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2. MediaStield ai A inaina ej EG A GD PLE thy O amine ca aS TROD OLA A 25D 2 Samo Mal Free ak WOK OGD ATA Gh ETL piis M h SDE PT PA abr Habib ATA Dira Manda 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 i Initialization Started NVIDIA MIRROR 69 246 followed by the following pop up window J Initialization In Progress NVIDIA MIRROR 69 246 B 21 MS 7369 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 RAID 0 1 as well as a RAID 5 For example assuming you have a three disk RAID 5 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 a _ ____ AAA AS 43 evita Media Shield g mA foes Hra TEA a Fafa CHa DAA ae LEE ig Hetty MD ell Vee fel MG GATA cda Mudar A E Prey Maple CENA toi 1 E ALS ar RA ATA cda Hade A A A gTa Prato Heie
3. e Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block 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 MediaShleld Utility May 20 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode lentil Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Port Disk Model Capecity Port Disk Model Capacity Add ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate p Select ENTER Popup It shows that two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks in the figure above MS 7369 Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears MediaShield Utility May 20 2007 Defin
4. 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears E wYTNTA Mediachield w witha Las gt e moe cpr mieter med tee qa tenth 24 42 66 her Vin Ano ee we SUERTE Siy HOS SATA Imurdar Haie Dene Go te Cor e An Ie mr ALTAR bello EBISGE SSTA urey Kaw SOC TIRANA Peele 05D SATA mini y Benny 3 From the popup menu click Rebuild Array The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard appears HVID Rebild Array Witard Welcome to the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Thig pard al guida pon rq Ugh darig a resta det PEO avi BAJO aii The MAiA RADO soluto ade ou to ne bull a mps mirrored deta copy wle thee serbia it up ard AL e dni pee id po or ra Lo Ue ds Pii Retaidng an array can bake up bo a day Lo J complete Ths operation pocurt in the badeound and ll not pee yor ad T eta reed bo bbc the computer Ue rebuld rdl cairo where it left off when wow restart To corte dick Ment B 22 nVidia RAID 4 Click Next The Disk Selection page appears MV Ab bah el brray Wirard Disk Saler iuri Deit a dhk irom enan Ihe RAED amiy Salit a ribar dk fran He iat Pare CP tere Dreamer ira THe Perra hehe WL MIDES AMANDO Secondary Mezte 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 DW IA Pheri der Wirard Completina the Ry 1IDIA Rebuild Array Wizard id GI a de TIA Freud Anar Weed Yow beet deas bo rob pe Fe
5. 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 MOVIDA Hor Pius Array iar Completina the WVIDIA Hot Plug array Wizard te os Cele step of De IDIA NA Peg Arer naad Podeni the rev dore did Finish 5 Click Finish Initializing a RAID Array Initializing a RAID array erases all 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 asRAID 5 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 B 19 MS 7369 Mainboard 1 From the NVRAIDMAN window right click on any available free disk and select Create Array as show in Figure below Ga ayia ModiaShield te sua agar pm Tarea Cone Free tear a ee E A Tay Haia PWS Wit n GAGE SATA Tennis Mason wae WE air sala ey Meios IN HO ENS dc Shon ATA tana Meara 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 Mo
6. U The equipment has 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 gt Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer BSR aA ER TN He ABE NANO STAG RAR RE PE EXE TICA RAAT RKR R A S AHR i hig Ee E i i 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 wnmtemttscnes N1996 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 U Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna U Increase the sep
7. FP PWR SLP HD_LED FP PWR SLP 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 down to GND Reset Switch high reference pull up Power Switch low reference pull up Reserved Do not use Speaker Power LED JFP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Ground Speaker SuspendLED Buzzer PowerLED Buzzer Noconnection Speaker 2 17 MS 7369 Mainboard i Jumper Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can auto matically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the jumper to clear data a JBAT1 Important 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 p Slots Hardware Setup PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Slot The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card The PCI Express x 16 supports up to 4 0 GB s transfer rate The PCI Express x 8 supports up to 2 0 GB s transfer rate The PCI Express x 4 supports up to 1 0 GB s transfer rate The PCI Express x 1 supports up to 250 MB s transfer rate oA
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9. OO000000 DOOTOOTIDODTODDIDTOD OD To ooo ooo T PCI Express x16 Slot A 000000000 go000000000000 000 00000000000 000 0000000000 000000 PCI Express x1 Slot 00000000000 000000 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card SCSI card USB card and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications 000000000 ODOODDODDODDODDOODODDD0D0DOD00D000000000 ODO 00000000000 0000000000000 00000000000 000000000 32 bit PCI Slot 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 expan sion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration 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 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 2 19 BIO
10. Unplug the AC power cable or unplug the power connectors before the 1st installa tion or during system upgrade procedure Unplug the AC power cable Unplug the power connector Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration only The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase 2 9 MS 7369 Mainboard E Back Panel Parallel Port Mouse LAN Ve LULU O O E jamaa Line Out CS Out ir T P eae O USB Port USB Port Mic SS Out Keyboard Serial Port 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 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 connec tion to single Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it Activity Indicator m ee Link Indicator 2 te e Pot LAN link is not established Yelolow LAN linkis established On tiene a pus 8 The computer is communicating with another computer
11. 3 ova DIM DIMMS er DIMMA es installed Empty 2 6 Hardware Setup Installing Memory Modules 1 The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot Important You can barely see the golden finger if the memory module is properly inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close DDR2 memory modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDR2 standard is not backwards compatible You should always install DDR2 memory modules in the DDR2 DIMM slots In Dual Channel mode make sure that you install memory modules of the same type and density in different channel DIMM slots To enable successful system boot up always insert the memory modules into the DIMMT first Due to the chipset resource deployment the system density will only be detected up to 7 GB not full 8GB when each DIMM is installed with a 2GB memory module 2 MS 7369 Mainboard g Power Supply ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATX1 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 pro
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13. Henory Frequency Auto Adjust PCI E Frequency 100 futo Disable DIAK PCI Frequency Disabled CPU Voltage Autol Henory Voltage 1 981 Spread Spectrum Disabled Tle Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fh Load Optimized Defaults gt Current CPU DRAM Frequency These items show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed Read only gt AMD Cool n Quiet The Cool n Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and power consumption Important Poerer Dl cores Pri peris To ensure that Cool n Quiet function iS aC Powe Schemes advanced Hitemate UPS tivated and will be working properly it is E a ees modiy required to double confirm that Power schemes 1 Run BIOS Setup and select tirimaroer Mansgemen sd Frequency Voltage Control Under ato Frequcncy Voltage Control find arre AMD Cool n Quiet and set this item Max Batter l to Enable A Never 2 Enter Windows and select Start gt aa 3 Settings gt Control Pannel gt Power ae Options Enter Power Options Prop erties tag and select Minimal Power Management under Power schemes Cancel Appy MS 7369 Mainboard Important Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset gt Adjust CPU FSB Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz Adjust CPU Ratio This item allows you to
14. automatically When the motherboard detects that the loading of CPU is exceed the default threshold for a time it will soeed up the CPU and fan automatically to make the system run smoother and faster When the graphics card detects that the loading of GPU is exceed the default threshold for a time it will soeed up the GPU memory fan and voltage automatically to make the system run smoother and faster When the CPU GPU is temporarily suspending or staying in low loading balance it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC runs huge amount of data like 3D games or video process and the motherboard graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button include increase rate Y and decrease Y rate buttons to select the DOT level then you have to click the DOT button to apply the DOT function DOT FSB UP Rate button DOT FSB DOWN i Es coca MAMA MEE Rate button Important Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclocking basically it is still risky We suggest user to make sure that your CPU can afford to overclock regularly first If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally it s better to lower the level of overclocking options By the way if you need to conduct overclocking manually please do
15. click this the whole list will be shown for your selection To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Realtek ALC888 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 voice Y 0 Lower the key MS 7369 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 Before set up please make sure the playback
16. consult the vendor of your operating system gt CPU Feature Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc CPU Feature set Limit CPUID MaxUal to 3 Disabled Help Iten gt Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 The Max CPUID Value Limit is designed to limit the listed speed of the processor to older operating systems gt Chipset Feature Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Chipset Feature HPET Disabled Help Iten gt HPET The HPET High Precision Event Timers is a component that is part of the chipset You can to enable it and will provide you with the means to get to it via the various ACPI methods gt Boot Sequence Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2805 American Hegatrends Inc foot Sequence lst Boot Device List FLOPPY DRIV Help Iten nd Boot Device SR USE FLASH DI Jrd Boot Device HOD PH 57340015 Specifies the boot foot From Uther Device tes sequence Pron the gt 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the first second third boot device where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system gt Boot From Other Device Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other
17. device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device 3 9 MS 7369 Mainboard T Integrated Peripherals CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals Ush Control ler Enabled Hel p Iten 158 Device Legacy Support Enabled Onboard LAN Controller Enabled i Opt LAN Option ROA Disabled HD Audio Control ler Enabled Enabled t On Chip ATA Devices Press Enter Disabled t LN Devices Press Enter Tie Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fh Load Optimized Defaults gt USB Controller This setting allows you to enable disable the onboard USB 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 This item is used to enable disable the onboard LAN controller gt LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN controller P HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard audio controller P On Chip ATA Devices Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc On Chip ATA Devices Qn Chip IDE Control ler Enabled Help Iten PCI IDE HusMaster Disabled In Chip SATA Controller Enabled DISABLED disables the RALD mode LIE integrated Dk 3 10 BIOS S
18. ing Enabled Enable Disable Hoot Up Num Lock LED Un Poot Sector Virus IUAPIC Function Enabled Protection HES Table Version 1 4 CP Feature t Chipset Feature Hoot Sequence Press Enter Tie Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fh Load Optinized Defaults 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 Quick Booting Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 10 seconds since it will skip some check items gt Boot Up Num Lock 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 IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 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 8 BIOS Setup 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
19. item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in MS 7369 Mainboard S PDIF optional for HDMI graphics card only Short for Sony Philips Digital Interface a standard audio file transfer format S PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format Maintaining the viability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog S PDIF Settings Outouwl Sampling Fale 44 16 Hz 48K Hz 96K Hz 192K He Hlutputsource Mo S PDIF output Output dicital audio source mE Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio 192KHz This is recommended while playing High quality Audio Output Source No S PDIF out There will no S PDIF out Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Realtek ALC888 Audio 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 fed button to test the sounds of each
20. 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 e Advanced Controls a Enable playback mult streaming m Ok Carcel A 10 Realtek ALC888 Audio 4 Recording control Tool Mute Recording device Realtek HDA Primary input M Nna OnT pan a 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 ToolBar Show the following volume controls E Enstle recording muitrsteaming Important ALC888 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any gi
21. screen from any menu by simply pressing lt F1 gt The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen 3 3 MS 7369 Mainboard F The Main Menu CAUS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Standard CALS Features t Freguency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Uptimized Defaults t Power Manageuent Features RIOS Setting Password gt PoP PCT Configurations Save amp Exit Setup HU Honitor Exit Without Saving Tles Aove Enter Select Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fi beneral Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults 182 61 Copyright 1985 2006 Anerican 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 Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals gt Power Management Features 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 Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control and overclocking gt Load Fail Safe Defaults Use
22. select a sound effect you like from the Environment list Equalizer 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 7369 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 Save The settings are saved permanently for future use Enable Disable To disable you can tem porarily stop the sound effect without losing the settings Delete Reset 10 bands of equalizer would go back to the de fault setting Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply
23. set the CPU ratio gt Advance DRAM Configuration Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2805 American Hegatrends Inc Advance DRAM Configuration ACT Timing Mode Manual Help Iten CAS La tency TCL Autol Hin RASE Active Time TRAS Auto HASH Percharge Time TRE lAutol RAS to CASH De lay TRCD Auto ROW to ROU De laytTRRD futu LEIEN ROW Cycle Time TRC Auto 1Tf2T Memory Timing L TJ 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 gt CASH Latency TCL When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable This controls the CAS latency which determines the timing delay in clock cycles before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it gt Min RAS Active Time TRAS When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable This setting determines the time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell gt RAS Precharge Time TRP When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh refreshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data This item applies only when
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25. speaker automatically Front Left Front Right Side Right Side Left Subwoofer Rear Left Rear Right MS 7369 Mainboard 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 Realtek ALC888 Audio 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 MS 7369 Mainboard Information In this tab it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility including 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 af 2
26. 8 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large MediaSticld a n SA evinta IL la Hare iA t a Sea healthy 5 Al WS het Same A Sardi Hats A ATA AT Ermy Pelar CEN best LE B Ol WL Fis Ee a oon i En Wee LS bendy LEA SATE Peat loner vila To use one of these available free disks to rebuild your array follow the same steps as explained in Rebuilding a RAID Array on p B 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 applicable to any fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 0 1 and RAID 5 e For RAID1 and RAID 0 1 sync results in copying the data to the redundancy disk e For RAID 5 sync results in rebuilding the parity 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 Moria pled ie E cad E Fira press wi k F a E Se 6 ki E i fi ri HaT uU Endr inie a j H Tease hor NYINA Syerhrani e Array Wirari E Welcome bo the MYIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard Thig en all Qe pO hay he Coa RAT amar To cortinuc click Next C oe 3 Click on Next and then click Finish at the Wizard Completion screen The NVRAIDMAN w
27. D 3 DOT Dynamic Over Clocking isis ii D 5 GIOGK o oo D 6 VONAGO SAA A D 7 PAN SPECO citrico D 8 Temporal Ai D 9 User Proesa ecasain D 10 1X Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for choosing the KON Neo V2 V3 Series MS 7369 v1 X ATX mainboard The K9N Neo V2 V3 Series mainboards are based on nVidia nForce 520 nForce 560 single chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD Athlon 64X2 Athlon 64 8 Sempron processor the KON Neo V2 V3 Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7369 Mainboard a Mainboard Specifications Processor Support AMD Athlon 64 64X2 amp Sempron in the socket AM2 package For the latest information about CPU please visit http global msi com tw index php func cpuform Supported FSB HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1 GHz 2000MT s Chipset nVidia nForce 520 nForce 560 chipset Memory Support DDR2 533 667 800 SDRAM 240pin non ECC 4 DDR2 DIMMs 8GB Max For more information on compatible components please visit http global msi com tw index php func testreport LAN Supports Giga LAN 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek RTL8111B RTL 8211BL optional Audio Controlled by Realtek ALC888 Supports 7 1 channels audio out Compliant with Azalia Spec IDE 1 IDE port Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 PIO amp Bus Ma
28. D Array 1 After you 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 SE Setup could not determina the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s lt none gt 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 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 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 SCS Adaptar you want from the following list or press ESC to resutrn to the previous screen pin ae sE Lone 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 dri
29. Er4 Help Llen PCI Slot 1 IRQ ftal PCI Slot 2 IRQ uto Value in units of PCI PCI Slot 3 IRQ Auto clocks for PCI device t IRU Resource Setup Press Enter latency tiner register Tie Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Load Uptinized Defaults 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 specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot 3 14 BIOS Setup gt IRQ Resource Setup Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc IR Resource Setup Ifuailablel Help Iten uai label Avai lable Available Specified lAuailablel LA is available to be Available used by PCL PoP fuailable devices Auailablel Reserved Specified fuailablel IR is reserved for vai lable use by Legacy ISA 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 poo
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31. MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL KON Neo V2 V3 Series MS 7369 V1 X Mainboard 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 Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V1 0 First release for PCB 1 X June 2007 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
32. Mediashield Slaten Casey ifan Carral Device Heo Tanan Hed ey Ory SATA Euin Piar ra Pabili Arny BATS edie Meer SS SCL be is STE Ls Welcome to the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard This etrerd wl gue you Proa the conliguation and ancigemert of an aver sare Oct RAID 1 technques ado youto Gesqnate soore configured rio sm array the evek of pe ta Ta caim cock hat mez coa B 14 3 Click Next The RAID Array Selection page appears err Dik Sarthe ieee bomi ao wel ed Lo ied ee A AS hes hal Rata Chama Denis PEM ay Pate PL p read Gee a Deiky A A LA AL estaves the spread dl Le cid ln Hajrie frre ee Ar mi the sret ri tdo miss nVidia RAID 4 From the Free Disk Selection 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 Completing lies IDA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard Ho be tha eval tag ot tha PEDO pair Deck Ase et ATAI fa hee Chosen d aira ar ET jA da Geis Dih faa bhai Iliaan U sere py IWD HPAI Har Pe bemp Ue eli ine Es eli de Fa 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 mirrore
33. N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 060107 refers to the date this BIOS was released 3 2 BIOS Setup Control Keys lt T gt Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Select the item lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu lt F10 gt 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 MAA Primary Master right view appears to the left of certain fields that a means a sub menu can be launched from this field A gt IDE Primary Slave sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys TL to highlight 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 General Help lt F1 gt The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this
34. RAID O disks must be equal to or greater than half the number of RAID 0 1 disks RAID 0 1 RADI 1 Not a valid combination Not a valid combination a valid combination RAIDO RAIDO Not a valid combination Not a valid combination a valid combination m gt 2 x n 1 where m is an even number of disks 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 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 HEAR Het Piia Array Wizard Welome to the NVIDIA Hot Plug Array Wizard The razed al gue yaa Unou ora De Gees of a adir EAN a y Tocerkinve click Meat B 18 nVidia RAID 2 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear MV Find Pog Array A Hard Disk Cirsa Picate pg in all ra oir PUED y A EA an aa rat inv the sy te plo 1 hE ETE ere
35. S 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 lt 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 MS 7369 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 A7369NMS V1 0 060107 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
36. 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 73 Maintenance Complete InstallShield Wizard has finished performing maintenance operations on Realtek High Definition Audio Driver S elect this option Yes want to restart my computer now C No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Finish Click here A 3 MS 7369 Mainboard A Software Configuration After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 2 4 6 or 8 channel audio feature now Click the audio icon El 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 Panel a a Al KE N F Fn Se Dy Double click Centrel Pace 4 En EM ee Fgertes ook Eolo Pa Qu oO 3 jim E fete ED v Eu x 4 hk E BB Tatas Tie Dapy Faker Options Pob M Abe amp ea Year Fete rial Pea Opie Printed ard Begone aed Scanners aed Carat Febe Tadbir ard Uiar Aiai iyt Hi Realtek ALC888 Audio Sound Effect Here you can
37. TX1 p 2 8 1DE1 p 2 12 JBAT1 p 2 18 p 2 19 PCI Slots p 2 19 2 2 EA EASTERN y SATA1 4 ERE NEE A 000000000001 100000000000 00000000000 0000000000000 O A E EE EEE 000000000001 1000000000000 000000000000 00000000000 CREA GEREN p 2 13 a JFP1 p 2 17 a soe p 2 17 JAUD1 p 2 15 SPDOUT1 p 2 16 JCD1 p 2 14 JUSB1 3 p 2 16 FDD1 p 2 12 Hardware Setup 7 CPU Central Processing Unit The mainboard supports AMD Athlon64 64x2 amp Sempron processors The mainboard uses a CPU socket called Socket AM2 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 global msi com tw index php func cpuform Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Make sure that you apply an even layer of thermal paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation Replaceing the CPU While r
38. 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 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 tention mechanism Hook one end of the clip to hook 3 Fasten down the lever 2 Then press down the other end of the clip to fasten the cooling set on the top of the retention mechanism Locate the Fix Lever and lift up it E Fixed Lever NAPA SEESTSIEY E i preseas usus EFFET VS Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the mainboard 2 5 MS 7369 Mainboard g Memory These DIMM slots are used for installing memory modules For more information on compatible components please visit http global msi com tw index php func testreport DDR2 AUANT ROCCO LLL i 1000 240 pin 1 8V O 56x2 112 pin 64x2 128 pin Dual Channel mode Population Rule In Dual Channel mode the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two data bus lines simultaneously Enabling Dual Channel mode can enhance the system performance Please refer to the following illustrations for population rules under Dual Channel mode
39. anagement tool Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed B 8 nVidia RAID 7 NVIDIA 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 RAA IDE Dever 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 worked 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 7369 Mainboard Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows 1 Launch Computer Management by
40. aration between the equipment and receiver U Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected U 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 7369 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 Fa at 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 comp
41. 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 Walonna Lo the letialice axl Convert Disk Wizard bi ward bap we dore werd de adi sral epi e ddr oda dd anserum dbs A KA voan Owe can be mG a hey cas be pel y sara ci mb eds win A PA pr dre rr ts AA an Ar hee LA A E r E a wilara AAA vere re AA raso Ada de 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured Soit Doula be dr lar e Vara edad on 2 Get bora Loges Dik Versor or acces d Seer a o rr Get ty AR eke nes 4 Click Next The Select Disks to Convert window appears Saad Duis d Correr he dibs ce adaa ala comer tid Aare 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 appears fen jalu ere Carril A Wir Compbellica Ue fred adie anel Comert Dik Wizard a De ral ml Cc er uk ti dl Tee aaa Br airy ete ge 6 Click Finish zos i Pest ta i PEE Fe heir wma Wr Pi y Bn Bee Bee i ag s The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage
42. crophone power NC No Control LINE out_R Right channel audio signal to front panel NC No Control NC No Control Key No pin LINE out_L Left channel audio signal to front panel NC No Control 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o 2 15 MS 7369 Mainboard Front USB Connector JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 This connector compliant with Intel I O Connectivity Design Guide is ideal for con necting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 9 USBO JUSB1 2 3 USBO GND Key no pin USB 2 0 Bracket Optional Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage S PDIF Out Connector SPDOUT1 for HDMI graphics card only This connector is used to connect S PDIF Sony amp Philips Digital Interconnect Format interface for digital audio transmission to the HDMI graphics card 12 SPDIFO 0 o GND SPDOUT1 2 16 Hardware Setup Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 These connectors are for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide OMAN OA A O N 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 JFP1 ele RST_SW PWR _SW RST_SW PWR_SW RSVD_DNU Power Power LED Switch 1 9 l i HDD Reset LED Switch JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION HD_LED
43. d array A A __ gt mI A lt k lt III I gt _ z __ L2 2 S a EAL EIES MediaShield Misas Scan Seat Pi omer ig Pegler STIMU heathy HCE WON OS OPN Hadir SC WORS NAD belts oat Pr eer g Peat TA MOODLE eair SOL WIRMOSD O0FLAS salir ree ihk capanry 24140030 EJE aa Waa GE Ls Pe E 2 GE 65 23 GE 74 EF GE icaraca Channa Dala PATA SATA SATA SATA SATA PATA hia sia Mia shar Masher Master ALEC TIA Bacal Base Shay B 15 MS 7369 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 click on the ST380011A drive and select Remove Disk as shown in the screen shot below GA NVIDIA MediaShicld x Nene Mmeo Hesty 34 40 Cm Way 713300 Pala pecordyry Mater y 40 04 ale PA y Mes er mIo SATS recorda Meer seu WI ary lt u magnate Some Ts Ta T M ra E bE ee D piart Saree AMET Jara AY ls ae wn Mem Ara ir Merer n 34A Sonar ewer 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
44. de 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 appear EVIA Croate Anr ay Wiad Clearteg beber Muka dee Sten data from debs copes For Les array Enger Gry Vowenay chen ta the ayan data by rbd EE Salam para check bo tir uote dal IE dy ER Eresin the glata ih any able Form and may aime syetan md and bar arabo dihan Ja Seven Data tral eray cast mets arca 7 Check Intialize Array and then click Next The Initialization Warning dialog appears NVIDIA Rald Wizard A Al dota stored or this array wil be crascd IF you de not wish bo inft ales the amay ol His time dick Cancel EG B 20 nVidia RAID 8 Click OK The Clearing System Data screen appears again with the Initialize Array check box checked as shown below WWIDIA Crast Array Wirand Cleary Sanches Data ces Setter dats from debs Co preere For ues aray prt Gry Vowenay chen to leap tho cyrn dete by roda Fe Olsen Sytem Data Peck bo belor hotel it may al Diega Che clita Wy any usable Form aal may e pa eat ened otha lr rales al feta Sea en Data F a dere Cesa Cet cre 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
45. devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear or front panel 2 Multi Stream Function ALC888 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 EJ button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important You have to plug the device into the jacks on the rear and front panel first before enable the multi stream function A 8 Realtek ALC888 Audio Mixer ToolBox The folhowiing Yolume controls Ea Ca e Ci Ea 5 Ca 5 gj Advanced Controls de Enadie playback multrstreaming i 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 2nd 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 MS 7369 Mainboard 3 Playback control Playback device This function is to let you freely decide which ports to
46. e Defaults a message as below appears Load Fail Safe Defaults UK Cancel Selecting Ok and pressing Enter loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Load Optimized Defaults OK Cancel Selecting Ok and pressing Enter loads the default factory settings for optimal sys tem performance 3 20 BIOS Setup 7 BIOS Setting Password When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen Enter Neu Passuord 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 21 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio The Realtek ALC888 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously suppor
47. e a New Array BAIT Modo Stripiag Block Free Disks Array Disks Part Temi beh al See ee a AW dats on pew for s ded dikki wif be ove Y YES N NO ESC Geit PO Ace FT Firid TAE Marigals ge Select ENTER Pope 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 Array List Bent Id Statu Wanda Amap Hodal Neme F E Ta EE A A ec ENTER Setai 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 Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Sirining Wi thi 1 Sbiping lock SAk Disk Hodal Capecity STIBQOLFAS 74 3868 ST3BO0ZSAS 74 5666 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 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 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 p B 9 o al B 6 nVidia RAID Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAI
48. e channels o gt fo e fe ro EE A 22 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 7369 Mainboard A Introduction System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems Windows XP 2000 8 Vista 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 RAID 5 RAID 5 defines techniques for parity data Spanning JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations Array Advantages Drawbacks Hard Fault Disks Tolerance 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 per
49. e 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 CPU Smart FAN Target The mainboard provides the Smart Fan function which can control the CPU fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific range You can select a fan target value here If the current CPU fan temperature reaches to the target value the smart fan function will be activated It provides several sections to speed up for cooling down automaticlly gt CPU Fan Tolerance Value When a particular temperature setting is selected for the previous item CPU Smart Fan Target a temperature tolerance value between 1 to 5 can be adjusted here PC Health Status CPU System Temperature CPU FAN SYS FAN1 2 Speed CPU Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 5V SB These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltage temperatures and all fans speeds 3 16 BIOS Setup 7 Frequency Voltage Control CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Frequency Voltage Control Current CHU Frequency 55H Help ten Current DRAM Frequency SASHA Enable disable the AMD Cool n Quiet Disabled generation of ACPI Adjust CPU Fol Frequency 280 9 PPC PSs and PCI Adjust CPU Ratio Auto objects t Advance DRAM Configuration Press Enter Adjust DDR
50. e system BIOS Refer the bios section for details 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping and Mirroring RAID 0 1 RAID 5 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 B 7 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the RAID mode for SATA devices 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 1 After rebooting your PC wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot pro cess prior to loading the OS 2 Press F10 and the NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window will appear RAID MOORS aly Oo Siriping Block prin The default RAID Mode is set to Mir Free Disks Array Disks z P Port Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity roring and Striping Block is Set tO je epee semen eS SS Optimal L Add ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAS Navigate y Select ENTER Popu
51. eer aaia aaaea abana 3 1 EMENN SOUP A A A eels 3 2 The MAN Menu inci E EE EES 3 4 standard CMOS Features ui SAA AAA 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features cuina 3 8 integrated Peripherals ni A A AA E AAA 3 10 Power Management SetuD ssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssesssesseesssssssssssssseeeees 3 12 PINP PGI COntiQurtaliOnS tii A As 3 14 PAW MIOIILOR traia 3 16 Frequency Voltage Control tico as 3 17 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 20 BIOS Seting Password iii annl an AAE E AE EAR 3 21 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio occcccccccccccnononnnononoconconananananannnnnnnnnrnnrnnnnannnnas A 1 Installing the Realtek Audio Driver ccccccoonononccconnoncccnononoononanncccnnnnnoncnnnonononos A 2 Software COMTIQUEAION id A 4 Hardware SEUD iia iii ieee A 19 Appendix B nVidia RAID iuiiicinniaiiainaiad dd Ad te B 1 HATCOCUIG WOM AAA A B 2 RAID ComMiguraliON sissien E E EE EE B 3 NVIDIA RAID Utility Instalan sessi iii ii B 9 RAID Drives Management ierse a B 12 Appendix C nVidia System Driver ccoonnnncicccononcnncccccnnncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnononnnannnnrnnnnnnnns C 1 nVidia System Driver Installation oooooocccccncdddnnnnn n occoconocnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn C 2 Vidia IIA tala sica ias C 5 Appendix D Dual Core Center coooncnnnccccccnncnnncconcnnncnnncnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnrrnrnnannnnrnrnnnnans D 1 Activating Dual Core Center sssrin a a A a D 2 MAIN ici ai
52. eplacing 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 Overclocking We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications 2 3 MS 7369 Mainboard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 1 Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU Open Lever Sliding 2 Pull the lever sideways away Plate from the socket Make sure to 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 Gold arrow f y Correct CPU placement 4 If the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely Gold arrow 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 the 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
53. etup gt On Chip IDE Controller This item allows you to enable disable the IDE controller gt PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives gt On Chip SATA Controller This item allows you to enable disable the SATA controller gt RAID mode Select RAID will enable RAID function Select AHCI to enable the AHCI Advanced Host Contoller Interface function Select IDE to configure the SATA device as IDE device and without AHCI fucntion gt I O Devices Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2085 American Megatrends Inc 1 0 Dev ices Parallel Port 3781 Parallel Port Hode Norma 1 Allows BIOS to Select gt COM Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial 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 It has the following options Disabled SBC IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278 IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378 IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 gt Parallel Port Mode Normal Stardand Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port Bi Directional Extended Capability Port Enhanced Parallel Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose Normal To operate the onboard para
54. formance Critical data and reasonable level of performance JBOD Combining odd size drives into one big drive B 2 High data throughput 100 data redundancy Optimized for both 100 data redundancy and performance Allows spare disks Fault tolerance and better utilization of disk space Combines and uses the capacity of odd size drives No fault tolerance multiple Requires 2 drives for the storage space of 1 drive Requires 2 drives for 4 Y the storage space of 1 drive the same as RAID level 1 es es Decreased write es performance due to parity calculations Requires at least three drives No Decreases Multiple performance because 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 Refer the bios section for details 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping and Mirroring RAID 0 1 RAID 5 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 B 9 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Bootable RAID Array 1 Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in th
55. g Technology D 3 MS 7369 Mainboard AV Game Office Silence Cool MSI provides five common settings for different environments The settings had been set to optimal values to reach better performance in each environment Click the button you need Important Before clicking the AV Game Office Silence or Cool button select Smooth mode or Sharp mode to decide whether you want the system to reach the optimal values smoothly or quickly ye Sharp mode Smooth mode Clock cP In this sub menu you can adjust and monitor the clocks of MB and graphics card e Voltage Fj In this sub menu you can adjust and monitor the voltages of MB and graphics card a FAN Speed In this sub menu you can adjust and monitor the fan speeds of MB and graphics card a Temperature LA In this sub menu you can monitor the temperatures of MB and graphics card User Profile In this sub menu you can set the values of clock voltage and fan speed by your need and save them in a profile You can save 3 profiles for further use Click on the icon E the clock voltage fan and temperature buttons will appear beside the icon Dual Core Center 7 DOT Dynamic OverClocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is an automatic overclocking function included in the MSI s newly developed Dual CoreCenter Technology It is designed to detect the loading of CPU GPU while running programs and to over clock
56. he adjustments click the Cancel button to cancel Or click the Default button to restore the default values oe 3a luar ms y e sy aia m y izv mA y 0000 Delan Fra Cantal Apay VE x ALUC Dore DENTET On the underside it shows the graphs of the voltages Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown Important In the user profile clicking the Save button can save the changes to it In the default profile the Save button is not available D 7 MS 7369 Mainboard A FAN Speed In the FAN Speed sub menu you can read fan status of your system Select higher speed for better cooling effect There are several sections for you to change the fan speed to a section after clicking button Click the plus sign button EY to increase the fan speed to a section or click the minus sign button to decrease Or click the Default button to restore the default values BEU 4 pann lina y CE PR EE I T IRPA Y Dual S Lore Center On the underside it shows the graphs of the fan speed Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown Important 1 When you set the fan speed manually please make sure to disabled the CPU Smart FAN Target item in the BIOS 2 In the user profile clicking the Save button can save the changes to it In the default profile the Save button is not available D 8 Dual Core Cen
57. he setup source file in the setup CD accompanying with your mainboard path Utility gt MSI Utility gt Dual Core Center it will have an icon in the system tray a short cut icon on the desktop and a short cut path in your Start up menu You may double click on each icon to enable Dual Core Center i E muito derparanan e fj Live opiata E MrBueooh Paes F CoreCenter Bi A Search G 7 A Han and Speel AoE pun Log Cet Adrados E HUA OFF Lamour short cut path in the start up menu path Start gt Programs gt MSI gt DualCoreCenter gt DualCoreCenter Important Dual Core Center is for reference only D 2 Dual Core Center 7 Main Before using this utility we have to remind you only when installing the MSI V044 V044 has to install with the version 8 26 or newer driver V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility If you install a graphics card of other brand only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would be available Dual Core Cenier Introduction Click each button appearing above to enter sub menu to make further configuration or to execute the function MB Click MB button to read current CPU temperature FSB and CPU clock of mainboard will show below VGA Click VGA button to read current GPU temperature GPU clock and memory clock of graphics card will show below DOT Click DOT button to enable or disable the Dynamic Overclockin
58. ick Next C 2 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 AIDA Windows arce Denes F NVIDIA SMU Climas y NVIDIA Ethernet Dei 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically Installing system management bus driver components 18 Cancel 4 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation Click Next to continue VIDA Windia arce iieis WVENLA IDE Diere biliar NADIA DE S SW Drie Information The HMDA DE EW dive ele bind aH dem nl ralha aiva hal ate ocio lor n car deakbsp comguiert Tihs WILE DE Sef diha educar ls cocos piirien bolilla ko anabima the moen and offer pre level hardasan do be moss podacie anc einen Irala of tha AIDIA DE Day Cuist es rescate bo serlo the NA DS AAD olution f pou are mebaling KVL RAD into a HEW Windows Operating Your center mi C 3 MS 7369 Mainboard 5 Then the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver Click Yes to continue Install NVIDIA IDE SW driver J Do you want to install the NVIDIA IDE SW driver C De 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 W
59. ight side pane as shown below Fa WVIDIA MediaShield orn tem Tasks Mane Hans Capecty Dtefese Charel Dawc Sa Mirroring Meathy 7453GB HOSTIL SADO Healthy 372 61GB SATA Prior y Master URRU reatiy 33 JAIA Maeday Mister cl Striping Healthy 60 45 UB Maxtor GYOROMD Heathy 76 4GB SATA Pres y Master WLS WOJIOGD OOFNAO rally M GE SATA seda y Master 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 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 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 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array and that disk is used by
60. imized 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 month date year gt Time HH MM SS Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only The month from Jan through Dec The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys The year can be adjusted by users 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 amp Serial ATA1 4 Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 7005 American Hegatrends Ine IDE Primary Master Dev ice Vendor Li Large Mode DAA Mode Hard Disk S H A R T 3 6 Hard Disk 2 4001 5ACE Size 410 060 IDE Primary Master Help Iten Disabled Disables LBA Mode Auto Enables LOA Mode if the device supports it and the device is nol already formatted with LIA Auto Lfu Lol Autol BIOS Setup gt Device Vendor Size It will showing the device information that you connected to the IDE SATA connectors 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 g
61. indow indicates that the array is synchronizing as shown in Figure below Ge events Meallan rii Pte es im perg pe y E a a A dla bt Babb HOTA Hali Sa Hfi Piar E a AA Hali BSS ifa imami H apor pek Se wD O Peal wm Na m7 F RO T reads E aa lA La n P 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 System Driver SE E 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 7369 Mainboard A nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display Mainboard 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 MCP65 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for your Windows OS Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue 5 NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Eal Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers The InstallShield Wizard will install NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers on pour computer To continue cl
62. izard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Before you can use the program you must restart your computer Yes want to restart my computer now C No will restart my computer later C 4 nVidia System Driver 7 nVidia Utility Installaion 1 Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display de Setup 2 Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display Dever Dil ll ette Maris M gt e de O 3 Click the nTune Utility icon to install it nTune Utility provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance C 5 Appendix D Dual Core Center UE 0 O Dual Core Center the most useful and powerful utility that MSI has spent much research and efforts to develop helps users to monitor or configure the hard ware status of MSI Mainboard amp MSI Graphics card in windows such as CPU GPU clock voltage fan speed and temperature Before you install the Dual Core Center please make sure the system has meet the following requirements 1 Intel Pentium4 Celeron AMD Athlon XP Sempron or compatible CPU with PCI Express slot 2 256MB system memory 3 CD ROM drive for software installation 4 Operation system Windows XP 5 DotNet Frame Work 2 0 MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 7369 Mainboard i Activating Dual Core Center Once you have your Dual Core Center installed locate t
63. l 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 3 15 MS 7369 Mainboard H W Monitor CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc HU Monitor Chassis Intrusion Disabled Help ten CPU Smart FAN Target Disabled PC Health Status Disabled CPU Temperature 47 C 116 F Enabled Austen Tenpera ture 36 Sb F Reset CPU FAN Speed 5625 RPA ata FAN Speed E RPA sia FAN2 Speed 0 RPH CPU Vcore L 31 4 M 3 328 U 5U 5 845 U 1480 11 880 U Tie Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fo Load Optimized Defaults gt Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning messag
64. leep 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 3 12 BIOS Setup gt Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the power button Settings are Power 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 Wake Up Event Setup Press lt Enter gt and the following sub menu appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Vake Up Event Setup Resume Fron 33 by Ps 4 keyboard Disabled Help Llen Keyhoard Password Press Enter Resume Frona 3 By PS 2 Mouse Disabled finy Key Resume By PCI Device PAE Enabled Support On UFF Resume fy PCI E Device Enabled and suspend For Resume By RIC Alarm Di
65. llel port in the EPP mode simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing Bi Direction will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously 3 11 MS 7369 Mainboard g Power Management Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Power Management Features ACFL Function Enabled Help ten ACPI Standby State 511 Power Button Function Fouer Off i Options Restore on AC Power Loss UTF t Wake Up Event Setup Press Enter Disabled Enabled Tie Aove Enter Select Ualue FIO Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fh 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 2000 XP select Enabled gt ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 2000 XP you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Set tings are S1 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 The S3 s
66. llortreg del LES NES a the Palos FAD gt gr NDIA MAROS MOG TO dines ts weas cred Sogn mbuidrg me aah Ar 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 J Rebuild In Progress NVIDIA MIRROR 34 476 When the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure below Rebuild Finished NVIDIA MIRROR 34 476 B 23 MS 7369 Mainboard During the rebuilding process the NVRAID Management utility screen shows the status under the System Tasks and Details sections he AAYA E n 3 me ie ro et WOO aty MediaShiold a Pac didrg 8S canary adaje ome ver nem eos SAA oe Mag WES A oa am imindey Men Mec Maw sra un mas axa un Tendes More About Rebuilding Arrays e 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 Rebuilding Applies Only to RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 Arrays Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 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 4
67. ly with 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 AC
68. 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 than 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 From RAID 5 to 1 Specific Morphing Requirements The following table lists the disk requirements for a new RAID array for various morphing combinations From New Array Disk Requirements RAID 0 sae Number of disks in the new array must be greater than the original array m 2 n 1 RAID 1 array must include two disks converted from a one disk RAID 0 RAID 0 array m gt 2xn Number of RAID 0 1 disks must be equal to or greater than twice the number of RAID 0 disks MS 7369 Mainboard From To New Array Disk Requirements ea of
69. nformatior Andha Omar ee asin Direct Version AIC de aa AL AA Language Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon E 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 j Sound Manager MultiMedia Windows Media Player Sound Recorder Volume Control Realtek ALC888 Audio 7 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 Line In Line Out Front channels MIC No function No function No function e ex Ls eo ro MS 7369 Mainboard n 4 Channel Mode for 4 Speaker Output Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels No function No function o le Es fe 19 E A 20 n 6 Channel Mode for 6 Speaker Output ales ed ad Realtek ALC888 Audio Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel No function A 21 MS 7369 Mainboard n 8 Channel Mode for 8 Speaker Output Line In Line Out Front channels MIC Line Out Rear channels Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel Line Out Sid
70. not to apply the DOT function D 5 MS 7369 Mainboard p Clock In the Clock sub menu you can see clock status including FSB CPU clock of mainboard and GPU memory clock of graphics card of your system And you can select desired value for overclocking There will be several items for you to select for overclocking after you click button You can click the plus sign button 6 to increase the clock or click the minus sign button 6 to decrease the clock And finally click the Apply button to apply the values adjusted If you do not want to apply the adjustments click the Cancel button to cancel Or click the Default button to restore the default values GPU Cument On the underside it shows the graphs of the clocks Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown Important In the user profile clicking the Save button can save the changes to it In the default profile the Save button is not available D 6 Dual Core Center 7 Voltage In the Voltage sub menu you can see voltage status including Vcore memory GPU voltage etc of your system and you can select desired value for overclocking It will show several items to select for overclocking after you click the button You can click the plus sign button 6 to increase the voltage or click the minus sign button 6 to decrease And finally click the Apply button to apply the adjustments If you do not want to apply t
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72. o Smaltimento dei Materiali Elettrici 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 NOICE eose a a A Aaa i FrademMmdi KS stars exacts eas a E E ii Revisi n USO esc ad a Ad ii Tech ical SUD DOM eanes ia s a E cand alse vnc E E alas lt cnealdesend alac lt znostns i Salely INS WUC HONS eanan E RANNE EAER ii FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeees iv WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement ccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeees vV Chapter 1 Getting Started iii da 1 1 Mainboard SpeCiCA ONS rines 1 2 Mainboard Layout A A S 1 4 Packing CHECKS Ercilla 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup sick dos 2 1 Quick Components Quid easier 2 2 CPU Central Processing UNID ias 2 3 OOO Vicar EEA A E E E 2 6 POWer SUD Mii EE AA T iain ties 2 8 Back PAN el sisosicsena AEA AE TARTI ERRA 2 10 CONTA EOI Sa 2 12 JUMP iii 2 18 AS E A aa 2 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup siii Ache ees asec
73. oductos en el punto limpio establecido 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
74. of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 7 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 7369 Mainboard A RAID Drives Management There is an application called NVRAIDMAN 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 RAID 0 1 and RAID 5 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 e Rebuild the parity in RAID 5 arrays Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management utility by double clicking NvRaidMan exe The RAID configuration information appears in the r
75. onthe LAN Pera Right a e Soo 10 Mbit sec data rate is selected Pp On 00 Mbit sec data rate is selected e 1000 Mbit sec data rate is selected 2 10 Hardware Setup gt USB Port The USB Universal Serial Bus port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices gt Audio Ports These audio connectors are used for audio devices You can differentiate the color of the audio jacks for different audio sound effects m Line In Blue Line In is used for external CD player tapeplayer or other audio devices Line Out Green Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones Mic Pink Mic is a connector for microphones RS Out Black Rear Surround Out in 4 5 1 7 1 channel mode CS Out Orange Center Subwoofer Out in 5 1 7 1 channel mode SS Out Gray Side Surround Out 7 1 channel mode MS 7369 Mainboard g Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 This connector supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy disk drive FDD1 IDE Connector IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives optical disk drives and other IDE devices O a o atna g ataman unung p poOo0OoOo0Oo0DOo0ocoOoooooo Important If you install two IDE devices on the same cable you must configure the drives separately to master slave mode by setting jumpers Refer to IDE device
76. p MS 7369 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 Striping 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 status of each hard disk is given in the Port columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists 0 0 t Channel Controller In the example above 0 0 means the hard drive is attached to Controller 0 Channel 0 The following is a list of all possible combinations Serial ATA 0 0 Controller 0 Channel O SATA1 0 1 Controller 0 Channel 1 SATA2 0 2 Controller 0 Channel 2 SATA3 0 3 Controller 0 Channel 3 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 RAID5 Spanning or Stripe Mirroring
77. per orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin 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 Pew sona Pm sona 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ATX1 OOAN OA A ON o 21 22 23 24 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector JPW 1 is used to provide power to the CPU Pin Definition airi PIN SIGNAL A i 1 GND 2 GND JPW1 3 12V 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
78. please try the following help resources for further guidance Q Visit the MSI website for FAQ technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http global msi com tw index php func faqindex 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 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 does not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual U The equipment has dropped and damaged
79. re Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector connects to the chassis intrusion switch cable If the chassis is opened the chassis intrusion mechanism will be activated The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record CINTRU 0 1 GND 0 2 JCI1 CD In Connector JCD1 This connector is provided for external audio input GND L R JCD1 2 14 Hardware Setup Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PREBE 10 JAUD HD Audio Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION MIC_L Microphone Left channel GND Ground MIC_R Microphone Right channel PRESENCE 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 LINE out_R Analog Port Right channel MIC_JD Jack detection return from front panel microphone JACK1 Front_JD Jack detection sense line from the High Definition Audio CODEC jack detection resistor network NC No control LINE out_L Analog Port Left channel LINEout_JD Jack detection return from front panel JACK2 AC 97 Audio Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION MIC Microphone input signal GND Ground MIC_PWR Mi
80. s documentation supplied by the vendors for jumper setting instructions 2 12 Hardware Setup Serial ATA Connector SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 This connector is a high speed Serial ATA interface port Each connector can con nect to one Serial ATA device SATA2 SATA4 nl aortiti antru aortiti SATA1 SATA3 Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission 2 13 MS 7369 Mainboard Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with 12V When connecting the wire to the connectors always 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 o GND o 12V GND o SENSOR 12V o Control SENSOR C PUFAN1 SYSFAN1 2 1 Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 Fan cooler set with 3 or 4 pins power connector are both available for CPUFANT1 3 CPUFAN1 supports fan control You can setup it in BIOS Setup or CPUFAN1 supports fan control You can install Dual Core Center utility that will automatically control the CPU fan speed according to the actual CPU temperatu
81. sabled Pouer Button mode gt Resume From S3 By PS 2 Keyboard This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power saving modes when input signal of the PS 2 keyboard is detected gt Resume From S3 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 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 PCI E Device When set to Enabled the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PCI Express device 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 3 13 MS 7369 Mainboard F PNP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP Plug amp Play feature PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components This 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 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc PP PCL Configurations PCL Latency Tiwer L
82. ster operation mode SATA 4 SATA ports support 4 SATA devices Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB s RAID SATA1 4 support RAID 0 1 0 1 5 or JBOD mode RAID 5 mode only for nForce 560 1 2 Getting Started 1 floppy port Supports 1 FDD with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Connectors e Back panel 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 Serial port 1 Parallel port support SPP EPP ECP mode 4 USB 2 0 Ports 1 LAN jack 6 audio jacks eo On Board Pinheaders 3 USB 2 0 pin headers 1 Chassis Intrusion Switch pinheader 1 SPDIF Out pinheader 1 Front Panel Audio pinheader 1 CD In pinheader Slots 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots support 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface Form Factor ATX 30 5 cm X 20 0 cm Mounting 6 mounting holes MS 7369 Mainboard Mainboard Layout Top mouse Bottom keyboard lig E l OA SYSFAN2 jpwi CPUFAN1 oooo
83. synchronous DRAM is installed in the system gt RAS to CASH Delay TRCD When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance 3 18 BIOS Setup gt ROW to ROW Delay TRRD When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable Specifies the active to active delay of different banks gt ROW Cycle Time TRC When the MCT Timing Mode sets to Manual the field is adjustable The row cycle time determines the minimum number of clock cycles a memory row takes to complete a full cycle from row activation up to the precharging of the active row gt 1T1 2T Memory Timing This field controls the SDRAM command rate Selecting 1T makes SDRAM signal controller to run at 1T T clock cycles rate Selecting 2T makes SDRAM signal controller run at 2T rate gt Adjust DDR Memory Frequency You can place an artificial memory clock limit on the system Please note that memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency gt Adjust PCI E Frequency This field allows you to select the PCIE frequency in MHz gt Auto Disable DIMM PCI Frequency This item is used to auto disable the DIMM PCI slots When set to Enabled the system will remo
84. t Hard Disk S 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 amp Serial ATA1 4 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the SATA connector on the mainboard gt Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in gt System Information Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc aysten Information e system Information Help Iten CPU Type CFU ID OFF Ah CPU Frequency Zotz HIS Version W 8Rb 85 25 07 Physical Memory 256HB Usage Hemory fob Cache Size OKT a This sub menu shows the CPU information BIOS version and memory status of your system read only MS 7369 Mainboard g Advanced BIOS Features CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc Advanced MUS Features fool Sector Protection Disabled Help ten Full Screen LOGO Display Enabled Quick Boot
85. ter 7 Temperature In the Temperature sub menu you can see temperature status of your system Core Center y On the underside it shows the graphs of the temperatures Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown D 9 MS 7369 Mainboard E User Profile In the User Profile sub menu click the setting button that besides the user profile bar and the next screen will appear Here you can define the clock fan speed voltage by your need click the EX button to choose a value quickly or click the plus 6 minus sign 6 button to increase decrease the value User Profile 1 i Teericear perches MA D 10 Dual Core Center Use the draw bar to set the max system temperature When the system temperature exceeds the threshold you defined the system will pop up a warning message and shut down the system Use the draw bar to set the minimal fan speed When the fan speed is lower than the threshold you defined the system will pop up a warning message e ip ere MAX PEN o Fan Min Era ae o e After setting all values you need you can change the user profile name in the box then click the save button Y to save all changes in a profile e confi TRTE y JN Finally you can choose the user profile by click the button in the left side and click the Apply button to load the user profile 9 User Profile 2 p User Profile 3
86. 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 any other array unlike a free disk which can be used by any available RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 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 MS 7369 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 following 1 Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below
87. this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance BIOS Setup gt Load 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 7369 Mainboard E 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 CHUS Setup Utility Copyright C 1905 2005 American Hegatrends Inc ate AM DIO YY Tine HH AA SS IDE Primary Haster IDE Primary slave Standard CHAOS Features Wed 01 09 2002 22 42 49 Help ten Use ENTER CTAB or SHIFT TAH to select a field Not Detected LITE 0N COMBU LI Serial ATA 1 Channel serial ATA Channel Serial ATA 3 Channel Serial ATA 4 Channel Floppy Drive A System Information Tis Move Enter Select Walue Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected 1 44 HB 3 1 Press Enter FlO Saue ise el or l 1 to configure system Date ESC Exit Fl General Help gt Date MM DD YY Fh Load Opt
88. ts 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 7369 Mainboard A Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before you can get access to 2 4 6 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 Mainboard Important 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 ALC888 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
89. ve 2 Click the Browse CD on the Setup screen 3 Copy all the contents in the Nvidia System MCP65 IDE WinXP sataraid 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 7369 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 f 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 m
90. ve turn off clocks from empty DIMM PCI slots to minimize the elec tromagnetic interference EMI gt CPU Voltage This item allows you to increase the CPU voltage gt Memory Voltage Adjusting the memory voltage can increase the memory speed gt Spread Spectrum This setting is used to enable or disable the Spread Spectrum feature When overclocking always set it to Disabled 1 If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI select the value of Spread Spectrum for EMI reduction 2 The greater the Spread Spectrum value is the greater the EMI is reduced and the system will become less stable For the most suitable Spread Spectrum value please consult your local EMI regulation 3 Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clock speed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock up 3 19 MS 7369 Mainboard A Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Saf
91. ven period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record A 11 MS 7369 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 OQO OD Front Panel LNs TA 8 o To Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please 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 ALC888 Audio Connector Settings Click to access connector settings Connector Settings Connector Settings E Gisenl fontoanel jack detection El Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged i El Enable auto popup dialog when dawce nas been plugged in Disable front panel jack detection option Jack detection function only works with HD audio front panel Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this

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