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1. IDE1 p 2 12 JBAT1 p 2 16 SATA1 4 p 2 13 ID CES e ess lees JFP2 p 2 17 D0D0000000000000 oo 00000000000000 ofofo JFP1 p 2 17 NBFAN1 p 2 14 PRESS JCD1 p 2 14 JAUD1 p 2 15 2 2 FDD1 p 2 12 JUSB1 3 p 2 16 Hardware Setup 7 CPU Central Processing Unit The mainboard supports AMD Athlon 64 X2 amp Sempron processors The mainboard uses a CPU socket called Socket AM2 940 pin 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 For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php Important 1 Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make su
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3. sssseseeeeseeeeseessesseesessssesssssssesessseseees 3 16 PINE PO COMPUT AVONS E 3 19 PEAVY es dues alos 3 21 EE WEE 3 24 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults NNN 3 26 BIOS Setting PASS WOl Oued sacas bok es eo ees nok ee eo oe 3 27 Appendix A Realtek ALC883 Audio seen A 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver ccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeaees A 2 Installation for Windows 2000 XP cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaeees A 2 SOl Ware CONIL NA A 4 A Acces aes Maca vere ar aes A 5 le EE A 8 O EEN A 12 MITOS dr di A 15 IDA DEN e ae ete ed a a A 16 Je Leien Cla A 17 Hardware E A 18 Appendix B nVidia RADA a a B 1 Io A a B 2 System AA E tee ees B 2 A a uD adele again E B 2 Summary of RAID Configurations cccccccccccnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononnnnos B 2 RAMO E B 3 Basic Configuration Instructions cccccccccccnnnnnonononcnnnnnnnnnnonnnanannnnnnnnnnnnos B 3 Setting Up Ne NV AND BIOS 1 cin B 3 Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAID Array ooooooiiiccccccnncnnnnnnccnooo B 7 1X NVIDIA IDE Drive RAID Utility Installation B 9 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows oooooccooocccccccccccccooo B 9 for Non bootable RAID Array cccccccccccccccccccceeeceeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeness B 9 Initializing and Using the Disk Array cccccccccceceeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeenaeaaeees B 10 NVRAID Management Ut
4. ao oa o 000000000 po0000000000 000000 PCI Express x1 Slot 00000000000 000000 Important 1 When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to configure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration 2 19 MS 7260 Mainboard PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots support LAN cards SCSI cards USB cards and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications At 32 bits and 33 MHz it yields a throughput rate of 133 MBps HIIDREIIIIOUD RIIT II IORKD III DR DICH DI DDER OOOO RER RRE OOO HERRSCHER l 32 bit PCI Slot PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT E INT F INT G INT H PCI Slot 2 INT F INT G INT H INT E PCI Slot 3 INT G INT H INT E INT F 2 20 BIOS
5. 8 channel or 7 1 2 channel audio operations Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems Installation for Windows 2000 XP For Windows 2000 you must install Windows 2000 Service Pack4 or later before installing the driver For Windows XP you must install Windows XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Utility WebSite Manual Link to ink to the Futur Future The HD Audio Configuration Ed software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications Hence the program screens shown here in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only Realtek ALC883 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 1 73 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek High Definition Audio Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek High Definition Audio Driver on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Click here 4 Click Finish to restart the system Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 1
6. KON Neo Series MS 7260 V1 X Mainboard G52 72601X1 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 NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet and nForce are registered trademarks or trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries AMD Athlon Athlon XP Thoroughbred and Duron are registered trade marks of AMD Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMIS is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V1 0 First release for PCB 1 0 April 2006 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 resourc
7. amp pulsing The computeris communicating with another computer onthe LAN T esse Of O Mbit sec data rate is selected Right BN 100 Mbit sec data rate is selected Orange On 1000 Mbit sec data rate is selected 2 10 Hardware Setup gt USB Connectors The OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices gt Audio Port Connectors These audio connectors are used for audio devices You can differentiate the color of the audio jacks for different audio sound effects m Green audio jack Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones m Blue audio jack Line In Side Surround Out in 7 1 channel mode is used for external CD player tapeplayer or other audio devices m Pink audio jack Mic In is a connector for microphones m Orange audio jack Center Subwoofer Out in 5 1 7 1 channel mode m Black audio jack Rear Surround Out in 5 1 7 1 channel mode m Gray audio jack Side Surround Out in 7 1 channel mode MS 7260 Mainboard g Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 This standard FDD connector supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types FDD1 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function
8. ers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connector and two speakers to the side chan nel Line Out connector A 21 Appendix B nVidia RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology which is used by the world s lead ing businesses to the common PC desktop This tech nology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7260 Mainboard H Introduct ion System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems Windows XP RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays Spanning JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations gl ff RAID 0 Non critical data requiring high performance Small databases or any other small capacity environment requiring fault tolerance RAID 0 1 Critical data requiring high performance JBOD Combining odd size drives int
9. You can connect hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices The Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes MB per second The new interface is one third faster than earlier record breaking Ultra ATA 100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing Ultra ATA interface IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly Important D D D D D D D D D D pooo0o0ooo0ooooooooooo oooagoaga0ng ag 0g 0g 0 Vie IDE1 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 Hardware Setup Serial ATA Il Connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are high speed SATAII interface ports Each supports data rates of 300 MB s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications Each Serial ATA con nector can connect to 1 hard disk device SATA4 Pin Definition EJE SIGNAL EE SIGNAL SATA3 GND RXP Ge SATA2 SATA1 Serial ATA cable w Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices nl poranio Connect to SATA connector Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during tr
10. 18 Cancel 4 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation Click Next to continue NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers NYIDIA IDE SW Driver Information The NVIDIA IDE Sw driver replaces the ATA drivers that come with Windows with divers that are optimized for nForce2 nForce3 nForced based desktop computers The NVIDIA IDE SW driver reduces the storage sub system bottleneck enabling the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and efficient Installation of the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver is required to enable the NVIDIA RAID solution If you are installing NVIDIA RAID into a NEW Windows Operating ER Your computer mi C 3 MS 7260 Mainboard 5 Then the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver Click Yes to continue Install NVIDIA IDE SW driver y Do you want to install the NVIDIA IDE SW driver 6 The following screen indicates that the installation is complete Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to restart it later NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers InstallShield Wizard Complete C 4 Installation of nVidia System Driver 7 nVidia Utility Installation 1 Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display Ze Setup ebsite Manual MSI Link to the Futi to th Future MSI Utility NVIDIA Utility Utility MSI Link to the Futu to the Future nTune Utility 3 Click t
11. ATX power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power sup ply along with pin 1 amp pin 13 refer to the image at the right hand There is also a foolproof design on pin 11 12 23 amp 24 to avoid wrong installation Pin Definition a sona Pn sona 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 gt ar gt lt N o o A Oo Fb WD o 21 22 23 24 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU JPW1 Pin Definition JPW1 PIN SIGNAL 1 3 1 GND 2 GND pan 3 12V 2 4 4 12V 1 Maker sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power sup plies to ensure stable operation of the mainboard 2 Power supply of 350 watts and above is highly recommended for system stability 2 8 Hardware Setup Important Notification about Power Issue NForce chipset is very sensitive to ESD Electrostatic Discharge therefore this issue mostly happens while the users intensively swap memory modules under S5 power off states and the power code is plugged while installing modules Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Unplug the AC power cable shown in figure 1 or unplug the AT X2 8 JPW1 power connectors shown i
12. Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system 3 9 MS 7260 Mainboard gt MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system gt Boot Sequence Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Boot Sequence ist Boot Device ist FLOPPY DRI Help Item Specifies the boot Hard Disk Drives inter seguence from the b Removable Drives Pre ter available devices CD DUD Drives ss Ente Other Drives ress Enter A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type Menu gt ist Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows you to specify the hard disk boot priority gt Removable Drives This feature allows you to specify the removable device boot priority gt CD DVD Drives This feature allows you to specify the CD DVD device boot priority gt Other Drives This feature allows you to specify the other device boot priority 8 A
13. E 2 E a 4 2 5 x 2 CPUFAN o x D N o JIR1 LAN gt 2 CEE Chip PCI_EX gt 3 LLI 0 a a COLT JT JT JT JT JT JT JT JT JT JT JT J L Winbond PCI_EX2 UO e E nvidia AA Y Y Y R nForce 550 PCI_EX3 O0I0000000000000 om Y DS IS Y Y A PCI1 CDIIIDIDIOIDDIODODDODDDODODODODDDDDODIOOOOODOOOD O000 000000000 000000000 000000000000 00010000 000000 PCl2 NBFAN1 WS AAA EEES poo 000000000000 00000000000 0000000010000 000000 PCI3 AAN IN O000 000000000 00000 00000000000 0000000010000 000000 JAUD1 JD SER E rt de va aaa aaa aa aolo ojojoj EDDI mr JUSB3 JUSB2 SATA2 SATA1 KON Neo Series MS 7260 v1 X ATX Mainboard Getting Started 8 Packing Checklist Power Cable MSI motherboard Standard Cable for Standard Cable for IDE Devices Floppy Disk SATA Cable Back IO Shield User s Guide The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased 1 5 MS 7260 Mainboard H MSI Special Feature Core Center The Core Center is a new utility you can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect view and adjust the PC hardware and system status during real time operation Cool n Quiet This utility provides a CPU temperature detection function called Cool n Quiet Cool n Quiet is a special feature designed only for AMD Athlon64
14. Haathy 63 255 SATA Privat Mac er HN WDT40G0 00FLA2 Heskhy 60 256 SATA Secondary Mas More About Rebuilding Arrays s Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process is very slow it can take up to a day and occurs in the background so as not to affect the performance of the system e Rebuilding Applies Only to RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Arrays Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID O and JBOD arrays e Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34 48 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large e WVIDIA MediaShield x Name Statws Capanty Interface hannel Denca Lu Heathy 24 48 GB WDC Web DOE Heati 344GGR SATA sacordary Master er WDC WOSG05D 00FHA0 Heskhy 344565 SATA Primary Haster Setstrping Heathy 133 50 GB SADC WSA DOP AT Heath 69 2565 SATA Sawanda Masher Se WO WOI4OGD 00FLAS Fein 6207565 SATA Primary Master PR SE E To use one of these available free disks to rebuild your array follow the same steps as explained in Rebuilding a RAID Array on C 22 except when prompted to select a disk choose one of the two available free disks B 24 nVidia RAID Synchronizing a RAID Array Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of redundancy or parity The operation is applica
15. Healthy 68 95 GB ec Maxtor 6Y080M0 Healthy 76 34GB SATA Primary Master er WDC WD36DGD DOFNAD Healthy 34 48 GBE SATA Secondary Master Details Sp y a Important The information in the figures in this part may very from what it is shown in your system B 12 nVidia RAID Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk You can designate a hard drive to be used as a Spare drive for a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array The spare drive can take over for a failed disk NVRAID supports two types of spare drives e Free Disk A free disk is a disk that is not part of any RAID array but can be used by any available RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array that requires a particular disk when one of its disks crashes or becomes unusable The process is automatic and doesn t require any user interaction For example if you have a system with four hard disks where one disk is used to boot the OS two hard drives are set up in a mirrored array and a fourth hard disk is set up as a free disk then if one of the mirrored array drives fails the free disk will be automatically assigned to the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk e Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by an
16. Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping and Mirroring RAID 0 1 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software Check p C 7 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel in nVidia RAID Setup of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS After that press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC will reboot right away Then enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and follow the procedures described below to set up the NVRAID BIOS NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array Entering the RAID BIOS Setup show ee BE fr 1 After rebooting your PC wait until YOU rra reegen see the RAID software prompting you Emm o to press F10 The RAID prompt ap Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity pears as part of the system POST and 3 WE ts add boot process prior to loading the OS 2 Press F10 and the NVIDIA RAID Util ity Define a New Array window will appear The default RAID Mode is set to Mir roring and Striping Block is set to Optimal MS 7260 Mainboard Understanding the Define a New Array Window Use the Define a New Array window to e Select the RAID Mode e Set up the Stripi
17. Parallel Port IRQ TRQ7 gt Onboard Floppy Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field gt COM Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port gt COM Port 2 Mode This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Settings are IrDA IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port gt Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that provides Standard ECP and EPP features lt has the following options Disabled 3BC Line Printer port O 278 Line Printer port 2 378 Line Printer port 1 gt Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP Extended Capability Port Enhanced Parallel Port 3 14 BIOS Setup To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously gt Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to set parallel port IRQ gt nVidia RA
18. WDC WIP Oh TOPLAS Feste 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears e mp MediaShield Capacity 34 48 GB 34 48 GB 34 46 GB 150 50 co 69 25 GE 69 25 GB dreorfaro Charnel Desen SATA SATA SATA E Secondary Master Primary Master Secondary Macher Primary Master Name status e Kies ko rg mze pr er WW en Get y ae WE wate Airey s Ceetee Arrar Comet Aray Syrchones Array Fre er DC WOFEOGD DOFLAL Heakhy St WDE WD SIDD A Healthy Capacity 24 48 GB 3446 G5 34 4660 oP 23 GE 682568 Unterfees Channel Dawe SATA SATA SATA SATA Primary Mester Secondere Mester Primary Mester Secondary Mester 3 From the popup menu click Rebuild Array The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard appears NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Welcome to the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard This wizard vall guide you through assigning a neve disk into an existing RAID array The NWIOIA RAID solution allows you to rebuild a new mirrored data copy while the system is up and running wkhout disrupting user and application access to the data set Rebuilding an array can take up to a day to A complete This operation occurs in the background and vall not impede your work IF you need to shutdown the computer the rebuild will continue where it left off when you restart To continue click Next B 22 nVidia RAID 4 Click Next The Disk Selection page appe
19. Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed B 8 nVidia RAID 7 NVIDIA IDE Drive RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows for Non bootable RAID Array The existing Windows IDE Parallel ATA driver as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled must be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver as well as the NV Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled This section describes how to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Select Features Select the features setup will install NVIDIA Ethemet Driver NVIDIA IDE Driver H 2 Select the modules that you want to install Make sure that the NVIDIA IDE Driver is selected Important You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA RAID If you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver NVIDIA RAID will not be enabled 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly created array MS 7260 Mainboard Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows 1 Launch Computer Manage
20. can launch the Hot Plug Array Wizard which instructs the user as to when a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to add or remove an entire array without degrading the array in the process NVRAIDMAN can be used to hot plug a RAID disk To hot plug a disk simply do the following 1 Launch NVRAIDMAN and click on Hot Plug Array and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard Welcome to the NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard This wizard will guide you through hat plugaing the drives of an existing RAID array To corkinue click Next Sack Geng 2 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard Hard Disk Insertion Please plug in all drives in your RAID array Plug inthe drives which make up your RAID array now hen all the dives in the array are plugged In bt ext to continue Sack Cata B 18 nVidia RAID 3 Connect the RAID disk that you want to use with any given RAID array 4 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard Completing the NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard This is the final step of the NYIDIA Hot Plug Array wizard To detect the nev drives click Finish 5 Click Finish Initializing a RAID Array Initializing a RAID array erases all
21. complete the RAID BIOS setup boot from the Windows CD and the Windows Setup program starts 2 Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to appear Windows Setup Satup could not determina the type of one or more mass storage installed in your system or you E O S Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device 3 lt none gt To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or spacial disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S if you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufaturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Enter The Windows Setup screen appears as below Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCS Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adaptar manufacturar Select the SCH Adaptar you want from the following list or press ESC to resutrn to the previous screen pcre bra BE E Enter Select Please follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Click the Browse CD on the Setup screen 3 Copy all the contents in the nVidia System MCP55 IDE Win XP sataraid
22. the data that is stored on that array and writes all zeros to the disks Initialization of newly configured RAID arrays is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such as RAID 0 and RAID 0 1 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out all the data on that array Initialization of a fault tolerant array can only be done when the array is being created To initialize an array perform the following steps Note In this example a mirror array is initialized 1 From the NVRAIDMAN window right click on any available free disk and select Create Array as show in Figure below a AVIDIA MediaShield Pw et et _ __ _ _ gt gt 3 Mamo Status Capadty Interface Channel Device Free Disk Mo 69 2566 SATA Primary Master A eng ent Cat ADC W I ei labka 69 25GB SATA Secondary Master a MN Wi 44 4066 SATA Primary Member PEC WDIG DPI Healthy 446668 SATA Secondary Mister B 19 MS 7260 Mainboard 2 The Create Array Wizard opens Follow the Wizard to create a Mirror array 3 At the Create Array Wizard Welcome screen click Next 4 At the RAID Array Selection page make sure that RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the following screen shot will appe
23. to a formatted floppy disk 4 The driver disk for nVIDIA RAID controller is done 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers MS 7260 Mainboard Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mss storage device NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows Including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S if you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufaturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Devices ENTER Continue F3 Exit 4 Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under
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25. 1 00eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 8 ATX 12V Power Connector PWR3 DW 2 8 Important Notification about Power Iesue cece eee eee eee 2 9 BK PANO AA An A E E aE 2 10 o a o 2 12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector EDD 2 12 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDEA coccccccccccinicicinonananannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 12 Serial ATA Il Connectors SATA1SSATA4 coooooccccccccnncnnnnnnncnnnnnnonononononononoos 2 13 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 SNDBEANT aiana 2 14 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI oococcccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononononoss 2 14 CD n Connector O Di xestssctscccdsc octet Seed eege 2 14 Front Panel Audio Connector JA 2 15 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR 1 oooooocccnncnnncccccncncnoonnncccnnnnnnnncnonononos 2 15 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 amp JUSB3 ccecce 2 16 Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 ccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 2 17 TI A AA A A AAA AS 2 18 Clear MOS Jumper JBA Td ici 2 18 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Slots 2 19 PCI Interrupt Request Routing cccccccccccccccccnccccccnnncnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnneneneninnns 2 20 Chapter 3 BIOS SEtUD anida oi 3 1 RONG o LUD E 3 2 Ee ugeet D 3 3 CENO HEIs e e 3 3 General HeD aF E 3 3 A CO E PO O A A A 3 4 Standard GMOS o as 3 6 Advanced BIOS EE 3 9 Advanced Chipset Features sicr a a a a a aa 3 11 Integrated Peripherals EE 3 13 Power Management Setup
26. 73 Maintenance Complete InstallShield Wizard has finished performing maintenance operations on Realtek High Definition Audio Driver S elect this option e Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Cancel Click here A 3 MS 7260 Mainboard After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 2 4 6 or 8 channel audio Fa from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect Manager from the Control feature now Click the audio icon Panel H Software Configuration SC al ERR rn KE _h Double click E Control Panel EEN Ele Edit view Favoites Tools Help a Q Back SR Y ya Search E Folders EJ Address Control Panel i A Co G hb Ad E EI 7 B Be Vi Control Panel d TS Kr di LY k Accessibility Add Hardware Add or Administratve MEE Date and Time Display Folder Options Fonts Game G Switch to Category View Options Remov Tools Sound Effect Controllers See Also LI Y Intel R GMA Internet Keyboard Driver ji Windows Update Options Help and Support A BW g Y Scheduled Sounds and Speect Tasks Audio Devices A 4 D Mouse 43 System Manager D P amp B amp amp Network Phone a
27. Advanced Controls T Enable playback multi streaming OK orice A 10 Realtek ALC883 Audio 4 Recording control ee Realtek HD Audio input R SO d CD Volume Line Volume Mic Volume Stereo Mis Recording device Back Line in Mic Front Lin in Realtek HD Audio Input Tool Mute Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming Mixer ToolBox show the following volume controls E Enable recording mult streaming OR Cante Important ALC883 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record A 11 MS 7260 Mainboard Audio I O In this tab you can easily configure your multi channel audio function and speakers You can choose a desired multi channel operation here a Headphone for the common headphone 2CH Speaker for Stereo Speaker Output 4CH Speaker for 4 Speaker Output 6CH Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output OOO o ANALOG Back Panel Di e S o Front Panel ka Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Pleas
28. Audio Driver Version DirectX Version Audio Controller amp Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Information e Z ntormation Audio Driver Version 510 00 5202 Directs Version Directx 9 Dc Audio Controller HD Audio Audio Codec Berck Language Auto Show icon in system tray Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon ch will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of al Sound Manager v i MultiMedia gt Windows Media Player H Sound Recorder d Volume Control A 17 MS 7260 Mainboard H Hardware Setup Connecting 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 n 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 Back Panel 1 4 2 Far 5 3 6 Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear surround channels but no functioning in this mode Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode Line Out Side surround channels but no functioning in this mode e
29. B SDC D7 40GD IMFLAZ Healthy 69 25GB SATA Primary Maste er W WDT OD DOP AC Heakhy 66 2565 SATA Secondary Maze Free Disk S e DC WIES DOEN Heathy 34 4868 SATA Primary Mase WDC WDZ OD DOP Heskhy ZAp CR SATA Secondary Maske The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time As soon as the Initialization process starts a popup window similar to the following will appear iJ Initialization Started NVIDIA MIRROR 69 246 followed by the following pop up window 4 Initialization In Progress Ea MYIDIA MIRROR 69 240 B 21 MS 7260 Mainboard Rebuilding a RAID Array Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array This applies only to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 For example assuming you have a two disk RAID 1 array and one of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility The picture below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array and two free disks EK F e Yl VIDTA MediaShield Mame Status a Mirroring Healthy WDC WD END DOAMAD Healthy er WC DGI 20 Hess Se String Hoalthy See WDC WOREOGD D0FL2 Healthy er
30. B Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz gt CPU Dynamic OverClocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is the automatic overclocking function included in the MSI s newly developed CoreCell Technology It is designed to detect the load balance of CPU while running programs and to adjust the best CPU frequency automatically When the motherboard detects CPU is running programs it will speed up CPU automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster When the CPU is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC need to run huge amount of data like 3D games or the video process and the CPU frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance Settings are 3 24 BIOS Setup Disabled Disable Dynamic Overclocking Private 1st level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 1 Sergeant 2nd level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 3 Captain 3rd level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 5 Colonel 4th level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 7 General 5th level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 10 Commander 6th level of overclocking increasing the frequency by 15 le Important Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclo
31. EEO e USBO GND Key no pin USB 2 0 Bracket Connected to USB connector Optional Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage 2 16 Hardware Setup Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Power JFP1 101 olg Reset Switch Switch Powe LED 2 1 LED JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 HD LED FP PWR SLP HD_LED FP PWR SLP RST_SW PWR_SW RST_SW PWR SW RSVD_DNU Hard disk LED pull up MSG LED pull up Hard disk active LED MSG LED pull up Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND Power Switch high reference pull up Reset Switch high reference pull up Power Switch low reference pull down to GND Reserved Do not use JFP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Ground Speaker SuspendLED Buzzer PowerLED Buzzer Noconnection Speaker 2 17 MS 7260 Mainboard g Jumper The motherboard provides the following jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of jumper Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from external battery to k
32. ID Setup Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc nVidia RAID Setup RAID Setup Help Item nVidia RAID Function Enabled SATA O Primary Channel Disabled SATA O Secondary Channel Disabled Disabled SATA 1 Primary Channel Disabled Enabled SATA 1 Secondary Channel Disabled gt nVidia RAID Function This item is used to enable disable the nVidia RAID function gt SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel These itemsallow users to enable or disable the RAID function for each SATA hard disk drive 3 15 MS 7260 Mainboard 8 Power Management Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Standby State S1 P05 1 Power Button Function On Off Options Restore on AC Power Loss DEF Wakeup Event Setup Press Enter Disabled Enabled Tle Move Enter Select Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults Important S3 related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode gt ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface Function If your operating system is ACPl aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME select Enabled gt ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving mod
33. IDMAN which helps you perform the following tasks of nVDIA RAID e Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration mirrored striped mirror striped JBOD or any sup ported combination e Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk e View free and or dedicated free disks e Designate a free disk to a particular array e Creating RAID Arrays e Deleting a RAID Array e Morphing From One RAID Array to Another e Hot Plug Array e Initializing a RAID Array e Erase the data on the array by writing all zeros to the sectors of each hard disk e Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array e Rebuild a broken mirrored array e Watch the progress of rebuilding an array e Only applies to RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 arrays e Synchronizing a RAID Array e Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 arrays copy the data to the redundant disk the same operation as rebuilding Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management utility by double clicking NvRaidMan exe the default location of NvRaidMan exe is in nVidia System MCP55 IDE W in2k raidtool of the setup CD accompanied with your mainboard The RAID configuration information appears in the right side pane as shown below EA NVIDIA MediaShield Saa Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device Mirroring Healthy 74 53 GB e HD5724040KL 5480 Healthy 372 61GB SATA Primary Master er ol S8UUZSAS Healthy 4 53GB 5414 secondary Master Sa Striping
34. M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting 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 Important IDE Primary Master Slave Serial ATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE SATA connector on the mainboard gt Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed 3 7 MS 7260 Mainboard gt Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are No Errors All But Keyboard gt System Information Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears 3 8 The system doesn t stop for any detected error The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc system Information Usage Memory 512MB BIOS Version UI Oo CPU Information AMD Athlon tm 64 42 Dual Core Processor 2500 CPU ID OFSih Cache Li 64KB Cache L2 1024KB gt Usage Memory BIOS Version These items show the CPU information BIOS version and memory status of your system read only Help Item BIOS Setup 8 Advanced BIOS Feature
35. N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 041506 refers to the date this BIOS was released 3 2 BIOS Setup Control Keys lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu Save all the CMOS changes and exit Getting Help After entering the Setup menu the first menu you will see is the Main Menu Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to You can use the arrow keys TJ to select the item The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol as shown in the right view appears to the left of certain fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys TV to high light the field and press lt Enter gt to call up the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the lt Esc gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave SATA O Primary Channel SATA H Secondary Channel General Help lt F1 gt The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing lt F1 gt The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use
36. PTION PORT 1L GND PORT 1R PRESENCE PORT 2R SENSE1_RETIRN SENSE_SEND KEY PORT 2L SENSE2_RETIRN Analog Port 1 Left channel Ground Analog Port 1 Right channel Active low signal signals BIOS that a High Definition Audio dongle is connected to the analog header PRESENCE 0 when a High Definition Audio dongle is connected Analog Port 2 Right channel Jack detection return from front panel JACK1 Jack detection sense line from the High Definition Audio CODEC jack detection resistor network ConnectorKey Analog Port 2 Left channel Jack detection return from front panel JACK2 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 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 2 1 BEE 5 Pin Definition JIR1 2 15 MS 7260 Mainboard Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 amp JUSB3 The mainboard provides USB 2 0 pinheaders optional USB 2 0 bracket available that are compliant with Intel I O Connectivity Design Guide USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL JUSB1 2 3 Wee E
37. Setup Chapter 3 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 requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for cus tomized features MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL 3 1 MS 7260 Mainboard 7 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press lt DEL gt key to enter Setup Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to 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 lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys 1 The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the descrip tion may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 Upon boot up the 1st line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS version It is usually in the format A7260NMS V1 0 041506 where 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI W AWARD and P PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as Intel
38. and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen 3 3 MS 7260 Mainboard The Main Menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Features HZU Monitor b Advanced BIOS Feature Cell Hem Advanced Chipset Featur Load Uptimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals BIUS Setting Password b Power Management Setup gt PMP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Tles Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults Set Time Date Hard Disk Tupe 402 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc gt Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc gt Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AMI special enhanced features gt Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance gt Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals gt Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management gt PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI gt H W Monitor This entry shows your PC health status gt Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control and overclocking 3 4 BIOS Setup gt Loa
39. ansmission 2 13 MS 7260 Mainboard Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 amp NBFAN1 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with 12V When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control GND GND GND 12V 12V 12V SENSOR SENSOR NC CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 NBFAN1 Important 1 Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector connects to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning mes sage on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record 2 Be 1 CINTRU JCI1 CD In Connector JCD1 This connector is provided for CD ROM audio JCD1 R GND L Hardware Setup Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 The JAUD1 front panel audio connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide CIE EIg vaun JAUD1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRI
40. ar NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Clearing System Data Clear system data from dsks to pregare for use in aray Expert Only You may choose to keep the system data by unchecking the Clear System Data check box below Note that this may net preserve the data in any usable form and may cause system instabilty and other undesirable ef facts 4 Clear System Data Initialize Array lt Back Next gt Cancel 7 Check Intialize Array and then click Next The Initialization Warning dialog appears NVIDIA Raid Wizard A All data stored on this array wilbecras d IF you do mot wish te initialize the amway ot this time dick Cancel 8 Click OK The Clearing System Data screen appears again with the Initialize Array check box checked as shown below NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Clearing System Data Clear system data from disks to prepare far use in aray Expert Only Vou may choose to keep the system data by unchecking the Clear System Data check box below Note that this may net preserve the data in any usable form and may cause system instabilty and other undesirable effects e clear System Data Initialze Array lt Back I Mert gt Cancel B 20 nVidia RAID 9 Click Next then click Finish at the Completing the NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen The NVRAIDMAN windows shows the created RAID array as shown below MediaShield x Name status Copaoty Irtefacs Charms Devi Tritializing 00 69 25 G
41. ard USB 1 1 2 0 controller gt USB Device Legacy Support Select Enabled if you need to use a USB interfaced device in the operating system P Onboard LAN Controller These items are used to enable disable the onboard LAN controller gt Onboard Audio Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard audio controller gt On Chip ATA Devices Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc On Chip ATA Devices PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled Help Item Un Chip IDE Controller Enabled serial AT Devices Deucie 0 1 ENABLED BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives gt PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives 3 13 MS 7260 Mainboard gt On Chip IDE Controller This item allows you to enable disable IDE Controller gt Serial ATA Devices These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller gt 1 0 Devices Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc 1 0 Devices OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Help Item COM Port 1 3F8 T1R041 COM Port 2 2F8 TRQ31 Allows BIOS to Enable COM Port 2 Mode IrDA or Disable Floppy Parallel Port 378 Control ler Parallel Port Mode Norma 1
42. ars Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard You have sucoessluly completed the oipkze and Convert Dek Weald You selected the iniwang sebngs Inia Disk 1 Conve Rone To chos Ihi ward chek Fineh R lt Block sl Frith Cancel 6 Click Finish The Computer Management window appears Iert Mann garrert Sri Aton Ven Wd Hop l lx om 2 baw EEN Vekene Leet Type Pie System Satus Capacty Free Space Free Fouk Tolerance iG Fren Tools Bin Parton Base FAT Hesktiy 20068 ERB 21 M Siew Paton Baste FAT Heli 20068 Loree en Mo Fin Parton Basic Leck 18568 Lee 10 No el SIN S005 Ek Patton Basic FAT Heski System 19768 32 ME 1 Ho y Storage D Renovells Storage Disk Delragme rt or lt gt Disk hi arara Serv ces and A poses Hones d hik East 20 65 GB online hick 1 Dect 111530 CS Online 4 y E Unstcsted Y Pira par oa Y Estendeo parton Y Logical divs The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use MS 7260 Mainboard H NVRAID Management Utility There is an application called NVRA
43. ars NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Disk Selection selecta disk from within the RAID erray Solsct a merrber disk From the list Name Channel Bewice nc WDSSOGDO0FNZO Primary Master ea voc MWDS506D O0FNAO Secondary Master 5 Select the drive that you want to rebuild by clicking it from the list then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Yow have successfully completed the NYIDIA Rebuild array You have chosen te rebuld the Following disk WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 Inthe Following RAID array MIDA MIRROR 34 476 To close this weard end begin rsbuiding the disk click Finish 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the figure below 4 Rebuild In Progress NVIDIA MIRROR 34 470 When the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure below i Rebuild Finished AVIDIA MIRROR 54 46 B 23 MS 7260 Mainboard During the rebuilding process the NVRAID Management utility screen shows the status under the System Tasks and Details sections MediaShield x Mame status Capacey Intsrfaes Channel Den Mirroring Rebuilding 1 34 488 SOC WDIGOGD I0FNAD Heath 3 4863 SATA Prima Mas So WT WDIGIGD DCRVAD Hes thy dG SATA Secondary Max Proc Disk ert WD70GD D0F_AZ
44. ble to any fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 and RAUD 0 1 e For RAID1 and RAID 0 1 sync results in copying the data to the redundancy disk To sync an array do the following This example assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below EA nva MediaShield x let H Sats Capacty Interfaos Chanel Desce Hasthy 69 2608 Het Pig array Rebuild Arts ces 69 252 SATA Prima Master 3 2550 SATA Secardary Hazer SIb SATA Primary Master in SATA Secondary Master Welcome to the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard This wizard will guide you through the synchronization of e RAID array To cortinus click Next 3 Click on Next and then click Finish at the Wizard Completion screen The NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is synchronizing as shown in Figure below Le e e S RVIDTA MediaShield R System tasks Mame Status Capacity interface Channel C Synchrenzing 0 62 25 GB SHES WOMOGD I0FLA Healthy 65 2565 SATA Primary H ei WC AND AOGD DORAZ Hoakhy 65 2565 SATA Jocondary M Free Disk er WOC WOT6OGD DORYAD Healthy 34 46 G5 SATA Primary ke er WOC WDIEOGD DORYSO Tell 34 46 GO SATA Secondary I As you can see from the screen shot above the synchronization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time B 25 Appendix C nVidia Sys
45. bus system and PnP Plug Play feature PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc PMP PCI Configurations Primary Graphics Adapter PCI PCI Latency Timer 64 SE PCI Sloti IRQ Auto Options PCI Slot2 IRQ Auto PCI Slot3 IRQ Auto PCI gt IRQ Resource Setup Press Enter PCIE DMA Resource Setup Press Enter Tle gt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults gt Primary Graphics Adapter This setting specifies which graphics card is your primary graphics adapter Settings are PCIE The system initializes the PCI Express graphics card that installed in PCIE x 16 slot first PCI The system initializes the PCI graphics card that installed in PCI slot first gt 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 set the item to higher values gt PCI Slot 1 2 3 IRQ These items
46. ci ed Elettronici Direttiva 2002 96 EC in yigore dal 13 Agosto 2005 prodotti appartenenti alla categoria dei Materiali Elettrici ed Elettronici non possono pi essere eliminati come rifiuti municipali i produttori di detti materiali saranno obbligati a ritirare ogni prodotto alla fine del suo ciclo di vita MSI si adeguera a tale Direttiva ritirando tutti i prodotti marchiati MSI che sono stati venduti all interno dell Unione Europea alla fine del loro ciclo di vita possibile portare i prodotti nel pi vicino punto di raccolta vii CONTENTS GOpyright erte i Mrs EE i REVISION Ee EE ii Ee ue Cal e OM EE i Salely INSTITUCION sonas ii FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ooocccocccccccccccccccccnnananananononcnnnnnncnnnnns iv WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeees V Chapter Getting Started cuca aa 1 1 VE Wale leie Wee e le E 1 2 Mainboard Layout A A AA AAA 1 4 Packing Checklist iii iii 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Sell unica 2 1 Quick Components QUO ciencias 2 2 CPU Central Processing UNID 200 an 2 3 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 oooccooccccccccccccnnnnccccnnanananonos 2 4 Installing AMD Socket AM2 CPU Cooler Set coooococococicicocicinocccccccccnnonnnnnnnnno 2 5 d ele EE 2 6 Dual Channel Memory Population Rules cccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 2 6 Installing DORA MOS inci AAA 2 7 ee e EE 2 8 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector PWR
47. cking basically it is still risky We suggest user to make sure that your CPU can afford to overclocking regularly first If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally it s better to disable the Dynamic Overclocking or to lower the level of overclocking options By the way if you need to conduct overclocking manually you also need to disable the Dynamic OverClocking first gt Adjust DDR Voltage 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 Important The settings shown in different color in DDR Voltage help to verify if your setting is proper for your system Gray Default setting Yellow High performance setting Red Not recommended setting and the system may be unstable Changing DDR Voltage may result in the instability of the system therefore it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long term usage 3 25 MS 7260 Mainboard H Load Optimized Defaults The option on the main menu allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Load Optinized Defaults 0K Cancel Pressing Y loads the default factory
48. d permanently for future use Enable Disable To disable you can tem porarily stop the sound effect without losing the settings Delete 18H THR la Reset 10 bands of equalizer would go back to the de fault setting Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Realtek ALC883 Audio Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have By leveraging our long experience at audio field Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equal izer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment How to Use It Other than the buttons Pop Live Club amp Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song would be eliminated while the background music is still in place and you can be that singer 2 Key Adjustment Using Up Down Arrow to find a key which better fits your vocal range Karaoke Raise the key Remove the human vo
49. d Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard gt BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS gt Save amp Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup gt Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup 3 5 MS 7260 Mainboard H Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Date MM DD YY Time HH MM S55 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave SATA Primary Channel SATA O Secondary Channel SATA 1 Primary Channel SATA 1 Secondary Channel Floppy Drive A Halt on System Information Standard CMOS Features Wed 01 23 2002 22 01 41 A edi e 1 44 MB 32 No Errors Press Enter Help Item Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to configure systen Date Tle gt Move Enter Select gt Date MM DD Y Y Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt day Day
50. dvanced Chipset Features BIOS Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Help Item Memory Configuration gt Hyper Transport Configuration Advanced Chipset Features Tle gt Move Enter Select gt Memory Configuration Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Menclock Mode MCT Timing Mode Memory Hole gt Memclock Mode Memory Configuration Help Item Select the DRAM Frequency programming method If Auto the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs If Limit the DRAM spe will not exceed the specified value If Manual the the DRAM s specified will be programmed regardless of SPD Select the DRAM frequency programming method If set to Auto the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs If set to Limit the DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value If set to Manual the DRAM speed specified will be pro grammed regardless of SPD gt MCT Timing Mode This field has the capacity to automatically detect all of the DRAM timing If you set this field to Manual the following fields will be selectable MS 7260 Mainboard gt Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA peripherals This memory must be mapped into t
51. e select the device you have plugged in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not correct Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack Realtek ALC883 Audio Connector Settings Click at to access connector settings Connector Settings Connector Settings E Disable front panel jack detection H Mute rear panel outout when front headphone plugged in lr Enable auto popup dialog when device has been plugged in Ok Cancel Disable front panel jack detection option Find no function on front panel jacks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would not automatically pop up when device plugged in A 13 MS 7260 Mainboard Test Speakers You can select the speaker by clicking it to test its functionality The one you select will light up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Cent
52. eep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data JBAT1 Keep Data Clear Data 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 18 Hardware Setup E Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Slots PCI Express architecture provides a high performance l O infrastructure for Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2 5 Giga transfers per second over a PCI Express x1 lane for Gigabit Ethernet TV Tuners 1394 controllers and general pur pose I O Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB s Ka Ka OO000000 oA DUR IHHRIIIIR HUDD IRDD i A PCI Express x16 Slot qo00000000000000000000000000 oa
53. er Front Left Front Right Side Right Side Left Subwoofer Rear Left Rear Right Realtek ALC883 Audio Microphone In this tab you may set the function of the microphone Select the Noise Suppres sion to remove the possible noise during recording or select Acoustic Echo Cancelltion to cancel the acoustic echo druing recording Acoustic Echo Cancelltion prevents playback sound from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With AEC Acoustic Echo Cancellation enabled at your side your friend can enjoy the benefit with less echo Noise Suppression Acoustic Echo Cancellation MS 7260 Mainboard 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like A 16 Buzzing Bee Moving Path 2 Horizontal Manual Wertical Environment 2 lt None gt Bathroom Stone Corridor Information Realtek ALC883 Audio In this tab it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility including
54. es for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE ME 2000 you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Settings 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 main tains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation 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 sys tem when a wake up event occurs Auto BIOS Setup gt 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 gt Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Settings are Off Always leaves the computer in the power off state On Always leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred gt Wakeup Event Setup Press lt Enter gt and the following sub
55. es for further guidance Q Visit the MSI website for FAQ technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com tw program service faq faq esc_faq_list php Contact our technical staff at http support msi com tw 11 Safety Instructions te ef E 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 Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel U The power cord or plug is damaged U Liquid has penetrated into the equipment U The equipment has been exposed to moisture U The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual U The equipment has dropped and damaged U The equipment has
56. g DDRII Modules 1 The memory module has only one notch on the center and 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 Ae Important 249 Ka 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 LL 000 0000000000000 00000000000 00000000000 00Q 0000 OOOO Volt Notch DDRII modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDRII standard is not backwards compatible You should always install DDRII memory mod ules in the DDRII DIMMs and DDR memory modules in the DDR DIMMs In dual channel mode make sure that you install memory modules of the same type and density in differentchannel DDR DIMMs To enable successful system boot up always insert the memory modules into the DIMM1 first 2 1 MS 7260 Mainboard p Power Supply ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATX2 This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 24 pin 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 You may use the 20 pin
57. ght side PC hardware status during real time operation In the right sub menu here you can configure the PC hardware status such as CPU amp system temperatures and fan speeds You may use the scroll bars to adjust each item then click OK to apply the changes The values you set for the temperatures are the maximum thresholds for the system warnings and the values for fan speeds are the minimum thresholds Center side Cool n Quiet User mode Here you may adjust the CPU fan speed If you choose User mode you may adjust the CPU fan speed in 8 different modes from High Speed to Low speed If you choose Cool n Quiet the system will automatically configure an optimal setting for you ES To ensure that Cool n Quiet function Power Schemes Advanced Hibemate UPS Is activated and will be WO rking h Select the power scheme with the mast appropriate settings for ie f 4 this computer Note that changing the settings below will modity properly it is required to double con the selected scheme firm that Power schemes 1 Run BIOS Setup and select H W Home Office Desk z otable Laptop Monitor Under H W Monitor Presentation find Cool n Quiet and set this item to Enable um ZE After T5 mins 7 Turn off hard disks Never 2 Enter Windows and select Start gt Settings gt Control E Pannel gt Power Options Enter ee ystem hibernates Never Power Options Prope
58. he memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Settings Disabled 15MB 16MB gt Hyper Transport Configuration Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears 3 12 CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Hyper Transport Configuration 95 to CPU Freg futo Disabled Help Item SB to CPU Frequency 800 MHz 5B to CPU LinkWidth 16 1 16 1 MCPS5 50 to AY frequency selection by CPU capability gt SB to CPU Freq Auto Enabled Auto Detect HT frequency Disabled Manual to setting HT frequency gt SB to CPU Frequency When the SB to CPU Freq Auto set to Disabled the item will appear This item allows you to select the frequency from South Bridge to CPU gt SB to CPU LinkWidth This item allows you to select the HT width from SB to CPU BIOS Setup 7 Integrated Peripherals CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Device Legacy Support Auto Onboard LAN Control ler Auto Onboard Audio Controller Enabled Enabled On Chip ATA Devices Press Enter Disabled IZO Devices Press Enter nVidia RAID Setup Press Enter Tle gt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults gt USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable disable the onbo
59. he nTune Utility icon to install it NVIDIA nTune Utility provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance C 5
60. ice Y 0 Lower the key MS 7260 Mainboard Mixer In the Mixer part you may adjust the volumes of the rear and front panels individually 1 Adjust Volume You can adjust the volume of the speakers that you pluged in front or rear panel by select the Realtek HD Audio rear output or Realtek HD Audio front output items Realtek HD Audio output SW Synth E i i E i _ En ck Realtek HD Audio input Line Volume Mic Volume Stereo Mix Before set up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear or front panel The Realtek HD Audio front output tem will appear after you pluging the speakers into the jacks on the front panel 2 Multi Stream Function ALC883 supports an outstanding feature called Multi Stream which means you may play different audio sources simultaneously and let them output respectively from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important If you use AC97 front panel the device have to be plugged into the jacks on the panel before enable the multi stream function A 8 Realtek ALC883 Audio Mixer ToolBox show the following volume controls v Cd v E gd Advanced Controls Enable playback multrstreami
61. ido por el ayuntamiento de su localidad o entregar a una empresa autorizada para la recogida de estos residuos NEDERLANDS Om het milieu te beschermen wil MSI u eraan herinneren dat De richtlijn van de Europese Unie EU met betrekking tot Vervuiling van Electrische en Electronische producten 2002 96 EC die op 13 Augustus 2005 in zal gaan kunnen niet meer beschouwd worden als vervuiling Fabrikanten van dit soort producten worden verplicht om producten retour te nemen aan het eind van hun levenscyclus MSI zal overeenkomstig de richtlijn handelen voor de producten die de merknaam MSI dragen en verkocht zijn in de EU Deze goederen kunnen geretourneerd worden op lokale inzamelingspunten SRPSKI Da bi za titili prirodnu sredinu i kao preduze e koje vodi ra una o okolini i prirodnoj sredini MSI mora da vas podesti da Po Direktivi Evropske unije EU o odba enoj ekektronskoj i elektri noj opremi Direktiva 2002 96 EC koja stupa na snagu od 13 Avgusta 2005 proizvodi koji spadaju pod elektronsku i elektri nu opremu ne mogu vi e biti odba eni kao obi an otpad i proizvo a i ove opreme bi e prinu eni da uzmu natrag ove proizvode na kraju njihovog uobi ajenog veka trajanja MSI e po tovati zahtev o preuzimanju ovakvih proizvoda kojima je istekao vek trajanja koji imaju MSI oznaku i koji su prodati u EU Ove proizvode mo ete vratiti na lokalnim mestima za prikupljanje POLSKI Aby chroni nasze rodowisko nat
62. ility e B 12 Viewing RAID Array Configurations oooocccccoccccccccnncccccnnnnnnnnanononcnnnnncnnnnnas B 12 setting Up a Spare RAID DISK ii ARA B 13 Morphing From One RAID Array to Another cccccccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess B 17 IGE PIUG RE B 18 intaltizing a RAID EE B 19 Rebullding a E RE EE B 22 Synchronizing a RAID ATV E B 25 Appendix C nVidia System Driver c aaa C 1 nVidia System Driver Installation 000 0ceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees C 2 NVIDIA SYSTEM DIVET AAA AAA C 2 Midia TITY Instalan ios C 5 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for choosing the K9N Neo Series MS 7260 v1 X ATX mainboard The K9N Neo Series mainboards are based on nVIDIA nForce 550 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD Athlon 64 X2 amp Sempron processor the K9N Neo Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7260 Mainboard p Mainboard Specifications Processor Support AMD Athlon 64 X2 amp Sempron in the socket AM2 package For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php upported FSB HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz 2000MT s Chipset NVIDIA nForce 550 chipset Memory Support DDRII 667 800 SDRAM 4GB Max 4 DDRII DIMMs 240 pin Fo
63. ks Loc Disk Model Las Disk Model Capacity Clear disk data 7 Y YES N NO ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate y 4 Select ENTER Popup 2 Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array otherwise press N You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as RAID drives The Array List window appears where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up MediaShield Utility Dec 92005 Array List Boot Id Status Vende Array Model Name Ctrl X Exit y 4 Select ENTER Detail 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears Array 1 NVIDIA MIRROR 74 58G Array Detall RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Capacity ST380023AS 74 58GB T380023AS 74 58GB D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS the next step is to configure and load NVRAID drivers under Windows as explained in Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows on C 9 B 6 nVidia RAID Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAID Array 1 After you
64. l lal el bE Realtek ALC883 Audio n 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output Back Panel Description Connect two speakers to back panel s front channel Line Out connector and two speakers to the real channel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output gt e Al ee elt Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear surround channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode Line Out Side surround channels but no functioning in this mode MS 7260 Mainboard n 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output 6 Channel Analog Audio Output BAA NE A 20 Back Panel Description Connect two speakers to back panel s Line Out connector two speakers to the rear channel Line out connector and two speakers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connector Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear surround channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Line Out Side surround channels but no functioning in this mode n 8 Channel Mode for 8 Speaker Output Realtek ALC883 Audio 8 Channel Analog Audio Output el fe le ro E Side Surround Out Side channels Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear surround channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Line Out Side channels Description Connect two speakers to back panel s Line Out connector two speakers to the rear channel Line out connector two speak
65. lick on the ST380011A drive and select Remove Disk as shown in the screen shot below Ga WVIDIA MediaShield Sean Capacity Interface Charmel Device Healthy 34 48 GB D Heal 74 53 GB secondary Hat Plug Arrey 39 48 GB Primary Designate Spare 7 45 CB Secondary CHE Ota 65 25 GB Delete Arras Convert Array 69 25 GB Primary Syncronize Array 69 25 GB Secondary STO LL 74 53 G5 B 16 nVidia RAID Morphing From One RAID Array to Another In a traditional RAID environment when a user wants to change the current state of a disk or a current array to a new RAID configuration the process of reconfiguring the new array involves multiple steps The user must back up the data delete the array re boot the PC and then reconfigure the new array NVIDIA RAID allows the end user to change the current state of the disk or array to another with a one step process called Morphing This section describes the NVIDIA Morphing process and explains how to use Morphing to convert from one RAID array type to another General Morphing Principles NVIDIA RAID includes extensive support for morphing a process of converting from one RAID mode to another RAID mode General Requirements and Limitations e The new array capacity must be equal to or greater than the previous array For example it is possible to morph from a RAID 1 array to a RAID 0 array as long as the RAID 0 array is the same size as or larger tha
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67. ment by clicking Start gt Settings gt Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears Inbielre and Convent Disk Wizard Welcome to the Initialize and Conwert Disk Wizard Ths vazaid helps you ho neos nav dicks and lo comment emply sc deks to cane disks Yer canes nario dake bo cese roliwsebered AAD ehm Chat oon be minored al hey con be alped o penned acios me diks Toucan ako eet te dok ard spanned wolune vihat haing to re stert the compuler ii you Saaft a dih ho queer you ss cy use ndo 2000 aed bier vese of Wen ary woke of thei dik To corras chek Het 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Select Disks bo dnitalize fou mus r idze a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it Selec ons ar more disks lo ries Imbielize and Convori fick Wizard Select Ditka to Conres The disks you select wi be correr ed ta dynamic daks Sdect ons a more disks lo convert gt A e lt Bock Meri Tencel B 10 nVidia RAID 5 Check the disk in the list if you want to make the array a dynamic disk then click Next The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appe
68. menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Wakeup Event Setup Resume by PS 2 Keyboard Disabled Help Item Press Enter Reyboard Password Resume TA Mouse Disabled Resume by HAC LAN Disabled Resume by PCI Device PME Disabled Disabled Resume by PCIE Device Disabled Specific Key Resume by RIC Alarm Disabled Any Key gt Resume by PS 2 Keyboard This controls how the PS 2 keyboard is able to power on the system If you choose Specific Key the power button on the case will not function anymore and you must type the password to power on the system gt Resume by PS 2 Mouse This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power saving modes when input signal of the PS 2 mouse is detected gt Resume by MAC LAN An input signal on modem awakens the system from a soft off state gt Resume by PCI Device PME When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PME Power Management Event gt Resume by PCIE Device When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PCIE device 3 17 MS 7260 Mainboard gt Resume by RTC Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date BIOS Setup 8 PNP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI
69. n the RAID 1 array e You can t morph To or from a JBOD Spanning array From RAID 1 to RAID 1 From RAID 0 1 to RAID 1 Specific Morphing Requirements The following table lists the disk requirements for a new RAID array for various morphing combinations From To New Array Disk Requirements New Array Disk Requirements Array Disk Requirements RAID 0 ge Number of disks in the new array must be greater than the original array m 2 n 1 RAID 0 maor A RAID 1 array must include two disks converted from a one disk RAID 0 array m gt 2xn Number of RAID 0 1 disks must be equal to or greater than twice the ae a of RAID 0 disks RADO 0 No additional restrictions RADI Not a valid combination RAID 0 1 No additional restrictions m gt n 2 where m must be an even number of disks Pawon Pawon The new array must include at least two more disks than the original array and can include any even number of disks beyond that Not a valid combination pap pap m gt 2 x n 1 where m is an even number of disks m gt n2 RAID 0 Number of RAID 0 disks must be equal to or greater than half the number of RAID 0 1 disks RAID 0 1 RADA Not a valid combination MS 7260 Mainboard Hot Plug Array With respect to RAID hot plugging is the ability to add a disk to a system safely and without causing problems for the RAID software For example when a drive in a mirrored array fails the user
70. n figure 2 amp figure 3 before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure O Figure 1 Unplug the AC power cable Figure 2 Unplug the ATX2 power conn Figure 3 Unplug the JPW1 power conn 2 9 MS 7260 Mainboard g Back Panel L In RS Out Parallel Port Mouse LAN LAN O O como e AAA T O el amp d eave O Keyboard Serial Port USB Ports L Out CS Out Mic SS Out ii gt Mouse Keyboard Connector The standard PS 2 mouse keyboard DIN connector is for a PS 2 mouse keyboard gt Parallel Port Connector A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode gt Serial Port Connector The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector gt LAN RJ 45 Jack The standard RJ 45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network LAN You tityindicator Tat EH can connect a network cable to it Left LED reet Right LED LED State condition or LANlimisnotestablished sSsisd LAN link is not established Yellow On steadystate On steadystate state LAN linkis established On On brighter amp pulsing
71. nd Power Options Printers and Regioraland Scanners and Connectiors Medem Faxes Language Cameras a e Taskbar and User Accounts Start Menu Realtek ALC883 Audio Sound Effect Here you can select a sound effect you like from the Environment list Environment lt None gt ee A EI Equalizer Pop Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings Stone Corridor Bathroom Sewer pipe Arena and Audio Corridor for quick enjoyment You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting button to remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equalizer models for you to choose by clicking Others under the Equalizer part MS 7260 Mainboard Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz 200 400 600 1H 3F BR Save The settings are save
72. ng 1 Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below By A VIDIA MediaShield EE B 14 Stetus Capacity Interface Chamel Device Healthy 734 45 GB Name Sat Mirroring a Hat Plug Array ABEB SATA Primary Mester eg WIT WISS Rebuild Array BB SATA Secondary Mester ege Creare Arrays S Delate Array Zeg WEN ECH Convert Ota SGB SATA Primary Mester SCH SATA Secordary Master Ge Raeren Synchronize Array Frer Disk J STD LA i STSL A Healthy 74 53 GB maer Healthy 74 53 GB Secormaar y Secondary Save NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard EA Welcome to the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard This wizard wall guide you through the configuration and assionment of an array spare sk RAID 1 techniques alow you to designate spare disks to configured into an array in the event of a disk failure To continue dick Next Next gt nVidia RAID 3 Click Next The RAID Array Selection page appears NVIDIA Spare Dick Allocation Wizard Free Disk Selection Select an unused disk to allocate as a spare disk Select an unused disk from the Ist Name Channel Device e 5719000114 Secondary Master 22573800114 Secondary Slave a Designating a free disk as a spare disk removes it from the free disk pool The J contents of the spare disk will be erased and replaced with content From the RAID array inthe event of a disk failure 4 From the Free Disk Selecti
73. ng Ok Cancel When you are playing the first audio source for example use Windows Media Player to play DVD VCD the output will be played from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel Realtek HD Audio input Mic Volume Stereo Mix MS 7260 Mainboard 3 Playback control Realtek HD Audio output 8 E Playback device This function is to let you freely decide which ports to output the sound And this is essential when multi streamingplayback enabled Realtek HD Audio Output Realtek HD Audio 2nd Output Tool Mute Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back panel in play At any given period you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously Mixer ToolBox Show the following wolume controls H
74. ng Block e Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on the platform used the system can have one or more channels In a typical system there is usually one controller and multiple channels and each chan nel has a slave and a master The channel controller master slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc location columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists 1 0 M A L M Master Channel Controller In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 2 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Serial ATA 1 0 M Controller 1 Channel 0 Master SATA1 1 1 M Controller 1 Channel 1 Master SATA2 2 0 M Controller 2 Channel 0 Master SATA3 2 1 M Controller 2 Channel 1 Master SATA4 Important There is no such thing as Slave drive in Serial ATA All drives are considered to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and the controller nVidia RAID Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted e Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning or Stripe Mirroring e Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Bl
75. nus the tolerance value the fan will slow down to keep the temperature stable 3 22 BIOS Setup gt PC Health Status Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc PC Health Status A E bs DEA Help Item 46 C 114 F system FAN Speed O RPM CPU FAN Speed 2191 RPM CPU Ucore 1 432 U 12 0U 12 144 U zb OU Sr 3 3U 3 344 SUSE 3 344 gt System CPU Temperature CPUFAN System FAN Speed CPU Vcore 12 0V 3 3V 5 0V 3VSB These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltage temperatures and all fans speeds 3 23 MS 7260 Mainboard H Cell Menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Current CPU Clock Current Memory Speed Adjust CPU FSB Frequency CPU Dynamic Overclocking Adjust DDR Voltage U Cell_Menu 2428MHz 533 MHz 200 0 Disabled 1 80 Help Item Options 200 0 200 5 200 9 201 5 202 0 202 5 203 0 203 5 204 0 204 5 205 0 205 5 206 0 206 5 207 0 Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1l General Help Important F6 Load Optimized Defaults Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset gt Current CPU Clock Memory Speed These items show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed Read only gt Adjust CPU FS
76. o one big drive B 2 Advantages Drawbacks Hard Fault Disks Tolerance High data throughput No fault tolerance multiple 100 data Requires 2 drives for 2 Yes redundancy the storage space of 1 drive Optimized for both Requires 2 drives for 4 Yes 100 data the storage space of 1 redundancy and drive the same as performance RAID level 1 Allows spare disks Combines and uses Decreases Multiple No the capacity of odd performance because size drives of the difficulty in using drives concurrently or to optimize drives for different uses nVidia RAID 7 RAID Configuration Basic Configuration Instructions The following are the basic steps for configuring NVRAID Non Bootable RAID Array 1 Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS To enable the SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel in nVidia RAID Setup of Inte grated Peripherals in BIOS 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping and Mirroring RAID 0 1 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Enter the Windows OS run the Windows nForce Setup application and install the RAID software Check p C 9 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Bootable RAID Array 1 Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS To enable the SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel in nVidia RAID Setup of Inte grated Peripherals in BIOS 2 Specify the RAID level either
77. o 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 Important Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the cooler installation for Socket AM2 CPUs only The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase 1 Position the cooling set onto the re 2 Then press down the other end of tention mechanism the clip to fasten the cooling set on Hook one end of the clip to hook the top of the retention mechanism first Locate the Fix L ed Lever 3 Fasten down the lever Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the mainboard 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 2 5 MS 7260 Mainboard H Memory The mainboard provides four 240 pin non ECC DDRII DIMMs and supports up to 4GB system memory For more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php DDRII EL a D a EA LAA LA E A 240 pin 1 8V 56x2 112 pin 64x2 128 pin Dual Channel Memory Population Rules O ee om ee DIMM2 OA An DIMM3 Ti TOO OO Toon O ANNO AO CI DD DIMM4 2 6 Hardware Setup Installin
78. obvious sign of breakage 12 DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT INAN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED STOR AGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 60 C 140 F IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT O CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced sa Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer BSR aA SE TN HR ae AERA PRAN TAG PR AR RE PE ERELT RAAT RKR R D A S AHR E Aa El ME bot For better environmental protection waste batteries should be collected separately for recycling or special disposal 111 FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B C 4 N1 996 digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the se
79. ock size is given in kilobytes and affects how data is arranged on the disk It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal which is 32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB e Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key gt The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 Continue pressing the right arrow key lt until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block MediaShield Utility Dec 92005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity Add ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate yA Select ENTER Popup It shows that two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks in the figure above MS 7260 Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears MediaShield Utility Dec 92005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Array Dis
80. of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users gt Time HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt gt IDE Primary Master Slave Serial ATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears 3 6 BIOS Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Serial ATA 0 Primary Channel Third IDE Master Help Item Device Hard Disk Disabled Disables LBA Vendor HDS722580ULSA80 Mode Size B2 36B Auto Enables LBA LEA Mode Supported Mode if the device Block Mode 165ectors supports it and the PIO Mode 4 device is not already Async DMA Ru lt Hor formatted with LBA y Mode disabled LBA Large Mode Auto DMA Rode Auto Hard Disk S M A R T Autol gt Device Vender Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DM A Ultra DMA S M A R T It will showing the device information that you connected to the IDE SATA connector gt LBA Large Mode This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode Setting to Auto enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled gt DMA Mode Select DMA Mode gt Hard Disk S
81. on page select one of the two free disks available This would be the disk that will be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard Completing the NYIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard This isthe final step of the NYIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard You have chosen ta alocate 513800114 Asa Spare Disk for the folowing RAID array NWIDIA MIRROR 34 476 To designate the selected Spare Disk click Finish 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array lf a system crash occurs that causes any of the two WD360GD drives to fail the ST380011A hard drive will take over and be used in the newly formed mirrored array MediaShield RES E Name Sallis Capacity wot Blue gtt se e Mirroring Healthy 4 40 GB nate Cp Dit e 213900114 Hedthy 74 53 GB Sena YDOS0GD 00FNS0 Healthy 34 40 GB er MN WOOS0GD OOFNAD Healthy 34 43 GB Se Merroring Healthy 69 25 GB Se WiC WDYS0G0 O0F Heathy 69 25 GE er WDC WD P90GD COFLAZ Healthy 69 25 GB Free Dusk Sa E TIBOO A 74 53 GB B 15 MS 7260 Mainboard Removing a Dedicated Disk Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right c
82. paration between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help 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 INSTALLATIONAVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU Micro Star International MS 7260 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 cause undesired operation 1V WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement ENGLISH To protect the global environment and as an environmentalist MSI must remind you that Under the European Union EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002 96 EC which takes effect on August 13 2005 products of electrical and electronic equipment cannot be discarded as municipal waste anymore and manufacturers of covered electronic equipment will be obligated to take back such products at the end of their useful life MSI will comply with
83. processor and with Cool n Quiet the system will be capable of detecting the temperature of the CPU according to the CPU s working loading When the CPU temperature climbs up to a certain degree the speed of the system cooling fan will be risen automatically On the other hand the speed of the system cooling fan will slow down instantly when the CPU temperature descends to its normal degree Here the current system status including Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V and the current PC hardware status such as the CPU amp system temperatures and all fans speeds are shown on the left and right sides for you to monitor When you click the red triangles in the left and right sides two sub menus will open for users to overclock overspec or to adjust the thresholds of system to send out the warning messages Default Save oo gt Co g Sp 200 MHz Private 1 E Sergeant 3 1 Captain 5 Colonel General 99 Command 1 1 Disable m ep Za fa o ep CRU O 1 6 Getting Started Left side Current system status In the left sub menu you can configure the settings of FSB Vcore Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button in front of each item and make it available the radio button will be lighted as yellow when selected use the and buttons to adjust then click OK to apply the changes Then you can click Save to save the desired FSB you just configured Ri
84. r more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php LAN Supports 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet LAN by Vitesse VSC8601 Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC883 Flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1 0 Spec IDE 1 IDE port by nForce 550 Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode Supports PIO Bus Master operation mode SATA 4 SATA II ports by nForce 550 Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB s RAID SATA1 4 supports RAID 0 1 or 0 1 mode by nForce 550 Floppy 1 floppy port Supports 1 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 2 Getting Started Connectors e Back panel 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 serial port 1 parallel port supporting SPP EPP ECP mode 4 USB 2 0 Ports 1 LAN jack 10 100 1000 by Vitesse VSC8601 6 flexible audio jacks e On Board Pinheaders 1 IrDA pinheader 3 USB 2 0 pinheaders Slots 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots support 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface includes one orange slot which supports 2 master for MSI special PCI function card ex wireless LAN and bluetooth combo card Form Factor ATX 20 0 cm X 30 5 cm Mounting 6 mounting holes MS 7260 Mainboard Mainboard Layout
85. re that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation 3 While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from the grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU 2 3 MS 7260 Mainboard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 1 Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before Open Lever installing the CPU 2 Pull the lever sideways away Sliding egree from the socket Make sure to GEE raise the lever up to a 90 de gree angle 3 Look for the gold arrow of the CPU The gold arrow should point as shown in the picture The CPU can only fit in the cor rect orientation 4 If the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 5 Press the CPU down firmly into Press down the socket and close the lever thg CPU 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 2 4 Hardware Setup Installing AMD Socket AM2 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 t
86. rties tag and select Minimal Power Man agement under Power schemes Cancel Aon 1 7 Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup RES AAA AAA This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL 2 1 MS 7260 Mainboard ATX2 8 Quick Components Guide SYSFAN1 p 2 14 p 2 8 CPUFAN1 p 2 14 DDRII DIMMs p 2 6 Back Panel I O p 2 10 JCIi1 E E JIR1 p 2 15 ve PCIE Slots p 2 19 PCI Slots p 2 20
87. s CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Advanced BIOS Features Quick Booting Enabled Full Screen LOGO Display Disabled Boot Up Num Lock LED On Allows BIOS to skip Boot to 0572 No certain tests uhile IDAPIC Function Enabled booting This will MPS Table Version 1 41 decrease the time Boot Sequence Press Enter needed to boot the systen Tle gt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults gt Quick Booting Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items gt Full Screen LOGO Display This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Settings are Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot gt Boot Up NumLock LED This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad gt 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 gt IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
88. setting is used to enable or disable the CPU Spread Spectrum feature When overclocking the CPU always set it to Disabled gt PCIE Spread Spectrum This setting is used to enable or disable the PCIE Spread Spectrum feature gt SATA Spread Spectrum This setting is used to enable or disable the SATA Spread Spectrum feature gt Cool n Quiet This feature is especially desiged for AMD processor which provides a CPU tem perature detecting function to prevent your CPU s from overheading due to the heavy working loading Important For the purpose of ensuring the stability of Cool n Quiet function it is always recommended to have the memories plugged in DIMM1 3 21 MS 7260 Mainboard gt 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 message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later gt CPUFAN1 Mode Setting This field allows you to set the CPU fan mode Settings are Step Smart Fan Thermal Cruise Disabled gt CPU Step Smart Fan Low High Temp When the CPUFAN Mode Setting set to the Step Smart Fan this item will apear The mainboard provides another Smart Fan system which can control the fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it within a specific step In these items you can set
89. settings for optimal system performance 3 26 BIOS Setup 8 BIOS Setting Password When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen Enter New Password Type the password up to six characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory You will be prompted to confirm the password Retype the password and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration 3 27 Appendix A Realtek ALC883 Audio The Realtek ALC883 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7260 Mainboard H Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC883 codec to function properly before you can get access to 2 4 6
90. source Setup Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc DMA Resource Setup DMA Channel 0 Available Help Item DMA Channel 1 Availablel DMA Channel 3 Available Options DMA Chamel 5 Availablel DMA Channel 6 Available Available DHA Channel 7 Available Reserved gt DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA Direct Memory Access from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA 3 20 8 H W Monitor BIOS Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc CPU Spread Spectrum PCIE Spread Spectrum SATA Spread Spectrum Cool n Quiet Chassis Intrusion CPUFAN1 Mode Setting CPU Step Smart Fan Low Temp CPU Step Smart Fan High Temp CPUFAN1 Tolerance Value Current Smart Fan Step Each Step Increase Fan Output PC Health Status HZU Monitor Center Spread Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Step Smart Fan 0401 0561 021 D Step Help Item Disabled Center Spread Down Spread Gf Press Enter Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults Tle gt Move gt CPU Spread Spectrum This
91. specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot 3 19 MS 7260 Mainboard gt IRQ Resource Setup Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc IRQ Resource Setup Available Available Options Available Available Available Available Reserved Available Available Available gt IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of avail able IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the IRQ pool the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an Reserved setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as Available If all IRQs are set to Reserved and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ 9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices Important IRQ Interrupt Request lines are system resources allocated to I O devices When an I O device needs to gain attention of the operating system it sig nals this by causing an IRQ to occur After receiving the signal when the operating system is ready the system will interrupt itself and perform the service required by the I O device gt DMA Re
92. tem Driver BSG RE MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard which contains the required drivers for your system and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional work ing and for your home leisure entertainment MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7260 Mainboard H nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display 3 Uu Website Manual M S I Link to the Future een A NVIDIA System Driver This driver is only available for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating system Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly 1 Click on the NVIDIA MCP55 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for your Windows OS Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NYIDIA Windows nForce Drivers he le all iris ws nForce Drivers on pour computer To contin be Installation of nVidia System Driver 2 Then the following screen displays the available components to install All the components shown here will be selected to be installed by default Then click Next NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers NVIDIA Ethernet Driver NVIDIA Storage Diver 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically Installing system management bus driver components
93. the low and high tempertures and the values between are the range of the steps gt CPUFAN1 Tolerance Value When the CPUFAN Mode Setting set to the Step Smart Fan this item will apear The Fan tolerance value will decide the intervals of the steps from low temperature to high temperature The fan speed will increase at higher steps and decrease at lower steps according to the steps gt Current Smart Fan Step This item shows how many steps between the low and high temperatures Read only gt Each Step Increase Fan Output This item shows the percentage for the CPU fan speed to increase or decrease between two steps Read only gt CPU Fan TargetTemp Value When the CPUFAN Mode Setting set to the Thermal Cruise this item will appear The mainboard provides the Smart Fan system which can control the fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range gt CPU Fan Tolerance Value When the CPUFAN Mode Setting set to the Thermal Cruise this item will appear You can select a fan tolerance value here for the specific range for the CPU Fan TargetTemp Value item If the current temperature of the fan reaches to the maximum threshold the temperatures set in the CPU Fan TargetTemp Value plus the tolerance values you set here the fan will speed up for cooling down On the contrary if the current temperature reaches to the minimum threshold the set temperatures mi
94. the product take back requirements at the end of life of MSI branded products that are sold into the EU You can return these products to local collection points DEUTSCH Hinweis von MSI zur Erhaltung und Schutz unserer Umwelt Gem der Richtlinie 2002 96 EG ber Elektro und Elektronik Altger te d rfen Elektro und Elektronik Altger te nicht mehr als kommunale Abf lle entsorgt werden MSI hat europaweit verschiedene Sammel und Recyclingunternehmen beauftragt die in die Europ ische Union in Verkehr gebrachten Produkte am Ende seines Lebenszyklus zur ckzunehmen Bitte entsorgen Sie dieses Produkt zum gegebenen Zeitpunkt ausschliesslich an einer lokalen Altger tesammelstelle in Ihrer N he En tant qu cologiste et afin de prot ger environnement MSI tient 4 rappeler ceci Au sujet de la directive europ enne EU relative aux d chets des quipement lectriques et lectroniques directive 2002 96 EC prenant effet le 13 ao t 2005 que les produits lectriques et lectroniques ne peuvent tre d pos s dans les d charges ou tout simplement mis la poubelle Les fabricants de ces quipements seront oblig s de r cup rer certains produits en fin de vie MSI prendra en compte cette exigence relative au retour des produits en fin de vie au sein de la communaut europ enne Par cons quent vous pouvez retourner localement ces mat riels dans les points de collecte PYCCKUM Kommanna MSI npeampanaMaeT aAkTHBHBIO ACHCTRUM N
95. uralne oraz jako firma dbajaca o ekologi MSI przypomina Ze Zgodnie z Dyrektyw Unii Europejskiej UE dotycz c odpad w produkt w elektrycznych i elektronicznych Dyrektywa 2002 96 EC kt ra wchodzi w ycie 13 sierpnia 2005 tzw produkty oraz wyposa enie elektryczne i elektroniezne nie mog by traktowane jako mieci komunalne tak wi c producenci tych produkt w b d zobowi zani do odbierania ich w momencie gdy produkt jest wycofywany z u ycia MSI wypelni wymagania UE przyjmuj c produkty sprzedawane na terenie Unii Europejskiej wycofywane z u ycia Produkty MSI b dzie mo na zwraca w wyznaczonych punktach zbiorczych yi evreci zelli iyle bilinen MSI d nyada evreyi korumak i in hat rlat r Avrupa Birli i AB Kararnamesi Elektrik ve Elektronik Malzeme At 2002 96 EC Kararnamesi altmda 13 A fustos 2005 tarihinden itibaren ge erli olmak zere elektrikli ve elektronik malzemeler diger at klar gibi pe atilamayacak ve bu elektonik cihazlar n reticileri cihazlarin kullan m s releri bittikten sonra r nleri geri toplamakla y k ml olacakt r Avrupa Birligi ne satilan MSI markah r nlerin kullan m s releri bittiginde MSI r nlerin geri al nmas iste i ile i birli i i erisinde olacakt r r nlerinizi yerel toplama noktalar na b rakabilirsiniz Zalezi n m na ochran ivotn ho prost ed spole nost MSI upozor uje Podle sm rnice Evropsk unie EU o
96. y other array unlike a free disk which can be used by any available RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array Note You must have at least two RAID arrays to use this feature Assigning a Free Disk To mark a disk as free or not a part of any array 1 Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free is RAID enabled 2 Enter the RAID BIOS and make sure that the drive is not part of any array if one exists 3 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program The drive appears under the Free Disk section The figure below shows an example of the NVRAIDMAN display if you have a mirror array and one free disk GA NVIDIA nvraid p x a System Tasks Mare Sonus Caoacty Channel Devos e Mirroring Healthy 55 90 G8 e 21291 GA Healthy SS 90G8 Secondary Master SSTIOONSA Healthy 55 9060 Secondary Slave Free Disk eS TIGONCIAS Healihy 74 5368 Preary Master MS 7260 Mainboard Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated or reserve it for use by a specific array Step 1 Mark the Disk as a Free Disk 1 Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the followi

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