MSI 945p Neo2 H Manual

							Introduction to DigiCell4-17Click on the “Speaker test” button and the following dialogue box will appear:
In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box, select the audio configuration which
is identical to the audio jack on your mainboard. Once the correct audio configuration
is selected, click “Apply” to save the changes. Then the following screen will
appear. In this Speaker Configuration dialogue box, first select the correct item
from the Speaker mode drop-down list, and then click on each connected speaker
to ensure if Headphone, 2-, 4-, 5.1-, or 7.1- channel audio operation is working
properly. If any speaker fails to make sound, then check whether the cable is in-
serted firmly to the connector, or replace the bad speakers with good ones.SubwooferFront Right
Rear Right Center
Front Left
Rear Left Main Side LeftMain Side Right 
						

							MSI FeatureMS-7176 ATX Mainboard
4-18Power on Agent
In the Power on Agent sub-menu, you can configure setting of power-on, power-
off and restarting status.
In the screen below, you can set the date, time, start-up programs respectively for
power-on, power-off and restarting.
Power On
Here are the available settings for Power On function:
DateUse the drop-down list to select the date for power-on.
TimeUse the arrow keys to select the hour/minute/second for power-on,
power-off and restarting. Then click “Apply” to save the changes. As
you click “Apply”, the following dialogue will appear to show you the
next power-on schedule, and the system will start to count down to
restart. Click “OK” to restart the computer right away or click “Later”
to restart your computer later.MSI Reminds You...
Please note that the new setting will not take effect until you restart your
computer. 
						

							Introduction to DigiCell4-19Power Off / Restart
You may configure the time (in the format hh:mm:ss) for the next power-off / restart.
Start With
Use the button “+Add” to add the start-up programs
as DigiCell is activated next time. For example, you
may like to have Outlook activated or a specified
website linked when you get to the office every
morning.
Step 1:Click on the Program: field and click “>>”
button to browse for the path of Outlook or
Internet Explorer.
Step 2:Click on “OK” to apply the setting.
Step 3:For specified file or specified website, you
may enter the file name with the complete
path or the website link in the Parameters: field.
Of course you may use the button “-Delete” to remove the added programs, or you
can right-click on the selected program and click Delete.add the desired start-
with programTo activate Outlook as DigiCell
is enabled next timeTo activate a specified website
as DigiCell is enabled next timedelete the added programMSI Reminds You...
You can also enable the Every turn on function, which will enable the
specified program(s) and file(s) every time the Digi Cell utility runs. 
						

							MSI FeatureMS-7176 ATX Mainboard
4-20Auto Login
Since the Power On function allows the system to power on automatically, you may
have to enable this Auto Login function in the following situations:
1.If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, and you need to
enter your user name & password everytime when you boot up your computer.
2.If there are multi users using the same computer and you’d like to power on the
computer automatically with one specific user.
Enable Auto Login
Enable this setting if you want to use the Auto Login feature. It supports the
following operating systems: Win9X, Windows ME, Windows 2000 & Windows XP.
Default User Name
It is only available for Windows 2000 & Windows XP.
--If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, please enter your
login user name in this field.
--If you are using a computer with multi users (for Windows XP operating system),
please enter the user name you’d like to auto power-on in this field.
Default Password
It is only available for Windows 2000 & Windows XP.
--If you are using a computer belonging to a domain in office, please enter your
login password in this field.
--If you are using a computer with multi-users (for Windows XP operating system),
please enter the password for the user name you’d like to auto power-on in
this field. 
						

							5-1Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID
Chapter 5. Intel ICH6R RAID
IntroductionThe optional southbridge ICH7R provides a hybrid solution that com-
bines four independent SATAII ports for support of up to four Serial ATAII
(Serial ATAII RAID) drives.
Serial ATAII (SATAII) is the latest generation of the ATA interface.
SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to 300MB/sec. Serial
ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier to connect your drive and
improving the airflow inside your PC. The most outstanding features are:
1. Supports 300MB/s transfers with CRC error checking.
2. Supports Hot-plug-n-play feature.
3. Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing,
elevator seek and packet chain command.
Intel®
 ICH7R offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring
and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID
level 10 (A Stripe of Mirrors) and Intel® 
Martix Storage Technology.
RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate
hard drives. Spreading the hard drive I/O load across independent chan-
nels greatly improves I/O performance. RAID 1 provides data redundancy
by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced read
performance. RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe
error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good
fault tolerance. Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID.
RAID 10 Not one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are
created, and a RAID 0 stripe is created over these. Intel Matrix RAID
Technology is the advanced ability for two RAID volumes to share the
combined space of two hard drives being used in unison.Introduction to Intel
ICH7R SATA RAIDMSI Reminds You...
The maximum number of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1 or Matrix mode
is 2. The maximum number of hard drives for RAID 10 mode is 4. And
the maximum number of hard drives for RAID 5 mode is 3.
All the information/volumes listed in your system might differ from the
illustrations in this appendix. 
						

							5-2 MS-7176 ATX MainboardBIOS Configuration
The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the
system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix
Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and
DOS disk services. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Intel(R) RAID for Serial
ATA” status screen, which should  appear early in system boot-up, during the POST
(Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please to
P.3-14 items SATA Mode  for details) to create, delete and reset RAID
volumes.
After the above message shows, press  and  keys simultaneously
to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM
1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration
utility stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST),
the following message will appear for a few seconds:MSI Reminds You...
The “Driver Model”, “Serial #” and “Size” in the following example might
be different from your system.MSI Reminds You...
The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if
you are reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an exist-
ing system to RAID. 
						

							5-3Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID
After pressing the  and  keys simultaneously, the following window
will appear:
(1) Create RAID Volume
1.Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The following
screen appears. Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and
then press the  or  key to go to the next field.
2.Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model
in RAID Level. 
						

							5-4 MS-7176 ATX Mainboard
3.In the Disk field, press  key and the following screen appears. Use
 key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then
click  key to finish selection.
4.Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” or
“down arrow” keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the
 key to select and advance to the next field. The available values
range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip value should be
chosen based on the planned drive usage. Here are some typical values:
RAID0 – 128KB
RAID10 – 128KB
RAID5 – 64KB
5.Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field. The default
value is the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks. 
						

							5-5Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID
 6.Then the following screen appears for you to confirm if you are sure to
create the RAID volume. Press  to continue.
 7.Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished.MSI Reminds You...
Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology),
this default size (maximum) needs to be reduced. Type in a new size for
the first volume. As an example: if you want the first volume to span the
first half of the two disks, re-type the size to be half of what is shown by
default. The second volume, when created, will automatically span the
remainder of two hard drives. 
						

							5-6 MS-7176 ATX Mainboard
(2) Delete RAID Volume
Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAID
drives will be lost.
Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press
 key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press  key to delete
the selected RAID volume. The following screen appears.
Press  key to accept the volume deletion.MSI Reminds You...
If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume
in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will become unbootable.