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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 845E Max MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6566E (v1.X) ATX Mainboard Version 1.0 G52-MA00565...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Notice 1 Notice 2 VOIR LA NOTICE DINSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU. Micro-Star International MS-6566E Tested to comply with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Edition Copyright Notice MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL Trademarks ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Revision History Revision Revision History Date...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Safety Instructions CAUTION:...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTENTS Chapter 1. Getting Started ................ 1-1 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup ............... 2-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 3. AMI BIOS Setup ..............3-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary ....................G-1...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Chapter 1. Getting Started Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the MSI 845E Max (MS-6566E v1.X) ATX mainboard. The MSI 845E Max is based on Intel 845E & ICH4 chipsets for ®...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 1 Mainboard Specification ® ® Chipset ® ® ® Main Memory Slots On-Board IDE On-Board Peripherals...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Audio (optional) Onboard Intel LAN (optional) BIOS Dimension Mounting Others...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 1 MSI Special Features Fuzzy Logic III Save Turbo Auto Turbo AGP Ratio Adjust CPU Vcore AGP Ratio Adjust CPU Vcore 1.850V 1.825V 1.775V 1.750V Features:...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started PC Alert III Note: Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your systems status.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 1 D-Bracket 2 (optional) D-Bracket 2 Green D-Bracket 2 Description Processor Initialization - This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc...) Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test - Testing onboard memory size.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Description D-Bracket 2 Processor Initialization - This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc...) Testing RTC (Real Time Clock Initializing Video Interface - This will start detecting CPU clock, checking type of video onboard.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 1 Live BIOS/Live Driver l l l l l Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online. l l l l l Live Driver Updates the drivers online. l l l l l Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online. l l l l l Live VGA Driver ...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Live Monitor l l l l l Auto Search Searches for the BIOS/drivers version you need immediately. l l l l l View Last Result Allows you to view the last search result if there is any. l l l l l Preference ...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Central Processing Unit: CPU ® ® make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating. Open Lever Sliding Plate Gold Arrow Close Lever...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup retention mechanism...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 fan power cable then Overclocking We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Memory...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Slot Momory Module Total Memory Slot 1 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 64MB~1GB (Bank 0 & 1) 512MB, 1GB Slot 2 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 64MB~1GB (Bank 2 & 3) 512MB, 1GB Maximum System Memory Supported 64MB~2GB notch Volt...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Power Supply instant power on JW1 Pin Definition SIGNAL SIGNAL JPW1 Pin Definition SIGNAL...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Back Panel ® ® ® Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup ® ® ® Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION USB Port Description SIGNAL DESCRIPTION...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Line Out Line In 1/8 Stereo Audio Connectors 2-10...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 2-11...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Signal Description Activity Indicators (RJ-45) 2-12...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Connectors FDD1 VCC5 IRTX IRRX 2-13...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE1 IDE2 2-14...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup 2-15...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 +12V SENSOR CFAN1 +12V SENSOR SFAN1 Note: 2-16...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup ® PWSW JFP2 Pin Definition Signal Signal JFP1 Switch/LED Front Panel Electrical Connection SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 2-17...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 ® Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Note: 2-18...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Connected to JDB1 Connected to JUSB1 2-19...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers mo- dems and the like ® JUSB1/JUSB2 Pin Definition Description Description 2-20...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup To Attach the Optional USB 2.0 Ports: Connecting to JUSB2 (the USB connector in blue color) If no Bluetooth function is applied, remove the sticker to utilize this port. Note: ® 2-21...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Signal 2-22...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Jumpers Clear CMOS Keep CMOS 2-23...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Slots 2-24...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hardware Setup Attention! DO NOT use the following AGP cards which would result in failure to restart the system. The following list is subject to change without prior notice. Model AGP Chip ATI Xpert2000 3D RAGE 128VR ATI Rage Furry Maxx 3D RAGE 128 Pro...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 2 Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT A# INT B# INT C# INT D# PCI Slot 2 INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A# PCI Slot 3 INT C# INT D# INT A#...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AMI 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 <Enter>...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Chapter 3 Load High Performance/BIOS Setup Defaults The option is for power or overclocking users only. Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the sys- tem performance. Therefore, a high-end system configuration is a WARNING! must, which means you need high-quality VGA adapter, RAM and so on.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration & Power Interface AGP Accelerated Graphics Port BIOS basic input/output system Cache Chipset...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor DIMM dual in-line memory module SIMM (single in-line memory module) DRAM Dynamic RAM Dynamic RAM (DRAM) Memory Technologies Peak Type First Used Clock Rate Bus* Width Volts Bandwidth FPM (60,70ns) 1990 25MHz...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary ECC Memory error correcting code memory IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IEEE 1394 FireWire iLink IrDA Infrared Data Association LAN local area network LED light emitting diode LPT line printer terminal...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Glossary PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PnP Plug and Play POST Power On Self Test PS/2 Port USB universal serial bus Virus...
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