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    K9AG Neo2-Digital MS-7368 (v1.X) Mainboard G52-73681X1 i
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    Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be 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
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    1. Always read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User's Manual for future reference. 3. Keep this . 11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a service personnel: † The power cord or plug is damaged. † Liquid has penetrated into the equipment
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    to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to D'INSTALLATIONAVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU. Micro-Star International MS-7368 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
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    WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement v
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    Specifications 1-2 Mainboard Layout 1-4 Packing Checklist 1-5 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2-1 Quick Components Guide 2-2 CPU (Central Processing Unit 2-3 Memory ...2-6 Power Supply ...2-8 Back Panel ...2-9 Connectors ...2-11 Jumpers ...2-18 Slots ...2-19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Entering
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    Appendix B AMD SATA RAID B-1 RAID Configuration B-2 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array B-8 Installing the RAID Driver Under W indows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) .... B-9 Appendix C Dual Core Center C-1 Activating Dual Core Center C-2 Main ...C-3 DOT(Dynamic Over Clocking C-5
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    choosing the K9AG Neo2-Digital Series (MS-7368v1.X) ATX mainboard. The K9AG Neo2-Digital Series mainboards are based on AMD® 690G & SB600 chipsets for optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the advanced AM D® Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64 / Sempron AM2 processor, the K9AG Neo2-Digital Series deliver
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Processor Support - Supports AMD® Athlon64 / Athlon64x2 / Sempron AM2 processors. - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with Fan Speed Control - Supports up to 5000+ and higher CPU (For the latest information about CPU, please visit ht t p: / / g lobal . m si
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    ) - 4 USB 2.0 Ports - 1 LAN jack - 6 flexible audio jacks On-Board Pinheaders - 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders - 1 1394 pinheader (optional) - 1 Front Panel Audio pinheader - 1 CD-in connector - 1 S/PDIF-Out pinheader (optional, for HDMI graphics card only) - 4 Serial ATA ports - 1 serial port pinheader Slots
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    690G DIMM2 DIMM1 DIMM4 DIMM3 ATX1 PCI _EX1 PCI _EX3 J C I1 JCD1 PCI _EX2 PCI1 PCI2 JAUD1 JSPD1 PCI3 JCOM 1 SYSFAN2 BATT + JBAT1 AMD SB600 SATA1 IDE1 SATA4 SATA2 SATA3 FDD1 VIA VT6308P (optional) J 13 94_1 (optional) JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB1 JFP 2 JFP 1 K9AG Neo2-Digital Series (MS-7368
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    Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SATA Cable (Optional) Power Cable Standard Cable for IDE Devices User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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    MS-7368 Mainboard 1-6
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    Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Quick Components Guide SYSFAN1, p.2-13 CPUFAN1, p.2-13 JPW1, p.2-18 CPU Socket, DDR2 DIMMs, p.2-6 J1/J2, p.2-18 p.2-3 Back Panel I/O, p.2-9 PCI Express slot, p.2-19 JCI1, p.2-12 JCD1, p.2-12 PCI Express slots, p.2-19 JSPD1, p.2-17 JAUD1, p.2-13 PCI Slots, p.2-
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    (Central Processing Unit) The mainboard supports AMD® Athlon64 / Athlon64x2 / Sempron AM2 processors. The mainboard uses a CPU socket called Socket AM2 (940-pin) for easy CPU installation. W hen you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to
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    MS-7368 Mainboard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 1. Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU. 2. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket. Make sure to raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Sliding Plate Open Lever 90 degree 3. Look for
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    Hardware Setup Installing AMD Socket AM2 CPU Cooler Set W hen you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a . Important Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the cooler installation for Socket AM2 CPUs only. The appearance of your mainboard may vary
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Memory These DIMM slots are used for installing memory modules. For more information on compatible components, please visit http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=testreport DDR2 240-pin, 1.8V 64x2=128 pin 56x2=112 pin Single-Channel: All DIMMs in GREEN Dual-Channel: Channel
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    in different channel DIMM slots. - To enable successful system boot-up, always insert the memory modules into the DIM M1 first. - Due to the chipset resource deployment, the system density will only be detected up to 7+GB (not full 8GB) when each DIMM is installed with a 2GB memory module. 2-7
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Power Supply ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24-pin power supply. To connect the ATX 5V 24 GND pin 13 pin 12 ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 This 12V power connector JPW 1 is used to provide power to the CPU. JPW1 4 2 3 1 JPW1
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    Port The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams. HDMI supports all TV format, including standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. VGA Port The DB15-pin
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    MS-7368 Mainboard USB Port The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other USB-compatible devices. Audio Ports These
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    1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk drive. FDD1 IDE Connector: IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives, optical disk drives and other IDE devices. IDE1 Important If you install jumpers. Refer to IDE device's documentation supplied by the vendors for jumper setting instructions. 2-11
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Serial ATA Connector: SATA1/ SATA2/ SATA3/ SATA4 This connector is a record this status and show a warning message on the screen. To clear the warning, you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record. 1 CINTRU 2 GND JCI1 CD-In Connector: JCD1 This connector is provided for
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    the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan recommended CPU fans at AMD® official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan. 2. Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Front Panel Connectors: JFP1, JFP2 These connectors are for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. The JFP1 is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. Power LED JFP2 7 1 8 2 -+ + - Speaker Reset HDD Switch LED +- -+ JFP1 9
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    Front USB Connector: JUSB1 / JUSB2 / JUSB3 This connector, compliant with Intel® I/O Connectivity Design Guide, is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3 players, printers, modems and the like. 10 9 2 1 JUSB1/2/3 Pin Definition PIN
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    MS-7368 Mainboard IEEE1394 Connector: J1394_1(Optional) This connector allows you to connect the IEEE1394 device via an optional IEEE1394 bracket. 9 1 10 2 J1394_1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL PIN 1
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    Hardware Setup S/PDIF-Out Connector: JSPD1 (Optional, for HDMI graphics card only) This connector is used to connect S/PDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Interconnect Format) interface for audio transmission to the HDMI graphics card. JSPD1 VCC SPDFO GND 2-17
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a Then return to 1-2 pin position. Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the mainboard. Select DVI Port / HDMI Port Jumper: J1, J2 The DVI port shares the same controller with the HDMI
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    Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other add-on cards that comply settings for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, acronym of
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    MS-7368 Mainboard 2-20
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    This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: ² An error message appears
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will digit refers to BIOS maker as A = AMI, W = AWARD, and P = PHOENIX. 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers to the chipset as I = Intel, N = nVidia, and A = AMD. 7th - 8th digit refers to the customer as MS
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    BIOS Setup Control Keys Enter> Move to the sub-menu. If you want to return to the main menu, just press the . General Help The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen. You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing . The
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    MS-7368 Mainboard The Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced BIOS entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. H/W Monitor overclocking. Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard
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    BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS. Save & Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup. BIOS Setup 3-5
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some The format is . day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec. date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by
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    BIOS Setup Dev i c e/ Ve n do r / Si z e These 3 items show the information about Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard. Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed. Available options: [Disabled
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    MS-7368 Mainboard System Information Press to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears. CPU Type, CPUID/MicroCode, CPU Frequency, BIOS Version, Physical Memory, Usage Memory, Cache Size This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your system (read
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    corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses. W hen enabled, the BIOS' data cannot be changed when attempting to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you'll need to disable this Flash BIOS Protection function. You should enable this function at all times
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    MS-7368 Mainboard IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide supported by your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system. Chipset
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    / 2nd/ 3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the first/ second/ third boot device where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. Boot From Other Device Setting the option to [Yes] allows the system to try to boot from other
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Integrated Peripherals USB Controller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB controller. USB Device Legacy Support Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 1.1/2.0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1.1/2.0 driver installed,
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    -Chip ATA Devices Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. On-Chip SATA Controller This setting is used to specify the operating mode for SATA
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Power Management Setup Important S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware main- tains all system context. [S3/STR] The S3 sleep mode
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    BIOS Setup Suspend Time Out (Minute) If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field, all devices except CPU will be shut off. Power Button Function This feature allows users to configure the Power Button function. Settings are: [Power Off] The power button
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Resume By PCI-E Device W hen set to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PCIE device. Resume By RTC Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time/date. 3-16
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    speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. Primary Video Controller This setting specifies which graphics card is
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    MS-7368 Mainboard IRQ Resource Setup Press IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS. The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more IRQs interrupt itself and perform the service required by the I/O device. 3-18
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    H/W Monitor BIOS Setup Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the of the field will automatically return to [Enabled] later. CPU Smart FAN Target The mainboard provides the Smart Fan function which can control the CPU fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Cell Menu Important Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Current CPU Clock, Current DDR M emory Frequency These two items show the current clocks of CPU & DDR memory frequency. Readonly. AMD Cool'n'Quiet This feature is especially designed for AMD Athlon
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    Press and the following sub-menu appears. BIOS Setup DRAM Timing The value in this field depends on to a memory cell. RAS# Precharge Time (Trp) W hen the DRAM Timing is set to [Manual], this field is adjustable. This setting controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe (RAS) to
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    MS-7368 Mainboard FSB/Memory Ratio This setting control the ratio of CPU FSB / DRAM Clock Ratio to enable the CPU & DRAM to run at different frequency combinations. Please note that the setting options vary according to the CPU FSB Clock preset. Adjusted DDR M emory Frequency It shows the adjusted
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    options on themain menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. W hen you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears
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    MS-7368 Mainboard BIOS Setting Password W hen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio The Realtek ALC888 provides 10-channel DAC that simultaneously supports 7.1 sound playback and 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-OutRight channels. A-1
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- channel or 7.1+2 channel audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different
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    Realtek ALC888 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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    MS-7368 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8- channel audio feature Audio Configuration. It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect M anager from the Control Panel. Double click a A-4
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio Sound Effect Here you can select a sound effect you like from the Environment list. Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow, totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection. Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings; users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool. 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. [How to Use
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Mixer In the Mixer part, you may adjust the volumes of the rear and you pluging the speakers into the jacks on the front panel. 2. Multi-Stream Function ALC888 supports an outstanding feature called Multi-Stream, which means you may play different audio sources simultaneously and
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio W hen you are playing the first audio source (for example: use W indows Media Player to play DVD/VCD), the output will be played from the rear panel, which is the default setting. Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio 2nd output from the scroll list first, and use a
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    MS-7368 Mainboard 3. Playback control Tool Mute Playback device This function is to let you freely decide which ports to output the sound. And this is essential when
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    4. Recording control Realtek ALC888 Audio Tool Mute Recording device -Realtek HDA Primary input -Mic in at front panel (Green) Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input. Tool - Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Audio I/O In this tab, you can easily configure your multi-channel audio function and speakers. You can choose a desired multi changed to the one that is same as your device. - If not correct, Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack. a A-12
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    Connector Settings Click to access connector settings. Realtek ALC888 Audio Disable front panel jack detection (option) Find no function on front panel jacks? Please check if front jacks on your system are so-called AC'97 jacks. If so, please check this item to disable front panel jack detection
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    MS-7368 Mainboard S/PDIF (optional, for HDMI graphics card only) Short for Sony/Philips Digital Interface, a standard audio file transfer format. S/PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format. Maintaining the
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio Test Speakers You can select the speaker by clicking it to test its functionality. The one you select will light up and make testing sound. If any speaker fails to make sound, then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Microphone In this tab you may set the function of the microphone. Select the Noise Suppression to remove the possible noise during recording, or select
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applications like gaming. You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like. A-17
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Information In this tab it provides some information about this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list. Also there is a
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    to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility. n 2-Channel Mode for Stereo-Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2-Channel Mode is selected. Back Panel 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 Line In 2 Line
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    MS-7368 Mainboard n 4-Channel Mode for 4-Speaker Output Back Panel 1 4 2 5 3 6 4-Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear surround channels) 5 Line Out (
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    Realtek ALC888 Audio n 6-Channel Mode for 6-Speaker Output Back Panel 1 4 2 5 3 6 6-Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out (Front channels) 3 MIC 4 Line Out (Rear surround channels) 5 Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) 6 Line Out (Side surround channels, but no functioning in
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    MS-7368 Mainboard n 8-Channel Mode for 8-Speaker Output 1 4 2 5 3 6 8-Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line To enable 7.1 channel audio-out function on Vista operating system, you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver. Or, the mainboard will support 5.1 channel audio-out only. a A-22
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    SATA RAID Appendix B AMD SATA RAID AMD south bridge SB600 integrate SATA host controller that supports four SATAII ports and RAID function for performance and reliability. SATA RAID provides support for RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 0+1 (Striping & Mirroring). RAID 0 greatly improves
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    MS-7368 Mainboard RAID Configuration Creating and deleting RAID set and performing other RAID setting up operations are done in the RAID BIOS. During bootup, a screen similar to the one below will appear for about few seconds. Press to enter the FastBuild utility. Important Be sure to
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    AMD SATA RAID View Drives Assignments This window displays the model number, capacities and assignment of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter. B-3
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Define LD . RAID sets can be created either automatically, or to allow the greatest flexibility, manually. 1. Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to enter the Define LD Menu. move to the Drives Assignments window. • Initialize logical drive, zero the disk drives. RAID 1 or 10 only. B-4
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    AMD SATA RAID • Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications. RAID 0 or 10 only. • Gigabyte Boundary, allows use of slightly smaller replacement drives. • Cache Mode, W riteThru or W riteBack. 4. On the Drives Assignments window allocate the RAID capacity manually. Important 61.
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Press ESC key to the main screen. 7. Press ESC key to exit the utility, a message "System is going to REBOOT! Are You Sure?" will display, answer "Y" to exit it and the system will reboot. B-6
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    AMD SATA RAID Delete LD (Deleting RAID) 1. Select "Delete LD" on the main screen. 2. Choose a LD No you want to delete and press "Del" or "Alt+D"
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    Please follow the instruction below to make an AMD SATA 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 : for Windows XP driver CD \ AM D\A M DDr v\SBD rv\R AID for Windows Vista driver CD \ChipSet\AM
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    the RAID Driver Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Under the Driver tab, click on AMD System Driver. The AMD System Driver includes AMD RAID Driver. 4. The driver will be automatically
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    MS-7368 Mainboard B-10
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    Mainboard & MSI Graphics card in windows, such as CPU/GPU clock, voltage, fan speed and temperature. Before you install the Dual CoreCenter, please make sure the system has meet the following requirements: 1. Intel Pentium4 / Celeron, AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron or compatible CPU with PCI Express slot
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Activating Dual Core Center Once you have your Dual Core Center installed (locate the setup source file in the setup CD accompanying with your mainboard, path: Utility --> MSI Utility --> Dual Core Center), it will have an icon in the system tray, a short cut icon on the
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    V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the full function of this utility. If you install a graphics card of other brand, only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would be available. Introduction: Click each button appearing above to
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    MS-7368 Mainboard AV/ Game/ Office/ Silence/ Cool MSI provides five common settings for different environments. adjust and monitor the fan speeds of MB and graphics card. Temperature In this sub-menu, you can monitor the temperatures of MB and graphics card. User Profile In this sub-menu, you can
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    hen the CPU/ GPU is temporarily suspending or staying in low loading balance, it will restore the default settings instead. Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users' PC runs huge amount of data, like 3D games or video process, and the motherboard/ graphicd card
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    MS-7368 Mainboard Clock In the Clock sub-menu, you can see clock status (including FSB/ CPU clock of mainboard and GPU/ memory clock of graphics card) of your system. And you can select desired value for overclocking. There will be several items for you to select for overclocking after you
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    can see voltage status (including Vcore, memory, GPU voltage... etc.) of your system, and you can select desired value for overclocking. It will show several items to select for overclocking after you click the button. You can click the plus sign button to increase the voltage, or click the minus
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    MS-7368 Mainboard FAN Speed In the FAN Speed sub-menu, you can read fan with red color will be shown. Important 1. When you set the fan speed manually, please make sure to disabled the "CPU Smart FAN Target" item in the BIOS. 2. In the user profile, clicking the Save button can save the changes to
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    Dual Core Center Temperature In the Temperature sub-menu, you can see temperature status of your system. On the underside, it shows the graphs of the temperatures. Only the curves of the item which the button is lit up with red color will be shown. C-9
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    MS-7368 Mainboard User Profile In the User Profile sub-menu, click the setting button that besides the user profile bar, and the next screen will appear. Here
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    Dual Core Center Use the draw bar to set the max system temperature. W hen the system temperature exceeds the threshold you defined, the system will pop up a warning message and shut down the system. Use the draw bar to set the minimal fan speed. When the fan speed is lower than the threshold you
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K9AG Neo2-Digital
MS-7368 (v1.X) Mainboard
G52-73681X1