MSI 945GCM7 series User Manual

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1-1Getting StartedGetting StartedChapter 1Thank you for choosing the 945GCM7 Series (MS-7507v1.X) Micro-ATX mainboard. The 945GCM7 Seriesmainboards ar

MS-7507 Mainboard1-2Mainboard SpecificationsProcessor Support- Intel® Core2 Duo/ Pemtium D/ Pemtium 4 / Celeron D Presott LGA775 processors in LGA775

1-3Getting StartedTPM (optional)- Supports TPMConnectorsBack panel- 1 PS/2 mouse port- 1 PS/2 keyboard port- 1 serial port (COM1)- 1 VGA port- 1 para

MS-7507 Mainboard1-4945GCM7 Series(MS-7507 v1.X) Micro-ATX MainboardMainboard LayoutPCI 1PCI 2PCI _E2PCI _E1BATT+IDE1FDD 1J1394_1(optional)JMicron 381

1-5Getting StartedPacking Checklist* The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of theproduct you purchased.Power Cabl

2-1Hardware SetupHardware SetupChapter 2This chapter provides you with the information abouthardware setup procedures. While doing the installation,be

MS-7507 Mainboard2-2Quick Components GuideATX1,p.2-9IDE1,p.2-12JSPD1,p.2-15JFP2,p.2-16SATA1~4,p.2-13JFP1,p.2-16JUSB1~2,p.2-18JBAT1,p.2-19J1394_1,p.2-1

2-3Hardware SetupCPU (Central Processing Unit)When you are installing the CPU, make sure to install the cooler to preventoverheating. If you do not ha

MS-7507 Mainboard2-4Important1.Confirm if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on your system.2. Do not touch the CPU socket pins to avo

2-5Hardware Setup6.After confirming the CPU directionfor correct mating, put down theCPU in the socket housing frame.Be sure to grasp on the edge ofth

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MS-7507 Mainboard2-610. Align the holes on the mainboardwith the heatsink. Push down thecooler until its four clips getwedged into the holes of themai

2-7Hardware SetupMemory64x2=128 pin 56x2=112 pinDDR2240-pin, 1.8VDual-Channel: Channel A in GREEN; Channel B in ORANGEThese DIMM slots are used for

MS-7507 Mainboard2-8Installing Memory Modules1. The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit in the rightorientation.2. Insert

2-9Hardware SetupPower SupplyPIN SIGNAL13 +3.3V14 -12V15 GND16 PS-ON#17 GND18 GND19 GND20 Res21 +5V22 +5V23 +5V24 GNDPIN SIGNAL 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 GND

MS-7507 Mainboard2-10Back PanelKeyboardUSB Ports MicL-OutL-InMouseLANRS-OutSS-OutCS-Out1394Port(optional)VGA PortSerial PortParallel Port Mouse/Keyboa

2-11Hardware Setup Audio Ports (Type A)These audio connectors are used for audio devices. You can differentiate the colorof the audio jacks for differ

MS-7507 Mainboard2-12ConnectorsFloppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1This connector supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk drive.FDD1ID

2-13Hardware SetupSerial ATA Connector: SATA1 ~ SATA4This connector is a high-speed Serial ATA interface port. Each connector can connectto one Serial

MS-7507 Mainboard2-14Chassis Intrusion Connector: JCI1This connector connects to the chassis intrusion switch cable. If the chassis isopened, the chas

2-15Hardware SetupIEEE1394 Connector: J1394_1 (optional)This connector allows you to connect the IEEE1394 device via an optional IEEE1394bracket.Pin D

iiiSafety InstructionsCAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by t

MS-7507 Mainboard2-16CD-In Connector: CD_IN1This connector is provided for external audio input.CD_IN1GNDRLPIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION1 HD_LED + Hard disk

2-17Hardware SetupFront Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant withIntel® Front Panel

MS-7507 Mainboard2-18Front USB Connector: JUSB1 ~ 2These connectors, compliant with Intel® I/O Connectivity Design Guide, is ideal forconnecting high-

2-19Hardware SetupJumperClear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery tokeep the data of system

MS-7507 Mainboard2-20PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express SlotsThe PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card.The P

2-21Hardware SetupPCI Interrupt Request RoutingThe IRQ, acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I-R-Q, are hardware linesover which devices c

3-1BIOS SetupChapter 3BIOS SetupThis chapter provides information on the BIOS Setupprogram and allows you to configure the system foroptimum use.You

3-2MS-7507 MainboardEntering SetupImportant1.The items under each BIOS category described in this chapter are undercontinuous update for better system

3-3BIOS SetupGetting HelpAfter entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu.Main MenuThe main menu lists the setup functions

3-4MS-7507 Mainboard Standard CMOS FeaturesUse this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced BIOS FeaturesUse this menu

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3-5BIOS Setup Load Optimized DefaultsUse this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi-cally for optimal performance

3-6MS-7507 MainboardThe items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Usethe arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the

3-7BIOS Setup Device / Vender / SizeIt will showing the device information that you connected to the SATA connector. LBA/Large ModeThis allows you to

3-8MS-7507 MainboardThis sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of yoursystem (read only). System InformationPress <Ent

3-9BIOS Setup Full Screen LOGO DisplayThis item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Settings are:[Enabled] Shows a still image

3-10MS-7507 Mainboard MPS Table VersionThis field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version tobe used for the operating s

3-11BIOS Setup TCG/TPM SUPPORTThis setting allows you to enable/disable the TCG/TPM. Excute TPM CommandThis item allows you to enable or disable the T

3-12MS-7507 Mainboard USB ControllerThis setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB controller. USB Device Legacy SupportSelect [Enabled] if

3-13BIOS Setup On-Chip SATA ControllerThese items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. RAID ModeThis item is used to enable/disable t

3-14MS-7507 Mainboard ACPI FunctionThis item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power ManagementInterface) Function. If your operatin

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3-15BIOS Setup Suspend Time Out (Minute)If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field, alldevices except CPU will

3-16MS-7507 Mainboard Primary Graphic’s AdapterThis setting specifies which graphics card is your primary graphics adapter. PCI Latency TimerThis item

3-17BIOS Setup IRQ Resource SetupPress <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15These items specify the bus where the specified I

3-18MS-7507 Mainboard Chassis IntrusionThe field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion statusand issuing a warning messag

3-19BIOS Setup Current CPU / DRAM FrequencyThese items show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-only. Adjust CPU FSB FrequencyThis item a

3-20MS-7507 Mainboard DRAM CAS# LatencyWhen the Configuration DRAM Timing by SPD sets to [Disabled], the field isadjustable.This controls the CAS late

3-21BIOS Setup1.If you do not have any EMI problem, leave the setting at [Disabled] foroptimal system stability and performance. But if you are plague

3-22MS-7507 MainboardThe two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings tothe default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The

3-23BIOS SetupBIOS Setting PasswordWhen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen:Type the password, up to six characters

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A-1Dual Core CenterDual Core CenterDual CoreCenter, the most useful and powerful utilitythat MSI has spent much research and efforts todevelop, helps

A-2MS-7507 MainboardActivating Dual Core CenterOnce you have your Dual Core Center installed (locate the setup source file in thesetup CD accompanying

A-3Dual Core CenterMainBefore using this utility, we have to remind you: only when installing the MSI V044(V044 has to install with the version 8.26 o

A-4MS-7507 MainboardAV/ Game/ Office/ Silence/ CoolMSI provides five common settings for different environments. The settingshad been set to optimal v

A-5Dual Core CenterDOT (Dynamic OverClocking)Dynamic Overclocking Technology is an automatic overclocking function, included inthe MSITM’s newly devel

A-6MS-7507 MainboardClockIn the Clock sub-menu, you can see clock status (including FSB/ CPU clock ofmainboard and GPU/ memory clock of graphics card)

A-7Dual Core CenterVoltageIn the Voltage sub-menu, you can see voltage status (including Vcore, memory, GPUvoltage... etc.) of your system, and you ca

A-8MS-7507 MainboardFAN SpeedIn the FAN Speed sub-menu, you can read fan status of your system. Select higherspeed for better cooling effect. There ar

A-9Dual Core CenterTemperatureIn the Temperature sub-menu, you can see temperature status of your system.On the underside, it shows the graphs of the

A-10MS-7507 MainboardUser ProfileIn the User Profile sub-menu, click the setting button that besides the user profilebar, and the next screen will app

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A-11Dual Core CenterUse the draw bar to set the max system temperature. When the system temperatureexceeds the threshold you defined, the system will

B-1Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDIntel ICH7R SATA RAIDAppendix BThe ICH7R provides a hybrid solution that combinesfour independent SATAII ports for support of

MS-7507 MainboardB-2ICH7R IntroductionImportantThe least number of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1 or Matrix mode is 2. Theleast number of hard drives

B-3Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDBIOS ConfigurationAfter the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously to enterthe RAID Configu

MS-7507 MainboardB-4(1) Create RAID Volume1. Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press <Enter> key. The followingscreen appears. Then in th

B-5Intel ICH7R SATA RAID3. In the Disk field, press <Enter> key and the following screen appears. Use<Space> key to select the disks you w

MS-7507 MainboardB-6 6.Then the following screen appears for you to confirm if you are sure tocreate the RAID volume. Press <Y> to continue. 7.T

B-7Intel ICH7R SATA RAID(2) Delete RAID VolumeHere you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAIDdrives will be lost.Select

MS-7507 MainboardB-8(3) Reset Disks to Non-RAIDSelect option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press <Enter> to delete the RAIDvolume and remove any

B-9Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDInstalling SoftwareInstall Driver in Windows XP / 2000† New Windows XP / 2000 InstallationThe following details the installati

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MS-7507 MainboardB-10Installation of Intel Matrix Storage ConsoleThe Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard

B-11Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDThe InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following:Click on the Next button to proceed th

MS-7507 MainboardB-12After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button tocontinue.The window shows the components to be in

B-13Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDSelect the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the followingwindow, and click Next button to start instal

MS-7507 MainboardB-14Once the installation is complete, the following window appears.The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accele

B-15Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDRAID Migration InstructionsImportantA Create from Existing Disk operation will delete all existing data from theadded disk an

MS-7507 MainboardB-16Create RAID Volume from Existing DiskTo create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create RAIDVolume from

B-17Intel ICH7R SATA RAID(1) Step 1: Configure VolumeHere you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name, selectingthe RAID level a

MS-7507 MainboardB-18expensive (requiring read-in prior to write, in order tobe able to calculate the correct parity information), orsimilar to RAID-1

B-19Intel ICH7R SATA RAID(3) Select Member Hard Drive(s)Then select the member disk (the target disk) that you wish to use and then click “--->” to

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MS-7507 MainboardB-20(4) Specify Volume SizeSpecify the amount of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume. Youmay enter the amount in

B-21Intel ICH7R SATA RAID(6) Start MigrationThe migration process may take up to two hours to complete depending on the sizeof the disks being used an

MS-7507 MainboardB-22A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its harddrive members fails or is temporarily disconnected

B-23Intel ICH7R SATA RAID5. Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to Windows system.6. When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click 'Ye