MSI RS482M2-IL/L- User Manual

viii CONTENT S FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ........................................................... ii Revision History ............................................................................................................... iii Technical Support .............................

ix PCI Express Slots ....................................................................................... 2- 19 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots ........................................ 2- 19 PCI Interrupt Request Routing .................................................................

x Sof tware Conf i gurat ion ....................................................................................... A - 4 Sound Ef f ect ................................................................................................ A - 4 Equalizer ....................................................

1-1 Getting Sta rted C h a p t e r 1 . G e t t i n g Started Getting Started T hank you f or choosing the RS482M2/RS480M2/RX480M2 Se- ries (MS-7093 v3.X) Micro AT X mainboard. T he RS482M2/RS480M2/RX480M2 Series mainboards are based on ATi ® RS482/RS480/RX480 & ATi ® SB400 chipsets f or optimal ...

1-2 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports 64-bit AMD ® Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX processor (Socket 939) † Supports up to 3500+, 3800+ Athlon 64 FX 53, or higher CPU (F or the lat est in f or mati on about CPU , pl eas e visi t h ttp: //www. msi .com.tw/pr o-gram/prod...

1-3 Getting Sta rted US B I nte rfa ce † 8 USB ports- 4 ports in the rear I/O, 4 ports via the external bracket LAN † Realtek ® 8100C 10/100 LAN chip - Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip- Supports 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s- Compliance with PCI v2.2- Supports ACPI Power Management IEEE 1394 (O...

1-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard M SI Remin ds You... 1 . E a c h b o a r d w i l l b e g i v e n a u n i q u e 1 3 9 4 G U I D f r o m t h eman ufactu rer ’ s defau lt set tings in th e sys tem BIOS. 2. U se th e f la sh utility or Live Up da te fr om MS I ’ s we bs ite f or BIOS update. The 1394 ...

1-5 Getting Sta rted Mainboard Layout RS482M2/ RS480M2/ RX480M2 (MS-7093 v3.X) M-AT X Mainboard S FAN 1 J T V1 C FA N 1 J PW 1 S ATA 1 SATA 2 S ATA 3 S ATA 4 T: M : B : L in e- In Lin e -O ut M ic T: L AN J a ckB : U S B Po rt s R e alt ek 81 0 0C SM SC LP C 47 M 99 7 -N R V IA V T6 3 07 (o p ti on ...

1-6 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Packing Checklist Power Cable SATA Cable (Optional) User ’ s Guide MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD Back IO Shield 1394 Bracket (Optional) USB Bracket (Optional) Standard Cable for IDE Devices Stand ard Cabl e f or Floppy Disk * T he pictures are f or refer-e n...

2-1 Hardware Setup C h a p t e r 2 . H a r d w a r e Setup T his chapter tells you how to install the CPU, memory modules, and exp ans ion car ds , as well as h ow t o s et up t h e ju mp er s on th emainb oar d. A lso, i t p rovides t he i nst ruc tions on con nect ing th e p e-rip heral devi ces, ...

2-2 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard Quick Components Guide DDR DIMMs , p.2-7 Back PanelI/O , p.2-10 JPW1 , p.2-9 IDE1/2 , p.2-12 ATX1 , p.2-9 CFAN1 , p.2-11 FDD1 , p.2-11 SFAN1 , p.2-11 JAUX1 , p.2-14 J1394_1 , p.2-15 PCI Express Slot , p.2-19 PCI Slots , p.2-19 JAUD1 , p.2-14 JCD1 , p.2-14 JFP1 , p.2...

2-3 Hardware Setup Central Processing Unit: CPU T h e main boar d su pp or ts A MD ® A th lon6 4 pr oc es sor. T he mai nb oard u ses a CPU socket called Socket-939 f or easy CPU installation. W hen you are installing theCPU , m ake s ure th e CPU ha s a h eat s ink an d a c ool in g f an at tac hed...

2-4 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket 939 1. P l ease t u r n of f t h e p ower an d u n p l u g t h e p ower c or d b ef or einstalling the CPU. 2. P u l l t h e l ever s i d e wa ys aw ay f r om t he socket . Make s ur e tor ai s e t h e l ever u p t o a 9 0 - d ...

2-5 Hardware Setup Installing AMD Athlon64 CPU Cooler Set W hen you are inst alling the CPU, make s ure the CPU has a heat s ink and a co ol ing f an at ta che d on th e top t o pre v e nt ov er hea ti ng . I f you do not have the heat sink and cooling f an, contact your dealer to purchase and insta...

2-7 Hardware Setup DIMM1 (CH A) DIMM3 (CH A) DIMM2 (CH B) DIMM4 (CH B) Mode 128MB~1GB Single Channel 128MB~1GB Single Channel 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB Single Channel 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB Single Channel 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB Dual Channel 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB Dual Channel 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB 128MB~1GB 128MB~1G...

2-8 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard Installing DDR Modules 1. T he DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module. The module willonly f it in the right orientation. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it inuntil the golden f inger on the memory module is dee...

2-9 Hardware Setup Power Supply T h e mai n boar d s u p p ort s AT X p ower s u p pl y f or t h e p ower s ys t em. B ef or e i ns er ti ng t h e power su p pl y conn ec t or , al ways make s ur e t hat al l component s ar einstalled properly to ens ure that no damage will be caused. PIN SIGNAL 13 ...

2-10 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard Back Panel M ou s e/ K e y b o ar d C o n ne c to r RJ-45 LAN Jack IEEE 1394 Port K ey bo ar d USB Ports L -Ou t M i c L - I n M o u s e Pa ra ll el 1394 Port (Optional) LAN VGA Por t (for RS482/RS480) SPDIF-Out PIN SIGNAL 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N/C 5 GND 6 GND 7 G...

2-11 Hardware Setup Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 T he mai nboard provi des a standard f loppy dis k drive conn ector that s upports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M f loppy disk types. Connectors Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1 / SFAN1 T h e f an p ower c on n ec t or s s u p p or t s ys t em c oo...

2-13 Hardware Setup PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TX N 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND SATA1~ SATA4 Pin Definition Connect to SATA1/2/3/4 Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk d evi c es Serial ATA cable Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1~SATA4 The AT I SB400 SouthBridge supports four serial ...

2-14 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard M S I Rem in ds Yo u. .. If you don ’ t w ant to connect to the front audio header, pins 5 & 6, 9 & 10 have to be jumpered in order to havesignal output directed to the rear audio ports. Otherwise,t h e L in e - O u t c o n n e c t o r o n t h e b a c k p a...

2-16 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard Front Panel Connectors: JFP1 T he mainboard provides one f ront panel connector f or electrical connection to the f ront panel switches and LEDs. T he JFP1 is compliant with Intel ® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard d...

2-17 Hardware Setup TV-Out Connector: JTV1 (Optional) T he mainboard optionally provides a T V-Out connector f or you to attach a T V- Ou t bracket. T he T V-Ou t bracket of f er s two t yp es of T V-O ut connect ors : S-Vid eoand R CA Compos ite connector. Sel ect the appropriate one to connect to ...

2-18 MS-7 09 3 M-AT X Mai nb o ard T he motherboard provides the f ollowing jumpers f or you to set the computer ’ s f unction. T his section will explain how to change your motherboard ’ s f unction through the use of jumpers. Jumpers Clear BIOS Password Jumper: JPWD1 T he jumper is used to clear t...

2-19 Hardware Setup Slots PCI Interrupt Request Routing T he IRQ, acron ym of interrupt requ est li ne an d pronounc ed I- R-Q, are hard- ware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. T hePCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as f ollows: T he mot...

3-1 BIOS Setup Chapter 3. BIOS Setup T his chapter provides inf ormation on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to conf igure the sys tem f or optimum use.You may need to r un th e Setup p rogram wh en: ² An error message appears on the screen during the system boot- ing up, and requests you to ru...

3-2 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Entering Setup Power on the comput er and the s ystem will s tart POST (P ower On Self Test) p roc es s . W hen t he mes sag e b el ow app ear s on t he sc r een , p res s <D E L> key t oenter Setup. P r e s s D E L t o e n t e r S E T U P I f t h e mes sag e ...

3-3 BIOS Setup Getting Help Af ter entering the Setup menu, the f irst menu you will see is the Main Menu. M a i n M e n u T he mai n menu l ists the setu p f u ncti ons you can make chan ges to. You can use the control keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup...

3-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard The Main Menu S ta nd ar d C M OS F ea tu re s Use this menu f or basic system conf igurations, such as time, date etc. Adv an ce d BI OS F ea tu re s Use this menu to setup the items of AW ARD ® special enhanced f eatures. Ad v a n c e d C h i p s e t F e a t u r e...

3-6 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Standard CMOS Features Dat e T his allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date). T he f ormat is <day><month> <date> <year>. day Day of the week, f rom Sun to Sat, determi ned byBIOS. Read-only. m o n t h ...

3-7 BIOS Setup items. En ter th e inf ormation directly f rom t he keyboard. T his inf ormation should beprovided in the documentation f rom your hard disk vendor or the system manuf acturer. [A ccess Mod e] T he settings are [CHS], [LBA], [Large], [Auto]. [Capaci ty] T he f ormatt ed size of th e s...

3-8 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Advanced BIOS Features CPU In te rn al C ach e/ Ex te rn al C ac he Cache memory is ad dit ional memory that is muc h f as ter t han convent ion al DR AM(system memory). W hen the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requesteddata f rom the main DRAM into cac...

3-9 BIOS Setup F ir st /S ec on d/ T h ir d/ F ou rt h Bo ot Dev ic e T he items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to loadthe dis k operating system. Bo ot Up Fl opp y Se ek Setting to [Enabled] will make BIOS seek f loppy drive A: bef or e booting the system.Settings...

3-10 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard M PS Ve rs io n Co nt ro l Fo r OS T his f ield allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specif ication) version tobe used f or the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported byyour operat ing sys tem. To f ind out whi ch vers ion to use,...

3-11 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features M S I Rem in ds Yo u. .. Chang e these s ettings o nly if yo u are familiar wit h the chipset. DR AM C on fi gu ra ti on Press < Enter> to enter the submenu and the f oll owing screen appears. T i m i n g M o d e T his f ield allows you to select the D...

3-14 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Integrated Peripherals South OnChip IDE Dev ice Press < Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the f oll owing screen appears: I DE DM A Tra n sf er Acc es s T his item is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer f unction of the IDE HardDrive. T he settings are:...

3-19 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Fu ncti on T his item is to activat e the ACPI (A dvanced Conf i gurati on and Power ManagementInterf ace) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE/2000/ME, select [Enabled]. Settings: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. ACPI S u sp e ...

3-21 BIOS Setup AM D C ool ’ n ’ Quiet T h is f eatu re is esp ec iall y d es ig ned f or A MD A th lon process or s, whic h pr ovid es aCPU temp erature detectin g f unction to pr event your CPU ’ s f rom overheatin g due to heavy workload s. Setting opti ons: [Disab led], [Aut o]. R T C Al a rm R ...

3-22 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard PNP/PCI Configurations T his section describes conf iguring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) f eatu re. P CI, or P er ipheral C ompon ent I nt erc onn ect , i s a sys tem wh ich al lows I /O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself ...

3-23 BIOS Setup I RQ R es o ur ce s T he i tems are adjustab le only when Reso urces Co ntrolled By is s et to [Man ual]. Press <Enter> and you will enter the sub-menu of the items. IRQ Resources list IRQ3/4/5/ 7/9/10/11/12 /14/15 f or users to set each IRQ a type depend ing on the t ype ofdev...

3-24 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard PC Health Status T h is secti on shows th e s tat us of your CP U, f an , overal l s ys tem st atu s, et c. Monitor f unction is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. C PU/S y s t e m Te m p er a t u r e , C u r r en t S y s te m / C PU ...

3-26 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Set Supervisor/User Password W hen you select this f unction, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to eight ch aracters in length , and pres s <Enter> . T he passwor d typed now will replace any previousl y set passwor d f rom C...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-1 Chapter 4. Introduction to DigiCell Introduction to DigiCell Chapter 2. Hardware Setup s h or t - cu t i co n in t h e s y s te m tr a y s h o rt - c u t pa t h i n t h e s ta r t - u p m e n u( pa th : St ar t- -> Pr og ra m s- -> M S I- -> Di gi Ce ll ) D ig i...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-2 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Bef ore using this utility, it is required to have all the integrated peripherals/cards (LANcard, W ireless LAN card , MegaSti ck... etc .) and al l the nec essary dr ivers (on boardLAN dr iver, audio driver, CoreCenter, Li ve Update.. . etc.) ins t...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-3 So ftwa re Acc ess Poi nt In this sub -men u, you c an ch ange you r connec tion mode to dif f eren t on es,and configure the advanced settings for each mode, such as the authentica-tion encryption.. . etc. L i ve U p da t e You c an t ake advan t ag e of L iv e Upd a te...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard H/W Diagnostic In t he H/W Diag nost ic su b-men u, you can see the inf ormati on, s tatus and note of eac h D ig i Cel l. You may dou bl e c h ec k t he con nect i on an d i n st al l at i on of th e i temmarked as gray. You may also click on the M...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-5 Communication In the Communi cation sub- menu, you can see the st atus of all the LAN / W L AN / B lu etooth on t he sc r een i f t h e h ar d war e i s i n st all ed. T h e f i rs t i c on i nd i cat es th eon board LA N on you r s yst em, t he sec ond i con in dic at e...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-6 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Software Access Point In the Software Access Point sub-menu, you can see the communication status on your sys tem and choose t he desired sof tware access point mode by clickin g on thedesired icon, in which the def ault settings are configured f or...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-7 Access Point Mode Click on “ Setti ng ” butt on of t he Acces s Point M ode and the f ollowing screen will d is pl ay. IP Sh ari ng Click on this icon to enable/disable the IP sharing. T he def ault of this setting is disabled. Enabling/disabling IP sharing depends on th...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-8 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard WLAN Card Mode Click on “ Setting ” button of the WLAN Card M ode for the W EP status of your APs. If the AP you are selecting (the highlighted one) is not encrypted ( Disabled shown in the Enc ry ptio n column), t he screen will displ ay as below. ...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-9 Live Update Click on the Liv e Update icon in the main menu and the Liv e Update program will be en ab led. T he L ive U pd at e 3 ™ is a tool us ed to detec t an d u pd at e you r BIOS/drivers/VGA BIOS/VGA Driver/Utility online so that you don ’ t need to search f or th...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-10 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard MEGA STICK In the M EGA ST ICK sub-menu, you can conf igure the settings of MSI MEGA ST ICK and the media f iles (*.m3u, *.mp3, *.wav, *. cda, *.wma) on you r system. Basic Function H er e you c an ed it you r own p l ay l i st wit h t he b u tt on...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-12 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Non-Unicode programs supported If you are using an operating system in European languages, and you ’ d like to play the media f iles in MEGA STICK with East-Asian languages (such as Chinese, Japanese...etc.), it is possible that the f ile names dis...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-14 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Audio Speaker Setting In the Audio Speaker Setting sub-menu, you can configure the multi-channel audio op eration, per f or m s peaker t est , and choose th e envi ron men t you pr ef er whil e en-joying the music. You can scroll the bar of each eq...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-15 Cli ck on th e “ S peak er test ” b utton and t he f oll owin g d ialogue box wil l appear: In t hi s Sp ea ke r Co nfi gu ra ti on di al og ue b ox, f i rs t select a d es ir ed mul ti -c hann el op erat ion f rom the No. of Spea kers pane. T hen s wit ch to t he “ Sp ...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-16 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Power on Agent In t he Po wer on Ag ent su b-menu , you can conf i gur e s ett ing of power -on , p ower- of f an d r estartin g s tatu s. In the screen below, you can set the date, time, s tart -up p rogr ams respectively f orp ower - on , power- ...

Introduction to DigiCell 4-17 Power Off / Restart You may conf igure the time (in the f ormat hh:mm:ss) f or the next power-off / restart. Start With U se t h e bu t ton “ +Ad d ” to ad d t he s t ar t -u p p ro- grams as DigiCell is activated next time. For example,you may like to have Outlook acti...

M SI Fe a t ur e 4-18 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Auto Login Since the Power On f unction allows the system to power on automatically, you may have to enable th is Auto L ogin f unc tion i n the f ollowing si tuations: 1. If you are using a compu ter bel onging to a domain in of f ic e, and you ne...

A-1 Using Audio Function T he mainboard is equipped with Realtek ALC658C chip, which provides support f or 6- ch an nel au di o out pu t, i nc lu di ng 2 Fr on t, 2 R ear, 1 C ent er and 1 S ub woof erch an nel . A LC 658 C all ows t he board to attach 4 or 6 speakers f or bet ter s urr ou nds ou nd...

A-2 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver f or Realtek A LC658C chip t o f unction p roperly bef ore you can get access to 2-/4-/6-channel audio operations. Follow the proceduresdescri bed below to ins tall the dri ver s f or di f f er ent oper atin...

A-3 Using Audio Function 3 . Cl ick Ne xt t o in st al l th e AC ’ 9 7 Au di o so ft wa re. C l i c k h e r e 4 . C l ick F i n i s h t o r est a r t t h e sy st em. C l i c k h e r e S e l e c t t h i so p t i o n

A-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Software Configuration Af ter i nstalling the audio driver , you are able to use the 2 -/4-/6-channel audio f eature now. Click the audio icon f rom the window tray at the lower-right cornerof th e s creen to ac tivate th e AC97 Au dio Con fig ura tio n . Sound Effe...

A-5 Using Audio Function Here it provides th e Karaoke f unct ion whi ch will automat ically remove h uman voi ce (l yri cs ) and leave melod y f or you to si ng th e s on g . N ote th at th is f u n ct ionappl ies on ly f or 2-channel audio operati on. J us t c h ec k t h e Voi c e C a nc e l la t ...

A-6 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Equalizer Here you regulate each equalizer f or c urrent playin g digit al sou nd sour ces. You may c h oos e th e pr ovi ded sou n d ef f ec t s , an d t h e eq u ali zer wi l l ad ju s t aut omat ic al ly. If you li ke, you may al so load an eq uali zer set ti ng ...

A-7 Using Audio Function Speaker Configuration I n th is tab, you can eas il y con f i gu re your mu lt i- ch ann el aud i o f u nc t ion an d s peaker s . First select a desired multi-channel operation f rom No. of Speak ers . a. Headp hone f or the common head phone b. 2-Channel Mode f or S tereo-...

A-8 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Speaker Test You c an us e th i s t ab t o t est eac h con nec t ed sp eaker to en s u re if 4 - or 6 - ch an nel au dio operati on works pr operl y. I f an y s peaker f ail s to make s ou nd , th enc h ec k wh eth er t h e c ab l e i s i ns er t ed f i r ml y t o t...

A-10 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard HRTF Demo In this tab you may adjust your HRT F (Head Related T ransf er Functions) 3D positional audio bef ore playing 3D audio applications like gaming. You may also selectdif f er ent environment to c hoose the most suitable environment you like.

A-11 Using Audio Function Microphone Effect In this t ab you may add sp ecial ef f ects to the connected mi crophone.

A-12 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard General In thi s t ab i t p rovi des some i nf or mati on abou t t he A C97 Aud io Conf igu rati on utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & AC97 Codec.You may also select the language of this utility by choosing f rom the La...

A-13 Using Audio Function I n ad d i ti on t o a d ef au l t 2 - c han n el an al og au di o out p u t f u n c ti on , th e aud i o c on n ect ors on t he Bac k P anel al s o p r ovi de 4 - or 6 - ch ann el an al og au di o ou t pu tf uncti on if a pr oper setti ng is made in the sof tware uti lity....

A-14 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard 1 MIC 2 * Line Out (Rear channels) 3 Line Out (Front channels) * Line In function is converted to Line Out f unction when 4-Channel Mode for 4-Speaker Output is selected. n 4 -C ha n ne l M od e f or 4- S pe ak e r Out pu t T he audio jacks on the back pan el alway...

A-15 Using Audio Function 1 * Line Out (Center and Su bwoo fer ch anne l) 2 * Line Out (Re ar ch anne ls) 3 Line Out (Fr ont c hanne ls) * Both Line In and MIC f unction are converted to Line Out f unction when 6-Channel Mode f or 6-Speaker Output is selected. n 6 -C ha n ne l M od e f or 6- S pe ak...

B-1 ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide Two maj or c h all en ges f ac i ng th e st or ag e in d u st r y t oday ar e (1 ) : keep p ace wit hi n c r eas i n g p er f or man c e d eman d s of c o mp u t er s ys t em s b y i mp r ovi n g d i s k I / Othroug hput, and (2 ): provide data accessi bility in th e ev...

B-2 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard SATA RAID Features u RAID 0 and RAID 1 u On-line Mirror Rebuilding u RAID GUI Monitoring Utility: - Displays/Logs/Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Inf ormation- Manages RAID Set Functions (conf igures, rebuilds, etc.) u RAID Set accommodates multiple size HDDs u HDDs ...

B-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Creating RAID Sets Creating and deleting RAID sets and perf orming other RAID setting up operations aredon e in the BIOS . Dur ing bootu p, a screen s imilar to the one below wil l app ear f or about 5 seconds. Press CTRL+S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utili...

B-5 ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide BIOS RAID Utility Screen Description u M a i n M e n u The Main Menu in the upper lef t corner is used to choose the operation to be performed. T he s elections are: 1. Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID Set (RAID 0 or RAID 1). 2. Delete RAID Set is used to de...

B-7 ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide 1. Selec t “ Resol ve Conf l icts ” 2. Select the “ I nvalid RAID drive ” entry in the Logical Drive Stat us window and press Enter. 3. Fol low t he prompts to resolve the c onf li ct. Note that some conflict resolutions may result in the drive letter assignment changin...

B-8 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Installing RAID Drivers (for Windows 2000/XP only) Installing RAID Drivers during OS Install Follow t he instruction s in this sect ion if you are perf orming a n ew installation of theOS (W indows 2000/XP), and wish to boot f rom a RAID drive connected to the SATAc...

B-11 ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide Installing SATARaid Utility Insert your W indows 2000/XP AT I driver CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive.Run the setup.exe program on the CD and f ollow the setup instructions to completethe installation. T he f ollowin g screen shots are taken f rom the installation of SATAR...

B-13 ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide SATARaid GUI The SATARaid GUI off ers the user the ability to easily monitor the RAID Set. To launchthe GUI, simply double-click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of theDesktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the deskto...

B-24 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Configuring RAID 0 Set(s) with Windows Disk Manager Note: T his section is only applicable to non-initiated drives. It is not applicable if thedrives have been set up as RAID 0 with the BIOS utility. T he W indows XP built-in Disk Manager can be used to set up inst...

C-1 ATI SURROUNDVIEW TM Appendix C: ATI SURROUNDVIEW TM AT I SU R RO U ND V IE W ™ i s an i nt egr ated f eatu r e s up p or t ed by th e on board AT I nor thbrid ge ch ipset. It p rovides the power and convenience of multi-adapter, mul ti-monit or s upp ort f or c ompu ter s t hat us e an AG P- or ...

C-3 ATI SURROUNDVIEW TM System Requirements Supported ATI Products Integrated graphics processors (enabled by system BIOS): • RADEON ® XPRESS 200 • RADEON ® 9100 Pro • RADEON ® 9100 IGP • RADEON ® 9000 IGP AGP/PCIe ™ graphics cards: • RADEON ® X800 series • RADEON ® X700 series • RADEON ® X600 serie...

C-4 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Installing a Graphics Card M SI Remin ds You... This section provid es gener ic ins tallat ion instruc tions only . In most c a s e s a g r a p h i c s c a r d w i l l c o m e w i t h s p e c i f i c i n s t a l l a t i o n instru ctions, in which case users should ...

C-6 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Enabling SURROUNDVIEW TM Enabling the Integrated Graphics Processor In order to use SURROUNDVIEW ™ , the integrated graphics processor (IGP) on the motherboard must be enabled in addition to the graphics card in the PCIe ™ slot. Make sure the IGP is enabled (using t...

C-7 ATI SURROUNDVIEW TM Frequently Asked Questions Using SURROUNDVIEW ™ Question Answer Does the Windows ® “ Standby ” function work when SURROUNDVIEW ™ is enabled? Yes, Standby s hould work properly with SURROUNDVIEW ™ . Do all ATI cards support SURROUNDVIEW ™ ? Can SURROUNDVIEW ™ run with other ma...

C-8 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Using Multiple Displays Setting Up Multiple Displays To use SU RROUND VIEW ™ , conn ect d isplay devic es to the output connections of both your integrated graphics processor (IGP) and your PCI Express ® graphics card. T here will normally be three connections: one ...

C-10 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Using SURROUNDVIEW TM Business Applications Using SURROUNDVIEW ™ , you can run multiple applications simultaneously — f or example, a spreadsheet, a W eb browser and a stock trader could be run and viewedon separate sc reens at the same time. u To enable SURROUNDVI...

C-12 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard Games T h e f ol lowi ng s ect i on u s es Mi c ros of t ® F l ig h t Si mu lat or as an examp l e of u si n g SURROUNDVIEW ™ for games. Using SURROUNDVIEW ™ , you can display a dif ferent Flight Simulator view on each of your moni tor s. u To e nable S URROUNDVIEW...

C-13 ATI SURROUNDVIEW TM 2. Click the FLY NOW! button to start Flight Simulator. Then click the “ X ” button to cont in ue. You ar e now “ f l yi ng ” . “ Fl ying ” in Mi crosoft ® Fli ght Simulator using pr imary monitor only 3. From the Vie ws men u, create a new window, and t hen drag it to monit...

C-14 MS-70 9 3 M-AT X Mai n bo ard 4. F r om t h e V i e ws men u , c r eat e an ot h er n ew wi n d ow, an d th en d r ag i t t o monitor 3. Mi crosoft ® Fl ight Simulator using all thr ee monitors