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1. JPWR1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND T GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 Res 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 GND y Ei RE Hardware Setup SSI 8 Pin Power Connector JPWR2 This connector is an optional power connector to provide 12V power output SSI 5 Pin Power Connector J4 This connector provides power supply to the System Management Bus SMB JPWR2 U oy H J4 1Llolooog JPWR2 Pin Definition J4 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 5 12V 1 SMB clock 2 GND 6 12V 2 SMB data 3 GND 7 12V 3 PS alert 4 GND 8 12V 4 GND 5 3 3RS 29 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Back Panel View of the Back Panel
2. SFAN2 TF poo ofa ood Fan Connector Pin Definition MSI Reminds You Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan fuck 2 17 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Front Panel Connector JSSI1 nection to the front panel switches and LEDs H oy N deen 2 E 1im Standby Power 5V ojojojojojo sl The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical con Chassis Giga bit Intruder LAN1 LED T Power LED JSSI1 Pin Definition Power Switch HDD Reset Switch LED Pin Description Pin Description 1 Power LED 2 5Vs o 3 Key 4 No Connection 5 Power LED 6 No Connection 7 HDD Activity LED 8 System Status LED 9 HDD Activity LED 10 System Status LED 11 Power Switch 12 NIC Activity LED 13 Power Switch GND 14 NIC Activity LED 15 Reset Switch 16 SMBus SDA 17 Reset Switch GND 18 SM
3. Ti E El E E o El E IDE1 IDE2 oa oa a n oo a n oa a n oa a n oo a n oo a n oo a n oo a n oo oof oof o o oof ool a n oo a n oo a n oa a n oo a n oo a n oo a n oa oa oo MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the sec ond drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper set ting instructions ImsijE 2 16 Hardware Setup Fan Power Connectors CFAN1 2 SFAN1 2 PFAN1 2 The CAN 1 2 processor fan SFAN1 2 system fan and PFAN1 2 power fan support system cooling fan with 12V It supports 3 pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control CFAN2 ED EO D E po uu N
4. PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration The mainboard provides three Master 64 bit PCI also called PCI X bus slots and two 32 bit PCI slots 64 bit PCI X bus The bus has 64 data lines and runs at 33 66 or 100 MHz With twice data lines and much faster PCI clock the 64 bit PCI X bus increases increases the throughput and overall system performance 32 bit PCI bus The bus has 32 data lines and runs at 33 MHz msih MSI Reminds You Mainboard photos shown in next section are for demonstra tion of the installation of miniPCI cards only The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase 2 22 Hardware Setup 7 S Mini PCI Slot for K8D Master FT only This slot is used to connect the optional MS 9518 SCSI card MS 9513 VGA card or MS 9514 IEEE 1394 card MS 9518 SCSI card MS 9514 IEEE1394 card Installing the card EN 1 Locate the Mini PCI slot on the mainboard 2 Place the card over the Mini PCI slot and gently insert both ends of the card slantways at an angle of 45 degree
5. K8D Master FT MS 9131 v1 X SSI Mainboard Getting Started M SI Special ra PC Alert II The PC Alert TIT is a utility you can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can de tect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU amp system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning PC Alert 111 System Monitor loj x Option Tools Setting About Help joja Temperature Ee rd 4 Zem eng Chassis NM SI TI mnm D E ER UR a e Fon Speed Intrusion d u cruz fr 6 Voltage j s 4 Vcore 5V Mas v wv it ava er StendBy ma MG 2 oa EM PER EM EM EM EM MSI Reminds You 1 Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system status 2 The mainboard bound with mBMC chip Server Management Features won t support PC Alert IIT MSI Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hard ware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in th
6. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and raise it up to a 90 degree angle Locate the cut edge of the CPU When the CPU is in stalled into the socket this cut edge should be aligned with the corner marking an arrow on the Socket 940 Please note that the CPU can only fit in a correct orientation DO NOT use force to install the CPU into the socket Place the CPU onto the socket and press it down firmly into the socket The pins of the CPU should be embedded into the socket completely Close the lever to secure the CPU Do not close the level until the CPU s pins are fully inserted otherwise the pins may be damaged Corner marking CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 940 an arrow Press down the CPU Close Lever 24 Hardware Setup a Installing AMD Opteron DP CPU Cooling System When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not find the heat sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer Heat Sink Sub assem bly PCB Backplate Sub assembly reference figure y MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system al ways make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While
7. decrease the time needed to boot the system Setting options Disabled Enabled Quiet Boot This setting allows you to decide whether or not to display POST mes sages during booting Setting options Disabled Enabled Choosing Disabled the system will display normal POST messages during booting Choosing Enabled the system will display OEM Logo instead of POST messages during booting AddOn ROM Display Mode This item is used to determine the display mode when an optional ROM is initialized during POST Setting options Force BIOS Keep Current When set to Force BIOS the display mode used by AMI BIOS is used Select Keep Current 1f you want to use the display mode of optional ROM BootUp Num Lock This feature controls the functionality of the Numeric Keyboard at boot up If set to On the Numeric Keyboard will function in the numeric mode for typing out numbers but if set to Off it will function in the cursor control mode for controlling the cursor Setting options Off On PS 2 Mouse Support This setting controls support for PS 2 mouse Typematic Rate This setting controls the repeat rate for the keyboard when the typematic feature is activated Setting options Slow Fast System Keyboard This setting allows you to set the system keyboard Setting options Absent Present Parity Check When enabled BIOS turns on parity checking for the system RAM This should be enabled if you are using parity checking or ECC
8. and disa bled otherwise Setting options Disabled Enabled 3 19 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Note If you turn on parity checking on a system that does not have parity memory in it the system will halt with a parity error as soon as it tries to boot up If you turn off parity checking on a system that does have parity memory the system will run just fine but you will have no parity check ing protection active Boot To OS 2 OS 2 differs from other operating systems OS in the way it manages the RAM For systems running IBM s OS 2 operating system select Yes and for systems running other operating systems select No Setting options No Yes Wait For FU If Error When the boot sequence encounters an error it asks you to press F1 Only at non fatal errors If disabled the system prints a warning and continues to boot without waiting for you to press any keys Enabled recommended Disabled if you want the system to operate as a server without a keyboard Setting options Disabled Enabled Hit DEL Message Display This setting enables the system to display the DEL message Press DEL to run Setup during the POST Power On Self Test Setting options Disabled Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture This setting allows option ROMs to trap interrupt 19 Boot Device Priority The sub menu specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence Boot Device Priority 2nd Boot Device ISS ATAPI CD ROM 1 3rd Boot Device PS MAXTOR 6L04
9. PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem RAID RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks originally Redundant Array of Inex pensive Disks is a way of storing the same data in different places thus redundantly on multiple hard disks By placing data on multiple disks I O operations can overlap in a balanced way improving performance Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failure MTBF storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance SCSI Acronym for Small Computer System Interface Pronounced scuzzy SCSI is a par allel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers PCs and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates up to 80 megabytes per second than standard serial and parallel ports In addition you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port so that SCSI is really an I O bus rather than simply an interface USB Universal Serial Bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such as the keyboard mouse joystick etc USB provides a maximum bandwidth of 12 Mbit sec Mbps for connecting up to 127 peripheral devices to PC USB features hot swap capability and multiple data streams allows external devices to be plugged in and unplugged without turning the system off Vi
10. Primary Secondary Both Choosing Disabled will disable the integrated IDE controller Choosing Primary will enable only the primary IDE controller Choosing Secondary will enable only the secondary IDE controller Choosing Both will enable both IDE controllers Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave The settings allow you to configure each IDE device individually Press lt Enter gt to go to the sub menu and a sub menu screen similar to the following picture will appear Primary IDE Slave Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Hard Disk MAXTOR 6L040L2 40 0GB Supported Block Mode 16Sectors PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA li ei te 4 MultiWord DMA 2 Ultra DMA 6 Supported LBA Large Mode Autol Block Multi Sector Transfer Autol PIO Mode DMA Mode S M A R T Auto Autol Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Disabled Device Vendor Size LBA Block PIO Mode Async Ultra DMA S M A R T These settings display basic information and specification of the de tected IDE device Device Vendor SIZE LBA Large Mode Block Mode Type of the device Model number of the device Capacity of the device Indicates whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing or Large mode is supported by the device Indicates the optimal number of sectors read BIOS Setup writes for every block transfer PIO Mode Indicates the PIO modes the drive supports Async DMA Indicates the type of Async DMA Ultra DMA Indicates
11. The back panel provides the following connectors Parallel GEES O ele Mouse USB COM Keyboard Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Data Mouse data 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock PS 2 M 6 es pam 6 NC No connection 2 10 Hardware Setup Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connecto The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard Data Keyboard data 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V PS 2 Keyboar d 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock E 6 NC No connection 6 pin Female USB Ports The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug USB devices directly into the ports Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VC
12. order of these ATAPI CD ROM drives ATAPI CDROM Drives 2nd Drive N A 1 3rd Drive N A 4th Drive NZA 321 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard This section lets you set security passwords to control access to the sys tem at boot time and or when entering the BIOS setup program It also allows you to set virus protection at hard disk boot sector Change Supervisor User Password Type the password up to six characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously set password from CMOS memory You will be prompted to confirm the password Retype the pass word and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration 32 BIOS Setup Jms MSI Reminds You About Supervisor Password amp User Password Supervisor password Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu User password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menu Clear U
13. property of MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL We take every care in the preparation of this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners AMD Athlon Athlon XP Thoroughbred and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMP is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V10 First release Apr 2003 Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user s manual please contact your place of purchase or local distributor Alternatively please try the following help resources for further guidance Q Visit the MSI website for FAQ technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com tw Q Contact our technical staff at support O msi com tw 111 Safety Instructions AWN oo 10 11 12 Always read the safety instructions carefully Keep this User s Manual for future reference K
14. the microprocessor chip Although more and more microprocessors are including L2 caches into their architectures G3 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard IDE Integrated Drive Electronics A type of disk drive interface widely used to connect hard disks CD ROMs and tape drives to a PC in which the controller electronics is integrated into the drive itself eliminating the need for a separate adapter card The IDE interface is known as the ATA AT Attachment specification IEEE 1394 A new high speed external bus standard also known as FireWire or iLink which supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps for connecting up to 63 external devices Internal Cache Short for Level 1 cache a memory cache built into the microprocessor The L1 cache is also called the primary cache IrDA Infrared Data Association A group of device vendors including computer component and telecommunications who have developed a standard for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables IRQ Interrupt Request Line IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor When you add a new device to a PC you sometimes need to set its IRQ number by setting a DIP switch This specifies which interrupt line the device may use IRQ conflicts used to be a common problem when adding expansion boards but the Plug and Play specification has removed this h
15. this menu to specify your settings for power management Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default set tings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes 35 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard The items inside the Main menu are for basic system information and configuration Each item includes none one or more setup items Use the Up Down arrow keys or lt Tab gt to highlight the item or field you want to modify and use the lt gt or lt gt key to switch to the value you prefer _ BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boo secur ity System Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt System Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only monthThe month from Jan through Dec date The date from to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year depends on the year of the BIOS 36 BIOS Setup Items in the menu are divided into 6 sub menus Each sub menu pro vides more settings To enter the sub menu highlight the sub menu you want to configure and press lt Enter gt BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration IDE Configuration The sub menu configures the attached IDE devices OnBoard PCI IDE Controller This setting allows you to set the onboard PCI IDE controller Setting 37 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard 38 options Disabled
16. up to a maximum size of 2GB Users can install either single or double sided modules depending on their needs Hardware Setup Memory modules can be installed in any combination as follows Slot Memory Module Population Rules Dual channel 128 bits DIMM 1 Install Install Install Install DIMM Install Install Install Install DIMM 3 Install Install Install Install DIMM 4 Install Install Install Install DIMM 5 Install Install Install Install DIMM 6 Install Install Install Install Slot Memory Module Population Rules Single channel 64 bits DIMM 1 DIMM Install Install Install Install DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Install Install Install Install DIMM 5 DIMM 6 Install Install Install Install 27 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard The mainboard supports SSI power supply for the power system Before inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused SSI 24 Pin Power Connector JPWR1 This connector allows you to connect an SSI power supply To connect the SSI power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector Power Supply
17. 0 or 10Mbps You can connect a network cable to either LAN jack Activity Indicator rLink Indicator ar SA 100000000 T RJ 45 LAN Jack The pin assignments vary depending on the transfer rates 10 100Mbps or 1000Mbps Note that Pin 1 2 3 6 4 5 7 8 must work in pairs Please refer to the following for details 10 100 LAN Pin Definition Giga bit LAN Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 1 DOP Differential Pair 0 2 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 2 DON Differential Pair 0 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 3 DIP Differential Pair 1 4 NC Not Used 4 D2P Differential Pair 2 5 NC Not Used 5 D2N Differential Pair 2 6 RDN Receive Differential Pair 6 DIN Differential Pair 1 7 NC Not Used 7 D3P Differential Pair 3 8 NC Not Used 8 D3N Differential Pair 3 213 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Parallel Port The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector as LPT A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode 13 1 2 14 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATAO Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 0 ACK Acknowledge 1 BUSY Busy 2 PE PaperEnd 3 SELECT Select 4 AUTO FEE
18. 0L21 4th Boot Device IMBA v6 1 3 Slot 0 Sth Boot Device MBA v6 1 3 Slot 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Boot Device These settings specify the boot sequences of the available devices 3 20 BIOS Setup Hard Disk Drives The sub menu assigns the boot priority of all hard disk drives installed in the system If more than one hard disk drive are installed in the system you will see more than one item appear on the screen such as 2nd Hard Drive 3rd Hard Drive etc Then you can arrange the boot sequence of these hard disk drives Hard Disk Drives 2nd Drive IN A1 3rd Drive IN A1 4th Drive NZA 1 5th Drive NZA 1 6th Drive EN A 1 7th Drive N A 8th Drive NZA 1 9th Drive NZA 1 16th Drive N A 1ith Drive NZA 1 12th Drive N A 1 Removable Drives The sub menu assigns the boot priority of all removable devices installed in the system If more than one removable devices are installed in the system you will see more than one item appear on the screen such as 2nd Remov able Dev 3rd Removable Dev etc Then you can arrange the boot sequence of these removable devices Removable Drives 2nd Drive 3rd Drive 4th Drive ATAPI CDROM Drives The sub menu assigns the boot priority of all ATAPI CD ROM drives in stalled in the system If more than one ATAPI CD ROM drives are installed in the system you will see more than one item appear on the screen such as 2nd ATAPI CDROM 3rd ATAPI CDROM etc Then you can arrange the boot
19. 1 Chipset 492 pin BGA HyperTransport I O Hub support up to 800 megebytes per second with 200 MHz clock A 33 MHz 32 bit PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface supports up to eight external devices LPC bus to connect peripheral such as super I O and BIOS Extensive ACPI compliant power management IOAPCI controller AC 97 2 2 soft audio controller USB hosts supporting six ports USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 optional Main Memory gt 144 bit DDR at 200 266 333 MHz gt Supports DIMM sizes from 64 MB 128 Mb x 16 DRAMs to 2 GB 1 Gbx 4 1 2 Getting Started DRAMS gt Supports interleaving memory within DIMMs gt Chip Kill ECC allows continuous correction of 4 bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device Slots gt Three 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slots gt Two 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots gt One Mini PCI slot for KSD Master FT only Networking gt Broadcom BCM5704 LAN controller gt Provides 1000 100 10 MB per second data rates 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X bus gt Dual ports Video Integrated ATI Rage XL graphics controller gt Built in DVD decoding gt Provides integrated TMDS transmitter support for Digital Flat Panel DFP monitors gt Onboard 8 MB video SDRAM Power Management Features gt Wake on LAN WOL USB PCI mouse gt RTCalarm gt Supports ACPI S1 S4 S5 functions System Management gt SMBus 120 gt Temperature voltage and fan monitors gt Chassis intru
20. 2 13 Parallel POTE iia E 2 14 CONNMECTOLS edel AE N OE ON 2 15 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 A 2 15 Hard Disk Connectors IDE amp IDE2 see se ge ee ee ee ee 2 16 Fan Power Connectors CFAN1 2 SFAN1 2 PFAN1 2 2 17 Front Panel Connector JSSII oo see sesse ee ee ee RR ee ee 2 18 LCD Panel Connector JLCDI ese see ee ee ee ee GR ee Re 2 19 Serial Port Connector COM 2 ese ee RA ee Re ee eg 2 19 Front USB Connector JUSBl AA 2 20 DC Bus Connector RECON AA 2 20 iis SE DE OE ue de beses 2 21 Clear CMOS Jumper JBATI A 2 21 SLOTS ege ELE ER EE EDE N EE dan 2 22 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 2 22 Mini PCI Slot for K8D Master FT only oonoccnoccccoccconononnncnnccnnnos 2 23 PCI Interrupt Request Routing see ee ee Se ee ee ee 2 26 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup uses sesse sesse ee Ge EE Gee GE GE EG Ee EG Ee ee Se Se ee 3 1 Ent ring Setup sees ee VER EE EE ed ena de RERA 3 2 Selecting the First Boot Device oo sees ce se ee Se ee ee ee ee ee 3 2 Control OE EE ER HERE EN 33 Getting Help oia a 33 The UE 34 Mal EE 36 AV ANCE iii EE 3 7 od EE EE EER OE E EAE 3 15 ee ER EE ER RE EE EE 3 18 oe ARE EE RE EA EE 3 22 vi Troubleshooting moocomommosos 1 1 bi ETA EE El vii Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the K8D Master Series MS 9131 an excellent Server System Infrastructure SSI mainboard from MSI Bas
21. Bus SCL 19 ACPI Sleep Switch 20 Chassis Intrusion 21 ACPI Sleep Switch GND 22 NIC 2 Activity LED 23 NMI to CPU Switch 24 NIC 2 Activity LED 218 Hardware Setup LCD Panel Connector JLCD1 The connector is additionally provided for connection to a LCD panel which shows information on the panel for you to identify the current status or mode of the connected system JLCD1 m 10 0 2 Co E 5 E 0 6 Y moe PIN SIGNAL TX RX NC GND1 GNDO VCC oO Om PBUN Serial Port Connector COM 2 The mainboard provides one 9 pin header as serial port COM 2 The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to it 1 oo 2 oo oo oo ls A 9 D COM 2 E Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Read
22. C 5V 2 D N ive D hi EE am id ata O egative ata Channel O LA 3 Data O Positive Data Channel O 4 GND Ground 55 67 87 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 USB Ports 8 GND Ground 211 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Serial Port COM 1 The mainboard provides one 9 pin mail DIN connector as serial port COM A The serial port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial device directly to it Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect AAA 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data O 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready SE 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 6 78 7 RTS Request To Send COM A 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate VGA DB 15 Pin Connector One DB 15 pin VGA connector is provided for connection to a VGA monitor 5 1 O 15 11 DB 15 Pin Female Connector 212 Pin Definition Analog Video Display Connector DB 15S PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION ZOPADAAON AA AA AUN Red Green Blue Notused Ground Ground Ground Ground Power Ground Not used SDA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync SCL RJ 45 LAN Jack Giga bit LAN Hardware Setup The mainboard provides two standard RJ 45 jacks for connection to Local Area Network LAN Giga bit LAN enables data to be transferred at 1000 10
23. CE yess sess Gg dree EE OE EE SA SS il Revision History EE itl Technical Support eiii dba teasers ii SI ies oneste erene eeri RSG ER EEE E E EEs iv Chapter 1 Getting Started susse sesse see ee ee EE ee Ee Se ee Se Ge Be Eg 1 1 Mainboard Specifications ee se ee ek ee GR GR ee SR GR Ge Re Ge 1 2 Mainboard Ee EE RE N ER saes ara FES 1 5 MSI Special Features siene see see se ee se ee Se ee se ee ee ee Ge Ge Ge KE 1 7 PE Alert M LE 1 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup sesse sesse see see ee EE Ee GE ee Ee Se Ge Se ee 2 1 Quick Components Guide sees se ee Se Ge Se Ge ee ran ee ee ee 2 2 Central Processing Unit CPU oe se se ee se ee Ge ee ee Ge ee ee ee 23 CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 940 24 Installing AMD Opteron DP CPU Cooling System 25 EE 2 6 Installing DDR Modules AAA 2 6 Memory Population Rules AAA 2 7 Ne 2 8 SSI 24 Pin Power Connector JPWRI ii 2 8 SSI 8 Pin Power Connector JPWR2 AA 2 9 SSI 5 Pin Power Connector JA ese se se se ee ee ee ee 2 9 ed dy AAR EE N EE EO N EER 2 10 Viewofthe Back Panel issie SEKER so SEN KEES Dee endo es eke 2 10 Mouse Bee AE AE atadni N EE 2 10 Keyboard Connector venia sii 2 11 USB Port r sies RE RE OE Re EE DERE ee VER ES Se erge Gee ee Se ee eg 2 11 Serial Port COM Usina rain 2 12 VGA DB 15 Pin Connector mesman n nn h ara 2 12 RJ 45 LAN Jack Giga bit LAN ee ee ee ee Se ee ee ee
24. D Automatic Feed 5 ERR Error 6 INIT Initialize Printer 7 SLIN Select In 8 GND Ground 9 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Ground 2 GND Ground 214 Hardware Setup Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect FDD IDE HDD front panel of the system case audio ports USB Ports and CPU System FANS Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk types Ki DO CAD nora D DooOoooooooooooooa FDD1 215 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 amp IDE2 The mainboard provides a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 controller that supports PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM drives 120MB floppy disk drive reserved for future BIOS and other devices
25. GA Port CFAN2 CPU1 A Aen E Sci PFAN1 CH H ie E LAN come EE DDR5 Ea DDR6 o PFAN2 JA Ese PCIX1 NC mere JPWR1 CM5704 As Winbond PCH W 3627HF AW AMD PCl2 e GE ap 5 Wee PCIX2 dd 55 a per o PCIX3 E JBAT1 ems BATT 7 aa M AS 82 SFAN1 12CCON1 S E d o JBMC ES JIPMBA SFAN2 Ee JUSB 135888 K8D Master F MS 9131 v1 X SSI Mainboard MS 9131 SSI Mainboard op Muse ottom Keyboard DDR4 Ese DDR 3 DOI nao nam anna anna Ports JPWR2 O O O EO OO DDR2 ja SE cruz DDR1 EE Top Parall l Port e CFAN1IE Bottom COM1 VGA Port CFAN2 CPU1 ke BEGEJ PFAN EM SS Eks LAN El DDR5 SA E DDR 6 PFAN2 E F JPWR1 Broadcom BCM570 L MINIPCI1 A TA nna W83627HF A AMD 8131 P o AMD o ATI 8111 Rage XL W Fa JBAT1 een BATT E SFANI 12CCON ama 4 5 JpMC es JIPMB1 SFAN2 fed
26. K8D Master Series MS 9131 v1 X SSIMainboard K8D Master F for Pedestal System K8D Master FT for Rackmount System Version 1 0 G52 S9131X1 K01 Manual Rev 1 0 Release Date Apr 2003 CE G amp m FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equip ment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits VOIR LA NOTICE D INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU Micro Star International MS 9131 C Tested to comply with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual
27. PI aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME select Yes Setting options Yes No Event Log Control The sub menu is used to configure the event logging function Event Log Functions Mark all events as read Clear Event Log Event Log Statistics View Event Log This setting allows the BIOS to display the unread events from the event log area For example CMOS Battery Failure CMOS System Options Not Set etc Mark All Events As Read This setting will enable the BIOS to mark all events in the event log area as read 313 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Clear Event Log This setting discards all events in the event log Event Log Statistics This setting shows event log statistics Hyper Transport Configuration This setting configures HyperTransport links Hyper Transport Configuration CPUO CPU1 HT Link Width Auto CPUO PCI X0 HT Link Speed Autol CPUO PCI X0 HT Link Width Autol CPU0 CPU1 HT Link Speed CPU0 PCI X0 HT Link Speed The Hyper Transport link will run at the specified speed if its actual speed is slower than or equal to the system clock Note that this function will work only when your mainboard supports it Setting to Auto the HT link will run at the maximum speed available CPU0 CPU1 HT Link Width CPU0 PCI X0 HT Link Width The Hyper Transport link will run at the specified width Setting to Auto the HT link will run at the maximum width available Remote Access Configuration The sub menu controls t
28. SE Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to allow users managing the system power flexibly AGP Accelerated Graphics Port A new high speed graphics interface that based on PCI construction and designed especially for the throughput demands of 3 D graphics AGP provides a direct channel 32 bit wide bus between the display controller and main memory for high graphics quality and performance Bluetooth Bluetooth refers to a worldwide standard for the wireless exchange of data between two devices Bluetooth requires that a low cost transceiver chip be included in each device The tranceiver transmits and receives in a previously unused frequency band of 2 45 GHz that is available globally with some variation of bandwidth in different countries In addition to data up to three voice channels are available Each device has a unique 48 bit address from the IEEE 802 standard Connections can be point to point or multipoint The maximum range is 10 meters Data can be exchanged at a rate of 1 megabit per second up to 2 Mbps in the second generation of the technology BIOS Basic Input Output System On PCs an essential software that contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardware lines within the co
29. anually select or deal with these resources in this case the default setting of Yes should be selected to enable automatic resource allocation Setting options Yes No Palette Snooping When set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the VGA Palette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA device s palette registers and the ISA VGA device s palette registers permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system re quires VGA palette snooping PCI IDE Bus Master The PCI bus also allows you to set up compatible IDE ATA hard disk drives 3 16 BIOS Setup to be bus masters When PCI bus mastering is used IDE ATA devices use DMA modes to transfer data increasing performance over the use of PIO modes which are the default way that IDE ATA hard disks transfer data to and from the system Setting options Disabled Enabled OffBoard PCVISA IDE Card This settin
30. ature you need to define the burst length which 1s the actual length of burst plus the starting address and allows inter nal address counter to properly generate the next memory location The bigger the size the faster the DRAM performance Setting options 4 Beats 8 Beats ECC Configuration The sub menu sets the ECC short for Error Checking Correcting memory a type of memory that includes special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data as it passes in and out of memory options for cache and DRAM scrubbing ECC Configuration Master ECC Enable Master ECC enables support on all nodes for ECC error detect and correction IOMMU Option Menu The sub menu controls the JOMMU function IOMMU is supported on LINUX based systems to convert 32 bit IO addresses to 64 bits EPA 32 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard SouthBridge Configuration The sub menu shows the configuration options for the SouthBridge chipset South Bridge Chipset Configuration HT Link P Comp Mode Auto HT Link N Comp Mode Auto HT Link RZ Comp Mode Auto 2 0 SM Bus Controller This setting disables enables the 2 0 System Management Bus Controller HT Link 0 P Comp Mode HT Link 0 N Comp Mode HT Link 0 RZ Comp Mode Auto causes hardware compensation values Other choices allow the user to override default compensation with an absolute value add to the hard ware generated value or subtract a value from the generated value PCI X Configuratio
31. d for the activity lights on computer s component such as disk drivers LPT Line Printer Terminal Logical device name for a line printer a name reserved by the MS DOS for up to three parallel printer ports LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 It is frequently used by the OS to identify a printer Overclocking Overclocking is resetting your computer so that the microprocessor runs faster than the manufacturer specified speed for example setting an Intel 166 MHz megahertz microprocessor to run at 200 Mhz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1993 PCI provides plug and play capability and allows IRQs to be shared The PCI controller can exchange data with the system s CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at a time PnP Plug and Play A set of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to work with peripherals The user can plug in a peripheral device and play it without configur ing the system manually To implement this useful feature both the BIOS that sup ports PnP and a PnP expansion card are required POST Power On Self Test During booting up your system the BIOS executes a series of diagnostic tests include checking the RAM the keyboard the disk drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating G5 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a
32. e written or erased in blocks This makes flash memory faster EIDE Short for Enhanced IDE a newer version of the IDE mass storage device interface standard developed by Western Digital Corporation It supports data rates of between 4 and 16 6 MBps about three to four times faster than the old IDE standard In addition it can support mass storage devices of up to 8 4 gigabytes whereas the old standard was limited to 528 MB Because of its lower cost enhanced EIDE has replaced SCSI in many areas There are four EIDE modes defined The most common is Mode 4 which supports transfer rates of 16 6 MBps There is also a new mode called ATA 3 or Ultra ATA that supports transfer rates of 33 MBps EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISA is a standard bus computer interconnection architecture that extends the ISA standard to a 32 bit interface It was developed in part as an open alternative to the proprietary Micro Channel Architecture MCA that IBM introduced in its PS 2 computers EISA data transfer can reach a peak of 33 megabytes per second ESCD Extended System Configuration Data It is a format for storing information about Plug and Play PnP devices in the BIOS Windows and the BIOS access the ESCD area each time you re boot your computer External Cache Short for Level 2 cache cache memory that is external to the microprocessor In general L2 cache memory also called the secondary cache resides on a separate chip from
33. e wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Quick Components Guide JPWR2 p 2 9 DDR1 4 p 2 6 CPU2 p 2 3 EIE E 1 0 Ports p 2 10 JLCD1 d Cp p 2 19 OE E Le com2 al pl p 2 19 Log PCI Slots p 2 22 12CCON 1 s5 p 2 20 22 DIE E R CFAN1 p 2 17 9 PFAN1 p 2 17 CPUL p 2 3 e PFANZ2 p 2 17 J4 p 2 9 bj PWRI p 2 8 1DE1 2 p 2 16 Ee SFAN1 p 2 17 JUSB1 p 2 20 JBAT1 p 2 21 FDD1 p 2 15 SFANZ2 p 2 17 JSSI1 p 2 18 Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit CPU The mainboard supports Single Dual AMD Opteron DP processor s The mainboard uses two CPU sockets called Socket 940 for easy CPU installation You can install SINGLE or DUAL CPUs on the mainboard to meet your own needs Keep the fol
34. eadache in most cases ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISA is a standard bus computer interconnection architecture that is associated with the IBM AT motherboard It allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its associated device s Also see EISA and MCA LAN Local Area Network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network operat ing system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN are known as nodes and are connected by cables to access data and devices anywhere on the LAN so that many users can share expensive devices and data G4 Glossary LBA Logical Block Addressing Logical block addressing is a technique that allows a computer to address a hard disk larger than 528 megabytes A logical block address is a 28 bit value that maps to a specific cylinder head sector address on the disk 28 bits allows sufficient variation to specify addresses on a hard disk up to 8 4 gigabytes in data storage capacity Logical block addressing is one of the defining features of Enhanced IDE EIDE a hard disk interface to the computer bus or data paths LED Light Emitting Diode A semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into light Since it lights up usually red when electricity is passed through it it is usually use
35. ed on the innovative AMD 8131 PCI X Tunnel and AMD 8111 UO HUB chipsets for optimal system efficiency K8D Master Series SSI mainboard accommodates dual latest AMD Opteron DP processors in the 940 pin lidded ceramic micro PGA package and supports up to three 144 bit DDR reg istered ECC DIMMs at 200 266 and 333 MHz to provide the maximum of 12 GB memory capacity In the entry level and mid range market segment this mainboard can provide a high performance solution for today s front end and general purpose server workstation as well as in the future MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Target Market Segment gt Target in the entry level and mid range front end and general purpose server market segments CPU gt Supports dual Socket 940 for AMD Opteron DP SledgeHammer DP processors gt Supports Opteron DP 1400 and higher gt AMD x86 64 Technology AMD s 64 bit x86 instruction set extensions 64 bit integer registers 48 bit virtual address 40 bit physical address Eight new 64 bit integer registers Eight new 128 bit SSE SSE2 registers Chipset gt AMD8131 Chipset 829 pin BGA HyperTransport technology tunnel with side A 16 bits and side B 8 bits Each side support transfer rates of 1600 1200 800 and 400 mega transfer per second Two PCI X bridges bridge A and bridge B 64 bit data bus 133 100 66 MHz in PCI X mode and 66 33 MHz in PCI mode gt AMD 811
36. eep 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 equipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110 220V before connecting the equipment to the power inlet Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri cal shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel O The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual O The equipment has dropped and damaged O The equipment has obvious sign of breakage DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED STORAGETEMPERATUREABOVE60 C 140 F IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the gt CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced manufacturer CONTENTS FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement sesse se se ee ee ee il Copyright NOU
37. emental 091096 refers to the date this BIOS is released 2 For newer model number W5139MS V1 0091096 where Ist digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W AWARD R P PHOENIX R 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th 7th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 091096 refers to the date this BIOS is released Q After I flashed the BIOS and rebooted the system the screen went blank A For AMI BIOS Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT ROM and save it on a floppy disk e g Rename A9131KMS ROM to AMIBOOT ROM Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl Home to force update It will read the AMIBOOT ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer MS 9131 SSI Mainboard For Award BIOS Make a bootable floopy disk Copy the Award flash utility amp BIOS file to the said floppy disk Create an autoexec bat with awdfl535 biosfilename in the content e g awdf1535 a619mj21 bin Boot up system with the said floppy it will take less than 2 minutes before screen comes out Re flash the BIOS amp reboot T 4 Glossary Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface This power management specification enables the OS operating system to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer Windows 98 98
38. en activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected 3 27 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Power Button Mode This feature sets the function of the power button Setting options On Off Suspend Suspend Power Saving Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your oper ating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME and Win dows 2000 you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Restore On AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupts occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Reboots the computer Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs Manual Throttle Ratio The item allows you to specify the CPU speed at percentage to which it will slow down when the CPU reaches the predetermined overheat temperature System Thermal This setting disables enables the System Thermal function Suspend Time Out If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field all devices except CPU will be shut off Hard Disk Time Out Minute When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Green PC Monitor Power State Use the setting to determine
39. ey can be used for this operation Discard Changes The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to previous values Selecting OK loads the previous BIOS values into the Setup utility The F7 key can be used for this operation Load Optimal Defaults The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the Optimal 330 BIOS Setup Defaults The Optimal Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimized performance of the mainboard Selecting OK loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance The F9 key can be used for this operation Load Failsafe Defaults The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the Failsafe Defaults The Failsafe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for the most stable system performance Selecting OK loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance The F8 key can be used for this operation 3 31 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Q Where can I find the model number of the mainboard A There are two places where you can find the model number of the mainboard 1 Somewhere between the PCI slots you shall find MS xxxx or the marketing name like K7T Turbo You can also find the version number beside it 2 At the back cover of the user s manual Q What do you mean by PCB version 1 A PCB is printed circuit board Saying PCB version 1 is the sa
40. g informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS5 IRQ7 IRQI9 IRQIO0 IRQUI IRQI4 IRQIS amp DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 When automatic resource allocation is not used the BIOS allows you to spe cifically designate which system interrupts IRQs and direct memory access channels DMAs you want it to be able to use for setting up Plug and Play devices For each IRQ or DMA except ones reserved by the system you can designate either PCI PnP or ISA Legacy The IRQs that you can normally set here are IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 and 15 The DMA channels are 0 1 3 5 6 and 7 The others are reserved by system devices Setting options Available Reserved Available represents that specified IRQ DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP Reserved means that specified IRQ DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Reserved Memory Size The item determines how much memory will be reserved for legacy ISA devices 3 17 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard The Boot menu is used to set the boot sequence of boot devices To go to each item s sub menu screen highlight the item and press lt Enter gt gt Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration The sub menu configures the settings during system boot Quick Boot Disabled D S e Quick Boot This setting allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will 3 18 BIOS Setup
41. he Remote Access type and the settings will vary depending on your hardware configuration Configure Remote Access type and parameters USB Configuration The sub menu controls the USB host controllers USB Configuration 3 14 BIOS Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Periph eral 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 own 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Plug amp Play 0 8 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Plug amp Play O S Selecting Yes will let the operating system configure PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a PnP OS Selecting No will let the BIOS configure all the devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This feature controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before an other takes over The larger the value the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus Setting options 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA There are several settings in the PCI PnP Configuration section of the BIOS program that deal with assigning interrupt resources This includes both regu lar IRQs and the internal PCI interrupt resources For most applications there is no need to m
42. ifies the IRQ for the onboard parallel port Settings are 5 and 7 311 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Chassis Info Function This setting allows BIOS to enable disable chassis checked function Hardware Health Configuration The sub menu is used to configure system hardware monitoring features and display the current status of the system such as system temperature all fans speeds and etc 312 H W Health Function This setting enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device Hardware Thermal Throttling Thermal Throttling allows the user to reduce the CPU duty cycle to a user defined percentage when the temperature reaches a user defined value Trip Temperature This setting controls the trip temperature to prevent the system from overheating CPU Duty Cycle This setting controls the CPU duty cycle BIOS Setup WMI Configuration This setting configures the WMI interface CPU0 CPU1 System Temperature CPU0 CPU1 Fan Speed VcoreA 3 3V in 5V in 12V in 12V in These items display the current status of the system including system amp CPU temperatures fans speeds and CPU voltages etc ACPI Configuration The sub menu shows the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface configuration options ACPI Settings gt Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI Aware O S This setting is used to activate the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface Function If your operating system is AC
43. ing the BIOS my system for unknown reason fails to boot What should I do A Please refer to the following suggestions 1 Try the BIOS boot recovery feature as described in http www msi com tw support bios boot htm 2 Try to clear the CMOS If problem still persists ask your reseller for new BIOS chip or contact one of MSI office near your place for new BIOS chip http www msi com tw contact main htm Q Should I update my BIOS once a new BIOS is released A A new BIOS is usually released due to the following reasons 1 New function is supported 2 New BIOS source code 3 Bugs are found 4 Customer specific request When we release a new BIOS there s usually a release note attached which lists the reason for the release Refer to this release note and decide for yourself if upgrading to the new BIOS will be worth it A word of advice though do not upgrade to the new BIOS unless you really have to Q How do Iupdate the BIOS A Please refer to http www msi com tw support bios note htm for details T 2 Troubleshooting Q How do I identify the BIOS version A Upon boot up the Ist line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS version It is usually in the format 1 For older model number AG76 091096 where Ist digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R W AWARD R P PHOENIX R 2nd digit refers to the internal chipset code 3rd digit refers to the processor class as 5 486 7 586 8 686 4th digit is incr
44. lowing points in mind before installing CPU s 1 If SINGLE CPU is intended always install the CPU on the CPU1 socket SCH CPU1 WII n 2 To install DUAL CPUs on the board you must use the same type of CPUs running at the same frequency warnine Thermal Issue for CPU As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when build ing computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable operation As such the processor must be maintained in the specified thermal requirements AMD Athlon Duron Athlon XP processor with a speed of 600MHz and above requires a LARGER heatsink and fan You also need to add thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink to improve heat dissipation Then make sure that the CPU and heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other These are needed to prevent damaging the processor and ensuring reliable operation If you want to get more information on the proper cooling you can visit AMD s website for reference 23 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard 7 1 Make sure that the computer is turned off and the power cord disconnected before in stalling the CPU
45. me as saying motherboard version 1 Q I used my MSI motherboard and got an error message Primary IDE Channel No 80 Conductor Cable Installed while the system detected hard drives A This is not a problem It merely means that you re using an ATA 66 or ATA 100 HDD but you re using the 40 pin ATA 33 cable Q Ihave high speed CPU cooling fan like Taisol CGK760092 Vantec CCK 6035D amp GlobalWin WBK38 Can I install the fan directly to the motherboard A We strongly recommend that you do NOT connect those described CPU fan directly to your motherboard as it draws so much power that it could damage it Please use a 3 Pin to 4 Pin Cable that comes together with the fan Q Can I use more than 512MB memory on Win9x or WinME A No you can t You can only use more than 512MB memory on Win2000 or WinXP This is a Microsoft OS issue Please check http support microsoft com support kb articles Q108 0 79 ASP MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Q have tried to download the MSI Live Update utility from http www msi com tw support liveupdate livedriver htm but it keeps on failing A This can be solved by one of the following suggestions 1 Dont install zonealarm 2 Disable WebTrap of PC cillion 2000 3 Disable any web based anti virus Software Q Can Live Update Series support WinXP A Live Update Series version 215 can support WinXP Download it from http www msi com tw support liveupdate livedriver htm Q After flash
46. me message as listed above ap pears on the screen press lt F8 gt to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press lt F8 gt after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following Select First Boot Device 1st Floppy IBM DTLA 307038 ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE 40X M Up Dn Select RETURN Boot ESC cancel The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by using arrow keys and then pressing lt Enter gt The system will boot from the selected device The selection will not make changes to the settings in the BIOS setup utility so next time when you power on the system it will still use the original first boot device to boot up 32 BIOS Setup Control Keys gt gt Select Screen L gt d gt Select Item lt Enter gt Go to Sub Screen lt Fl gt General Help lt F7 gt Discard Changes lt F8 gt Load Failsafe Defaults lt F9 gt Load Optimal Defaults lt F10 gt Save Changes and Exit lt ESC gt Discard Changes and Exit Getting Help After entering the Setup utility the first screen you see is the Main Menu Main Menu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies You can use the arrow keys TV to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Defaul
47. mputer system through which the data is trans ferred among different components In a PC the term bus usually refers to a local bus that connects the internal components to the CPU and main memory Cache A special memory subsystem that is used to speed up the data transfer It stores the G1 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard contents of frequently accessed RAM locations and the addresses where these data items are stored Chipset A collection of integrated chips designed to perform one or more related functions For example a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiv ing data a PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems Clock Cycle Clock cycle or tick is the smallest unit of time recognized by a device For personal computers clock cycles generally refer to the main system clock which runs at 66 MHz This means that there are 66 million clock cycles per second Since modern CPUs run much faster up to 533 MHz the CPU can execute several instructions in a single clock tick CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which features high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters DRAM Dynamic RAM A most common type of computer memory It usually uses one transistor and a capacitor to represent a bit As the developme
48. n The sub menu shows PCI X configuration options PCI X Chipset Configuration HT Link N Comp Mode Auto HT Link RZ Comp Mode Auto 1 HT Link 1 P Comp Mode Auto HT Link 1 N Comp Mode Auto HT Link 1 RZ Comp Mode Auto HT Link 0 P Comp Mode HT Link 0 N Comp Mode HT Link 0 RZ Comp Mode HT Link 1 P Comp Mode HT Link 1 N Comp Mode HT Link 1 RZ Comp Mode Auto causes hardware compensation values Other choices allow the user to override default compensation with an absolute value add to the hard ware generated value or subtract a value from the generated value 3 26 BIOS Setup The Power Menu allows you to configure your system to most effec tively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Securit Power Management APH Enabled Power Management APM Setting to Enabled will activate an Advanced Power Management APM device to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock Setting options Disabled Enabled Global Timer Reload Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a de vice that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Wakeup Events This setting specifies whether the system will be awakened from power sav ing modes wh
49. nt of technology the memory type and specification used in computer becomes variety such as SDRAM DDR SDRAM and RDRAM For further instruction please see the table below Dynamic RAM DRAM Memory Technologies Type First Used Clock Rate Bus Width Peak Volts Bandwidth FPM 60 70ns 1990 25MHz 64 bits 200 MBps 5v EDO 50 60 70ns 1994 40MHz 64 bits 320 MBps 5v SDRAM 66MHz 1996 66MHz 64 bits 528 MBps SDRAM 100MHz 1998 100MHz 64 bits 800 MBps SDRAM 133MHz 1999 133MHz 64 bits 1 1 GBps RDRAM Direct Rambus 1999 400MHz 16 bits 1 6 GBps DDR SDRAM 100MHz 2000 100MHz 64 bits 1 6 GBps DDR SDRAM 133MHz 2000 133MHz 64 bits 2 1 GBps Memory channel width 64 bits started with 75MHz Pentium Source Computer Desktop Encyclopedia G 2 Glossary ECC Memory Error Correcting Code Memory A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data and correcting the errors on the fly EEPROM Acronym for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory An EEPROM is a special type of PROM that can be erased by exposing it to an electrical charge Like other types of PROM EEPROM retains its contents even when the power is turned off Also like other types of ROM EEPROM is not as fast as RAM EEPROM is similar to flash memory sometimes called flash EEPROM The principal difference is that EEPROM requires data to be written or erased one byte at a time whereas flash memory allows data to b
50. replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power sup ply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU 25 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Memory The mainboard provides six slots for 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Double In Line Memory Module modules and supports up to 12GB memory size You can install PC2700 DDR333 PC2100 DDR266 or PC1600 DDR200 modules on the DDR DIMM slots DIMM 1 6 Installing DDR Modules 1 26 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close DDR DIMM Slots DIMM1 2 3 4 5 6 om mero fo armam Memory Population Rules The mainboard supports DDR333 266 200 memory interface Each DIMM slot supports
51. rus A program or a piece of code that infects computer files by inserting in those files copies of itself The virus code is buried within an existing program and is activated when that program is executed All the viruses are man made and often have damaging side effects WLAN Acronym for wireless local area network Also referred to as LAWN A type of local area network that uses high frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate between nodes G
52. s into the slot until the golden finger of the card gets fully inserted into the slot MSI Reminds You You can barely see the golden finger if the card is properly inserted in the socket MSI 223 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard 1 a A 3 Locate the supporters on the mainboard one on the right end and the other on the left end 4 Align the two fixing holes on the card with the supporters and press the card carefully down until the fixing holes get locked by the supporters Supporters lock into the fix ing holes of the card 5 Push the retaining clips on two ends of the slot inwards until they lock onto the notches in the ends of the card The card should securely fit into the slot 2 24 Removing the card 1 Gently push the retaining clips outwards Hold the card lightly but firmly Use long nose pliers to clip one of the supporters and press it down wards until it withdraws from the fix ing hole 2 Clip the other supporter and press it downwards until it withdraws from the fixing hole 3 The card will automatically bound upwards after being released from the supporters 4 Remove the card from the Mini PCI slot MS 9131 SSI Mainboard 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 t
53. ser Password Select OK to clear the user password or select Cancel to keep the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection When Enabled BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted Setting options are Disabled and Enabled pa MSI Reminds You This feature only protects the boot sector not the whole hard disk 323 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard The Chipset Menu is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer BIOS SETUP UTILITY k NorthBridge Configuration NorthBridge Configuration The sub menu shows the configuration options for the NorthBridge chipset Memory Configuration Memory Configuration The sub menu controls onboard memory 3 24 BIOS Setup Memclock Mode Memclock can be set by BIOS using Auto If you select Limit you can set one of the standard values Bank Node Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over BANKS on the same node or across NODES decreasing access contention Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size of Burst Length for DRAM Bursting feature is a technique that DRAM itself predicts the address of the next memory location to be accessed after the first address is accessed To use the fe
54. sion BIOS gt 4 Mb flash EEPROM gt PCI 2 2 compliant VPD and DMI gt PnP 1 04 SMBIOS 2 3 ACPI 1 0A 2 0 gt Supports PXE boot protocol MS 9131 SSI Mainboard gt APM 1 2 WOL gt PC2001 system design compliant Onboard Peripherals gt One floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB gt One PS 2 keyboard port gt One PS 2 mouse port gt Two serial ports COMI serial port COM2 serial header gt One parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode gt Two RJ 45 ports with LEDs gt Four USB ports two on front and two on rear gt One VGA port Dimension gt SSI EEB 3 0 Form Factor 12 0 x 13 0 inch Mounting gt Twenty one mounting holes SSI standard 1 4 Getting Started EE Mainboard Layout Top Mbuse ottom Keyboard loss DDR4 Port JPWR2 DDR3 DDR2 El FE DDR 1 iii ii i aan CPU2 WEE EE H Top Parall l Port Es CFANI E Bottom COM1 V
55. t Settings The preset BIOS Setup Defaults of the BIOS setup program provide optimal performance settings for all devices and the system MSI Reminds You The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the lat est BIOS and should be held for reference only 33 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Once you enter AMI BIOS SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will ap pear on the screen On the Main Menu screen you will see basic CMOS set tings including system time amp date and the setup categories the BIOS supplies Use Arrow keys to move among the items and menus and make changes to the settings _ BIOS SETUP UTILITY t E Boot ecurity Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced Use this menu to setup the items of AMI special enhanced features such as the power on state storage devices configuration and system hardware monitoring etc PCI PnP This menu allows you to configure the PnP Plug amp Play devices in your system and assign the system resources like IRQs amp DMAs Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices 34 BIOS Setup Security Use this menu to set Supervisor and User Password Chipset Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Power Use
56. tem configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data U oy H JBAT1 c0 O OO DO Keep Data Clear Data MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard MSI 221 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Slots The K8D Master F mainboard provides three 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slots and two 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots The K8D Master FT mainboard pro vides one 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slot and one miniPCI slot 64 bit PCI X Slots miniPCI Slot for K8D Master FT only 32 bit PCI Slots
57. the manner in which the Green PC compatible monitor conserves power The Green PC monitor is compliant to DPMS Display Power Management Signaling specification and uses the Horizon tal and Vertical sync signals to control the power state of the monitor Setting options StandBy Suspend Off Standby RGB guns off power supply on tube filaments energized screen 3 28 BIOS Setup saver mode Suspend RGB guns off power supply off tube filaments energized Offt Small auxiliary circuit stays on to monitor the HS VS signals to enable power on when data needs to be displayed on the screen Video Power Down Mode This setting controls the method used to put the monitor into low power mode Setting options Disabled StandBy Suspend Sleep Hard Disk Power Down Mode This setting specifies the hard disk power down mode 3 29 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Save Changes and Exit When you want to quit the Setup menu you can select this option to save the changes and quit Selecting OK will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to RTC CMOS Selecting Cancel will return to the Setup Utility The F10 key can be used for this operation Discard Changes and Exit When you want to quit the Setup menu you can select this option to abandon the changes Selecting OK will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to RTC CMOS Selecting Cancel will return to the Setup Utility The ESC k
58. the type of Ultra DMA SMART Indicates whether Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is supported Type This setting allows you to set the type of IDE devices installed Setting options Not Installed Auto CDROM ARMD LBA Large Mode This setting allows you to set the LBA Large mode Setting options Disabled Auto Choosing Auto will enable LBA mode if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or mul tiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Auto for automatic detection of the opti mal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support Set ting options Disabled Auto Choosing Disabled the data transfer from and to the device occurs only one sector at a time PIO Mode This is the PIO mode setting for the IDE device IDE ATA uses one of two different ways to transfer information into and out of memory either programmed I O PIO or direct memory access DMA There are 5 different PIO modes from 0 to 4 with 4 being the fastest Setting options Auto 0 1 2 3 4 DMA Mode This setting allows you to set the DMA mode Setting options Auto SWDMA0 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA4 Choosing Auto the system will automatically detect the DMA mode SWDMA refers to Single Word DMA MWDMA refers to MultiWord DMA UDMA refers to Ul
59. tra DMA 39 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard 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 it becomes offline Setting options Auto Enabled Disabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enabling this setting allows for 32 bit data transfers between the proc essor and the PCI bus Actual transfers to the disk are always done 16 bits at a time but enabling this option will cause a small performance improvement on the transfer from the bus to the processor Setting options Disabled Enabled ARMD Emulation Type This setting allows you to select the ARMD device emulation type by BIOS Setting options Auto Floppy Hard Disk Hard Disk Write Protect This setting is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection When Enabled BIOS will issue a virus warning mes sage and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Setting options Disabled Enabled Note This feature only protects the boot sector not the whole hard disk IDE Detect Time Out Sec The setting allows you to select the time out value for detecting IDE devices Settings options 2 0
60. x 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 0 5 10 15 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection The setting allows you to select the mechanism for detecting 80pin ATA PI cable Setting options Host amp Device Host Device SuperlO Configuration The sub menu is used to configure serial and parallel ports 3 10 BIOS Setup Configure Win627 Super IO Chipset Floppy 1 44 MB 3 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 TRQ4 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 TRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Norma 1 Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port Mode Normal Parallel Port Irg IRQU Floppy A This setting specifies the type of floppy drive connected to the system Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address These settings specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM 1 Serial Port 2 COM 2 Available options for I O port address are Disabled 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E Serial Port2 Mode This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Setting options IrDA ASKIR Normal Normal RS 232C Serial Port IrDA IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Parallel Port Address This setting specifies the base I O port address of the onboard parallel port Settings are 378 278 3BC and Disabled Parallel Port Mode This setting selects the operation mode for the onboard parallel port Normal Bi Directional EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP Extended Capability Port Parallel Port IRQ The setting spec
61. y 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready T RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate 2 19 MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Front USB Connector JUSB1 The mainboard provides one front Universal Serial Bus connector for users to connect to USB ports Pin Definition 2 10 1 9 Pin Description Pin Description 1 USBPWR 2 USBPWR 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 GND JUSB1 mmm D Y H uu PC Bus Connector IZCCONI1 The mainboard provides one I2C also known as PC Bus connector for users to connect to System Management Bus SMBus interface 12CCON1 T WE 2 20 Hardware Setup PE Jumpers The mainboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the Computer e function This section will explain how to change your mainboard s function through the use of jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of sys
62. ypically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows PCI 32 IRQ Routing PCI 32 Device INT A INT B INT C INT D ATI VGA Cc Mini PCI D PCI Slot1 A B PCI Slot2 B PCI 64 IRQ Routing PCI X Device INT A INT B INT C INT D PCIX1 Bridge B A B CG D LAN Bridge B B C PCIX2 Bridge A A B CG D PCIX3 Bridge A B C D A 2 26 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup pro gram and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when amp An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features MS 9131 SSI Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press lt DEL gt key to enter Setup DEL Setup F8 Boot Menu F12 Network boot TAB Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by pressing lt F8 gt When the sa

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