD area each time you re boot your computer External Cache Short for Level 2 cache cache memory that is external to the microprocessor In general L2 cache memory also called the secondary cache resides on a separate chip from the microprocessor chip Although more and more microprocessors are including L2 caches into their architectures G3 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard IDE Integrated Drive Electronics A type of disk drive interface widely used to connect hard disks CD ROMs and tape drives to a PC in which the controller electronics is integrated into the drive itself eliminating the need for a separate adapter card The IDE interface is known as the ATA AT Attachment specification IEEE 1394 A new high speed external bus standard also known as FireWire or iLink which supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps for connecting up to 63 external devices Internal Cache Short for Level 1 cache a memory cache built into the microprocessor The L1 cache is also called the primary cache IrDA Infrared Data Association A group of device vendors including computer component and telecommunications who have developed a standard for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables IRQ Interrupt Request Line IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt sig
35. R ee Ee Re Re ee ee ee ee 2 11 Parallel Port Connector LPT 1 ees see se ee Re GR Re Re ee 2 12 RJ 45 LAN Jack Giga bit LAN oe ees ee ee ee ee ee RR ee ee 2 13 Connectors RE OE EE EI OE ON 2 14 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 A 2 14 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCILI ee see see ee ee 2 14 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 ee esse ese ees se ees see ee ee ee ee ee ee ae 2 15 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 2 SYSFAN1 2 3 4 5 ees 2 16 Front Panel Connectors JFP2 IER 2 17 SCSI LED Connector J18 ees see es ee se ee Re Ge ee ER Re ee ee 2 18 Front USB Connector JUSB3 e ese ee se ee Re GR Re Re ee 2 18 Wake On LAN Connector JWL1 oc ee ee Re RR Re 2 19 CD In Connector JCD1 ee ee AR ER Re GR ee Re ee 2 19 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors SCSI 12 ee ee ee Re 2 20 ed EE OE EE AR OR E 2 21 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT 1 A 2 21 System Configure Jumper JI 2 22 BIOS Flash Jumper JA sees se ee GR Ge Se ee Ge ee ee ee 2 22 Buzzer Enable Disable Jumper TI 2 23 ASR Enable Disable Jumper J17 esse ese se se se ee se ee ee ee 2 24 Ys EE EN 2 25 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Pro Slot esse esse ese see ee ee 2 25 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots eee 2 25 Interrupt Request Routing esse eee se ee see ee ee ee ee ee 2 29 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup uses sesse sees ee ee Ge EE Ge GE GE Ge EG Ee GE Se ee Se Se ee 3 1 Enterme RE EE ER EE EE N 3 2 Control SLEE EE EE OE 3 2 Getting Help dE Se
36. Ready Pi T RTS Request To Send 9 Pin Male DIN Connectors 3 CTs Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connec tor for microphones 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors MIC Line In Line Out 211 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Parallel Port Connector LPT1 The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector as LPT A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode 25 14 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATAO Data 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 de DATAR Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 0 ACK Acknowledge 1 BUSY Busy 2 PE Paper End 3 SELECT Select 4 AUTO FEED Automatic Feed 5 ERR Error 6 INIT Initialize Printer 7 SLIN Select In 8 GND Ground 9 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Ground 25 GND Ground 2 12 Hardware Setup RJ 45 LAN Jack Giga bit LAN The mainboard provides one standard RJ 45 jack for connection to Local Area Network LAN Giga bit LAN enables data to be transferred at 1000 100 or 10Mbps Pin assignments vary depending on the transfer rates 10 100Mbps or 1000Mbps Note that Pin
37. Setup Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to configure the special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management 34 BIOS Setup PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for minimal but stable system performance Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system operations Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set user and supervisor passwords Save amp Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup 35 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard The items inside Standard CMOS Features menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes none one or more setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to modify and use the lt PgUp gt or l
38. WAKEUP A MSI Reminds You Eat To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provides enough power for this feature 750 mA 5V Stand by 219 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Ultra320 SCSI Connectors SCSI 1 2 SCSI Small Computer System Interface is a hardware interface that allows for connection of up to 15 peripheral devices The mainboard pro vides onboard dual SCSI channels SCSI 1 amp SCSI 2 for you to connect SCSI devices such as SCSI hard disks inr a 34 EE EN 1 E SS zem Joe 68 Pin Ultra320 SCSI Connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 z 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 m Ha HEI 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB O 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND SCSI 1 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 2
39. ad Only Boot Up NumLock Status 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 Setting options On Off Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status A20 refers to the first 64KB of ex tended memory When the default value Fast is selected the Gate A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance When Normal is selected A20 is controlled by a keyboard con troller or chipset hardware Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate amp Typematic Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to set the rate characters second at which the keys are accelerated Settings 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 3 10 BIOS Setup Typematic Delay Msec This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins Settings 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option This specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented Set tings are described below Option Description Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup System A password prompt appears every time when the com puter is pow
40. atures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning gt PC Alert III System Monitor j milf Option Tools Setting About Help ols Temperature g K Den Tee Chassis z RS FonSpeed __ uge MSI MSI Reminds You Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system status t6 Getting Started Live BIOS Live Driver The Live BIOS Live Driver is a tool used to detect and update your BIOS drivers online so that you don t need to search for the correct BIOS driver version throughout the Web site To use the function you need to install the MSI Live Update 2 MSI Live application After the installation the MSI Live Update 2 icon Update 2 as shown on the right will appear on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 2 icon and the follow ing screen will appear F ER File Edit view Favorites Tools Help OO Na Dee Term Que SB Address JE c Program Fles MSI Live Update 2 MSI hem z e Juis MSI Link to the Future Visit MSI Website English Ze Micro Star International MSITM Live Updat
41. bit posted write buffer to support delayed transactions cycles so that transactions to and from the ISA bus are buffered and PCI bus can perform other transactions while the ISA transaction is underway Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification ver sion 2 1 Setting options Enabled Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal When the CPU temperature reaches a factory preset level a thermal monitor ing mechanism will be enabled following the appropriate timing delay speci fied in this field With the thermal monitoring enabled clock modulation controlled by the processor s internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep the processor within allowable temperature limit Setting options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 MB 4X Override This setting allows you to manually set the AGP mode of your system The setting you choose depends on what mode your video card supports Setting options 2X Mode No Override Init Display First This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Set ting options PCI Slot AGP Eat
42. e to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Setting options 3 2 DRAM RAS Precharge This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when synchro nous DRAM is installed in the system Setting options 2 3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select ECC Error Checking amp Correcting Code or Non ECC according to the type of DRAM installed System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at COOOOh to 3B MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Disabled Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Setting options Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32
43. e 2 O Live Bios O Live Driver MSI Live Update 2 is a useful and powerful application for you to download and N 2 update the BIOS and the Device Drivers automatically Live vea Bios O Live VGA Driver You do not have to spend much time in searching the whole website to find the BIOS or drivers you want With MSITM Live Update TM you can complete it in several simple Live utitity steps Please select the items that you want to do on the left column of the main page Contact us Note in order to operate this application properly please note the following suggests Set the IE security setting Download signed ActiveX controls to Enable or Prompt System default is Prompt Disable WebTrap of PC cillin R or any web based anti virus application when executing MSI Live Update 2 Update Mitosofi Windows Installer Live Update Series 2 L i Done EI Unknown Zone Mixed Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Live Driver Updates the drivers online Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Live Utility Updates the utilities online If the product you purchased does not support any of the functions listed above a sorry message is displayed For more information on the update instructions
44. e following screen appears OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to trans fer data to and from the hard disk drive Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Enabled ena bles IDE controller to use block mode Disabled allows the controller to use standard mode On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with sup port for two IDE channels Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four items allow you to set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 4 provide increased performance In Auto mode BIOS auto matically determines the best mode for each IDE device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE device supports 317 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard it and your operating environment contains a DMA driver If both your hard drive and software support Ultra DMA 33 or higher select Auto to enable BI
45. efore screen comes out Re flash the BIOS amp reboot T 4 Glossary Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface This power management specification enables the OS operating system to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer Windows 98 98SE Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to allow users managing the system power flexibly AGP Accelerated Graphics Port A new high speed graphics interface that based on PCI construction and designed especially for the throughput demands of 3 D graphics AGP provides a direct channel 32 bit wide bus between the display controller and main memory for high graphics quality and performance Bluetooth Bluetooth refers to a worldwide standard for the wireless exchange of data between two devices Bluetooth requires that a low cost transceiver chip be included in each device The tranceiver transmits and receives in a previously unused frequency band of 2 45 GHz that is available globally with some variation of bandwidth in different countries In addition to data up to three voice channels are available Each device has a unique 48 bit address from the IEEE 802 standard Connections can be point to point or multipoint The maximum range is 10 meters Data can be exchanged at a rate of 1 megabit per second up to 2 Mbps in the second generation of the technology BIOS Basic Input Output System On PCs an essential software t
46. ered on or when end users try to run Setup MPS Version Control For OS This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS ver sion supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose Non OS2 you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB But it is possible if you choose OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 For compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification select Yes to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy drive When this setting is set to Yes users have to select Disabled for the Onboard FDC Controller in the Integrated Peripherals menu Setting options Yes No Small Logo EPA Show This item enables you to show the EPA logo brand specific graphics on the bootup screen Settings are Disabled Shows the normal POST screen at boot Enabled Shows a still image EPA logo on the screen at boot 311 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Timing Control Press Enter Item Help DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M Delayed Transaction Delay Prior to Thermal AG
47. eripherals such as the keyboard mouse joystick etc USB provides a maximum bandwidth of 12 Mbit sec Mbps for connecting up to 127 peripheral devices to PC USB features hot swap capability and multiple data streams allows external devices to be plugged in and unplugged without turning the system off Virus A program or a piece of code that infects computer files by inserting in those files copies of itself The virus code is buried within an existing program and is activated when that program is executed All the viruses are man made and often have damaging side effects WLAN Acronym for wireless local area network Also referred to as LAWN A type of local area network that uses high frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate between nodes G
48. es high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters DRAM Dynamic RAM A most common type of computer memory It usually uses one transistor and a capacitor to represent a bit As the development of technology the memory type and specification used in computer becomes variety such as SDRAM DDR SDRAM and RDRAM For further instruction please see the table below Dynamic RAM DRAM Memory Technologies Type First Used Clock Rate Bus Width Peak Volts Bandwidth FPM 60 70ns 1990 25MHz 64 bits 200 MBps 5v EDO 50 60 70ns 1994 40MHz 64 bits 320 MBps 5v SDRAM 66MHz 1996 66MHz 64 bits 528 MBps SDRAM 100MHz 1998 100MHz 64 bits 800 MBps SDRAM 133MHz 1999 133MHz 64 bits 1 1 GBps RDRAM Direct Rambus 1999 400MHz 16 bits 1 6 GBps DDR SDRAM 100MHz 2000 100MHz 64 bits 1 6 GBps DDR SDRAM 133MHz 2000 133MHz 64 bits 2 1 GBps Memory channel width 64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium Source Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G 2 Glossary ECC Memory Error Correcting Code Memory A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data and correcting the errors on the fly EEPROM Acronym for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory An EEPROM is a special type of PROM that can be erased by exposing it to an electrical charge Like other types of PROM EEPROM retains
49. f the same type and density on DDR DIMMs in pairs DIMM1 amp DIMM2 DIMM3 amp DIMM4 Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The mod ule will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply in serted in the socket pen MSI Reminds You You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close l 2 7 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Power Supply The mainboard supports SSI power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused SSI 24 Pin Power Connector POWER This connector allows you to connect to an SSI power supply To connect to the SSI power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector SSI 8 Pin Power Connector POWER2 This connector provides 12V power output
50. g items Enter the information directly from the keyboard This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If the controller of HDD interface is CD ROM the selection shall be None Access Mode The settings are CHS LBA Large Auto Capacity The formatted size of the storage device Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options are None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and Mono Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops when any error is detected No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error All But Diskette The system doesn t stop for a disk error All But Disk Key The system doesn t stop for either a disk or a key board error 37 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Set
51. hat contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardware lines within the computer system through which the data is trans ferred among different components In a PC the term bus usually refers to a local bus that connects the internal components to the CPU and main memory Cache A special memory subsystem that is used to speed up the data transfer It stores the G1 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard contents of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data items are stored Chipset A collection of integrated chips designed to perform one or more related functions For example a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiv ing data a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems Clock Cycle Clock cycle or tick is the smallest unit of time recognized by a device For personal computers clock cycles generally refer to the main system clock which runs at 66 MHz This means that there are 66 million clock cycles per second Since modern CPUs run much faster up to 533 MHz the CPU can execute several instructions in a single clock tick CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which featur
52. in chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record i E Ei gen Boe y 214 Hardware Setup Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 function You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices These connec tors support the provided IDE hard disk cable IDE2 IDE1 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Maste
53. ings to the default Fail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for op timal 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 message as below appears Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N H 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 Load Optimized Defaults YZH N Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance 3 26 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor User Password When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen Type the password up to six characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory You will be prompted to confirm the password Retype the pass word and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press lt Enter gt 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
54. its contents even when the power is turned off Also like other types of ROM EEPROM is not as fast as RAM EEPROM is similar to flash memory sometimes called flash EEPROM The principal difference is that EEPROM requires data to be written or erased one byte at a time whereas flash memory allows data to be written or erased in blocks This makes flash memory faster EIDE Short for Enhanced IDE a newer version of the IDE mass storage device interface standard developed by Western Digital Corporation It supports data rates of between 4 and 16 6 MBps about three to four times faster than the old IDE standard In addition it can support mass storage devices of up to 8 4 gigabytes whereas the old standard was limited to 528 MB Because of its lower cost enhanced EIDE has replaced SCSI in many areas There are four EIDE modes defined The most common is Mode 4 which supports transfer rates of 16 6 MBps There is also a new mode called ATA 3 or Ultra ATA that supports transfer rates of 33 MBps EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISA is a standard bus computer interconnection architecture that extends the ISA standard to a 32 bit interface It was developed in part as an open alternative to the proprietary Micro Channel Architecture MCA that IBM introduced in its PS 2 computers EISA data transfer can reach a peak of 33 megabytes per second ESCD Extended System Configuration Data It is a format for storing information about
55. monitoring mecha nism onboard Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Case Open Warning Disabled Item Help Warning Temperature Shutdown Temperature ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Case Open Warning The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened To clear the warning message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will auto matically return to Enabled later Setting options Enabled Reset Disabled Warning Temperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset here the warning mecha nism will be activated This helps to prevent the CPU overheating problem Shutdown Temperature This option specifies the shutdown temperature level for the processor When the processor reaches the temperature preset the system will be shut down Current CPU1 2 Temperature System Temperature 1 Current CPUFAN1 2 SYSFAN1 2 3 Speed Vcore VINRO 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V 5VSB VBAT VINR1 These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware de vices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 324 BIOS Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup
56. nals to the microprocessor When you add a new device to a PC you sometimes need to set its IRQ number by setting a DIP switch This specifies which interrupt line the device may use IRQ conflicts used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards but the Plug and Play specification has removed this headache in most cases ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISA is a standard bus computer interconnection architecture that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard It allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its associated device s Also see EISA and MCA LAN Local Area Network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network operat ing system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN are known as nodes and are connected by cables to access data and devices anywhere on the LAN so that many users can share expensive devices and data G4 Glossary LBA Logical Block Addressing Logical block addressing is a technique that allows a computer to address a hard disk larger than 528 megabytes A logical block address is a 28 bit value that maps to a specific cylinder head sector address on the disk 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to 8 4 gigabytes in data storage capacity Logical block
57. nnectors JFP2 JFP3 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical con nection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP2 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Power Power LED Switch 2 10 JFP2 2 di i HDD Reset LED Switch Speaker JFP3 Power LED JFP3 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SPK JFP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use 217 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard SCSI LED Connector J18 Connect the J18 to the LED connector on the add on SCSI adaptor and the HDD LED will blink when add on SCSI device is active
58. of the items IRQ Resources list IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 for users to set each IRQ a type depending on the type of device using the IRQ Settings are PCI Device For Plug amp Play compatible devices designed for PCI bus architecture Reserved The IRQ will be reserved for further request PCI VGA Palette Snoop When set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the VGA Palette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device s palette registers and the ISA VGA device s palette registers permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system re quires VGA palette snooping PCI X Frequency This setting is used to set the frequency of the 64 bit PCI X bus slots Setting options Auto 66MHz 100MHz 3 23 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard This section shows the status of your CPU fan overall system status etc Monitor function is available only if there is hardware
59. openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110 220V before connecting the equipment to the power inlet Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri cal shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped and damaged The equipment has obvious sign of breakage DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED STORAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 60 C 140 F IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the gt CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced manufacturer CONTENTS FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement esse sesse ee se ee ee ee il Copyn eht NOU CE N EE ate il Revision History ie vests Eesen Eeer il Technical SUpport i s AE BEER Be Res E
60. prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from chang ing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have Award BIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would pre vent unauthorized use of your computer The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the Security Option of the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu If the Security Option is set to System the password is required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup password prompt only occurs when you try to enter Setup per MSI Reminds You About Supervisor Password amp User Password Supervisor password Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu User password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menu 3 27 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q Where can I find the model number of the mainboard A There are two places where you can find the model number of the mainboard 1 Somewhere between the PCI slots you shall find MS xxxx or the marketing name like K7T Turbo You can also find the version number beside it 2 At the back cover of the user s manual Q What do you mean by PCB version 1 A PCB is printed circuit board Saying PCB version 1 is the same as saying motherboard version 1 Q Why is my motherboard BIOS sticker Phoenix BIOS while I see Awa
61. r Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys Control Keys lt T gt Move to the previous item lt i gt Move to the next item lt a gt Move to the item in the left hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand lt Enter gt Select the item lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu lt PU gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PD gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F6 gt Load the default CMOS value from Fail Safe default table only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F7 gt Load Optimized defaults lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes and exit BIOS Setup Getting Help After entering the Setup menu the first menu you will see is the Main Menu Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to You can use the arrow keys TN to select the item The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol as shown in the right view appears to the left of certain fields that means
62. r and a Slave drive dvsi MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions 215 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard Fan Power Connectors CPUFANI 2 SYSFAN1 2 3 4 5 The CPUFAN 1 2 processor fans and SYSFAN1 2 3 4 5 system fans support system cooling fan with 12V It supports three pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control d d op Ot SBS ER ood ood SYSFAN1 CPUFAN1 OND AT HOESER C PUFAN2 an NETH YOSNIS SYSFAN2 SYSFANS SYSFAN4 SYSFAN3 Jms MSI Reminds You l Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 16 Hardware Setup Front Panel Co
63. r threading Technology go to http www intel com info hyperthreading Getting Started Mainboard Layout FTop njouse G CPUFAN1 Botton keyboard POWERI USB ports SYSFANT POWER2 qE H MEGA TRENDS Pd873s61bw To Parallel Port Bottom COMA o _ come SR S ISS CHL CPUFAN2 8 a g Ed E LAN 15007 ntel SYSFAN2 7505 i N N d ROADCOI B ms7osckhe AGP Pro Slot ammo am rae BATT ICH4 Ka Codec PCI 2 gt nD nrnna 3 e12 Oo x Bios P64H2 LS153C103 N PCIX3 o PCIX4 SYSFAN3 JUSB3 J17 ag E E SYSFANS SYSFAN4 VEE DN E7505 Master LS2 MS 9121 v1 X E ATX Mainboard MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard MSI Special F TS PC Alert UI The PC Alert III is a utility you can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can de tect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU amp system temper
64. rd BIOS during system boot up A Phoenix amp Award already merged as one company All MSI motherboards using Award BIOS come with Phoenix logo stickers Q How do I know what MSI D LED or D bracket light mean A Please follow the special tech issue http www msi com tw support techexpress special_tech smartled htm Q I used my MSI motherboard and got an error message Primary IDE Channel No 80 Conductor Cable Installed while the system detected hard drives A This is not a problem It merely means that you re using an ATA 66 or ATA 100 HDD but you re using the conductor 40 ATA 33 cable Q Ihave high speed CPU cooling fan like Taisol CGK760092 Vantec CCK 6035D amp GlobalWin WBK38 Can I install the fan directly to the motherboard MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard A We strongly recommend that you do NOT connect those described CPU fan directly to your motherboard as it draws so much power that it could damage it Please use a 3 Pin to 4 Pin Cable that comes together with the fan Q Can I use more than 512MB memory on Win9x or WinME A No you can t You can only use more than 512MB memory on Win2000 or WinXP This is a Microsoft OS issue Please check http support microsoft com support kb articles Q108 0 79 ASP Q have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http www msi com tw support liveupdate livedriver htm but it keeps on failing A This can be solved by one of the following suggestions 1
65. s a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connec tor for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connector Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC No connection USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector USB Port Description PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 23 4 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 e 7 8 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Ports 2 10 Hardware Setup Serial Port Connector COM A amp COM B The mainboard offers two 9 pin male DIN connectors as serial port COM A and COM B The ports are 16550A high speed communication ports that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to them Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 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 Ground 6 DSR Data Set
66. section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By PCI UGA Palette Snoop PCI X Frequency ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot Setting options Enabled Disabled Resource Controlled By The Award 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 sys tem 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 gt The settings are Auto ESCD Manual 3 22 BIOS Setup IRQ Resources The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual Press lt Enter gt and you will enter the sub menu
67. t PgDn gt keys to switch to the value you prefer Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Time Chhimm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Date mm dd yy This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt 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 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 usually the current time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press PgUp lt gt or PgDn lt gt to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk 36 BIOS Setup will 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 follow in
68. the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU Pull the lever sideways away from the socket Make sure to raise the lever up to a 90 de gree angle Look for the gold arrow The gold arrow should point to wards the lever pivot The CPU can only fit in the cor rect orientation If the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation pro cedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 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 always close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on top of the CPU to make sure the CPU is prop erly and completely embed ded into the socket Open Lever Sliding Plate Gold Arrow Close Lever d al 24 Hardware Setup CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock 100MHz Core Bus ratio 14 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 100MHz x 14 1 4 GHz Msi MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system al ways make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power sup ply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first
69. to ensure the safety of CPU 25 MS 9121 E ATX Mainboard emm Memory The mainboard provides 4 slots for 184 pin DDR DIMM Double In Line Memory Module modules and supports the memory size up to 8 GB You can install PC2100 DDR266 or PC1600 DDR200 DDR SDRAM mod ules on the DDR DIMM slots DIMM 1 4 DDR DIMM Slots DIMM 1 4 Memory Speed CPU FSB Support Matrix DDR200 DDR266 400MHz FSB Yes Yes 533MHz FSB No Yes DIMM Module Combination Install at least two DIMM modules on the slots Each DIMM slot sup ports up to a maximum size of 2GB You can install either single or double sided modules to meet your own needs but memory modules must be in stalled on the board IN PAIRS 26 Hardware Setup Memory modules can be installed in any combination as follows DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 System Density 128MB 2GB 128MB 2GB 256MB 4GB 128MB 2GB 128MB 2GB 256MB 4GB 128MB 2GB 128MB 2GB 128MB 2GB 128MB 2GB 512MB 8GB MSI Reminds You sip Make sure that you install memory modules o
70. up Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache CPU L3 Cache en eve CPU Hyper Threading First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Floppy Disk fccess Control Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Report Ho FDD For WIN 95 Small LogoCEPA Show Disabled tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Virus Warning The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep Set ting options Disabled Enabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The settings enable disable the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache and external cache also known as L2 or level 2 cache Setting options Disabled Enabled CPU L3 Cache Level 3 cache is the extra cache built into motherboards between the micro processor and the main memory Located

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