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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6507 (v2.X) Micro ATX Mainboard Version 2.0 G52-MA00548...
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FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Notice 1 Notice 2 VOIR LA NOTICE DINSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU. Micro-Star International MS-6507 Tested to comply with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use...
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Edition Feb. 2002 Copyright Notice MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL Trademarks ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Revision History Revision Revision History Date...
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Chapter 1 MSI Special Features PC Alert III Note: Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your systems status.
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Hardware Setup Chapter 2. Hardware Setup Hardware Setup TOPICS Central Processing Unit: CPU Memory Power Supply Back Panel Connectors 2-13 Jumpers 2-24 Slots 2-26...
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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 Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system, always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating.
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Hardware Setup Locate the CPU and its retention Position the heatsink onto the reten- mechanism on the motherboard. tion mechanism. retention mechanism Mount the fan on top of the heatsink. Press the two levers down to fasten Press down the fan until its four clips the fan.
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Chapter 2 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connector on the board. fan power cable then Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking. However, please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking.
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Hardware Setup Memory PC1600 or PC2100 Note: The DDR DIMM slots DO NOT support PC2700 modules. PC2700 PC2100 PC1600 (DDR333) (DDR266) (DDR200) Clock 166MHz 133MHz 100MHz Peak Bandwidth 2666MB/s 2133MB/s 1600MB/s...
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Chapter 2 Slot M emory M odule Total M emory Slot 1 64MB, 128MB, 64MB~1GB (Bank 0 & Bank 1) 256MB, 512MB, 1GB Slot 2 64MB, 128MB, 64MB~1GB (Bank 2 & Bank 3) 256MB, 512MB, 1GB 64M B~2GB M aximum System M emory Supported notch Volt...
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Hardware Setup Power Supply instant power on CONN1 Pin Definition SIGNAL SIGNAL JPW1 Pin Definition SIGNAL...
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Chapter 2 Back Panel ® ® ® Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION...
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Hardware Setup ® ® ® Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION USB Port Description SIGNAL DESCRIPTION...
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Chapter 2 Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Line Out Line In 1/8 Stereo Audio Connectors 2-10...
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Hardware Setup Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 2-11...
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Chapter 2 Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 2-12...
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Chapter 2 IDE1 IDE2 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. 2-14...
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Chapter 2 SENSOR +12V C_FAN1 SENSOR +12V S_FAN1 Note: 1. Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan. 2. CPU Fan supports the fan control. You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CPU Fan speed accord- ing to the actual CPU temperature.
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Hardware Setup ® 5VSB ® 5VSB Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provides enough power for this feature. (750 mA 5V Stand-by) 2-17...
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Chapter 2 ® IR2 Pin Definition Signal 2-18...
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Hardware Setup 1 to 10 ® JAUDIO1 Pin Definition (1~10) Signal Description JAUDIO1 Pin Definition (11~20) Signal Description 2-19...
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Chapter 2 Note: To have the Line-out connector on the back panel work properly, you need to place jumpers on pin# 13~16 (MSI spec) or on pin#5~6 and 9~10 (Intel spec) of the JAUDIO1 connector. Otherwise, this Line-out connector will not function and nothing can be heard through speakers or headphones attached to the Line-out connector on the back panel.
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Hardware Setup PLED2 PLED1 Green Color Green Color Orange Color Orange Color 2-23...
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Chapter 2 Jumpers Clear CMOS Keep CMOS 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. 2-24...
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Hardware Setup 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# INT B# 2-27...
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Chapter 3 Entering Setup DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo Selecting the First Boot Device Select First Boot Device Floppy : 1st Floppy IDE-0 : IBM-DTLA-307038 CDROM : ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X M [Up/Dn] Select [RETURN] Boot [ESC] cancel...
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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> Select the item <Esc> Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu <+/PU>...
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Chapter 3 Option Description Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. Always A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. ® ® 3-10...
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Chapter 3 Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA devices palette registers. Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA devices palette registers and the ISA VGA devices palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical.
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AWARD BIOS Setup ® Chapter 4. AWARD BIOS Setup ® AWARD BIOS Setup ® ®...
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Chapter 4 Entering Setup Press DEL to enter 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>...
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AWARD BIOS Setup ® ® Ø Disabled Data read or written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA devices palette registers. Enabled Data read or written by the CPU is directed to both the PCI VGA devices palette registers and the ISA VGA devices palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical.
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AWARD BIOS Setup ® Frequency/Voltage Control 4-25...
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Glossary Glossary Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration & Power Interface AGP Accelerated Graphics Port BIOS basic input/output system Cache Chipset...
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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 64 bits 200 MBps EDO (50,60,70ns) 1994 40MHz...
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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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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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