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iVersion 1.0G52-MA00436MS-9105 ATX MainboardMSIMICRO-STAR INTERNATIONALPro266TD MasterPro266TD Master-LR

Introduction1-3On-Board IDEz An IDE controller on the VIA® VT8233 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 operati

Chapter 11-4Mainboard LayoutPro266TD Master (MS-9105) ATX MainboardAGP SlotBATT+VT8233VT8653DDR 1DDR 2DDR 3DDR 4USB3USB2LED 2-5J14JRMS1JTECH1JCASE1ATX

Introduction1-5Pro266TD Master-LR (MS-9105) ATX MainboardAGP SlotBATT+IntelGd82559VT8233VT8653DDR 1DDR 2DDR 3DDR 4USB3USB2LED 2-5J14JRMS1JTECH1JCASE1A

Chapter 11-6Quick Components GuideComponent Function Reference DIMM1~4 Installing DDR DIMM modules See p. 2-5~2-6 Socket 370 Installing Single/Dua

Introduction1-7z ATX Form Factorz CPU: Socket 370 for Single/Dual Intel® Pentium® III (FC-PGA/FC-PGA2)Processorsz Memory: 4 DDR DIMMsz Slot: 1 AGP sl

Chapter 11-8MSI Special FeaturesThe MSI special features are designed by MSI R&D which are only available inMSI mainboards. The mainboard is equi

Introduction1-9 Processor Initialization - This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name, system bus, etc…) Testing RTC (Rea

Hardware Setup2-1Hardware SetupThis chapter provides you with the information about hardware setupprocedures. While doing the installation, be carefu

Chapter 22-2Central Processing Unit: CPUThe mainboard supports Single/Dual Intel® Pentium III processors.The mainboard uses two CPU sockets called Soc

Hardware Setup2-31.Pull the lever sideways awayfrom the socket. Then, raisethe lever up to a 90-degreeangle.CPU Installation Procedures2. Look for th

iiManual Rev: 1.0Release Date: October 2001FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference StatementThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim

Chapter 22-4CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock = 100MHzCore/Bus ratio = 7 then CPU core speed = Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio= 100MHz x

Hardware Setup2-5The mainboard provides 4 sockets for 184-pin DDR DIMM (Double In-Line Memory Module) modules and supports a maximum memory size of 4

Chapter 22-6DIMM Modules CombinationAt least one DIMM module should be installed on the motherboard.Memory modules can be installed on the slots in an

Hardware Setup2-7Power SupplyATX 20-Pin Power SupplyThis connector allows you to connect to an ATX power supply. Toconnect to the ATX power supply, m

Chapter 22-8The Back Panel provides the following connectors:MouseKeyboardUSBParallelCOM A COM BMouse ConnectorThe mainboard provides a standard PS/2®

Hardware Setup2-9Keyboard ConnectorThe mainboard provides a standard PS/2® keyboard mini DIN connec-tor for attaching a PS/2® keyboard. You can plug

Chapter 22-10Parallel Port ConnectorThe mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector for LPT.A parallel port is a standard printer port that

Hardware Setup2-11Serial Port Connectors: COM A & COM BThe mainboard has two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial port COMA and COM B. You can at

Chapter 22-12FDD11233 34The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD,case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and CPU/System FAN.Floppy

Hardware Setup2-13Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2The mainboard uses an IDE controller on the VIA® VT8233 chipset thatprovides PIO mode 0-4, Bus

iiiEditionOctober 2001Copyright NoticeThe material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in th

Chapter 22-14IDE RAID Connectors: IDE3 & IDE4 (Pro266TD Master-LR)The mainboard offers a low-cost RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen-dent Disks) sol

Hardware Setup2-15Case Connector: JFP1The case connector block JFP1 allows you to connect to the PowerSwitch, Reset Switch, Speaker, Power LED, Keyloc

Chapter 22-16HDD LEDHDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive connected to the IDE1,IDE2, IDE3 or IDE4 connector. Avoid turning the power off w

Hardware Setup2-17Power Saving LED Connector: JGL1JGL1 is connected to a power saving LED. There are three types of LEDthat you can use: 3-pin/2-pin

Chapter 22-18Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCASE1This connector is connected to a 2-pin chassis switch. If the chassis isopened, the switch wil

Hardware Setup2-19JMDM1Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake OnRing function. The connector wil

Chapter 22-20Fan Power Connectors: CPUFN1/CPUFN2/SYSFN1/SYSFN2The CPUFN1/CPUFN2 (processor fans) and SYSFN1/SYSFN2(system fans) support system cooling

Hardware Setup2-21Remote Power On/Off Switch Connector: JRMS1Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. When OFF, pressing the but-ton can turn the syste

Chapter 22-22USB Front Panel Connectors: USB2 & USB3The mainboard provides two Front USB (Universal Serial Bus) pin head-ers that allow you to con

Hardware Setup2-23Wake On LAN Connector: JWOL1This connector allows you to connect to a LAN card with Wake OnLAN function. You can wake up the comput

iv1. Always read the safety instructions carefully.2. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference.3. Keep this equipment away from humidity.4. Lay th

Chapter 22-24JBAT1Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from externalbattery to keep the data of system configu

Hardware Setup2-25PCI SlotsAGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) SlotThe AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is aninterface specificat

Chapter 22-26 Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 AGP INT A# INT B# PCI Slot 1 INT D# INT A# INT B# INT C# PCI Slot 2 INT C# INT D# INT A#

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-1Chapter 3.AWARD® BIOSSetup3AWARD® BIOS Setup The mainboard uses AWARD® BIOS ROM that provides a Setup util-ity for users to modif

Chapter 33-2Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power OnSelf Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press<

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-3After entering the Setup utility, the first screen you see is the Main Menu.Main MenuThe main menu displays the setup categories

Chapter 33-4Standard CMOS FeaturesUse this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc.Advanced BIOS FeaturesUse this menu to set

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-5PnP/PCI ConfigurationsThis entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI.PC Health StatusThis entry displays the current statu

Chapter 33-6The items inside Standard CMOS Features menu are divided into 13categories. Each category includes none, one or more setup items. Use th

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-7IDE Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary SlavePress PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk d

vCONTENTSChapter 1. Introduction ... 1-1Mainboard Specification ...

Chapter 33-8Halt OnThe item determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected atboot. Available options are:All Errors The system stops

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-9Advanced BIOS FeaturesAnti-Virus ProtectionThe item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sectorprotection.

Chapter 33-10CPU L2 Cache ECC CheckingThis allows you to enable or disable the ECC (Error-Correcting Code) featurefor error detection and correction w

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-11device if the system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device.Swap Floppy DriveSetting to Enabled will swap floppy drives

Chapter 33-12OS Select for DRAM > 64MBThis allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with more than 64MBDRAM. When you choose Non-OS2, you cann

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-13DRAM Clock/Drive ControlPress <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and you will see a sub-menu screensimilar to the following:Ad

Chapter 33-14Current FSB/DRAM FrequencyThe fields are used to display current host bus (Front Side Bus)/DRAMclock frequency.DRAM ClockThe chipset supp

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-15AGP Aperture SizeSelect the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. Apertureis a portion of PCI memory address range

Chapter 33-16AGP Master 1 WS WriteWhen Enabled, writes to the AGP bus are executed with one wait stateinserted.AGP Master 1 WS ReadWhen Enabled, one w

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-17for ISA peripherals. This memory must be mapped into the memory spacebelow 16MB. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cach

viPower Saving LED Connector: JGL1 ... 2-17Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: JCASE1 ...

Chapter 33-18Integrated Peripherals ↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-19OnChip IDE Channel0/1The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with sup-port for two IDE channels. Choose

Chapter 33-20POWER ON FunctionThis controls which part on the PS/2 mouse or keyboard can power onthe system. Settings: Password, Hot KEY, Mouse Left,

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-21Auto.UART Mode SelectThe field allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port “COMB”. Settings are:IrDA: IrDA-complia

Chapter 33-22EPP or ECP+EPP mode. Settings: EPP1.7 and EPP1.9.ECP Mode Use DMAThe item specifies the DMA channel 1 or 3 for the parallel port when it

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-23suspend/sleep state. Settings are:Single The Power LED blinks to indicate the suspend/sleepstate.Dual The Power LED changes its

Chapter 33-24Power Management SetupACPI functionThis item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and PowerManagement Interface) function. If

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-25the previous state when an “wake up” event occurs.Power Management OptionThis item is used to select the degree (or type) of pow

Chapter 33-26tion ports and write blanks to the videobuffer.DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling.MODEM Use IRQName the interrupt re

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-27peripheral or component is detected.RTC Alarm ResumeThe field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up thesystem o

viiSet Supervisor/User Password ... 3-37Save & Exit Setup ...

Chapter 33-28activity of the specified IRQ line will pre-vent the system from entering power sav-ing modes or awaken it from power savingmodes.Note: I

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-29PnP/PCI ConfigurationsPNP OS InstalledWhen set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting(VGA, IDE, SCSI).

Chapter 33-30Then you have to turn on the palette “snoop”, permitting the paletteregisters of both VGA devices to be identical. The setting must be s

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-31Case Open WarningThe item enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusionstatus and issuing a warning message

Chapter 33-32Top Tech III Temp., Current CPU1/CPU2 Temp., Current SYS FAN Speed,Current CPU1/2 FAN Speed, CPU1/CPU2 Vcore, Vio, + 5/+12V/-12V/- 5V,VBA

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-33Frequency/Voltage ControlAuto Detect DIMM/PCI ClkThis item is used to auto detect the DIMM/PCI slots. When set to Enabled,the s

Chapter 33-34CPU ClockThis item specifies the CPU host bus (FSB). It provides end users anoverclocking method.CPU RatioThis item is used to specify t

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-35The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOSsettings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. T

Chapter 33-36When you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears:Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system perf

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-37Set Supervisor/User PasswordWhen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen:Type the password, up to

Introduction1-1Chapter 1.IntroductionThank you for purchasing the Pro266TD Master series (MS-9105)ATX motherboard. Based on Apollo Pro266T (VT8653+VT

Chapter 33-38use of your computer. The setting to determine when the password prompt isrequired is the Security Option of the Advanced BIOS Features

AWARD® BIOS Setup3-39Save & Exit SetupWhen you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to save thechanges and quit. A message as

Chapter 33-40Exit Without SavingWhen you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandonthe changes. A message as below will appea

Chapter 11-2CPUz Supports Single/Dual Intel® Pentium® III processorsz Supports Coppermine up to 1.1GHz @ 133MHz FSBz Supports Tualatin up to 1.26GHz o