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MSI MS-6340 Technical Manual

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  • Page 1 Mainboard MS-6340 Micro-ATX...
  • Page 2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The MS-6340 Micro-ATX VA mainboard is a high-performance ® computer mainboard based on VIA KT133 chipset. The MS-6340 is ® designed for the AMD Socket processor for inexpensive business/ personal desktop markets. The KT133 chipset consists of the VT8363 system controller (552 pin BGA) and the VT82C686A PCI to ISA bridge (352 pin BGA).

  • Page 3: Mainboard Features

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Mainboard Features l Socket A for AMD ® PGA Duron/Athlon processor. l Support 550-1000MHz Chipset l VIA ® KT133 VT8363 chipset. (552 BGA) - FSB @200MHz - AGP 4x and PCI Advanced high performance memory controller - Support PC100/133 SDRAM, &...
  • Page 4 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION On-Board IDE l An IDE controller on the VIA ® VT82C686A Chipset provides IDE HDD/ CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33/66 operation modes. l Can connect up to four IDE devices. On-Board Peripherals l On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with , 720K and 1.44M - 2 serial ports (COMA + COM B) or 1 serial port with 1 VGA port.
  • Page 5 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BIOS l The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. l The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Dimension l Micro ATX Form Factor: 20.8cm x 24.3cm.

  • Page 6: Mainboard Layout

    COM B KT133 Top: Midi/ Game Port Bottom: Line-Out S_FAN1 Line-In AGP Slot BATT PCI SLOT 1 JBAT1 JWOL1 JMDM1 PCI SLOT 2 VT82C686A Creative PCI SLOT 3 CT5880 BIOS JGS1 USB2 JFP1 MS-6340 Micro-ATX VA Mainboard 1 - 5...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Central Processing Unit: CPU ® The mainboard operates with AMD Duron /Athlon processor. The mainboard uses a CPU socket called Socket 462 for easy CPU installation. The CPU should always have a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating.

  • Page 8: Cpu Core Speed Derivation Procedure

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1-2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure The mainboard CPU Bus Frequency can be set through BIOS setup. CPU Clock = 100MHz Core/Bus ratio then CPU core speed = Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio = 700MHz 2 - 2...

  • Page 9: Fan Power Connectors: C_Fan1/S_Fan1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1-3 Fan Power Connectors: C_FAN1/S_FAN1 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 10: Clear Cmos Jumper: Jbat1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM. Short 1-2 pins of JBAT1 to store 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 11: Memory Installation

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3 Memory Installation 2.3-1 Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard supports a maximum memory size of 512 MB. It provides two 168-pin unbuffered DIMMs (Double In-Line Memory Module) sockets. It supports 8 MB to 512 Mbytes DIMM memory module. 2 - 5...

  • Page 12: Memory Installation Procedures

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3-2 Memory Installation Procedures A. How to install a DIMM Module Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM 1. The DIMM slot has 2 Notch Keys “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2.

  • Page 13: Memory Population Rules

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3-3 Memory Population Rules 1. Supports only SDRAM DIMM. 2. To operate properly, at least one 168-pin DIMM module must be in- stalled. 3. This mainboard supports Table Free memory, so memory can be installed on DIMM 1 or DIMM 2 in any order. 4.

  • Page 14: Case Connector: Jfp1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4 Case Connector: JFP1 The Keylock (reserved), Power Switch, Reset Switch, Power LED, Speaker, and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block. Keylock (Reserved) LED + Buzzer (short Power LED pin) Single Color Speaker Power Switch...
  • Page 15 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4-1 Power Switch Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. 2.4-2 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 16: Floppy Disk Connector: Fdd1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.5 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDD1 which supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. FDD1 2-10...

  • Page 17: Hard Disk Connectors: Ide1 & Ide2

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.6 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA/66 Controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33/66 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 18: Power Supply

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.7 Power Supply 2.7-1 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JWR1 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 19: Irda Infrared Module Connector: J4

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.8 IrDA Infrared Module Connector: J4 The mainboard provides one infrared (J4) 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.
  • Page 20 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.9 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1(option) Attach a power saving switch to JGS1. When the switch is pressed the system immediately goes into suspend mode. Press any key and the system wakes up. JGS1 2-14...
  • Page 21 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.10 Serial Port Connectors: COM A and COM B The mainboard provides two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial port COM A & COM B. These port are 16550A high speed communication port that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connector.

  • Page 22: Parallel Port Connector: Lpt1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.11 Parallel Port Connector: LPT1 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: Parallel Port (25-pin Female) LPT 1...

  • Page 23: Mouse Connector: Jkbms1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.12 Mouse Connector: JKBMS1 ® 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...

  • Page 24: Joystick/Midi Connectors

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.14 Joystick/Midi Connectors You can connect joystick or game pad to this connector. Joystick/MIDI 2.15 Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for external CD player, Tape layer, or other audio devices. Mic is a connector for the microphones.

  • Page 25: Usb Connectors

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.16 USB Connectors 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...
  • Page 26 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.17 Wake-Up on LAN Connector: JWOL1 The JWOL1 connector is for use with LAN add-on cards that supports Wake Up on LAN function. To use this function, you need to set the “Wake Up on LAN/Ring” to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup. JWOL1 SIGNAL 5VSB...

  • Page 27: Modem Wake Up Connector: Jmdm1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.18 Modem Wake Up Connector: JMDM1 The JMDM1 connector is for used with Modem add-on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function. To use this function, you need to set the “Wake Up on LAN/Ring” to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup. JMDM1 SIGNAL MDM_WAKEUP...
  • Page 28 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.19 USB Front Connector: USB2 (option) The mainboard provides a front Universal Serial Bus connector. This is an optional USB connector for Front Panel. USB2 Description Description USBD2+ USBD3- USBD2- USBD3+ 2-22...

  • Page 29: Cd-In Connector: Jcd1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.20 CD-In Connector: JCD1 This connector is for CD-ROM audio connector. JCD1 2-23...

  • Page 30: Aux Line In Connector: Jaux1

    CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.21 AUX Line In Connector: JAUX1 This connector is used for DVD Add on Card with Line In connector. JAUX1 2-24...
  • Page 31 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.22 Modem-In: J_PHN1 The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector. Phone_In Mono_Out J_PHN1 Mono_Out is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector. Phone_In is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector. 2-25...
  • Page 32 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.23 CNR (Communication Network Riser) The Communication Network Riser specification is an open industry- standard specification that defines a hardware scalable Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) mainboard riser board and interface, which supports audio and modem only. 2-26...

  • Page 33: Award Bios Setup

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Chapter 3 ® AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Award BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM), so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 34: Entering Setup

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately to allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer. When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del>...

  • Page 35: The Main Menu

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.3 The Main Menu ® Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
  • Page 36 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Advanced Chipset Features 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 Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

  • Page 37: Standard Cmos Setup

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego- ries. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
  • Page 38 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Date The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>. 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.
  • Page 39 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”. Access Mode The settings are Auto, Normal, Large,LBA. Cylinder number of cylinders Head...

  • Page 40: Advanced Bios Features

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Menu Level >...
  • Page 41 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® CPU Internal Cache The default value is Enabled. Enabled (default) Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Note: The internal cache is built in the processor. External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory.
  • Page 42 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks. Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On.

  • Page 43: Security Option

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 44: Advanced Chipset Features

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. Choose the “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear.
  • Page 45 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing The DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM Timing Registers. The Timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design. Slower rates may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory.
  • Page 46 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.
  • Page 47 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Onchip USB Set this option to Enable or Disable the onchip USB controller. The default setting is Enabled. USB Keyboard Support Set this option to Enable or Disable the USB keyboard/mouse support. The default setting is Disabled. OnChip Sound This item allows you to control the onboard AC 97 audio.

  • Page 48: Agp Master 1 Ws Write

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. The default setting is Enabled. AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled, reads to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states.

  • Page 49: Integrated Peripherals

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.7 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Onchip IDE Channel0 Enabled Onchip IDE Channel1 Enabled Item Help IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Menu Level >...
  • Page 50 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
  • Page 51 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® UART 2 Mode This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2. The settings are: Standard, HPSIR, ASKIR. IR Function Duplex This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function. TX, RX inverting enable This item allows you to enable the TX, RX inverting which depends on different H/W requirement.
  • Page 52 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Onboard Parallel Mode SPP : Standard Parallel Port EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port ECP : Extended Capability Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel port in the ECP and SPP modes simultaneously, choose “ECP/SPP.”...

  • Page 53: Power Management Setup

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Power Management Press Enter...

  • Page 54: Power Management

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: Power Management User Define HDD Power Down Disable Doze Mode Disable Suspend Mode Disable There are three selections for Power Management, two of which have fixed...
  • Page 55 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® PM Control by APM System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system. System BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it enter any PM mode ® ® Note :Enable this for O.S. with APM like Windows 98, Windows NT, etc.

  • Page 56: Wake Up Events

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® State After Power Failure This option will determine how the system will power on after a power failure. Wake Up Events LPT & COM LPT/COM Item Help HDD & FDD PCI Master Power On by PCI Card Disabled Menu Level >...

  • Page 57: Wake Up On Lan/Ring

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Wake Up On LAN/Ring To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card or Modem which supports power on functions. During Disabled, the system cannot be boot up through LAN and ignores any incoming call from the modem. During Enabled, the system can be boot up through LAN and modem.
  • Page 58 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® The following is a list of IRQ’s, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur.

  • Page 59: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.9 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.
  • Page 60 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.

  • Page 61: Frequency/Voltage Control

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.10 Frequency/Voltage Control This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled Item Help CPU Host/PCI/Spread Spec. Default Menu Level >...

  • Page 62: Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.11 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal- performance system operations.

  • Page 63: Set Supervisor/User Password

    CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® 3.12 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are: Supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. User password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus.
  • Page 64 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ® You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “Sys- tem”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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