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MATSONIC MS7122A Manual

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These specifications are subject to change without notice.
Manual Revision 5.0
October 11, 1999

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  • Page 1 TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. Manual Revision 5.0 October 11, 1999...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    System Block Diagram ........1-4 Section 2 Features MS7122A Features..........2-1 Section 3 Installation MS7122A Detailed Layout ........ 3-1 Easy Installation Procedure Configure DIP Switch........3-3 System Memory Configuration ......3-4 Device Connectors ..........3-7 External Modem Ring-in Power On and Keyboard Power On Function (KBPO) .....
  • Page 3 MS7122A Change Supervisor or User Password ....4-24 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........4-25 Save & Exit Setup ..........4-27 Exit Without Saving ........... 4-27 Section 5 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ............. A-1 I/O Map ............. A-1 Timer & DMA Channels Map ......A-2 Interrupt Map .............
  • Page 4 MS7122A...
  • Page 5 MS7122A Introduction ü ü ü ü ü MS7122A mainboard ü ü ü ü ü MS7122A user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü Hard drive ribbon cables ü ü ü ü ü Driver and utility USER’S...
  • Page 6 MS7122A Introduction The MS7122A is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. MicroATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards.
  • Page 7 MS7122A Introduction The MS7122A is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/ O shield (figure 3). Joystick/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Line_in The MS7122A has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies.

  • Page 8: System Block Diagram

    MS7122A Introduction Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-4...

  • Page 9: Ms7122A Features

    (2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66 devices. The MS7122A supports (4) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).
  • Page 10 MS7122A Features • Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector. • ® Software power-down when using Windows 95/98. • Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem, allows system to be turned on remotely). • Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time.
  • Page 11 MS7122A Installation Page 3-1...

  • Page 12: Ms7122A Detailed Layout

    MS7122A Installation MS7122A Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...

  • Page 13: Configure Dip Switch

    MS7122A Installation The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. Configure DIP Switch and Jumper to match your hardware 3-2. System memory Configuration 3-3. Device Connectors External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) We design this motherboard with a DIP Switch to make your install fast and easy.
  • Page 14 MS7122A Installation The MS7122A supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Enhanced Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). • DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed. •...
  • Page 15 MS7122A Installation Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module. DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 4) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 5).
  • Page 16 MS7122A Installation Figure 5 DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket. Page 3-6...
  • Page 17 MS7122A Installation Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 6). Joystic/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 6 Chassis Panel Connector •...
  • Page 18 MS7122A Installation Power LED connector 1. Power LED(+) 4. NC 2. N/C 5. GND 3. GND Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping 1. Speaker 3. GND 2. N/C 4. GND Reset - Closed to restart system. IR Connector 1.

  • Page 19: Keyboard Power On Function (Kbpo)

    On the basis of bounded functions in I/O chipset, the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect the external modem to COM1 or COM2, the MS7122A mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
  • Page 20 MS7122A Installation Page 3-10...

  • Page 21: Standard Cmos Setup

    MS7122A BIOS Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
  • Page 22 MS7122A BIOS The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.
  • Page 23 MS7122A BIOS Note: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs. Note: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5” drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5” disk that stores only 1.2 MB, the default setting for this is disabled.
  • Page 24 MS7122A BIOS Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message.
  • Page 25 MS7122A BIOS Boot Sequence: This category determines which drive is searched first by the O/S (Operating System). The default is A,C,SCSI. The following is your list of options: [A, C, SCSI] - [C, A, SCSI] - [C, CD-ROM, A] - [CD-ROM, C, A]...
  • Page 26 MS7122A BIOS IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates.
  • Page 27 MS7122A BIOS The default is 250. 250: 250 msec. 500: 500 msec. 750: 750 msec. 1000: 1000 msec. Security Option: This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. The default is Setup.
  • Page 28 MS7122A BIOS C8000 - CBFFF Shadow: CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card.
  • Page 29 MS7122A BIOS Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The Choice: Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5.
  • Page 30 MS7122A BIOS Read Around write: DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer contents, and the read is not sent to the DRAM. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled...
  • Page 31 MS7122A BIOS OnChip USB: Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus(USB) controller and you have a USB peripheral. USB Keyboard Support: This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached. The default is disabled.
  • Page 32 MS7122A BIOS You can only change the content of Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to ‘User Define’. Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define.
  • Page 33 7: IRQ 7 9: IRQ 9 10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ 11 The MS7122A supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor. The default is Disabled Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.
  • Page 34 MS7122A BIOS VGA: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down. LPT & COM: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.
  • Page 35 MS7122A BIOS The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQ signals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots. WARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices.
  • Page 36 MS7122A BIOS Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.. The default is Disabled. Disabled: Normal Setting. Enabled: If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data), you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD.
  • Page 37 MS7122A BIOS The “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary only when the system CMOS data is corrupted. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 38 MS7122A BIOS Onchip IDE Channel: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port. Onchip IDE Channel: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port.
  • Page 39 MS7122A BIOS Primary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive. The default is Auto. Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode. Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive.
  • Page 40 MS7122A BIOS COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port. The default is Auto. AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4.
  • Page 41 MS7122A BIOS Onboard Parallel Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is ECP+EPP. Normal: Standard mode. IBM PC/AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode. ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode. EPP+ECP: ECP Mode & EPP Mode.
  • Page 42 MS7122A BIOS 320-323H 330-333H (default) FM Port (388-38BH): Frequency modulation port at I/O port 388-38BH enabled/disabled. Game Port (200-207H): Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default). ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Current CPU Temp.
  • Page 43 MS7122A BIOS CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI): Allows the external clock to be modified depending upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock processor faster than it was designed for. (See page A-11). The default is Default.
  • Page 44 MS7122A BIOS To change the password, choose the “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER PASSWORD” option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press [Enter]. NOTE: Either “Setup” or “System” must be selected in the “Security Option” of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu.

  • Page 45: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    MS7122A BIOS The “IDE HDD auto detection” utility is a very useful tool, especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you can set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP.
  • Page 46 MS7122A BIOS If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that! LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck.

  • Page 47: Save & Exit Setup

    MS7122A BIOS Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some software involved. All the software is located in the Award HDD Service Routine (INT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h.
  • Page 48 MS7122A BIOS Page 4-28...
  • Page 49 MS7122A Appendix Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter...
  • Page 50 MS7122A Appendix [3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter. [3C0-3CF] EGA adapter. [3D0-3DF] CGA adapter. [3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller. [3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1. TIMER MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator.
  • Page 51 MS7122A Appendix PS/2 Mouse. MATH coprocessor. Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. RTC & CMOS: Seconds. Second alarm. Minutes. Minutes alarm. Hours. Hours alarm. Day of week. Day of month. Month. Year. Status register A. Status register B.

  • Page 52: Post Codes

    MS7122A Appendix ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h. POST (hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes.
  • Page 53 MS7122A Appendix Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program) 2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3. Video initialization including Monochrome, CGA, EGA/VGA.
  • Page 54 MS7122A Appendix Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage. But usually, the cache is turn on later in POST 61h. 3F-40 Reserved. 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup.
  • Page 55 MS7122A Appendix 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped. 2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting. 3. Last chance for Chipset initialization.
  • Page 56 MS7122A Appendix...
  • Page 57 MS7122A Appendix NOTE: The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 58 MS7122A Appendix A-10...
  • Page 59 MS7122A Appendix Installation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost.exe to your hard disk. The current market version is for single Client, so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further. Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition.
  • Page 60 Appendix MS7122A There are 3 hard disk functions: 1. Disk To Disk (disk cloning) 2. Disk To Image (disk backup) 3. Disk From Image (restore backup) Important! 1. To use this function, the system must have at least 2 disks. Press the Tab key to move the cursor.
  • Page 61 MS7122A Appendix 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk To Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location for storing the backup file. A-13...
  • Page 62 Appendix MS7122A 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored. A-14...
  • Page 63 MS7122A Appendix 3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure. 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Partition A-15...
  • Page 64 Appendix MS7122A There are 3 partition functions: 1. Partition To Partition (partition cloning) 2. Partition To Image (partition backup) 3. Partition From Image (restore partition) Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning) The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition. Refer to disk cloning for the operation method.
  • Page 65 MS7122A Appendix 3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file. 4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options: (1) No: do not compress data during backup (2) Fast: Small volume compression (3) High: high ratio compression. File can be compressed to its minimum, but this requires longer execution time.
  • Page 66 Appendix MS7122A Partition From Image (Restore Partition) Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored. A-18...
  • Page 67 MS7122A Appendix 4. Select the partition to be restored. 5. Select Yes to start restoring. Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error. A-19...

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