MATSONIC MS7122A User manual

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Manual Revision 5.0
October 11, 1999
MS7122AMS7122A
MS7122AMS7122A
MS7122A
ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with OnboardISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard
ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with OnboardISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard
ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard
PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/OPCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O
PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/OPCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O
PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O

MS7122A
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Components Checklist ....................................... 1-1
Overview
MS7122A Form-factor ...................................... 1-2
I/O Shield Connector......................................... 1-3
Power-On/Off (Remote).................................... 1-3
System Block Diagram ...................................... 1-4
Section 2 Features
MS7122A Features............................................ 2-1
Section 3 Installation
MS7122A Detailed Layout................................ 3-1
Easy Installation Procedure
Configure DIP Switch........................................ 3-3
SystemMemoryConfiguration .......................... 3-4
Device Connectors ............................................ 3-7
External Modem Ring-in Power On and
Keyboard Power On Function (KBPO) ............. 3-9
Section 4 Award BIOS Setup
BIOS Instructions .............................................. 4-1
Standard CMOS Setup....................................... 4-2
BIOS Features Setup ......................................... 4-3
Chipset Features Setup ...................................... 4-8
Power Management Setup ................................. 4-11
PNP/PCI Configuration ..................................... 4-15
Load Setup Defaults .......................................... 4-17
Integrated Peripherals........................................ 4-17
Sensor and CPU Speed Setup ............................ 4-22

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Change Supervisor or User Password ............... 4-24
IDE HDD Auto Detection.................................. 4-25
Save & Exit Setup ............................................. 4-27
Exit Without Saving ........................................... 4-27
Section 5 Appendix
Appendix A
Memory Map ..................................................... A-1
I/O Map ............................................................. A-1
Timer & DMA Channels Map ........................... A-2
Interrupt Map..................................................... A-2
RTC & CMOS RAM Map ................................. A-3
Appendix B
POST Codes...................................................... A-4
Unexpected Errors............................................. A-7
Appendix C
Load Setup Defaults .......................................... A-9
Appendix D
GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide ....................... A-11

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Introduction
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Section 1
INTRODUCTION
Components Checklist
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üB. (1) MS7122A user’s manual
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üC. (1) Floppy ribbon cable
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MS7122A Form-Factor
The MS7122A is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of
chassis. MicroATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90
degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the
power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the
expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines a
double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide
range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined,
allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output,
joystick, modem, LAN, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators
differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.
•By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the hard
drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is
reduced.
•By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac-
turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will
increase.
•By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs and
lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side-mounted fan,
allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making a secondary
fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.
Fulllength
slots
Expandable I/O
5 1/4"
Bay
3 1/2"
Bay
Figure 2: Summary of MicroATX chassis features
CPU located near
Power Supply
Single chassis
fan for
system
ATX
Power
Supply
ATX power
connector
Floppy / IDE
connectors
close to
peripheral
bays

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ATX
POWERSUPPLY
MS7122A Board
Power-On/Off (Remote)
The MS7122A has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX
power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected
to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button. The systems power
On/Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open.
The MS7122A has been designed with “Soft Off" functions. You can turn Off the
system from one of two sources: The first is the front panel Power On/Off
button, and the other is the "Soft Off" function (coming from the MS7122A’s
onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system. Win-
dows 95 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown the
system.
Figure 4: Simple ATX Power ON/OFF Controller
Case (chassis) Power
ON/OFF button (J 3)
J 3
I/O Shield Connector
The MS7122A is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/
O shield (figure 3).
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2
KEYBOARD
USB port
COM1 COM2
parallel port
SpeakerLine_in
MIC
Figure 3: I/O back panel layout
Joystick/Midi port

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram
System Block Diagram
PAC
PCI Bridge
and memory
controller
VT82C693
VT82C686A
I/O Bridge
100/66MHz
100/66MHz
66MHz
AC
97
Pentium II
socket 370
Processor
USB 0,1 USB 2,3

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Section 2
FEATURES
MS7122A Features:
•MS7122A is based on the Mendocino Processor operating at 300 ~
466MHz on PGA370. The board is configured by an ESSJ (Easy-Setting-
Single-Jumper) to match your CPU clock speed.
•Designed with VIA Apollo Pro PCIset.
•Supports up to 768MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board (please
see Section 3-2).
•MS7122A will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using
parity SDRAM memory modules. This will detect multiple bit errors and
correct 1-bit memory errors.
•Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (4) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) AGP slot, (1) AMR
slot and provides (2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces
capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66 devices.
The MS7122A supports (4) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI
INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging
in PCI card(s).
•Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both Primary and Secondary
IDE interfaces.
•Designed with on chip Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1) parallel port (EPP,
ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART).
Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported
•Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always
upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released.
•MS7122A utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec
tion and longer battery life.
•Supports the (4) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports. The onboard
VT82C686A chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such
as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems.

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•Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector.
•Software power-down when using Windows®95/98.
•Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem,
allows system to be turned on remotely).
• Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time.
• Power Loss Recovery - In the event of a power outtage your system will
automatically turn itself back on without user intervention.
•Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode).
• Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO).
• Built-in WOL (Wake-up On Lan) Connector.
• Built-in AC97 PCI Audio.

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Section 3
INSTALLATION

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Figure 1
MS7122A Detailed Layout

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Easy Installation Procedure
Easy Installation Procedure
The following must be completed before powering on your new system:
3-1. Configure DIP Switch and Jumper to match your hardware
3-2. System memory Configuration
3-3. Device Connectors
3-4 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON
Functions (KBPO)
Section 3-1
Configure DIP Switch
We design this motherboard with a DIP Switch to make your install fast and easy.
The following will describe all of the DIP Switch that you are required to set
before moving on to step 3-2.
Note: The DIP Switch as depicted as shown (Figure 1) in their correct
physical orientation.
1234
ON
1WS)zHM(UPC
1234 oitaRzHM66zHM001
NONONOX4662004
NONOX5.4003054
NONOX5333005*
NOX5.5663055*
NONONOX6004006*
NONOX5.6334056*
NONOX7664007*
NOX5.7005*057*
NONOX8335*008*
*reserved
JP1 Clear COMS
1-2 : Run Mode(default)
2-3 : Clear CMOS
JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function Selection
1-2 : Disabled
2-3 : Enabled

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Section 3-2
System Memory Configuration
Memory Layout
The MS7122A supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module).
The DIMMs can be either EDO (Enhanced Data Out) or SDRAM
(Synchronized DRAM).
• DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or
125MHz (8ns) bus speed.
• If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure
your BIOS to read 60ns.
• When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the
4 clock variety over the 2 clock.
Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using both
SIMM and DIMM.
* SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM modules.
Table 1
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
Bank 0
Bank 1 -Synchronous
-EDO
DIMM 3
Bank 2
yromeMlatoT 1MMID )0knaB( 2MMID )1knaB( 3MMID )2knaB(
BM652= mumixaM
*MARDS/ODE ,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8 1XBM652,BM821 enoNenoN
BM215=
mumixaM
*MARDS/ODE
,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8
1XBM652,BM821
*MARDS/ODE
,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8
1XBM652,BM821 enoN
BM867=
mumixaM
*MARDS/ODE
,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8
1XBM652,BM821
*MARDS/ODE
,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8
1XBM652,BM821
*MARDS/ODE
,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8
1XBM652,BM821

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DIMM Module Installation
Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your
DIMM memory module.
DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM
socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket
at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 4) until it fits tightly into
the DIMM socket (figure 5).
Figure 3
Figure 4
DIMM Module clip before installation
LEFT KEY ZONE
(UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE
(3.3 V DRAM)

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Figure 5
DIMM Module clip after installation
To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either
side and the module will be released from the socket.

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Section 3-3
Device Connectors
Please install the motherboard into the chassis.
Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your
connections (figure 6).
J2: Chassis Panel Connector
• Power LED, Speaker, Reset
J3: Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn., Sleep/Power_ON
J4: CPU Fan Power
• A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power
J6: Chassis Fan Power
• A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power
J7: WOL Connector
IDE1: Primary IDE
IDE2: Secondary IDE
FDD1:Floppy Controller Connector
PW1: ATX Power Connector
• 20-pin power connector
CD1: CD Audio Connector
AUX1:AUX Audio Connector
Figure 6
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2
KEYBOARD
USB port
COM1 COM2
parallel port
Speaker
Line_in
MIC
Joystic/Midi port

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Power On/Off - This is connected to the power button on the case.
Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, you can choose either
Instant Off (turns system off immediatly), or 4 sec delay (you need
to hold the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off).
When the system is in 4 sec delay mode, we has added a special
feature to make the system go into suspend mode when the button
is pressed momentarily.
J2
Device Connectors (continued)
Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping
1. Speaker 3. GND
2. N/C 4. GND
Reset - Closed to restart system.
Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected
IR Connector
1. VCC 4. GND
2. NC 5. IRTX
3. IRRX
IDE LED indicator - LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard
disks is activate
Power LED connector
1. Power LED(+) 4. NC
2. N/C 5. GND
3. GND
J3
1
+
+
1
1

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Section 3-4
External Modem Ring-in Power
ON and Keyboard Power ON
Functions (KBPO)
On the basis of bounded functions in I/O chipset, the two serial ports are able to
support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect
the external modem to COM1 or COM2, the MS7122A mainboard allows users
to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function
To innovate a unique feature to benefit users, we devoted the easiest and most
convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply.
How to work with it
Step 1: Please check JP4 at the position 2-3 after you finished the system
installation.
Step 2: You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function (KBPO) by pressing
any 2 key and BUTTON only to turn on your system. Your system will
be turned on automatically, after releasing the keys. To power off you
system, you can use the Soft-OFF function under Windows 95.
Notes: Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the
power supply with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our MS7122A
mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.2A (200mA)
then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power
supply which is < 0.2 (200mA) is still applicable to your system by
placed JP4 at the position 1-2 to disable this feature.
JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function Selection
1-2 : Disabled
2-3 : Enabled (Default)

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