MSI K7D Master-L User manual

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Version 1.1
G52-MA00571
MS-6501 (v1.X) ATX Mainboard
MSI
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL
K7D Master
K7D Master-L

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Manual Rev: 1.1
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 provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equip-
ment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor-
dance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at his own expense.
Notice 1
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon-
sible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order to
comply with the emission limits.
VOIR LA NOTICE D’INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU
RESEAU.
Micro-Star International MS-6501
Tested to comply
with FCC Standard
For Home or Office Use

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Edition
March 2002
Copyright Notice
The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR
INTERNATIONAL. We 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 notice.
Trademarks
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Corporation.
Windows®95/98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
Netware®is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.
Award®is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
AMI®is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
Revision History
Revision Revision History Date
V1.1 Add LAN, USB ports, March 2002
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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. Note: Do not cover the openings.
6. Make sure that the power voltage is within its safety range and has been
adjusted properly to the value of 110/220V before connecting the equip-
ment to the power inlet.
7. Place the power cord in a way that people are unlikely to step on it. Do not
place anything on the power cord.
8. Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add-on card or module.
9. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
10. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage the equipment
or cause an electrical shock.
11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a
service personnel:
zthe power cord or plug is damaged
zliquid has penetrated into the equipment
zthe equipment has been exposed to moisture
zthe equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according
to User’s Guide
zthe equipment was dropped and damaged
zthe equipment has obvious signs of breakage
12. Do not leave the equipment in an unconditioned environment with a stor-
age temperature of 600 C (1400F) or above, which may damage the
equipment.
Safety Instructions
CAUTION: To prevent explosion caused by improper battery
replacement, use the same or equivalent type of battery recommended
by the manufacturer only.

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CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................ 1-1
Mainboard Specification ...................................................................... 1-2
Mainboard Layout ............................................................................... 1-4
Quick Components Guide .................................................................... 1-6
MSI Special Features ........................................................................... 1-7
PC Alert™ III ................................................................................. 1-7
Fuzzy Logic™ III ........................................................................... 1-8
D-LED™ & D-Bracket™ ................................................................ 1-9
Chapter 2. Hardware Setup ...................................................................... 2-1
Central Processing Unit: CPU .............................................................. 2-2
CPU Installation Procedures ......................................................... 2-3
Thermal Issue for CPU .................................................................. 2-4
CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure ......................................... 2-5
CPU Clock Frequency Selection: JFSB1 ........................................ 2-5
Recommended Computer Case and Axial Fans ............................. 2-6
Memory Installation ............................................................................. 2-7
DDR Module Combination ............................................................ 2-8
DDR Module Installation Procedures ........................................... 2-9
Power Supply ..................................................................................... 2-10
ATX 20-Pin Power Supply: JPWR1 ............................................. 2-10
ATX 12V Power Connector: J4 .................................................... 2-11
Back Panel .......................................................................................... 2-12
Mouse Connector: JKBMS1 ....................................................... 2-12
Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1 ................................................... 2-13
Serial Port Connector: COM A & COM B ................................... 2-13
LAN Connector ........................................................................... 2-14
USB Connectors .......................................................................... 2-14
Parallel Port Connector: LPT1 ...................................................... 2-15

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Audio Port Connectors ............................................................... 2-16
Joystick/Midi Connectors ........................................................... 2-16
Connectors ......................................................................................... 2-17
Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ........................................... 2-17
Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 ........................................... 2-18
Case Connector: JFP1 & JFP2 ..................................................... 2-19
CD-In Connector: JCD1 ............................................................... 2-20
Aux Line-In Connector: JAUX1 .................................................. 2-20
Modem-In Connector: JPHN1 ..................................................... 2-20
Wake On Ring Connector: JWR1 ................................................ 2-21
Wake On LAN Connector: JWL1 ................................................ 2-21
CPUFAN1/CPUFAN2/PSFAN1/SYSFAN/NBFAN1 ..................... 2-22
USB Front Panel Connector: JUSB1 ............................................ 2-23
D-Bracket™ Connector: JDB1 ..................................................... 2-24
IrDA Infrared Module Connector: JIR1 ....................................... 2-25
Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCI1 .................................. 2-26
Jumpers .............................................................................................. 2-27
Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 ........................................................ 2-27
Slots ................................................................................................... 2-28
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Pro Slot .................................. 2-28
PCI Slots ...................................................................................... 2-28
PCI Interrupt Request Routing .................................................... 2-29
Chapter 3. AWARD® BIOS Setup ............................................................ 3-1
Entering Setup ...................................................................................... 3-2
Control Keys ................................................................................. 3-2
Getting Help .................................................................................. 3-3
The Main Menu ................................................................................... 3-4
Standard CMOS Features .................................................................... 3-6
Advanced BIOS Features .................................................................... 3-8
Advanced Chipset Features ............................................................... 3-11

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Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................ 3-14
Power Management Setup ................................................................. 3-19
PNP/PCI Configurations ..................................................................... 3-23
PC Health Status ................................................................................ 3-25
Frequency/Voltage Control ................................................................ 3-26
Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 3-27
Set Supervisor/User Password ........................................................... 3-28
Appendix A: Installing Drivers ................................................................. A-1
Driver Installation for Windows 2000/XP ............................................ A-2
Installing Intel Ethernet LAN Driver ................................................... A-3
Installing AMD 762 Chipset Driver ..................................................... A-4
Installing AMD EIDE Driver ............................................................... A-6
Installing AMD 768 Chipset Driver ..................................................... A-9
LargePageMinimum .......................................................................... A-10
AMD AC97 Audio Driver ................................................................. A-11
Appendix B: USB 2.0 Controller Card ...................................................... B-1
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ B-2
Introduction ........................................................................................ B-4
Features ........................................................................................ B-4
System Requirements ................................................................... B-5
Hardware Installation .......................................................................... B-6
Software Installation ........................................................................... B-7
Windows®98SE Setup ................................................................. B-7
Windows®ME Setup ................................................................. B-14
Windows®2000 Setup ................................................................ B-16
Windows®XP Setup .................................................................. B-18
Glossary .................................................................................................... G-1

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Getting Started
Chapter 1. Getting Started 1
Getting Started
Thank you for your purchase of the MSI mainboard. The MS-6501 V1.X
ATX mainboard is an excellent computer mainboard based on the innovative
AMD-762™ & 768™ chipsets, which supports the dual AMD Athlon™ MP
processors series and provides you a cost-effective solution to meet your
needs.
TOPICS
Mainboard Specification 1-2
Mainboard Layout 1-4
Quick Components Guide 1-6
MSI Special Features 1-7

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Chapter 1
CPU
Supports dual Socket A (Socket-462) for AMD Athlon™ MP processors
Supports Athlon MP 2100+or higher
Chipset
AMD-762™chipset (949BGA)
- Supports 200MHz High speed, split transaction system bus
- A 66/33MHz 64/32bit PCI 2.2 compliant bus interface supports up to seven
bus masters
-The66MHzAGP2.0compliantinterfacesupports1x,2x,and4xdatatransfer
mode
AMD-768™chipset (492BGA)
- Host (primary) PCI bus utilizes a 66 MHz, 32-bit interface.
- Enhanced IDE controller (through ATA100)
- LPC bus to connect peripherals such as super IO and BIOS
- Extensive ACPI-compliant power management logic
- IO APIC controller
- AC97 soft audio controller
ClockGenerator
100/133MHz clocks are supported (266 MHz Internal System Bus)
MainMemory
Supports eight memory banks using four 184-pin unbuffered DDR DIMMs
Supports DDR SDRAM DIMM
Supports a maximum memory size of 4GB (registered DDR only).
Slots
One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Pro Slot (4X mode)
Two 64-bit/66MHz and three 32-bit/33MHz PCI Slots
Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface
Mainboard Specification
Note: Because of limitations imposed by the personal computer architecture
and BIOS, the user-accessible memory is less than 4 Gbytes even if 4 Gbytes
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Getting Started
On-Board IDE
An IDE controller on the AMD-768™ chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM
with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 100 operation modes
Can connect up to four IDE devices
Audio
Chip Integrated
- Direct Sound AC97 Audio
On-BoardPeripherals
On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88Mbytes.
- 2 serial ports (COM A + COM B)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 4 USB ports (2 Rear Connectors / 2 Front Pin Headers)
-1IrDA/HPconnectorforSIR/CIR/FIR/ASKIRHPSIR
- 1 audio/game port
Network(K7DMaster-L)
Intel®82551QMLANController
-Integrated IEEE802.310-BaseT&100-BaseTXPHY
BIOS
The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” function which detects the
peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function
which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
ATXFormFactor: 30.5cm x25.2cm
Mounting
9 mounting holes
Others
PC Alert System Hardware Monitor
Suspends to RAM/Disk
FuzzyLogic

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Chapter 1
Mainboard Layout
K7D Master-L ATX Mainboard
(MS-6501 v1.X)
BATT
+
Codec
AMD
762
AMD
768
ATX
PowerSupply
JUSB1
JBAT1
JCI JIR1
BIOS
32-bit PCI Slot 1
64-bit PCI Slot 1
64-bit PCI Slot 2
32-bit PCI Slot 2
32-bit PCI Slot 3
IDE 1
IDE 2
CPUFAN2
CPUFAN1
PSFAN1
SYSFAN
J4 NBFAN1
Winbond
W83627HF-AW
Top : mouse
Bottom: keyboard
Top: LAN Jack
Bottom: USB
ports
FDD1
Intel
82551QM
SOCKET462
SOCKET462
Top : Parallel Port
Bottom:
COM A
COM B
JWL1
JWR1
JFP1JFP2
JFSB1
JCD1
JPHN1 JAUX1
Top :
Game port
Bottom:
Line-Out
Line-In
Mic
D-LED
DDR1
DDR2
DDR3
DDR4
AGP Pro Slot
JDB1

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Getting Started
BATT
+
Codec
AMD
762
AMD
768
ATX
PowerSupply
JUSB1
JBAT1
JCI JIR1
BIOS
32-bit PCI Slot 1
64-bit PCI Slot 1
64-bit PCI Slot 2
32-bit PCI Slot 2
32-bit PCI Slot 3
IDE 1
IDE 2
CPUFAN2
CPUFAN1
PSFAN1
SYSFAN
J4 NBFAN1
Winbond
W83627HF-AW
Top : mouse
Bottom: keyboard
USB ports
FDD1
SOCKET462
SOCKET462
Top : Parallel Port
Bottom:
COM A
COM B
JWL1
JWR1
JFP1JFP2
JFSB1
JCD1
JPHN1 JAUX1
Top :
Game port
Bottom:
Line-Out
Line-In
Mic
D-LED
DDR1
DDR2
DDR3
DDR4
AGP Pro Slot
JDB1
K7D Master ATX Mainboard
(MS-6501 v1.X)

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Chapter 1
Quick Components Guide
Component Function Reference
JFSB1 For CPU Clock Frequency See p. 2-6
JPWR1 ATX 20-pin power connector See p. 2-10
J4 ATX 12V power connector See p. 2-11
JKBMS1 Mouse connector See p. 2-12
JKBMS1 Keyboard connector See p. 2-13
COM A & COM B Serial port connector See p. 2-13
USB Connectors Connecting to USB devices See p. 2-14
LAN Connector For network connection See p. 2-14
LPT1 Parallel port connector See p. 2-15
FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector See p. 2-17
IDE1~ IDE2 Hard disk connectors See p. 2-18
JFP1/JFP2 Case connectors See p. 2-19
JCD1 CD-in connector See p. 2-20
JAUX1 Aux line-in connector See p. 2-20
JPHN1 Modem-in connector See p. 2-20
JWR1 Wake on ring connector See p. 2-21
JWL1 Wake on LAN connector See p. 2-21
CPUFAN1/CPUFAN2/
SYSFAN/PSFAN1/NBFAN1 Fan power connectors See p. 2-22
JUSB1 USB front connector See p. 2-23
JDB1 D-Bracket connector See p. 2-24
JIR1 IrDA infrared module connector See p. 2-25
JCI1 For Chassis intrusion switch See p. 2-26
JBAT1 Clear CMOS jumper See p. 2-27
AGP Pro Slot Connecting to AGP Pro card See p. 2-28
PCI Slots Connecting to expansion cards See p. 2-28

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Getting Started
Note: Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system’s status.
MSI Special Features
The MSI special features are designed by MSI R & D which are only available
in MSI mainboards.
PC Alert™ III
The PC AlertTM III is an utility you can find in the CD-ROM disk. The
utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware
status during real time operation:
* monitor CPU & system temperatures
* monitor fan speed(s)
* monitor system voltage
* monitor chassis intrusion
If one of the items above is abnormal, the program main
screen will be immediately shown on the screen, with the
abnormal item highlighted in red. This will continue to
be shown,until user disables the warning.

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Chapter 1
Fuzzy Logic™III
The Fuzzy Logic™ III utility allows users to overclock the CPU FSB
(Front Side Bus) frequency in the Windows environment. Select the CPU fre-
quency you prefer and click Go to apply the frequency or click Save allowing
the system to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is
powered on.
Features:
zDisplay Current System Status
- CPU Fan
-CPUTemp.
-Vcore
-Vio
- Memory Clock
-CPUClock
-AGPClock
-PCIClock
zAdjust CPU FSB Frequency

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Getting Started
D-LED™ & D-Bracket™(Optional)
The D-LED™ uses graphic signal display to help us-
ers understand their system. Four LEDs embedded in the
mainboard provide up to 16 combinations of signals to de-
bug the system. The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that fail
the system, such as VGA, RAM or other failures. This spe-
cial feature is very useful for the overclocking users. These
users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems
or failures.
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2
3
4
Diagnostic LED
The D-Bracket™ , which is an external USB bracket integrating four Di-
agnostic LEDs, is optional. Definitions of the D-Bracket™ LED signals are the
same as D-LED™ as shown below.
Red Green
D-LED D-Bracket Description
System Power ON
- The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or
not installed properly.
Early Chipset Initialization
Memory Detection Test
- Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if
the memory module is damaged or not installed properly.
Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting.
Initializing Keyboard Controller.
Testing VGA BIOS
- This will start writing VGA sign-on message to the screen.
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Chapter 1
Description
D-LED D-Bracket
Processor Initialization
- It will show information of the processor ( brand
name, system bus and so on)
Testing RTC (Real Time Clock)
Initializing Video Interface
- It will detect CPU clock and check the onboard video
type, and then detect and initialize the video adapter.
BIOS Sign-On
- It will show information of the logo, brand name of
the processor and so on.
Testing Base and Extended Memory
- It will test base memory from 240K to 640K and
extended memory above 1MB using various patterns.
Assigning Resources to all ISA
Initializing Hard Drive Controller
- It will initialize IDE drive and controller.
Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
- It will initialize floppy drive and controller.
Boot Attempt
- It will set low stack and boot via INT 19h.
Booting Operating System

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Hardware Setup
Chapter 2. Hardware Setup
TOPICS
Central Processing Unit: CPU 2-2
Memory 2-7
Power Supply 2-10
Back Panel 2-12
Connectors 2-17
Jumpers 2-27
Slots 2-28
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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 components will not work properly.
Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. Static
electricity may damage the components.

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Chapter 2
Central Processing Unit: CPU
The MSI mainboard supports Single/Dual AMD®AthlonTM MP
processor(s). The mainboard uses two CPU sockets called Socket A for easy
CPU installation. You can install SINGLE or DUAL CPUs on the board to meet
your own needs. Keep the following points in mind before installing CPU(s):
1. If SINGLE CPU is intended, always install the CPU on the CPU1
socket.
2. To install DUAL CPUs on the board, you must use the same types
ofCPUs runningatthe same FSBfrequency.
When you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a Heat Sink
andacoolingfanattachedonthetoptopreventoverheating. Ifyoudonotfind
the Heat Sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them
before turning on the computer.
CPU1
CPU2

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Hardware Setup
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.
CPUInstallationProcedures
Open Lever
Cut edge
Sliding
Plate
Close
Lever
Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system,
always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to
protect the CPU from overheating.
WARNING!