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  • Page 2 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The MS-6117 is a high-performance personal computer mainboard based on ® the Pentium II processor. ® The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel 82440LX AGPset which optimize the system bandwidth and concurrency with the implementation of Quad Port Acceleration (QPA). QPA provides 4-port concurrent arbitration of the processor bus, graphics, PCI bus and SDRAM.

  • Page 3: Mainboard Features

    1.1 Mainboard Features ® Slot 1 for Pentium II processor. Supports 200MHz, 233MHz, 266MHz, 300MHz, and 333MHz. Core/Bus ratios are x2, x2.5, x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6 and higher. Switching Voltage Regulator On-board switching mode DC-DC Step Down Regulator. ®...
  • Page 4 On-Board IDE ® An IDE controller on the Intel 82371AB PCI Chipset provides IDE HDD/ CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 operation modes. Can connect up to four IDE devices. On-Board Peripherals On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
  • Page 5 Dimension ATX Form Factor: 30.5cm(L) x 18.6cm(W) x 4 layers PCB. ® Double deck I/O connectors, compatible with Intel Venus Mainboard. Mounting 6 mounting holes.

  • Page 6: Mainboard Layout

    COM A COM B FW82443LX JFAN Clock Generator PCI SLOT 1 PCI SLOT 2 JBAT1 J10 J9 PCI SLOT 3 FW82371AB PCI SLOT 4 JGS1 JFP1 PCI SLOT 5 JSW2 JMODE1 JGL1 ISA SLOT 1 SFAN1 ISA SLOT 2 MS-6117...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® ® The mainboard operates with Intel Pentium II processor. The mainboard uses a CPU Slot called Slot 1 for easy CPU installation and a DIP switch (SW1) to set the proper speed for the CPU. The CPU should always have a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating.

  • Page 8: Cpu Installation Procedures

    2.1-1 CPU Installation Procedures ® There are two kinds of Pentium II processor that is currently used: the ® OEM version and the Boxed version. OEM Pentium II Processor has no ® Heat Sink, Fan and Heat Sink Support, while the Boxed Pentium Processor is provided with Heat Sink w/ fan and Heat Sink Support.
  • Page 9 HSSBASE through the fins on the ATX heatsink. ® **Heat Sink w/ fan - Heat Sink that can be attached to the Pentium processor with metal clip. Note: * Provided by MSI mainboard. ** Provided by Special request. HSSBASE HSSPIN RMAM...
  • Page 10 Step 1: Insert the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottom of the mainboard. Step 2: Install the Retention Mechanism. Look for the key on Slot 1, and match it with the Notch Key on the Retention Mechanism for proper direction. Then, attach the Retention Mechanism to the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount.
  • Page 11 Step 3: Install the Heat Sink Support Base. Look for the Two holes across Slot 1, and match it with the Two legs of the Heat Sink Support Base for the proper direction. Take note that one hole/leg is bigger than the other. The Four top pins of the Heat Sink Support Base should also be oriented towards Slot 1.
  • Page 12 Step 5: Install the Heat Sink with Fan to the Processor. Push down the metal clips, so that they are in line with the back of the Heat Sink. Be careful, so as not detach the metal clips from the Heat Sink.
  • Page 13 Step 6: Install the Processor. Unlock the Processor by pushing in the Processor Locks. Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card. Step 7: Lock the Processor Locks. Secure the CPU by pulling the Processor Locks out.
  • Page 14 Step 8: Install the Heat Sink Support Top Bar. Push the Heat Sink Support Top Bar to the Heat Sink Support Base, Until you hear a “click” sound. Check for a perfect fit. Heatsink Support Top The installation is now complete.
  • Page 15 ® B. Boxed Pentium II Processor Installation Procedures ® The Boxed Pentium II Processor has a built- in Fan and Heat Sink. It also has a Heat Sink Support. So if you’re going to use a Boxed Pentium Processor, all you need is the Retention Mechanism. Step 1: Insert the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottom of the mainboard.
  • Page 16 Step 3: Install the Heat Sink Support Base. Look for the 2 holes across Slot 1, and match it with the 2 Heat Sink Support Base. Take note that one hole/base is bigger than the other. Retention Mechanism Notch Hole PC-3742 Heat Sink Support Base...
  • Page 17 Step 4: Install the Heat Sink Support. Attach the 2 Heat Sink Supports to the sides of the Processor. These Heat Sink Supports will fit in any direction, so be sure that the Heat Sink Support Locks are oriented outwards for the proper direction. ®...
  • Page 18 Step 5: Unlock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks. Push in the Processor Locks. Open the Heat Sink Support Locks. Processor Lock Heatsink Support Lock PC-3744 Step 6: Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card. 2-12...
  • Page 19 PC-3745 Step 7: Lock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks Secure the CPU by pushing out the Processor Locks. Close the Heat Sink Support Locks. The installation is now complete. 2-13...
  • Page 20 2.1-2 CPU Speed Setting: SW1 To adjust the speed of the CPU, you must know the specification of your CPU (always ask the vendor for CPU specification). Then look at Table 2.1 ® (200 ~ 333MHz Pentium II processor ) for proper setting. Type 200MHz 1 1 0 1...
  • Page 21 2.1-3 CPU Clock Generator Setting: J10/J9 These jumper is used to set the CPU Clock. J10 J9 CPU Clock J10 J9 66 MHz 68 MHz 75 MHz Note: 68/75 MHz CPU clock are both reserved function. 2-15...
  • Page 22 2.1-4 CPU Fan Power Connectors: JFAN/CFAN1/SFAN1/ PSFAN1 These connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connector, 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.

  • Page 23: Voltage Setting

    This jumper is for setting the Voltage of the Flash ROM BIOS. JMODE1 Voltage Setting JMODE1 JMODE1 +12V PWD VCC +12V PWD VCC +12V (default) ® Note: Short 1-2 pin, if you’re using Intel or flash memory and you want to flash the ROM data.
  • Page 24 A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM. If you use the on-board battery, you must short 1-2 pins of JBAT1 to keep the CMOS data. JBAT1 Clear Data Keep Data Note: You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin, while the system is off. Then, return to 1-2 pin position.

  • Page 25: Memory Bank Configuration

    2.4-1 Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory for EDO and 512MB for SDRAM: It provides three 168-pin unbuffered DIMMs (Double In-Line Memory Module) sockets. It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module.

  • Page 26: Memory Installation Procedures

    2.4-2 Memory Installation Procedures A. How to install a DIMM Module Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM 1. The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2.

  • Page 27: Memory Population Rules

    2.4-1 Memory Population Rules 1. Supports EDO and SDRAM. 2. Supports unbuffered DIMM. 3. To operate properly, at least one 168-pin DIMM module must be installed. 4. This mainboard supports Table Free memory, so memory can be installed on DIMM1, DIMM2, or DIMM 3 in any order. 5.
  • Page 28 Table 2.4-1 EDO DRAM Memory Addressing DRAM MB/SIMM DRAM Address Size DRAM Density & Tech. Addressing Single Double Column Width pcs. Side(S) pcs. Side(D) 1Mx4 SYMM 4MBx8 8MBx16 1Mx16 SYMM 4MBx2 8MBx4 1Mx16 ASYM 4MBx2 8MBx4 2Mx8 ASYM 8MBx4 16MBx8 2Mx8 ASYM 8MBx4...
  • Page 29 The Turbo LED, Reset Switch, Key Lock, Power LED, Speaker and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block. Keylock Turbo Power Speaker Reset Switch HDD LED JFP1 2-23...
  • Page 30 2.5-1 Turbo LED The Turbo LED is always ON. You can connect the Turbo LED from the system case to this pin. 2.5-2 Reset Switch Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/ OFF. Avoid rebooting while the HDD LED is lit. You can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin.
  • Page 31 The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector support the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 2-25...
  • Page 32 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2.

  • Page 33: Atx 20-Pin Power Connector: Jpwr1

    2.8-1 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JPWR1 This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power supply, functions such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are supported by this mainboard. This power connector supports instant power on function which means that system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board.
  • Page 34 2.8-2 Remote Power On/Off Switches: JSW1/JSW2 Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. During OFF state, press once and the system turns on. During ON stage, push once and the system goes to sleep mode: pushing it more than 4 seconds will change its status from ON to OFF.
  • Page 35 The mainboard provides one 5-pin infrared (IR) connector for IR modules. This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function. FIR and Consumer IR are reserved functions. IRRX IRTX 2-29...
  • Page 36 The mainboard has two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial ports COM A and COM B. These two ports are 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into these connectors. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COM A...
  • Page 37 The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP) and Extended capabilities Parallel Port(ECP). See connector and pin definition below: 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 PIN DEFINITION SIGNAL...
  • Page 38 ® The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN connector for ® ® attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this connector. The connector location and pin definition are shown below: Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin6 Pin3 Pin4...
  • Page 39 The mainboard provides a UHCI(Universal Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like: keyboard, mouse and other USB devices. You can plug the USB device directly to this connector. USB Port 1 1 2 3 4 USB Port 2 SIGNAL -Data0...
  • Page 40 Attach a power saving switch to JGS. When the switch is pressed, the system immediately goes into suspend mode. Press any key and the system wakes up. JGS1 2-34...
  • Page 41 JGL1 can be connected with LED. This will lit while the system is in suspend mode. JGL1 2-35...
  • Page 42 The J7 and J8 jumpers are for setting keyboard power. J7 J8 Power Setting 5V_Standby (default) 2-36...
  • Page 43 ® Chapter 3 ® BIOS USER GUIDE The system configuration information and chipset register information is stored in the CMOS RAM. This information is retained by a battery when the power is off. Enter the BIOS setup (if needed) to modify this information. The following pages will describe how to enter BIOS setup, and all about options.

  • Page 44: Enter Bios Setup

    ® 3.1 Enter BIOS Setup ® Enter the AMI setup Program’s Main Menu as follows: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. The following screen appears with a series of diagnostic check. AMIBIOS (C) 1996 American Megatrends Inc. AGIOMS VXXX XXXXXX Hit <DEL>...
  • Page 45 ® AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITIES - VERSION 1.07 (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI/Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Hardware Monitor Setup Auto-Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting...

  • Page 46: Standard Cmos Setup

    ® 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Standard CMOS Setup” of the main menu screen . AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C)1996 American Megatrends,Inc.All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Mon Jul 28, 1997 Time (hh/mm/ss): 17:09:25 Floppy Drive A: 1.44 MB 3 1/2 Floppy Drive B: Not Installed...

  • Page 47: Advanced Cmos Setup

    ® 3.3 Advanced CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced CMOS Setup” of the main menu AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Quick Boot Enabled Available Options: Ist Boot Device Floppy Enabled 2nd Boot Device IDE 0 Disabled...
  • Page 48 ® Description of the item on screen follows: Quick Boot ® Set this option to Enabled to permit AMI BIOS to boot within 5 seconds. This option replaces the old ABOVE 1 MB Memory Test option. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. The Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 49 ® Boot up Num Lock ® When this option is set to Off, AMI BIOS turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. The end user can then use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are On or Off.

  • Page 50: Parity Check

    ® Parity Check Set this option to Enabled to use the Parity Check function. The DIMM module need to have parity bit for this function to work. ® Boot to OS/2 Set this option to Enabled to permit the BIOS to run properly, if ®...
  • Page 51 ® C800, 16k Shadow/CC00, 16k Shadow/D000, 16K Shadow/ D400, 16k Shadow/D800, 16k Shadow/DC00, 16K Shadow These options specify how the contents of the adaptor ROM named in the option title are handled. The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

  • Page 52: Advanced Chipset Setup

    ® 3.4 Advanced Chipset Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced Chipset Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Auto Configure EDO DRAM Timing Enabled Available Options: EDO DRAM Speed (ns) Enabled EDO Read Burst Timing x222...
  • Page 53 ® Description of the item on screen follows: Auto Configure EDO DRAM Timing Choose Enabled(default) will automatically configure the DRAM timing depending on the “DRAM Speed” selection. Choose disable to customize setup. EDO DRAM Speed (ns) This option specifies the RAS access time (in nanoseconds) for the DRAM used in the computer.

  • Page 54: Sdram Cas Latency

    ® SDRAM CAS Latency This option determines the CAS latency time parameter of SDRAM. The settings are 2 clks or 3 clks. SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This option defines the RAS# precharge requirements for the SDRAM memory type in 66MHz clocks. DRAM Integrity Mode During ECC, this will enable the DRAM ECC mechanism that allows detection of single-bit and multiple-bit errors and recovery of single-bit...
  • Page 55 ® PCI Frame Buffer USWC ® The Pentium II processor supports the Uncacheable Speculatable Write-Combining (USWC) memory type. The processor provides a write- combining with buffering strategy for write operation. This is useful for frame buffering. Writing to USWC memory can be buffered and combined in the processors write-combining buffer (WCB).

  • Page 56: Agp Aperture Size

    ® AGP Aperture Size This option determines the effective size of the graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration. The AGP aperture is memory- mapped, while graphics data structure can reside in a graphics aperture. The aperture range should be programmed as not cacheable in the processor cache, accesses with the aperture range are forwarded to the main memory, then PAC will translate the original issued address via a translation table that is maintained on the main memory.

  • Page 57: Usb Function

    ® USB Function Set this option to Enabled or Disabled the on-chip USB controller. The Optional and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. USB Keyboard Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled or Disabled USB keyboard/mouse. The Optional and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. 3-15...

  • Page 58: Power Management Setup

    ® 3.5 Power Management Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Power Management Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Power Management / APM Disabled Available Options: Green PC Monitor Power State Stand By Enabled Video Power Down Mode...

  • Page 59: Power Management/Apm

    ® Description of the item on screen follows: Power Management/APM ® Set this option to Enabled to enable the Intel 82440LX ISA power management features and APM(Advanced Power Management). The settings are Enabled, Inst-On(instant-on) or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail- Safe default settings are Disabled.

  • Page 60: Standby Time Out

    ® Standby Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state. When this length of time expires, the computer enters Standby power state. The settings are Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 6 min, 7 min, 8 min, 9 min, 10 min, 11 min, 12 min, 13 min, 14 min or 15 min.

  • Page 61: Power Button Function

    ® Display Activity/Device 6/Device 7/Device 8/Device 5/Device 0/Device 1/Device 1/Device 2/Device 3/System Thermal When set to Monitor, these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line. If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state, AMI ®...

  • Page 62: Pci/Plug And Play Setup

    ® 3.6 PCI/Plug and Play Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “PCI/Plug and Play Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: Plug and Play Aware O/S Enabled PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) Disabled...

  • Page 63: Plug And Play Aware O/S

    ® Description of the item on screen follows: Plug and Play Aware O/S Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification. Currently, only ® Windows 95 is PnP-aware. The settings are Yes or No. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings No.

  • Page 64: Pci Ide Busmaster

    ® PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus includes a bus mastering capability. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Offboard PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer.

  • Page 65: Dma Channel

    ® DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel is used. These options allow you to reserve DMAs for legacy ISA adapter cards. ® These options determine if AMI BIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS.

  • Page 66: Peripheral Setup

    ® 3.7 Peripheral Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Peripheral Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: OnBoard FDC Enabled Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h/COM1 Disabled OnBoard Serial PortB 2F8h/COM2 IR Port Support Disabled...

  • Page 67: Onboard Fdc

    ® Description of the item on screen follows: Onboard FDC Choose Auto, for the BIOS to automatically detect the device If the ISA add-on card has Onboard FDC to be set at Disabled FDC exist Enabled none FDC exist Choose Enabled, Enabling onboard FDC. Choose Disabled, Disabling onboard FDC.
  • Page 68 ® IR Port Support Choose Auto, the BIOS will automatically assigned onboard port for IR. IR Base Address Select This option will assigned which base address will be used by IR IR IRQ Select This option is for selecting the IRQ for the IR. IR DMA Select This option is for selecting the DMA for the IR.
  • Page 69 ® EPP Version This option is for setting which EPP version will be used. The settings are 1.7 and 1.9. Parallel Port Mode This option allows user to choose the operating mode of the onbaord parallel port. The settings are Normal, SPP/EPP or ECP mode. Parallel Port IRQ If the onboard parallel mode is not on auto mode, the user can select the interrupt line for onboard parallel port.

  • Page 70: Hardware Monitor Setup

    ® 3.8 Hardware Monitor Setup The Hardware Monitor Setup is used to monitor the Current CPU temperature, CPU Fan speed, Chassis Fan Speed, Power fan speed, Vcore, and etc. AMIBIOS SETUP - HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: -=System Hardware Monitor=-...

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