MSi ms-6382 manual

i V ersion 2.0 G52-MA00563 MS-6382 (v2.X) Micr o A TX Mainboard MSI MICRO-ST AR INTERNA TIONAL[...]

ii Micro-Star International MS-6382 T ested to comply with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use Manual Rev: 2.0 Release Date: March 2002 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has 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 provi[...]

iii Edition March 2002 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-ST AR INTERNA TIONAL . W e take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without not[...]

iv Safety Instructions 1 . Read the safety instructions carefully. 2 . Save this User  s Guide for possible use later . 3 . Keep this equipment away from humidity. 4 . Lay this equipment on a stable and flat surface before setting it up. 5 . The openings on the enclosure are used for air convection and to prevent the equipment from overheating. [...]

v CONTENTS Chapter 1. Getting Started ........................................................................ 1-1 Mainboard Specification ...................................................................... 1 - 2 Mainboard Layout ............................................................................... 1 - 4 Quick Components Guide ........[...]

vi Connectors ......................................................................................... 2-12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ........................................... 2-12 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: J1 ...................................... 2-12 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 .....................................[...]

vii Advanced BIOS Features .................................................................... 3 - 8 Advanced Chipset Features ............................................................... 3-12 Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................ 3-16 Power Management Setup .............................[...]

Getting Started 1-1 Chapter 1. Getting Started 1 Getting Started The MS6382 v2.X Micro-A TX mainboard is a high performance computer mainboard based on VIA KT266A & VT8233A chipsets. The KT266A chipset is ideal for high quality and high integration desktop and notebook AGP/PCI/LPC computer systems based on Socket A processors. The VT8233A V-Lin[...]

Chapter 1 1-2 Mainboard Specification CPU Socket 462 (Socket A) for AMD ® Duron TM /Athlon TM processor with 200/ 266MHz FSB Support 600MHz up to 1.5GHz processor Chipset VIA ® KT266A Chipset - Support 66MHz V-Link Host interface with peak bandwidth of 266MB/s - Advanced ECC memory controller supporting PC133/PC100 SDR SDRAM and PC2100/1600 DDR S[...]

Getting Started 1-3 Audio 2 channels S/W Audio CODEC, Realtek ALC201A AC97 s digital link controller was integrated in VIA VT8233A On-Board Peripherals On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2. 88Mbytes. - 2 serial ports (COMA + COM B) - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode - 4 USB port[...]

Chapter 1 1-4 Mainboard Layout MS-6382 v2.X Micro A TX Mainboard AGP Slo t BA TT + VIA KT266 A VT8233A D D R 1 D D R 2 USB1 JFP1 JFP2 A T X P o w e r S u p p ly J1 JGS1 SOCKET 462 B IO S Winb ond W83697HF PCI Slo t 3 PCI Slo t 2 PCI Slo t 1 ID E 1 ID E 2 CNR JGL1 JBAT1 JAUD1 SW1 FPIR T op : Parallel Port Bottom: COM A COM B T o p : mou se Botto m: [...]

Getting Started 1-5 Quick Components Guide Component Function Reference JWR1 A TX 20-pin Power Connector See p. 2-6 USB Connectors Connecting to USB devices See p. 2-8 COM A & B Connector Connecting to Serial ports See p. 2-9 Game/Audio Connectors Connecting to Game/Audio devices See p. 2-9 LPT1 Parallel port connector See p. 2-10 RJ-45 LAN Jac[...]

Hardware Setup 2-1 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup TOPICS Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2 Memory 2-5 Power Supply 2-6 Back Panel 2-7 Connectors 2-12 Jumpers 2-21 Slots 2-23 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 ins[...]

Chapter 2 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU 1 . Pull the lever sideways away from the socket. Then, raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. 2 . Look for the cut edge. The cut edge should point towards the lever pivot. The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation. 3. Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation[...]

Hardware Setup 2-3 Thermal Issue for CPU As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable operation. As such, the processor must be maintained in the specified thermal requirements. AMD[...]

Chapter 2 2-4 Memory The mainboard provides 2 slots for 184-pin, 2.5V unbuffered DDR DIMM with 4 memory banks. Y ou can install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM mod- ules on the DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1~2). T o operate properly , at least one DIMM module must be installed. D D R 1 D D R 2 Note: The DDR DIMM slots DO NOT support PC2700 modules. Introduction [...]

Hardware Setup 2-5 Y ou can install either single sided or double sided 184-pin DDR DIMM modules into DDR DIMM slots to meet your needs. Different from the SDR DIMM, the DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module. The number of pins on either side of the breaks are different. The module will only fit in the right orientation. Y ou can inst[...]

Chapter 2 2-6 Power Supply A TX 20-Pin Power Connector: JWR1 This connector allows you to connect to an A TX power supply . T o connect to the A TX power supply , make sure the plugs of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned. Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector. The power connector supp[...]

Hardware Setup 2-7 The Back Panel provides the following connectors: Back Panel Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® mouse. Y ou can plug a PS/2 ® mouse directly into this connector. The connector location and pin assignments are as follows: Mouse Keyboard USB Parallel COM A COM[...]

Chapter 2 2-8 Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® keyboard. Y ou can plug a PS/2 ® keyboard directly into this connector. USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboar[...]

Hardware Setup 2-9 Joystick/Midi Connectors Y ou can connect a joystick or game pad to this connector . Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for external CD player , T ape player , or other audio devices. Mic is a connector for microphones. 1/8 Stereo Audio Connectors Line Out Line In M I C Se[...]

Chapter 2 2-10 Parallel Port Connector: LPT1 The mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode. 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DA T A0 Data0 3 DA T A1 Data1 4 DA T A2 Data2 5[...]

Hardware Setup 2-11 RJ-45 LAN Jack (optional) The mainboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection to Local Area Network (LAN). Y ou can connect a network cable to the LAN jack. RJ-45 LAN Jack Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential Pair 2 TD N Transmit Differential Pair 3 RDP Receive Differential Pair 4 N C Not U[...]

Chapter 2 2-12 The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and CPU/System F AN. Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Connectors Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: J1 [...]

Hardware Setup 2-13 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/ 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA33/66/ 100/133 function. Y ou can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices. These connectors [...]

Chapter 2 2-14 CD-In Connector: CD_IN The connector is for CD-ROM audio connector. Aux Line-In Connector: AUX_IN The connector is for DVD add-on card with Line-in connector. Modem-In Connector: MODEM_IN The connector is for modem with internal audio connector. CD_IN GND R L MODEM_IN GND Phone_In Mono_Out AUX_IN GND R L[...]

Hardware Setup 2-15 Fan Power Connectors: CF AN1/SF AN1 The CF AN1 (processor fan) and SF AN1 (system fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector. When connect- ing the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and shou[...]

Chapter 2 2-16 Power Saving LED Connector: JGL1 JGL1 is connected to a power saving LED. There are three types of LED that you can use: 3-pin dual color or 2-pin single/dual color LED. If connected to a dual color LED, the LED light is green when system is turned on, and turns to orange color while entering the sleep state. For single color LED, th[...]

Hardware Setup 2-17 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector. Pressing the switch once will have the system enter the sleep/suspend state. Press any key to wake up the system. IrDA Infrared Module Header: FPIR This connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules and is compliant with Intel ® Front[...]

Chapter 2 2-18 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1 The front panel audio connector, JAUD1, allows you to connect to the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel ® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. CAUTION!!! If you don t want to connect to the fr ont audio header, pins 5 and 6, 9 and 10 have to be shorted by jumper caps in order to[...]

Hardware Setup 2-19 Front Panel Connectors: JFP1 & JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical con- nection to the front panel switches and LEDs. JFP1 and JFP2 are compliant with Intel ® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. Pin Signal 1 GND 2 SPK- 3 SLED 4 BUZ+ Pin Signal 5 PLED 6 BUZ- 7N C 8 SPK+ JFP2 Pin Defin[...]

Chapter 2 2-20 Front USB Connector: USB1 The mainboard provides one front Universal Serial Bus connector for users to connect to USB devices. USB1 is compliant with Intel ® Front Panel I/ O Connectivity Design Guide. 1 9 2 10 USB1 (Intel spec) Pin Description Pin Description 1 USBPWR 2 USBPWR 3 USBP0- 4 USBP1- 5 USBP0+ 6 USBP1+ 7 GND 8 GND 9 N C 1[...]

Hardware Setup 2-21 Clear CMOS Jumper: JBA T1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration. W ith the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. That battery has long life time for at least 5 years. If you want to clear the system configuration, u[...]

Chapter 2 2-22 While replacing the CPU, always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power cable of the ATX power supply from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU. W ARNING! CPU Clock Frequency Selection: SW1 The default hardware configuration for CPU Clock Frequency is set at 100 MHz. T o use a 133 MHz CPU, you need to adjust th[...]

Hardware Setup 2-23 Slots AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory. The slot supports 1.5V/3.3V 2x/4x AGP card. PC[...]

Chapter 2 2-24 PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ, abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as follows: Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT A# INT B# I[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-1 Chapter 4. A W ARD ® BIOS Setup TOPICS Entering Setup 3-2 The Main Menu 3-4 Standard CMOS Features 3-6 Advanced BIOS Features 3-8 Advanced Chipset Features 3-12 Integrated Peripherals 3-16 Power Management Setup 3-21 PNP/PCI Configurations 3-26 PC Health Status 3-29 Fr equency/V oltage Control 3-30 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized [...]

Chapter 3 3-2 Entering Setup Control Keys Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self T est) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OF[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-3 Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. Y ou can use the control keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the high- lighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen[...]

Chapter 3 3-4 The Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance. Integrated Peripherals Use this[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-5 PnP/PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status. Frequency/V oltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for minimal but stable syst[...]

Chapter 3 3-6 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>. 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 numeric function keys. year The year, depends on the year of the BIOS Time The time fo[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-7 If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the follow- ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be Non[...]

Chapter 3 3-8 Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection The item is to set the V irus W arning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and beep. Settings: Enabled and Disabled . CPU Internal Cache Cache mem[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-9 Quick Power On Self T est The option speeds up Power On Self T est (POST) after you power on the computer. when setting the item to enabled, BIOS will shorten or skep some check items during POST . A vailable options: Disabled, Enabled . 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BI[...]

Chapter 3 3-10 Option Description Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. System A password prompt appears every time when the com- puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory. When the default value F[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-11 MPS V ersion Contr ol For OS This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. Y ou need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. T o find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system. Settings: 1.4 and 1.1 . O[...]

Chapter 3 3-12 Advanced Chipset Features Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. DRAM Clock/Drive Control Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: DRAM Timing by SPD If the setting is set to [Y es], the BIOS will set DRAM Frequency , DRAM CAS Latency, Bank Interleave, Row Precharge, [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-13 DRAM Frequency (MHz) Use this item to configure the clock frequency of the installed SDRAM. Settings options are: HCLK The DRAM clock will be equal to the host clock. HCLK-33 The DRAM clock will be equal to the host clock minus 33 MHz. For example, if the host clock is 133 MHz, the DRAM clock will be 100 MHz. HCLK+33 The DR[...]

Chapter 3 3-14 RAS to CAS Use this feature to set the number of cycles for a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from or refreshed. Fast speed offers faster performance while slow speed offers more stable performance. Settings: 3T, 2T, Auto . Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size of[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-15 AGP Aperture Size This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows the se[...]

Chapter 3 3-16 Integrated Peripherals Onboard Realtek LAN This function is activated only when LAN is integrated on the board. This is used to enable or disable the onboard Realtek LAN controller. Settings: Enabled, Disabled. VIA OnChip IDE Device Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-17 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for eac[...]

Chapter 3 3-18 Super IO Device Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller The item is used to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller. Select Enabled when you have installed a floppy disk drive and want to use it. Options: Enabled, Disabled . Onboard Serial Port 1/2 The items specify t[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-19 UR2 Duplex Mode This setting controls the operating mode of IR transmission/reception. Setting options: Full, Half . Under Full Duplex mode, synchronous, bi- directional transmission/reception is allowed. Under Half Duplex mode, only asynchronous, bi-directional transmission/reception is allowed. Use IR Pins Please consult [...]

Chapter 3 3-20 Midi Port Address The field specifies the base I/O port address for the onboard Midi Port. A vailable settings: Disabled, 330, 300, 290 . Midi Port IRQ This will determine which IRQ the midi port will use. Settings: 5, 10 . Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter. Settings: PCI Slot and [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-21 Power Management Setup IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Man- agement Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE/2000/ME, select Enabled . Settings: Enabled and Disabled . Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI f[...]

Chapter 3 3-22 Power Management Option This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to these modes: Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down. There are three op- tions for power management: Min Saving Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour. Max Saving Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min. User Define All[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-23 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. V/H SYNC+Blank The selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Support Initial display pow[...]

Chapter 3 3-24 PS2KB W akeup Select This feature allows you to specify the method of how the keyboard will be awakened. Options: Hot Key, Password . PS2KB W akeup from S3 This feature allows you to set up the hot key combination for keyboard to wake up from S3 state. Options: Disabled, Ctrl+F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/ F6/F7/F8,/F9/F10/F1 1/F12, Power , W ake, [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-25 Primary INTR Selecting ON will cause the system to wake up from power saving modes if activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels. Settings: ON, OFF . IRQ 3~IRQ15 Enables or disables the monitoring of the specified IRQ line. If set to Enabled, the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system from enteri[...]

Chapter 3 3-26 PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or P eripheral Component I nterconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-27 Resource Controlled By The A ward Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as W indows ® 95/98. If you set this field to manual choos[...]

Chapter 3 3-28 Assign IRQ for VGA/USB Set to Enabled allows BIOS to assign an IRQ to VGA card/USB device. Choose Disabled if you want to release the IRQ. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled. Assign IRQ for ACPI Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically assign an IRQ for SCI (System Control Interrupt) of ACPI spec. Settings are Auto, IRQ 9, IRQ10 [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-29 PC Health Status This section shows the status of your CPU, fan, warning for overall system status. CPU W arning T emperatur e This item is used to specify a thermal limit for CPU. If CPU temperature reaches the specified limit, the system will issue a warning which allows you to prevent the CPU overheat problem. Settings: [...]

Chapter 3 3-30 Fr equency/V oltage Contr ol This section describes how to set the Chassis Intrusion feature, CPU FSB frequency, monitor the current hardware status including CPU/system temperatures, CPU/System Fan speeds, Vcore etc. Monitor function is avail- able only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard. Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk This[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-31 When you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance. The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set b[...]

Chapter 3 3-32 Set Supervisor/User Password About Supervisor Password & User Password: Supervisor password: Can enter and change the settings of the setup menu. User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menu. When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: T ype the [...]

G-1 Glossary ACPI ( A dvanced C onfiguration & P ower I nterface ) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer. Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to allow users managing the system power flexibly. AGP ( A ccel[...]

G-2 Glossary Dynamic RAM (DRAM) Memory T echnologies T y pe FPM (60,70ns) EDO (50,60,70ns) SDRAM (66MHz) SDRAM (100MHz) SDRAM (133MHz) RDRAM (Direct Rambus) DDR SDRAM (100MHz) DDR SDRAM (133MHz) First Used 1990 1994 1996 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 Clock Rate 25MHz 40MHz 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz 400MHz 100MHz 133MHz Bus* Width 64 bits 64 bits 64 bits 64 bi[...]

G-3 Glossary ECC Memory ( e rror c orrecting c ode memory ) A type of memory that contains special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data and correcting the errors on the fly. IDE ( I ntegrated D rive E lectronics ) A type of disk-drive interface widely used to connect hard disks, CD-ROMs and tape drives to a PC, in which the controller electro[...]

G-4 Glossary PCI ( P eripheral C omponent I nterconnect ) A local bus standard developed by Intel that first appeared on PCs in late 1993. PCI provides plug and play capability and allows IRQs to be shared. The PCI controller can exchange data with the system's CPU either 32 bits or 64 bits at a time. PnP ( P lug a n d P lay ) A set of s[...]