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MATSONIC MS7132A Manual

A pentium ii or pentium iii slot1 processor based agp mainboar mainboard (100/66mhz) d (100/66mhz) supports pc-133 sdram module
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Manual Revision 6.0
October 12, 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 6.0 October 12, 1999...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Power-On/Off (Remote) ........1-6 System Block Diagram ........1-7 Section 2 Features MS7132A Features..........2-1 Section 3 Installation MS7132A Detailed Layout ........ 3-1 Easy Installation Procedure Configure DIP Switch........3-3 System Memory Configuration ......3-4 ® Installing a Pentium II Processor ..... 3-7 Device Connectors ..........
  • Page 3 MS7132A Power Management Setup ......... 4-11 PNP/PCI Configuration ........4-15 Load Setup Defaults .......... 4-17 Integrated Peripherals........4-17 Sensor and CPU Speed Setup ......4-22 Change Supervisor or User Password ....4-24 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........4-25 Save & Exit Setup ..........4-27 Exit Without Saving ...........
  • Page 4 MS7132A...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    MS7132A Introduction ü ü ü ü ü MS7132A mainboard ü ü ü ü ü MS7132A user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü ATA-66 Hard drive ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü...
  • Page 6 MS7132A Introduction ® ® ® The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor is the follow-on to the Pentium ® ® ® Processor. The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor, like the Pentium processor, implements a Dynamic Execution micro-architecture -- a unique combination of multiple branch prediction, data flow analysis, and speculative ®...
  • Page 7 MS7132A Introduction ® ® The entire enclosed product is called the Pentium II or Pentium III Processor. The packaging technology and each of the physical elements of the product are referred to using accurate technical descriptions. This allows clear reference to the products as just a processor.
  • Page 8 MS7132A Introduction The L2 cache (TagRAM, PBSRAM) components keep standard industry names. ® ® The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor is the first product to utilize the S.E.C. cartridge technology and Slot 1 connector. Unless otherwise noted, any references ®...
  • Page 9 MS7132A Introduction The MS7132A is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply.
  • Page 10 MS7132A Introduction The MS7132A 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 MS7132A has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies.

  • Page 11: Pentium ® Iii Processor

    MS7132A Introduction Pentium II Pentium III Processor Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-7...
  • Page 12 MS7132A Introduction Page 1-8...

  • Page 13: Ms7132A Features

    (2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66 devices. The MS7132A supports (5) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).
  • Page 14 MS7132A 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 15 MS7132A Installation Page 3-1...

  • Page 16: Ms7132A Detailed Layout

    MS7132A Installation MS7132A Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...

  • Page 17: Configure Dip Switch

    MS7132A 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. Install Pentium II or Pentium III Processor 3-4. 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 18 MS7132A Installation The MS7132A supports (3) PC133 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 19 MS7132A 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 20 MS7132A 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 21 MS7132A Installation ® The MS7132A uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium II/III processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. The SEC slot is not compatible with other non-Pentium II/III processors. Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the processor onto the motherboard.
  • Page 22 MS7132A Installation Now we need to secure the heatsink with the top half of the support (figure 9). Take the top piece of the support and slide it into the bottom fin (figure 9) on the heatsink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base (figure 7) that is already there (figure 9).
  • Page 23 MS7132A Installation Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 10). Joystic/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 10 Chassis Panel Connector •...
  • Page 24 MS7132A Installation (This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, you can choose either Instant Off (turns system off immediatly), or 4 sec delay (you need to hold the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off).

  • Page 25: 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 MS7132A mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
  • Page 26 MS7132A Installation Page 3-12...

  • Page 27: Standard Cmos Setup

    MS7132A 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 28 MS7132A 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 29 MS7132A 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 30 MS7132A 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 31 MS7132A 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 32 MS7132A 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 33 MS7132A 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 34 MS7132A 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 35 MS7132A 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 36 MS7132A 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 37: Power Management Setup

    MS7132A 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 38 MS7132A 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 39 7: IRQ 7 9: IRQ 9 10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ 11 The MS7132A 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 40 MS7132A 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 41: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    MS7132A 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 42 MS7132A 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 43: Load Setup Defaults

    MS7132A 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 44 MS7132A 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 45 MS7132A 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 46 MS7132A 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 47 MS7132A 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 48: Sensor And Cpu Speed Setup

    MS7132A BIOS 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 49 MS7132A 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 50 MS7132A 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 51: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    MS7132A 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 52 MS7132A 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 53: Save & Exit Setup

    MS7132A 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 54 MS7132A BIOS Page 4-28...
  • Page 55 MS7132A 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 56 MS7132A 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 57 MS7132A 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 58 MS7132A Appendix...

  • Page 59: Post Codes

    MS7132A 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 60 MS7132A 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 61 MS7132A 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 62 MS7132A 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 63: Load Setup Defaults

    MS7132A 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 64 MS7132A Appendix A-10...
  • Page 65 MS7132A 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 66 Appendix MS7132A 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 67 MS7132A 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 68 Appendix MS7132A 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 69 MS7132A 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 70 Appendix MS7132A 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 71 MS7132A 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 72 Appendix MS7132A 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 73 MS7132A 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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