Page 2 - Copyrght Notce
Preface MS-7640 Preface Preface MS-7640 Preface Copyrght Notce The materal n ths document s the ntellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNA- TIONAL. We take every care n the preparaton of ths document, but no guarantee s gven as to the correctness of ts contents. Our products are under contnual mprov...
Page 3 - Safety Instructons
Preface MS-7640 Preface Preface MS-7640 Preface Safety Instructons Always read the safety nstructons carefully.Keep ths User’s Manual for future reference.Keep ths equpment away from humdty.Lay ths equpment on a relable flat surface before settng t up.The openngs on the enclosure are for ar convecto...
Page 4 - FCC-B Rado Frequency Interference Statement
v Preface MS-7640 Preface Preface MS-7640 Preface FCC-B Rado Frequency Interference Statement Ths equpment has been tested and found to comply wth the lmts for a Class B dg- tal devce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lmts are desgned to provde reasonable protecton aganst harmful nter- fe...
Page 5 - Preface; Preface; Preface; WEEE (Waste Electrcal and Electronc Equpment) Statement; ENGLISH; schlesslch an ener lokalen Altgerätesammelstelle n Ihrer Nähe.; FRANÇAIS; эти изделия в специализированные пункты приема.
Preface MS-7640 Preface v Preface MS-7640 Preface WEEE (Waste Electrcal and Electronc Equpment) Statement ENGLISH To protect the global envronment and as an envronmentalst, MSI must re- mnd you that...Under the European Unon (“EU”) Drectve on Waste Electrcal and Elec- tronc Equpment, Drectve 2002/96...
Page 6 - ESPAÑOL; empresa autorzada para la recogda de estos resduos.; NEDERLANDS; lokale nzamelngspunten.; SRPSKI; vode možete vratt na lokalnm mestma za prkupljanje.; POLSKI
v Preface MS-7640 Preface Preface MS-7640 Preface ESPAÑOL MSI como empresa comprometda con la proteccón del medo ambente, recomenda:Bajo la drectva 2002/96/EC de la Unón Europea en matera de desechos y/o equ- pos electróncos, con fecha de rgor desde el 13 de agosto de 2005, los productos clasficados...
Page 7 - TÜRKÇE; noktalarına bırakablrsnz.; ČESKY; cclo d vta. È possble portare prodott nel pù vcno punto d raccolta
Preface MS-7640 Preface v Preface MS-7640 Preface TÜRKÇE Çevrec özellğyle blnen MSI dünyada çevrey korumak çn hatırlatır:Avrupa Brlğ (AB) Kararnames Elektrk ve Elektronk Malzeme Atığı, 2002/96/EC Kararnames altında 13 Ağustos 2005 tarhnden tbaren geçerl olmak üzere, elektrkl ve elektronk malzemeler ...
Page 11 - Chapter 1; Gettng Started
Thank you for choosng the 890FXA-GD70 Seres (MS- 7640 v1.X) ATX manboard. The 890FXA-GD70 Se- res manboards are based on AMD ® RD890 & SB850 chpsets for optmal system efficency. Desgned to fit the advanced AMD ® 64 bts Phenom TM II X6/ X4/ X3/ X2, Athlon TM II X4/ X3/ X2 and Sempron processor, t...
Page 13 - Slots
Gettng Started MS-7640 Chapter 1 1-3 Gettng Started MS-7640 Chapter 1 1 Coaxal S/PDIF-out port 1 Optcal S/PDIF-out port 5 USB 2.0 ports 2 USB 3.0 ports 1 ESATA/ USB 2.0 Combo port 2 LAN ports 6 flexble audo ports On-Board 3 USB 2.0 connectors 2 IEEE 1394 connectors 1 Seral port connector 1 Chasss In...
Page 17 - Chapter 2; Hardware Setup
Ths chapter provdes you wth the nformaton about hardware setup procedures. Whle dong the nstalla- ton, be careful n holdng the components and follow the nstallaton procedures. For some components, f you nstall n the wrong orentaton, the components wll not work properly. Use a grounded wrst strap bef...
Page 19 - Important; Overheatng; Introducton to AM3 CPU
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-3 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 CPU (Central Processng Unt) When you are nstallng the CPU, make sure to nstall the cooler to prevent overheatng. If you do not have the CPU cooler, consult your dealer before turnng on the computer. For the latest nformaton about ...
Page 20 - CPU & Cooler Installaton
2-4 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 CPU & Cooler Installaton When you are nstallng the CPU, make sure the CPU has a cooler attached on the top to prevent overheatng. Meanwhle, do not forget to apply some thermal paste on CPU before nstallng the heat snk/cooler f...
Page 22 - compatble components, please vst
2-6 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Memory These DIMM slots are used for nstallng memory modules. For more nformaton on compatble components, please vst http://www.ms.com/ndex.php?func=testreport DDR3 240-pn, 1.5V 48x2=96 pn 72x2=144 pn Dual-Channel mode Populaton R...
Page 23 - Installng Memory Modules
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-7 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Installng Memory Modules The memory module has only one notch on the center and wll only fit n the rght orentaton.Insert the memory module vertcally nto the DIMM slot. Then push t n untl the golden finger on the memory module s de...
Page 24 - Ths connector s used to provde +12V power.
2-8 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Power Supply ATX 24-pn Power Connector: JPWR1 Ths connector allows you to connect an ATX 24-pn power supply. To connect the ATX 24-pn power supply, make sure the plug of the power supply s nserted n the proper orentaton and the pn...
Page 27 - suppled by the vendors for jumper settng nstructons.
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-11 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Connectors IDE Connector: IDE1 Ths connector supports IDE hard dsk drves, optcal dsk drves and other IDE de- vces. * The MB layout n ths figure s for reference only. Important If you nstall two IDE devces on the same cable, you m...
Page 28 - to one Seral ATA devce.; occur durng transmsson.; Chasss Intruson Connector: JCI1; BIOS utlty and clear the record.
2-12 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Seral ATA Connector: SATA1~7 Ths connector s a hgh-speed Seral ATA nterface port. Each connector can connect to one Seral ATA devce. * The MB layout n ths figure s for reference only. SATA5_6 SATA3_4 SATA1_2 SATA7 SATA1~6 (6Gb/s)...
Page 29 - CPUFAN
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-13 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN, SYSFAN1~4 The fan power connectors support system coolng fan wth +12V. When connectng the wre to the connectors, always note that the red wre s the postve and should be con- nected to the +12V; the b...
Page 30 - The JFP1 s complant wth Intel; nterface for dgtal audo transmsson.
2-14 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Front Panel Connectors: JFP1, JFP2 These connectors are for electrcal connecton to the front panel swtches and LEDs. The JFP1 s complant wth Intel ® Front Panel I/O Connectvty Desgn Gude. 1.Gro und 3.Su spen d LE D 5.Po wer L ED ...
Page 31 - Ths connector, complant wth Intel; bytes FIFOs. You can attach a seral devce.
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-15 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Front USB Connector: JUSB1 / JUSB2 / JUSB3 Ths connector, complant wth Intel ® I/O Connectvty Desgn Gude, s deal for con- nectng hgh-speed USB nterface perpherals such as USB HDD, dgtal cameras, MP3 players, prnters, modems and t...
Page 33 - TPM Module connector: JTPM1
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-17 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 TPM Module connector: JTPM1 Ths connector connects to a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) module (optonal). Please refer to the TPM securty platform manual for more detals and usages. 10.N o Pin 14.G roun d 8.5V Pow er 12.G roun d 6....
Page 34 - Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1; set the jumper to clear data.
2-18 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There s a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the data of system configuraton. Wth the CMOS RAM, the system can automat- cally boot OS every tme t s turned on...
Page 35 - GreenPower Button: Green Power
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-19 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Button The manboard provdes the followng buttons for you to set the computer’s functon. Ths secton wll explan how to change your manboard’s functon through the use of button. Power Button: POWER1 Ths button s used to turn-on or t...
Page 37 - PCIE (Perpheral Component Interconnect Express) Slot; PCI Express x16 Slot; swtches or BIOS configuraton.
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-21 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Slots PCIE (Perpheral Component Interconnect Express) Slot The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express nterface expanson card. PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot Important When addng or removng expanson cards, make sure t...
Page 38 - ATI CrossFreX
2-22 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 ATI CrossFreX TM (Mult-GPU) Technology ATI CrossFreX TM s the ultmate mult-GPU performance gamng platform. Enablng game-domnatng power, ATI CrossFreX TM technology enables two or more dscrete graphcs processors to work together t...
Page 40 - PCI (Perpheral Component Interconnect) Slot
2-24 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Please refer to the table below to nstall the graphcs cards for CrossFreX TM mode. 1 graphcs card (non- CrossFreX TM ) 2 graphcs cards ( C r o s s F r e X T M mode ) 3 graphcs cards ( C r o s s F r e X T M mode ) 4 graphcs cards ...
Page 41 - CPU Phase LED panel; Lghts
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-25 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 LED Status Indcators CPU Phase LED panel These LEDs ndcate the current CPU power phase mode. Follow the nstructons below to read. Lghts Off CPU s n 1 phase power mode. CPU s n 2 phase power mode. CPU s n 3 phase power mode. CPU s...
Page 43 - Debug LED Panel
Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 2-27 Hardware Setup MS-7640 Chapter 2 Debug LED Panel Please refer to the table below to get more nformaton about the Debug LED mes- sage. Post Status FF Power on and first ntalze CPU. C0, C1, C2 Early CPU Intalze. C4, C6 Intalze chpset. D4, D5 Intalze memory. 08 Int...
Page 45 - Chapter 3; BIOS Setup
Ths chapter provdes nformaton on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for op- tmum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen durng the system bootng up, and requests you to run SETUP. You want to change the default settngs for cu...
Page 46 - Press DEL to enter SETUP
3-2 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Enterng Setup Power on the computer and the system wll start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message dsappears before y...
Page 47 - Control Keys
BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 3-3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Control Keys <↑> Move to the prevous tem <↓> Move to the next tem <←> Move to the tem n the left hand <→> Move to the tem n the rght hand <Enter> Select the tem<Esc> Jumps to the Ext menu or returns to ...
Page 50 - value you want n each tem.
3-6 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Features The tems n Standard CMOS Features Menu nclude some basc setup tems. Use the arrow keys to hghlght the tem and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want n each tem. Date (MM:DD:YY) T...
Page 62 - Change these settngs only f you are famlar wth the chpset.
3-18 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Cell Menu Important Change these settngs only f you are famlar wth the chpset.
Page 68 - These tems are used to adjust the voltage of CPU, Memory and chpset.; clocked processor to lock up.
3-24 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 CPU VDD Voltage (V)/ CPU-NB VDD Voltage (V)/ CPU Voltage (V)/ CPU-NB Voltage (V)/ CPU PLL Voltage (V)/ CPU DDR-PHY Voltage (V)/ DRAM Voltage (V)/ DDR Vref Voltage (V)/ DDR VTT Voltage (V)/ NB Voltage (V)/ NB PCI-E Voltage (V)/ HT Lnk Vol...
Page 70 - Please refer to the block dagram below about the M-Flash functon.
3-26 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Important Please refer to the block dagram below about the M-Flash functon. Due to the specal desgn of some graphcs cards wll cause dark screen durng M- flash operaton, and you may refer the beeps from the system to confirm the current M...
Page 72 - used to load the settngs from the selected profile.
3-28 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Overclockng Profile Overclockng Profile 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6 These tems are used to save the currect settngs to selected profile, and they are also used to load the settngs from the selected profile. OC Retry Count When the overclockng s fal...
Page 73 - When you select Load Fal-Safe Defaults, a message as below appears:
BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 3-29 BIOS Setup MS-7640 Chapter 3 Load Fal-Safe/ Optmzed Defaults The two optons on the man menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settngs to the default Fal-Safe or Optmzed values. The Optmzed Defaults are the default values set by the manboard manufacturer specfic...
Page 75 - Appendx A; Realtek Audo
The Realtek audo provdes 10-channel DAC that smul- taneously supports 7.1 sound playback and 2 channels of ndependent stereo sound output (multple streamng) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Rght chan- nels. Appendx A Realtek Audo
Page 76 - Installaton for Wndows
A-2 Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Installng the Realtek HD Audo Drver You need to nstall the HD audo drver for Realtek audo codec to functon properly before you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- channel or 7.1+2 channel audo operatons. Follow the procedures descrbed ...
Page 77 - Software panel overvew
Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A A-3 Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Software Configuraton After nstallng the audo drver, the “Realtek HD Audo Manager” con wll appear at the notficaton area (lower rght of the screen). You may double clck the con and the GUI wll pop up accordngly. It s also avalable t...
Page 78 - Auto popup dalog
A-4 Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Devce Selecton Here you can select a audo output source to change the related optons. the “check” sgn (n orange) ndcates the devces as default. Volume Adjustment You can control the volume or balance the rght/left sde of the speaker...
Page 79 - Append; The followng dagrams are audo back panel default settng.; Backpanel audo jacks to 4-channel speakers dagram
Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A A-5 Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Hardware Default Settng The followng dagrams are audo back panel default settng. Backpanel audo jacks to 2-channel speakers dagram Front Backpanel audo jacks to 4-channel speakers dagram Rear Front ■ ■
Page 80 - Backpanel audo jacks to 6-channel speakers dagram; Backpanel audo jacks to 8-channel speakers dagram
A-6 Realtek Audo MS-7640 Append x A Backpanel audo jacks to 6-channel speakers dagram Rear Front Center & Subw oofer Backpanel audo jacks to 8-channel speakers dagram Rear Front Center & Subw oofer Side Su rround ■ ■
Page 81 - Appendx B; AMD RAID
The ntegrate one SATA host controller separately, and support RAID functon for performance and relablty. SB850 SATA RAID provdes support for RAID 0 (Strp- ng), RAID 1 (Mrrorng), RAID 10 (Strpng & Mrrorng) & RAID 5 (strpng wth party). RAID 0 greatly mproves hard dsk I/O performance by concurr...
Page 82 - RAID Opton ROM Utlty.
B-2 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B RAID Configuraton Creatng and deletng RAID set and performng other RAID settng up operatons are done n the RAID BIOS. Durng bootup, a screen smlar to the one below wll appear for about few seconds. Press <Ctrl-F> to enter RAID Opton R...
Page 83 - Vew Drves Assgnments
AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B B-3 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B Vew Drves Assgnments Ths wndow dsplays the model number, capactes and assgnment of the drves phys- cally attached to the SATA host adapter.
Page 84 - Press 2 on the Man Menu screen to enter the LD Vew Menu.
B-4 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B LD Vew / LD Define Menu (Creatng RAID) The selecton of the RAID configuraton should be based upon factors ncludng perfor- mance, data securty, and the number of drves avalable. It s best to carefully consder the long-term role of the system...
Page 85 - any key to save default LD name.
AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B B-5 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B Strpe Block Sze, the default 64KB s best for most applcatons. RAID 0 or 10 only. Ggabyte Boundary, allows use of slghtly smaller replacement drves. ■ ■ On the Drves Assgnments wndow, use the arrow key to choose the hard drves whch you want ...
Page 86 - key to the man screen.; ng capacty of the selected hard drves.
B-6 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B The message wll show up on the bottom, press any key to use maxmum capacty or press [Ctrl-Y] to modfy array capacty manually. 6. The LD creaton s done, the screen shows the LD nformaton as below.Press ESC key to the man screen. 7. Important...
Page 88 - Installng the RAID Drver (for bootable RAID Array); When prompted, nsert the medum dsk and press Enter.; setup starts copyng files.
B-8 AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B AMD RAID MS-7640 Append x B Installng the RAID Drver (for bootable RAID Array) After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Wndows CD, and the Wn- dows Setup program starts.Press F6 and wat for the Wndows Setup screen to appear.Insert the floppy that contans ...