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3. IDE 1 IDE2 SFAN1 lt a SATA2 Ej SATA1 en 888888 2 ofa K8TM K8MM MS 6741 v1 X Mainboard Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the com ponents 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 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Q3uick Components Guide CFANI p 2 14 JPWRI1 p 2 9 CPU p 2 3 DDR1 2 p 2 7
4. 2 14 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 amp 2 2 15 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 amp JUSB2 2 15 Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by VT8237 SADAT SORIA vedettes t mui d cL M CRUS 2 16 Front Panel Connectors JFP1 amp JFP2 sse 2 17 CDD Gonneclor JOD Em et ee eus nena 2 17 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 18 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 2 18 IEEE 1394 Connector J1394_ 1 a dw ata t Un a 2 18 SPDIF Out Connector JSP1 Optional 2 18 REDEEM 2 20 Clear CMOS BAT T 2 20 SIBIS bout i uuo iN bas aa some tct del LES iia Men tes E eni E ios 2 21 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 21 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 21 DEN 2 21 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 21 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup incir iaaieo aeieea Bice oc nor e e ce e ceca eros aaa ia a Eaa acusa aea indana 3 1 EMENGO CUD EE 3 2 Selecting the First Boot Device rene 3 2 CORO ISO S dine on ih ted sosta fes 3 3 Geting E 3 3
5. 3 3 Default Senno re pti ste shoe 3 3 abies Man Menti eeu sae eines atus Bids ila tint aS at 3 4 Standard CMOS Festi es wienn 3 6 Advanced 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 11 Power Management Features nnne 3 13 PNPIPOLOORIIGUEAOPIS eae ean 3 16 Integrated dde tn pneu pu EAA 3 18 PCE AI StAtUs o uM Rap di 3 20 Frequency Voltage Control inven bisa sut todo dub uiuere orioneu 3 21 Set Supervisor User Password 3 23 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults 3 24 Appendix A Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 1 Installing ihe Addio Driver Subst a vo a peg A 2 Installation for Windows 985 2000 A 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Using ihe Back ous eo pc pte A 4 vi Testing the Connected Speakers ccccccceeceeceeceececeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeseeseeaaeaueaaaaas A 9 Testing Each Speaker A 9 PAVING
6. 7 oooga Volt Notch Ca Mo zz 2 8 Hardware Setup Power Supply The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Before inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 20 Pin Power Connector JWR1 This connector allows you to connect to an ATX power supply To connect to the ATX 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 JWR1 Pin Definition 1 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 20 10 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU 4 2 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND JPW1 Pin Definition JPW1 2 GND 3 1 3 12V 4 12V MSI Reminds You There is a mechanism of this mainboard to protect it from being damaged The power will shut down aut
7. 2 3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 754 2 4 Installing AMD Athlon64 CPU Cooler Set 2 5 MEMO 2 7 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 7 DDR DIMM Module Combination ccccccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeaseaneaaaeas 2 8 stalling DDR MOGUlGS EVE VE Cu ped dU 2 8 POW GIO UP DIY dti ia Sena tci eae testis 2 9 20 Pin Power Connector JWR 1 2 9 12V Power Connector sse 2 9 rS 2 10 View of Ihe Back 5 a oi x t x mes Sel n e hate du a eta 2 10 oetrial FOT COMA ac tented taste EE 2 11 MOUSE CODIGO IDE 2 11 Keyboard CONNEC oie io pa Mem EDU eee ee 2 11 uto eroe eie ERE UU TU TT 2 11 USB ROMS E 2 12 RJ 45 LAN Jack Optional 2 12 IEEE 1394 Port Optional ue cect 2 13 POI E E Uu LT 2 13 QOO COPS cada s ere 2 14 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 14 Fan Power Connectors CFAN1 SFAN1 _
8. Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster Direct Sound AC97 audio Ultra DMA 66 100 133 master mode PCI EIDE controller ACPI Supports 2 Serial ATA ports Supports 8 USB2 0 ports Main Memory gt Supports DDR266 333 DDR SDRAM and unbuffered DDR400 DIMMs for two 184 pin DDR DIMMs gt Supports DIMM sizes up to 2GB of memory in total Slots One AGP 8x 4x slot gt Three 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots gt One CNR slot On Board IDE gt An IDE controller on the VT8237 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA133 100 66 operation modes Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives gt Serial ATA 150 controller integrated in VT8237 Up to 150MB sec transfer speeds Can connect up to two Serial ATA drives On Board Peripherals gt On Board Peripherals include 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 serial port COM A 1 parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 1 IrDA connector for SIR ASKIR HPSIR Optional 1 audio port Line in Line out MIC 1 SPDIF out header 8 USB 1 1 2 0 ports Rear 4 Front 4 1 2 Getting Started IEEE 1394 Optional gt Supports up to 2 1394 ports Rear 1 onboard header 1 Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps gt Controlled by VIA 6307 chipset Audio gt AC 97 link controller integrated in VIA VT8237 gt 6 channels software audio codec ALC655 Compliance with AC97 v2 3 Spec Meet PC2001 audio performan
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10. DDR DIMM Slots DDR1 2 Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM High memory bandwidth makes DDR an ideal solution for high performance PC workstations and servers MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard DDR DIMM Module Combination Install at least one DIMM module on the slots Memory modules can be installed on the slots in any order You can install either single or double sided modules to meet your own needs Memory modules can be installed in any combination as follows Memory Module Total Memory Sut Memory Made Bank 0 amp 1 Bank 2 amp 3 Maximum System Memory Supported 64MB 2GB S Single Side D Double Side Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module 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 inserted in the socket 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
11. Press lt Enter gt and the following sub menu appears Wake Up On PME Enabled Resume On KBC Resume On PS 2 Mouse Resume By Alarm BIOS Setup Wake Up On PME Resume On KBC with Wake Up Key and Wake Up Password Resume On PS 2 Mouse These fields specify whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or compo nent is detected Settings Enabled Disabled MSI Reminds You For Wake Up Key function the option Specific Key refers to the password you specify in the Wake Up Password field Once you set up a password it will disable Resume on PS 2 Mouse Resume By Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the soft off 5 state Settings Enabled Disabled Alarm Date Hour Minute Second If Resume By Alarm is set to Enabled the system will automatically resume boot up on a specific date hour minute second specified in these fields Available settings for each item are Alarm Date 01 31 Every Day Alarm Hour 00 23 Alarm Minute 00 59 Alarm Second 00 59 MSI Reminds You gt If you have changed this setting you must let the system boot up until it enters the operating system before this function will work MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP Plug amp Play feature
12. View Array disk Status t 1 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name 4 Size GB Status Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Channel1 Master Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 B 3 Create Disk Array Use the up and down arrow keys to select the Create Array command and press Enter VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Auto Setup For Data Security gt Array Mode RAID 1 Mirroring gt Select Disk Drives Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller gt Start Create Process View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit firray Name Size GB Status HIR 133 37 27 Hdd ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Channel Drive Name ChannelB Master Maxtor 34098H4 Channell Master Maxtor 34898H n MSI Reminds You Channel Drive Name Mode and Size GB the following example might be different from your system Select Array Mode and press lt gt a list of array modes will appear Highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press lt Enter gt to confirm the selection If RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the users to select Create only or Create and duplicate Create only will allow BIOS to only create an array The data on the mirroring drive may be different from the source drive Create
13. 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 12 Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned storage temperature above 60 C 140 F it may damage the equipment m 9 Ew VV CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer 1V CONTENTS FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement i c ii PROVISION m ME E T TT ii aer EM iv Teehnteal iv Chapter 1 5 222 1 1 Mainboard 5 1 2 Mainboard avout Sind sila 1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup icc citi eee 2 1 Quick Components tis qe uS Sb 2 2 Central Processing Umt CPU 2 3 Memory Speed CPU FSB Support Matrix
14. A R T for Hard Disks BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Primary Display Password Check Boot To 08 2 Internal Cache External Cache System BIOS Cacheable C666 32k Shadow MPS Revision Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Available options Enabled Disabled Boot Sequence Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu screen 151 Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system MSI Reminds You Available settings for 1st 2nd 3rd 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 Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device S M A R T for Hard Disks This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting 3 8 BIOS Setup Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Settings
15. Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to High Performance defaults or BIOS Setup defaults The High Performance Defaults are the values set by the mainboard manufacturer for the best system performance but probably will cause a stability issue The BIOS Setup Defaults are the default values also set by the mainboard manufacturer for stable performance of the mainboard When you select Load High Performance Defaults a message as below appears Press Enter to Continue Or ESC to Abort Pressing Enter loads the default BIOS values that enable the best system perform ance but may lead to a stability issue MSI Reminds You The option is for power or overclocking users only Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the system performance Therefore a high end system configuration is a must which means you need high quality VGA adapter RAM and so on We don t recommend that users should apply the high perform ance defaults in their regular systems Otherwise the system may become unstable or even crash If the system crashes or hangs after enabling the feature please CLEAR CMOS DATA to resolve the problem For more information refer to Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 in Chapter 2 When you select Load BIOS Setup Defaults a message as below appears Press Enter to Continue Or ESC to Abort Pressing Enter loads the default
16. If a RAID 1 array is created and there are drives that do not belong to other arrays the one that has a capacity which is equal to or greater than the array capacity can be selected as a spare drive for the RAID 1 array Select Create Delete Spare and press Enter the channel column will then be activated Select the drive that you want to use as a spare drive and press Enter the selected drive will be marked as Spare The spare drive cannot be accessed in an OS To delete a spare drive highlight Create Delete Spare and press Enter The spare drive will be highlighted press Enter to delete the spare drive VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Creale flrray Create Delete a spare disk gt Delete in a mirror array gt Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Humber View F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Ee Confirm the selection xlt Channel Drive Name firray Name Mode 1 Status ChannelB Master Maxtor 34898l4 ATA 133 37 27 Stripe Channel1 Master Maxtor 34898l4 ATA 133 37 27 Stripel View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press lt Enter gt Use arrow key to select a drive the selected drive s serial number can be viewed in the last column The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen VIA Tec
17. PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Plug and Play Aware 0 5 Clear NURAM PCI Latency Timer Primary Graphics Adapter PCI IDE BusMaster PCI Sloti IRQ PCI Slot2 IRQ PCI Slot3 IRQ Plug and Play Aware O S When set to Yes BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98 2000 or ME When set to No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Select Yes if the operating system is Plug amp Play Clear NVRAM The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Access Memory is where the BIOS stores resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format When the item is set to Yes the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and then set the setting of the item back to No automatically PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to higher values every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth For better PCI performance you should se
18. Use this menu to set User Password Load High Performance Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected Load BIOS Setup Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system perfor mance operations Save amp Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup 3 5 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard The items inside STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu are divided into 9 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 lt PgDn gt keys to switch to the value you prefer System Time ei Time is 24 hour format System Date Hour 88 23 Minute BB 59 Second BB 59 30 00 1 38PM Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B Boot Sector Virus Protection System Time 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 System Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt lt day gt 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 day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIO
19. and duplicate lets BIOS copy the data from the source to the mirroring drive VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 AID 0 for performan Create a RAID array with RAID 1 for data protection the hard disks attached to RAID 0 1 VIA IDE controller RAID SPAN for capacity View Array disk Status Hove to next item Confirm the selection Exit Size GB Status Channel Drive Mame Array Name Mode ATA 133 37 27 Hdd ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Channel Master Maxtor 34898H4 Channel1 Master Maxtor 34898H4 VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction After array mode is selected there are two methods to create a disk array One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1 It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements When using Select Disk Drives the channel column will be activated Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press Enter to select them After all drives have been selected press Esc to go back to the creation steps menu VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Create RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller Bulo Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID O Striping Select Disk
20. as listed above appears on the screen press lt 11 gt to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press lt F11 gt after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following Select First Boot Device lst Floppy IBM DTLA 307038 ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE 40X M U p Dn Select RETURN Boot ESC cancel The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by using arrow keys and then press Enter The system will boot from the selected device The selection will not make changes to the settings in the BIOS setup utility so next time when you power on the system it will still use the original first boot device to boot up 3 2 BIOS Setup Control Keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu Getting Help After entering the Setup utility the first screen you see is the Main Menu Main Menu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies You can use the arrow keys Z to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Default Settings The BIOS setup program contains two kinds of default settings the BIOS S
21. key to highlight Start Create Process and press Enter A warning message will appear Press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel the creation Important note All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation Delete Disk Array A RAID can be deleted after it has been created To delete a RAID use the following steps 1 Select Delete Array in the main menu and press Enter The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press Enter A warning message will show up press Y to delete or press N to cancel VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Create Array Delete a RAID array contain Delete Array the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Number View F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Ihe selected array will be destoried Enter Confirm the selection Are you sure Continue Press V H ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Name Size GB Status j Master ARRAY ATA 133 37 27 Stripe al Channel Masi 11 Master Maxtor 34898H4 ARRAY 0 ATA 133 37 2 Stripel Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except 1 arrays When a RAID is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved and become two normal disk drives VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive
22. 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 setting controls the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache Setting options Enabled Disabled External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory Most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache 3 9 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard 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 Setting options Enabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh re sulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled C000 32k Shadow This item specifies how the contents of the adapter ROM named in the item are handled Settings are described below Disabled The specified ROM is not copied to RAM Enabled The contents of specified ROM are copied to RAM for faster system performance Cached The contents of specified ROM are not only copied to RAM the contents of the ROM area can be written to and read from cache memory MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Pro
23. operation where if one drives fails a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs The individual disk drives in an array are called members The configuration information of each member is recorded in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The RAID levels which the VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Host Controller supports are RAID and RAID 1 The table below briefly introduced these RAID levels RAID 0 Number drives 2 Highest performance without data Striping protection RAID 1 Smallest size Data protection Mirroring RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of
24. the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond the remaining drive will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array Due to the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array B 2 VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction BIOS Configuration When the system powers on during the POST Power On Self Test process press Tab key to enter the BIOS configuration YIA Technologies Inc VIA 16420 BIOS Setting Utility 1 10 Copyright C YIA Technologies Inc All Right reserved Press lt Tab gt key into User Window Scan Devices Please wait Channel 0 Master Maxtor 346098H4 Channel 1 Master Maxtor 348098H The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the VIA Tech RAID BIOS Always use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu use up and down arrow key to select the each item and press Enter to call out the list of creation steps The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 d y Create a RAID array with Delete flrrav the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Number View
25. to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press lt Enter gt to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation gt Existing Windows XP Driver Installation 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The CD will auto run and the setup screen will appear 3 Under the Driver tab click on VIA SATA RAID Utility 4 The drivers will be automatically installed gt Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation 1 From Windows XP open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type The driver VIA IDE RAID Host Controller should appear VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Installation of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables high performance RAID 0 arrays in the Windows XP operating system This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features gt Serial ATA RAID driver for Windows XP gt VIA SATA RAID utility gt RAIDO and RAID1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA SATA RAID Utility to install the software MSI Link to the Future MSI Utility VIA SATA RAID Utility Adobe Acrobat Reader MSI Live Update 2 rend PC cillin 2002 Remote Control Uti
26. 3 VIA K8T800 K8M800 amp VIA VT8237 V1 1 Update AGP slot image April 2004 iii 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 Visit the MSI homepage amp FAQ site for technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com tw amp http www msi com tw program service faq faq esc faq list php gt Contact our technical staff at supporti imsi com tw Safety Instructions 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 openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equip ment from overheating Do not cover the openings Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110 220V be fore connecting the equipment to the power inlet 7 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 0 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises
27. 4 While you are testing the speakers in 6 Channel Mode if the sound coming from the center speaker and subwoofer is swapped you should select Swap Center Subwoofer Output to readjust these two channels AC97 Audio Configuration Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test General Swap Center Subwoofer Output Click on the speaker to test it Select this function Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function Playing KaraOK The KaraOK function will automatically remove human voice lyrics and leave melody for you to sing the song Note that this function applies only for 2 channel audio operation Playing KaraOK l Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 In the Sound Effect tab select Voice Cancellation under KaraOK 3 Click OK to close this window AC9 Audio Configuration Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test General Environment lt None gt Edit Kara K Auto Gain Control Equalizer VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Appendix B VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction The Southbridge VT8237 provides a hybrid solution that combines two independent SATA ports for support of up to two Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID drives Serial ATA SATA is the latest generation of the ATA interface SATA hard drives deliver blistering tran
28. B Cable power Cable power Connected to J1394_1 Key no pin Ground a Foolproof design SPDIF Out Connector JSP1 Optional This connector is used to connect SPDIF Sony amp Philips Digital Interconnect Format interface for digital audio transmission Connected to JSP1 SPDIF Bracket Optional MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Jumpers The mainboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your mainboard 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 auto matically 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 1 JBAT1 3 Cys 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 2 20 Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot three 32 bit PCI bus slots and one CNR slot AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card A
29. C97 Audio Configuration software utility is under continu ous update to enhance audio applications Hence the program screens shown here in this appendix may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function 3 Click Next to start installing files into the system Realtek 97 Audio Setup 4 82 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek AC 97 Audio The InstallShield wizard will install Realtek 97 Audio on your computer To continue click Next 4 Click Finish to restart the system R eealtek AC S Audio Setup 4 82 computer complete setup InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Realtek 97 Audio on your No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to Cancel Select this option lt Back Finish Cancel MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 4 6 channel audio feature now To enable 4 or 6 channel audio operation first connect 4 or 6 speakers to the appropriate audio connectors and then select 4 or 6 channel audio setting in the software utility Using the Back Panel In addition to a default 2 channel analog audio output function the audio connectors on the Back Panel also provide 4 or 6 channel anal
30. CRIPTION Mouse Data Mouse data NC No connection GND Ground VCC 5V Mouse Clock Mouse clock PS 2 Mouse No connection 6 pin Female Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 29 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 29 keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Keyboard Data Keyboard data NC No connection GND Ground VCC 45V PS 2 Keyboard KeyboardClock Keyboardclock 6 pin Female NC No connection VGA Connector The mainboard provides a DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor Pin Definition Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 9 5V GND N C SDA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync SCL 15 11 VGA Connector DB 15 pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 11 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard USB Ports The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compat ible devices You can plug USB devices directly into the ports Pin Definition PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION VCC 5V 1 T 23 1 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 m 3 Data 0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 6 7 8 5 VCC 45V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 4 Data 1 Positiv
31. Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Size GB Status Channel Master Maxtor J 89B8H4 ATA 133 37 27 Stripel lChannell Master Maxtor 348098H ATA 133 37 2 Stripel If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2 the block size of the array can also be selected Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press Enter then select a block size from the popup menu The block size can be 4KB to 64KB RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Aulo Setup For gt Array Mode RAID Select Disk Dri gt Block Size 64K gt Start Create Pr Channel Drive Name Channel Master Maxtor J4698H4 lChannell Master Maxtor 348098H Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIR IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit firray Name Mode Size GB Status HIR 133 37 2 5 1 ATA 133 37 27 Stripel MS 6741 M ATX Mainboard MSI Reminds You Even though 64KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the block size value which is best suited to your specific RAID usage model 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB blocks 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB blocks 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64KB Optimal setting Use the arrow
32. E RE e J BAT 1 p 2 20 CNR slot p 2 21 101000000 e FP2 p 2 17 jrr 2 17 20000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000 gg SATA1 2 p 2 16 cese JUSB1 2 p 2 15 J1394 1 p 2 19 Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit CPU The mainboard supports AMD Athlon64 processor The mainboard uses CPU socket called Socket 754 for easy CPU installation 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 have the heat sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer Memory Speed CPU FSB Support Matrix OK FSB400 OK MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always 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 supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond
33. Enabled Disabled BootUp Num Lock This item 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 end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Floppy Drive Swap Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A and B Floppy Drive 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 Primary Display This configures the primary subsystem in the computer Available options Mono monochrome CGA40x25 CGA80x25 VGA EGA Absent Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented Setting options are described below Option Description S The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup Always A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup Boot To OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB But it is possible if you choose Yes Internal Cache Cache memory is additional
34. GP is an interface speci fication designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics It introduces a 66MHz 32 bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory The slot supports 8x 4x AGP card 00000000000000000000000000000000 _1000000000000000000 D DODODODODDUDODODODODDUDODUDODL 3000 0000000 000 0 0 0 DC 3J 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 neces sary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration LungognononoanununuouOUOUODOUGODUDUOUOUOUCIOUOUODODU 700000 000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000 CNR Slot The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards CNR is a specially designed audio or modem riser card for ATX family motherboards Its main process ing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s chipset 100000000000000 00000000 QOQ000000000000 00000000 PCI Interrupt Request Routing The I
35. K8TM KSMM MS 6741 v1 X M ATX Mainboard G52 M6741X4 Manual Rev 1 1 Release Date April 2004 Ni996 FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance 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 responsible 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 6741 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may ca
36. Player lb Windows Messenger Log Off Administrator 9 Turn Off Computer indows XP Professional After the software is finished installation it will automati cally started every time Windows is initiated You may double click on the icon shown in the system tray of VIA RAID Tool the tool bar to launch tne VIA RAID Tool utility 489 The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right window pane displays the details of the controller or disk drives The available features are as following View by Controller libr View by Devices View Event log Help Topics MS 6741 M ATX Mainboard Click on x or button to determine the viewing type of left window pane There are two viewing types By controllers and by device Click on the object in the left window pane to display the status of the object in the right windowpane The following screen shows the status of Array O RAID 0 VIA RAID Tool See Operation View Help span 1 t F a Ge LJ uL Array 0 RAID 0 Array Features Content Array type RAID 0 Striping Capacity 152 638 MB 312 602 880 sectors Disk number 2 Stripe size 64K Array status Normal For Help press F1 Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 0 t
37. RQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 2 INT B INT C INT D INT AZ PCI Slot 3 INT C INT D INT AZ INT B 2 21 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and you are requested to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features MS 6741 Micro 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 DEL Setup F11 Boot Menu F12 N etwork boot TAB Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing Ctrl lt Alt gt and Delete keys Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by pressing lt F11 gt When the same message
38. S Read only Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave Press PgUp lt gt or PgDn lt gt to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection Type Select how to define the HDD parameters Cylinders Enter cylinder number Heads Enter head number Write Precompensation Enter write precomp cylinder Sectors Enter sector number Maximum Capacity Read the maximal HDD capacity 3 6 BIOS Setup LBA Mode Select Auto for a hard disk 512 MB un der Windows and DOS or Disabled un der Netware and UNIX Block Mode Select Auto to enhance the hard disk performance Fast Programmed I O Select Auto to enhance hard disk perfor Modes mance by optimizing the hard disk timing 32 Bit Transfer Mode Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate Floppy Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options Not Installed 1 2 MB 5L 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 3 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection When Enabled BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted Setting options Disabled and Enabled MSI Reminds You This feature only protects the boot sector not the whole hard disk MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Quick Boot Enabled S M
39. ables BIOS to skip the problem and continue booting into OS cC su Installing RAID Software amp Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS gt New Windows OS 2000 XP NT4 Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP 1 Start the installation Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows Setup window is generated press S to specify an Additional Device s 3 Insert the driver diskette VIA VT6420 VT8237 Disk Driver into drive A and press Enter MSI Reminds You Please follow the instruction below to make a VIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Ignore the Setup screen and use Explorer to browse the CD 3 Copy all the contents including the sub folders in the IDE VIA Driver to a fomatted floppy disk 4 The driver disk for VIA Serial ATA driver is done 4 Depending on your operation system choose VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller Windows XP VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 or VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller Windows NT4 from the list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key 5 Press lt Enter gt to continue with installation or if you need to specify any addi tional devices
40. ce requirement LAN gt VIA VT8237 MAC VIA 6103 Ethernet PHY Supports 10 100Mb s auto negotiation operation Compliant with PCI v2 2 and PC99 standard Supports ACPI Power Management BIOS gt The mainboard BIOS provides Plug amp Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically gt he mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension gt Micro ATX Form Factor 24 5 cm L x 24 5 cm W 1 3 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Top mouse Bottom keyboard Bottom Top Parallel Port COMA T 1394 port B USB ports ATX Power Supply 00000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 00000000000000000009 00000000000000000000 90000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 Go000000000000000000 00000000000000000 N 000000d loooooooo 0000000 ooooooQ looooooo0 n 00000000000000000000 o e
41. cessor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 BIOS Setup LDT to AGP Lokar Upstream 16 Bit LDT to AGP Width Downstream LDT to AGP Lokar Frequency Memclock Mode Bank Inter leaving Burst Length CAS Latency CL TRCD TRAS TRP AGP Mode AGP Fast Write AGP Aperture Size MSI Reminds You Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset LDT to AGP Lokar Upstream LDT to AGP Width Downstream These two item control the utilized widths of the HyperTransport link Setting options 8 bit 16 bit LDT to AGP Lokar Frequency This item specifies the maximum operating frequency of the link s transmitter clock Setting options 800 MHz 600 MHz 400 MHz 200 MHz Memclock Mode This field allows you to select the DDR timing setting Setting to Auto enables Memclock Mode automatically to be determined by SPD Selecting Limit allows users to configure these fields manually Memclock Value When it is set to Limit in Memclock Mode user can place an artificial memory clock limit on the system Please note that memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Setting options DDR200 DDR266 DDRS300 DDR333 DDR400 Bank Interleaving This field selects 2 bank or 4 bank interleave for the installed SDRAM D
42. e Data Channel 1 B Por US orts 8 GND Ground RJ 45 LAN Jack Optional The mainboard provides one standard RJ 45 jack for connection to Local Area Net work LAN You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack Activity Indicator Link Indicator 10000000 RJ 45 LAN Jack 10 100 LAN Pin Definition PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Transmit Differential Pair Transmit Differential Pair Receive Differential Pair Not Used Not Used Receive Differential Pair Not Used Not Used Hardware Setup IEEE 1394 Port Optional The mainboard provides one IEEE 1394 port which connects to IEEE 1394 devices without external power The IEEE 1394 high speed serial bus components provide the enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices including consumer electronics audio video A V appliances storage eripherals other PCs and portable devices I EEE1394 Port Parallel Port 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 Pin Definition PN DESCRIPTION STROBE Strobe DATAO DataO DATA1 Data DATA2 Data2 DATA3 Data3 DATA4 Data4 DATA5 Datad DATA6 Data6 DATA7 Data7 ACK Acknowledge BUSY Busy PE Paper End SELECT Select AUTO FEED Automatic Feed ERR Error INIT Initialize Printer SLIN Select In GND Ground GND Grou
43. erating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all sys tem context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs Auto BIOS determines the best automatically Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming Selecting Enabled allows BIOS to call VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up resumes from S3 sleep state The system resume time is shortened when you disable the function but system will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card Therefore if the AGP driver of the card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after resuming from S3 3 13 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard USB Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Settings Enabled Disabled Power Management APM Setting to Enabled will activate an Advanced Power Management APM device
44. etup and High Performance defaults BIOS Setup defaults provide stable performance set tings for all devices and the system while High Performance defaults provide the best system performance but may affect the system stability 3 3 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Once you enter AMIBIOS NEW 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 AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY VERSION 3 31a gt Standard CMOS Features Set Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AMI special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status 3 4 BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password
45. four hard disk drives CD ROM drives 120MB floppy disk drive reserved for future BIOS and other devices 0 I NE IDE1 IDE2 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 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 amp JUSB2 The mainboard provide two front Universal Serial Bus connectors for users to con nect to USB ports Pin Definition Pin Description Pim Description 1 USBPWR USBPWR 9 1 10 2 JUSB1 JUSB2 MSBP MEE USBP2 USBP3 GND GND NC MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by VT8237 SATA1 amp SATA2 The Southbridge of this mainboard is VIA VT8237 which supports two serial connec tors SATA1 amp SATA2 SATA1 amp SATA2 are dual high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each supports 15 generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Please refer to Appendix A VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction at page A 1for detail software ins
46. ge set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later Settings Enabled Reset Disabled CPU System Temperature CPU System Fan Speed Vcore 5 0V 12 0V 12 0V 5 0V Battery 5V SB These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 3 20 BIOS Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Unused PCI Slot Clock Disabled Spread Spectrum CPU FSB Clock DDR Voltage U AGP Voltage V Unused PCI SIot DIMM Clk This setting enables you to stop or activate the unused PCI slot amp DIMM clock Setting options Stop Action Spread Spectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum 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 select Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up Available options Enabled Disabled CPU FSB Clock This item allows you to
47. ge before DRAM refresh refreshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system Setting options Auto 2CLK to 6CLK AGP Mode The item sets an appropriate mode for the installed AGP card Setting options 7 2x 4x Select 4x only if your AGP card supports it AGP Fast Write This option enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write technology allows the CPU to write directly to the graphics card without passing anything through the system memory and improves the AGP 4X speed Select Enabled only when the installed AGP card supports this function Settings Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size 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 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256 MB BIOS Setup ACPI Standby State 1 0 Power Management APM Suspend Time Out Minute Display Activity Power Button Function After AC Power Loss MSI Reminds You S3 related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your op
48. h RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Create a RAID array with gt Delete Array the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Humber View F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection Exit Array Name firray Mode Block Size GB Size GB ARRAY B Mirror N R 37 21 ARRAY 1 Mirror N A 37 21 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if the RAID 1 array has any inconsis tencies between user data and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order to ensure the backup data consistency with the user data Critical RAID OO Critical Status The RAID 1 array needs to Continue to boot be duplicated to ensure data consistancy Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Size GB Status Channell Device8 IC3SSLB46AYVAB 7 0 Array ATA 188 38 34 Mirror Channel Device8 TC35l 0500VVR8 7 0 Array ATA 188 38 34 Source X NE lt ESC gt to Exit m 2 After Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window If user selects Continue to boot it will enable duplicating the array after booting into OS Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent If BIOS detects any di
49. isable the function if 16MB SDRAM is installed Settings Disabled Auto MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size of Burst Length for DRAM Bursting feature is a technique that DRAM itself predicts the address of the next memory location to be accessed after the first address is accessed To use the feature you need to define the burst length which is the actual length of burst plus the starting address and allows internal address counter to properly generate the next memory location The bigger the size the faster the DRAM performance Settings 4 Beat and 8 Beat CAS Latency CL This controls the timing delay in clock cycles before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Settings Auto CL2 0 CL2 5 CL3 0 CL2 increases the system performance the most while CL3 0 provides the most stable performance TRCD 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 strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Settings 2CLK to 5CLK TRAS This setting determines the time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell Setting options Auto 5CLK to 15CLK TRP This setting 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 char
50. isables the onboard Floppy controller Serial Port 1 This item specifies the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM2 3E8 COM3 2E8 COM4 and Disabled Parallel Port This field specifies the base I O port address of the onboard parallel port Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto 378 278 3BC Disabled Port Mode This item selects the operation mode for the onboard parallel port ECP Normal Bi Dir or EPP EPP Version The item selects the EPP version used by the parallel port if the port is set to EPP mode Settings 7 7 7 9 3 18 BIOS Setup Port IRQ When OnBoard Parallel Port is set to Auto the item shows Auto indicating that BIOS determines the IRQ for the parallel port automatically Port DMA This feature needs to be configured only when Parallel Port Mode is set to the ECP mode When Parallel Port is set to Auto the field will show Auto indicating that BIOS automatically determines the DMA channel for the parallel port VT8237 PATA IDE Controller This setting is used to enable disabled the VT8237 PATA IDE controller Setting options Enabled Disabled VT8237 SATA IDE Controller This setting is used to enable disabled the VT8237 SATA IDE controller Setting options Disabled Enabled V Link Da
51. lity Promise Serial ATA Utility Browse CD The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window VIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard1 00P2 2003 06 26 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for VIA RAID Setup Program The InstallShield Wizard will install Yl RAID Setup Program on your computer To continue click Next 5 6741 M ATX Mainboard 1 M ATX Mainboard Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want Then click Next button to proceed the installation VIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard1 00P2 2003 06 26 Select Features Choose the features Setup will install Select the features you want to install and clear the features you do not want to install Description Install RAID Config Utility VIA RAID Config Utility 1 20 2003 06 26 Space Required on C 1113K Space Available on C 154514496 InstallShield s 5 Cancel B 12 VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction Once the installation is complete go to Start gt Programs gt gt tool exe to enable VIA RAID Tool x Set Program Access and Defaults eo Windows Catalog o Windows Update Games Fe Documents gt 2 Startup Settings 2 Internet Explorer 2 Search 2h MSN Explorer GQ Outlook Express m 9 Remote Assistance Run Windows Media
52. nction are converted to Line Out function when 4 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output is selected MSI Reminds You If the Center and Subwoofer speaker exchange their audio channels when you play video or music on the computer a converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio signals You can purchase the converter from a speaker store Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function Testing he ema een To ensure that 4 or 6 channel audio operation works properly you may need to test each connected speaker to make sure every speaker work properly If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking it Front Right AC97 Audio Configuration Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker General Rear Right Rear Left Subwoofer Swap Center Subwoofer Output Click on the speaker to test MSI Reminds You 6 speakers appear on the Speaker Test window only when you select 6 Channel Mode in the No of Speakers column If you select 4 Channel Mode only 4 speakers appear on the window MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard
53. nd GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground OA A O N MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect FDD IDE HDD front panel of the system case audio ports USB Ports and CPU System FANs Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk types FDD1 n n n n n n n n n Fan Power Connectors CFAN1 SFAN1 The CAN1 processor fan and SFAN1 system fan support system cooling fan with 12V It supports 3 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 de signed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control CFAN1 1 Fan Connector Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan Hardware Setup Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 amp IDE2 The mainboard provides a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 controller that supports PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function You can connect up to
54. nnect the optional audio cable JAUD1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION AUD_MIC Front panel microphone input signal AUD_GND Ground used by analog audio circuits AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone power AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier KEY No pin AUD_FPOUT_L Left channel audio signal to front panel AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return from front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MSI Reminds You If you don t want to connect to the front audio header pins 6 10 5 amp 6 9 amp 10 have to be jumpered in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports Otherwise the 51818 8 Line Out connector on the back panel will not function IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 Optional The connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function JIR1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JIR1 Pin Definition Hardware Setup IEEE 1394 Connector J1394 1 The mainboard provides one IEEE1394 pin header that allows you to connect IEEE 1394 port via an external IEEE1394 bracket optional Pin Definition 9 1 10 BEBE PIN SIGNAL PN SIGNAL J1394 1 TPA TPA Ground Ground TPB TP
55. ny previously set password from CMOS memory You will be prompted to confirm the password Retype the password and press Enter You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the PASSWORD CHECK option of the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu If the PASS WORD CHECK option is set to A ways 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 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 23 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Load High Performance BIOS Setup
56. o see the details of each disk VIA RAID Tool DEIR Operation View Help 1 span Array type RAID 0 Striping stripe disk 1 ST380023A5 17 152 638 MB 312 602 880 sectors unu Disk number 2 Stripe size 64K E stripe disk 1 5738002345 Array status Normal For Help press F1 B 14 You may also use the same i RAID 1 VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction r ee button to view the statuses of Array 0 Array 0 RAID 1 span spare ga C day CH i 25 s Array type Capacity Disk number Array status For Help press F1 RAID 1 Mirroring 76 319 MB 156 301 487 sectors 2 Normal Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 1 to see the details of each disk VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help E mirror disk 5738002345 3KB17YVM For Help press F1 Physical position Array postion Device status General config Serial number Firmware revision Model name Cylinder number Header number Sector number pe Capacity Real capacity Supported PIO m Supported Supported Ultra D Current transfer Minor revision nu Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Array O RAID 1 source disk Mormal ATA device 3KB18PDL 3 01 5138002345 16383 16 63 76 319 MB 156 301 488 sectors 76 319 MB 156 301 487 sectors mode 0 1 2 3 4 mode D
57. og audio output function if a proper setting is made in the software utility Read the following steps to have the Multi Channel Audio Function properly set in the software utility and have your speakers correctly connected to the Back Panel Configuration in the Software Utility 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the lower right corner of the screen Select a desired surround sound effect from the Environment drop down menu Click the Speaker Configuration tab Select Synchronize the phonejack switch with the settings Select a desired multi channel operation from No of Speakers a b C d Headphone 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output 6 Channel Mode for 5 1 Speaker Output Click OK to close this window Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function AC97 Audio Configuration 9 Sound Effect Speaker Configuration Speaker Test SPDIF In Genera Environment Stone Room Auditorium Auto Gain Control Hangar KE Carpeted Hallway Hallway Stone Corridor Equalizer AC97 Audio Configuration Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test General No of Speaker Phonejack Switch C Headphone 4 channel mode for 4 speaker output B channel mode for 5 1 speaker output e Synchronize the phonejack switch with the speaker setting MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Connec
58. omatically in two conditions the temperature of CPU reaches 100 C or the low voltage occurs during booting up Please follow the instructions below for this issue 1 The power LED will blink continously You should unplug the power cord or turn off the power switch 2 After the power LED stop blinking plug on the power cord or turn on the power switch then you can reboot your system again 2 9 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Back Panel View of the Back Panel The back panel provides the following connectors Parallel 1394 LAN Port Optional Keyboard COMA VGAPort USB Ports USB Ports L out Optional MIC Serial Port COMA The mainboard provides one 9 pin mail DIN connector as serial port COMA The serial port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Data Carry Detect Serial In or Receive Data Serial Out or Transmit Data Data Terminal Ready Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send Ring Indicate 67 8 9 1 amp 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hardware Setup 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 DES
59. ot into BIOS and select Choose replacement drive and rebuild to rebuild the broken array 2 Destroy the Mirroring Relationship This item cancels the data mirroring relationship of the broken array For broken RAID 1 arrays the data on the surviving disk will remain after the destroy operation However Destroy the Mirroring Relationship is not recommend because the data on the remaining disk will be lost when the hard drive is used to create another RAID 1 array 3 Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild This item enables users to select an already connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array After choosing a hard drive the channel column will be activated ZETA EET Status Power off and check the failed drive The contents on the disk Destroy the Mirroring Relationship you have selected will be Choose replacement drive and rebuild deleted Continue to boot Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name ae Mode Size GB Status 10 Devicel 100 38 34 Hdd eulce Channell Devicel IC35L040RVVR0 7 0 ATA 108 38 34 Hdd Hote l Press lt ESC gt to Exit 2 fifter Fxecute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window Highlight the target hard drive and press Enter a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to cancel Please note selecting option Y will destroy all the data on the selected hard drive 4 Continue to boot This item en
60. product speci fications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications 2 3 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 754 l Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU rs LL 90 degree 2 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket Make sure to raise the lever up to a 90 de gree angle 3 Look for the gold arrow The gold arrow should point towards the lever pivot The CPU can only fit in the correct orientation 4 If the CPU is correctly installed Correct CPU placement the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and Gold arrow O can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 5 Press the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed al ways close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on top of the CPU to make sure the CPU is properly and completely embed ded into the socket Hardware Setup Installing AMD Athlon64 CPU Cooler Set 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 have the heat sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before
61. select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz and overclock the processor by adjusting the FSB clock to a higher frequency Select the number between 200 280 for needed frequency MSI Reminds You Changing CPU FSB clock could result in the instability of the system therefore it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long term usage 3 21 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard DDR Voltage V Adjusting the DDR voltage can increase the DDR speed Any changes made to this setting may cause a stability issue so changing the DDR voltage for long term purpose is NOT recommended Setting options 2 55 2 60 2 65 2 70 2 75 2 80 2 85 AGP Voltage V AGP voltage is adjustable in the field allowing you to increase the performance of your AGP display card when overclocking but the stability may be affected Setting options Auto 1 55 1 60 1 65 1 70 1 75 1 80 1 85 MSI Reminds You The settings shown in different color in DDR Voltage V and AGP Voltage V helps to verify if your setting is proper for your system White Safe setting Yellow High performance setting Red Not recommended setting and the system may be unstable 3 22 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor User Password When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen nter new 5uperuvisor password Type the password up to six characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will replace a
62. sfer speeds of up to 150MB sec Serial ATA uses long thin cables making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow inside your PC The key features of VT8237 SATA RAID are B E Support two SATA two PATA hard disk drives Only SATA supports RAID Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of four hard disk drives allowed Supports Ultra DMA mode 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA mode 2 1 0 and PIO mode 4 3 2 1 0 Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support Bootable disk or disk array Support Windows based RAID configure and management software tool Compatible with BIOS Supports hot swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 array ATA SMART function support Microsoft Windows 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP operating systems support Event log for easy troubleshooting MS 6741 M ATX Mainboard Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID related background knowledge and a brief introduction on VIA SATA RAID Host Controller For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software proceed to Driver and RAID Software Installation section RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance Fault tolerance is achieved through data redun dant
63. sk drive failures or missing disk drives the status of the array will be marked as broken If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is a spare hard drive available for rebuilding the broken array the spare hard drive will automatically become the mir roring drive BIOS will show a main interface just like a duplicated RAID 1 Selecting Continue to boot enables the user to duplicate the array after booting into operat ing system If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to solve such problem Broken RAID Critical Status Power off and check the failed drive A disk member of a mirroring Destroy the Mirroring Relationship array has failed or is not Choose replacement drive and rebuild responding The array is Continue to boot stilling functional but fault tolerance is disabled Remaining members of the failed array Channe Drive Name Array Name Size GB Status Channel Devices IC35L64BAVVAG 7 0 Array ATA 108 38 34 Broken Note l Press lt ESC gt to Exit 2 After Fxecute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window B 8 VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction 1 Power off and Check the Failed Drive This item turns off the computer and replaces the failed hard drive with a good one If your computer does not support APM you must turn off your computer manually After replacing the hard drive bo
64. t the item to higher values Settings range from 32 to 248 at a 32 increment BIOS Setup PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability Settings options Disabled Enabled Primary Graphics Adaptor This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Setting options are AGP The system initializes the installed AGP card first If the AGP card is not available it will initialize the PCI VGA card PCI The system initializes the installed PCI VGA card first If the PCI VGA card is not available it will initialize the AGP card PCI Slot1 IRQ PCI Slot2 IRQ PCI Slot3 IRQ These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot Setting options 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Auto Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the IRQ line for each PCI slot MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Floppy Disk Controller Serial Port1 Parallel Port Port Mode 07823 PATA IDE Controller 07823 SATA IDE Controller U Link Data 2X Support OnBoard LAN OnBoard LAN P M E Unboard 1394 Onboard ATA OnBoard AC 97 Audio USB Controller Disabled USB Device Legacy Support USB 1 1 Port 64 68 Emulation Floopy Disk Controller This is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller Auto BIOS will automatically determine whether to enable the onboard Floppy controller or not Enabled Enables the onboard Floppy controller Disabled D
65. ta 2X Support This setting controls the onboard V Link Data 2X Support Setting options Enabled Disabled OnBoard LAN OnBoard LAN P M E This is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller and the wake on LAN function Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard 1394 Onboard S ATA OnBoard AC 97 Audio Set these options to Enabled to enable the controllers of these 3 PCI devices USB Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard USB ports Setting options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports USB Device Legacy Support Set to A Device if you need to use any USB device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix Set to No Mice only if you want to use any USB device other than the USB mouse USB 1 1 Port 64 60 Emulation This field allows you to enable or disable the USB Port 64 60 Emulation function When the function is enabled the USB keyboard is allowed to type some special combination keys MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard This section shows the status of your CPU fan overall system status etc Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard Setup Help 1 Chassis Intrusion Disabled Chassis Intrusion 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 messa
66. tallation procedure SATA1 amp SATA2 Pin Definition gem 8 1 2 7 1 Take out the dust cover and Optional Serial ATA cable onmes tou herd devices MSI Reminds You cause the loss of data during the transmission Connect to SATA1 or SATA2 Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90 degree angle which will Hardware Setup Front Panel Connectors JFP1 amp JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs JFP2 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connec tivity Design Guide Power Power LED Switch JFP2 10 1 9 HDD Reset LED Switch JFP2 Pin Definition PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION HD LED P Hard disk LED pull up FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up HD LED N Hard disk active LED FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up RST SW N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND PWR SW P Power Switch high reference pull up SW P Reset Switch high reference pull up PWR SW N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND RSVD DNU Reserved Do not use ON OAR ON JFP1 Pin Definition SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL CD In Connector JCD1 This connector is provided for CD ROM audio JCD1 GND L to 2 17 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 The mainboard provides one front audio connector for users to co
67. ting the Speakers When you have set the Multi Channel Audio Function mode properly in the software utility connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility B 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected Line In Line Out Front channels Back Panel 3 MIC Q Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function B 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output The audio jacks on the back panel always provide 2 channel analog audio output function however these audio jacks can be transformed to 4 or 6 channel analog audio jacks by selecting the corresponding multi channel operation from No of Speakers Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each jack on the back panel when 4 Channel Mode is selected Back Panel E Line Out Rear channels Line Out Front channels MIC e Line In function is converted to Line Out function when 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output is selected MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard B 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each jack on the back panel when 6 Channel Mode is selected Back Panel Line Out Rear channels Line Out Front channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Both Line In and MIC fu
68. to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock Settings Disabled Enabled Suspend Time Out Minute After the selected period of system inactivity all devices except the CPU shut off Settings Disabled 1 2 4 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 Display Activity These items specify if the BIOS will monitor the activity of the specified hardware peripheral or component If set to Monitor any activity detected on the specified hardware peripheral or component will wake up the system or prevent the system from entering the power saving modes Settings Monitor Ignore Thermal Active Temperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting the warning mechanism will be activated This helps you to prevent the CPU overheating problem Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the power button Settings are On Off The power button functions as normal power off button Suspend When you press the power button the computer enters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off After AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Set WakeUp Events
69. turning on the computer 1 Detach the shield of the 3 Turn over the mainboard backplate s paster again and place the board on the flat surface Lo cate the two screw holes of the mainboard 2 over the mainboard and install the backplate to the proper position 4 Align the retention mechanism and the backplate Fix the re tention mechanism and the backplate with two screws retention mechanism 2 5 MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard 5 Position the cooling set onto the retention mechanism Hook one end of the clip to hook first 6 Press down the other end of the clip to fasten the cooling set on the top of the retention mechanism 7 Locate the Fix Lever Saftey Hook and the Fixed Bolt Lift up the in tensive fixed lever 2 6 8 Fastened down the lever 9 Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention mechanism MSI Reminds You While disconnecting the Safety Hook from the fixed bolt it is necessary to keep an eye on your fingers because once the Safety Hook is disconnected from the fixed bolt the fixed lever will spring back instantly Hardware Setup Memory The mainboard provides two slots for 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Double In Line Memory Module modules and supports up to 2GB memory size You can install PC2700 DDR333 amp PC2100 DDR266 modules on the DDR DIMM slots 1 2
70. use undesired operation ii Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL We take every care in the preparation of 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 AMD Athlon Athlon XP Thoroughbred and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS9 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet and nForce are registered trademarks or trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries 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 Kensington and MicroSaver are registered trademarks of the Kensington Technology Group PCMCIA and CardBus are registered trademarks of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Revision History Revision Revision History Date V1 0 First release with chipset September 200
71. utu cum n UTOR E 11 d EET 11 Appendix B VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction B 1 ILO CUIG TION Rr B 2 BIOS ConfigurallOl ss UTI UR ACE B 3 Installing RAID Software amp B 11 Sing VIA RAID TOO caute Dex tU a ot s apud dte en ese tu kd dene B 13 Vil Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the KBTM K8MM MS 6741 v1 x an excellent Micro ATX mainboard from MSI Based on the innovative VIA K8T800 K8M800 and VIA VT8237 chipsets for optimal system efficiency the K8TM mainboard accommodates latest AMD K8 proces sor in the 754 pin lidded ceramic micro PGA package and supports up to 2 DIMMs to provide the maximum of 2 GB memory capacity This mainboard provides a high professional desktop platform solution MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU gt Supports 64 bit AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 gt Supports 3100 3200 or higher CPU Chipset gt VIA 800 K8M800 Chipset 578 pin BGA HyperTransport connection to AMD K8 Athlon64 processor 8 or 16 bit control address data transfer both directions 800 600 400 200 MHz Double Data Rate operation both direction AGP v3 0 compliant with 8x transfer mode Graphic integrated K8M800 gt VIA VT8237 Chipset 539 Integrated Faster Ethernet LPC
72. values that are factory settings for stable system performance 3 24 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function Appendix A Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function The motherboard is equipped with Realtek ALC655 chip which provides support for 6 channel audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC655 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and use 4 6 channel audio function on the board MS 6741 Micro ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC655 chip to function properly before you can get access to 4 6 channel audio operations Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems Installation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP For Windows 2000 you must install Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automati cally appear Please note the screen below might be different depending on the different mainboard you purchased Click Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers Som Link IK to th Futur the Future VIA USB2 0 Driver Browse CD MSI Reminds You The A

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