MSI P55-CD53 series- User Manual

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1-1-1 Thank you for choosng the P55-CD53/ P55-CD45 Se- res (MS-7586 v1.X) ATX manboard. The P55-CD53/ P55-CD45 Seres manboards are based on Intel ® P55 chpsets for optmal system efficency. Desgned to fit the advanced Intel ® 5/ 7 LGA1156 processor, the P55- CD53/ P55-CD45 Seres delver a hgh performa...

2-2-1 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 str...

Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 2-3 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 cpu (c entraL p roceSSing u nit ) 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 CPU, pleas...

2-4 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 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 fan for better he...

Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 2-7 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 M eMory 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 Memory Populaton Rule Please refer to the fo...

2-8 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 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 deeply nserted n t...

2-12 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 c onnectorS Floppy Dsk Drve Connector: FDD1 Ths connector supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy dsk drve. Floppy D MSI Kdkl kdkfk kkfdkkl ddfkkksd d fddf asdka df - d df dd addfdf dddd df adf adkjasj dkd fdfasd ddff asdf ddd ddd ...

Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 2-13 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Seral ATA Connector: SATA1~8 (SATA7/ SATA8 are optonal) Ths connector s a hgh-speed Seral ATA nterface port. Each connector can connect to one Seral ATA devce. Floppy D MSIFloppy D MSI Kdkl kdkf k kkfdkkl ddf kkksd d f ddf asdka df - d df dd add...

Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 2-15 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 S/PDIF-Out Connector: JSPDO1 Ths connector s used to connect S/PDIF (Sony & Phlps Dgtal Interconnect Format) nterface for dgtal audo transmsson. 1.VC C 2.SP DIF 3.Gro und S/PDIF Bracket (Optonal) Front Panel Audo Connector: JAUD1 Ths connect...

Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 2-19 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Parallel Port Header: JLPT1 Ths connector s used to connect an optonal parallel port bracket. The parallel port s a standard prnter port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capa- bltes Parallel Port (ECP) mode. 10.G roun d 14...

2-20 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 J uMper 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. If you want to...

2-22 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 S LotS 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 that you unplug ...

2-24 Hardware Setup ▍ MS-7586 Led S tatuS i ndicatorS ( optionaL ) CPU_Phase LEDs These LEDs ndcate the current CPU power phase mode. Follow the nstructons below to read. Lghts Off CPU s n 2 phase power mode. CPU s n 3 phase power mode. CPU s n 4 phase power mode.

2-3-1 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 ...

3-2 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 e ntering S etup 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 you respond an...

3-6 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 S tandard cMoS f eatureS 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) Ths allows you ...

3-8 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 a dvanced bioS f eatureS Boot Sequence Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ --- Boot Devce These tems allow you to set the first/ second/ thrd boot devce where BIOS at- tempts to load the dsk operatng system. Boot From Other Devce Se...

BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 3-17 BIOS Setup ▍ MS-7586 bioS S etting p aSSword When you select ths functon, a message as below wll appear on the screen: U-Key Ths tem s used to enable/ dsable USB drver devce as a key. Make U-Key at Ths tem s used to specfy the USB drver devce as a key. Change Supervsor Pass...

A-A-1 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

A-2 Realtek Audo ▍ i nStaLLing the r eaLtek hd a udio d river 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 below to nstall the drvers for dfferent op...

A-5 MS-7586 Sound Effect Here you can select a sound effect you lke from the Envronment lst. Envronment Smulaton You wll be able to enjoy dfferent sound experence by pullng down the arrow, totally 23 knds of sound effect wll be shown for selecton. Realtek HD Audo Sound Manager also provdes five popu...

A-8 Realtek Audo ▍ Mxer In the Mxer part, you may adjust the volumes of the rear and front panels ndvdually. Adjust Volume You can adjust the volume of the speakers that you pluged n front or rear panel by select the Realtek HD Audo rear output or Realtek HD Audo front output tems. Important Before ...

A-16 Realtek Audo ▍ Mcrophone In ths tab you may set the functon of the mcrophone. Select the Nose Suppresson to remove the possble nose durng recordng, or select Acoustc Echo Cancellaton to cancel the acoustc echo durng recordng. Acoustc Echo Cancellaton prevents playback sound from beng recorded b...

A-17 MS-7586 3D Audo Demo In ths tab you may adjust your 3D postonal audo before playng 3D audo applcatons lke gamng. You may also select dfferent envronment to choose the most sutable envronment you lke.

A-18 Realtek Audo ▍ Informaton In ths tab t provdes some nformaton about ths HD Audo Configuraton utlty, nclud- ng Audo Drver Verson, DrectX Verson, Audo Controller & Audo Codec. You may also select the language of ths utlty by choosng from the Language lst. Also there s a selecton Show con n sy...

B-B-1 Control Center, the most useful and powerful utlty that MSI has spent much research and efforts to develop, helps users to montor or configure the hardware status of MSI Manboard n wndows, such as CPU clock, volt- age, fan speed and temperature. Before you nstall the Control Center, please mak...

Control Center ▍ MS-7586 B-3 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 S ySteM i nforMation There are three optons for you to select n the System Informaton screen, you can read the manboard/ CPU/ memory nformaton by clckng ther respectve name. Manboard Clck Manboard to read the nformaton of manboard, manboard BIOS,...

B-4 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 CPU Clck CPU to read the nformaton of CPU. Memory Clck Memory to read the nformaton of each memory DIMM slot. You can select a DIMM slot you want to read by clckng arrow button. Clck ths arrow button to select the DIMM slot.

Control Center ▍ MS-7586 B-5 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 o vercLocking In overclockng, you can select the Default/ Cnema/ Game/ Coolng settng for system to reach the optmum and stable performance. Or you can configure the advanced DRAM settng for system to meet the strct demands of hgh efficency and hg...

B-6 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 Control Center ▍ MS-7586 Advanced In Advanced menu, you can adjust the advanced DRAM tmng settngs. After adjustng, please clck the “Apply” button to execute the configured settng. Or you can clck the “Save” button to save the adjustments for future use. Important Every t...

C-C-1 Ths appendx wll assst users n configurng and en- ablng RAID functonalty on platforms Appendx C Intel SATA RAID

Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 C-3 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 bioS c onfiguration The Intel Matrx Storage Manager Opton ROM should be ntegrated wth the system BIOS on all motherboards wth a supported Intel chpset. The Intel Matrx Stroage Man- ager Opton ROM s the Intel RAID mplementaton and provdes BIOS a...

C-12 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 i nStaLLing S oftware Install Intel Matrx Storage Console The Intel Applcaton Accelerator RAID Edton drver may be used to operate the hard drve from whch the system s bootng or a hard drve that contans mportant data. For ths reason, you cannot...

C-16 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 raid M igration i nStructionS The Intel Matrx Storage Console offers the flexblty to upgrade from a sngle Seral ATA (SATA) hard drve to RAID configuraton when an addtonal SATA hard drve s added to the system. Ths process wll create a new RAID ...

Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 C-17 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 Create RAID Volume from Exstng Dsk To create a RAID volume from an exstng dsk, choose Acton --> Create RAID Volume from Exstng Hard Drve. The Create RAID Volume from Exstng Hard Drve Wzard pops up to lead you for the followng procedure. Clc...

C-26 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 Intel SATA RAID ▍ MS-7586 d egraded raid a rray A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume s reported as degraded when one of ts hard drve members fals or s temporarly dsconnected, and data mrrorng s lost. As a result, the system can only utlze the remanng functonal hard drve ...

B-D-1 Ths appendx wll assst users n configurng and en- ablng RAID functonalty on platforms The JMcron RAID soluton supports RAID level 0 (strp- ng), RAID level 1 (mrrorng), RAID level 10 (strpng and mrrorng) and JBOD (Concatenate). Appendx D JMcron RAID Introducton

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-3 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JM icron raid bioS u tiLity Be sure to set RAID mode for the JMcron 36x ATA Controller n BIOS before configur- ng the JMcron BIOS utlty. After that, save the configuraton and ext. Durng boot up (POST), press CTRL+J to enter the ...

D-4 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Creatng RAID set Select “Create RAID Dsk Drve”. Then press <Enter>. 1. Then n the Name field, specfy a RAID set name and then press the <Enter> to go to the next field. 2. Choose a 0-Strped, a 1-Mrror, or a JBOD-Conc...

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-7 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 d eLeting raid Set Select “Delete RAID Dsk Drve”. Then press <Enter>. 1. In the RAID Dsk Drver Lst menu, use <Space> key to select the RAID set you want to delete. Then press <Del> key.Press “Y” to accept the d...

D-8 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Revert HDD to non-RAID Select “Revert HDD to non-RAID” and press <Enter>. In the Hard Dsk Drver Lst menu use <Space> key to select the dsks you want to revert then clck <Enter> key. The fol- lowng screen appear...

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-9 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Solvng a Mrror Conflct A Mrror conflct occurs when both dsks n a RAID 1 (Mrror) configuraton are un- plugged from the system n turn, then plugged n agan. Snce both dsks contan exactly the same data, the system wll be unable to d...

D-10 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Rebuldng a Mrror drve When one of the dsk n a RAID 1 (Mrror) configuraton s unplugged from the system, then plugged n agan, a dalogue box appears to ask you to rebuld the Mrror drve. Press <Y> to confirm; otherwse, press ...

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-11 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 i nStaLLing d river Install Drver n Wndows Vsta / XP New Wndows Vsta / XP Installaton The followng detals the nstallaton of the drvers whle nstallng Wndows OS. When you start nstallng Wndows XP and older operatng systems, you m...

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-13 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JM icron r aid c onfigurer There s an applcaton called JMRadTool whch helps you perform the followng tasks of JMcron RAID. Vewng RAID Array Configuratons: Vew an array configuraton (mrrored, strped) Creatng RAID Arrays Deletng ...

D-14 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Create RAID JMRadTool supports the creaton of RAID 0, 1 and JBOD. Left-clck the “Create Rad” button.A CREATE RAID WIZARD dalogue wll dsplay on the screen, followng the de- scrpton of every step to complete the creaton. Create R...

JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 D-15 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Remove RAID There are two ways you can choose to remove RAID.Way 1 Rght-clck the name of the dsk array you want to delete and the “Remove” menu wll appear. Select the “Remove Rad” of the pop-up menu. 1. A warnng message appears...

D-16 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Way 2 Left-Clck the “Remove Rad” con on the toolbar.A “REMOVE RAID” wzard dalogue wll dsplay on the screen, followng the de- scrpton of every step to complete the deleton. 1.2. Rebuld RAID RAID 1 can be rebuld whle RAID 0, JBOD...

D-18 JMcron RAID Introducton ▍ MS-7586 Left-Clck the “Rebuld Rad” button on the toolbar.A “REBUILD RAID WIZARD” dalogue wll dsplay on the screen, followng the de- scrpton of every step to complete the rebuldng. 2.3. Solve Mrror Conflct If the conflct occurs, t wll show the “REBUILDING RAID WIZARD” d...