MSI Ms6728 Ver 1 Manual

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VIA6420 On-Board (Optional)
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h Supports Ultra ATA, Serial ATA, Serial ATA RAID 0 or 1.
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h Connect up to 2 Serial ATA devices and 2 Ultra ATA 133 devices.
On-Board Peripherals
h On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88Mbytes
- 1 serial port COM1, 1 VGA port (for 865G only) (Optional)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear * 4/ Front * 4)
- 1 Line-In / Line-Out / Mic-In / Real Speaker Out...

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MS-6728 ATX Mainboard
Mainboard Layout
865PE Neo2-P / 865G Neo2-P
(MS-6728) v2.X ATX Mainboard
ICH5/
ICH5R
VIA
6420
DIMM 1
DIMM 3 DIMM 2
DIMM 4
JAUD1J1394_1 J1394_2JUSB1
ATX
Power Supply
CP UFAN1
NBFAN1
SFAN1
SFAN2
SATA4
SATA3 SATA1 SATA2
JFP1 JFP2
JIR1 CodecWinbond
W83627HF
Realtek
8100C/8110S
(Optional)
VIA
VT63 07
BIOS
PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1
IDE 3
IDE 1 IDE 2
JPW1
Top : mouse 
Bottom: keyboard
T:  LAN jack 
    ( Op tio nal )
B: USB ports
JCD1
FDD 1
AGP Slot
T:
M:...

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Super Pack (Optional)
MSI provides a useful CD which includes 6 powerful and popular utilities
for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
1.   Adobe Photoshop Album: The fast and easy way to organize
and share your lifetime photos.
2.    Media Dialer: A high quality voice service for PC users to make
international calls without the elevated cost of traditional IDD
providers.
3.    FarStone Virtual Drive: A revolutionary software that emulates a...

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CoreCenter
CoreCenter (TM)- contains OC Menu panel, users can determine their
processor and memory type to optimize its memory capacity. This all-in-one
hardware console is advanced combination of the popular PC Alert and Fuzzy
Logic. Including powerful function with hardware monitor, system alert and
instinctive UI of overclocking, CoreCenter is  just like your PC doctor that can
detect, view and adjust the PC hardware and system status during real time
operation.
In the left...

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Left-wing: Current system status
In the left sub-menu, you can configure the settings of FSB, Vcore,
Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage by clicking the radio button in front of each
item and make it available  (the radio button will be lighted as yellow when
selected), use the “+” and “-” buttons to adjust, then click “OK” to apply the
changes. Then you can click Save to save the desired FSB you just configured.
Also you may click Auto to start testing the maximal CPU overclocking
value,...

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BuzzFree
-- Diagnoses current system
utilization & temperature.
-- Controls both CPU and
NorthBridge fans.
-- Cuts up to 50% of sys-
tem noise.
LifePro
-- Prolongs motherboard, CPU and fan life.
-- Maintains motherboard & CPU in constant temperature.
-- Prevents components from operating beyond specifications.
Speedster
-- Advanced O.C. design.
-- Superior O.C. capability.
-- Greater O.C. method.
Features  of  CoreCell™
Core CellTM Chip
By diagnosing the current system...

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BIOSBATT
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Color Management
MSI has a unified color management rule for some connectors on the
mainboards, which helps you to install the memory modules, expansion cards
and other peripherals devices more easily and conveniently.
h Dual Memory DDR DIMMs: Channel A is light green, Channel B is
     purple
h Intel spec IDE ATA66/100 connector: 1st IDE is blue, 2nd IDE is
    white
h IDE ATA133 connector: yellow
h Serial ATA150 connector: orange
h AGP 8X slot: red
h 1394 connector: dark...

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RedGreen
D-Bracket™ 2 (Optional)
D-Bracket™ 2 is a USB bracket integrating four Diagnostic LEDs, which
use graphic signal display to help users understand their system.  The LEDs
provide up to 16 combinations of signals to debug the system.  The 4 LEDs can
detect all problems that fail the system, such as VGA, RAM or other failures.
This special feature is very useful for overclocking users.  These users can use
the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures....

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D-Bracket™ 2  Description 
 Processor Initialization 
- This will show information regarding the processor (like 
brand name, system bus, etc…) 
 
 Testing RTC (Real Time Clock) 
  Initializing Video Interface 
- This will start detecting CPU clock, checking type of video 
onboard.    Then, detect and initialize the video adapter.
  
 BIOS Sign On 
- This will start showing information about logo, processor 
brand name, etc…. 
  Testing Base and Extended Memory 
- Testing base memory...

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Live Monitor™
The Live Monitor™ is a tool used to schedule the search
for the latest BIOS/drivers version on the MSI Web site.  To use
the function, you need to install the “MSI Live Update 3”
application. After installation, the “MSI Live Monitor” icon (as
shown on the right) will appear on the screen.  Double click this
icon to run the application.
Double click the “MSI Live Monitor” icon 
 at the lower-right corner
of the taskbar, and the following dialog box will appear....