MSI MS-6301 User manual

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The MS-6301 ATX CA8 mainboard is a high-performance computer
mainboard based on Intel®820 chipset. The MS-6301 is designed for the
Intel®PentiumTM II/III processor for high-end business/personal desktop
markets.
The Intel®820 chipset is the first generation chipset for the Intel®Pentium®
II/III processor. An integrated centralized memory arbiter allocates memory
bandwidth to multiple system agents to optimize system memory utilization.
A new chipset component interconnect, the hub interface, is designed into
the Intel 820 chipset to provide an efficient communication channel between
the memory controller hub and I/O controller hub.
The Intel 820 chipset contains four core components: the Memory Control-
ler Hub (MCH), Memory Translator Hub (MTH), the I/O Controller Hub
(ICH) and the Firmware Hub (FWH). The MCH integrates a 100MHz/
133MHzCPUFSB,andafix100MHzSDRAMcontrollerandhigh-speedhub
interface for communication with the ICH. The ICH integrates an Ultra ATA/
66(ICH)controller, USBhostcontroller, LPC interface controller,FWH
inteface conroller, PCI interface controller, AC’97 digital controller and a hub
interface for communication with the MCH.
The Intel®82802 Firmware Hub (FWH) component is part of the Intel®820
chipset. The FWH is key to enabling future security and manageability
infrastructure for the PC platform.
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1.1 Mainboard Features
CPU
lSupport Intel®Pentium®II/III&Coppermine100/133MHzFSBprocessor.
lSupport350/400/450/500/533/600MHzorhigherprocessor
Chipset
lIntel®820Caminochipset.(324BGA)
-Optimized for Pentium III processor
-AGP4x/2x universal slot
-Support 100/133MHz FSB
lIntel®ICHchipset. (241 BGA)
- AC’97 Controller Integrated
- 2 full IDE channels, up to ATA66
- Low pin count interface for SIO
lIntel®MTHchipset. (241 BGA)
FrontSideBus (FSB)
l100/133MHz clocks are supported.
MainMemory
lSupports three 168-pin DIMM sockets.
lSupportsa maximumSDRAM memorysizeof 512MBor 1GB(32Mx4)
registered DIMM only.
lSupport only SDRAM without ECC Function.
Slots
lOne AMR (Audio Modem Riser)
lOne AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot.
- AGP specification compliant
- AGP66/133/266MHzdevicesupport
lFive 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots and one 16-bit ISA slot(optional).
lSupports 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface.
Note: If there’s onboard Hardware Audio or LAN. The PCI slot 1 and PCI
slot 5 will be shared.

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On-BoardIDE
lAn IDE controller on the ICH chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with
PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/66 operation modes.
lCan connect up to four IDE devices.
On-BoardPeripherals
lOn-BoardPeripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88Mbytes.
-2serialport (COMA + 1 COMB)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 2 USB ports
- 1 IrDA connector for SIR.
- 1 LAN port
Audio
lICH chip integrated
lCreativeCT5880.(Optional)
- 64 Voice WaveTable Synthesizer
- Sound Library of over 4000 different sounds
-SupportSPDIF (AC3)
- Support Microsoft Direct Sound, Direct Sound 3D, Direct Music,
and A3DAPI.
Network (Reserved)
lIntel8255910/100M Ethernet (optional)
- WFW baseline & NET PC specs compliant
- Advanced Power Management (ACPI support)
- ARP& Flexible framefiltering
- Software drivers are backwards compatible
- IP checksumming in hardware
- Alert on LAN II(optional)

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BIOS
lThe mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the
peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
lThe mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function
which records your mainboard specifications.
lCPU Voltage setting through BIOS
lFWH Flash BIOS Protect
Dimension
lATXFormFactor: 30.5cmx21cm
Mounting
l6 mounting holes.
Otherfeatures
lCPU core/bus ratio & FSB frequencies setting through BIOS.
lDiagnostic LED system status display
lReset button protect
lKeyboard/Mouse Power on function
lSupport suspend to RAM (STR)

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1.2 Mainboard Layout
PCI SLOT 3
PCI SLOT 2
PCI SLOT 1
ATX
Power Supply
Intel
820
chipset
DIMM 2(shared)
Top: mouse
Bottom:
keyboard
Top: LAN
(optional)
DIMM 1
IDE2
Bottom:
USBPorts
IDE1 FDD
ICH
J11
JFP1
JP1
JGS1
CD_IN
AUX_IN
PSFAN
BATT
+
Top: LPT
Bottom:
COMA
COMB
Top: Midi/
GamePort
Bottom:
Line-Out
Line-In
Mic
MS-6301 ATX CA8 Mainboard
MODEM_IN
CPUFAN
JVSB1
AMR
AGP Slot 1
JBAT1
SW2
JMDM1
DIMM 2(shared)
PCI SLOT 4
PCI SLOT 5
ISA SLOT 1
SYSFAN
JP4 FWH
JRMS1
J7
JGL1
JP2
J6
SW1
J5
J13
Intel
82559
(optional)
Creative
CT5880 JP3
WOL
JSTR
MTH
JP6
Slot 1