MSI MS-6523 Motherboard
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1. 18 5 5 Deter Tools Getting ibew asia ld E En ham Pasar eee Bones 2 IN Sine Ue S Te Note Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system s status 1 7 Chapter 1 Features Network Management Monitoring amp remote control Basic System Utilities Scandisk amp Defragment to maintain your HDD 3D Graphics Design Enables a more friendly user interface Sofware Utilities SoftCooler Optimized Cooling 1 8 Introduction D LED Optional The D LED uses graphic signal display to help A users understand their system Four LEDs embedded in O the mainboard provide up to 16 combinations of signals to 3 debug the system The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that O 2 fail the system such as VGA RAM or other failures This special feature is very useful for the overclocking users Q 1 These users can use the feature to detect if there are any Diagnostic LED problems or failures o Red Q Green D LED Description 1234 System Power ON The D LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting Initializing Keyboard Controller Testing VGA BIOS PERHE This will start wr2. to 2GB maximum memory Rambus AGP interface with 4x SBA Data Transfer Intel ICH2 chipset AC 97 Controller Integrated 2 Full IDE channels up to ATA100 Low pin count interface for SIO Main Memory Supports four 184 pin gold lead RIMM sockets Supports a maximum memory size of 2GB Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot supports 4x mode One CNR Communication Network Riser slot Four 32 bit 33MHz Master PCI Bus slots Supports 3 3v 5v PCI bus Interface On Board IDE AnIDE controller on the Intel ICH2 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 operation modes Can connect up to four IDE devices Integrated Super I O Controller Winbond W83627HF AW I O controller floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 2 serial ports COM A COM B parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 4 USB ports Rear 2 Front 2 1 2 Introduction 1 IrDA connector for SIR Audio ICH2 chip integrated AC 97 Codec BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug amp Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically IDE drive auto configure Advanced Power Management APM 1 2 ACPI 1 0 DMI 2 0 ECC Parity support LS 120 support Dimension ATX Form Factor 12 inches L x 9 inches W x 4 layers PCB Mounting 10 mounting holes 1 3 Chapter
3. 1 Mainboard Layout mouse keyboard CPUFAN a S USB J20 ports lt 5 8 l E i TE 8 5 ms 2 L ri co imm Ll EE Sg Ho uu Top m Ho aa Parallel Port ae oo JWR2 Hs du Bottom ad COMA E COMB 2 E PSFAN1 ae iu g es zi D LED Optional E Top Game port 1 oo oo anll jus o o o o Bottom a o fwg o o f ug Line Out Jg Line In 1 j we F J10 J11 J12 Winbond JBATI W83627HF m ICH2 8 PCI Slot 1 ISTITTFVITRTNTITSTITSTTTETSRTTRSETRNTTITSTTENTTETRHISTITETTITITI CEE PCI Slot 2 Codec J16 A58 PCI Slot 3 diis J7 Optional ls mo Emmm J18 5 8s s PCI Slot 4 ic GFF z En fel JRMS1 ao 9 a
4. Introduction Introduction The MS 6523 ATX mainboard is a high performance computer mainboard based on Intel 82850 chipset The MS 6523 is optimized to support the Intel Pentium 4 processor for high end business personal desktop markets The Intel Tehama chipset supports 64B cache line size and a 32 bit host addressing allowing the processor to access the entire 4GB of the chipset s memory address space It also provides 4x AGP data transfers and AGP Fast Writes capability The Intel Tehama chipset features a dual channel Direct RDRAM memory operating in lock step using RSL technology It is a highly flexible chipset which is designed to extend the basic graphics multimedia PC platform up to the mainstream performance desktop platform The Intel 82801BA ICH2 chipset is a highly integrated multifunctional I O Controller Hub that provides the interface to the PCI Bus and integrates many of the functions needed in today s PC platforms It communicates with the host controller over a dedicated hub interface and provides added flexibility in designing cost effective system solutions This chapter includes the following topics Mainboard Specification Mainboard Layout Quick Components Guide Key Features MSI Special Features 1 1 Chapter 1 Mainboard Specification CPU Supports Intel Willamette processor Supports 1 3GHz 1 4GHz 1 5GHz 1 7GHz 2 0GHz or faster Chipset Intel Tehama chipset Up
5. See p 2 28 J17 Clearing BIOS password See p 2 28 J19 Enabling onboard audio codec See p 2 27 J20 Setting RDRAM voltage See p 2 26 1 5 Chapter 1 Key Features ATX Form Factor CPU Socket 423 for Intel Willamette Processors Memory 4 RIMM DIMMs Slot 1 AGP slot 1 CNR slot 4 PCI slots I O 2 serial ports 1 parallel port 4 USB 1 1 ports 1 floppy port 1 IrDA connector 1 Audio Game port USB Interface USB 1 1 PC to PC Networking Optional LAN Wake up Function Modem External Internal Ring Wake up Function D LED 4 Diagnostics LEDs embedded on the mainboard Optional PC Alert system hardware monitor Optional Audio Chip integrated 1 6 Introduction MSI Special Features The MSI special features are designed by MSIR amp D which are only available in MSI mainboards The MS 6523 mainboard is optionally equipped with PC Alert D LED PC Alert IlI Optional 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 detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU amp system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immedi ately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning
6. iting VGA sign on message to the screen 1 9 Chapter 1 Processor Initialization This will show information regarding the processor like brand name system bus etc Testing RTC Real Time Clock Initializing Video Interface This will start detecting CPU clock checking type of video onboard Then detect and initialize the video adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns 288 Bi Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller 00 This will initialize IDE drive and controller LA Initializing Floppy Drive Controller O e 00 X esci faex This will initializing Floppy Drive and controller e000 Boot Attempt This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h Operating System Booting OOOO
7. u m Bg 8 CNR 2222002028 1 2 JMDMi Jeli Optional MS 6523 ATX Mainboard Introduction Quick Components Guide Component Function Reference RIMMI 4 Installing RIMM modules See p 2 4 2 5 Socket 423 Installing CPU See p 2 2 2 3 CPUFAN Connecting to CPU FAN See p 2 20 SYSFAN Connecting to SYSTEM FAN See p 2 20 PSFANI Connecting to POWER SUPPLY FAN See p 2 20 ATX Power Supply Installing power supply See p 2 6 JWRI Connecting to 12V ATX power supply See p 2 7 JWR2 Connecting to 5V 3V ATX power supply See p 2 7 IDE1 amp IDE2 Connecting to IDE hard disk drives See p 2 13 FDDI Connecting to floppy disk drive See p 2 12 JUSBI Connecting to USB interfaces See p 2 22 2 24 PCI Slot 1 4 Installing expansion cards See p 2 30 AGP Slot Installing AGP cards See p 2 30 CNR Slot Installing CNR cards See p 2 30 JMDMI Connecting to modem module See p 2 18 JWOLI Connecting to LAN module See p 2 18 JBATI Clearing CMOS data See p 2 25 JFP1 Connecting to case See p 2 14 JGS1 Connecting to power saving switch See p 2 17 JGL1 Connecting to power saving LED See p 2 16 J18 Connecting to IR module See p 2 19 J12 Connecting to chassis intrusion switch See p 2 19 JRMS1 Connecting to power switch See p 2 17 J15 Setting beep output device See p 2 29 J16 Enabling BIOS flash function
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