Introduction


Chapter 1.
Introduction

The 694D Pro2 (MS-6321 v2.X) ATX mainboard is a high-performance

computer mainboard based on VIA Apollo Pro133A chipset. The 694D
Pro2 is designed for Intel Pentium III (FC-PGA) processor for cost-
effective business/personal desktop and entry-level server markets.
The Apollo Pro133A consists of the VT82C694XDP North Bridge
and VT82C686B South Bridge. VT82C694XDP is a system controller sup-
porting AGP 4X, 133MHz Front Side Bus and eight banks of PC100/PC133
SDRAMs. With 133MHz Front Side Bus, the north bridge optimizes the
performance of Intel Pentium III. The chipsets asynchronous bus design
is also ideal for CPU to run at FSB speeds of 66 and 100MHz.
The VIA VT82C686B Super I/O PCI integrated Peripheral Controller
(PSIPC) includes PCI-to-ISA bridge controller, keyboard controller and USB
controller. In addition, it supports dual bus-master IDE with Ultra DMA 33/
66/100, four USB ports, system hardware monitoring and enhanced power
management capabilities.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Mainboard Specifications 1-2

Mainboard Layout 1-4
Quick Components Guide 1-5
Key Features 1-6
MSI Special Features 1-7

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Mainboard Specification
CPU
! Supports dual Intel Pentium III (FC-PGA/FC-PGA2) processor
! Supports 233MHz, 266MHz, 300MHz, 333MHz, 350MHz, 400MHz,
450MHz, 500MHZ, 533MHz, 667MHz, 700MHz, 733MHz, up to 1.13GHz

Chipset
! VIA 694X chipset (510 BGA)
- P-III FSB @133MHz
- AGP 4X and PCI plus Advanced ECC Memory Controller
- Supports PC100/133 SDRAM & VCM technology
! VIA VT82C686B chipset (352 BGA)
- Advanced Power Management Features
- Dual bus Master IDE Ultra DMA 33/66/100
! 1394 PHY Controller (optional)
- TI TSB41LV02 PHY Digital-to-Analog Transceiver
- Support up to Two 1394/1394A v 2.0 Compatible Data Channels
! 1394 Link Layer Controller (optional)
- TI TSB12LV26 1394 Link Layer Host Controller
- IEEE 1394, 1394 OHCI v1.0 & 1394A v2.0 compatible
- Supports 100/200/400 Mbps High Throughput
- 3.3V & 5V Operation for PCI-to-1394 Interface

Clock Generator
! 66.6MHz, 100MHz and 133MHz clocks are supported.

Main Memory
! Supports eight memory banks using four 168-pin unbuffered DIMM
! Supports a maximum memory size of 2GB
- Pin outs support 8 banks up to 2GB DRAM (256MB DRAM
Technology) at 100MHz. However, it is recommended to install a limit of
3 DIMMS or 6 banks at 133MHz for 1.5GB maximum memory.
! Supports ECC (1-bit Error Code Correct) function
! Supports 3.3V SDRAM DIMM

Slots
! One AGP 4X (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot

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- AGP specification compliant

- AGP 66/133MHz 3.3V device support
! One CNR (Communication Network Riser) slot
! Five 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots
! Supports 3.3V/5V PCI bus Interface

On-Board IDE
! An IDE controller on the VIA VT82C686B chipset provides IDE HDD/
CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100 operation modes.
! Can connect up to four IDE devices

Promise RAID (Optional)

! Supports RAID 0 or 1
! Can connect up to four IDE HDDs (ATA33/66/100)

On-Board Peripherals
! On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88Mbytes.
- 2 serial ports (COM A + COM B)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 4 USB ports (2 Rear Connectors/ 2 from USB Front Pin Header -- one of
the ports supports USB PC to PC Networking function)
- 1 IrDA/HP connector for HPSIR

BIOS
! The mainboard BIOS provides Plug & Play BIOS which detects the
peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
! The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function
which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension
! ATX Form Factor: 25.4cm (W) x 30.4cm (L)

Mounting
! 9 mounting holes

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Mainboard Layout

Top : mouse
Bottom:
keyboard

Power Supply
ATX
CPUFAN1

USB

CPUFAN2
Ports

SOCKET 370
CPU 2

IDE 4 (ATA100-2)

IDE 3 (ATA100-1)
Top :
Parallel Port
SOCKET 370
Bottom:
COM A
COM B

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

DIMM 3

DIMM 4
J6

CPU 1 81)
D-LED $'":,2

JP1

JRMS1
AGP Slot

Promise
20265R
J11 (Optional)
(Optional) PCI Slot 1

FDD1
J12 (Optional)
PCI Slot 2

1394 PHY
Controller
(Optional)
PCI Slot 3
SYSFAN
IDE 2
IDE 1

VT82C
1394 Link
PCI Slot 4 686B JGS1
Layer
Controller
(Optional) JWOL1

JBAT1
PCI Slot 5
JFP1

J3
BIOS
BATT JGL1
CNR USB2
JMDM1

694D Pro2 (MS-6321 v2.X) ATX Mainboard

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Quick Components Guide

Component Function Reference

DIMM1~4 Installing SDRAM modules See p. 2-5~2-6
Socket 370 Installing CPU(s) See p. 2-2~2-3
CPUFAN1/2 Connecting to CPUFAN See p. 2-21
SYSFAN Connecting to SYSTEM FAN See p. 2-21
ATX Power Supply Installing power supply See p. 2-7
IDE1& IDE2 Connecting to IDE hard disk drive See p.2-13
IDE3& IDE4 Connecting to IDE RAID HDD See p.2-14
FDD1 Connecting to floppy disk drive See p.2-12
USB2 Connecting to USB interface See p. 2-22~2-24
PCI Slot 1~5 Installing expansion cards See p. 2-29
AGP Slot Installing AGP cards See p. 2-29
CNR Slot Installing expansion cards See p. 2-29
JMDM1 Connecting to modem module See p. 2-19
JWOL1 Connecting to LAN card See p. 2-19
JBAT1 Clearing CMOS data See p. 2-28
JFP1 Connecting to case See p. 2-15
JGS1 Connecting to power saving switch See p. 2-18
JGL1 Connecting to power saving LED See p. 2-17
J3 Connecting to IR module See p. 2-20
JRMS1 Connecting to power switch See p. 2-18
J6 Connecting to HDD LED See p. 2-20
J11 & J12 Connecting to IEEE 1394 interface See p. 2-26~2-27
JP1 Connecting to D-Bracket See p. 2-25

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Key Features

! ATX Form Factor

! CPU: Socket 370 for Single/Dual Intel Pentium III
! Memory: 4 PC100/PC133 SDRAMs
! Slot: 1 AGP slot, 1 CNR slot, 5 PCI slots
! I/O: 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 4 USB ports, 1 floppy port, 1 IrDA
connector
! USB Interface: USB 1.1 PC to PC Networking
! Jumperless
! 1394 Interface (optional)
! 2 IDE RAID connectors supporting RAID 0 or 1 (optional)
! T.O.P Tech - Thermal Overheat Protection Technology
! PC Alert III system hardware monitor
! D-LED - 4 LEDs embedded in the mainboard

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MSI Special Features

T.O.P Tech
The T.O.P TechTM is a extended sensing device that can 100% accu-
rately detect the CPUs temeprature. You can find out the temperature on BIOS
setup menu. The PC AlertTM also provides the information.

CPU temperaure on Setup menu

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software

PC Health Status

Current CPU1 Temp. 40C/104F Item Help

Current CPU2 Temp. 30C/86F
Current CPUFAN1 Speed 4200Rpm
Current CPUFAN2 Speed 6124Rpm Menu Level !
CPU1 Vcore 1.64V
CPU2 Vcore 1.98V
3.3V 3.31V
5V 4.95V
12V 11.64V

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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PC Alert III
The PC AlertTM III is an utility you can find in the CD-ROM disk. The
utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware
status during real time operation:
* monitor CPU & system temperatures
* monitor fan speed(s)
* monitor system voltage
* monitor chassis intrusion
If one of the items above is abnormal, the program main screen will be immedi-
ately shown on the screen, with the abnormal item highlighted in red. This will
continue to be shown,until user disables the warning.

Note: Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your systems status.

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Features:
! Network Management
- Monitoring & remote control
! Basic System Utilities
- Scandisk & Defragment to maintain your HDD
! 3D Graphics Design
- Enables a more friendly user interface
! Sofware Utilities
- SoftCooler Optimized Cooling

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D-LED & D-Bracket

The D-LED uses graphic signal display to help
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users understand their system. Four LEDs embedded in
the mainboard provide up to 16 combinations of signals to !
debug the system. The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that
fail the system, such as VGA, RAM or other failures. This
special feature is very useful for the overclocking users. 
These users can use the feature to detect if there are any Diagnostic LED
problems or failures.
If your motherboard supports and installs D-Bracket which also
integrates four Diagnostic LEDs, definitions of the LED signals are the same
as D-LED as shown below.

Red Green

D-LED D-Bracket Description

  !" System Power ON

 - The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or
!"
not installed properly.

 Early Chipset Initialization

 

 Memory Detection Test

 - Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if

the memory module is damaged or not installed properly.

 Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting.


 Initializing Keyboard Controller.


 Testing VGA BIOS

 - This will start writing VGA sign-on message to the screen.

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D-LED D-Bracket 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 from 240K to 640K and extended

memory above 1MB using various patterns.

 Assign Resources to all ISA.


 Initializing Hard Drive Controller

 - This will initialize IDE drive and controller.

 Initializing Floppy Drive Controller

 - This will initializing Floppy Drive and controller.

 Boot Attempt

 - This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h.

 Operating System Booting

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