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2. 1 Power off and Check the Failed Drive This item turns off the computer and replaces the failed hard drive with a good one If your computer does not support APM you must turn off your computer manually After replacing the hard drive boot into BIOS and select Choose replacement drive and rebuild to rebuild the broken array 2 Destroy the Mirroring Relationship This item cancels the data mirroring relationship of the broken array For broken RAID 1 arrays the data on the surviving disk will remain after the destroy operation However Destroy the Mirroring Relationship is not recommend because the data on the remaining disk will be lost when the hard drive is used to create another RAID 1 array Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID 3 Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild This item enables users to select an already connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array After choosing a hard drive the channel column will be activated Broken RAID 1 9 Critical Status Power off and check the failed drive The contents on the disk Destroy the Mirroring Relationship you have selected will be Choose replacement drive and rebuild deleted Continue to boot Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status 8 L 5 annel Devicel IC35LE A 39 Channell Devicel IC35L040RVVR0 7 0 ATA 100 38 34 Hdd Hote 1 Press
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4. 00000000 0000 d QO0000000 00000 PCI Express x1 slot Se Rech 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 orange PCI slot PCI3 supports 2 masters therefore it can also works as a communication slot You may install the communication card on this slot such as the wireless LAN PCI cards of MSI DODDDDDDDIDIIDDIDDDIDDDDD00D0D0000000TH 000000000 PCI Slots QOODC0DDD00000000000000000000000000000 000000000 2 23 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hard ware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT As INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT Az INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 2 INT B INT C INT D INT A PCI Slot 3 INT CZ INT D INT A INT B 2 24 BIOS Setup This ch
5. C Install files for complex script and right to left languages including Tha v Install files for East Asian languages Install Supplemental Language Support You chose to install the Chinese Japanese and Korean language files This wil require 230 MB or more of available disk space The files will be installed after you click OK or Apply on the Regional and Language Options box NCEN Introduction to DigiCell 3 Then go to the Advanced tab and select the language you want to be supported the language of the filename in the MegaStick from the drop down list in the Language for non Unicode programs then click Apply The system will install the necessary components from your Microsoft Setup CD immediately Regional and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Language for non Unicode programs This system setting enables non Unicode programs to display menus and dialogs in their native language It does not affect Unicode programs but it does apply to all users of this computer Select a languag E programs you want to use 9 matcr une ta iChinese T zeusecl Code page conversion tables 7 10001 MAC Japanese 7 10002 MAC Traditional Chinese Big5 C 10003 MAC Korean 10004 MAC Arabic C 10005 MAC Hebrew Default user account settings Apply all settings to the current user account and to the default uset profile 4 13
6. 667 Adjusted DDR Memory Frequency This read only item shows the DDR Memory Frequency you like to use which will 3 22 BIOS Setup automatically change in accordance with the setting of Adjust DDR Memory Frequency Please note you must reboot the system to let the change take effect Adjust PCI Frequency This item allows you to select the PCI frequency in MHz In default this value will change automatically in accordance with the setting of CPU Ratio CMOS Setting However you may adjust the desired PCI frequency you like by using the lt gt amp lt gt key Setting options 33 3 37 7 40 0 Adjust PCI Express Frequency This item allows you to select the PCI Express frequency in MHz Select the number between 100 133 for needed frequency Adjust CPU Voltage V The settings are used to adjust the CPU clock multiplier ratio and CPU core voltage Vcore These settings offer users a tool to overclock the system Adjust DDR Voltage V Adjusting the DDR voltage can increase the DDR speed Any changes made to this setting may cause a stability issue so changing the DDR voltage for long term purpose is NOT recommended Adjust NB Voltage V NorthBridge voltage is adjustable in the field allowing you to increase the perfor mance of your NorthBridge when overclocking but stability may be affected MSI Reminds You The settings shown in different color in CPU Voltage DDR Voltage and NB Voltage help
7. MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Click on the Core Center icon in the main menu and the Core Center program will be enabled CoreCenter is just like your PC doctor that can detect view and adjust the PC hardware and system status during real time operation In the left side it shows the current system status including the Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V In the right side it shows the current PC hardware status such as the CPU amp system temperatures and all fans speeds When you Click the red triangles in the left and right sides two sub menus will open for users to adjust the thresholds of system to send out the warning messages IGP TEMP a Default eo Introduction to DigiCell Left wing Current system status In the left sub menu you can configure the settings of FSB Vcore Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button next to each item and make it available the radio button will be lighted as yellow when selected use the and buttons to adjust then click OK to apply the changes Then you can click Save to save the values you just configured Also you may click Auto to start testing the maximum CPU overclocking value The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots Or you may click Default to restore the default values Right wing PC hardware status during real time operation In the right sub menu here you can configure the PC hardware
8. enable this feature only PCs with MAC address located in Association Control List can connect to the wireless LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connected to a network Security This option allows you to enable disable the authentication function Authentication Open Communicates the key across the network Shared Devices must have identical WEP settings to communicate WLAN Card Mode Click on Setting button of the WLAN Card Mode for the WEP status of your APs If the AP you are selecting the highlighted one is not encrypted Disabled shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You can click Connect to make connection to that AP click Cancel to close this dialogue box or click Refresh button to update the available WLAN connections WLAN Card Mode E sso Channel Signal Authen Enctyp 7 85 Open Disabled If the network you are selecting is encrypted WEP shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You need to enter the correct WEP key defined by AP in the specified WEP Key 1 4 fields to make the connection WLAN Card Mode Channel Signal Authen Encryp 7 40 Open WEP 4 8 Introduction to DigiCell Live Update Click on the Live Update icon in the main menu and the Live Update program will be enabled The Live Update 3
9. is a tool used to detect and update your BIOS drivers VGA BIOS VGA Driver OSD Utility online so that you don t need to search for the correct BlOS driver version throughout the whole Web site To use the function you need to install the MSI Live Update 3 application After the installation the MSI Live Update 3 icon as shown on the right will appear on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear F Welcome to MSI Live Update 3 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help E gt x ei JO Search She Favorites S media 2 d s E Address D Program Files MSI Live Update 3 MSI htm v Go Links MST Link to the Future Visit MSI Website English M MICRO STAR INT L CO LTD MSI Live Update 31M Live BIOS hi Em pat MSI Live Update 3 is a useful and powerful application for you to download and _ Live Driver update the BIOS and the Device Drivers automatically N v P _ Live VGA BIOS You do not have to spend much time in searching the whole website to find the BIOS T Live VGA Driver or drivers you want With MSI Live Update 3 you can complete it in several simple steps Live osD Please select the items that you want to do on the left colurnn of the main page Live Utility Note in order to operate this application properly please note the following suggests Setthe IE sec
10. ting RAID data will remove internal RAID structure he selected RAID disks Bu removing these ve will revert back to a Non RAID disk Port Drive Model Serial Size Status RH MD388GD BBFNRB WD WMAHS1041833 34 46B Menber Disk 1 HDC HD368GD G8FNRB HD HMaH91041887 34 4GB Select the disks that should be reset t4 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete 14 Select ESC Ex it ENTER Select Menu Press lt Y gt key to accept the selection MSI Reminds You 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation 2 Possible reasons to Reset Disks to Non RAID could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Installing Software Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 gt New Windows XP 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP 2000 1 Start the installation Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows XP Setup window is generated press S to specify an Additional Device s 3 Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP Driver For ICH6R FW82801FH into drive A and press Enter 4 Choose the driver Intel R 82801FR SATA RAID Controller from the drop down list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen and p
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12. Click on the icon and the Speaker Environment dialogue appears Speaker Environment gt Bass Enhancement You may enable the Bass Enhancement option to enhance the bass signal effect gt Center Bass Output Swap Enabling this option will exchange the center bass output channel PC speaker manufactures typically define that the center signal is delivered by tip of the stereo plug and the bass signal is by ring of it as the figure showed below However some speakers have opposite definition Please use this option to solve the possible trouble Tip Ring GHD Tip Ring GHD Center Bass Bass Center In the left side check the radio button next to the speaker to fit your audio devices In the Audio Jacks tab in the right side the audio will function as it shows Please confirm you have connected your hardware to correct jacks before using 2 Output Device S PDIF Output Click on the blue radio button to enable the S PDIF output function It will play Digital Audio to Digital S PDIF Output Choosing this option allows the output digital playing audio from your computer like DVD VCD digital CD MP3 Wave etc through S PDIF in 48KHz sample rate Esc S PDIF Out Optical S PDIF Out Coaxial SE 3 Audio Jack This part shows the audio jack on your mainboard and indicates each function 7 4 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec 4 DPS Mode Disabled This part provides an advanced amazing and considerate
13. Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Node Size GB Status ChannelB Master Maxtor 34898H4 ATA 133 37 27 Hdd Channell Master Maxtor 348098H ATA 133 37 2 Hdd MSI Reminds You The Channel Drive Name Mode and Size GB in the following example might be different from your system Select Array Mode and press lt Enter gt a list of array modes will appear Highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press lt Enter gt to confirm the selection If RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the users to select Create only or Create and duplicate Create only will allow BIOS to only create an array The data on the mirroring drive may be different from the source drive Create and duplicate lets BIOS copy the data from the source to the mirroring drive VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 RAID O for performance Create a RAID array with RAID 1 for data protection the hard disks attached to RAID 0 1 VIA IDE controller RAID SPAN for capacity View Array disk Status Hove to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channel Master Maxtor 34898H4 ATA 133 37 27 Hdd Channel1 Master Maxtor 34898l4 ATA 133 37 2 Hdd 6 5 After array mode is selected there are two methods to create a disk array One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives
14. In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box select the audio configuration which is identical to the audio jack on your mainboard Once the correct audio configuration is selected click Apply to save the changes Then the following screen will appear In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box first select the correct item from the Speaker mode drop down list and then click on each connected speaker to ensure if Headphone 2 4 5 1 or 7 1 channel audio operation is working properly If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is in serted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Center Speaker Test Front Left Front Right Side Right Side Left Rear Left Rear Right Subwoofer o X MSI Reminds You MSI For the advanced functions of the audio codec please refer to Chapter 7 Introduction to CMI 9880L Audio Codec for details 4 17 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Power on Agent In the Power on Agent sub menu you can configure setting of power on power off and restarting status In the screen below you can set the date time start up programs respectively for power on power off and restarting MSI m Power On Ar MSI 4 7 NM Repeat Program 0000 SI Quick Guide Every time WORDPAD EXE Power On Here are the available settings for Power On function Date Use the drop down list to select the date for power on Time Use the arrow ke
15. Supports AHCI controller with SATA Raid 0 Raid 1 and Matrix Raid Supports SATA hot plug Getting Started VIA6410 IDE Raid Controller gt Two Ultra DMA 66 100 133 IDE Controllers gt Supports RAID 0 1 and 0 1 gt Connect up to 4 Ultra ATA 133 devices On Board Peripherals gt On Board Peripherals include 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 serial port 1 VGA port for 915G only Optional 1 parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 1 Line In Line Out MIC In Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out SPDIF Out optical and coaxial audio port 8 USB ports Rear 4 Front 4 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 3 IEEE 1394 connectors LAN gt Broadcom BCM5751 PCI E Gb LAN Controller PCI Express bus Spec 1 0a compliant X1 PCI Express interface with 2 5 Gb s bandwidth 10 100 1000 IEEE 802 3 compliant Audio gt Azalia link controller integrated in Intel ICH6R chipset gt 8 channel audio codec CMI9880L Compliant with Azalia 1 0 Spec Supports Multi Streaming function Supports Universal Audio Jack only Front Audio Jack BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug amp Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically gt The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Mounting and Dimension gt ATX Form Factor 24 4 cm W x 30 5 cm
16. amp print Load To load media files or the playlist of mp3 files m3u on your system or on your MEGA STICK Save To save a loaded playlist of mp3 files m3u on your system or on your MEGA STICK Delete Click on the media files in the Play List field and use Delete button to remove the media file from the play list You may remove multi media files simultaneously by using Ctrl to select multi files Shuffle To play the media file in the Play List in a random order Repeat To repeat the selected files in the Play List Print This button has 2 functions 1 To print out the details of current play list through your printer with the following information Song title Song length Singer name 2 To save the details of current play list and save the file in the plain text file format in the Program files MSI DigiCell MyMusic txt for your reference The MyMusic txt file is with the following information Song title Song length Singer name 4 10 Introduction to DigiCell There is also a toolbar for you to execute some basic function like play stop pause previous next song song info and volume adjust There is also a scroll bar on the top for you to forward rewind pause previous forward rewind bar song s information play Right click on the MP3 file and choose Info a MP3 Info dialogue will pop up to show the information of the file including the title artist album release year an
17. Access Point Mode and the following screen will display Access Point Mode 9 P No MAC Address 9 L i hd o E LMAC Lies IP Sharing Click on this icon to enable disable the IP sharing The default of this setting is disabled L Disabled C5 mabied Enabling disabling IP sharing depends on the different situation For example 1 If your family and you are getting on Internet at home with multi computers and your ISP only provides one IP for you you may need to enable IP Sharing function in order to use this one IP to get on Internet with multi computers simultaneously 2 f you are getting on Internet in office usually the LAN card will automatically get the IP this computer uses In this case you don t have to enable this function SSID Means Service Set Identifier a unique name shared among all points in a wireless network It must be identical for all points in the network Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID Channel opecifies the operating radio frequency channel in Infrastructure mode which should be set to an available one ex with less traffic to ensure the stable and better connection Associated Client List This option is to display information of stations that are currently associated to your wireless gateway Association Control This option allows you to control which PC can connect to the wireless LAN If you 4 7 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard
18. C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc System Information Total System Memory 504MB Help Item BIOS Version V1 0B0 x CPU Information Genuine Intel R CPU 3 20GHz CPU ID uCode ID OF34h 08h CPU Frequency 3 20GHz 200x16 Total Memory BIOS Version This item shows the memory status and BIOS version of your system read only CPU Information Genuine Intel R CPU ID uCode ID CPU Frequency The three items show the CPU related information of your system read only MS 7028 ATX Mainboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Enabled Help Item Boot Sector Protection Disabled Boot to 03 2 No Allows BIOS to skip Hyper Threading Function Enabled certain tests while IOAPIC Function Enabled booting This will MPS Table Version 1 4 decrease the time Full Screen LOGO Display Enabled needed to boot the gt Boot Sequence systen Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Available options Enabled Disabled Boot Sector Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempt ing to update the BIOS with a Flash utili
19. Function Enabled ACPI Standby State 1 P0S Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Power Button Function On Off Restore on AC Power Loss 0f f1 Disabled gt Wakeup Event Setup Enabled Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults MSI Reminds You S3 related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface Function If your operating system is ACPl aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP select Enabled Settings Enabled and Disabled ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware compo nents turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake
20. PS 2 keyboard is able to power on the system If you choose Password the power button on the case will not function anymore and you must type the password to power on the system Settings Disabled Password and Any Key Keyboard Password If PowerOn by Keyboard is set to Password then you can set a password in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system PowerOn by Mouse The setting determines whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when the PS 2 mouse input signal is detected Setting options Disabled Any Key Left Button Right Button Resume by PCI PCI E Device This controls how and whether the system can be powered on by the devices installed on PCI PCI E slots Setting options Disabled Enabled MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Resume On RTC Alarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the S3 S4 and S5 power off state Setting options Disabled Enabled Date Time HH MM SS If Resume By RTC Alarm is set to Enabled the system will automatically resume boot up on a specific date hour minute second specified in these fields using the lt gt and lt gt to select the date amp time settings Available settings for each item are Date 01 31 Every Day Time HH MM SS 00 23 00 59 00 59 MSI Reminds You If you have changed this setting you must let the system boot up until it enters the operatin
21. Window If user selects Continue to boot it will enable duplicating the array after booting into OS 6 11 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Rebuild Broken RAID 1 0 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent If BIOS detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives the status of the array will be marked as broken If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is a spare hard drive available for rebuilding the broken array the spare hard drive will automatically become the mirroring drive BIOS will show a main interface just like a duplicated RAID 1 main interface Continue to boot will enable duplicating the array after booting into operating system If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 or 0 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to solve such problem Broken RAID 1 a Kg Critical Status Power off and check the failed drive A disk member of a mirroring Destroy the Mirroring Relationship array has failed or is not Choose replacement drive and rebuild responding The array is Continue to boot stilling functional but fault tolerance is disabled Remaining members of the failed array Channel e Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channel8 Device ICIS Zeg in H Array ATA 108 38 34 Broken Note 1 Press lt ESC gt to Exit 2 After Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window
22. all the CMOS 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 TJ to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Default Settings The preset Optimal 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 latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 3 3 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Once you enter AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will appear on the screen Use arrow keys to move among the items and press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Load Optimized Defaults Tle gt Move Enter Select VYalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults v02 55 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AMI special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features
23. fan power connector we recommend disabling this feature Setting options Enabled Disabled CPU Smart Fan Target Temp Select When the current temperature of the CPU fan reaches the value you specify here the CPU fan will speed up for cooling down to avoid the CPU damage on the contrary if the CPU fan current temperature is lower than the specified value the CPU fan will slow down its speed to keep the temperature stable CPU FAN PIN Select If you enable the CPU Smart Fan Target Temp Select this item is available for you to choose the CPU fan pin number of your system Be sure to select the correct pin number identical to the pin of the CPU fan you purchase Setting options 3 PINS 4 PINS Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened This item is available only when your mainboard has JCI1 jumper To clear the warning message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later Settings Enabled Reset Disabled MS 7028 ATX Mainboard PC Health Status Press lt Enter gt and the following sub menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc PC Health Status Help Item CPU System Temperature CPU System Power FAN Speed Vcore 3 3 V 5 0 V 12 0V 5VSB These items display the current status of all of the m
24. feature dynami cally adjustable multi channel sound system no matter what listening appliance you are using and what application you are running The default setting for DPS Mode is off in which the hammer icons next to the DPS Mode and the 7 1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER 7 1 button remain EN Wirtual PUPPDYTCCL gray Here you can test each connected speaker to ensure if each channel audio operation works properly If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Sc C Media 3D Audio Configuration Main Setting Smart Jack Mixer Effect Information Output Device DSP Mode S Q D gt Analog Output SEL EC HL Goad S UUL SPDIF Output Digital Audio 48 KHz v Digital Audio 48 KHz Audio Jack Line In Back Surround a Surround Front Out Q QI Center Bass S P DIF Out Decoder MIC e H spor out Pem I emm La RS Select the speaker by clicking it to test its functionality The one you select will light up and make testing sound 7 5 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 5 DPS Mode Enabled This part provides an advanced amazing and considerate feature dynami cally adjustable multi channel sound system no matter what listening appliance you are using and what application you are running Click the hammer icon next to the DPS Mode and click the 7 1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER buiton or clic
25. lt ESC gt to Exit 2 After Fxecute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window Highlight the target hard drive and press lt Enter gt a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to cancel Please note selecting option Y will destroy all the data on the selected hard drive 4 Continue to boot This item enables BIOS to skip the problem and continue booting into OS MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Installing Software Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 gt New Windows XP 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP 1 Start the installation Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows Setup window is generated press S to specify an Additional Device s 3 Insert the driver diskette Intel ICH6R VIA VT6410 Disk Driver into drive A and press Enter 4 Depending on your operation system choose the driver VIA RAID Controller Windows XP VIA RAID Controller Windows 2000 which matches to your OS 5 Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue
26. mainboard comes with a JDB1 connector for you to connect to D Bracket 2 D Bracket 2 is a USB Bracket that supports both USB1 1 amp 2 0 spec It integrates four LEDs and allows users to identify system problem through 16 various combina tions of LED signals Pin Definition DBG1 DBR1 DBG2 DBR2 DBG3 DBR3 DBG4 DBR4 Key NC high for green color high for red color high for green color high for red color high for green color high for red color high for green color high for red color 1 2 3 4 B 6 7 8 9 CH D Bracket 2 Connected to JDB1 Connected to JUSB1 or JUSB2 2 21 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Ee Jumpers The motherboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard 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 system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can automati cally 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 Keep Data Clear Data MSI Reminds You You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard 2 2
27. must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation ii Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL We take every care in the preparation of this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners AMD Athlon Athlon XP Thoroughbred and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS9 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet and nForce are registered trademarks or trade marks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Kensington and MicroSaver are registered trademarks of the Kensington Technology Group PCMCIA and CardBus are registered trademarks of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Revision History Re
28. the Windows XP installation gt Existing Windows XP 2000 Driver Installation 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The CD will auto run and the setup screen will appear 3 Under the Driver tab click on VIA IDE RAID Drivers 4 The drivers will be automatically installed gt Confirming Windows XP 2000 Driver Installation 1 From Windows XP 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type The driver VIA VT6410 RAID Controller should appear Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Installation of VIA IDE RAID Utility The VIA IDE RAID Utility is the software package that enables high perform ance in the Windows XP 2000 operating system This version of VIA IDE RAID Utility contains the following key features gt IDE RAID driver gt VIA IDE RAID utility gt RAIDO RAID1 amp RAIDO 1 functions Insert the MSI CD and click on the VIA IDE RAID Utility to install the software Utiity WebSite Manual Link to th Futur to the Future Intel INF Update C Media Azalia Audio Drivers er Readme 1 Lan Drivers Intel IAA RAID Edition VIA IDE RAID Drivers Browse CD Click on this item MS 7028 ATX Mainboard The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window VIA
29. up event occurs Auto BIOS determines the best setting automatically Suspend Time Out Minute If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field all devices except CPU will be shut off Settings Disabled 1 2 4 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 3 14 BIOS Setup Power Button Function This feature allows users to configure the Power Button function Settings are Power Off The power button functions as a normal power on 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 Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wakeup Event Setup Press lt Enter gt and the following sub menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Wakeup Event Setup Pouer n by Keyboard Disabled Help Item Press Enter Keyboard Password Pouer n by Mouse Disabled Resume by PCI PCI E Device Disabled Resume by RIC Alarm Disabled Disabled Password Any Key PowerOn by Keyboard This controls how and whether the
30. 2 Hardware Setup Lee Slots The mainboard provides one PCI Express x16 slot two PCI Express x1 slots and three 32 bit PCI bus slots PCI Express Slots The PCI Express slots as a high bandwidth low pin count serial intercon nect technology support Intel highest performance desktop platforms utilizing the Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology PCI Express architecture provides a high performance IO infrastructure for Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2 5 Giga transfers per second over a PCI Express x1 lane for Gigabit Ethernet TV Tuners 1394 controllers and general purpose I O Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics PDF 166Kb infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP8x designs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB s You can insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first oo00000 QDODDIDDDDOIDD0000000000000000000000000000 ee PCI Express x16 slot oS p 000000 QOOODOCOD0DD00000000000000000000000000000
31. 4 Maxtor 34898H4 Channel Master Channell Master Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller View Array disk Status Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Size GB Array Name Mode Status ATA 133 37 27 ATA 133 37 27 Stripe Stripel Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID MSI Reminds You Even though 64KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the block size value which is best suited to your specific RAID usage model 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB blocks 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB blocks 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64KB Optimal setting Use the arrow key to highlight Start Create Process and press Enter A warning message will appear Press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel the creation Important note All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Delete Disk Array A RAID can be deleted after it has been created To delete a RAID use the following steps 1 Select Delete Array in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press lt Enter gt A warning message will show up press Y to delete or press N to cancel VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Create Array Delete a RAID array
32. 410 controller Listed below are the main features and benefits of VIA IDE RAID 1 Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive 2 Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB 48 bits LBA 3 Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of four hard disk drives allowed 4 Supports Ultra DMA mode 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA mode 2 1 0 and PIO mode 4 3 2 1 0 Supports PCI Plug and Play PCI interrupt sharing and coexists with mainboard IDE controller Supports IDE bus master operation Supports RAID 0 1 0 1 and JBOD 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support Bootable disk or disk array support 0 Windows based RAID configuration and management software tool Compatible with BIOS 11 Real time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup mes sage box and beeping 12 Supports hot swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 and 0 1 array 13 Mirroring automatic background rebuilds support 14 ATA SMART function support 15 Event log for easy troubleshooting 16 On line help for easy operation for RAID software m a Ee MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID related background knowl edge and a brief introduction on VIA IDE RAID Host Controller For users wishing to install their VIA IDE RAID driver and RAID software proceed to Installing Software section RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining two or more
33. 56 C Copyright 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc 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 24 BIOS Setup 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 Safe Defaults a message as below appears Load Fail Safe Defaults Ok Cancel Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance When you select Load Optimized Def
34. 915P G Neo2 MS 7028 v1 X ATX Mainboard c UIT ie QUT QUT ses MMI AUT KI AR Be im aS nre Eu G52 M7028X1 Manual Rev 1 0 Release Date May 2004 C CG m99 FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits VOIR LA NOTICE D INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU Micro Star International MS 7028 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
35. A Channel 7 Available Reserved DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 These items specify the bus that the system DMA Direct Memory Access channel is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA by assigning Reserved setting to it 3 18 BIOS Setup This section shows the status of your CPU fan overall system status etc Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc H W Monitor CPU FAN Failure Warning Enabled CPU Smart FAN Target Temp Select 50 C 122 F CPU FAN PIN Select 4 PINS Chassis Intrusion Disabled gt PC Health Status Disabled Enabled Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults CPU Fan Failure Warning When enabled the system will automatically monitor the CPU fan during boot up If it detects that the CPU fan is not rotating the system will show an error message on the screen and halt the boot up process The function is built with CPU fan power connector CPUFAN2 only and enables you to protect the CPU from possible overheating problem If you don t connect the CPU fan to the CPU
36. AID Volume and press lt Enter gt key The following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the lt TAB gt or lt Enter gt key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level RAIDO or RAID1 best suited to your usage model in RAID Level Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Name RAID_Volumed RAID Level Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 6 6 GB Create Volune Choose the RAID level best suited to your usage model RAID Stripe Creates a volume where equal portions of the volune are spread across all the disks This creates a volume vith higher performance by accessing all disks at once RRIDi Mirror Creates a volume where a redundant copy of the data is stored on each disk This creates a volume protected fron a single hard disk failure OE Change TABJ Next ESC Previous Menu CENTER Select 5 3 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 3 In the Disk field press Enter key and the following screen appears Use lt Space gt key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume then click lt Enter gt key to finish selection Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2663 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Name RAID Volume RAID Level RAIDO Stripe Select the disks to use for c
37. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and dupli cate for RAID 1 It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements When using Select Disk Drives the channel column will be activated Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press Enter to select them After all drives have been selected press Esc to go back to the creation steps menu VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Bulo Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID O Striping Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process LKA A Ah Channel Drive Name Maxtor J4898H4 Maxtor 34898l4 x Channel Master lChannell Master Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit ize GB ATA 133 37 27 ATA 133 37 2 Array Name Mode Status Stripe Stripel If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2 the block size of the array can also be selected Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press Enter then select a block size from the popup menu The block size can be 4KB to 64KB VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Bulo Setup For Array Mode RAID lect Disk Dri Channel Drive Name Maxtor J4H98H
38. E Master or SHIFT TAB to Primary IDE Slave select a field Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Use or to Third IDE Master configure system Date gt gt b gt gt gt Third IDE Slave Floppy A 1 44 MB 34 Halt on All But Keubol System Information Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults Date MM DD YY This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users Time HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second Primary Secondary Third IDE Master Slave Press lt gt or lt gt to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection Press Enter for the sub menu of each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Master Help Item Disabled Disables LBf Mode LBA Large Mode Auto Auto Enables LBA DMA Mode Auto Mode if the device Hard Disk M A R T Auto su
39. Front Panel For the front panel audio jack usually the green one is connected to Line Out device while the pink one is for MIC However you can configure the definition as you wish by clicking the hammer icon and select the preferred function in the Smart Jack Retasking Function dialogue 5p C Media 3D Audio Configuration EI Main Setting Smart Jack B Mixer Effect Information Back Panel Smart Jack Retasking Function e Wi e X e 9 Earphone Headset e W O Microphone e x wg O No Function Front Panel e Wi e S 7 7 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Mixer 1 Multi Stream Function CMI9880L 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 Go to Control Panel gt Sounds Speech and Audio Devices gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Sounds and Audio Devices Properties and choose Audio tab In Sound playback Default device part you can see two options C Media Azalia Rear Panel amp C Media Azalia Front Panel Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Volume Sounds Audio Voice Hardware mispback Go JM Q Default device HA pum s C Media Azalia Rear Panel C Media Azalia Rear Panel C Media Azalia Front Panel Sound recording A Default device 1 C Medi
40. GNAL JPW1 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V MSI Reminds You 1 These two connectors connect to the ATX power supply and have to work together to ensure stable operation of the mainboard 2 Power supply of 350 watts and above is highly recommended for system stability 3 ATX 12V power connection should be greater than 18A MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Back Panel The back panel provides the following connectors L In RS Out Parallel Mouse S PDIF LAN Keyboard COMA VGA port USB Ports L Out CS Out Optional Mic SPDIF Out Mouse Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse keyboard You can plug a PS 2 mouse keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Mouse Keyboard Data Mouse Keyboard data NC No connection GND Ground VCC 5V PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Mouse KeyboardClock Mouse Keyboard clock 6 pin Female NC No connection VGA Connector Optional The mainboard provides a DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor 5 1 Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description RED GREEN BLUE N C GND GND GND GND 15 11 5V GND N C SDA VGA Connector Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync DB 15 pin SCL 2 10 Hardware Setup Serial Port Connector The mainboard offers one 9 pin male DIN co
41. I Reminds You All the information volumes listed in your system might differ from the illustrations in this appendix MS 7028 ATX Mainboard mg BIOS Configuration The Intel RAID Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset The Intel RAID Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services Please use lt Ctrl gt I keys to enter the Intel R RAID for Serial ATA status screen which should appear early in system boot up during the POST Power On Self Test Also you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS please to P 3 13 items ATA IDE Configu ration lt Enhanced gt amp Configure SATA as lt RAID gt for details to create delete and reset RAID volumes Using the Intel RAID Option ROM 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM During the Power On Self Test POST the following message will appear for a few seconds MSI Reminds You The Driver Model Serial and Size in the following example might be different from your system Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved RAID Volunes ID Nane Level Strip Size Status Bootable H RAID UoluneB RAIDO Stripe 128KB PR DDR Normal Yes Physical Dis
42. If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped and damaged The equipment has obvious sign of breakage Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned storage temperature above 60 C 140 F it may damage the equipment VV VVVV CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer 1V CONTENTS FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement eese ii E ele det e e le ii eet Bal el E TED LU DL ii salei TnstriclloliS ope abo uL eM E LEM M N ae iV PECAMIC Als SUD OOM GET iv Chapter 1 Getting Started 0 0 cccccceecessseseeeeenseeneeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseesesaeeseensennes 1 1 Mainboard eelere EE 1 3 Packing Ben EE 1 5 MSI Special EE 1 6 Core Gell PM Ipsi Om oed eu odd esent orb edd sau sur etums 1 6 Be 1 7 omer EE i od i o bui E 1 8 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 11 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eene nennen entitas 2 1 Quick Components GUIDE EEN 2 2 Central Processing Urt CPU E 2 3 Introduction to EGA 775 0 PU 2 consoles eee eee eee eee 2 3 GPS COOlerInStalla
43. L gt 9 mounting holes 1 3 7028 ATX Mainboard oard Layout eq Top mouse CPUFAN2 JC11 lt Bottom keyboard E 2E on an J o co m0 g JLPC1 ER ER F ER 5B Do ER Top Parallel Port Bottom COMA In Si VGA port Optional T port Op j a a an xX lt T SPDIFOut B USB port nu SP JPW1 GH T LAN jac EE mn B USB ports SE B Intel sel Ian E oa Joa 915P G oo ao us Hs a KS oo nn ava uu oo T RS Out 5 EN M CS Out unu Eri B SPDIF Ou nn Se x nn nn m NBFAN1 En a E Q lle uL DOOCO000 OO0O000001000000000000000000000000000000000 0 0 E nd I dh iy
44. MegaStick etc and all the necessary drivers onboard LAN driver audio driver CoreCenter Live Update etc installed correctly The icon representing each item will be lit up if it is inserted installed correctly and properly Otherwise the icon will remain gray and user is not able to view the functionality connection of that item Sd H W Diagnostic S ower qu agent er it St e 4 Point E T E Ge ES MSI BRA Introduction Click on each icon appearing above to enter the sub menu to make further configuration MSI Click on this button to link to MSI website http www msi com tw Quick Guide Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you to review H W Diagnostic In this sub menu it provides the information of each DigiCell button for you to check if the representing peripherals cards drivers are correctly installed Comm In this sub menu you can see the configuration details for communication products including the status strength speed and channel of the connec tion of the Ethernet LAN amp Wireless LAN Software Access Point In this sub menu you can change your connection mode and configure the advanced settings for each mode such as the authentication encryption etc 4 2 Introduction to DigiCell Live Update You can take advantage of Live Update to detect and update BIOS and drivers online Core Center You can take ad
45. PWR SW P Power Switch high reference pull up RST SW P Reset Switch high reference pull up PWR SW N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND RSVD DNU Reserved Do not use O ON Oa A ON JFP2 Pin Definition SIGNAL Pm SIGNAL 2 17 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard CD In Connector JCD1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector L JCD1 GND t R Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD2 The JAUD2 front panel audio connector allows you to connect to the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide 2 18 eB saun JAUD2 Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION PORT 1L Analog Port 1 Left channel GND Ground PORT 1R Analog Port 1 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 PORT 2R Analog Port 2 Right channel SENSE1 RETIRN Jack detection return from front panel JACK1 SENSE_SEND Jack detection sense line from the High Definition Audio CODEC jack detection resistor network KEY Connector Key PORT 2L Analog Port 2 Left channel SENSE2 RETIRN Jack detection return from front panel JACK2 Hardware Setup FWH LPC Debugging Pin Header JLPC1 The pin header is for internal debugging only JLPC1 Pin Definition am SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL ME d 13 LCLK Key
46. RAID Setup Wizard ZZ Welcome to the Install Wizard for VIA VT64xx DLA Series RAID Driver Utility Program Hyperion The Install Wizard will install VIA VT54xx Series RAID Driver Utility Program on your computer To continue click Next Select Agree to accept the VIA Software License Agreement and click on the Next button to continue VIA RAID Setup Wizard Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement VIA SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Please read carefully before you download install or use any VIA SOFTYVARE VIA SO By clicking on the AGREE button and by downloading and installing the VIA SOFTW Upon your acceptance of this Agreement subject to the terms and conditions set forth 1 Use of Software The VIA SOFTWARE is licensed for personal use and may only v E C Don t Agree 6 16 Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want Then click Next button to proceed the installation VIA RAID Setup Wizard You can select several or all components to install M VIA VT6dxx series RAID driver 3 00 Description VIA RAID Config Utility 2 40 VT64xx and VT8237 SATA RAID Controller driver Space Required C 1211 KB Space Available C 12136144 KB Remember to restart your computer before using this newly installed program VIA RAID Setup Wizard MX Install Wizard Completed Hype e rion n The Install Wizard has successfully installe
47. TA1 SATA4 The SouthBridge of this mainboard is Intel ICH6R which supports four serial ATA connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are dual high speed Serial ATA interface ports Each supports 1 generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Please refer to the Chapter 5 Introduction to Intel ICH6R RAID for detail software installation procedure SATA4 SATA3 SATA1 SATA4 Pin Definition E SIGNAL GND RXP Ge L Ge N L Gel mmh 7 SATA2 SATA1 i Gel L Serial ATA cable Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices Connect to serial ATA ports MSI Reminds You Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90 degree angle since this might cause the loss of data during the transmission 2 16 Hardware Setup Front Panel Connectors JFP1 amp JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide Reset HDD Power LED Switch LED 7 Ci 1 9 1 JrP2 Zae Air JFPi Speaker Power Power Switch LED JFP1 Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION HD LED P Hard disk LED pull up FPPWR SLP MSG LED pull up HD LED N Hard disk active LED FPPWR SLP MSG LED pull up RST SW N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND
48. Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry shows the status of your CPU fan warning for overall system status Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control 3 4 BIOS Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save amp Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup 3 5 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 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 gt or lt gt keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Features Date MM DD YY Thu 05 06 2004 Help Item Time HH MM SS H3 I1 15 Use ENTER TAB Primary ID
49. VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help BB cs 5 o5 c5 0x 53 E mirror disk ST380023A5 3KB17Y vM For Help press F1 6 20 Physical position Array postion Device status General config Serial number Firmware revision Model name Cylinder number Header number Sector number pe Capacity Real capacity Supported PIO m Supported Multiw Supported Ultra D Current transfer Minor revision nu Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Array 0 RAID 1 source disk Mormal ATA device 3KB18PDL 3 01 5738002345 16383 16 63 76 319 MB 156 301 488 sectors 76 319 MB 156 301 487 sectors mode 0 1 2 3 4 mode 0 1 2 mode 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ultra DMA mode 6 ATAJATAPI 6 T13 1410D revision 2 Introduction to CMI 9880L Audio Codec The motherboard comes with CMI9880L audio chip which supports the brand new Azalia specification In addition C Media designs a multi stream function which allows the rear audio amp front panel to play different audio sources simultaneously CMI 9880L also allows the board to attach 4 6 and 8 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will guide you to expe rience the powerful features of this audio chip MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Installing the Audio Codec Driver To install C Media drivers 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear 2 Click on C Media Azalia Audio Driver 3 Follow th
50. Version You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list 5o C Media 3D Audio Configuration Main Setting Smart Jack Mee Effect Information Show the audio configuration icon in the system tray Language m v The change will be activated next time 3D Audio Engine Xear3D CRL3D DS3D EAX2 0 A3D1 0 Audio CODEC CMI 9880L Audio Driver Version 5 12 01 0007 23 45 N Audio Controller DirectX Version DirectX 9 0b C Media 3D Audio Configuration Ver 1 0 42 10 Copyright C 2003 2005 C Media Inc URL www cmedia com tw 7 11
51. a Azalia Rear Panel Volume MIDI music playback Ss Default device m Microsoft GS Wavetable GW Synth v Use only default devices 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 switch the setting to C Media Azalia Front Panel and click Apply then 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 7 8 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec In the Mixer part you may adjust the volumes of the rear and front panels individually 50 C Media 3D Audio Configuration Main Setting Smart Jack C Media Azalia Rear Panel H C Media Azalia Rear Panel C Media Azalia Front Panel I 2 Recording If you want to use microphone to record usually the microphone is con nected to the MIC jack the pink one in the rear audio panel You can start recording in this case However if you want to hear the voice you are recording click on the small hammer below the Microphone and enable the checkbox of Monitoring Monitoring Microphone to Line Out The Monitoring Monitoring Microphone to Line Out function is also available for the CD Player amp Line In recording Click on the small hammer next to each of them to confi
52. a spare disk Delete Array i in a mirror array ct ay Serial Mumber View View Array disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode S ize GB Status Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Stripell Channell Master Maxtor 34898H4 ATA 133 37 27 Stripel 6 9 Select Boot Array User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating system does not boot from the disk array Highlight the Select Boot Array item press lt Enter gt and the channel column will be activated Then highlight the target disk array and press lt Enter gt If user selects a disk array that has a boot mark and press lt Enter gt its boot setting will be canceled Create Array Set Clear bootable array Delete Array Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item EE Confirm the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status IR tr Maxtor 3J4898H4 ARRAY DH ATA 133 37 27 Boot C Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 27 Source Channell Master Maxtor 34898H4 ATA 133 37 27 Boot Channell Slave Maxtor 34098H4 ARRAY 1 ATA 133 37 2 Mirror View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press lt Enter gt Use arrow key to select a drive the selected drive s serial number can be viewed in the last colum
53. am products mainboard mbd pro mbd cpu support php MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond product speci fications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications Introduction to LGA 775 CPU The pin pad side of LGA 775 The surface of LGA 775 CPU CPU Remember to apply some sili cone heat transfer compound on it for better heat dispersion D 0000000 Alignment Key Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator 2 3 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard CPU amp Cooler Installation When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a cooler at tached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not have the cooler contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer Meanwhile do not forget to apply some silicon heat transfer compound on CPU before installing the heat sink
54. amic Overclocking or to lower the level of overclocking options By the way if you need to conduct overclocking manually you also need to disable the Dy namic OverClocking first 2 Meanwhile there are two functions to protect user s system from crashing There is a safe key Ins in BIOS In case the overclocking fails you can press Ins key while system rebooting to restore to the BIOS defaults If the system incidentally reboot for four times the BIOS will also be restored to the defaults Adjust CPU FSB Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency in MHz and overclock the processor by adjusting the FSB clock to a higher frequency Setting options For CPU FSB200 200 500 For CPU FSB133 133 500 CPU Ratio CMOS Setting This item allows you to adjust the CPU ratio Setting to Startup enables the CPU running at the fastest speed which is detected by system Adjusted CPU Clock This read only item shows the CPU Clock you like to use which will automatically change in accordance with the settings of Adjust CPU FSB Frequency and CPU Ratio CMOS Setting Please note you must reboot the system to let the change take effect Adjust DDR Memory Frequency When it is set to Manual in High Performance Mode user can place an artificial memory clock limit on the system Please note that memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Setting options Auto 400 533
55. apter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system boot up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features MSI Reminds You 1 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 latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 While booting up the BIOS version is shown in the 1st line ap pearing after the memory count It is usually in the format example A7028IMS V1 0BH 04 23 04 where 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI R WZAWARDX R 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th 7th digit refers to the customer MS all standard customers V1 0BH refers to the BIOS version 04 23 04 refers to the date this BIOS is released MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press lt DEL gt key to enter Setup DEL Setup Menu TAB Logo F11 Boot M enu F10 Flash Recovery 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 syst
56. ation Accelerator RAID Edition has been successfully installed and the system has rebooted click on the Intel Application Accelerator shortcut link Start gt All Programs gt Intel R Application Accelerator gt Intel Application Accelerator and the following window will appear S Intel R Storage Utility SEE Fie view Actions Help Information This item displays the RAID controller integrated into your Intel chipset The RAID controller enables the creation and management of RAID arrays and 83 y RAID volumes to provide increased system performance and reliability olumes 5 PAD Volu me0 E RAID Hard Drives amp WDC Ge DOFNAD amp WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action gt Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive t Intel R Storage Utility ag Heb Create RAID Volume Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive amp Intel RAID Controllers Information az Intel R 82801FR SATA RAID Non RAID Hard Drives Parameter Value c3 WDC WD 360GD 00Fh Usage Non RAID hard drive amp WDC wD3B50GD O00FN Status ri Device Port 0 Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode Generation 1 ormal Model WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 Serial Number WD WMA4H91041833 Firmware 35 06K35 Native Command Queuing Support No System Hard Drive No Size 34 5 GB The Create RAID Volume from Exis
57. aults a message as below appears Load Optimized Defaults Ok Cancel Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance 3 25 Introduction to DigiCell Introduction to DigiCell DigiCell the most useful and powerful utility that MSI has spent much research and efforts to develop helps users to monitor and configure all the integrated peripherals of the system such as audio program power management MP3 files management and communication 802 11g WLAN settings Moreover with this unique utility you will be able to activate the MSI well known features Live Update and Core Center which makes it easier to update the BlOS drivers online and to monitor the system hard ware status CPU Fan temperature and speed or to overclock the CPU memory Once you have your DigiCell installed locate the setup source file in the setup CD accompanying with your mainboard path Utility gt MSI Util ity gt MSI DigiCell it will have an icon Eg 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 DigiCell oq gomma se Ua FF 02 short cut icon in the system tray short cut path in the start up menu path Start Programs 2MSI DigiC ell MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Main Before using this utility it is required to have all the integrated peripherals cards LAN card Wireless LAN card
58. contain Delete Array the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Number View View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Ihe selected array will be destoried Enter Confirm the selection Are you sure Continue Press V H ESC Exit VAN A A Channel Drive Name firray Name Mode Size GB Status MH h e 1 U GR Maxtor TTA ARRAY ATA 133 37 27 stripe L IC LE Channell Master Maxtor 34898H4 ARRAY H ATA 133 37 2 Stripel Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays When a RAID is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved and become two normal disk drives Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive If a RAID 1 array is created and there are drives that do not belong to other arrays the one that has a capacity which is equal to or greater than the array capacity can be selected as a spare drive for the RAID 1 array Select Create Delete Spare and press Enter the channel column will then be activated Select the drive that you want to use as a spare drive and press Enter the selected drive will be marked as Spare The spare drive cannot be accessed in an OS To delete a spare drive highlight Create Delete Spare and press Enter The spare drive will be highlighted press Enter to delete the spare drive VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Create Array Create Delete
59. cooler fan for better heat dispersion Follow the steps below to install the CPU amp cooler correctly Wrong installation will cause the damage of your CPU amp mainboard 1 The CPU has a plastic cap on it to 2 Remove the cap from lever hinge protect the contact from damage side as the arrow shows Before you have installed the CPU always cover it to protect the socket pin 2 4 Hardware Setup 5 Lift the load lever up and open the 6 After confirming the CPU direction load plate for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket housing frame Be sure to grap on the edge of the CPU base Note that the alignment keys are matched 7 Visually inspect if the CPU is 8 Cover the load plate onto the seated well into the socket If not package take out the CPU with pure vertical motion and reinstall 2 5 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 9 Press down the load lever lightly 10 Align the holes on the mainboard onto the load plate and then se with the heatsink Push down the cure the lever with the hook under cooler until its four clips get retention tab wedged into the holes of the mainboard 11 Press the four hooks down to fas 2 6 Am nnn 12 Turn over the mainboard to con ten the cooler Then rotate the lock firm that the clip ends are cor ing switch refer to the correct di rectly inserted rection marked on it to lock the hooks Tue MSI Reminds You 1 Confirm
60. d VIA VT 64xx Series RAID Driver Utility Program Before you can use the program you must restart your computer C No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Using VIA RAID Tool Once the installation is complete go to Start gt Programs gt VIA gt RAID to enable VIA RAID TOOL Ca Set Program Access and Defaults eS Windows Catalog LG Windows Update Accessories fj Futuremark 2 Documents if Games EH Nero 2 Settings La If Startup Search VIA RAID TOOL Ei winamp 9 VIA Raid Tool Help Help and Support 4B Internet Explorer Z9 Run Ww MSN Explorer A Outlook Express Log Off Administrator dqamuiimupDE windows Media Player 9 Turn Off Computer 33 Windows Messenger Windows XP Professional After the software has finished installation it will automatically start every time Windows is initiated You may double click on the Gu icon shown in the VIA RAID Tool system tray of the tool bar to launch the VIA RAID Tool mig FS menpM utility The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions The left window pane displays the controller and disk drives The right window pane displays the details of the controller or disk drives In this model the available fea tures a
61. d others You may also add your own comment in the comment field Then click Save to save the change click Sg Cancel to discard the change or click Remove to all this Delete information Play Environment gt 4 11 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Non Unicode programs supported If you are using an operating system in European languages and you d like to play the media files in MEGA STICK with East Asian languages such as Chinese Japanese etc it is possible that the file names will display incorrectly You can install the Supplemental Language Support provided by Microsoft to solve this problem You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared in the CD ROM The system will start to install the necessary components after the settings are configured here Follow the steps described below 1 Go to Control Panel and choose Regional and Languages Options Fie Edt View Favortes Took Help e Q 3 9 KC re cu 2 Go to the Languages tab and enable the check box of Install files for East Asian languages A dialogue box will pop up to remind you the above selection is chosen Regional and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Text services and mput languages To view or change the languages and methods you can use to enter text click Details Supplemental language support Most languages are installed d default To install additional languages select the appropriate check box below
62. e on screen instructions to complete installation 4 Restart the system MSI Link to the Futul to the Future Intel INF Update C Media Azalia Audio Drivers Intel 915G YGA Drivers USB2 0 Driver Readme Broadcom 5751 Lan Drivers Intel IAA RAID Edition VIA IDE RAID Dri Click the C Media Azalia Audio Driver 7 2 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec S of tware Cont mm To have your 4 6 8 channel audio work you must set appropriate configu ration in the C Media software application Click the C Media Mixer icon ga from the window tray on the bottom and choose Open 30 Then the C Media 3D Audio Configuration dialogue will appear Click on the Main Setting tab to start the configuration of the audio Main Setting 1 Output Device Analog Output Here you can configure the preferred output device among earphone 2 channel speakers 4 channel speakers 6 channel speakers amp 8 channel speakers Click on the desired output device and the figure of the virtual speaker will change for the correct demonstration simultaneously 5p C Media 3D Audio Configuration Main Setting Smart Jack Mixer Effect Information Output Device DSP Mode D gt Analog Output LA jt 2m 4a sg 8 S Virtual JUULys PDIF Output aal Digital Audio 48 KH Audio Jack Line In Back Surround Q c Surround Front Out e Center Bass MIC bk d SIPDIF Out 7 3 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard
63. eat and noise from your system Sophisticated moderate mechanism could prolong components duration for longer journey Intelligent power saving technique prevents waste by energy conservation Empower your system with Dynamic Overclocking bestow you ability to eliminate obstacles ahead CPU Voltage Manual Mode 100 Selected gt gt CPU Voltage 100 Actual CPU Voltage MSI CoreCell brings you high performance 1 6 Getting Started DigiCell DigiCell is a powerful utility developed by MSI which provides the easiest way to conduct your digital home and the central cell of multiple digital devices For detailed instruction please refer to Chapter 4 Introduction to DigiCell Sp rgiCell The outstanding features of DigiCell contain Activate Software Gateway Share one broadband access with all clients Save the cost of physical WLAN gateway Connect with MEGA Stick Plug n Play Drag n Drop Edit and print play list at convenience Connected by USB or Bluetooth IA Notebook Mainboard PC System 44 gt gt DigiCell vw b d Home Accessories Home Theater EE Connectivity Upgrade by DigiCell 1 7 7028 ATX Mainboard Other Features Automatic Voltage Compensation Mechanism Adjust the Vcore to minimize Vcore voltage inaccuracy Supplemental circuit gives a more precise voltage Enhanced Compatibility amp Reliability vgl EIS Painles
64. ed Enabled 1MB Enabled 4MB Enabled 8MB Enabled 16MB Enabled 32MB Aperture Size Select This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to PEG PCI Ex press Graphic for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the PEG without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 128MB and 256 MB PEG Port This item enables or disables the PEG PCI Express Graphic port function Setting options Enabled Disabled 3 10 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals USB Controller Enabled Help Item Auto USB Device Legacy Support Onboard LAN Controller Enabled Enables USB host Onboard LAN Option ROM Disabled controllers Onboard IEEE1394 Controller Enabled Onboard IDE RAID Controller Enabled Onboard Audio Control ler Enabled gt IDE Devices Configuration gt I 0 Devices Configuration gt SATA Devices Configuration Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults USB Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard USB host controller Setting options Disabled Enabled USB Device Legacy Support Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in
65. em back to No automatically Graphic Adapter Priority This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Setting options are IGD The system initializes the IGD internal graphic display first for 915G only PEG IGD The system initializes the PEG PCI Express graphic first If a PCI Express graphic card is not available it will initialize the IGD for 915G only PEG PCI The system initializes the PEG PCI Express graphic first If a PCI Express graphic card is not available it will initialize the PCI graphic card PCIPEG The system initializes the PCI graphic card first If a PCI graphic card is not available it will initialize the PEG PCI Express graphic card PCI A GD The system initializes the PCI graphic card first If a PCI graphic card is not available it will initialize the IGD for 915G only PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes 3 17 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 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 Setting options 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 PCI Slot1 IRQ PCI Slot2 IRQ PCI Slot3 IRQ These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot Setting options 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Auto Selecting A
66. em by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by pressing lt Fi1 gt When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press lt F11 gt after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following Select First Boot Device lst Floppy IBM DTLA 307038 ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE 40X M 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 3 2 BIOS Setup Control Keys 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 Increase the numeric value or make changes lt gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F6 gt Load Optimized Defaults lt F7 gt Load Fail Safe Defaults lt F10 gt Save
67. etwork from being attacked or unauthorized access When building the network you can set up 4 sets of WEP keys which can be 5 characters 10 hexadecimal digital or 13 characters 26 hexadecimal digital and specify one of them to use Ad hoc Mode An Ad hoc network is a local area network or other small network especially one with wireless or temporary plug in connections in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communi cations session Users in the network can share files print to a shared printer and access the Internet with a shared modem In this kind of network new devices can be quickly added however users can only communicate with other wireless LAN computers that are in this wireless LAN workgroup and are within range Infrastructure Mode The difference between Infrastructure network and Ad hoc network is that the former one includes an Access Point In an Infrastructure network the Access Point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization Additionally the Access Point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an existing wired network allowing wireless users to take advantage of the wired networks resources such as Internet email file transfer and printer sharing The scale and range of the Infrastructure networking are larger and wider than that of the Ad hoc networking 4 6 Introduction to DigiCell Access Point Mode Click on Setting button of the
68. ext button to start installation Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Choose Destination Location Select Folder where Setup will install files Setup will install Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition in the following Folder To install to this folder click Next To install ta a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program FilesslntehIntel Application Accelerator Browse Dm Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the program icon Intel R Application Accelerator Setup Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders Intel R Application Accelerator Existing Folders Accessories Administrative Tools Games Startup Cancel 5 12 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation status Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Setup Status Installing InstallShield Cancel Once the installation is complete the following window appears Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup InstallS hield R Wizard Complete The InstallS hield R wizard has successfu
69. g system before this function will work BIOS Setup 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc PNP PCI Configurations Clear ESCD No Help Item PEG IGD Graphic fidapter Prioritu PCI Latencu Timer 64 NO lets the BIOS PCI Sloti IRQ Auto configure all the PCI Slot2 IRQ Auto devices in the systen PCI Slot3 IRQ Auto YES lets the gt IRQ Resource Setup operating system gt DMA Resource Setup configure Plug and Play PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating systen Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults Clear ESCD The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Ac cess Memory is where the BIOS stores resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format When the item is set to Yes the system will reset ESCD NVRAM right after the system is booted up and then set the setting of the it
70. gure 5o C Media 3D Audio Configuration MS 7028 ATX Mainboard If you d like to connect your microphone to the front audio panel please go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialogue and go to the Sound re cording part The default setting of this item is C Media Azalia Rear Panel and you have to switch it to the C Media Azalia Front Panel Please note the Monitoring Monitoring Microphone to Line Out is only available for the rear audio panel Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Volume Sounds Audio Voice Hardware Sound playback Q Default device A C Media Azalia Rear Panel be Default device C Media Azalia Front Panel C Media Azalia Front Panel C Media Azalia Rear Panel MIDI music playbatt Default device vc Microsoft GS Wavetable Sw 5 ynth Use only default devices 7 10 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec Effect From this part you may choose the sound effect you like such as environ ment effects environment sizes and equalizers You may also define your own equalizers and save them for the future usage Sp C Media 3D Audio Configuration Main Setting Smart Jack Mixer Effect Information Environment Equalizer 20 dB cay PETI nmmm SECHER Information In this tab it provides some information about the Azalia Audio Configuration utility including 3D Audio Engine Audio Codec Audio Driver Version Audio Controller amp DirectX
71. hard disk drives into one logical unit The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation where if one drives fails a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs The individual disk drives in an array are called members The configuration information of each member is recorded in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The RAID levels which the VIA VT6410 SATA RAID Host Controller supports are RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 amp JBOD The table below briefly introduce these RAID levels RAID 0 Striping Number drives Highest performance without data protection Smallest size RAID 1 Mirroring Smallest size Data protection RAID 0 1 2 smallest size Highest performance with data protection Striping Mirroring JBOD Sum of all drives No data protection and performance Spanning improvement but disk capacity is fully used RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved bet
72. if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on your system 2 Check the information in PC Health Status of H W Monitor in BIOS refer to p 3 20 for details for the CPU temperature 3 Do not touch the CPU socket pins to avoid damaging 4 Whenever CPU is not installed always protect your CPU socket pin with the plastic cap covered shown in Figure 1 to avoid damaging 5 Please note that the mating unmating durability of the CPU is 20 cycles Therefore we suggest you do not plug unplug the CPU too often Hardware Setup Pe Memory The mainboard provides 4 slots for 240 pin DDR2 DIMM which supports the memory size up to 4GB Since DDR2 modules are not interchangeable with DDR1 and the DDR2 stand ard is not backward compatible you should always install DDR2 memory module in the DDR2 slot DIMM1 DIMM4 Otherwise you are not able to boot up your system and your mainboard might be damaged For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php DIMM1 DIMM4 from left to right Channel A DIMM1 DIMM2 Green Channel B DIMM3 DIMM4 Orange Introduction to DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 is a new technology of memory module and its speed is the top limit of current DDR1 technology DDR2 uses a 1 8V supply for core and I O voltage com pared to 2 5V for DDR1 and requires 28 less power than DDR1 chips DDR2 truly is the future of memory but will require
73. irst icon indicates the onboard LAN on your system the second icon indicates the wireless LAN status and the third one is the information about the bluetooth on your system Click on each item for details em o Tom exp This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN which is read only The second icon indicates the wireless connection You may click this icon to configure the advanced settings in the WLAN Card Mode dialogue box see the image on p 4 8 Please note that it is only available when the Software Access Point is set to WLAN Card Mode The third icon indicates the connection using bluetooth devices If your system has connected to the bluetooth device the icon will light up 4 5 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Software Access Point In the Software Access Point sub menu you can see the communication status on your system and choose the desired software access point mode by clicking on the desired icon The default settings are configured for your usage The default soft ware access point mode is set to WLAN Card Mode For more advanced security settings and channels switching click on Setting button to enter its sub menu i gn m p A pi i d 802 119 gt iy A g oz d Terminology Here are the introduction of WLAN AP communication terminology WEP Key In the wireless network environment the administrator can set up password Network Key to protect the n
74. 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 Settings Enabled Disabled MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 1 4 1 1 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 Boot Sequence Press Enter and the following sub menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot Sequence 1st Boot Device ist FLOPPY DRIVE Help Item HDD PM ST320414f11 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device CD DUD SS ATAPI CD Specifies the boot Boot From Other Device Yes sequence from the 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device These items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system MSI Reminds You Available settings for 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device vary depending on the bootable devices you have installed For example if you did not install a f
75. k the 7 1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER button directly to enable this function then all the speakers are available to adjust You may move all the virtual soeakers to anywhere Center is usually for Voice in DVD and just suitable to move in vertical to keep the sound in the center Subwoofer signal is directionless low frequency sound to human ears Thus please move it horizontally to express strength or weakness So C Media 3D Audio Configuration Output Device D gt Analog Output LO J RE Lais 3 IVUULys PDIF Output Audio Jack Line In Back Surround Surround Front Out Center Bass MC S PDIF Out m oodB d oodsB GI 00aB H 0048 e B 0048 rem SA on ap GD 00dB Toolbar of DPS Mode DELIA ee lt l gt lt 2 gt 3 4 5 2 1 Rotate all the virtual speakers clockwise c2 Rotate all the virtual speakers anti clockwise 3 Move all the virtual speakers randomly 4 Move individual virtual speaker randomly 5 Reset the change to the default setting 7 6 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec Smart Jack Here it indicates the audio output of each back panel jack 1 Back Panel The audio configuration shown here should be identical to the audio jacks on your mainboard Follow the indication on it to connect the audio output devices correctly 5o C Media 3D Audio Configuration Effect Information Back Panel Front Panel e e 2
76. ks Port Drive Nodel Serial 8 Size Type Status Vol ID 8 KDC HD368GD BBFN WD WMAH91641833 34 4GB Member Disk 1 WDC HD368GD BBFN HD HHAH9104188 34 4GB Member Disk 2 WDS 2258BVLSAB YNRBSECZDS49SL 6 6GB Non RAID Disk j HDS722588ULSR80 UNRB3ECZDS4ZXL 6 66B Non RAID Disk Press to enter Configuration Utility After the above message shows press Ctrl and lt I gt keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility MSI Reminds You The following procedure is only available with a newly built system or if you are reinstalling your OS It should not be used to migrate an exist ing system to RAID 0 or RAID 1 5 2 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 2 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes After pressing the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously the following window will appear Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Create Rain us tune Delete RAID Volume Reset Disks to Non RAID Exit RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID H WDC HD3686D 88FN WD WMAHS 1841833 34 4GB i R 1 WDC HD368GD 88FN HD HHAH91841887 34 4GB 2 MWDS722588ULSR88 UNRB3ECZDS49SL 76 6GB 3 HD 722588ULSR8B8 UNRD3ECZD54ZXL 76 6GB 41 Select ESC J Exit ENTERI Select Menu 1 Create RAID Volume 1 Select option 1 Create R
77. lease refer P 3 19 for details 4 Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at Intel official website 2 14 Hardware Setup Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 amp IDE3 IDE 2 amp IDE3 are optional The mainboard has one 32 bit Ultra DMA 66 100 IDE controller integrated in ICH6R which supports PIO amp Bus Master operation modes and it can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives There is also another Ultra DMA 66 100 133 IDE controller integrated in the optional VIA 6410 IDE Raid Controller which supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 and can connect up to four Ultra ATA 133 drives EN mug 00 00 0g a 0G 00 000G GE E IDE3 yellow Dee ee AE IDE1 blue gnboaaooaoaooaoaa Daouagadgadgaao3cocru E ELE EUSEB SUE BUE IDE2 yellow D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D nogdgaoaaaagaiBnud IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 IDE3 Secondary and Third IDE Connector IDE2 amp IDE3 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions 2 15 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by Intel ICH6R SA
78. lion EE 2 4 Memory cea I EMT 2 7 introduction to DDR2 SDRAML au ococcties ioci wasseeaecnesnamoangonereteccarenernneenes 2 7 Memory Module Population Rules sss 2 8 installing DDRZ MOQUIOS iud niece Rod uadit Dese de Emme dba NUM AEIEE 2 8 POW GR Eed 2 9 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector AT XT 2 9 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 A 2 9 Back Pane KEE 2 11 Mouse Keyboard Connector cccccccccceecceceeceeeeeceeeeeeeseeaeeausaaseaseasaesseeees 2 10 VGA Connector ODIllorial ee 2 10 Serial Port CONMeCION suspects deu bdsd depeo eos chm ee 2 11 EE 2 11 LAN JSdb Jack E 2 12 Audo POr GoneelgS dass EE 2 12 Parallel PortGonnector EP TT Ae ege eege 2 13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 na 2 14 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN2 SYSFAN1 NBFAN1 PWRFAN1 2 14 EE EE 2 14 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 amp IDE3 IDE 2 amp IDE3 are optional 2 15 Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by Intel ICH6R SATA1 SATA4 EE 2 16 OD In Gonnector JODI saiae ideo iaa ER tuU S Usu ER E ERR 2 18 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD2 cccccceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaaes 2 18 FWH LPC Debugging Pin Header JLPC1 cc cecesescccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 19 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 amp JUSB2 00 e eee e rere etree 2 19 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCl1 cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeenteeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 20 IEEE 1394 Connectors J1394 1 J1394 2 J1394 3
79. lly installed Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Click Finish to exit the wizard MS 7028 ATX Mainboard RAID Migration Instructions The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA SATA hard drive to a two drive RAID 0 or RAID 1 configu ration when an additional SATA hard drive is added to the system This process will create a new RAID volume from an existing disk However several important steps must be followed at the time the system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows XP on the single SATA hard drive Refer to P 3 13 BIOS Configuration for properly setting of the BIOS 2 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup Refer to P 5 8 Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver during Windows Setup 3 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition after the operating system is installed To create a volume from an existing disk complete the following steps MSI Reminds You A Create from Existing Disk operation will delete all existing data from the added disk and the data cannot be recovered It is critical to backup all important data on the added disk before proceeding However during the migration process the data on the source disk is preserved After the Intel Applic
80. loppy drive the setting Floppy will not show up Boot From Other Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Settings are Yes No 3 9 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Chipset Features Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Help Item Disabled Memory Hole Int Gfx Memory Size Select Enabled 8MB Aperture Size Select 256MB PEG Port Enabled Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD Serial Presence Detect EEPROM on the DRAM module Setting to Auto By SPD enables DRAM timings and the following related items to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD Selecting Manual lets users configure the DRAM timings and the following related items manually Setting options Manual Auto By SPD Turbo Ultra Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA peripherals This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Settings Disabled 15MB 16MB Int Gfx Memory Size Select The field specifies the size of system memory allocated for video memory Setting options Disabl
81. me but please be noted that all data on RAID drives will be lost MSI Reminds You If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM your system will become unbootable Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press lt Enter gt key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press lt Delete gt key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable RRID Uolune8 RRIDB Stripe 2 68 9GB Yes JOLUME VERI 1 Are you sure you want to delete volume RAID Yolume Y N Deleting a volume will destroy the volume data on the drive s and cause any member disks to become available as non RAID disks EXISTING DATA WITHIN THIS VOLUME WILL BE LOST AND NON RECOVERABLE t Select lt ESC gt J Previous Menu lt DEL gt Delete Volume Press lt Y gt key to accept the volume deletion Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt to delete the RAID volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives The following screen appears Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Create RAID Volume
82. mp Windows XP f you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office please enter your login password in this field If you are using a computer with multi users for Windows XP operating system please enter the password for the user name you d like to auto power on in this field 4 20 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID The southbridge ICH6R provides a hybrid solution that combines two independent SATA ports for support of up to two Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID drives Serial ATA SATA is the latest generation of the ATA interface SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer soeeds up to 150MB sec Serial ATA uses long thin cables making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow inside your PC The most outstanding features are 1 Supports 150 MB s transfers with CRC error checking 2 Supports Hot plug n play feature 3 Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command Intel ICH6R includes the RAID level O striping RAID level 1 mirroring and a combination of the two called Intel Matrix RAID Technology which has two volume in a single RAID array RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives Spreading the hard drive I O load across independent chan nels greatly improves I O performance RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced read performance MS
83. n The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Cree Create a RAID array with Del the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Humber View View Array disk Status Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit firray Name firray Mode Block Size GB Size GB ARRAY H Mirror N H 37 21 ARRAY 1 Mirror N A 37 21 6 10 Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if the RAID 1 array has any inconsistencies between user data and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order to ensure the backup data consist ency with the user data Critical RAID 1 r Critical Status The RAID 1 array needs to Continue to boot be duplicated to ensure data consistancy Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channell Device8 IC3SLB46AYVAB 7 0 Array ATA 188 38 34 Mirror Channel Device8 TC35l 0500VVR8 7 0 Array ATA 188 38 34 Source Hote T 1 P 21A ress lt ESC gt to Exit fter Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility
84. nc VIA VTG amp 10 RAID BIOS Setting Utility vi MN Copyright C VIA Technologies Inc ALL Right reserved Press lab gt key into User Window Scan Device Please wait Primary Master Maxtor 32489914 Primary Slave Maxtor 348952H4 Secondary Haster Maxtor 34B9ZH Secondary Slave Maxtor 34B98H amp The VIA IDE RAID volume may be configured using the VIA Tech RAID BIOS Always use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu use up and down arrow key to select the each item and press Enter to call out the list of creation steps The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Le ray Create a RAID array with Delete Array the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select Boot Array Serial Number View View Array disk Status Il Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name firray Name Mode Size GB Status Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 HIH 133 37 2 Hdd Channell Master Maxtor 34898H4 ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Create Disk Array Use the up and down arrow keys to select the Create Array command and press lt Enter gt VIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver V1 10 Auto Setup For Data Securit Create a RAID array with firray Mode RAID 1 Mirroring the hard disks attached to Fr Select Disk Drives VIA IDE controller Start Create Process View Array disk Status 1 1 Hove to next item Enter
85. nnector as the serial port 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 the connector Pin Definition 12345 O PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Data Carry Detect Serial In or Receive Data Serial Out or Transmit Data Data Terminal Ready 6789 9 Pin Male DIN Connector Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send Ring Indicate OO OO Jo Om A ON USB Connectors The mainboard provides an OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector USB Port Description PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION VCC 45V Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 GND Ground VCC 5V Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 GND Ground USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 11 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard LAN RJ 45 Jack The mainboard provides 1 standard RJ 45 jack for connection to single Local Area Network LAN This Giga bit LAN enables data to be transferred at 1000 100 or 10Mbps You can connect a network cable to it Giga bit LAN Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Differential Pair 0 Differential Pair O C4 CI TUI RJ 45 LAN Jack Differential Pair 1 Differential Pair 2 Differential Pair 2 Differe
86. no pin JLPC1 ae LRST VCC3 z LADO FIDO_LRST 2 un 14 LAD1 VCC5 LAD2 Key no pin LAD3 GND LFRAME GND Front USB Connectors JUSB1 amp JUSB2 The mainboard provides two standard USB 2 0 pin headers JUSB1 amp JUSB2 USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like JUSB1 amp JUSB2 Pin Definition SIGNAL SIGNAL Pu TT wp sew Ce USBO JUSB1 JUSB2 USBO USB 2 0 GND Key no pin Connected to JUSB1 or JUSB2 2 19 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector is connected to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record dh CINTRU 1 IEEE 1394 Connectors J1394 1 J1394 2 J1394 3 The mainboard provides three 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports via an external IEEE1394 bracket Pin Definition SIGNAL 9 gunununu 1 0 005000 2 TPA TPA Ground Ground J1394 1 J1394 3 R geg Cable power Cable power Key no pin Ground IEEE1394 Bracket A Foolproof Design 2 20 Hardware Setup D Bracket 2 Connector JDB1 The
87. ntial Pair 1 Differential Pair 34 Differential Pair 3 Audio Port Connectors The left 3 audio jacks are for 2 channel mode for stereo speaker output Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones However there is an advanced audio application provided by Realtek CMI9880L to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio LAM S PDIF Out Coaxial NT Rear Speaker Out Line In in 7 1CH 5 1CH Center Subwoofer ient Speaker Out in 7 1CH 5 1CH MIC S PDIF Out Optical _ MSI Reminds You gt For the advanced functions of the audio codec please refer to Chapter 7 Introduction to CMI 9880L Audio Codec for details 2 12 Hardware Setup Parallel Port Connector LPT1 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 Ex tended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode 13 1 Seed 25 14 Pin Definition PN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION STROBE Strobe DATAO DataO DATA1 Data DATA2 Data2 DATA3 Data3 DATA4 Data4 DATA5 Data5 DATA6 Data6 DATA7 Data7 ACK Acknowledge BUSY Busy PE PaperEnd SELECT Select AUTO FEED Automatic Feed ERR Error INIT Initialize Printer SLIN Select In GND Ground GND Gro
88. number of the drive that contains all the data Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Select Source Hard Drive The data on the hard drive you select will be preserved and migrated across a new RAID volume Available Selected Port 0 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ Port 1 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ0 Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Select Source Hard Drive The data on the hard drive you select will be preserved and migrated across a new RAID volume Available Selected Port 1 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ Port 0 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 3 Select Member Hard Drive s Then select the member disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click gt to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted permanently Do not forget to back up all the important data before continuing Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Select Member Hard Drive s Once the new RAID volume is created it will span the source hard drive as well as any member hard drive s Available Selected Port 1 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ WARNING Existing data on the selected hard drive s will be permanently deleted Back up all important data before continuing Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Select Member Hard Drive s Once the new RAID volume is created it will s
89. ny reason it will pick up the migration process where it left off You will be provided with an estimated completion time the remaining time will depend on your system once the migration process starts 2 of RAID_VolumeO Migration Completed m Migration is in progress When migration is complete you will need to reboot your system to use the entire volume capacity To reopen this dialog at any point during the migration right click on the migrating volume in the Intel R Storage Utility and select Show Migration Progress 2 Complete Time Remaining 17 min 58 sec i RAID Migration in Progress 4 RAID 0 migration is in progress 1 createl0 Paint v 1 of RAID_Volumed The following screen appears if the migration process is completed successfully Then you have to reboot your system to use the full capacity of the new volume Migration Status The RAID volume was created from an existing hard drive successfully The system will need to be rebooted to use the full capacity of the new volume Do you want to reboot the system now No 100 of RAIB_VolumeO Migration Completed 5 20 Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID The VIA IDE RAID solution uses the VT6410 chip a two channel ATA 133 solution as a RAID controller The RAID software is a Windows based software utility Its graphical user interface provides an easy way to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to the VT6
90. onitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 3 20 BIOS Setup The items in Cell Menu includes some important settings of CPU AGP DRAM and overclocking functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Cell Menu Help Item High Performance Mode Optimized Dynamic Overclocking Disabled Optimized Adjust CPU FSB Frequency 200 Manual CPU Ratio CMOS Setting 17 Adjust DDR Memory Frequency Auto Adjust PCI Frequency Adjust PCI Express Frequency 100 Adjust CPU Voltage U DH Adjust DDR Voltage V Adjust NB Voltage V H Spread Spectrum Enabled Tle Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults MSI Reminds You Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset Current CPU CLOCK Current DDR Memory Frequency These two items show the current clocks of CPU amp DDR memory frequency Read only High Performance Mode This field allows you to select the DDR timing setting Setting to Optimized enables Adjust DDR Memory Frequency automatically to be determined by SPD Selecting Manual allows users to configure these fields manually Setting options Optimized Manual Dynamic OverClocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is the automatic overclocking function included in the MSI s newly developed CoreCell Technology It i
91. ort Mode This item selects the operation mode for the onboard parallel port ECP Normal or Bi Dir 3 12 BIOS Setup Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to set parallel port IRQ Setting options IRQ5 IRQ7 SATA Devices Configuration Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc SATA Devices Configuration ATA IDE Configuration Enhanced Help Item IDE Configure SATA as Disabled Compatible Enhanced ATA IDE Configuration Configure SATA as These 2 items allow you to select the ATA IDE and SATA configuration Select Disabled in ATA IDE Configuration if you want to disable both ATA IDE configuration Select Compatible or Enhanced to use the IDE S ATA and P ATA devices Refer to the following tables for details Luce Compatible Enhanced IDE1 SATA 1 2 3 4 SATA support RAID 0 or 1 For the setting options of Configure SATA as select IDE if you want to have SATA as IDE function Select AHCI to allow the SATA having Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI feature which supports improved serial ATA disk performance with native command queuing amp native hot plug Select RAID to use SATA as RAID function Setting options IDE AHCI RAID MS 7028 ATX Mainboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Power Management Features ACPI
92. pan the source hard drive as well as any member hard drive s Available Selected Port 1 WDC wD350GD D0FNAD WARNING Existing data on the selected hard drive s will be permanently deleted Back up all important data before continuing lt Bac Cove 2 Cancel 5 18 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 4 Specify Volume Size Specify the amount of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume You may enter the amount in the space or use the slider to specify It is recommended you use 100 of the available space for the optimized usage either for RAID 0 or RAID1 volume For RAID 0 volume if you do not specify 100 of the hard drive space the rest hard drive space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Specify Volume Size Use the fields or the slider below to specify the amount of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume Maximum Yolume Size GB Minimum Yolume Size GB 63 34 5 Percentage of Available Space ho e Volume Size GB J For RAID 0 volumes you must choose at least 50 of the hard drive space You will need to create a second volume in order to utilize the remaining space For RAID 1 volumes you must use 100 of the hard drive space lt Back Cancel 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Befo
93. pports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled BIOS Setup Device This item shows the information about the specified item Read only LBA Large Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the LBA Logical Block Address the logical block size in hard disk mode Setting options Auto Disabled DMA Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the DMA Direct Memory Access mode Setting options Auto Disabled UDMAO UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMAS UDMA4 UDMAS 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 Settings Auto Enabled Disabled Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed Available options Disabled 360 KB 5 1 2 MB 514 720 KB 3 7 1 44 MB 3 2 88MB 3 Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error System Information Press Enter to for the sub menu of each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright
94. que feature of RAID 0 1 is dual fault tolerance In some cases two drives can fail simultaneously and still maintain the integrity of the data The data can still be accessed and worked like a RAID 0 array Assume the drives are configured as follows M Master S Slave A B indicates which striping pair the drive belongs to number indicates which part of stripe data IDE 2 IDE 3 Drive A1 Drive A2 Drive B1 Drive B2 In a RAID 0 1 array the data integrity will remain if any 1 2 combination survives The following table indicates the possible combination of dual drive failure and the respective results of each case Working B1 B2 retains array integrity Working A1 A2 retains array integrity Working B1 A2 retains array integrity Working A1 B2 retains array integrity Failure A2 B2 contains only half of array data Failure A1 B1 contains only half of array data JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any disk member fails the failure affects the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance 6 3 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard BIOS Configuration When the system powers on during the POST Power On Self Test process press Tab key to enter the BIOS configuration VIA Technologies I
95. re as following View by Controllers Check All Disks View Event log Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Click on KE or R button to determine the viewing type of left window pane There are two viewing types By controllers and by device Click on the object in the left window pane to display the status of the object in the right window pane The following screen shows the status of Array 0 RAID 0 VIA RAID Tool PEE Operation View Help 1 span z a Re Array type RAID O Striping Capacity 152 638 MB 312 602 880 sectors Disk number 2 Stripe size 64K Array status Normal For Help press F1 Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 0 to see the details of each disk VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help RAID 0 Striping stripe disk 1 ST380023A5 3KB17YVM Jtv 152 638 MB 312 602 880 sectors DU ORB ETE Disk number 2 64K stripe disk 1 5738002345 3k Array status Normal For Help press F1 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard ATX Mainboard You may also use the same Je 0 RAID 1 VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help or amp button to view the statuses of Array e Array O RAID 1 EE ER A KN Ki spare y e c3 ea IS Array type Capacity Disk number Array status For Help press F1 RAID 1 Mirroring 76 319 MB 156 301 487 sectors 2 Normal Click on the plus symbol next to Array O RAID 1 to see the details of each disk
96. re you continue the procedure of RAID volume creation from existing hard drive read the dialogue box below carefully Please note that once you click Finish the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted permanently and this operation cannot be undone It is critical that you backup all important data before selecting Finish to start the migration process Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Completing the Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Volume migration can take up to two hours depending on the size of the hard drives being used You may continue to use other applications during this time WARNING Completing this action will permanently delete existing data on the selected hard drive s Back up all important data before continuing Select Finish to begin migrating data to the new volume lt Back Cancel MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 6 Start Migration The migration process may take up to two hours to complete depending on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected A dialogue window will appear stating that the migration process may take considerable time to complete meanwhile a popup dialogue at the taskbar will also show the migration status While you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets inter rupted and your system is rebooted for a
97. reating the volume tl Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTERI Selection Complete 4 Change TAB Next ESC Previous Menu ENTER Select 4 Then select the strip value for the RAID 0 or RAID 1 array by using the upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the lt Enter gt key to select and advance to the next field The avail able values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage Here are some suggested selections 16 KB Best for sequential transfers 64 KB Good general purpose strip size 128 KB Best performance for most desktops and workstations The default value 5 Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field The default value is the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks Intel A Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2883 84 Intel Corporation AH Rights Reserved Nane RAID _Volunef RAID Level RAIDA Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity GB Create Volume Enter the volume capacity The default value indicates the maxinun volume capacity using the selected disks If less than the maximum capacity is chosen creation of a second volume is needed to utilize the remaining space t4 Change TAB Next ESC Previous Henu ENTERI Select Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 6 Then the following
98. ress the lt Enter gt key 5 Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 installation gt Existing Windows XP 2000 Driver Installation 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The CD will auto run and the setup screen will appear 3 Under the Driver tab click on Intel AA RAID Edition 4 The drivers will be automatically installed gt Confirming Windows XP 2000 Driver Installation 1 From Windows XP 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer fol lowed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type The driver Intel R 82801FR SATA RAID Controller should appear Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Installation of Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains impor tant data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un install all other non driver components Insert
99. rinnnnnnnon PCI Slots 1 3 p 2 23 d DittIIIIIDDDDDDIDDDDDD HDD HDD DD DD DD DDDDDIIIIIIIID JCD1 p 2 18 7 LL KKK DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DEI D DD DLLLLLLLLE L tunssrzg ggggggpnODODODOOUUUGUUUDDUUUUCIDUU UU UU UO J AUD2 p 2 18 e JLPC1 p 2 19 ATXI p 2 9 FDDI1 p 2 14 IDEL p 2 15 SYSFANT p 2 14 PWRFANT p 2 14 J BAT1 p 2 22 SATA1 SATA4 p 2 16 DO0000000000000000000 uunusnsuunnnucconduncun p 2 15 JFP1 p 2 17 J1394 1 1394 2 J1394 3 p 2 20 2 2 JFP2 p 2 17 JDB1 p 2 21 JUSB1 JUSB2 p 2 19 Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit CPU The mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Prescott processor The mainboard uses a CPU socket called LGA775 When you are installing the CPU make sure to install the cooler to prevent overheating If you do not have the CPU cooler contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw progr
100. ritical RAID 1 Array 0 cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaees 6 11 Rebuild Broken RAID 0 041 Array cccccceceeseeeeeeeeenenaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetenes 6 12 Jee life SOU EE 6 14 Install Driver in Windows 2000 XP ccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaes 6 14 Installation of VIA IDE RAID Utility sseeeeeeeeenn 6 15 Using VA RAID TOG eege 6 18 Chapter 7 Introduction to CMI9880L Audio Codec 7 1 Installing the Audio Codec Driver 7 2 Software Confgulalioliusaasie deele ee 7 3 Man ss Le EE 7 3 EE Le LC EE 7 7 Multi Stream Function Support amp Mixer 7 8 mg DS 7 11 Tee dE Te E 7 11 Vill Getting Started Thank you for choosing the 915P G Neo2 Platinum MS 7028 v1 X ATX mainboard The 915P G Neo2 Platinum mainboard is based on Intel 915P G and Intel ICH6R chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processor the 915P G Neo2 Platinum mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution 7028 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU Supports Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775 processors in LGA775 package gt Supports up to Pentium 4 3XX 5XX amp 7XX sequence processor or higher speed gt Supports Intel Hyper Threading Technology For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw program produc
101. s BIOS recovery from corruption Restore BIOS from backup area in single flash ROM Cell Menu Contains all the necessary BIOS options for tweaking and overclocking Please check Chapter 3 BIOS Setup for details 1 8 Hardware Setup This chapter tells you how to install the CPU memory modules and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the periph eral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the installation be careful in holding the compo nents and follow the installation procedures MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Quick Components Guide JPW1 p 2 9 NBFAN1 p 2 14 CPUFAN2 p 2 14 DDR DI MMs p 2 7 os p 2 20 Back Panel I O p 2 10 PCI Express x16 oooooooo mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn TOOUGOOD DOOOOOOCOOOOOD DD ODOOODOOOOOOODOoooooo ooo OOD p 2 23 I I DI JC PCI Express x1 D eee z p 2 23 CID DUDDDD 000000 e L L JL CID D0DDIDDDD 0000000 0000000000 DD rmnnmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
102. s Configuration PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Help Item E PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability Settings options Disabled Enabled I O Devices Configuration Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc I 0 Devices Configuration OnBoard Floppy Control ler Enabled Help Item CDM Port 1 3F8 IRQ41 Parallel Port 3BC Allows BIOS to Enable Parallel Port Mode Bi Directionall or Disable Floppy Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 Control ler OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it Option Description amp Enabled Enables the onboard Floppy controller Disabled Disables the onboard Floppy controller COM Port 1 This item specifies the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM 1 Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings SF8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 SE8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Disabled Parallel Port This field specifies the base I O port address of the onboard parallel port Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings 378 278 BBC and Disabled Parallel P
103. s designed to detect the load balance of CPU while running programs and to adjust the best CPU frequency automatically When the motherboard detects CPU is running programs it will speed up CPU automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster When the CPU is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC need to run huge amount of data like 3D games or the video process and the CPU frequency need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance Setting options 3 21 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Disabled Disable Dynamic Overclocking function Private 1st level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 1 Sergeant 2nd level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 3 Captain 3rd level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 5 Colonel 4th level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 7 General 5th level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 10 Commander 6th level of overclocking increasing the CPU frequency by 15 MSI Reminds You 1 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 disable the Dyn
104. screen appears for you to confirm if you are sure to 7 create the RAID volume Press lt Y gt to continue Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROW v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2863 84 Inte Corporation ALI Rights Reserved CREATE VOLUHE MENU J Mame RAID Voluneb RAID Level RAIDO Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 126KR Capacity 68 9 GB ALE DATA ON SELECTEE DISKS WILL BE LI Are you sure you vant to create this volume Y N Press ENTER ta Create the specified volune t4 IChange TAB Newt ESC Previous Menu ENTER Select Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 8 8 6211 Copyright C 2003 84 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved MAIN MENU Create RAID Uolune Delete RAID Volune Reset Disks to Non RAID Exit DISK VOLUME INFORMATION J RAID Volunes ID Nane Level Strip Size Status Bootable H RAID_Volume RAIDO Stripe 128KB 68 96B Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID H WDC HD368GD B8FN HD HMAH91841833 34 4GB Menber Disk 8 1 WDC HD368GD 88FN HD HMAN91041807 34 4GB Member Disk HDS 722588ULSR08 UNRD3EC2DS49SL 76 668 Non RAID Disk 3 HDS72258VLSA8 UNRB3EC2DS4ZXL 76 66B Non RAID Disk f4 Select ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 2 Delete RAID Volume Here you can delete the RAID volu
105. some changes as the technology is not backwardly compatible and only motherboards specifically designed for DDR2 memory will be able to support these chips DDR2 incorporates new features at the chip level that give it better signal integrity thereby enabling higher clock speeds DDR2 modules have 240 pins versus 184 pins on a DDR1 module and the length of DDR2 module is 5 25 DDR2 modules have smaller and tighter spaced pins The height of DDR2 modules varies but they will typically be less than 1 3 in height MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Memory Module Population Rules Install at least one DIMM module on the slots Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of 1GB Users can install either single or double sided modules to meet their own needs Please note that each DIMM can work respectively for single channel DDR while both channels in different color populated with same amount of memory size will work as dual channel DDR no matter how many DIMM modules are populated Below are the example of single channel dual channel DDR modes Dual channel mode LELXJI 256 MB Single channel mode Installing DDR2 Modules 1 The DDR2 DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slo
106. status such as CPU amp system temperatures and fan speeds You may use the scroll bars to adjust each item then click OK to apply the changes The values you set for the temperatures are the maximum thresholds for the system for warnings and the value for fan speeds are the minimum thresholds 4 15 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Audio Speaker Setting In the Audio Speaker Setting sub menu you can configure the multi channel audio operation perform speaker test and choose the environment you prefer while en joying the music ir m A b 7 You can scroll the bar of each equalizer to regulate for current playing digital sound source Also you may click on the on button to enable disable the equalizer function Once the equalizer function is enabled you can choose several preset equalizers for your preference You may also right click anywhere to execute this function After you have chosen one equalizer it will be indicated next to the on button in yellow MILI Pn ne Te Pe he ee ee te ee lt gt j emmp A Live Club D m Rock Q ea Vocal Powerful Dance Party Classical The Environment setting lets you select the environment you like such as Cave or Convert Hall 4 16 Introduction to DigiCell Click on the Speaker test button and the following dialogue box will appear Audio Jack Configuration f LAC 5 1 CH S PDIF Coaxial 5 1 CH
107. t will automatically close 3 Cs ils SS MSI Reminds You You can barely see the golden finger if the module is properly in serted in the socket Hardware Setup Power Supply The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Before inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 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 proper 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 power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply 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 13 pin 12 Pin Definition ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU JPW1 Pin Definition PIN SI
108. tains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un nstall this driver fram the system after installation however vou will have the ability to un install all other non driver components The following nan driver components can be un installed Intel Fi Application Accelerator RAID Edition Utility Help Documentation Start Menu Shortcuts Event Monitor RAID Monitor Service After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully NTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Alpha Beta Organizational Use IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until vou have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If you do not wish to so agree do nat install or use the Software The Software contains pre release alpha or beta cade which may not be fully Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose Mo the setup will close To install Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition you must accept this agreement 5 11 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard p Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and click N
109. the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Edition to install the software MSI Link tothe future Intel INF Update C Media Azalia Audio Drivers Intel 915G YGA Drivers USB2 0 Driver Readme Broadcom 5751 Lan Drivers Intel IAA RAID Edition VIA IDE RAID Drivers Browse CD Click on this item 5 9 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Intel Application Accelerator 4 0 Copyright 2003 04 intel Corporation All rights reserved InstallShield Wizard Intel R Application Accelerator Setup is preparing the InstallS hield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait BEEN Cancel Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Welcome to the InstallShield H Wizard for Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition The Installs hiela R wizard will install Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition on your computer To continue click Next Cancel 5 10 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Warning Please read the following information The driver about to be installed may be used to operate the hard drive fram which the system i booting ar a hard drive that con
110. the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS Set to Disabled only if you want to use any USB device other than the USB mouse Setting options Disabled Enabled Auto Onboard LAN Controller The item enables or disables the onboard LAN controller Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Option ROM The item enables or disables the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will soeed up the boot process Setting options Enabled Disabled OnBoard IEEE1394 Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard IEEE 1394 controller Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard IDE RAID Controller This allows you to enable or disable onboard IDE RAID controller The field is optional It appears only when your mainboard supports IDE RAID function Setting options Enabled Disabled 3 11 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Onboard Audio Controller This item is used to enable or disable the onboard Azalia Audio Codec controller Selecting Enabled allows the mainboard to enable the onboard Azalia controller Disable the function if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device Settings Disabled and Enabled IDE Devices Configuration Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc IDE Device
111. timized for data redundancy will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage Strip Sizes Select the desired strip size setting As indicated the optimal setting is 128KB Se lecting any other option may result in performance degradation Even though 128KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the strip size value which is best suited to your specific RAID usage model The most typical strip size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64KB Good general purpose strip size 128KB Best performance for most desktops and workstations 5 16 Introduction to Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 2 Select the source disk Then select the source disk that you wish to use and then click gt to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue It is very important to note which disk is the source disk the one containing all of the information to be migrated and which one is the target disk On a RAID Ready system this can be determined by making a note during POST of which port e g Port 0 or Port 1 the single disk is attached to You can also use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial
112. ting Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the following procedure Click Next to continue Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Welcome to the Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard This wizard migrates data from a single non RAID hard drive to anew RAID volume Volume migration can take up to two hours depending on the size of the hard drives being used You may continue to use other applications during this time Select Next to continue TN MS 7028 ATX Mainboard 1 Step 1 Configure Volume Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name selecting the RAID level and strip size Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Configure Volume You can configure the new RAID volume by entering a name and by selecting the RAID level and strip size below Volume Name RAI D Volume The name is limited to 16 English alpha numeric characters RAID Level RAID 0 D Strip Size lt Back Cancel gt RAID Volume Name A desired RAID volume name needs to be typed in where the RAID_Volume0 text currently appears above The RAID volume name has a maximum limit of 16 characters The RAID volume name must also be in English alohanumeric ASCII characters gt RAID Level Select the desired RAID level RAID 0 Performance A volume optimized for performance will allow you to access your data more quickly RAID 1 Redundancy A volume op
113. to verify if your setting is proper for your system Gray Default setting White Safe setting Yellow High performance setting Red Not recommended setting and the system may be unstable Changing CPU Voltage DDR Voltage and NB Voltage may result in the instability of the system therefore it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long term usage Spread Spectrum When the motherboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI activate the Spread Spectrum tor EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spec trum 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 Options Disabled Enabled 3 23 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc gt Standard CMOS Features i LI Enter Password Tle Move Enter Select VYalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Load Optimized Defaults F Load Fail Safe Defaults v02
114. ts mainboard mbd pro mbd cpu support php Chipset gt Intel 915P G chipset Supports FSB 800MHz Supports PCI Express x16 interface Supports DDR2 400 533 memory interface Integrated graphics controller for 915G only gt Intel ICH6R chipset Hi Speed USB USB2 0 controller 480Mb sec up to 8 ports 4 Serial ATA ports with transfer rate up to 1 5Gb s 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller PCI Master v2 3 I O APIC ACPI 2 0 Compliant Serial ATA 150 RAID 0 RAID 1 and Matrix RAID Integrated AHCI controller Main Memory gt Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1 8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM gt Supports up to 4GB memory size gt Supports Dual channel DDR2 memory architecture gt Supports DDR2 400 533 memory interface For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php Slots gt One PCI Express x16 slot supports PCI Express Bus specification v1 0a compliant gt Two PCI Express x1 slots supports PCI Express Bus specification v1 0a compliant gt Three 32 bit v2 3 Master PCI bus slots support 3 3v 5v PCI bus interface On Board IDE gt One Ultra DMA 66 100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH6R Supports PIO Bus Master operation modes Can connect up to Two Ultra ATA drives gt Serial ATA 150 controller integrated in ICH6R Up to 150MB sec transfer speed Can connect up to four Serial ATA devices
115. ty To successfully update the BIOS you ll need to disable this Boot Sector Protection function You should enable this function at all times The only time when you need to disable itis when you want to update the BIOS After updating the BIOS you should immedi ately re enable it to protect it against viruses Setting options Enabled Disabled Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM greater than 64MB Setting options Yes No Hyper Threading Technology The processor uses Hyper Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end user response times The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously In this way the system performance is highly improved If you disable the function the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions Settings Enabled Disabled 3 8 BIOS Setup MSI Reminds You Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your com puter system requires ALL of the following platform Components CPU An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hyper threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading IOAPIC Function This field
116. und GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground GND Ground OO ON Oa P ON 2 13 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard wmd Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD IDE HDD case LAN and USB Ports Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types EXER BLE Ej EI E ED HET IE FDD1 D B a D E au a EI P Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN2 SYSFAN1 NBFAN1 PWRFAN 1 The CPUFAN processor fan SYSFAN1 system fan 1 NBFAN1 NorthBridge Chipset fan and PWRFAN1 power fan support system cooling fan with 12V It supports four three pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially de signed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control o GND d rios GND l GND l GND Sson 2m Ld B o Contol 9 CPUFAN2 SYSFAN1 PWRFAN1 NBFANI MSI Reminds You 1 Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN2 supports the fan control Fan heatsink with 3 or 4 fins are both available 3 Be sure to configure the CPU FAN PIN Select in BIOS for the CPU Fan you are using first P
117. urity setting Download signed ActiveX controls to Enable or Prompt System default is Prompt e Disable WebTrap of PC cillin R or any web based anti virus application when executing MSI Live Update af Contact us Update Microsoft Windows Installer amp Done d My Computer MSI Live Update 5 Five buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online Live Driver Updates the drivers online Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online Live OSD Updates the firmware of the OSD products online Live Utility Updates the utilities online If the product you purchased does not support any of the functions listed above a sorry message is displayed For more information on the update instructions insert the companion CD and refer to the Live Update Guide under the Manual Tab 4 9 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard OO MEGA STICK In the MEGA STICK sub menu you can configure the settings of MSI MEGA STICK and the media files m3u mp3 wav cda wma on your system OMNI IIIJ JI IIJIIgIglglglglI 02 ISCH 02 ERR e Tp 14 excuse Af X E Basic Function Here you can edit your own play list with the buttons load save delete shuttle repeat
118. uto allows BIOS to automatically deter mine the IRQ line for each PCI slot IRQ Resource Setup Press Enter and the following sub menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc IRQ Resource Setup Available Help Item Available fivai lablel Available Available Available Available Reserved Available Available Available 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 available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the IRQ pool the end user can use these settings to reserve the IRQ by assigning an Reserved setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as Available If all IRQs are set to Reserved and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ 9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices Available settings Reserved and Available DMA Resource Setup Press lt Enter gt and the following sub menu appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc DMA Resource Setup DMA Channel 0 Available Help Item DMA Channel 1 Available DMA Channel 3 Available DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available Available DM
119. vantage of Core Center to monitor the health status of your system and to overclock under Windows OS if your system supports overclocking function MEGA STICK If you have your MEGA STICK connected to your system this icon will be lit up Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player and then you can load media files from your MEGA STICK or the system and edit the preferred playlist Audio Speaker Setting In this sub menu you can configure and test the multi channel audio function speakers sound effect and environment Power on Agent In this sub menu you can configure date time and auto executed programs of the power on power off and restarting features MSI Reminds You Click on back button in every sub menu and it will bring you back to the main menu Lk 4 3 H W Diagnostic In the H W Diagnostic sub menu you can see the information status and note of each DigiCell You may double check the connection and installation of the item marked as gray A NJI b ZS D e I d H W Diagnostic P Mail to MSI E MEGA Stick N A No MSI Megastick _ 4 TT Zei E KS o d You may also click on the Mail to MSI button to send your questions or suggestions to MSI s technical support staff 4 4 Introduction to DigiCell Communication In the Communication sub menu you can see the status of all the LAN WLAN Bluetooth on the screen if the hardware is installed The f
120. vision Revision History Date V1 0 First release for PCB 1 X May 2004 with Intel 915P G amp ICH6R iii Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user s manual please contact your place of purchase or local distributor Alternatively please try the following help resources for further guidance Visit the MSI homepage amp FAQ site for technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com tw amp http www msi com tw program service faq faq esc faq list php gt Contact our technical staff at support msi com tw Safety Instructions VIA UM Ir 9o 11 12 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
121. ween multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance 6 2 Introduction to VIA VT6410 IDE RAID RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond the remaining drive will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array Due to the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array RAID 0 1 Striping Mirroring RAID 0 1 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 array types A minimum of four drives needs to be installed With a four drive array there must be two pairs of RAID O0 drives Each pair mirrors the data on the other pair of striping drives The data capacity is two times the smallest drive In a four drive array a single drive failure will cause the whole array to become in essence a RAID Level 0 array However this does not impact the data access Another uni
122. xttime as DigiCell is enabled nexttime Of course you may use the button Delete to remove the added programs or you can right click on the selected program and click Delete Power On delete the added program no MSI Reminds You 4 MSI You can also enable the Every turn on function which will enable the specified program s and file s every time the Digi Cell utility runs 4 19 MS 7028 ATX Mainboard Auto Login Since the Power On function allows the system to power on automatically you may have to enable this Auto Login function in the following situations 1 If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office and you need to enter your user name amp password everytime when you boot up your computer 2 If there are multi users using the same computer and you d like to power on the computer automatically with one specific user Enable Auto Login Enable this setting if you want to use the Auto Login feature It supports the following operating systems Win9X Windows ME Windows 2000 amp Windows XP Default User Name It is only available for Windows 2000 amp Windows XP f you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office please enter your login user name in this field If you are using a computer with multi users for Windows XP operating system please enter the user name you d like to auto power on in this field Default Password It is only available for Windows 2000 a
123. ys to select the hour minute second for power on power off and restarting Then click Apply to save the changes As you click Apply the following dialogue will appear to show you the next power on schedule and the system will start to count down to restart Click OK to restart the computer right away or click Later to restart your computer later Power on Agent MSI Reminds You Please note that the new setting will not take effect until you restart your computer 4 18 Introduction to DigiCell Power Off Restart You may configure the time in the format hh mm ss for the next power off restart Start With Use the button Add to add the start up programs as DigiCell is activated next time For example you may like to have Outlook activated or a specified website linked when you get to the office every morning Browse ACDSEE6 CORELDRW EXCEL IEXPLORE KODAKPRY MPLAY32 gt Step 1 Click on the Program field and click gt gt aad the desired start button to browse for the path of Outlook or wit program MSGPLUS MSPAINT Internet Explorer PHOTOSHP Step 2 Click on OK to apply the setting Se Step 3 For specified file or specified website you WINRAR may enter the file name with the complete WORDPAD path or the website link in the Parameters field To activate Outlook as DigiC ell To activate a specified website is enabled ne

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