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... obtained from the user's manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance.
Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/ faq/esc_faq_list.php Contact our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/
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T h is eq uip men t h as been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not...
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... AM2 CPU Cooler Set 2-5 Memory ...2-6 Dual-Channel Memory Population Rules 2-6 Installing DDRII Modules 2-7 Power Supply ...2-8 ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: PWR1 2-8 ATX 12V Power Connector: PWR3/ PWR2 2-8 Important Notification about Power Issue 2-9 Back Panel ...2-10 Connectors ...2-12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 2-12 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 2-12 Serial ATA II Connectors...
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Slots ...2-19 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots 2-19 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2-20
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering Setup ...3-2 Control Keys 3-3 Getting Help 3-3 General Help
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NVIDIA IDE Drive/ RAID Utility Installation B-9 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows B-9 (for Non-bootable RAID Array B-9 Initializing and Using the Disk Array B-10
NVRAID Management Utility B-12 Viewing RAID Array Configurations B-12 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk B-13 Morphing From One RAID Array to Another B-17 Hot Plug Array B-18 Initializing a RAID Array B-19 Rebuilding ...
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Packing Checklist
Getting Started
MSI motherboard
MSI Driver/Utility CD
Power Cable
SATA Cable
Standard Cable for IDE Devices
Standard Cable for Floppy Disk
Back IO Shield
User's Guide
* The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased.
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... of memory-replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot. Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation. Unplug the AC power cable (shown in figure 1) or unplug the ATX2 & JPW 1 power connectors (shown in figure 2 & figure 3) before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure.
Figure 1: Unplug the AC power cable
Figure 2: Unplug the ATX2 power conn...
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... environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems.
1. Insert the application CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will automatically appear.
2. Click Realtek HD Audio Driver.
Click here
Important
The HD Audio Configuration software utility is under continuous update to enhance audio applications. Hence, the program screens shown here in...
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Realtek ALC883 Audio 3. Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver.
4. Click Finish to restart the system.
Click here
Select this option
Click here A-3
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Software Configuration
After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8- channel audio feature now. Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration. It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect M anager from the Control...
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.... 3. Boot from the W indows CD, use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy
and install the nForce RAID software. (Check p.C-7 for details.) 4. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks.
Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS
Be sure to enable the SATA 0/ 1 Primary/ Secondary Channel in nVidia RAID Setup of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. After that press F10 to save the...
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..., press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. 6. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl+X to
exit the RAID setup. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows" on C-9. B-6
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Please follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself.
1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3. Copy all the contents in the :\\nVidia \System \MCP55 \IDE \Win
XP\sataraid to a formatted floppy disk. 4. The driver disk for nVIDIA RAID controller is done. (2) Select "NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER" and then press...
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... disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of W indows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
5. Follow the instructions on how to install W indows XP. After W indows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool.
Important
Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver...
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... existing W indows IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the NV Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled). This section describes how to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the W indows IDE driver and install the RAID software. 1. Start the NVIDIA nForce...
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Installation of nVidia System Driver
Appendix C
nVidia System Driver
MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
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... Mainboard
nVidia System Driver Installation
Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display.
NVIDIA System Driver
This driver is only available for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system. Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly. 1. Click on the NVIDIA MCP55 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System
Drivers for your Windows OS. Then the...
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... of nVidia System Driver 2. Then the following screen displays the available components to install. All the
components shown here will be selected to be installed by default. Then click Next.
3. The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically. 4. Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver
installation. Click Next to continue...
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MS-7260 Mainboard 5. Then the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click
Yes to continue. 6. The following screen indicates that the installation is complete. Click Yes to restart
your computer or click No to restart it later.
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Installation of nVidia System Driver
nVidia Utility Installation
1. Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display.
2. Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display.
3. Click the nTune Utility icon to install it. NVIDIA nTune Utility - provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance.
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